BEAUGARDE said:

This post makes little sense. Because he hasn't liked anything since '88, it makes no sense that he be at a fan site? That still means he could be a big fan of nine studio albums by the guy. That's a fan.

I disagree with him, but let's not call him a hater just 'cause he hasn't enjoyed Prince's albums after Lovesexy.

? of U is one of my all time favorite Prince songs, Joy In Repetition is classic to

Musically, I actually like most of Graffiti Bridge. There's some great tracks
on there (didn't like the movie though). I agree that the title track is the
weak point on the album, it's too cheesy for words. But even that is actually
not too bad once it's got going, the second half when it gets all gospelly is
not bad, it's just the opening/first half that's too cheesy.

Personally, I think the album should've been split into two. A 'soundtrack'
album containing all the other artists songs and the title track, and a
'Prince' album with his tracks on.


Something like this...

Prince - New Power Generation
1. Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
2. We Can Funk (featuring George Clinton)
3. The Question Of U
4. Elephants & Flowers
5. Joy In Repetition
6. Thieves In The Temple
7. Tick Tick Bang
8. Still Would Stand All Time
9. New Power Generation (parts 1&2)

Graffiti Bridge - original soundtrack
1. Seven Corners - Ingrid Chavez
2. Release It - The Time
3. Round And Round - Tevin Campbell
4. Love Machine - The Time & Elisa Fiorillo
5. Number One - Robin Power
6. Shake! - The Time
7. Melody Cool - Mavis Staples
8. The Latest Fashion - The Time & Prince
9. Graffiti Bridge - Prince, Mavis Staples & Tevin Campbell

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[Edited 10/23/05 1:38am]

BorisFishpaw said:

Great!!

Is there an officially released "joined" version of "New Power Generation parts 1 & 2"???
[Edited 10/23/05 2:40am]

My ideal version of GB would be as follows:

New Power Generation Part I
We Can Funk
The Question of U
Elephants and Flowers
Joy in Repetition
Thieves in the Temple
Still Would Stand All Time

And yep, that's only seven songs.

AlphabetST1977 said:

Did you seque The Question Of U and Joy In Repetition together?

seanski said:

no, but its a good idea as i love them to songs

I think i might replace the album version of Joy with the live version from ONA ..... one of the best live tunes on CD

[Edited 10/23/05 6:04am]

PurpleKnight said:

Hey knight ,if u were 2 do what i did & put 2 more tunes on ..... what would they be ?

Cheek said:

Do u really like Grafitti Bridge?

Cheek said:

No, it was never officially released (which is a shame)

I like the way you seperated them Boris.

That may have been a very cool way to just buy the tracks you want.

Also in this day of digital music downloads, and cd burning you'd think (it may already be like this) but when an artist releases a album that you can just buy the tracks you like.

That'd be very cool, then you would'nt have to pay 10-13-15-18.00 for filler songs on albums which is part of the reason downloading free music has gone so crazy and haywire because people are tired of paying hard earned money for a bunch of extra, junky, lousy sounding filler tracks!!!

It's a cool, average at best record (read my review of the album below):

Title: "A Half Brilliant and Half Dull Effort, You Have To Skip Around To Get To The Core"


In 1990, Prince filmed a movie called Graffiti Bridge, which was a so-called sequel to his phenomenal 1984 film, Purple Rain. Yep, that one absolutely bombed and critics panned it to the ground. But, some of the music in that film contained some great music. The soundtrack isn't just a Prince album and it shouldn't be considered that because other artists perfrom here. This soundtrack was an all in all mixed bag. There's much to like here and the styles of music that are presented on this album is half brilliant and half dull. The opening track, "Can't Stop This Feeling I Got" is an elegant rock song with uninspired guitar hooks and bumping drum patterns. "New Power Generation" is a bumping, new-jack urban track that is one of the best on here. "Release It" is a track performed by The Time and it sounds different from anything they previously recorded. It's more of a hip-hop flavored tune, full of loops. "The Question of U" is another great, yet seductive song on this album. On this song, he does some incredible bluesy guitar work. The song is a slow, blues and old-school R&B ballad with everything you would love in a Prince ballad. "Elephants And Flowers" is a fun-based, catchy track with wild, yet funky instrumentation. "Round And Round" is a song by the young Tevin Campbell; that is a decent filler track with uninspired synthesizer work and patterned drum sequences. "We Can Funk" has Prince doing a steamy collaboration with funk master, George Clinton. The song is so funky and sexy at the same time. "Joy in Repetition" is another slow jam on here with Prince doing yet another soaring guitar solo with some airy and soft instrumentation being played in the background. "Love Machine" is another pumping funk track by The Time, with Morris Day doing some halirious, yet sexy-influenced raps and Elisa doing the lead vocals. "Tick, Tick, Bang" is a flawed attempt for Prince to mix heavy metal, rap, and soul together to create a masterful soundscape. "Shake" is a funky-dance number performed by The Time with plastic sounding guitar hooks and keyboard work. "Thieves in the Temple" is a haunting tune that has Prince playing yet another earth-shattering guitar solo. It was the only big hit on the album. "Latest Fashion" is a humorous and repetitive tune by The Time that serves as filler. "Melody Cool" is a wonderfully crafted funk-dance jam that is performed by Mavis Staples. "Still Would Stand All Time" is a powerful gospel song that beautifully showcases Prince's spiritual beliefs. "Graffiti Bridge" is really an intoxicating "grand-finale" ballad that sums up the theme of the album. "New Power Generation (pt.2)" is an patchy reprise of the first part of the song, which began the album.

The Graffiti Bridge soundtrack is ultimately a mixed bag. Most of the material is just too spiritual and the production is pretty good. But what makes the production so underwhelming is that it does have a strong hip-hop influence. The other artists from the Prince canon does some great, yet inconsistent stuff here as well. Tevin Campbell's "Round and Round" and The Time's "Shake" and "The Latest Fashion" can all be considered as filler that can be skipped over. Some of Prince's set of songs can be considered as filler as well. The flow of the album is just too cluttered because it isn't coherent. For example, after Prince does a song, a Time song pops up, and then another song by Prince comes on. Prince and the other guests that perform on the album tries to tackle as many styles of music they can, but it just gets unsuccessful and jumbled. So, the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack is a 68-minute hit and miss album that does have duds, but you have to skip around it to get to the good stuff. Grade: C-

Still Would Stand All Time is a Masterpiece
We Can Funk is Classic
Lots going on on GB

AlphabetST1977 said:

Hmm, you know I'm not sure. If possible, I guess Prince performed versions of Shake and Love Machine.

I love this album!!!

(and the movie a little bit too )


My favs are New Power Generation and The ? of U.
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the only reason i am giving this song credit is because it is the sequel to purple rain and some of the songs are pretty good i think that he was trying to get to his spiritual side which is not very good because his gospel type music is not very good.Other wise the best songs on the album are Elephants and flowers
joy in repitition
new power generation
tick tick bang
still would stand all time
the ? of u
thieves in the temple

It's ok but i like the original versions of
We Can Funk and Tick , Tick , Bang much more

And apart from The Time's songs all songs but Prince's should've been left off , imo
[Edited 10/23/05 17:29pm]

I really like this one, but the only ones I don't listen to are: Still Would Stand All Time, Latest Fashion, Graffiti Bridge. The rest is really cool. Well, Melody Cool might be kinda weak./

doctamario said:

Still would stand all time is probably the standout track on the album

Although i love ? of U/Thieves/NPG/Joy & Elephants ..... i even like parts of cant stop & most of The Times ..... Shake

Zelaira said:

me too! definitely, in my top 10

Round And Round is a very fine song.

A few of the songs are lame, but for the most part, I really like the album. The ? of U is pure genius.

Snap said:

This is the ONE!!
Could have been a Great album