i didn't read through all of your silly post- but Mountains crushed Kiss sonically and for originality. Then you griped about the chart positions to point that it killed his career. But then you ALSO note bands like Led Zepplin- who almost never charted.
What is your standard here. what YOU like? What gets exposure? Men are better players? What? Prince has written really garbage music without female players or influence. I think the majority of his most creative and original work came with the Revolution= which had a least Lisa from the early days and Wendy towards the end. If you listen to what he was doing on the B-Sides and unreleased from them it tops 80% of his later output in unique sound. Not to say his later stuff wasn't good or even great in places. But I really feel he got a bit more redundant and "regular" sounding as he lost his ability to co create. An all male band has no bearing on how you create. Maybe he would have had a more hard and louder sound, but that implies all guys play that way.
So that's my take.

Prince's openness to all races & genders early on was part of what made him so appealing to so many. His gradual reversal of that trend & isolation into a world of "Yes Men" & sycophants is what is so rapidly tarnishing his legacy.

And knowing how insecure he is, he'd probably hire only men shorter than himself, to make him look good. Think of how many rides they'd be turned away from at Disney World.

viewaskew said:

well said.