i recently gave a seventeen year old girl who works for me,The purple rain cd to listen too ,as she had never heard any of his songs and constandly slags him off when i mentioned his name (which is quite alot) anyway ,she loved it especially when doves cry but she hated the eightys beat to it ,which i was unaware of!!! do you think prince should up date these classics to reach a younger fan base or why fix whats not broken !!!!

NO! NO! NO! hell NO! it's an 80's album...I mean...it is what it is.

Hell fuck no.

Prince has never written for the lowest common denominator. (Well...at least he didn't with his 80s albums...) Why do it now?

Genesia said:

agreed

Remember, he tried that with 1999.....that was a HOLY MESS!!!!

no he shouldn't tho i would have given her sign o the times instead

daPrettyman said:

In other words...


We tried that...remember?

when2rinlove2 said:

Naw ... It's a classic album and it's cemented in time as a gr8 album/era. Perhaps a Remastering of the albums with the additional songs that weren't included and some good liner notes but alas, I think that shall never b.

In ten years kids will be making fun of those stupid beats from the 00's music that their moms and dads used to listen to. It doesn't make them bad, it's just fashion.

Look at the recent Thriller mixes, they were truly horrific. Case closed.

No way, it should not be touched, its perfect as is!!

Absolutely NOT! These classics aren't meant to be tampered with. That 80's beat is part of what makes an album like Purple Rain so special. Hell, that CD still sounds ahead of its time.

How would he change them?
It might be cool to hear, but not to replace the original, no way.
I recently heard a recording of P's performance of 1999 at the coachella, and I was beside myself that he still uses the drum machine. it still sounds as good today as (I imagine) it sounded then.

m going 2 have 2 go wif ze majority and sez no. Altho dont know whats remaster meenz.

No. I didn't grew up in the seventies, but I love music like Sly and the Family Stone. Your employee clearly doesn't like how Purple Rain or any of Prince's albums sound like.

I don't know because the original "Purple Rain," record will always be there.
Prince can hear better than we can, possibilities that would produce a version that is more "today teenager, appreciated."

They do have market research companies that can go about this issue if different versions were presented, on the other hand, moving onto new music would cater to the fans that have already been through the 80's sound, and don't need to enhance it with an alternative mix.

i LOVE the original version. i say keep it original. Although, sometimes a new sound works and sometimes it doesn't, it depends on the mix.
[Edited 10/8/08 7:09am]

Genesia said:

No disrespect, but that is not a good idea. The song was in the 80's, leave it there. He doesn't need to get younger fans by bastardizing his earlier material. He has enough fans and money that he doesn't even have to put out anything new, much less F*#* up a great song.

No disrespect, but that is not a good idea. The song was in the 80's, leave it there. He doesn't need to get younger fans by bastardizing his earlier material. He has enough fans and money that he doesn't even have to put out anything new, much less F*#* up a great song.

what's the saying??... if it ain't broke, don't fix it!!
....well it definately ain't broke..

No no no no!!!!

You should tell her "You know why it has an 80's beat? It's because that's when the song came out"!!!