it's pretty obvious that prince listens to some popular music ,
everytime he tends to make a hit record.

so what do you think he listend to while he made musicology cd.
my guess is outkast,steve vai,joni mitchel and james brown,u2 maybe.

outkast sound is all over the record,
you can even sense in the production of the record.musiocology sounds like a album made by a prince fan.

i feel steve vai's influance on guitar tracks like a milion days and cinnamon girl(guitar solos have some modal runs simular to steve vai.
cinnamon girl vocals sounds like u 2.
joni mitchel is influance on reflection.
what do you think ?

is my thread that bad or what?

I take that back. I think you're thread is just that bad.

I just noticed that Hey Mama by the Black Eyed Peas sounds a lot like the middle part to Life o the Party.

I bet he likes them; I don't think they say the f-word once on their album.

I bet he listened to Alicia Keyes. I'm not a fan but I could hear her sing On the Couch.

I think he's more inspired by himself, though, the narcissist!

i think sign o the times was prime model for musicology

I get a mean Maroon 5 vibe from The Marrying Kind and If I Was THe Man In YOur Life. I may be wrong, but...

It was inspired by Larry G. taking a dump. I think the bean burrito added that special inspiration that he needed.

Absolutely agree!

"ICP&C", "Life o' the party" and the ballads have a strong "sign" feeling for me (do "call my name" and "on the couch" not remind you of "adore"?). Furthermore, I hear a strong "gold experience" influence on the album (million days, CG, marrying kind, if I was...). "Dear Mr. Man" reminds me of "Emancipation". I think the main non-Prince influences on the album can be heard in the title track (70's funk influence) and "on the couch" (60's/70's soul?) as well as "reflection".

Btw, a friend of mine told me that the bridge in "cinnamon girl" was heavily influenced by Frank Zappa? Do you think this is correct? (I'm no Zappa expert)

Overall, I don't think todays pop music influenced the album too much.

EmancipationLover said:

Were we listening to the same album? If there was one Prince album I would say ICP&C and Life O' The Party most emulated - it would be New Power Soul.

The ballads, well Prince has been repeating himself with ballads for so many years now, I'm sure he has a few templates he just adheres to.

I do agree some of the stuff like A Million Days sounds like it could have been from the mid-90s, i.e. Gold Experience as you say.


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NouveauDance said:

I think so unless Prince has released different versions of it in different countries and no one has found out in the last 10 months.


Sorry, I'm not able to hear NPS on these tracks, but maybe that is something that makes Musicology so special and interesting: that every Prince fan will discover different influences from P's past in every track.


I must say that I only partly agree. Some ballads may sound familiar (especially on Musicology), but overall he has developed an amazing variety in doing ballads imo, especially in the last few years (just compare "Until u're in my arms again", "Eye love u, but eye don't trust u anymore" and "Muse to the pharao" - absolutely different tunes). So, maybe he has templates, but maybe more than just a few.

Uh-- last time i checked, muse 2 the pharaoh wasn't a damn ballad.


Dummy.

EmancipationLover said:

I'm sorry, but CMN and OTC may be good songs, but they can't touch ADORE with a ten foot pole!

But, uh, I see where you were trying to go with the statement.