I think many of you here underrate this album. Sure, it is classical stuff, but the album is really eclectic and full of interesting, bizarre melodies. The kind of stuff he used to be loved for. The music just melts into you.

I am baffled.

Black Sweat sucks.

but

Kamasutra is really pretty good.

You did hear those scissor sounds effects during "Cutz," didn't you??

I thought it was a thread about sex. BrB.

By the way, I hope some of you did READ the Kama Sutra and not only look at the pictures ?

There's a lot to learn there...

virginie74 said:

I'm strictly a VISUAL learner.

2freaky4church1 said:

You are suffering from Acute Paisley Poisoning. Please do not drink any fluids for the next eight hours or you'll be peeing purple for days.
[Edited 2/6/06 19:57pm]

Aerogram said:

i think this is one album i cannot even bring myself to listen to. all the fake classical keyboard sounds grates me to no end.

Shows how musical most of u are. lol

I haven't listened to it in years, but I've liked it since day one. It's really grand and complex and different.

2freaky4church1 said:

^^^^^this due up here loves Kamasutra but hates Black Sweat

mods please install an ignore feature please

Kamasucktra - I love classical music and I found it to be o.k. Not that great.

Especially not as good as N.E.W.S.

It’s yet another CD that sits on the shelf of 100's of prince CDs ... with the exception that no one in my house wants to listen to it again after hearing it once.

I suppose I could give it to facilities department @ work to use for muzak in the elevator.
[Edited 2/6/06 23:00pm]

the scissors are in Bob George near the end.... I think...

Doozer said:

it's my least fav of anything Prince has ever done
i have no idea when i might force myself to listen to it again
probably never

It has actually about 3 very good pieces but to be honest the rest is more or less a rushed series of repetitions passed off as a "suite" for his wedding to Mayte.

Never heard it.

2freaky4church1 said:

Kamasutra is as close to classical music as David Hasselhoff is close to Frank Sinatra.

for god's sake, there's not even a rell string instrument on that. it's all Prince playing the string patches on synthesizers. listen to it. it's the same fake string samples on Emancipation.

Milty said:

Did I also mention that there are scissor sound effects on a track called "Cutz"?

I felt like I was listening to a an outtake from the Broadway musical Hair.

There is little, and I mean oh so little, to like about this collection of noise.

Jhasten said:

It's a sad, sad day to realise that Prince has become elevator music...

Maybe we all need to come to terms with this.

I still can't bring myself to listen to Kamasutra it just sounds like another one of his epic albums inspired by Mayte and her BEAUTY, ETC, ETC.

Yawn, yawn....boring...boring...

I listened to the whole of Emancipation at work last night and it nearly sent me to sleep.

He even looks bored out of his mind on the album cover.....

ouch!

virginie74 said:

isn't the kama sutra the soon to be released prince auto-biography?

Actually, I kinda like it!

Wow, two times in one day that I've agreed with 2Freaky! Yes folks, the end-times are upon us!!!!

JediMaster said:

So do I but I've learned that is not a popular opinion around here.

thedoorkeeper said:

You shouldn't care about that.

I wouldn't even say that I don't like it. All I say is: if you see it as an attempt to make "classical music" (= if that is your expectation while listening to it), then it is completely ridiculous from A to Z. If you see it as an attempt to make instrumental pop music (like Mike Oldfield), then it is not that bad.

I just think that it is a record for which the expectation of the listener plays a huge role.

If you accept it as a private recording for personal use that Prince was willing to share with us instead of letting it collect dust in the vault, then it is not that bad.
[Edited 2/7/06 12:24pm]

EmancipationLover said:

Agreed. I give BinaryJustin alot of grief for loving NPS, but I've always given him props for standing by his opinion. I feel the same way about this one. Most folks don't like it, but I think there are some cool ideas on it. It is no masterpiece, but it's quite interesting.

Milty said:

Kamasutra - The NPG Orchestra

Credits:

Composer and primary orchestrator -
Arranger and orchestral conductor - Clare Fischer
Musical transcription - Brent Fischer

Additional horns, strings, harp, percussion:
Morris Repass
Assa Drori
Isabelle Daskoff
Edward P Greene
Harry Scorzo
Francine Walsh
Robert Lezin
Norma Leonard
Anita A Thompson
Pamela Gates
Russel Cantor
Betty Byers
Robert Sushel
Don Palmer
Ross Shub
Pamela Tomkins
Yvette Devereaux
Calabria McChesney
Marshall Daniel Thomason
Marilyn Baker
Harry Shirinian
Hershel Wise
Peter Hatch
Suzanna Giordano
Benjamin Simon
James V Ross
Gladys Secunda
Frederick Seykora
Raymond Kelley
Marie Fera
Douglas Davis
Judith Johnson
Cecilia Tsan
David Randall Stone
Morton Klanfer
James D Hughart
Don Shelton
Daniel L Higgins
Lisa Edelstein
James R Walker
C Terry Harrington
Jack Mimitz
Charles Boito
Charles A Coker
Jenice Rosen
Robert D Carr
Dave Duke
Joseph Meyer
Marilyn L Johnson
Alexander P Iles
Leslie K Benedict
Brent Fischer
Gerald Vinci
Marie Tsumara
Israel Baker
Yoko Matsuda
Murry Adler
Jorge Moraga
Carole Mukogawa
Margot MacLaine
Nancy Roth
Anne Karam
Judith Johnson
Arnie Egilson
Richard Mitchell
Jon C Clark
John F Reilly
John J Mitchell
Robert Tricarico
Yvonne Morarty
Andrew M Martin
Richard Hamilton
Larry Bunker
Thomas John Ranier
Dennis Budimer
G Levant
Eric Leeds
Michael Nelson
Kathy Jensen
Dave Jensen
Steve Strand
Brian Gallagher

.

EmancipationLover said:

I said I liked it & I don't care what you think.

langebleu said:

ok...it clearly states "additional horns, strings, harp, percussion". which means? Prin ce played most of it and as usual he had Clare come in a use his orchestra here and there. listen to it. it's clearly synth patches.

Milty said:

....and scissor sound effects, for crying out loud.