my experience puts things in perspective, i think.

Right now i am listening to the debut album from the Family (1985): and the musical richness and innovativeness of that album, the dry, hard beats, Clare Fishers brilliant orchestrations, the strength of the songwriting are all 'pissing' over the calculated 'decency' of 'Guitar' and 'Future Baby Mama'.

On the Family album i hear a 'vibrant' Prince, a curious one, ready to explore his musical horizons, willing to get the most out of good, but not great singers as Paul Peterson and Susannah. In one word: i hear 'spirit'.

When i listen to 'Guitar' or 'Future baby woman' i hear 'cleverness' in the first place: a guy who is capable enough to deliver a decent song, but in a calculated way (NO....Future Baby Mama can not be compared to "Do me Baby", the latter is a pure expression of lust and desire, the first is an easy to prick trough attempt to create the same kind of atmosphere).

Its like Prince has replaced the essential elements of great music: passion, heart, curiosity, soul and urgency with bland calculation.

Thats your opinion Skywalker.

I dont see Paul as a great singer, but Prince was able to get the best out of him.

But listening to the songs on that album i realisize at that moment Prince 'was on a roll'. He had achieved the superstar status with Purple Rain, and i hear a musician feeling relieved with that, exploring his musical horizons, experimentating, following his muse.

A simple question: what do you think are better Prince side-projects? the carmen electra album? the Mayte album?

Prince is a diffent guy now, wake up!

wlcm2thdwn said:

Yes, INDEED!!! But, nostalagia has become inextricable as you know. So, there is, in fact, no doubting that "Prince" actually was better when he was younger. The "OP" is merely expressing the good ol' days. No one is saying that "Prince" fell off.....well, per se. It's just so hard not to notice the energy, vigor, and ambition that "Young Prince" carried throughout his youthly life. Now, "Prince" still gives us all an outlook on how he currently feels is the right way for him to express himself as he always has, and that is through his music....which is also inextricable, like many other things that are related. A lot of things that "Prince" does become timeless. So, blame it on the sky, because that is the ultimate limit within the boundaries of which "Prince" can set out, surpass, and excel, through one after the other, y'knowI'msayin'?

Eh, that's why we're all here. There are different things about the guy we love. Some like rock, some roll, some funk, some slow jams, some jazz fusion. Don't knock the man cause he's not in your flavor right now...be patient, he'll get around to ya...in the meantime...appreciate not perpetrate.

God damn this site!

You can say that again.



Yep. And also one of the dorkiest looking to ever come from the Prince camp. His attempts at screaming like Prince on "The Screams Of Passion" are downright hilarious.




Like Madhouse, it's definately one of the weakest Prince projects of the 1980s. It's too damn artsy/farsty with those damn orchestras and shit. The Time, Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, and Mazerati were 50 times better. Even the protegees that left Prince such as Andre Cymone, Jesse Johnson, and Morris Day had better albums than The Family.
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i love the song Future Baby Mamma.