NDRU said:

This thread is ZERO to do with Prince and 1 billion percent towards the next stupid ass fan that tells me I'm stuck in the past. If it's good enough for Prince then shut the phuk up.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

so it's really all about you!

NDRU said:

and the bitchfaced fams who have the nerve to tell me to move from the 80s

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

maybe it's more about calling them bitchfaced than your views on Prince!

NDRU said:

I want to commit fammicide

OldFriends4Sale said:

alright whenever ur hear about prince's x band memebers around the mpls scene, in the bars/clubs what have u, have u ever heard bobby's name mentioned sitting in with some one? naw ur hearing about michael b, sometimes kirk still gigging, and u know u hear about john blackwell. how come no bobby?

tell ya why not..at the very 1st celebration when 3 members of the revolution came up on stage with prince, bobby was behind the drums and was TIRED after drumming 2 mins..prince gave bobby a solo and bobby couldn't hang with it so kirky j went back in on drums.

cora however not that great imo can do something behind the drums..now if bobby was still keeping his chops up..then who knows what could come of it.

OldFriends4Sale said:

like darth vader in return of the sith ...NOOOOO!!!!!

NDRU said:

and there should have been more without it

bellanoche said:

as much i like tommy, i've felt that fink runs circles around tommy..now having renato and fink on keys at the same time

TwiliteKid said:

Common sense^^^^^

L4OATheOriginal said:

Fink had style that blended well with Prince's 80's style. Renato fits Prince's '00s jazzier style.

I think the key to the criticism of newer Prince bands vs the Revolution is that the Revolution had style to make up for where they lacked the technical proficiency of his NPG lineups. Diamonds & Pearls sounded like a bunch of generic studio musicians when I first heard it. There's something to be said for that, too, but I didn't like it at first.
[Edited 4/24/09 17:12pm]

NDRU said:

Compare the D&P band to the Band that did Gold, Exodus and Chaos & Disorder. Once the band tightened the hell up, Prince went to training a new band. Think of what NewPowerSoul would have been with tommy, sonny & Michael B instead of a new lineup.

oh god, just shut up already. you lost.

errant said:

get the fuck off if you don't like hearing it!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

i'm TRYING to get the fuck off, but your endless prattle is distracting me

errant said:

Well you're never gonna dump that load because I won't ever shut up

NDRU said:

I agree,

One thing that I do appreciate about Dr Fink, is if you hear the music he produces and makes he would be right there with Prince, Dr Fink was very diverse in his musical styles. He has a website and Myspace, he has some seriously tight stuff

OldFriends4Sale said:

Most of his Ultrasound album is pretty good. He told me Prince really liked "Nebulosity" from the album. It didn't surprise me because it's very trippy, and seems like something Prince would enjoy.

It was a decent first solo album, although he did a lot of music for K-Tel in the 90's. During the boom of the angels and vampries era of the 90's (post Lestat), he put together two compilations for K-Tel called Music Of The Angels, and another one about vampires. He wrote and produced it all. Wasn't bad stuff really.

L4OATheOriginal said:

I'm not talking about what Prince has to say about it

I'm talking in a general way. When most people around here(And I'm included and had to rethink that) talk about Bobby as a drum that deal with it in a way that says in 1986/87 Bobby stopped playing drums, But Bobby continued and no doubt has increased or matured his craft. Unless he stopped all together.

ernestsewell said:

Didn't he do some work with the Neptunes(Pharrell)?

L4OATheOriginal said:

Really? As a musician, I was completely unimpressed watching Fink play live last year. There was another, regular gigging keyboardist playing with the band, and he was better than Fink to me. He actually carried a lot of the weight.

bellanoche said:

I seriously doubt Fink would be considered Prince's weakest keyboardist

Anyone can have an off night, but Fink is very spectacular on the keys

OldFriends4Sale said:

That sort of sounds familiar, but I am not sure. He wasn't doing anything with them when I last talked to him, which was the week after the Family Jamm.

Not living in the past. Using the BEST STUDIO MUSICIANS he knows. Also the fans have asked him to bring Sonny, and Michael and Rhonda back.

ernestsewell said:

Worked with/for:
Lexington Bridge feat. Snoop Dogg, Jimi Blue, Popstars On Stage Allstars
Prince, The Revolution, NPG, Lipps Inc., The Time, Vanity 6 and many more

Only recently his focus turned back to Pop Music, as current biggest pop-albums by Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado are picking up a long lost reference to the sounds that he once helped defining.

http://www.doctorfink.com/

From Berlin dance floors to British airwaves to Grammy Award winning stages in the States, Matt “Dr.” Fink’s signature sound occupies an irresistible place in music history. Cunningly clad in surgical scrubs as Prince’s award-winning keyboardist in The Revolution, this player-turned-producer modestly shrugs when asked if aware of the impact his music has had on the artists and producers of today.

With over thirty R.I.A.A. Diamond, Platinum and Gold Awards, MTV, Grammy and American Music Awards for the albums Dirty Mind, Controversy, 1999, Purple Rain, Around The World In A Day, Parade and Sign O’ The Times- not to mention appearances on releases by The Time, The Jets, Ashanti, Vanity 6, Mavis Staples, Lipps Inc. and more- it’s no wonder the “Dr.” is in on speed dial with the likes of Timbaland, Timberlake, The Neptunes as well as Diddy.

In 2009, as evidenced by his appearance on Diddy’s Making The Band series, the good “Dr.” continues to make house calls. He travels the globe working with artists such as Danity Kane (Bad Boy Records), Making The Band’s Seven Auralius as well as Ken Lewis protégés Man On Earth. Back home in Minneapolis, he owns and operates StarVu Studios- a playground for all things unique and the birthplace of cutting-edge pop songs by hit-making artists from all over the world.
[Edited 4/27/09 10:29am]

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

You mean you are living in Prince's past!

errant said:

did you get off yet?