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PrintableChristopher said: Cheek said: I miss groundbreaking music by Prince like the "Parade"/"Sign O' The Times" era.
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you know i agree on the parade era! I know, Xopher!
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83-86 when he used the linn drum with interesting patterns, wierd production, rock-bluesy guitar, made some great side projects and was funkier live. |
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PurpleKnight said: His whole TGE era. He was just such a cool, unpredictable rebel, and his anger towards WB reinvigorated his new material with a fierce energy.
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spoida said: 83-86 when he used the linn drum with interesting patterns, wierd production, rock-bluesy guitar, made some great side projects and was funkier live.
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I missed the eras where he kept his mouth shut, and pumped out albums, and maxi-singles. Please god, let history repeat.  | |
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MISS most? the Come/Gold era. he really seemed to have found a way to breathe new life into his creativity. musically, it's not his greatest (85-87 is, i'd say), but he really seemed to get back some of that fire when he was recording that stuff in 93 and 94. it was the last great period of his career, in my opinion. the current one (2004-now) is pretty good too, but there isn't the same spark in the songwriting and production. "The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life. " -- Edith Massey in Female Trouble | |
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There's 2 eras that I've always felt were his high points...
The 1986-88 Sign O' The Times/Lovesexy period. New band, new freedom to explore more musical directions, and an amazing body of work. The 1993-95 Come/Gold Experience period. Real energy in the music, amazing band live, and an overload of great songs. | |
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 I actually liked when Prince was dirty, considered rude, & did not give a damn what he said on his songs. That was his "I Wanna Be Your Lover" thru "1999" era. That made him mysterious & questionable on what is he going to do next. It made you wonder what the next album would sound like. He was more raw then with his music & different. Now, it's like he has the same sound. | |
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I was looking at photos of P in the gallery between early 1980's to mid 1990's. He was sooo young looking, sometimes a little too skinny. I like the era before the mariages and personal issues. He was pretty young and carefree. | |
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BorisFishpaw said: There's 2 eras that I've always felt were his high points...
The 1986-88 Sign O' The Times/Lovesexy period. New band, new freedom to explore more musical directions, and an amazing body of work. The 1993-95 Come/Gold Experience period. Real energy in the music, amazing band live, and an overload of great songs. If you add a third distinct era (1999/PR) then I agree. |
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Se7en said: BorisFishpaw said: There's 2 eras that I've always felt were his high points...
The 1986-88 Sign O' The Times/Lovesexy period. New band, new freedom to explore more musical directions, and an amazing body of work. The 1993-95 Come/Gold Experience period. Real energy in the music, amazing band live, and an overload of great songs. If you add a third distinct era (1999/PR) then I agree. Quite right, 1999/Purple Rain are often overlooked by fans cuz they were so commercially successful. But I agree, another amazing era. | |
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BorisFishpaw said: Se7en said: If you add a third distinct era (1999/PR) then I agree. Quite right, 1999/Purple Rain are often overlooked by fans cuz they were so commercially successful. But I agree, another amazing era. ALotta high energy/high hopes and bright outlooks on life around that time I bet.  & | |
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CherrieMoonKisses said: BorisFishpaw said: Quite right, 1999/Purple Rain are often overlooked by fans cuz they were so commercially successful. But I agree, another amazing era. ALotta high energy/high hopes and bright outlooks on life around that time I bet. It was a great time to be alive and a Prince fan. If you missed it, too bad. | |
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HoneymoonXpress said: CherrieMoonKisses said: ALotta high energy/high hopes and bright outlooks on life around that time I bet. It was a great time to be alive and a Prince fan. If you missed it, too bad. Well jeez  & | |
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CherrieMoonKisses said: HoneymoonXpress said: It was a great time to be alive and a Prince fan. If you missed it, too bad. Well jeez Definitely Around the World In A Day era. I LOVED the fact that he didn't make Purple Rain II, plus it rocked my world artistically, it challenged my perception of him as an artist up to that point. It was then that I realized what a genius he was. SOTT only confirmed it for me... | |
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Cheek said: Christopher said: cheekpixy!
you know i agree on the parade era! I know, Xopher!
I've heard you successfully got a Miss Pixy!!! yes and expect a misspixy org account soon. | |
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mellow1 said: I actually liked when Prince was dirty, considered rude, & did not give a damn what he said on his songs. That was his "I Wanna Be Your Lover" thru "1999" era. That made him mysterious & questionable on what is he going to do next. It made you wonder what the next album would sound like. He was more raw then with his music & different. Now, it's like he has the same sound.I agree.I miss that era...the pre-Purple Rain days.He was "hungry" back then,and it inspirred him to take chances and set the world on fire.He was very rebellious and had a "fuck you" attitude. | |
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No one diggin my For You Era, whats up with that? He was defintely hungry back then, literally. | |
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SoulAlive said: mellow1 said: I actually liked when Prince was dirty, considered rude, & did not give a damn what he said on his songs. That was his "I Wanna Be Your Lover" thru "1999" era. That made him mysterious & questionable on what is he going to do next. It made you wonder what the next album would sound like. He was more raw then with his music & different. Now, it's like he has the same sound.I agree.I miss that era...the pre-Purple Rain days.He was "hungry" back then,and it inspirred him to take chances and set the world on fire.He was very rebellious and had a "fuck you" attitude. that's my favorite era too. young and rebellious. pull your cell phone out and call your next of kin; we're about to get funky | |
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What I truly love about that Come/Gold era is the fact that Prince seemed to be at once destroying and creating what "Prince" is.
It's like he was tired of playing the old hits, tired of playing the same old game with record labels, tired of having the same expectations lobbied at him by fans and critics, and maybe above all, tired of what he himself had once expected "Prince" to be as an artist. That era represented a frustrated artist challenging his own talents by taking himself apart and putting the pieces back together in a totally different way. Not someone struggling for a hit, or wanting to be accepted again, but someone who was hungry for a pure journey; for the sheer experience of death and rebirth. At the time, with such a fierce SOUL present in the new material, and his anger turned into such a positive creative force, it really did feel like "The Dawn" wasn't too far behind. [Edited 11/6/06 12:15pm] The world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
"You still wanna take me to prison...just because I won't trade humanity for patriotism." | |
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My reasons are here  http://www.paradetour.com...nhagen.htm | |
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vinaysfunk said: No one diggin my For You Era, whats up with that? He was defintely hungry back then, literally.
 I miss the early days up through 1999. He was unpredictable, funky and always left you satisfied. Wasn't this uber-superstar yet. | |
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xplnyrslf said: I like the era before the marriages and personal issues.
O.K., maybe the marriages. . .but I don't think he's EVER been without personal issues!  | |
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skilletnomicrowave said: My reasons are here
http://www.paradetour.com...nhagen.htmSWEET HEAVEN ABOVE!!  the golden ticket!! & | |
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PurpleKnight said: What I truly love about that Come/Gold era is the fact that Prince seemed to be at once destroying and creating what "Prince" is.
It's like he was tired of playing the old hits, tired of playing the same old game with record labels, tired of having the same expectations lobbied at him by fans and critics, and maybe above all, tired of what he himself had once expected "Prince" to be as an artist. That era represented a frustrated artist challenging his own talents by taking himself apart and putting the pieces back together in a totally different way. Not someone struggling for a hit, or wanting to be accepted again, but someone who was hungry for a pure journey; for the sheer experience of death and rebirth. At the time, with such a fierce SOUL present in the new material, and his anger turned into such a positive creative force, it really did feel like "The Dawn" wasn't too far behind. [Edited 11/6/06 12:15pm] I think Im definetely in agreeance here...I love the GOLD era because it re-introduced me to him...I was like 9 going on 10 at the time and from that point I was hardcore Prince fan even at an early age I was lookin to get anything Prince related. & | |
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The gangsta glam era (Diamonds&Pearls, O{+>, 3 Chains o Gold). Because gangsta and glam go together. I'm afraid of Americans. I'm afraid of the world. | |
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| I loved the Purple Rain era, 4 me it was all about the music the Movie, the album , the hair everyone at my school who had the curls did the Prince look, High school . Just Prince himself. Great times the 80,s. Good Times | |
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