If someone picked up a copy of the Parade CD lying on your desk and asked "Hmm, what kind of music is this?" What the hell would you say?

wonder505 said:

Parade thex

I'd say "If U don't know,u better ask somebody"!

'Suck it and see'.

i'd say: you know the beatles? you know prince? you know cheesy b/w movies?

well this is a mix of the three and it sounds like nothing else you'll hear



i'd also advise them that if they didn't like it, to never talk to me again

"give me back my copy of parade NOW, BITCH!"

thats a bloody good question.

Funk D'Azure!

i'd thay itth printh mewthic
pretty pretty pinths mewthic girlth and boyth

Prince

I would say "The hell if I know".

"Parade is the pinnacle of Prince's career, where he'd reached the top of his mountain, and was willing to experiment, not only with lavish orchestrations but also pared down raw funk. If anything, it is the gateway that ties Purple Rain to what would become his greatest release ever, SOTT. Start with Life Can Be So Nice and then explore extensively.

You go ahead and keep that copy, brother, you'll need it. I've already burned it to every computer I own. Prince Be With You".

beauhall said:

"Wow, did you say Purple Rain? I love that song!"

I keep this album in a safe next to my will -- wouldn't trust it in the hands of coworkers.

"It has "Kiss" on it."

they will say, "oh, cool."

You see, it's kind of hard isn't it. Parade remains one of the most difficult albums to describe. So far only one poster was able to do it.

wonder505 said:

It's not difficult. It's for the most part a funk and R&B album, with touches of jazz and psychedelia

wonder505 said:

Yeah, first of all, all you would need to say is "It's Prince", he's well known enough for that, but if you wanted to sound more inteligent then that, you might also include "it's one of his better accepted and weller known consept albums".

"It's what elation sounds like"

npgmaverick said:

elation sounds like being at a Circus, on lsd and X, while midget clowns run around honking horns on watermellons, and as you approach the big top, you hear the roar of the spectators whom eat their popcorn and candy apples while the ringmaster says some words in a well known purple hat?

MickG said:

No, that sounds like my worst nightmare.

MickG said:

Actually, I'd use that xact verbage 2 describe "There's Others Here With Us".

As for Parade, it's the kind of music that's on a Nearly Perfect Album.

The best music.

I have been in a Parade mood for a few months now!in fact,if
you go to the org artist forum you can download my very own
interpretation of the Parade gem "New Posistion".
warning-it is so extremely funky that it may kill you...(or at least cause funkyface)

wonder505 said:

Prince.

He is his own genre.

blusapphire said:

and you might define that genre as what?

MickG said:

Uh, Prince, I think.

More fun than a bowl full of AfricaCaptainCrunchNormaJeanSEXandCheerios!!!

[Edited 8/4/06 10:23am]

FunkMistress said:

Exactly.