• Sheila E
  
• Rhonda
  
• Renato
  
• Mr Hayes

NOT

ONE

CURRENT

BAND

MEMBER

in otherwords, Prince is living in the past! In the 80s even! Can anyone say "Lovsexy"

Great performance though

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

YUP!!!
Hi Supa, love ya honey

amorbella said:

I'm going to burn that lineup into the next person's eyeballs that tries to give me grief for enjoying Prince's glory days

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Firs, since when is Mr. Hayes not a current band member?

Second, only Shelia was with him in the 80s. That's hardly a Lovesexy revival.

Third, I think it's pretty clear that he's toying with mixing it up these days. Can you imagine if he toured with 3 or 4 different lineups? I think that could make for some pretty interesting shows.

Edit: Just saw it myself. Pretty sure that was Renato on the left, another dent in your argument, I'm afraid.
[Edited 4/23/09 16:52pm]

Edit: And I see that you mentioned him already. Ooops. But still. Where do you get 80s from this lineup? I think you need to your liner notes again dude.
[Edited 4/23/09 16:55pm]

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

OH Supa that's stretch and you know it!

TwiliteKid said:

That would be AWESOME

wonder505 said:

stretch? I'm crazy because I see his past work as the best and yet he has to return to his own past with the musicians that helped create those great works and Prince is the futuristic visionary?

TwiliteKid said:

Are they current? I have no idea Point is, they were out of the scene at least for a little bit. I've seen Prince without Mr hayes for sure and without Renato as well. One is NPS, the other Rainbow Children. Rhonda & Sheila E, reaching back to the past as far and even farther. Please

the future is in prince's past.

looking back is the new looking forward.

stop trying to make him stagnate in all this future thinking.

TwiliteKid said:

I know, and this was one performance. He played with the current band in one of the shows L.A. Folks need to get off it. One 80's band member whom he's been frequently playing with over the last six or seven years does not equal living in the past.

Ummm... Josh & Cora were not in LA to perform with him. Not seeing the significance of this thread.

lezama said:

Are they not committed or does Prince not care?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Well, actually:

Morris joined the NPG in 92
Rhonda in 96
Renato in 02

They may not have been with him consistently since then, but I don't think Prince bringing them back is a nostaligia trip. Pulling the best players he's worked with together is a good idea, no?

TwiliteKid said:

Keeping a band long enough to build a professional relationship around is a good idea. He's always starting new bands just when the old band is finding it's footing and voice. Why not keep great band members to begin with intstead of constantly having to train a new one?

I love that he's working with these people but find it hilarious that Prince needs to reach back in time to have a decent sounding band

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I'm thinking their appearance for the Artist Corps had to have been planned a good time in advance. Probably before P got booked for Ellen.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I disagree with you on that one. I don't think Josh & Cora are the best rhythm section he's ever had, but it's not like they're amateurs or anything. I feel like a lot of the hate for them is merely because of the band they followed.

that lineup was just a hottbed of lurve, but i wanna know what was wrong with rhonda cuz she spent quite a lot of time sat down.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

are you delusional much?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

you're not crazy for thinking his past work is the best, most of us believe that, I believe that. it's the decades of bitching about what used to be and not facing real life facts that no human can be perfect forever.

i still don't see the correlation though, of performing with former bandmates, especially since cora and josh played in LA recently.. i don't see how he's living in the past when he's producing new music, especially when some of the tracks from lotusflower has a new sound, much different from the 80's.
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Giovanni777 said:

lezama said:

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He is

rhonda and shelia look & play great with Prince. For a minute, I thought he was rolling with an all female band ????? Good look P! I still love sony and michael but the females are a nice touch.

NONSENSE said:

the females from the past? Yeah, I agree, nice touch

considering how often he's been playing with them all lately, i'd say they all qualify as "current" band members.

Don't crack on the band. I liked it. Not one unnecessary person on the stage. Sheila is always a MAJOR plus.

funksterr said:

Not cracking on any person in the band. love them all.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Morris Hayes, not a band member until the early 90's.

Renato, not a band member until 2000-ish.

Sheila E, played with Prince just years ago at the Brit Awards, the NAACP Image Awards, and was at the Celebration at Paisley Park.

Rhonda, around the same time as Renato.

So...how is this living in the past especially the 80's? Oh right....it's not.

NEXT

ernestsewell said:

Well let's not even mention that he's sucking off Sonny T & Michael Bs teets

This was a great line up, hands down.Renato,Rhonda,SHELIA,Mr. Haynes; there's nothing you can't do with that band. I think with all of these different line ups, Prince is sending (yet again) the signal he's been sending since the Revolution disbanded....it ain't about my bands, it's about my music.

Really, we might see Andre and Dez pop up at some gig at anytime... Xpect the un X pected!

what did he perform?