...blows worse than a $5 hooker with whooping cough...

I'm done with him.

See y'all in chat

see ya next album

I don't quite understand you so called Prince Fans. This is not Sign o the times, that I realise, but I am listening to it for the first time in it's totality and apart from all the midnight... which admitedly is total shite, the album is upbeat, funky, rocky, funky..... it's good. You's not a real fan my friend. We all know that he is better live so do not give up on the man. Listening to Chelsea Rodgers and it really is one of the best tracks I've heard in a while. be it from Prince or not. Listening to you who say that Sleby's too present is total crap. People wake up. This stuff makes me wanna dance. Is that not what it's all about? Please all u negative fans please f off.

Mahe said:

Dance? To which songs exactly? This really is sooo bad. Chelsea Rodgers is the only song I could bear to listen to all the way through and the funk in that is provided by somebody else than Prince. His contribution vocally is LAME.

It all plays like something we've heard before, only with less soul in it. We all know he still has the ROCK in him, it was amply displayed at the Super Bowl, so what's wrong with displaying it on an album? This is "Rave Unto" watered down 10/1 and slowed down about that much. Give me P live kicking ass, but this shit makes me happy I didn't get tix for London.

C Ya!

wlcm2thdwn said:

Agreed. I didn't think it was mindblowing the first time I heard each track but I stuck with it and continued to listen and it grows on ya and I gotta say I didn't think that would have with me. I could have given up on it after the first listen or two also and would've missed out. I don't know if you guys did or not but its sounding like some of you did.
[Edited 7/21/07 17:30pm]

HERES MY REVIEW OF PE:

strike 3....



CANT WAIT till he lets the spirit guide him and he will be uplifted to a new dimension and REALLY leave all this pop shit behind.

luvsexy4all said:

Alright! another overly nostalgic '80-'88 Prince lover, who refuses to admit that Prince has done anything creative in twenty years, 'cause they just too cool for that.

PurpleCharm said:

... somebody find that Fronters Unite banner.

Accujack said:

U are WAY OFF on that comment....

Teacher said:

I kind of agree with you, they have to be some of the most boring repetitive vocal lines he's ever come up with. It's like he dialled it in.

Well, of course it's not to going to rival his classic work like Purple Rain, Sign O The Times, Parade, Dirty Mind, or 1999, but that doesn't mean it's going to be crap. I heard this album last week om MSN and I must say that it's truly a grower on the ears. There's nothing on here that is up to classic status or memorable, but it's impressive material. Lyrically, much of the material is weak and I was definitely disappointed by the craft and the stylistic innovation he put in some of the songs. But I believe he has made an "alright" effort with Planet Earth, he just needed a little more push and ambition. Last year's 3121 is still my contender for the best album he's made this decade.

It isn't a matter of living in the past. This isn't the 80's or 90's anymore. We all are aware of that. So, for those of you who seem to enjoy riding that train...get off at the next stop. That horse is dead...stop beating it.
What it is about is a man who was once a creative genius who has appeared to just give up and make his last 3 albums sound so much alike that you could play them one after the other and not tell the difference between them. Yet, he has proven that he can still rock and funk live performances like nobody's business. So, why is it that he can't put the same vigor into making a decent album?
For those of you who don't know...
I was once the biggest fan of him in my part of the world. I bought everything I could...even issues of Rolling Stone that mentioned his name in passing. That's something that has long since past because I've watched this man de-evolve creatively. I can't, in all sincerity, continue to support him after what I've been witness to these last couple of decades. He was, at one time, the biggest icon in my world...and now, he's barely anything to me at all.
I have, for better or worse, always given him credit when he's experimented. More often than not, it hasn't worked...but, at least he tried. Now, it just seems that he's settled into this rut that has stifled him in the recording booth. I don't know what it is and I don't know why it's happened. All I know is that something's not there anymore and I'm tired of waiting for it to reappear.
So, again, the past is the past...but, that's no reason to stop trying.

Accujack said:

He hasnt done anything "creative" since 2003. I for one am waiting for him to let go of his past. Im just notv that interested in these pop CDs, they'll keep me interested for little time.

PurpleCharm said:

I love it. He sure isn't, so build a bridge and get over it.

luvsexy4all said:

Ha de Ha what The Fluck is that write there?

I seriously wanna know why people have the need to after almost every new album make a thread saying they hate the new album and that Prince is history. I wouldn't wanna be in a relationship with you. If I did silly little things you don't approve of you'd dump me or what? It's music guys, music. It's very important, but some of you take it way too seriously if you dump an artist just because you don't like his new stuff.
MJ gets accused for being a pedophile and his fans are still by his side, Prince releases new albums that aren't masterpieces that will go to history and people here get mad and drop him like a hot potatoe.

PurpleCharm said:

This still cracks me up. We don't see it often enough!

3NineteeN04 said:

I feel ya! I still need to get into Midnights, but I really did not like Lion of Judah at first, I thought it was horrible. But then I decided to actually listen to it without doin' anything else and after that I changed my mind about the song completely. It rocks
Just like you I loved SHOE and FBM the first time I heard them. Jazzy slow tunes like SHOE are always great to me and FBM is simple one of the best slow jams coming from that man in years. PE does not disappoint me at all. Once again: Thanks P!

TheMadMonkey said:

I'm actually done with people like you, buddy. I happen to love the new disc,

but even if I didn't, the guy has nothing left to proove. This is his 24th

studio album. He has done more creatively and artistically then most artists

could only dream of doing in ten lifetimes. He's in the freakin' Hall of Fame.

And I'm just talking studio. Live is a whole other story.

So if you're done with him, why don't you jump on the JT bandwagon or

something. I'm sure he has some Rolling Stones covers you can start

collecting.

Seventeen said:

I can't wait 2 buy the album! Think it's great.

Seventeen said:

Wow, you're really clueless - Prince has NEVER had to prove ANYTHING to ANYBODY at ANY time. The issue is that we KNOW that he can still break out great performances so why can't he do it on an album? Having experimented creatively and artistically in the past doesn't mean you can go to bed and turn out albums like P's doing now. If the creativity has gone, if his inspiration for albums is gone (and it certainly seems so since the last 3 albums have been from the same mold), why put out more? Why not wait until the inspiration comes back? Listen, really LISTEN, to his voice on this album - there is no longer any passion. The passion only appears LIVE and that's what he should do then, for his own peace of mind - NOT to prove anything to anybody.

As for JT, he's got more passion in one line of one of his songs NOW than Prince does NOW. It's all about NOW, not what was before.

mynameisnotsusan said:

Yes. This is what saddens me the most about this album, most of 3121 and whatever came before that - that there's no passion in his voice. It sounds like what it is - a day at the office. A tired-ass Monday at 5.20pm when you just wanna go home.

PE is class Teacher! If I was you I'd give up listening to music

Teacher said:

I can't really hear the lack of passion. But, I do feel from time to time that Prince needs something or someone really inspiring and slow down the work process a bit. We fans expect so much, but it might be good if he took a longer vacation where he has time to relax and think things through. Don't think that will happen though. Compared to other artists he comes with new stuff all the time, he's like a factory and if you work like that for almost 30 years it ain't strange if your new creations are starting to become less magical.

But PE still rocks!
[Edited 7/22/07 12:03pm]

purplesweat said:

ditto.