Hated it !
Even Prince then as well..

prettymansson said:

Interesting to hear that coming from a Jimi fan. That 'Power Trio' he had going with Sonny and Michael was the closest he ever got to Band Of Gypsys IMO.

I remain completely infatuated by this era... Newbies need to see "Love Sign" at the Today Show, "Interactive/Endorphinmachine" at VH1 Honors, and "Dolphin" at Letterman... Completely different from ANYTHING going down during those grunge years... Everything about Prince's look and performances during this time were so over the top and I loved every minute of it... I'm sure Mayte as muse had much to do with the rushed energy and theatrical aesthetic, all glammed up, colors bursting... The whole "NPG" as brand name thing was new (later played out for way too long), and there were plenty of interesting side projects -- a magazine, a ballet, TV specials, indie release of "TMBGITW," a CD-Rom, Glam Slam and Paisley happenings, and Prince's brief success (and seeming interest) as Internet pioneer... I was wowed by the tightness of the band and their ability to jam on ANY genre... Prince's layered vocals ("Love 2 The 9s," "Letitgo") and sampled loops at this time were pretty neat too... When Prince appeared on Oprah, I thought I was in store for another fascinating ride, but for me things kinda fizzled from there (just my opinion)... So, yeah, I fucking loved those years and all of the risks/chances Prince took with the NPG.

I agree..But, his whole attitude.."AURA" seemed UBER negative and really UNCOOL to me during that whole period..I think he was on drugs personally..Not that thats an unusual thing for musicians..But in Prince's case I think it just made everything about him and his choices "clothes,hair,music,interviews ect..." simply OFF !

Yep, I think he was on drugs too, it seemed like a complete decline in every which way.

His sickly thin pale face, man i felt bad for the dude, and he lost a whole bunch of his fans.....except us, lol ...the devoted "he can do no wrong exept, dont you dare take down my yutube and myspace prince shrine" types.

His whole attitude.."AURA" seemed UBER negative and really UNCOOL to me during that whole period..I think he was on drugs personally..
Not that thats an unusual thing for musicians..But in Prince's case I think it just made everything about him and his choices "clothes,hair,music,interviews ect..." simply OFF

prettymansson said:

You think he was on drugs? I never got that impression. I think it was more a sign of the times - It was cool to be pissed off and angry in the 1990s - everybody was doing it .

This was the last great era of Prince's, as far as his mystique. And all ya'll that think he was negative and on drugs - what's your point?

This was the last great era of Prince's, as far as his mystique. And all ya'll that think he was negative and on drugs - what's your point?

I think that it was his best band, with only the Sign o' the Times/Lovesexy era coming close. But if you read some interviews with bandmates during this period, they weren't too thrilled. Off the top of my head, I remember one in which Tommy Barbarella cited how much of his "live" music at the time was loops & samples.

i have a lot boots from that era and the only thing that i didn't really like from then was that he didnt change his setlist much. there are countless versions of The Ride that I could really do without.
Butthe music was quite muscular compared to all the other lucid bands.

I remain completely infatuated by this era... Newbies need to see "Love Sign" at the Today Show, "Interactive/Endorphinmachine" at VH1 Honors, and "Dolphin" at Letterman... Completely different from ANYTHING going down during those grunge years... Everything about Prince's look and performances during this time were so over the top and I loved every minute of it... I'm sure Mayte as muse had much to do with the rushed energy and theatrical aesthetic, all glammed up, colors bursting... The whole "NPG" as brand name thing was new (later played out for way too long), and there were plenty of interesting side projects -- a magazine, a ballet, TV specials, indie release of "TMBGITW," a CD-Rom, Glam Slam and Paisley happenings, and Prince's brief success (and seeming interest) as Internet pioneer... I was wowed by the tightness of the band and their ability to jam on ANY genre... Prince's layered vocals ("Love 2 The 9s," "Letitgo") and sampled loops at this time were pretty neat too... When Prince appeared on Oprah, I thought I was in store for another fascinating ride, but for me things kinda fizzled from there (just my opinion)... So, yeah, I fucking loved those years and all of the risks/chances Prince took with the NPG.
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it's a shame that music was overshadowed by the whole record company battle thing that was goin on.