i did an experiment out of curiosity not so long ago on a fellow prince fan and close mate regarding the new and old prince.

He's a "moaner" and continues to put new prince music down (bar the 4 lotusflow3r tracks) including, TNBALM. He wants vintage MPLSoUND.
So he comes round around a week after Discojellyfish had made its debut and he had not heard it yet, i told him that we got hold of a new bootleg (i gave him a story of how it came about too) and told him it was a experimentation track from around 1982-1984, he got excited and then i played the track...much to my prediction, he LOVED it and i let rip with laughter when he said "this is the sound that should be on the MPLSoUND album". I can say that he was quite literally red in the face when i told him i lied and it's new...he stood corrected

This don't prove much but i think it goes to show that maybe, people just want to go back to the 80s....lol!

DiscoJellyfish is vintage MPLSoUND. I pulled out Strawberry Shortcake from Sheila's album as its a similar venture and DiscoJellyfish is on par if not a little better then that!

i can see the complaints with TNBALM but, everything else could be amazing.

Hold on to your wigs.
[Edited 3/16/09 10:42am]

i did an experiment out of curiosity not so long ago on a fellow prince fan and close mate regarding the new and old prince.

He's a "moaner" and continues to put new prince music down (bar the 4 lotusflow3r tracks) including, TNBALM. He wants vintage MPLSoUND.
So he comes round to my place around a week after Discojellyfish had made its debut and he had not heard it yet, i told him that we got hold of a new bootleg (i gave him a story of how it came about too) and told him it was a experimentation track from around 1982-1984, he got excited and then i played the track...much to my prediction, he LOVED it and i let rip with laughter when he said "this is the sound that should be on the MPLSoUND album". I can say that he was quite literally red in the face when i told him i lied and it's new...he stood corrected

This don't prove much but i think it goes to show that maybe, some people just want to go back to the 80s....lol!

DiscoJellyfish is vintage MPLSoUND. I pulled out Strawberry Shortcake from Sheila's album as its a similar venture and DiscoJellyfish is on par if not a little better then that!

i can see the complaints with TNBALM but, everything else could be amazing.

Hold on to your wigs.
[Edited 3/16/09 10:49am]

WetDream said:

have to agree that Disco Jelly fish is a great track. Thing is, with only 8 trax it doesn't leave any room for error. Look at Dirty mind and Controversy, 8 trax each and each track has its own unique quality and totally stands out. I am not stuck in the 80's and love so much of what he does. Lets really hope that the rest will indeed be amazing.

WetDream said:

Funny story.
Did you tell him that Disco jellyfish isn't gonna be on MPLSound? As far as we know.

sitting here listening to the old B-Sides mixes [so funky i wanna be sick] is for me the true classic MPLS sound, grooves locking, chicken grease everywhere, wit & sexyness left, right and centre!. [How incredible is the 12" of Kiss and Love Bizarre?].
So the 2 trax let out so far are [as I think most hard core will agree]just awful. I hate pre-hating a project but can someone PLEASE tell me if the remaining 6 trax have at least half of the old attitude of classic MPLS songs.
P , we need some new slammin funk, my 80's stuff if worn out!.

Bfunkthe1 said:

yeah, we are both gutted about that but, we have the track now anyway so what does it matter.

Chocolate Box has the same kind of beat so, i don't think DiscoJellyfish will be needed

WetDream said:

You have the track? Explain.
Btw, I really like Discojellyfish. I would like that track.
I'm bummed it's not MPLSound.

A) U can't compare "Discojellyfish" 2 "Shortberry Strawcake"... I won't let U.
B) I can't understand how folks don't realize that "Discojellyfish" is simply an instrumental version of "Chocolate Box".
C) I really don't like "There'll Never B Another Like Me".
D) No acronyms, please. (there U go, Genesia... I said it.)

; )

funkyhead said:

agreed.

But, as the man himself said, he will always be compared to the past.

...and thats not entirely fair.

sitting here listening to the old B-Sides mixes [so funky i wanna be sick] is for me the true classic MPLS sound, grooves locking, chicken grease everywhere, wit & sexyness left, right and centre!. [How incredible is the 12" of Kiss and Love Bizarre?].
So the 2 trax let out so far are [as I think most hard core will agree]just awful. I hate pre-hating a project but can someone PLEASE tell me if the remaining 6 trax have at least half of the old attitude of classic MPLS songs.
P , we need some new slammin funk, my 80's stuff if worn out!.

It would be funny to convert some of his new songs into bootleg quality, and present the new clear versions of some old classic bootlegs as new... and do a survey among those completely new to Prince about what is better...

that would be an extensive experiment.

sitting here listening to the old B-Sides mixes [so funky i wanna be sick] is for me the true classic MPLS sound, grooves locking, chicken grease everywhere, wit & sexyness left, right and centre!. [How incredible is the 12" of Kiss and Love Bizarre?].
So the 2 trax let out so far are [as I think most hard core will agree]just awful. I hate pre-hating a project but can someone PLEASE tell me if the remaining 6 trax have at least half of the old attitude of classic MPLS songs.
P , we need some new slammin funk, my 80's stuff if worn out!.

It would be funny to convert some of his new songs into bootleg quality, and present the new clear versions of some old classic bootlegs as new... and do a survey among those completely new to Prince about what is better...

that would be an extensive experiment.

A) U can't compare "Discojellyfish" 2 "Shortberry Strawcake"... I won't let U.
B) I can't understand how folks don't realize that "Discojellyfish" is simply an instrumental version of "Chocolate Box".
C) I really don't like "There'll Never B Another Like Me".
D) No acronyms, please. (there U go, Genesia... I said it.)

; )

i did an experiment out of curiosity not so long ago on a fellow prince fan and close mate regarding the new and old prince.

He's a "moaner" and continues to put new prince music down (bar the 4 lotusflow3r tracks) including, TNBALM. He wants vintage MPLSoUND.
So he comes round to my place around a week after Discojellyfish had made its debut and he had not heard it yet, i told him that we got hold of a new bootleg (i gave him a story of how it came about too) and told him it was a experimentation track from around 1982-1984, he got excited and then i played the track...much to my prediction, he LOVED it and i let rip with laughter when he said "this is the sound that should be on the MPLSoUND album". I can say that he was quite literally red in the face when i told him i lied and it's new...he stood corrected

This don't prove much but i think it goes to show that maybe, some people just want to go back to the 80s....lol!

DiscoJellyfish is vintage MPLSoUND. I pulled out Strawberry Shortcake from Sheila's album as its a similar venture and DiscoJellyfish is on par if not a little better then that!

i can see the complaints with TNBALM but, everything else could be amazing.

Hold on to your wigs.
[Edited 3/16/09 10:49am]

Giovanni777 said:

a) agree

b) Me either its a mystery how "many" people don't hear that Discojellyfish is nothing more than Chocolate Box

c) didn't like the instrumental and liked it less with the vocals
[Edited 3/16/09 16:19pm]

Regarding Jellyfish.. I enjoy the experimental instrumentation of the song.. which I doubt box of chocolates will contain.

It would be funny to convert some of his new songs into bootleg quality, and present the new clear versions of some old classic bootlegs as new... and do a survey among those completely new to Prince about what is better...

that would be an extensive experiment.

funkyhead said:

Don't expect too much my friend...I really don't care about the new releases...The live gigs...that's what's all about....Listen to Gansevoort...

WetDream said:

this is a good story but the problem is you didn't try a dud track on him. find another friend and see if you can get them to believe "tnbalm" is from 1982.