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What if.... Prince in the 70s Lets imagine Prince wasnt born in 1958 but in 1948, like most of the lead musicians of the funk-era 1970-1977. would he be the historically significant musician that he is today? I know its only a hypothesis. but I believe he wouldnt. he would have been one of the maurice whites, sugarfoots, larry grahams. because this particular era was full of talent and thick funk. the 80s were very much different. the funk was gone, or at least what one would consider true funk. but somebody as soulful as prince could outshine the weaker others.
I'm not trying to say that the 70s funksters were not influential. they just came up in a different time, an era with a high concentration of talent. what do you think? please only serious answers. no fanatic "prince would have always been big, even in the folk song industry of the 13th century". "Peace and Benz -- The future, made in Germany"  | |
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soulpower said: Lets imagine Prince wasnt born in 1958 but in 1948, like most of the lead musicians of the funk-era 1970-1977. would he be the historically significant musician that he is today? I know its only a hypothesis. but I believe he wouldnt. he would have been one of the maurice whites, sugarfoots, larry grahams. because this particular era was full of talent and thick funk. the 80s were very much different. the funk was gone, or at least what one would consider true funk. but somebody as soulful as prince could outshine the weaker others.
I'm not trying to say that the 70s funksters were not influential. they just came up in a different time, an era with a high concentration of talent. what do you think? please only serious answers. no fanatic "prince would have always been big, even in the folk song industry of the 13th century". If Prince was in his prime during the 70's then its possible that he wouldnt be around at all. Either that or he would be quite a different musical Prince. I say this because alot of Princes big musical influences were around in the 70's and its possible he wouldnt have been effected or had the same ispirations if he was around in the same era/decade as they were. "...because no-one gets there alone." - "...I like the floor. It's the only thing that seems real." | |
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soulpower said: Lets imagine Prince wasnt born in 1958 but in 1948, like most of the lead musicians of the funk-era 1970-1977. would he be the historically significant musician that he is today? I know its only a hypothesis. but I believe he wouldnt. he would have been one of the maurice whites, sugarfoots, larry grahams. because this particular era was full of talent and thick funk. the 80s were very much different. the funk was gone, or at least what one would consider true funk. but somebody as soulful as prince could outshine the weaker others.
I'm not trying to say that the 70s funksters were not influential. they just came up in a different time, an era with a high concentration of talent. what do you think? please only serious answers. no fanatic "prince would have always been big, even in the folk song industry of the 13th century". He'd probably get a big break as one of the many guitar players associated with FUNKADELIC, but he won't haved stayed long. He'd have figured things out and split like ROGER, who was really independent of George Clinton. The 80s were especially kind to Prince. While his creativity cannot be denied (he'd have just been that much closer to sponge off original sources like Bootsy, Bernie and George), he thrived at a time when the PFUNK empire fell apart. Good timing helped [This message was edited Wed Jul 31 9:01:15 PDT 2002 by PFunkjazz] test | |
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He wouldn't be as Big IMHO.Bands were More Important than overall.Prince came along at the Right time IMHO.He had the Right Look,Synths were still fresh&Just starting to Replace Large Bands,The One Name Artist was the "IN" thing,Video came into Place.Hype was a Key as well.I don't think Prince would have Hung with Maurice White back in the 70's fully.Maurice did alot of things back then that haven't been Touched by many since or Before IMHO.70's Funkateers are So Undervalued to Me on a Whole it ain't even Funny.these Cats back in the day Played Everything.Roger Troutman&Sugarfoot have this Blues Guitar Based Album from around 1984 that is them Jamming that I Heard a long time ago.put it like this: if most of those Acts back then got the Full Deal Profile as Prince&Others of the 80's did How Might History Reflect different? Bootsy,Eddie Hazel,Mike Hampton,Bernie Worrell,Junie Morrsion,Johnny "Guitar" watson,Shuggie Ottis,Leroy Hutson,&tons More that are or were BAd-Ass but the Biz only lets a Certain Few truly Shine.the 70's are My favorite Era in terms of the Band Concept&Many Ingrediants involved.Roger Troutman said it best abck in the day Cats Played Everything&Anything.Peace mistermaxxx | |
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