I have often wondered if Prince would do anything Sci-Fi? Meaning, cutting himself off from the 'love for sex vs. love for God' thing (which I love don't get me wrong) and seeing how he would handle waging psychedelic warfare on the world of popular music (kind of like Jimi Hendrix's 'Are You Experienced?'). Imagine songs about a world of Prince's creation told with guitar solos like the ones he plays during the live versions of 'Joy In Repetition.' Could he do it, and if he did what kind of world would he create?

thewar said:

Like "The War" kinda stuff etc?

thewar said:

when i read posts like these i wonder why i gave up hard drugs.

PFunkjazz, are you saying that I am on hard drugs, or that Prince would need hard drugs to take the direction that I am suggesting?

I suggest Tejano!

He should either pickup where Tito Puente left off, or dive fully into Neo-Christian-Sleeper-Soul.

Wow,that would be some Beautiful Experience. Ever gone to those Laser Shows with the Rock music? How come there never was Laser PRINCE??? Or something on the vibe of 3-D. And then he allows you some Hawaiian Punch with Natural Extasy and you Trip into THE JOY Fantastic. As Austin Powers says ...GROOOVY BABY!

thewar said:

No, not you; it's me.
I would need hard drugs to handle another
"change in Prince's directon". I can only take so much

how about this:


I gave her bling-bling, I gave her ice. I gave her all tha things I thought were over-priced! And it doesn't seem to bother, and it doesn't seem wack, 'cause I got more dough where that came from, I gotz much mo' than that! Don't you diss me cause I'm ghetto, don't you blast me 'cause I'm quick. All the ladies here will tell you, that my lovemaking's the sh-

The period from the 'Symbol' album, right through to the 'Emancipation' era, always struck me as being very sci-fi (pretty much "out there"), in a very kitsch, late-sixties kind of way.

Witness Prince's preoccupation with futuristic cities (the "7" video), laser beam sound effects aping Star Wars(like on the NPG album "Exodus", for example). Image-wise, the gold-plated "gun" microphone and the whole "Egyptian Connection" journey through the pyramids vibe with ex-wife Mayte were indications that Prince was taking his "Godfather meets Barbarella" premise a stage further.Also, the robotic "interactive" voice announcing the beginning of tracks on 'The Gold Experience', as well as the "endorphin machine" that featured onstage during the Ultimate Live Experience tour were indications that Prince was on something of a "cosmic" tip during that particular period.