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Thread started 07/27/05 11:00am

GoldenGlove

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3121... the most boring Prince era ever...

Are we in the 3121 era now?... or is it the Musicology era still?... whatever it is it is pretty boring. What era is this? and how long can Prince starve us of funky music for? sad
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Reply #1 posted 07/27/05 11:01am

Rhondab

prince fans are so spoiled.
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Reply #2 posted 07/27/05 11:02am

GoldenGlove

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Rhondab said:

prince fans are so spoiled.


Feel sorry 4 MJ fans... lol one album every 4 years. eek
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Reply #3 posted 07/27/05 11:40am

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Rhondab said:

prince fans are so spoiled.


Well for europeans, it is a bit weird. he hasn't done anyhting around Europe now for 3 years. We have had all this musicology tour excitement to find out that he wasnot flying across the atlantic eventually.

So I'm sure you will understand why some people are a bit frustrated. people would like non cryptic officials decent news from time to time as well. That's what most major artists do on their official sites.

Moreover Musicolofgy was a very average album. So that's make the wait feel even worse hehe.
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Il n'y a pas de sentiment plus exaltant que celui d'appartenir à une nation si diverse, si libre et si douée pour le bonheur.
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Reply #4 posted 07/27/05 11:45am

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GoldenGlove said:

Are we in the 3121 era now?... or is it the Musicology era still?... whatever it is it is pretty boring. What era is this? and how long can Prince starve us of funky music for? sad



What exactly are you complaining about? The album isn't even out yet. How can the era be boring when the album your associating it with hasn't even been released? neutral
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Reply #5 posted 07/27/05 11:48am

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BeautifulFrance said:

Rhondab said:

prince fans are so spoiled.


Well for europeans, it is a bit weird. he hasn't done anyhting around Europe now for 3 years. We have had all this musicology tour excitement to find out that he wasnot flying across the atlantic eventually.

So I'm sure you will understand why some people are a bit frustrated. people would like non cryptic officials decent news from time to time as well. That's what most major artists do on their official sites.

Moreover Musicolofgy was a very average album. So that's make the wait feel even worse hehe.
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sad


I feel for you. I waited what felt like forever for the lil guy to go on tour, only to find out the only stops he was going to bother making in Canada were halfway across the country. Sorry Prince, but I don';t have the time or money to make the commute from BC to Ontario just because you decided it was too much work to haul your ass out to Vancouver. hmph!
"A Watcher scoffs at gravity!"
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Reply #6 posted 07/27/05 11:59am

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GoldenGlove said:

... and how long can Prince starve us of funky music for? sad


For as long as he wants, I guess...never mind that the vault is probably overflowing by now. Maybe that round building at PP is a vault annex? hmmm wink
"I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015
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Reply #7 posted 07/27/05 12:00pm

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BeautifulFrance said:

Rhondab said:

prince fans are so spoiled.


Well for europeans, it is a bit weird. he hasn't done anyhting around Europe now for 3 years. We have had all this musicology tour excitement to find out that he wasnot flying across the atlantic eventually.

So I'm sure you will understand why some people are a bit frustrated. people would like non cryptic officials decent news from time to time as well. That's what most major artists do on their official sites.

Moreover Musicolofgy was a very average album. So that's make the wait feel even worse hehe.
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Totally agree.

I would have liked to take some non-Prince-fan friends to see the Musicology tour over here in the UK. The 'hits' nature of it would have appealed to them.

Yep, all that cryptic advertising Prince did about 3121 certainly paid off - errr - .... I think '3121' was the number of hours before Prince released a new album...
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Reply #8 posted 07/27/05 12:08pm

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What is happening as well is that most of his musicians have solo careers and had to do their own thing for a while. Candy and maceo are everywhere. John Blackwell as well.
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Reply #9 posted 07/27/05 12:16pm

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BeautifulFrance said:

What is happening as well is that most of his musicians have solo careers and had to do their own thing for a while. Candy and maceo are everywhere. John Blackwell as well.


Prince is a multi instrumenatlist. he can make a new album on his own!
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Reply #10 posted 07/27/05 12:46pm

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metalorange said:

I would have liked to take some non-Prince-fan friends to see the Musicology tour over here in the UK. The 'hits' nature of it would have appealed to them.


nod Musicology was a great show for the casual fans...and obviously the majority of the audience every night WAS casual fans (the relatively low ticket prices helped a lot there).

Yep, all that cryptic advertising Prince did about 3121 certainly paid off - errr - .... I think '3121' was the number of hours before Prince released a new album...


evillol Hopefully it's not the number of DAYS until a new release! omfg
"I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015
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Reply #11 posted 07/27/05 12:51pm

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Am I the only one who thinks Prince should take his time and put out product when he has enough really good material. One of Prince's issues in the 90s was rushing product out before he had enough really good songs. I think a cooling off period is exactly what he needs. I'd rather wait a little longer and get something really good rather than get something rushed.
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Reply #12 posted 07/27/05 12:51pm

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CandaceS said:

GoldenGlove said:

... and how long can Prince starve us of funky music for? sad


For as long as he wants, I guess...never mind that the vault is probably overflowing by now. Maybe that round building at PP is a vault annex? hmmm wink



On the Much Music special he said it was a second Vault
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Reply #13 posted 07/27/05 12:52pm

GoldenGlove

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fmarasco said:

Am I the only one who thinks Prince should take his time and put out product when he has enough really good material. One of Prince's issues in the 90s was rushing product out before he had enough really good songs. I think a cooling off period is exactly what he needs. I'd rather wait a little longer and get something really good rather than get something rushed.


i suppose i agree. but i often get impatient
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Reply #14 posted 07/27/05 1:13pm

metalorange

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fmarasco said:

Am I the only one who thinks Prince should take his time and put out product when he has enough really good material. One of Prince's issues in the 90s was rushing product out before he had enough really good songs. I think a cooling off period is exactly what he needs. I'd rather wait a little longer and get something really good rather than get something rushed.


In theory, that's true. In practice, I'd rather have the material before Prince over-produces it. Fans that have heard early raw boot versions of tracks invariably prefer them to the released versions.

I think you can work on an album for years trying to create perfection - and still end up with a turkey. Or, like Kate Bush, never get round to releasing a new album at all for fear it will be imperfect.
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Reply #15 posted 07/27/05 1:14pm

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GoldenGlove said:

BeautifulFrance said:

What is happening as well is that most of his musicians have solo careers and had to do their own thing for a while. Candy and maceo are everywhere. John Blackwell as well.


Prince is a multi instrumenatlist. he can make a new album on his own!


It is not what I meant. I was talking about touring and the fact that he gave an end to the Musicology tour before even touring in Europe.
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Reply #16 posted 07/27/05 1:15pm

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origmnd said:

CandaceS said:



For as long as he wants, I guess...never mind that the vault is probably overflowing by now. Maybe that round building at PP is a vault annex? hmmm wink



On the Much Music special he said it was a second Vault


I don't recall him saying that specifically that building was a second vault - he just stated that he had more than one vault now.
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Reply #17 posted 07/27/05 1:26pm

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metalorange said:

fmarasco said:

Am I the only one who thinks Prince should take his time and put out product when he has enough really good material. One of Prince's issues in the 90s was rushing product out before he had enough really good songs. I think a cooling off period is exactly what he needs. I'd rather wait a little longer and get something really good rather than get something rushed.


In theory, that's true. In practice, I'd rather have the material before Prince over-produces it. Fans that have heard early raw boot versions of tracks invariably prefer them to the released versions.

I think you can work on an album for years trying to create perfection - and still end up with a turkey. Or, like Kate Bush, never get round to releasing a new album at all for fear it will be imperfect.


Well, there are two sides to that coin. On the one hand, he HAS overproduced tracks by working on them too long ("Endorphinmachine" springs to mind), but then again, he has rushed albums like NPS, which sucked shit through a straw. I guess its a matter of Prince needing to figure out when a song is done. Over or under cooking both ruin the flavour.
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Reply #18 posted 07/27/05 2:16pm

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I began to get a bit excited after the NAACP Awards performances and the video shoot in Panama. But after that...it's just turned into nothing. I'm hoping we get something by fall, maybe.
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Reply #19 posted 07/27/05 4:08pm

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There's no use worrying over something you can't control. Enjoy what you have right now and just accept that you'll get something new when you get something new.
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Reply #20 posted 07/27/05 4:44pm

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There's no use worrying over something you can't control. Enjoy what you have right now and just accept that you'll get something new when you get something new.


amen to that. am now enjoying the old stuff right now. biggrin so come on be patient with the little fella. lol
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Reply #21 posted 07/27/05 5:58pm

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metalorange said:

origmnd said:




On the Much Music special he said it was a second Vault


I don't recall him saying that specifically that building was a second vault - he just stated that he had more than one vault now.


I watched the interview again this afternoon and you're right. nod
"I would say that Prince's top thirty percent is great. Of that thirty percent, I'll bet the public has heard twenty percent of it." - Susan Rogers, "Hunting for Prince's Vault", BBC, 2015
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Reply #22 posted 07/27/05 6:06pm

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Prince should at the very least release one new song a month through the NPGMC , we're dying here ! lol
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Reply #23 posted 07/27/05 7:13pm

morningsong

You know this all is starting to sound familiar. Like after the rainbow children and it started up again just after N.E.W.S. Yep, we are spoilt. Which includes me too, cause I sure am getting antsy.
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Reply #24 posted 07/27/05 8:08pm

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I don't mind waiting a bit, I just wish he wouldn't tease us
with all the parties, and 3121, and Satisfied, and the award show
appearences in the beginning of the year with no album out or on the way

Thats what got me excited, only to be left hanging. neutral
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Reply #25 posted 07/27/05 8:12pm

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BTW...I always figured in Prince Famville an "era" began
with the release of an album. confused

Sorry GoldenGlove, I think we're in a sort of limbo right now
between Musicology and 3121?
Maybe it's a glitch in the Matrix, but somehow I think
we'll all survive. smile
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Reply #26 posted 07/28/05 4:35am

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thekidsgirl said:

BTW...I always figured in Prince Famville an "era" began
with the release of an album. confused



Hmm... remember the Gold Experience "era" wink
It "started" on Febr.14th 1994. Prince did a lot of shows etc..
The album was released mid 1995...
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Reply #27 posted 07/28/05 4:39am

Rhondab

still spoiled. wink
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Reply #28 posted 07/28/05 4:03pm

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TheKid said:

thekidsgirl said:

BTW...I always figured in Prince Famville an "era" began
with the release of an album. confused



Hmm... remember the Gold Experience "era" wink
It "started" on Febr.14th 1994. Prince did a lot of shows etc..
The album was released mid 1995...
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This is an exception to the rule, he was touring and doing a bunch of the un-realeased songs in concert.
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Reply #29 posted 07/28/05 4:45pm

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3121 isn't really an official 'era'. shrug
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