This Thread Maybe Kinda Lame or Cool, depends on how you look at it.
So What's Your Response?

1. The Music
2. Live Performances

Why did I used to like Prince and why I kinda not so much anymore are two separate things. I first got into listening to him when Little Red Corvette came out, then Purple Rain hooked me because of his musical genius and his brazen non-conformist attitude. After he converted to JW his muse (IMO) seemed to have left him and he has put out a lot of mediocre music after the year 2000, and to me it seems to get more and more mundane, so i don't like Prince as much now as I did before. I listen mainly to his old stuff. (this is my perrogative, for those who may flame me).

tricky2 said:

1. The musicianship
2. The live performances
3. The Vocals (the funky lows to tha crazy screams, and the best falsetto)
4. The great song writing
5. Prince's I don't give a fuck attitude
6. Prince's balls to wear and act what and how ever he feels
7. The "uptown" notion (Black, white, porto rican everybody just a freakin')
8. The iconic legendary masses amount of material
9. How Prince can make good music in almost every genre of music...
10 All the wierd strange controversy of prince....

that about covers it...

nyse said:

Cant argue with that, ticks everybox for me.

the pure raw tallent of the guy

the simple fact he writes amazing songs an has so many classics he is like the one man lennon/macartney .. but has outdone them an continues to add to it with new exciting songs .. never been a borring artist

the funk/rock/pop/soul vibe that is on all his songs .. he has a vibe of his own which is original an something only he can do musically . nomatter how some may copy ... all his songs have a PRINCE SOUND .. nomatter what style of music he is doing ... u can tell its prince

also the guy himself is a big part .. he is an amazing performer but also a guy who is always intersting to watch an hear . no matter what he is doing,saying or singing .. he has a hypnotic vibe .. which draws you to him an is someone worthy of respect an very smart an not afraid to be different
..

8-)Because my spirit told me to ha ha, nah because He's cooler than Santa Clause Baby!

in a nutshell .. with prince music
it is something you can only get from PRINCE
its not a style or sound .. that you can find 101 simmilar artists making
unlike most artists

Bowie.springsteen,kinks,ray davies,queen,bo diddley kinda have a same thing ..but not as much
in my opinion

As a Gay teenager back in the early 80's, Prince was the closest thing to being Gay and cool all at the same time. More importantly was his musicianship and his abilty to intrigue me on so many levels. I was always analizing his lyrics, the double entendres, and how he was so enigmatic and electrifying at the same time.

As I have said many times b4... Show me someone better, I mean OK, U might find someone who's a better singer, a better keyboard player or even a better guitarist but I'm talking the whole package. Show me someone better, point 2 them and I'll go be a fan of theirs 2 but I'm willing 2 bet that U can't.

Prince is the ultimate rock/funk/pop star, he has the look, the style, the arrogance and the skill 2 back it up and throughout his career he is practically faultless. Prince's musical integrity is impeccable and in a 30 year career at the very top of his profession that is one hell of an achievement.



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comegetwild said:

3. Some of the guys on here would also like to hump him.

1.) everyone 2 some degree lives vicariously through a rock star or actor

2.) in the 80's Prince created a world via Uptown Erotic City Paisley Park
there was more to Prince than just being a musician and he pulled me into
this world of Prince the Revolution, the Time, Sheila E the Family
Jill Jones Vanity 6, it was almost like being a star wars fan

3.) the rebellious undercurrent to the music, it was kinda urban-city life,
night life, living how you wanted to live and in my teens that's what I
wanted

i would hump his bad hip

tricky2 said:[quote]This Thread Maybe Kinda Lame or Cool, depends on how you look at it.
So What's Your Response?

1. The musicianship
2. The live performances
3. The Vocals (the funky lows to tha crazy screams, and the best falsetto)
4. The great song writing
5. Prince's I don't give a fuck attitude
6. Prince's balls to wear and act what and how ever he feels
7. The "uptown" notion (Black, white, porto rican everybody just a freakin')
8. The iconic legendary masses amount of material
9. How Prince can make good music in almost every genre of music...
10 All the wierd strange controversy of prince....

that about covers it... Agree 100%

When I'm in the mood for some rock tunes I throw on some Pearl Jam or U2
When I'm in the mood for some Jazzy tunes I throw on Herbie or Wayman Tisdale
When I'm in the mood for some blues I throw on some Stevie Ray or Bo Diddley
When I want the Funk I throw on some Cameo
When I want something relaxing I throw on Some Sade
When I want it all I throw on some PRINCE!

Cause i love music of all genres and Prince covers them all in a way that's always creative, surprising and top notch. Unpredictable, keeps you guessing and always delivers IN SPITE of his own bitch and moan fans, chart success or lack of it. An underappreciated musical Picasso that i'm glad to have seen emerge, grow, reach superstardom, maintain it, and still be head and shoulders above his peers 20 years after his "commercial peak"