dothejump said:

U missed the most senior band member Dr Fink who was there since For U-1978

OldFriends4Sale said:

Thank you for clarifying this topic has been beaten to death you are wonderful

TheKing662 said:

Um get over it dude seriously the was used and I ONLY POST ONCE! re read it I never did any sunch thing read OTHER comments as well for fuck sake move on!

toots said:

Yeah but you missed the fact that he's a NEW member from this year, 2009

Rinluv said:

You missed the fact there is a search bar at the top of the page and has been told to use it many times by other members including mods
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Rinluv said:

TheKing662 said:

Do your thing brotha. Good thing you ignore the hatas.

Rinluv said:

Appreciate that,your one of the cool ones

King why dont you get the REAL answer from Wendy and Lisa nstead of speculating about it here is a clue:

got to www.wendyandlisa.com under the media part and there should be some interviews stating WHY prince broke up the Revolution. Its great insite and will answer lao tof your questions ( btw another word of advicfe IF you take it DONT be over obsessive on the thread making IF you join the site, Renata K Lisas wife runs the site and can ban you at a moments notice) they are very interactive with their fans and do answer alot of questions Lisa is known to ask the fans questions as well) and I fyou read slwoly through the forums you can find out WHY Prince did this that or the other to other questions.

now happy hunting

OldFriends4Sale said:

Damn. He was the first one that I had in mind. I just forgot to type his name :-p

dothejump said:

its ok we all forget at times

2 words. Susannah Melvoin

I was hoping with the 25th anniversary of Purple Rain that there would be a Revolution reunion. At least for one cd. Even better, bring out everyones creativity by a Revolution vs. The NPG cd. (I know, wishful thinking. It would be HOT)

TheKing662 said:

[Bait snip - luv4u]

toots said:

lol yeah it has

Please mods this isn't against the site at all
but one thing about topics over a certain amount of time here
is that someone new comes along and the purpose of groups like this
is to be able to talk about various aspects of Prince(history)
but after a certain amount of time even a month it seems you can no longer contribute to topics

toots said:

But they may not be able to post at that anymore, it closes

SirPsycho said:

lol yep

sort of
She is the inspiration behind some of the best music
including the Family project

But she actually left Prince months after the Rolution split and recorded songs with Prince that ended up on the SOTT & Black albums

xlr8r said:

Indeed. She's [Name calling snip - luv4u]

toots said:

[Edited 8/3/09 21:12pm]

TwiliteKid said:

[Bait snip - luv4u]

TheKing662 said:

Prince was at his pinnacle with the 'Revolution' after the break-up it was Prince who would began to decline slowly into the depths of medocrity; although slow he did create/release some solid tracks/albums; however, none that could rival the entire works of 'Prince & The Revolution'. Facts are facts, Purple Rain will live in musical history throughout time. Prince as a solo artist is outstanding, 'Prince & The Revolution' as a band can be ranked amongst the Best of all time.

Long Live the Revolution.
GMAN

were you even born yet?

IAintTheOne said:

if ur talking to me, no

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TheKing662 said:

Really. thats tasteless.

TheKing662 said:

BTW...nice to see a youngin' on a Prince board....

Be cool, lil' homie...

I must be one of the few who doesn't give a rat's ass that the Revolution broke up, or why lol ...

Dream Factory/Crystal Ball wound up becoming Sign O' the Times beacuse Warner Brothers didn't approve of releasing a 3 CD set at that point in Prince's career. He whittled it down and we got Sign O' the Times. The Revolution's input on the album was basically rerecorded out. There's a "Dream Factory" bootleg that has some of the original tracks with more influence from Wendy & Lisa vocally and musically. They basically grew apart and when he broke up with Susannah it made things weird in the group. He decided to move in another direction and let most of the band go. Dr.Fink, Miko Weaver, Eric Leeds, Atlanta Bliss and Greg & Wally all remained and everyone else got booted. Replaced by Sheila E., Boni Boyer, Levi Seacer Jr. and Cat. This actually started a point where Prince more or less had a touring band and not an actually "named" group in his career. Even though the were unofficially referred to as the "Lovesexy Band".

By the way don't let some of these orgers get to you. There are some great people on here with a lot of positive insights and memories. There are also at least 15 total douchebags who hop on every thread to bring value to their miserable existences.

Peace young brother.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Andre, Gayle, and Dez all left. Wendy, Mark, Mico, Eric, and Bliss all joined. How could it have stayed the same? He may not have been changing his band like he does these days, but the band was hardly a fixed unit throughout the 80s.

TheKing662 said:

Yeah but, he let Tony M contribute to a lot of his early 90's work and concerts. To me, that's a huge step down. A fake rapper vs. two talented musicians.

Why did the Revolution break up? IMHO... Prince was starting to hang with a lot more people, like those bodyguards turned dancers. A lot of people thought Prince dissed the black music scene by making (so-called) white albums like ATWIAD and Parade. Warner Bros would only allow one album release per year which caused Prince to keep refining his albums instead of releasing them when they were completed... thus Dream Factory turned into (almost) a Prince solo project as he kept adding songs like Sign o' the Times, The Cross, and deleting songs the band worked on together. Plus he broke up with Susannah which probably caused tensions within the band. Quite simply, they broke up for a lot of reasons.

However, his attitude towards Wendy and Lisa is very suspect. They seem to be mad about not getting paid much during the time period, and not getting enough recognition for their contribution. And, when Prince wanted to "finish" Roadhouse Garden, all Wendy and Lisa asked for was to be paid for their time. To me it seems like a very simple request. Prince denied them that (so it seems), so the album was never finished. For some reason, it appears he wants them to work for free. Didn't they mention that he doesn't pay them at all and just sends tracks to them via email, they put some work on it, and send it back?

In the end, his music definitely did suffer when Wendy and Lisa left. Albums like Diamonds and Pearls and Symbol are good because of Prince, but so bad because of contributions of people like Tony M and Prince trying to appease the black music crowd. I mean how does a true musician go from working with two talented musicians to Tony M?

I'm getting off track, so I'll end this post.

ShinNihonKikou said:

So why aren't Lisa and Wendy's albums any good?