MickG said:

What the hell r u talking about?

When one believes the hype
He MUST buy into the premise
I submit 2 u
That the premise is ALL wrong
4 it’s not EZ 2 be ground breaking
If no one listens 2 the words in your SONG

Prince is on another level
One U cannot reach
While U R busy saying a lot of NOTHING
He is busy………try 2 teach

U have labeled everything
Yet nothing comes 2 MINDS
[Edited 9/20/06 9:32am]

Graycap23 said:

Are you still in highschool too?

MickG said:

Based on your silly rantings I have NO idea what 2 make of u.

Graycap23 said:

Yeah, I get that alot.

skywalker said:

In no way shape or form am I bias. No one currently IMO can even come close to the level Prince is at with his music. So I consider all Prince albums groundbreaking. Even though some of his albums are just so-so I can't think of anyone in the same ballpark.

MickG said:

I guess you've not had your plus sign today....

wickyb said:

bublebath said:

Hey Bubblebath, I just noticed my thread in your signature! Thanks, even though I know it was less popular than the last of POOK's musings!

The Rainbow Children

Rebeljuice said:

Hey, great read...and totally on point.

I think the namechange was also very groundbreaking. No artist had ever done anything similar before. Carlos Santa once used to be Devadip and Cat Stevens became Yusuf Islam but Prince did things his own way. Takes a lot self confidence and courage to do what he did over such a long timespan, I think that was one of the weirdest and boldest moves in showbiz ever.

His last major innovation was changing his name

NDRU said:

dammme said:

No? I like his music since then, but that seems like the last thing he did that really blew people's minds.

It was Sign o the Times because up to and including that one, each album added to the last as follows.
For You - Introduced a raw new talent to the world, ground breaking the fact it was a one man job and displayed musical competency.
Prince- Groundbreaking as it gave him first big hit, and more solid songwriting.
DM -Bought the element of shock as well as musical versatility, also proved his live reputation.
Controversy - A culmination of his talents thus far, Prince had it all here, rock (Controversy) Sex, Do Me Baby, Manifesto Sexuality, and Funk like Lets Work
1999- Groundbreaking as it was his first epic album and by now could write uber catchy pop songs along with seamless rock, funk and lascivious ballads.
Purple Rain, Groundbreaking as it was a movie ,album and killer singles and it catapulted him to mega stardom
ATWIAD, only because hee was exploring more external influences, notably white pop and psychedelia, also began to showcase his tendency to wibble.
Parade, Just supreme pop songs that value love above sex (rare for Prince) the role other band members contributed to it and the best marriage of black and white music on one disc. Perfection.
S.O.T. A sum talent of all his albums thus, a masterpiece with Prince as the alchemist of styles.

But the black album onwards theres nothing groundbreaking about his music, I mean lovesexy was neo spiritual fluff compared to the tight excellence of his earlier records. And good albums like symbol, come, TGE and 3121 don't add anything new, they just like pleasant sounding with catchy songs and a lot of them have more filler than killer.
So I say Sign o the times, because it was the last album, that had Prince strides ahead of the others.
Just like Bowies last groundbreaker was scary monsters and supercreeps, Lets dance onwards was just him keeping up with trends rather than being Ziggy Stardust or the Thin white Duke.

tane1976 said:

I think you explained that in the most exquisite way...

In fact, if it wasn't for Wendy and Lisa and, MOST IMPORTANTLY, Eric Leeds, none of the work after 1999 would have been groundbreaking.

Lovesexy.
Loved his hair,his clothes,Lovesexy tour,everything about this era.

BoySimon said:

Morris Day, "oh lawrd".....

Prance is so ground breaking my water just broke.

NDRU said:

I think he's been innovative on the business side of things since then, but artistically he hasn't really had anything new to offer for a while, but I think it's unrealistic to expect that anyway. I just take the odd great TV appearance and leave it at that.

Prince has DONE damn near EVERYTHING there is 2 do in music. If he could manage 2 break new ground AGAIN that would be a FEAT. The man has reached the very TOP of the game. There is no place 2 go.....but closer 2 Earth.

SOTT

NDRU said:

that is one of my favorites threads ever

Graycap23, nice sarcasm, well done.

Name me a groundbreaking album after 1999?

PR used funk, ballads and rock... hmm, think they've been done before...

ATWIAD ditto

Parade ditto, plus some lounge-jazz... no, someone else had thought of that.

Just because it was all done supremely well does not make it groundbreaking.

BoySimon said:

Latest Ground breaking Album for me, must be N.E.W.S. Still 1 of my favorite albums when I wanna LISSEN to real music. He does things on this album, that almost puts him in the progressive music category, but still he keeps his sound, and creates sound landscapes who brings you "out there"

And remember, its recorded live in studio, so its impressive and ground breaking in my mind.

TRC is great, but have elements from Love sexy, and other old albums. Thoug its a masterpiece, its not groundbreaking, exept for perhaps the lyrics. Not many superstarts convert into a religion, sings about it, and gets away with it.

Seriously? If you have to ask what Prince albums after 1999 are groundbreaking, then you haven't been paying attention.
Purple Rain lit the whole fucking world on fire. People hadn't seen or heard anything like that before. It was familiar, yet something new and unique. Sure, the albums after it had elements that had been done before, but not the way Prince was doing it.

Dig this, Prince took/takes shit that had been done before and branded in his own way. He took the history what had come before in pop music and turned it into his own, purple, unique thing. Groundbreaking. He was then and is now. Enough said.



[Edited 9/22/06 15:09pm]

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