Graycap23 said:

i agree cause i enjoy all the horn section..

U know when I first read the title of this thread I was thinking "Horn" as in HORNY I need to wash my brain out with soap and disinfectant

chillichocaholic said:

me too

prb said:

Me three, which is why I wrote what I did in my post above.

Parade & SOTT -- Eric's all over the place, thank goodness.

I first noticed in the Parade era, but I think Eric Leeds and Matt Blistan's presence was pretty tolerable back then. The first time the horns approached obnoxious to me was probably "Sexy MF."
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psychodelicide said:

prb said:

Ladies, are we not getting enough?

chillichocaholic said:

I don't know about you two, but I'm definitely not getting enough.

psychodelicide said:

prb said:

Thanks. I'm okay with it, honestly.

JimRockford said:

I'll have to agree with you. I first noticed it on Mountains, then the live version of Another Lover Hole In Your Head. The horns became more of a staple in his music after that. Slow Love, Adore, It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, Sexy Motherfucke..... etc.

Twiki said:

Excuse me .... but, Kenny G is a Najee wannabe. Get a fucking clue.

I think its very obvious that Prince went horn crazy with his Parade 'tour' in 1986.


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Riverpoet31 said:

Actually, it started in 85. Take a good listen to The Ladder. He then started using more and more brass on the Parade album and subsequent tour.

dseann said:

Get a sense of humor.

chillichocaholic said:

well i gave some 2 prb last night ..so 2night is ur night

The title track to "Come" sounded like he really wanted to underline that horns are a part of his sound.

SPOOKYGAS said:

One that doesn't have stupid-ass horns in it...

JimRockford said:

oh lawd ..what u don't think his synth/keyboard lines were "hornz"? get a clue and realize that horns have always been in his music

L4OATheOriginal said:

No, they were synth/keyboard lines...

You can't tell the difference?

JimRockford said:

yes i can and can recognize that they were meant 2 b horn punches or leadlines

L4OATheOriginal said:

That is absolutely preposterous... Who is your supplier?

JimRockford said:

jim rockford since he's on the most drugs imaginable or maybe a q tip or a box of them will help him recognize that soul music has always had horn elements. prince just subsituted hornz 4 synthersizers..but what do i know? i'm just a musician

True. Soul music has had horn elements but Prince's signature sound was using synths in the place of horns. It's what gave him a signature sound. He should have never started using horns. It made him sound like the decade before him....not to mention it made some of his music sound like jazz.

L4OATheOriginal said:

Evidently a clueless one... If the songs were meant for raggedy-ass horns, they would have them.

And when the fuck did his early music become soul???
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SquirrelMeat said:

Prince has always used horn lines and parts. They were just synthesized earlier until he could afford a live band.

SUPRMAN said:

Errh? Thats like saying, "When did Prince first use a drum machine". Answer from For You, but he just never got a real drum machine until Controversy.

Prince could have afforded horns on 1999 no problem, but he prefered the convienence of syth based horns, strings and percussion. It was once he opened up the recording process from Purple Rain onwards that the real deal started entering his music. Eddy M, Clare Fisher, Altanta Bliss, Sheila, Eric. etc etc.

This is just ridiculous... If a line was meant to be horns, it would have been fucking horns.

This whole idea of substituting is just stupid.