IstenSzek said:

i think in that scene they ran out of corn flakes again. never a good moment in the house

eeeeight forttysevvn nikki and leah are in the diareey rum

superspaceboy said:

He was a collaborator on the war against fan sites. Samnation is one of those who advocated the "all fan sites should cease and join into one entity" policy.

BartVanHemelen said:

As you're not a fan, why do you give a crap?

EskomoKisses said:

he's working up a black hole sweat! i love it!

EmancipationLover said:

Can we not get into the whole "define who's a fan" thing?


btw: anyone who joined prince's fight against the online fans is lame IMHO...

http://www.eonline.com/ne...4faf682c73

"Planet Earth is a fantastic album and promises to be a musical milestone for Prince," Sony Music President Rob Stringer said in a statement Monday. "The Columbia label is thrilled to be working with an iconic artist like Prince in this exciting stage of his amazing career."

EmancipationLover said:

IstenSzek said:

Hysterical!!!

DevotedPuppy said:

Hell yeah on the Miko comment and the Dr. Fink comment. And if I recall even though W&L worked on the Dream Factory project a lot of which turned up on SOTT Prince recorded over all their stuff for the released version of the SOTT album.

Parade in all seriousness had three great songs on it...songs that weren't too over the top and artsy fartsy. The rest is only stuff hardcore fammy fams would like i.e., stuff like Do U Lie, Christopher Tracey's Parade, Life Can Be So Nice and New Position are not songs that the casual fan or fans of what he did on 1999 or Purple Rain would like.

I wonder *
[Edited 6/13/07 8:11am]

i guess for me, the whole 'parade' argument is more a matter of preference than a matter of quality. see, i like art that is artsy kinda like i enjoy food that is foodsy and sex that is sexy. i don't like art that resembles things that are commonplace or middle-of-the-road. that's what my job is for.

sosgemini said:

That's not my definition! Bart himself declared his fan status as "not a fan" in his profile. I just referenced that.

That being said, I just ask myself why someone who is not a fan of artist X should worry about what artist X does with inofficial internet sites dedicated to him/her. I mean, I don't really care what Cliff Richard does with his fan forums either...

I THINK I GOT IT!!!!!


The full tracklisting for the ten-track "Planet Earth" is:

"Planet Earth"
"Guitar"
"Somewhere Here on Earth"
"The One U Wanna C"
"Future Baby Mama"
"Mr. Goodnight"
"All the Midnights in the World"
"Chelsea Rodgers"
"Lion of Judah"
"Revelation"
[b]

Newsflash: Dutch and Belgium TV channels are reporting today (on their Teletext services) that Wendy and Lisa are working with Prince again, they are guestmusicians on Planet Earth.

EmancipationLover said:

but just because your not a fan now doesn't mean that you can't appreciate the artist past works and come here and be a part of the org community.

i can understand your point if we are talking about a consumable product like food were theres nothing tangible there to appreciate but prince's previous works will live on...and if folks appreciate a certain era and come here and share their thoughts then...groovy.

InsatiableCream said:

As you should you little fam!

SDNafka said:

Um since you haven't heard it and he has I'm willing to take some PR BS over just BS.

Raze said:

Christopher said:

BartVanHemelen said:

He does do the Berlin Sunday Nights...which I think is a good thing.
[Edited 6/13/07 9:42am]

superspaceboy said:

Anxiety said:

That's actually my response to this thread!
[Edited 6/13/07 9:49am]

Anxiety said:

Thank you. It really is a matter of preference among these fans and naysayers. At day's end, Parade is in the top 5 of Prince's greatest albums. Those playa haters that are stereotyping the record as being "artsy-fartsy" and "unfunky" or whatever are missing the point. "Parade" is a record of great artistic quality and is just as funky as any of Prince's other records. And anyone that has seen the tour would agree too. The other amazing thing about "Parade" is also one of the reasons Prince is generally great: His blending of many different styles and genres into a cohesive whole and making it his own. What we heard in "Parade" was a blend of many different styles ranging from funk, to psychedelic pop, to Euro-classical, to jazz, to experimental shit, etc. You gotta at least respect Prince and his mighty Revolution for that.

NWF said:

I hear what you guys are saying. For me Parade is severley lacking in the low-end dept. Not that I need for it to sound like Miami bass music, but the arrangements are so fidley-didley, that they need some bass to anchor them. Listening to that album really irritates me."Mountains, Another Lover.., and Sometimes it Snows.. are its best moments.

caught 1 typo, prolly missed 3 edit
[Edited 6/13/07 10:23am]

NWF said:

Umm hello? Miko was kicking ass on the rhythym guitar too. (Mountains video anyone?)



(And don't forget Wally, Brooks, & Jerome. lol.)



Wendy & Lisa--> <--"omg the Revolution was the bestest band evah" fans

DevotedPuppy said:

Here we go. I'm not denying Miko's funkiness on rhythm guitar, because yes, he was. I was saying that "Parade" gets unfair criticism because it's being judged not for what it is, but for what you player haters want it to be.
[Edited 6/13/07 12:27pm]

DevotedPuppy said:

Using a video to prove your argument in live instrument playing probably won't get you anywhere as they are not really playing, but miming.

The Revolution was NOT his best band ever...That statement is really subjective, as LIVE they were not the best.

NWF said:

No need for the eyeroll and I'm not a player hater. I actually like Parade so that says what?

superspaceboy said:

True, but then we also need to consider what music Prince literally played on the actual album (versus what the Revolution played). Yes, the album is a "Prince & the Revolution" album, but most fans know that it was Prince, not Bobby Z. who laid down the drums on the first 3 tracks; and Prince probably penned most of the lyrics (going by memory on that as I'm at work); therefore, using the music on an album to support an argument for W&L/the Revolution (as NWF is doing) is not 100% proof either. That's all I'm trying to say.

DevotedPuppy said:

Yeah, whatever.