I know that Bowie acknowledges P as his true succesor in a song on the Never let me down album. I also know that Bowie wanted Cat 2 do the choreography for his Glass Spider tour, but Cat choose P's Sign "0" the Times tour instead...
Wouldn't it be great if there ever would be a collaboration of these 2 giants???
Does any1 know how P thinks about Bowie or his music???
And don't y'all think it would be awesome if they relesed a song 2gether??? wow talk about paranoia funk there


Peace
[This message was edited Wed Aug 28 7:39:47 PDT 2002 by starbuck]

i think i'd rather him not record with bowie...

starbuck said:

I would LOVE to see this happen. Both are so original, and so giant. Even if their flavors weren't compatible it would be interesting to hear. But Prince seems to be rather unpredictable when it comes to who he'll actually record with, so I don't really have high hopes.

That would be the bomb diggity if Prince hooked up with Bowie. He's probably one of the few fairly mainstream artists who has actually changed directions/reinvented himself more than Prince. Have you guys heard the song I'm Afraid of Americans? I believe that was a collaboration with Trent Reznor (at least, the mp3 I have of it credits Reznor), and that was pretty cool. I bet Prince and Bowie would crank out some crazy funky stuff.

It would be my Prince wish come true. I have recently been working my way through the Bowie back catalogue and can honestly say that Prince has been hugely influenced by Bowie. It seems that P is following in his footsteps take your pick on any aspect of Princes career to date and you can guarentee that Bowie did it first. For example the yearly change in image , sound and identity, not really giving too much attention to commercial success and going for experimentation in sound and lyric, the ambiguity of his sexuality, being influenced by other artists in terms of sound but developing it into his own unique style etc, etc, etc. It would be incredible if the collaboration happened around the 87/88 period though.
I beg any purple headz out there to go and invest in some Bowie cds . I wish that Prince would give him the props that he deserves. Dare i say it but i am at the stage of loving Bowie more than Prince, Bowie has been there and done long before Prince !.

There are a couple of Bowie "Best Ofs" coming out in the next couple months...a one disc & two disc set, a nice way for people not too familiar with his music to be introduced.

Newsflash for anyone who hasn't been paying attention: They have already been to the studio together.

Novabreaker said:

So I haven't been paying attention. Could you elaborate on this a little more, please?

starbuck said:

AFAIK they already did...

Neversin.

Even if I adore Bowie ( can't wait to be on sept 24 and 25, he's back in Paris for two gigs, i'll go to both nigths of course ! ), peraphs even more than Prince, I don't see what would be the point of a collaboration for both of them .

yes, i'd love to see them work together. may sound crazy, but sometimes prince uses his voice in a way that it almost resembles bowie's voice. let me give you an example.. on 'hot thing' for instance, when prince sings 'hot thing, tell them you've found a brand new baby doll' and also multiple times during 'slow love'. one of those times is when prince sings 'the man on the moon is smiling, for he knows what i'm dreaming of'. in my opinion 'slow love' could have easily been a bowie song. peace out.

They did something in the studio back in 1988 when Bowie visited Paisley Park during his world Tour. When someone asked him on an early web Q&A about whether he would consider collaborating with Bowie in the studio he just said "You should have been there".

That's all we are allowed to know about it.

Yes,absolutely.

javed said:

Granted. But Bowie would have been all at sea from the very beginning, had it not been for his ongoing collaboration of one particularly gifted, unsung hero:

Tony Visconti.


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purpleone said:

Absolutely. And on 'Strays Of The world' there is a particular vocal affectation by Prince (lasting five seconds) that sounds like Bowie on acid...


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it would be interesting.for me.

No, I don't think so.

no

This would be the ultimate pairing of all time. I think their sounds would be very compatible. Prince nearly patterned the whole first decade of his career around what bowie did in the 70's. I'd give you a map to explain but it'd take way too long.

I remember reading that Prince was inspired to go in a more unconventional rock direction with his music because of artists like Bowie and Fleetwood Mac. He's also name-dropped him in terms of wanting to unite against the record industry. He said that he'd like to form an alliance w/ him and form a recording artists union type thing where others could follow their lead. He hasn't mentioned much else about him but I know he probably has a great deal of respect for the man.

In a Rolling Stone interview w/ Bowie in '87 he said that Prince was probably the most eclectic and challenging artist since himself. He also said that he was gravely worried about Prince's direction in the late 90's with hit and miss indie releases, attacking fansites and sub-standard material. He equated it to his lost period in the 80's and said that he knows Prince will snap out of it because he's too talented to throw it all away.

I'd like to see them do a whole ep together under a new name. The collaborations could be in any capacity- producing, playing, singing. It wouldn't matter if they worked on everything together. It would be cool even if Prince produced a Bowie track or vice versa. Or if they worked on instrumental pieces ala Madhouse/Berlin era. Okay, I'm rambling. Shut me up or I'll go on all day!

Hell yeah! But it will never happen...

giotto said:

maybe. but he did score his first major hit (and an enduring one at that) without Visconti.

I'm not sure I want to see them work together. Prince, Madonna, and Bowie are my favorites. And I've always been less than impressed with Love Song, the Madonna/Prince collaboration. I like it a lot, but it's never really one that's set me on fire. And it should, considering how much I love them both.

If Prince and Bowie were to collaborate, I don't think it should be until Prince pulls his head out of his ass and comes to terms with his past, present, and future as Bowie has during his low points in the 80's.

Bowie's on a really great track right now, and I don't want to see Prince taint anything he's doing. Until Prince gets his act together, as a person, an artist, a businessman, entertainer, and living legend.

I'm not sure how this combo would sound. It could be interesting.

I just recently bought "The Work Vol. 1" and there is a song on the first disc the sounds like Bowie during tHe Ziggy Stardust era. Listen to "Hard To Get" pure Glitter Rock! I'm not sure if Prince is lead vocals or not. I'm a huge Bowie & Prince fan. They would be perfect together. Yes, I believe Prince has borrowed alot from Bowie and has made it his own.

yes yes yes!!! si si si !!

I would love to hear what Bowie and Prince would cook up!

Of it was something in the vibe of "affraid of americans" I am there!!

Oh yeah!!!
Two of the most important musicians of our time, together!!!
That would be great!!!

From Sunny Spain.

It would most certainly be an interesting collaboration. Sometimes I think people give Bowie too much credit for his influence on Prince's career, though. I think that Prince is more his own creation than anyone else's. Certainly, he has had a number of influences, but I disagree with Joni Mitchell- Prince is an innovator, not an assimilator.

Moonbeam said:

I agree. I really don't hear any Bowie in Prince.

But without Bowie coming before, Prince would not be the way he is. He pretty much used Bowie's evolution of the 70's as a blueprint for his own career and that is pretty undeniable. I don't think they sound anything alike but I think that Prince follows db's every move very closely. He even said that he's the reason he went in a more rock direction. I haven't seen many people on here say that Bowie's had a dominant influence over Prince. But I think that Prince should fess up to his admiration of him instead of always quoting the same tired standby's as influences- Sly, James Brown, etc. And Bowie will acknowledge younger bands/artists that have turned him on- i.e. Pixies, the Cure, NIN, Tricky and even Prince. I just think Prince has an agenda to be seen in the same light as artists he's taken on like Chaka, LG, George Clinton, Mavis and the likes. And then he jumps on the latest bandwagon for collaborators and celebration guests- neo soul, No Doubt, Eve, whatever. I love what Prince is doing musically right now but it seems that sometimes his motives are less than pure. Bowie's just in a more honest, comfortable place in his career right now and has been for some time. Prince will get there again. I can see it coming already.

Bowie and Prince tour! and a cd of Bowie/Prince instrumental jams! Can u imagine Prince jammin' on "Fame"