Wendy and Lisa are way better than Prince. As for your question, I dunno, maybe.

SPOOKYGAS said:

I don't think the problem with Prince is that he's not as good as Wendy and Lisa. I think he could be far better.

The problem is that he needs to follow his muse and stop copying El Debarge all the time. First, in the 80s he was copying his hairdos,... now it's everything.

Imago said:

I was of course extracting the urine with the GirlBros comment...as for your question, still not sure, its all about the algebra innit?

Sly, George Clinton, Jimmy Hindrex, Joani Mitchell, Alshley Simpson, and the late James Brown--all of them have exerted their influences on Prince's music over the years.


One need not go out on too much of a tangent to see the name "Purple Rain" as being at least in some way influenced by the title "Purple Haze" if only in its moniker--or the attire of Prince in the style of Hendrix with a little Liza Minnelli or Vera Wang thrown in there depending on his mood.

But, (maybe I can say this cause I'm truly ignorant of music technique), it I've never heard anything that Hendrix has done that has actually made me think there was no way Prince could match him--I know it's a tomato-taMAH-to type of thing for some folks, but for me, I just don't see Prince as fairing too poorly against the great Hendrix.

About the only person I think he doesn't match well is George Clinton. Now I admit I don't know much about funk, but when I listen to Clinton's music as opposed to Prince's supposed funky music, it just sounds like Clinton eats, breaths, and craps funk , while Prince only flirts with it. Clinton's funk is the kind that makes you want to go home and slap yo momma!

But Prince overall, just seems to be greater than the sum of his influences. MJ influenced the boys of NYSYNC, Led Zeppelin Influenced a slew of metal bands, and Bruce Springsteen inflenced the likes of Bon Jovi---but none of the newer cats come close to matching their influences. It just seems to me that Prince takes it to a higher level.


In the after life, after all our beloved stars have passed away, I picture a court with musicians laid out all over, in spirited attire, jovially conversing at first, but all the chatter giving way to whispering and reverence as the one true Saint of Pop Music descends down a golden stairway towards them... That one true saint of course... Is Prince.... wearing Vera Wang and no panties.

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No way.

Without question...Prince is as good as any one of his influences, but does (and has done) so much more....all while still being a pretty-man.

He's the real deal...all others are pretenders.

Sly, George Clinton, Jimmy Hindrex, Joani Mitchell, Alshley Simpson, and the late James Brown--all of them have exerted their influences on Prince's music over the years.


One need not go out on too much of a tangent to see the name "Purple Rain" as being at least in some way influenced by the title "Purple Haze" if only in its moniker--or the attire of Prince in the style of Hendrix with a little Liza Minnelli or Vera Wang thrown in there depending on his mood.

But, (maybe I can say this cause I'm truly ignorant of music technique), it I've never heard anything that Hendrix has done that has actually made me think there was no way Prince could match him--I know it's a tomato-taMAH-to type of thing for some folks, but for me, I just don't see Prince as fairing too poorly against the great Hendrix.

About the only person I think he doesn't match well is George Clinton. Now I admit I don't know much about funk, but when I listen to Clinton's music as opposed to Prince's supposed funky music, it just sounds like Clinton eats, breaths, and craps funk , while Prince only flirts with it. Clinton's funk is the kind that makes you want to go home and slap yo momma!

But Prince overall, just seems to be greater than the sum of his influences. MJ influenced the boys of NYSYNC, Led Zeppelin Influenced a slew of metal bands, and Bruce Springsteen inflenced the likes of Bon Jovi---but none of the newer cats come close to matching their influences. It just seems to me that Prince takes it to a higher level.


In the after life, after all our beloved stars have passed away, I picture a court with musicians laid out all over, in spirited attire, jovially conversing at first, but all the chatter giving way to whispering and reverence as the one true Saint of Pop Music descends down a golden stairway towards them... That one true saint of course... Is Prince.... wearing Vera Wang and no panties.

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Great subject and question, and the answer is most definitely YES.

Lord No

Ironically this is something I've been pondering the past few days since my 'return to the fold'.

This is something the celebrated cultural critic Nelson George talked about

some years ago in a documentary. He said what it took all these other cats to

do with these big bands, Prince can do all of that by himself.

Now IMHO Sly, George, Bootsy and James produced some of the baddest grooves on

the planet. But this lil badass here is something else altogether. To see and

listen to his development from jamming on vamps early in his journey on cuts

like Let's Work, Head, Dirty Mind into the stratosphere of orchestration as he

got older. It's just prolific. And he never seems to run on empty. He is on

some other chyt.

Prince is better than everything

Dayclear said:

Definitely co-sign that.

trueiopian said:

is too

Wendy and Lisa are way better than Prince. As for your question, I dunno, maybe.