Graycap23 said:

and ALL critics are asshole to someone. Usually the fans they offend by having an opinion on the musician they have anointed a deity.
I still like to listen first, but the guy doesn't seem like he's just trying to dog the cds - or he'd say it was all terrible.
i personally know a few music critics who listen to WAY more music than even I do, so I respect their opinions even when I do not agree. Though some do just seem to go through the motions.

suomynona said:

BINGO. Thank U.

He says,

"Not really understanding Lotusflow3r. Hopes for a big Prince radio comeback not realized. Wishing I was home."

He wants hits and radio play? Not "understanding" an album?

Perfectly unqualified music critic!
[Edited 3/20/09 12:53pm]

I really like the Bria stuff, so eat taht.

Ok.....just got to the end of the thread and the review.....

And the review has been done by a "JOSH L. DICKEY, AP Entertainment Writer"

What's an "Entertainment Writer" someone who gets to write in 100 words or less about last nights TV....

Wait for the real music reviews i'd say.....
[Edited 3/20/09 13:00pm]

ButterscotchPimp said:

Well let’s be honest...AND smart for a change.
Dig if U will the picture...
A LONG time fan of Prince who has always found many treasures in the music from Prince will lap up the garbage of the new stuff and feel that it is a fine form of wine.
Well, you are on to something! The answer is...DUH! If people have always enjoyed Prince music and always devoured the sounds and found the gems over the years of Prince's saga...then my intellectual self would tell me that yes, all of us little "fammy sheeps" will enjoy the new music. If we did not enjoy it (at least some of it), that would be a bit strange, don't ya think?
If you honestly think he has released mostly garbage over the last 10 years than fine, so be it. I guess I should catagorize you as a "hater" But alas, I won't because I actually realize people have different likes and opinions and what you consider to be crap I may consider to be treasure.
But I will still remain a "fam" because I still enjoy sipping the fine purple wine.

ButterscotchPimp said:

Unfortunately we continue to dance because people like you continue to call us fammy sheep JUST because we DO LIKE the music.
So as you said...Sorry that I've liked MORE than ONE album over the last decade!

blacksweat said:

yeah!!!!

I can't wait. Personally, I've always loved Prince's weirder stuff. This is good news to me. Bring it on!!!

purplecam said:

Judging by this reviewers taste Elixer will end up being the best one

ButterscotchPimp said:

it's funny how you can predict where this thread will go in advance yet you're the one callin people purple sheep in the first place. Your sig says it all! now stay in preperation to vomit and keep coming back.

worhol said:

That is funny. I hope that's not true but you never know.

PEJ said:

I couldn't agree with you more PEJ.

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

If he likes C we already know he has no clue about good music.

bohany said:

There called Bruce, U2, Neil Young and Tom Petty fans. I know, I should not have named names!

purplecam said:

it's a purple sheep thang

PEJ said:

Baaaaa!!!!!

jdcxc said:

Let's not be snobbish, folks. Of the artists you've named, Bruce and Neil in particular are songwriting geniuses whose output arguably outweighs Prince's And I say this as someone who considers Prince his fave artist of all time, and who doesn't even particularly like Neil.

There's no need to dismiss the work of others to feel better about Prince. Broaden your minds a little!

NuPwrSoul said:

purplecam said:

i hate always being right.
ah, well.
the curse of being me.

ButterscotchPimp said:

WRONG! It was joke! We can't even joke in here about something like that without people taking it literally.
[Edited 3/20/09 13:59pm]

Genesia said:

Me too I can't wait.

We're gonna love the music. I don't like what this guy said about understanding, "The Rainbow Children."

This review is as one sided as a mirror. He doesn't have the depth of any telescopic lens.

I seem to remember reviews about 3121 and Planet Earth being a 'return to form'... I think these reviews are nothing more than a semi-interesting read that should get almost no credibility, just like movie reviews.

I find that they usually either make you expect something amazing and you end up being underwhelmed, or they get a bad review for seemingly no reason.


That being said, I think I will enjoy 'wildly uneven' just fine. I would much rather have that then uniform, plain, and boring.

Thanks for the review.

purplecam said:

I'm just waiting to DL the new albums after I mortgage my home for the $77 yearly subscription price of Lotusflow3r.

This reviewer over exposed his credibility IMO when he said, "an unnecessary cover of 'Crimson and Clover'". Even though I expect I may like MPLSound most... I still agree with nearly everyone that this is a great cover.

But as always... I'll like what I like regardless of a critics or 'haterz' view of the music.

But I do find it interesting after reading a couple of reviews (including this one) that they like MPLSound more than Lotusflow3r... yet around these parts... people are swearing their going to think the opposite based on the tracks we heard... and there's nothing I can say against that. The rock laden tracks we heard were pretty good. I'm not saying that's a bad thing... but it can prove to be a very good thing. It basically says to me that there just may indeed be enough very good material between the two albums for all the fans, including the 'haterz' (I can only hope) to wrap themselves around... and the over all project be a good one.

ButterscotchPimp said:

you're not even close to being right.... your sig is a lie no matter how hard you try

JOSH DICKEY



Nuff said

wunderlandmine said:

Obviously you've never been to a Prince concert.

wunderlandmine said:

Oh, GOOD LORD.
is that really necessary?
someone posts a negative review of an album, and you guys think it's fair game to post a picture to make fun of the guy's face?

PRINCE IS NOT A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY.
STOP ACTING LIKE HE IS, AND YOU HAVE TO DEFEND HIS HONOR.

some of you fams are like Stepford Wives, i tell ya.

wunderlandmine said:

You're an idiot.

suomynona said:

nail on the mutha fucking head!