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PrintableL4OATheOriginal said: roodboi said: I appreciate NEWS and the Rainbow Children for their deviation from usual form...I honestly expected Prince to continue in that direction at this point in his career...sort of experimental and non-conforming...both NEWS & TRC were released soon after changing his name back to Prince...I thought it was creatively courageous to produce that kinda music at that point...I wouldn't put either album on a short list of favorites but they do not bore me...since 2004, the music has bored me...I will not subscribe to the "Princes worst music is better than most artists classics" way of thinking...there was a time when that statement was true, but not anymore... I'll always be a fan and I would like to be excited about new Prince music...with his last three offerings, he's made it tough... xpectation was another step in that vain and i hear what ur saying..even tho 3121 has been my favorite of the last 3, there still hasn't been a album i can sit all the way through and say well there is just one clunker ..planet earth was the album that i never dreamed i would loathe so much you know, I don't even mind if I really don't like the music, I just want it to sound inspired and not phoned in...with all the talk in these forums about the sad state of modern music, I think it's an even sadder statement that a person with so much talent has been content serving up half assed r&b thats no better(and in some instances, alot worse) than anything else out there..... | |
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roodboi said: L4OATheOriginal said: xpectation was another step in that vain and i hear what ur saying..even tho 3121 has been my favorite of the last 3, there still hasn't been a album i can sit all the way through and say well there is just one clunker ..planet earth was the album that i never dreamed i would loathe so much you know, I don't even mind if I really don't like the music, I just want it to sound inspired and not phoned in...with all the talk in these forums about the sad state of modern music, I think it's an even sadder statement that a person with so much talent has been content serving up half assed r&b thats no better(and in some instances, alot worse) than anything else out there..... true.. since everyone has the same beats ..and can't sing worth shit. umbrella? get the fuck outta here with that stale ass bullshit. and even tho i like alicia, that latest song doesn't set my soul on fire. so when u hear about cd sales diminshing etc, i have 2 laugh at when these execs blame it on digital music and piracy. naw ..it's ur artist and development departments that don't exist anymore man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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Imago said: 1. When and how did you become a Prince fan? What were the circumstances around it??
I was 12 and I bought Head 7" from the corner shop for 50p!! I'd gone in for sweets and BowBowwow wild in the country... Prince was bought on a whim with the change. 2. What album or song did it for you??
Head then Lady cab Driver 3. If you fell out of "fan-dom" which album or phase did that occur in?
I dont have RB or ONA or Gold N***A 3121 or Musicology might check em out now tho...  One minute they want peace……
Then do everything to make it go away.  | |
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Imago said: 1. When and how did you become a Prince fan? What were the circumstances around t?
2. What album or song did it for you? 3. If you fell out of "fan-dom" which album or phase did that occur in? Wow...great topic! 
1.Watchin' Purple Rain it for me...I probably saw it the first time in the late 80s/early 90's. I'm 26 so I was only like 3 when Purple Rain first came out. 2."Do Me Baby","When Doves Cry" and " Beautiful Ones"...true classics!!! 3.I'm still a fan but I enjoy his older music best... Life Is What You Make It... | |
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In 1986 when I went to see Under The Cherry Moon at the cinema. I wasn't into Prince at that time to any extent but it seemed like a good film to see on a Sunday afternoon and from then I was hooked. But I already had tickets that year to see George Benson live and couldn't afford Prince as well so had to wait to see him live for the first time in 1988. So I suppose the Parade album was the first one which did it for me. | |
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Imago said: 1. When and how did you become a Prince fan? What were the circumstances around t?
Helping out at the school jumble sale and picked up a copy of Purple Rain cassette for 15p.
2. What album or song did it for you? Purple Rain - Darling Nikki, The Beautiful Ones, I would die for u, Take me with u 3. If you fell out of "fan-dom" which album or phase did that occur in? Hasn't happend....yet! - there are songs I don't like, periods like the whole symbol thing when I thought WTF, but it wasn't enough for me to give up on all the good stuff. [Edited 11/19/07 11:34am] "I know that living with u baby, was sometimes hard...but I'm willing 2 give it another try.
Cause nothing compares....nothing compares 2 u!" | |
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HamsterHuey said: roodboi said: oh lord, Herman...prepare for the fam backlash over that last comment...  Ah, well, it is my own experience, of course. If people liked him doing Play That Funky Music White Boy than it says enough about them anyways. Em.. he got someone from the audience up to sing that, during a audience participation thing! He stopped doing it quite quickly I think 
I think he began to realise he didn't need any 'gimmicks' and the next show I attended on the 6th was totally inspired IMO [Edited 11/20/07 2:17am] | |
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JOYJOY said: Imago said: 1. When and how did you become a Prince fan? What were the circumstances around it??
I was 12 and I bought Head 7" from the corner shop for 50p!! I'd gone in for sweets and BowBowwow wild in the country... Prince was bought on a whim with the change. Head then Lady cab Driver 3. If you fell out of "fan-dom" which album or phase did that occur in?
I dont have RB or ONA or Gold N***A 3121 or Musicology might check em out now tho... OMG!! BowBowow Wild in the Country - you've just made me feel ancient - I used to love that song. | |
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1. When and how did you become a Prince fan? What were the circumstances around it?
My mums friend got me into Prince! She let me borrow a couple of her CD's & her Purple Rain DVD.. That was it, I was hooked! 2. What album or song did it for you? The Gold Experience - I Hate You or The Beautiful Ones.. Its always the slow ones that get me  [Edited 11/20/07 2:17am] | |
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