thekidsgirl said:

Hallelujah!

prettymansson said:

Its all about New Power Revolution:

Prince-whatever
Wendy-guitar
Lisa-keyboards
John Blackwell-drums
Miko-guitar
Sonny T-bass
Atlanta Bliss-trumpet
Eric Leeds-all saxes and flute
Sheila E.-percussion
Matt Fink, Mr. Hayes-keyboards
Jill Jones & Brenda Bennett - backing vocals

rudedog said:

Come on now, all that? That's Prince and the New Power Orchestra.

rudedog said:

Come on now, all that? That's Prince and the New Power Orchestra.

onenitealone said:

see, how luck you are....

i wanna feel that lucky...i wanna be thrown a revolution bone every now and then....

and have it done without people telling me i need to get over it...

thanks..

what thread?

sosgemini said:

http://www.prince.org/msg/100/146650

marto said:

'78 till '91.

and people seem to wanna keep living out their younger years vicariously through the rev; they wish for "the good ol' days", so to speak. you can't be in your teens and 20s forever. neither can the rev.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I agree and it would be a complete let down because it would not live up to expectations. The Revolution was a great studio band, but I honestly feel that they are so revered because of the nostalgia factor. All parties are in different places now, so it would not be safe to assume that their sounds would mesh well 2gether in the present. It's like watching Stevie Wonder performing with Wonderlove on the Songs In The Key Life essential albums DVD, it was good but it just wasn't the same because everyone had changed visibly and musically. And though they were able to capture the brilliance of Wonders past work, I think a new collab would not be a return to the 70's run.

The visible physical changes become more apparent when you see them all together and though the nostalgia factor will cloud judgement, the reality of the age process will began to settle in on all parties involved, ie. mainly the audience members.

DorothyParkerWasCool said:

all those of us that attended the Family Jamm seemed to be able to move on and live happy and productive lives....no emotional scars have been reported.

Prince is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. You all know that. If he re-united with The Revolution? Half his fans would whoop with joy, satisfying their own nostalgia trips. The other half would accuse him of making a backward's step and treading water.

Personally, I'd love to see P continuing with the current NPG line-up a little longer and actually hear what they can come up with in the studio. (I don't think 'Musicology' highlights their skills in the same way the original line-up managed to on record). We [b]need at least one k-i-l-l-e-r funk track with John's drumming.

However... as someone who wasn't there the first time round, I'd love to see even a one-off special with The Revolution. Or a Celebration where, each night, a different Prince line-up plays the definitive album - when they were associated with Prince - in its' entirety. That would be cool.[/b]
I'm inclined to say that it'll never happen. But it's Prince,. so... That's what I love about him.
[Edited 5/24/05 5:21am]

why do so many of us wish for a reunion of this group ???? i know they were great and prince had his biggest commercial success with this group...BUT..do u think in 2005 it would really have the same effect that it had in 1983-1986 ????
music has changed...production has changed...and the image we all have of prince and the minneapolis sound has changed...for me the best thing about a reunion is if the old wendy and lisa song writing influence returned and i have to admit i miss the prince & the revolution FUNK and the image of band unity...i just wonder would it be as fresh today ??? or would anyone besides old school diehard fans even care ???