i think it is time that prince had another hit song....i know he is capable of writing it and i know the lack of radio interest and his age are against him having one but it CAN be done if promoted the right way and with a good solid track.....something really funky would be my best bet to getting into the charts again....he has to get a buzz going which would involve a high profile round of tv shows and interviews and maybe a one off special in both the us and the uk.....get the video and promo copies out a few weeks before the release to build interest ( as all the main acts do now) ...he stil has a sizable following that would get him back into the top ten if he does it properly..??.....the near 200,000 album sales in the us in the first week for his last release show he can still shift units .....
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not counting the re-release of 1999.....it has been 14 years since prince was last in the top ten in the uk ( gold ) and for an artist like prince....that is way too long ,
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some people say the singles chart is unimportant....well maybe but i would like to see him back in there showing all these tv pop artists what REAL musicial talent actually is....
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ps...i mean ...if whitney houston can have a top ten hit in the uk after ten years out her head on crack .....i think prince can do it....
[Edited 11/20/09 6:03am]

The UK haven't GOT prince since 93 when he did the ActII Wembley shows, i think the name changed threw everybody off, Even prince day on Radio 1 in 94 to celebrate Come was a disaster, every album he releases goes top 5 for 1 week, then drops out completely on week 2 and that's because we buy it on day 1 and no one else is interested.

i think it is time that prince had another hit song....i know he is capable of writing it and i know the lack of radio interest and his age are against him having one but it CAN be done if promoted the right way and with a good solid track.....something really funky would be my best bet to getting into the charts again....he has to get a buzz going which would involve a high profile round of tv shows and interviews and maybe a one off special in both the us and the uk.....get the video and promo copies out a few weeks before the release to build interest ( as all the main acts do now) ...he stil has a sizable following that would get him back into the top ten if he does it properly..??.....the near 200,000 album sales in the us in the first week for his last release show he can still shift units .....
.
not counting the re-release of 1999.....it has been 14 years since prince was last in the top ten in the uk ( gold ) and for an artist like prince....that is way too long ,
.
some people say the singles chart is unimportant....well maybe but i would like to see him back in there showing all these tv pop artists what REAL musicial talent actually is....
.
.
ps...i mean ...if whitney houston can have a top ten hit in the uk after ten years out her head on crack .....i think prince can do it....
[Edited 11/20/09 6:03am]

I don't give a shit about a #1 hit, but I am getting tired of waiting for Prince to come to DFW Dammit all I want is one big concert C'mon Prince have a

The quality of the song would b irrelevant, it's the celebrity/popularity/being in vogue that gets u a hit these days - he would have to seriously sell his soul to someone like Simon Cowell to get a hit nowadays - he'd have to go on X-Factor and do a duet with the winner or something. then go on every tv/radio show and magazine and just flog the song 24/7, which we know he can't do, he has very little interest in one song for more than a week.

I think an amazing performance at Glastonbury (and a Jools Holland Special) would help lift his profile in the UK. A proper trip down memory lane/sing-a-long type of show, all songs that people know the words to...

Let's Go Crazy
When Doves Cry
Kiss
Nothing Compares 2 U
TMBGITW
Little Red Corvette
Manic Monday/1999 hybrid?
Purple Rain


.....

The quality of the song would b irrelevant, it's the celebrity/popularity/being in vogue that gets u a hit these days - he would have to seriously sell his soul to someone like Simon Cowell to get a hit nowadays - he'd have to go on X-Factor and do a duet with the winner or something. then go on every tv/radio show and magazine and just flog the song 24/7, which we know he can't do, he has very little interest in one song for more than a week.

I think an amazing performance at Glastonbury (and a Jools Holland Special) would help lift his profile in the UK. A proper trip down memory lane/sing-a-long type of show, all songs that people know the words to...

Let's Go Crazy
When Doves Cry
Kiss
Nothing Compares 2 U
TMBGITW
Little Red Corvette
Manic Monday/1999 hybrid?
Purple Rain


.....

i totally agree, prince needs to make another hit jam, like gett off, to show the music charts he still has it, there are sooo many bad acts, and singles out there, id love a prince no 1 to happen, and blow the charts wide open, i do believe he still has it in him, poor single choices, lack of promotion and lack of chart interest from the man himself has contributed to this hit song downturn.

i think it is time that prince had another hit song....i know he is capable of writing it and i know the lack of radio interest and his age are against him having one but it CAN be done if promoted the right way and with a good solid track.....something really funky would be my best bet to getting into the charts again....he has to get a buzz going which would involve a high profile round of tv shows and interviews and maybe a one off special in both the us and the uk.....get the video and promo copies out a few weeks before the release to build interest ( as all the main acts do now) ...he stil has a sizable following that would get him back into the top ten if he does it properly..??.....the near 200,000 album sales in the us in the first week for his last release show he can still shift units .....
.
not counting the re-release of 1999.....it has been 14 years since prince was last in the top ten in the uk ( gold ) and for an artist like prince....that is way too long ,
.
some people say the singles chart is unimportant....well maybe but i would like to see him back in there showing all these tv pop artists what REAL musicial talent actually is....
.
.
ps...i mean ...if whitney houston can have a top ten hit in the uk after ten years out her head on crack .....i think prince can do it....
[Edited 11/20/09 6:03am]

Definately! that would be the bomb!

bigd74 said:

WTF!?
The same old rehash?

there are two reasons he cannot have a hit

1) he is not aligned to a major record company (when he does align its usually a one album deal so the record companies wont promote him as much as their other artists)

2) because he is no longer able to write a quality song.

prince was always a bit weird in the 80's, the way he performed his songs and sang them, and arranged them was unusual - but the underlying songwriting was brilliant - thats why so many of his covers were also brilliant. now, he is a better performer and arranger, but the songwriting is poor and it shows in the music - you cannot hide from a lack of quality.

Perhaps I'm setting the bar too low but I actually consider Musicology, 3121, Planet Earth, and lotusflow3r hit records.

I mean, not on the scale of some of the rubbish that's getting lots of heavy rotation on the radios, but his albums are topping the charts, which is difficult for a seasoned vet in the music industry to do.

I think Prince is adopting the business model that radiohead, U2, and a lot of bands have adopted where the record promotes the tour instead of vice versa, but I could be wrong.

It's been several months since he's released lotusflow3r so I wouldn't doubt that he's in the studio finishing up a followup already