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Thread started 07/03/06 3:19pm

goosebumps

Prince and the Revolution

Did Prince break up the Revolution too soon?????
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Reply #1 posted 07/03/06 3:24pm

coolgirlM

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Yes
Of course I'll undress in front of U!
Listen, 4 U naked I would dance a ballet
Would that get U off?
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Reply #2 posted 07/03/06 3:26pm

goosebumps

coolgirlM said:

Yes

Nice answer
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Reply #3 posted 07/03/06 3:29pm

goosebumps

coolgirlM said:

Yes

Would "Sign O the Times" have sounded any different?
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Reply #4 posted 07/03/06 3:31pm

coolgirlM

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goosebumps said:

coolgirlM said:

Yes

Would "Sign O the Times" have sounded any different?


Ooooh i had never even thought about that. To be honest i wouldn`t want it to sound differently from what it already is :perfect! lol
Of course I'll undress in front of U!
Listen, 4 U naked I would dance a ballet
Would that get U off?
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Reply #5 posted 07/03/06 3:39pm

goosebumps

coolgirlM said:

goosebumps said:


Would "Sign O the Times" have sounded any different?


Ooooh i had never even thought about that. To be honest i wouldn`t want it to sound differently from what it already is :perfect! lol

I recently acquired a different version of "Strange Relationship" (with a lot of sitars) and an extended version of "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Ma n" As well as well as various out takes, it just makes me wonder what an original "Crystal Ball" or Revolution influenced "Sign O The Times" might have sounde like.
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Reply #6 posted 07/03/06 6:24pm

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There wouldn't have been a SOTT if The Revolution were still around after Parade, because almost certainly The Dream Factory would've been the next release, and half of SOTT is from DF any way, so it already is 'Revolution influenced' (if you wanna put it that way).

BTW - Those versions of Strange Relationship and ICNTTPOYM are from DF.
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Reply #7 posted 07/03/06 6:25pm

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i remember reading about the break up... *it had a PRINCE era photo of him* it just said Prince broke up the band to go in a different direction. a short time latter there was a bit in Parade Mag that talked about Sign O the Time and that eary word is that it is great.
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Reply #8 posted 07/03/06 10:28pm

EverlastingNow

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It's not like wouldn't have gotten all the songs off of it anyway, I wish they would have stayed together for the Dream Factory album and tour. sad
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Reply #9 posted 07/04/06 2:49am

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It's said Wendy & Lisa wanted to leave the band to do their own music, so Prince didn't really have a choice and just went with it rather than fought it.

When people say 'The Revolution' influence his music, surely the only people really influencing Prince hugely were W&L? Prince still mainly did everything himself rather than getting the entire band in the studio? The Revolution as a whole band still being mainly a live band? Therefore when W&L left the sound would have changed anyway.
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Reply #10 posted 07/04/06 7:30am

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metalorange said:

It's said Wendy & Lisa wanted to leave the band to do their own music, so Prince didn't really have a choice and just went with it rather than fought it.

When people say 'The Revolution' influence his music, surely the only people really influencing Prince hugely were W&L? Prince still mainly did everything himself rather than getting the entire band in the studio? The Revolution as a whole band still being mainly a live band? Therefore when W&L left the sound would have changed anyway.


Very true.
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Reply #11 posted 07/04/06 7:31am

Graycap23

goosebumps said:

Did Prince break up the Revolution too soon?????



No.....things happened the way they should.
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Reply #12 posted 07/04/06 7:34am

luv4all7

i personally don't give a F' for Prince's back ups. I'm only interested in the front man. wink
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Reply #13 posted 07/04/06 8:16am

Spinlight

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NouveauDance said:

There wouldn't have been a SOTT if The Revolution were still around after Parade, because almost certainly The Dream Factory would've been the next release, and half of SOTT is from DF any way, so it already is 'Revolution influenced' (if you wanna put it that way).

BTW - Those versions of Strange Relationship and ICNTTPOYM are from DF.



Nah...

ICNTTPOYM is edited even on Sign O The Times and that version of Strange Relationship is a remixed/reworked version from Camille.

Hot Thing, Housequake, If I Was Your Girlfriend, U Got The Look, It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night = Not from Dream Factory at all.

SOTT, ICNTTPOYM, Strange Relationship = Edited and/or reworked from their DF versions.
[Edited 7/4/06 8:18am]
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Reply #14 posted 07/04/06 9:45am

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Spinlight said:

NouveauDance said:

There wouldn't have been a SOTT if The Revolution were still around after Parade, because almost certainly The Dream Factory would've been the next release, and half of SOTT is from DF any way, so it already is 'Revolution influenced' (if you wanna put it that way).

BTW - Those versions of Strange Relationship and ICNTTPOYM are from DF.



Nah...

ICNTTPOYM is edited even on Sign O The Times and that version of Strange Relationship is a remixed/reworked version from Camille.


I was referring to the versions goosebumps said they had acquired. smile
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Reply #15 posted 07/04/06 9:49am

Thibaut

Spinlight said:

NouveauDance said:

There wouldn't have been a SOTT if The Revolution were still around after Parade, because almost certainly The Dream Factory would've been the next release, and half of SOTT is from DF any way, so it already is 'Revolution influenced' (if you wanna put it that way).

BTW - Those versions of Strange Relationship and ICNTTPOYM are from DF.



Nah...

ICNTTPOYM is edited even on Sign O The Times and that version of Strange Relationship is a remixed/reworked version from Camille.

Hot Thing, Housequake, If I Was Your Girlfriend, U Got The Look, It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night = Not from Dream Factory at all.

SOTT, ICNTTPOYM, Strange Relationship = Edited and/or reworked from their DF versions.
[Edited 7/4/06 8:18am]


Sorry, but what does ICNTTPOYM stand 4?
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Reply #16 posted 07/04/06 9:53am

NouveauDance

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I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man.
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Reply #17 posted 07/04/06 9:59am

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he had to break it up or that line from "song about" would not have made any sense.
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Reply #18 posted 07/04/06 11:03am

Krystal666

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Heck no! I'm glad he did because the Sign of the Times band was... dancing jig
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Reply #19 posted 07/04/06 11:55am

Riverpoet31

No, he didnt.

As is stated often in the media, the revolution werent able to cope with the more complex, 'jazzier' kind of he music he was trying to produce in the late eighties. They messed up with quicker jams, and Prince was at that moment looking for more skilled, versatile musicians.

Wendy and Lisa might have had but a huge impact on him when it comes to broading his musical horizons, the Revolution as a band in general werent that technically skilled:
- Bobby Z, mediocre drummer, disguised by the use of drummachines and electronic drums
- Brown Mark, a mediocre, stiff bass-player, not very fluent
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Reply #20 posted 07/04/06 12:13pm

sexxydancer

luv4all7 said:

i personally don't give a F' for Prince's back ups. I'm only interested in the front man. wink

u r absolutely right!It's what's up front that counts!and I thought that I was the only person to feel like that!
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Reply #21 posted 07/04/06 12:17pm

sexxydancer

kill me now,Revolution lovers, but the SOTT band was off da hook!
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Reply #22 posted 07/04/06 12:18pm

luv4all7

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luv4all7 said:

i personally don't give a F' for Prince's back ups. I'm only interested in the front man. wink

u r absolutely right!It's what's up front that counts!and I thought that I was the only person to feel like that!


Naw, it's not just you! hug
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Reply #23 posted 07/04/06 12:53pm

sexxydancer

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sexxydancer said:


u r absolutely right!It's what's up front that counts!and I thought that I was the only person to feel like that!


Naw, it's not just you! hug

Great minds think alike....
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Reply #24 posted 07/04/06 1:14pm

MartyMcFly

sexxydancer said:

kill me now,Revolution lovers, but the SOTT band was off da hook!


SOTT/Lovesexy band was far and away the best band he ever had! (IMHO)
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Reply #25 posted 07/04/06 1:34pm

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MartyMcFly said:

sexxydancer said:

kill me now,Revolution lovers, but the SOTT band was off da hook!


SOTT/Lovesexy band was far and away the best band he ever had! (IMHO)


They were great but I feel that any group of hired musicians could have done the job, they had chemistry but chemistry that didn't leave the stage.
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Reply #26 posted 07/04/06 11:19pm

Spinlight

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EverlastingNow said:

MartyMcFly said:



SOTT/Lovesexy band was far and away the best band he ever had! (IMHO)


They were great but I feel that any group of hired musicians could have done the job, they had chemistry but chemistry that didn't leave the stage.



They didn't have chemistry off-stage? Prince, Cat, and Sheila had several photoshoots done of just the 3 of them. They look like a triple threat powerhouse - like something great could come from those 3 people. They looked fierce.

Unfortunately, it is Prince's RECENT bands that lack chemistry on or off stage. Ever since 1996, Prince has hired a revolving door of musicians who... really... I mean.... Who the fuck are they? I don't even know who is in the NPG right now. I mean I might know a handful of names, but those people are merely automatons to me.
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Reply #27 posted 07/05/06 12:42am

MartyMcFly

Spinlight said:

EverlastingNow said:



They were great but I feel that any group of hired musicians could have done the job, they had chemistry but chemistry that didn't leave the stage.



They didn't have chemistry off-stage? Prince, Cat, and Sheila had several photoshoots done of just the 3 of them. They look like a triple threat powerhouse - like something great could come from those 3 people. They looked fierce.

Unfortunately, it is Prince's RECENT bands that lack chemistry on or off stage. Ever since 1996, Prince has hired a revolving door of musicians who... really... I mean.... Who the fuck are they? I don't even know who is in the NPG right now. I mean I might know a handful of names, but those people are merely automatons to me.


Co-sign... nod
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Reply #28 posted 07/05/06 3:49am

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Spinlight said:

Unfortunately, it is Prince's RECENT bands that lack chemistry on or off stage. Ever since 1996, Prince has hired a revolving door of musicians who... really... I mean.... Who the fuck are they? I don't even know who is in the NPG right now. I mean I might know a handful of names, but those people are merely automatons to me.


F'real - It's been difficult to keep up with all the changes, so I haven't bothered - they're all pretty faceless, and don't stick around very long.
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Reply #29 posted 07/05/06 8:33am

theodore

The Revolution rocked
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