SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

No he's not. He's coming on here sounding self-righteous talking about how he was around to see that so-called "golden period" and anyone who became a fan years after that decade known as the 80's and thinks that Dance 4 Me is the bomb and is as good or better than Controversy is nuts. If it's how they view it, so what? I was a fan in the 80's so it doesn't apply to me cause I've found something to like from all eras but it does to others and if you want respect, you show it first. Fans have the right to like whatever period of Prince they want but honestly, this makes Marrk look like a asshole, and I'm not sure if he is one or not but this is not a good look and that's why he's being called on it.

rwn said:

I did. He's the best live act in the world, i already said that, has been for years. And you highlighted that.

But that isn't the issue. His recent albums are really. JUST. NOT. AS. GOOD. AS. HE. ONCE. WAS.!

purplecam said:

Disregarding like telling those of us who have been on this ride from the beginning to leave the site?!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I see where they are coming from. They have the right to say it just like you have the right to stay here.

purplecam said:

Charming.

I love Prince, i'm just concerned he can't kll it in Paisley Park or the L.A studios or wherever his head is.

Don't get me wrong he has great tracks on every album but he is horribly inconsistant, more so than ever when he puts out an album.

He has a problem if folks are thinking "That'll sound great live" and i almost guarantee that is happening. He's using these albums as advertisement for live shows.

purplecam said:

Charming.

I love Prince, i'm just concerned he can't kll it in Paisley Park or the L.A studios or wherever his head is.

Don't get me wrong he has great tracks on every album but he is horribly inconsistant, more so than ever when he puts out an album.

He has a problem if folks are thinking "That'll sound great live" and i almost guarantee that is happening. He's using these albums as advertisement for live shows.

purplecam said:

Yeah and watch someone get slapped to Mars when they try that crap on me.

Marrk said:

Gosh how would you know what he's thinking. You're making alot assumptions. This is where Prince is at right now, 30 years later. If you find yourself consistently unsatisfied, you really need to find another artist that makes your more happy. There are plently out there.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It'll happen at some point so get ready.

purplecam said:

I was born ready

He has a problem if folks are thinking "That'll sound great live" and i almost guarantee that is happening. He's using these albums as advertisement for live shows.

Marrk said:

You don't know how excited I was for Life of The Party when I heard it live. I thought it was going to be the revolution of all musical revolutions from how incredible it was live. Studio, not so much

Marrk said:

You don't know how excited I was for Life of The Party when I heard it live. I thought it was going to be the revolution of all musical revolutions from how incredible it was live. Studio, not so much

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Luckily, I heard the studio version 1st before I saw it live so I appreciated the song that much more after hearing it live, even though I wish the live version was the studio version.

purplecam said:

So we agree! See, that didn't hurt did it?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Oh please, get over yourself That'll happen sometimes.

Marrk said:

Gosh how would you know what he's thinking. You're making alot assumptions. This is where Prince is at right now, 30 years later. If you find yourself consistently unsatisfied, you really need to find another artist that makes your more happy. There are plently out there.

purplecam said:

Me? Get over myself? Nevah!

It will happen always if you just give in to the light

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Well that light is awfully dim. And No, I'm not going in your direction

purplecam said:

The only reason why you can't see very well is because you've been blinded by the brilliance!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I don't wanna know what that means.

purplecam said:

it means me.

Brilliant, and not at all an asshole.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

That's it in a nutshell right there. And it's not just the new schoolers. There's a few old schoolers also that think Prince created the world in six days and rested on the seventh.

So far, no new schoolers have put up a solid argument

I'm old skool... but I'm not stuck there. I still enjoy much of the music he makes now... as much as I did then. I don't hold Prince to some lofty and very unrealistic expectation some do. 30+ years is a long..long time. I take every album as it comes and don't stress myself worrying about if it will be as good as Sign o' the Times or Lovesexy. Heck of the latest releases... I feel that MPLSound is one of his best albums ever. In My Opinion... it rates right behind SOTT, Lovesexy and the Gold Experience in a group of albums which include 1999, Purple Rain, the Black Album and IMO...3121. Lotusflow3r rates middle of the pack...but favorably so in the midst of The Symbol Album, Batman, Musicology and Parade. And just on GP... the albums I don't like on the whole are Graffit Bridge, Rainbow Children, NEWS and New Power Soul. Everything else falls somewhere in between.

but....hey... those are just my opinons and only matters to anyone else in the context of having some 'good' discussion about what we like and don't like about the albums.

The very content of your post answers your own question. You are not giving respect to those who like the current output.... yet you feel that they should respect your opinons. What you're doing is talking down on the current content. Most people are or are in part defined by the music they listen to. So it you insult that music... it is taken as if you insult them as well. And many people do insult people who like the current music directly in the context of stating their opinions... but claim innocence as if they are oblivious to what they are actually doing.

No one should have to explain to you or justify their opinion about their music. You have a right to your opinion as well. But the problem you state your opinion as if it was fact. People who do this seem dead set on convincing others that their 'negative' opinion is the correct one and is indeed fact... which it clearly isn't.

And your opinion...valid or not... as stated is certainly a 'negative' opinion. Negative opinions are seldom met with positive responses. Negativity begots negativity.

Some people have the ability to state their opinions..even negative ones and not be critiqued for it because they don't try to force their opinion down the throats of others as any thing more than just that... an opinion. Mutual respect is key... but when you speak negativity and you talk down on others in the content of that negativity.... you are not showing any respect for other people's opinons. So if you don't give respect... why expect respect?

I feel I dropped a few IQ points by starting to read this thread.

Marrk said:

I'm old skool... but I'm not stuck there. I still enjoy much of the music he makes now... as much as I did then. I don't hold Prince to some lofty and very unrealistic expectation some do. 30+ years is a long..long time. I take every album as it comes and don't stress myself worrying about if it will be as good as Sign o' the Times or Lovesexy. Heck of the latest releases... I feel that MPLSound is one of his best albums ever. In My Opinion... it rates right behind SOTT, Lovesexy and the Gold Experience in a group of albums which include 1999, Purple Rain, the Black Album and IMO...3121. Lotusflow3r rates middle of the pack...but favorably so in the midst of The Symbol Album, Batman, Musicology and Parade. And just on GP... the albums I don't like on the whole are Graffit Bridge, Rainbow Children, NEWS and New Power Soul. Everything else falls somewhere in between.

but....hey... those are just my opinons and only matters to anyone else in the context of having some 'good' discussion about what we like and don't like about the albums.

The very content of your post answers your own question. You are not giving respect to those who like the current output.... yet you feel that they should respect your opinons. What you're doing is talking down on the current content. Most people are or are in part defined by the music they listen to. So it you insult that music... it is taken as if you insult them as well. And many people do insult people who like the current music directly in the context of stating their opinions... but claim innocence as if they are oblivious to what they are actually doing.

No one should have to explain to you or justify their opinion about their music. You have a right to your opinion as well. But the problem you state your opinion as if it was fact. People who do this seem dead set on convincing others that their 'negative' opinion is the correct one and is indeed fact... which it clearly isn't.

And your opinion...valid or not... as stated is certainly a 'negative' opinion. Negative opinions are seldom met with positive responses. Negativity begots negativity.

Some people have the ability to state their opinions..even negative ones and not be critiqued for it because they don't try to force their opinion down the throats of others as any thing more than just that... an opinion. Mutual respect is key... but when you speak negativity and you talk down on others in the content of that negativity.... you are not showing any respect for other people's opinons. So if you don't give respect... why expect respect?



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