Ugot2shakesumthin said:

I wasnt asking for popular opinion but rather actual musical references that would support the authors idea. at school you are taught to always support an opnion when writing, i think journalists should do the same.

The paragraph about the use of the synth gave an insight into the technical side of the song which in turn gave weight to the opinion of the author that the song was 'simplistic' and thus unique compared to its peers.

I would like to know to which music the author is referring to when they say prince has had an artisitic decline or are they merely spouting retoric - popular belief. I would be interested if the author was a fan or indeed aware of all princes music since sot.

you can hardly call his output artistically declined wether you like it or not.

someone who is in artistic decline is someone who cannot create and prince has created tons of music since then. Again its your choice if you like any of of it or not.

Do we say that once van gogh stopped painting realistic pictures and moved to his move colourful impressionist art that he was in an artistic decline? simply because it was different? I would guess that his peers thought so but in hindsight we can see that it was his artistic flowering that produced that work.

The same can be said of Prince. Once commercial boundaries are lifted artistry can thrive. That is why I am genuinely interested to know to what references the author of that article is thinking of.


It is my experience that many journalists have little 'specialist' expertise in the fields they report upon. Many things have been written about prince that have been inaccurate re-workings of the same few facts.

I think its a shame you are so closed minded as to asume that i was being 'fammy' without really questioning what you had read and its content and credentials.

Tame said:

Still searching for the supposed mean-ness...not seeing any...

Surely not even a fam like you can deny that his quality began to decline after SOTT?

Great article.
Its great that a few of you have such high regard for his post 80's work, but the fact remains that the writer’s opinion, fits most people’s opinion.
You few may be far more advanced in music intellect than the rest of the human population, with is cool and incredible, But at 50, the book on Prince has already been written but for the final chapter. And unless there is some miraculous turn of events in the next few years, what’s written on that article is the bulk of what that book will say.
I think that the last chapter in the Prince book will deal more with his spiritual and political views than music.

yes but people are like sheep they copie eachothers dress sense, mannerisms and even opinions like sum kind of whacked out programme....and id like 2 think im an individual for instance in the uk recently we had a radio talk show host (johnthan ross) make a prank call which was very rude on air, his shows very popular and there was hardly no complaints...until it was in the headlines the next day and every1 started jumping on the fucking bandwagon it even went 2 parlament thats how fucking sad its got, like i said sheep BAAAA
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optimus said:

Yeah, everything in life is just opinion, from what gets put on store shelves, "do you look fat in those jeans" to when the Supreme Court renders an opinion.

violetblues said:

yeah ur right man but I think are western culture has got 2 ova opininated which is sad, the whole worlds goin 2 shit...hopefully tho ur new president may be able 2 change a few things...he seems a really cool guy .....well actually that was a bit random ...but its true

Great article.
Its great that a few of you have such high regard for his post 80's work, but the fact remains that the writer’s opinion, fits most people’s opinion.
You few may be far more advanced in music intellect than the rest of the human population, with is cool and incredible, But at 50, the book on Prince has already been written but for the final chapter. And unless there is some miraculous turn of events in the next few years, what’s written on that article is the bulk of what that book will say.
I think that the last chapter in the Prince book will deal more with his spiritual and political views than music.

If that is a true then I am soooo thankful that I am NOT most people.

purplesweat said:

I don't see it that way. His music certainly and undeniably has evolved positively since then. So musically he has not declined, he has become more rounded with a richer sound (The synths have been replaced by live instruments). His popularity declined after SOTT but he re-surged 12 years later and is as much in the limelight now as he was back then.

dseann said:

Uh...no...

purplesweat said:

You don't think he's as popular now as he was in the 80's? Shiiiiit! They're even taking pics of him walking through the airport in flip flops and sticking them in every newspaper. Photographers are even mobbing Rhianna because they think she's him then going ... Oh shit, it's just that Umbrella girl.

purplesweat said:

You don't think he's as popular now as he was in the 80's? Shiiiiit! They're even taking pics of him walking through the airport in flip flops and sticking them in every newspaper. Photographers are even mobbing Rhianna because they think she's him then going ... Oh shit, it's just that Umbrella girl.