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PrintableWhy don't we ask Prince. "My band is T-I-G-H-T-E, Tight!"  "Remember, one man's filler is another man's killer" -- Haystack | |
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REVOLUTIONARY ROCK N ROLL! Goodnight, sweet Prince. | |
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Ok Folks, I was trying to  and stay out of the debate but hell I couldn't resist.It is time for Legs to give her  . Shit, I got to admit that the Revolution is much more tighter than than NPG 04. Don't get me wrong, NPG04 has some good competent musicians but they lack the umph that the Rev had point blank. | |
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Revolution 4 Life!!!!
Even today, no one in the NPG (1991, 1996, or 2004 line-up) can touch Lisa Coleman & Dr. Matt Fink on keyboards. | |
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Revolution is KICK ass
NPG04 is SMOOTH ass It's hard to chose between the two. Studio work DEFINATELY Revolution. But live? The Revolution did not get the chance to work with the musically mellowed out Prince; they had neurotic Prince ("25 yeah!") that demanded live conversations with his god on stage. He molded them into something tight n funky and decided he wanted something else. The NPG is much more a music minded band, not so much personality driven anymore; Prince lets his musicians take the spotlight this time, where as The Revolution was made to push HIM to the fore. Much more ego driven. Still, will I in 20 years time collect Mucicology live meterial? Not as obsessively as I am still trying to get my hands on Revolution (and prior) material. So The Revolution it is; also because the music he got out of them THEN was more meaningful to me. Still is. |
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I like them both.
Now... The 1994 NPG line-up  | |
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Please gimme Dr, Fink any day of the week!!!! I miss him so much... that hairdo... those glasses... that robe... that attitude... unmatched... undisputed... He became an icon for me.
Ladies and gentlemen please welcome... THE REVOLUTION!!! That's my favourite line in Purple Rain (the movie)   no | |
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WapoWan said: Please gimme Dr, Fink any day of the week!!!! I miss him so much... that hairdo... those glasses... that robe... that attitude... unmatched... undisputed... He became an icon for me.
Ladies and gentlemen please welcome... THE REVOLUTION!!! That's my favourite line in Purple Rain (the movie) Dr. Fink was the coolest! He was into Devo. Goodnight, sweet Prince. | |
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I respect them all and like their work, but NPG are studio musicians to me. They just don't have that same passion. They might as well be backing some pop tart. | |
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Thats an easy question. The Revolution for sure. Do you really think that people will be talking about the NPG in 20 years? Nope. The Revolution would have continued to evolve with Prince. Look at how they matured into the Parade band. The NPG may be amazing musicians, but most of their stuff leaves me cold. The expanded version of my book PRINCE and The Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983-1984 was released in November 2018. (www.amazon.com/gp/product/1538114623/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) or www.facebook.com/groups/1...104195943/ | |
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prodigalfan said: Snap said: As songwriters, no Prince band yet can beat The Revolution in all its forms (Andre Cymone, Dez Dickerson, Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, Mark Brown, Matt Fink, and Bobby "river run dry" Z.) -- ALL of whom have gone on to produce and write songs for others. I'd much rather listen to their music than the jazz-lite of NPG (tho they are much-respected musicians). The recent Musicology tour had the NPG playing mostly Revolution songs... and that says what?
Maybe that says that old prince lyrics and music is more popular. Let's face it , a lot of the old classics, Prince did himself in the studio and taught to the Revolution for tours. I believe that "shh!" is a song that Prince or Z on drums could not do the justice that Blackwell on drums gives that well deserved song. I think the NPG allows Prince to go further in his musical compostions because he knows the sound can be reproduced properly. It is one thing to hear the song in your head, another to actually get that same sound out of an instrument. I think NPG is the band that takes Prince there. The most justice done to Shhh was done by Bland, no stick twirling necessary either. | |
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THE REVOLUTION
The sound that came out of the Revolution is like no other in the history of Rock and Roll for me, they were IT!  Prince may be the purple Yoda, but Wendy & Lisa and Eric Leeds also sit on the Jedi Council. | |
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no stick twirling necessary either.
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Dance said: I respect them all and like their work, but NPG are studio musicians to me. They just don't have that same passion. They might as well be backing some pop tart.
I'd like to respectfully disagree.  The 93-95 lineup of the NPG were KICKASS!
(and no, I'm not including the rappers, or Mayte, in that, I'm talking about the musicians)
but overall, The Revolution will always be his greatest band cuz they were with him during his glory years. [Edited 1/5/05 13:51pm] The Org is the short yellow bus of the Prince Internet fan community. | |
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rudeboynpg said: WapoWan said: Please gimme Dr, Fink any day of the week!!!! I miss him so much... that hairdo... those glasses... that robe... that attitude... unmatched... undisputed... He became an icon for me.
Ladies and gentlemen please welcome... THE REVOLUTION!!! That's my favourite line in Purple Rain (the movie) Dr. Fink was the coolest! He was into Devo. and you could tell he was, too! By all those jerky movements he made! The Org is the short yellow bus of the Prince Internet fan community. | |
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metalorange said: Such different bands. The Revolution was so raw and hungry, basic riffs and sounds that worked at the time. The current NPG comes across as a bit self-satisfied yet undeniably talented with a clean, sharp sound.
I don't think the Revolution really taught Prince much, apart from some of Wendy & Lisa's input, he knew it all already somehow. But by adding new gifted musicians every couple of years, he's learned a lot plus it kept his energy and interest up. The Revolution were great, but I think long-term it was good for Prince to change the band - it freed him to experiment even more. But I miss that really raw sound - Prince should one day do a tour with just drums, bass and a synthesizer player. Get out of my dreams!!!! Prince on vocals and guitar along with drums, bass and synth would be one of my wildest dreams. Miguel  MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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THE REVOLUTION WAS GOOD, BUT I THINK THE NEW POWER GENERATION
IS MUCH BETTER,  "THE REASON THAT YOU'RE COOL IS CAUSE YOU'RE FROM THE OLD SCHOOL, AND THEY KNOW IT" | |
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squirrelgrease said: The Revolution got better everytime they played, and were disbanded at the top of their game.
The NPGv3.2 is so damn predictable. You always know where they're going to go, and it's going to sound, uh... like the last time they played that song. 
Right on. I'm just not interested in how well you can play, I came to be entertained - if you can play like a bastard - GREAT!! But I'm paying your wages, so entertain me. | |
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