Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
July 13, 2007 Friday
Metro Edition

Jon Bream

Virtual Revolution

Much fuss is being made about Prince's reunion with former Revolution members Wendy & Lisa for his "Planet Earth" CD, due July 24.

But Wendy Melvoin told I.W. that she wasn't even in the studio with Prince; he e-mailed files to her, and she and Lisa Coleman added their parts on five songs and e-mailed them back.

Last month, Prince asked Wendy & Lisa to join him during his stint at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and only Wendy was available. Last Saturday afternoon, he summoned her from L.A. to Minneapolis for his three hometown gigs, though she didn't arrive until 9:15 p.m.

She was impressed how sweet and happy he was onstage at Target Center and how his guitar work, especially at First Avenue, was, for a change, more meat-and-potatoes than showy, a point she stressed in a Sunday-morning e-mail to him.

I.W. is starting to think that this Revolution will be e-mailed.

Truly bestest friends in the world.

Wall said:

LOL.....

murph said:

Dont it just figure
Prince is freakin.....

did anyone really expect anything else?

this was the same deal as for emancipation....at least prince actually USED w&l's contributions this time

Considering the credits say he recorded in multiple places, it really isn't too surprising that they weren't actually in a studio with him. Especially since he probably recorded whenever the spirit moved him and in between everything else he was doing at the time.

True friendship is in the heart, they know what they feel for each other.

ummmm... weren't there those news tidbits last year that they had gone into the studio together right after the Brit awards?


and we know that the bit about her being called up at the last minute and not being there until 9:15 on 7/7/07 is a lie, so....

Well, untill Wendy can properly play the intro guitar lick and mid section guitar solo to When Doves Cry, then she can't really even speak on P's playing. Be it if P's playing was "too showy" and now it's more "meat and potatoes".

murph said:

Please Prince, do NOT listen to Wendy. Be as showy as you can. You're hundred times better than her on the guitar.

BTW is there credits listed as 2 who played on what trax?? Or r the liner notes not that specific and just list the players?

NPG2045 said:

it's a prince release, it's a wonder the players on the album
are listed at all.

and even that doesn't really mean shit. sheila e could be on
the linernotes and only cough on one track. lol.

that's how prince works.

i'd love to know some more details about his post 1995 music

murph said:

Well, they must be real friends again if she feels comfortable enough to criticise him.

I don't believe anything the Star Tribune reports on Prince anymore. Their coverage of 07/07/07 was completely wrong. They never mentioned the perfume and said Prince was giving us copies of Planet Earth. Also, they said Prince's contract for the Macy's gig was only for 7 songs and that he had to do Purple Rain at that gig.

Honestly, I've always thought Bream had his head up his behind when it came to Prince, but that was for his opinions he expressed. (his 7 favorite Prince songs of the past 7 years were laughable)

Wall said:

Gohi said:

lol i'd love to see that list. do you have a link?

Prince is such a pussy!

well it's not like they never did that in the past. during the filming
of Under The Cherry moon he would send tapes back and forth with W & L
as well.

there are several songs but one i can clearly remember reading about,
being recorded with tapes sent back and forth is AnotherLoverHolenyoHead



so it's not like this is unheard of or totally weird in Prince+W&L-land

murph said:

See, he needs someone to send him emails like that, stressing stuff. Gotta love the challenge and daring of the Prince-Wendy synergy!

Now, if she can just get him to do some meat and potatoes lyrics.

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[Edited 7/21/07 7:14am]

OMG.

Can't sit still.

IF they continue to email and she keeps trying to critique and get under his skin!

This is only going to lead to cataclsmic, orgasmic future music!

OMG. OMG. OMG.

Nobody seems to be able to answer my question, what tracks are they on?

IstenSzek said:

http://www.startribune.co...86313.html

The seven songs are (according to the article):

• "Black Sweat"

• "Dear Mr. Man"

• "Musicology"

• "On the Couch"

• "Satisfied"

• "Call My Name"

• "Guitar"

Yeah, right. Apparently his copy of "3121" was missing the title track.

The article was written by Bream and Chris Riemenschnieder, but I have a feeling the songs were Bream's choices. I've always taken Bream's reviews of Prince with a grain of salt the size of Prince's ego. The guy seems to respect the heck out of P as a musician, but the things he chooses to laud and the things he chooses to bash, often leave me baffled.

i reckon that Lisa Coleman fuckin hates prince personally.

Prince has e-mail?!?!!?

tznekbsbfrvr said:

Can you imagine if the people here on the org knew Prince's email address? We'd all be emailing him, and his email box would be so full that the messages would probably not even go through.

murph said:

Interesting.

psychodelicide said:

lol- i can imagine. but Prince doesn't seem like the person who has e-mail.

tznekbsbfrvr said:

why does the word "silver surfer" pop into my mind?

get it out get it out get it out!!

tznekbsbfrvr said:

Agreed. He seems like a private person who wouldn't habitually check his email on a regular basis. I heard that he doesn't like to talk on the phone either.

IstenSzek said: