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Printable3121 said: Anxiety said: "willing and able" - cringeful? really?
REALLY?!? is cringeful a word? Willing & able is a great great song. The version in the studio off of the D&P home video is fantastic.. maybe even his greatest vocal performance. that version needs to be put on a CD or something someday. i love that version even better than the album version. | |
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I never much cared for D&P.
The music itself was rather tame for what I was used to from Prince. It also started to sound so...so....normal? And some of the raps on the album were more fitting for McDonalds commercial (2 all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese....  ) than a proper album.
But that's what made the followup album,  , all the more sweeter. It was as crazy as DP was tame. It's odd that Prince's most normal, average, safe albums appear to have been big hits (D&P, Musicology), when there's so many more interesting ones in the mix. | |
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its a great disc
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Anxiety said: 3121 said: Willing & able is a great great song. The version in the studio off of the D&P home video is fantastic.. maybe even his greatest vocal performance. that version needs to be put on a CD or something someday. i love that version even better than the album version. Absolutely. I can't remember the last time that i heard it as i don't have a VCR anymore (who does?). Its burned onto my mind though. Such a great band performance. Thats what a Prince unplugged-ish show should look and sound like. Incredible. | |
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MattyJam said: I am truly baffled that any self-respecting fan could listen to this album in 2008 and still rate it. It may have been a commercial success, but let's face facts here, the album has dated horribly. It has gotten off the hook in discussions of his worst albums for too long now....
Thunder is horrendously overblown and pompous and makes you crave for the sparse minimalistic production values of his 80s output. Willing & Able and Strollin' are cringeful attempts to expand his musical vocabulary and are two of his weakest album tracks to date. Even the albums big hit Gett Off has dated badly, with Prince's terrible rapping and the nasty cow-bells (what was he thinking?). For me, the only two tracks worth their salt are Live 4 Love (overproduced, but passionate nonetheless) and the gorgeous Money Don't Matter 2nite. This albums success will always remain a mystery to me. [Edited 11/14/08 11:25am]  I do have self-respect, and I don't mind the 90s sound. 
What does self-respect have to do with musically appreciating this album? | |
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