Besides them both creating incredibly good music there are other similarities:

* Mozart was quite short(I think about P's hight but who knows) and compensated this with wearing extravagant clothing.
* Women were crazy about him and he didn't really mind that
* He was very sexual.

I guess there are other similarities, anyone who can come up with some?

I really think that Prince is our Mozart (maybe him reincarnated ) and we're blessed to have such an artist on our planet. Ok, that's enough praising for a while...

well, it's either prince or herbie hancock. or maybe david bowie. come to think of it john mayer could be mozart reincarnated too.

Prince = Mozart? i have to say NO-Zart!

SlamGlam said:

Thoust wit shalt borne new universes of expression.

Number23 said:

I do not know if that is a complment or an insult but i LOLed and your icon photo thing really made it seem funny to me! so which one is that?

VenusBlingBling said:

PRINC IS MORE SEXY THEN MOZART CHILD PRINCE I LOVE U BABY

Well, if you believe in reincarnation, it is entirely possible that Mozart could have come back as Prince! Just a speculation, don't trip, every1.

I think he's more like Beethoven. There's more emotion in his music than Mozart I feel.

VenusBlingBling said:

Both are vertebrates.

Neither of them were hiding behind the grassy knoll when Kennedy was shot.

Both of them were poisoned by Rick 'Salieri' James.

On no occasion did the two of them appear in the same room together.

Both of them had a rib removed, a club foot, suffered from Tourettes Syndrome, underwent hip surgery, and communicated by telepathy with Sheena Easton, except for one of them.

Spooky.
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langebleu said:

VenusBlingBling said:

very astute observation~ generally don't share that N4 outside the circle of madnesty ~ knew him B4B4=that was one other time 4sure

Prince's work puts him in his own stratosphere . Mozart who? Beethoven who? .

Mozart or U2 could not have written "Housequake."

jdcxc said:

Just as prince couldn't have written Mozart's works ... and as has been mentioned before, Mozart was composing works of complexity and touring Europe at the same age that Prince was learning to play the theme music to Batman on the piano.

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Not even Bach or Beethoven were as precocious as Mozart, though as adults all three composed some of the greatest music ever written. Prince cannot be compared to any of those three nor can anyone in popular music. The comparison simply isn't relevant, like apples and oranges. But even if you restrict your assessment to "Is Prince the Mozart of Pop music?", his work has not been as consistent as Mozart's work was. The most you can say is that, at his best, Prince was a sort of Mozart of pop.
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both artists died in their early to mid 30's.
Mozart literally, and Prince artistically.

AsianBomb777 said:

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littlemissG said:

People are compared all to often with the genius of
Mozart. There has been no human mind in recorded history to rival the combined depth and scope of that man.Nobody has before or since bent musical form to his will with such (apparent) ease.
I'm a huge fan of The Purple One and I enjoy listening to his music more; its passion and soul is very accessible, but the goals set out before the composition of, say, "Condition of the Heart" and the "Jupiter" Symphony don't particularly lend themselves to satisfactory comparison.

I think we can all agree that Prince is great and we love him to bits though.

coop10000 said:

I agree that Prince is no where near the level of musical aristry of Mozart, but I don't think Mozart was unmatched. Perhaps he was unmatched in skill and natural ability, but when it came to compositional discipline, I believe Beethoven would've given him a run for his money. Beethoven used to rehearse with his orchestra while he was already def and he could tell if a violinist had messed up by the position of his bow. I'm not saying Beethoven possessed the natural ability as Mozart, but certainly some of his works matched the importance and brilliance of Mozart.

Likewise, Bob Dylan may not be able to do some of the things Prince can do, but his catalogue of songs could easily be deemed as important as Prince's.

That's a fair point, Beethoven was an absoulute master, with controlled fiery passion,but, and I am open to correction here, the form of the finale of Jupiter transcends the most complex of fugues, which not only do I have trouble getting my head around, is nothing even Beethoven attempted.

Bob Dylan is another excellent example; he's not typical of a live entertainer, he can't dance like Prince and I hate to admit it to myself but he seems to have trouble singing in tune(at times)
However his incredible (and superior?) talent is in his delivery of lyrics, consistently conjuring imagery unlike any recorded artist of my knowledge.

We must compare like with like if the comparisons are to mean anything.

Prince may not have the chops Mozart had.

AsianBomb777 said:

That's not even right...!

PurpleJedi said:

I kid, I kid!

AsianBomb777 said:

WOOOSH!

VenusBlingBling said:

Where did you get your Mozart info from? Falco's video for "Rock me Amadeus"?

And no, Prince is not the Mozart of the 20th century. If I was forced to give that title to someone (though it doesn't make that much sense imo), my vote would go to Gustav Mahler (though "20th century artist" is very discussable for him), Alban Berg and Gyorgy Ligeti.

langebleu said:

That should be quoted on the prince.org homepage.

coop10000 said:

The finale of the "Jupiter Symphony" is not a fugue in the strict sense, but it is polyphonic.

Your info on Beethoven is wrong. Check out his late piano sonatas and works for string quartet, especially the "Grand Fugue in b flat minor".

Btw, a "who is greater" contest of Mozart vs. Beethoven doesn't make too much sense imo.
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Prince is not like Mozart. If anyone alive today is like Mozart (personality wise) it's Michael Jackson.

*Both were/are excellent dancers
*Both had/have high tenor single voice
*Both spoke/speake in a gentle tone, unless when directing music, when they became/become loud and energetic.
*Both were/are seen as eccentric.
*Both were/are child-like.
*It might be just a rumour, but I heard Mozart was accused of pedohilia as well.