im sitting here listening to judas smile for the very first time.
hmm now its mentioning chocolate invasion, i think its called judas smile but maybe its not because it keeps on saying 'chocolate invasion' haha, anyway.

ive always thought this
its probably been said countless times
but if prince really wanted
he could put together a killer album
made up of songs he has already made

he could rip those charts up!

do it prince
do it

funkii said:

I believe this is more than a few orgers' Mission Statement.

Why doesn't he do so then? why would he refrain from blowing us away? why give us lesser works and hold back and the great stuff? it makes no sense at all. Blowing us away does not mean artistic compromise. If anything, a great, intellectual piece of work is perhaps the only way prince will ever blow anyone away now because the masses of sheep mtv fed sheep wouldnt even understand if he took his ability to the next level anyway. he lost most of those kinds of listeners people in the 80's!
[Edited 3/1/06 10:28am]

3121 said:

One can only hope in the future he'll release his music from the vault.

SexualSuicide said:

That's a separate thing though isn't it - Blowing us away with something from 20 years ago.....

i didnt mean blowing us away
i meant the non fans
'them'

we've heard alot
they havent

funkii said:

the're not ready yet!
they gon say "yeah, prince actually wàs a genius" ... only when he has died... sad but true

funkii said:

ahh yes, the delusional rationalization for why he hasn't.

on a similar note, if the Cubs wanted to win a World Series they could, they just choose not to.

the Democrats could have defeated George Bush, but have chosen not to.

Andy Dick could be as sexy as George Clooney if he wanted to, but chooses not to.

see how silly your rationalization sounds when the principles of the argument are changed but the structure of the argument remains the same.

you judge things for what they are, not what you wish they could be. if Prince had a tear up the chart record in him, he would record it. you actually think he is putting forth all his effort and money to not appeal to as many people as possible?

dumbass said:

yes

well not now but yes to the last 10 years
there's possible 2006 hits in many of his past albums and internet only releases. i know im thinking stupid thoughts but if he took one song from here, another from there.. he could get a bigger fanbase and make people finally realise that he is 'A OK'

^
im talking about him putting songs together
that most of us on this site have probably already heard

anyhow its not quite an argument
or a serious debate
i was bored and playing

You're right. Prince has enough unreleased songs in his repertoire to make a serious hit album. But then again, Prince is an artist. I know that title is bounced around nowadays until it's virtually meaningless. But Prince is the real deal. Music theory, creativity and progressivism -- all mean things to him. Even though he's clearly in business to make money, there's always that age-old artist conundrum. How can I make music for public consumption without losing my artistic soul in the process? That alone would make it difficult to come up with traditionally hit albums. It's easier for your Britney Spears, Beyounces and Jessica Simpsons because they're not real artists. They sing and dance. But that's about it. They're virtually show-ponies....marionettes....not true creators of music...