Prince needs to retire, and start releasing box sets or 2/3-CD sets of Vault material. Just start unloading it.

If Prince retires then he shouldn't release ANYTHING from that vault. If retirement is what he does, then it should be a complete wrap.

Then you don't understand retirement for a musician.

Interesting it's no holds barred for him to make money in unscrupulous ways but actually making money after retirement, dig in the heels hells no!

If that´s really what you feel then you should just retire being a fan of Prince

Don't get all butt hurt over my statement. It's true though, he should retire. His music is bland, uninspired, over produced, and forgettable soon after the first couple of listens. 99% of the hard core fan base would rather have 1 disk full of vault material than 5 disks of "new power soul" shit he's making these days. Yeah, he can tour or play live. He'll always do that. But even HE doesn't care about the new stuff anymore, especially if he's still putting together medleys of early 80's material for a concert. For someone who doesn't think about the past in fear of getting old, he sure goes back there for a visit a lot.

Just let the fault free. Air the sombitch out, and let us have it! We all want a clean copy of "All My Dreams", "Computer Blue"'s full version, etc etc

He should collaborate with real jazz musicians (herbie hancock, christian mcbride, joshua redman etc) and do an album with him on vocals only. Repertoire would be Billie Holiday standards. This way, P could really concentrate on his vocal delivery and get dynamic support from these jazz cats. Would be nice to hear Prince on songs with this kind of chord changes.
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I LOVE this idea!

He should collaborate with real jazz musicians (herbie hancock, christian mcbride, joshua redman etc) and do an album with him on vocals only. Repertoire would be Billie Holiday standards. This way, P could really concentrate on his vocal delivery and get dynamic support from these jazz cats. Would be nice to hear Prince on songs with this kind of chord changes.
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Me too, that'd be awesome! From your lips to Prince's ears...please?

Prince won't listen to me

Well, I meant the original poster, but I worded it wrong.

I don't know about retirement. He could probably use some time away from music. Only he will know what he has left and if he wants to share it he will. You haven't talked to 99% of the fanbase so don't assume anything. Some of us don't pine away for 1980's rejects.

Name those rejects please.

Any song that didn't make it onto an album. I'm sure his best ideas have surfaced, either as "unreleased" tracks or in the form of new songs. Who's to say he hasn't used hooks and other ideas from the 80's and 90's on his recent albums. Usually there's a good reason a song doesn't make it onto an album.

What's that supposed to mean? A lot of Prince's more acclaimed material uses a drum machine - he was also one of the first to commercially use a Linn drum machine and was regarded as a pioneer. Programmed beats have featured on almost every single album he's released. Furthermore, his music has been mainly dance orientated since his very first album.

People get so hung up on Prince's "real music" diatribes that they think anything using a computer or electronics is somehow cheating! Its not - to make great music out of these machines is just as difficult as with a real instrument, it requires musical expertise and feel. Give these machines to anyone without that talent and, whilst with a computer they could more easily arrange some sounds together than they could making a recording of real instruments, its still likely to sound shit!

Prince was referring to people not actually having any musical background and just being studio engineers - the ability to play real instruments give you a sensibility and discipline in the studio. Prince is more afraid that these skills will disappear if more just turn straight to the computer, rather than learning an instrument first.
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If that´s really what you feel then you should just retire being a fan of Prince

Don't get all butt hurt over my statement. It's true though, he should retire. His music is bland, uninspired, over produced, and forgettable soon after the first couple of listens. 99% of the hard core fan base would rather have 1 disk full of vault material than 5 disks of "new power soul" shit he's making these days. Yeah, he can tour or play live. He'll always do that. But even HE doesn't care about the new stuff anymore, especially if he's still putting together medleys of early 80's material for a concert. For someone who doesn't think about the past in fear of getting old, he sure goes back there for a visit a lot.

Just let the fault free. Air the sombitch out, and let us have it! We all want a clean copy of "All My Dreams", "Computer Blue"'s full version, etc etc