Or is it just me?

This will be locked soon. One way to be sure to have a thread locked is to mention:

a) Purple and gold
b) Hip replacement
c) Michael Jackson

That being said, yeah, you're probably right

wasitgood4u said:

It's just you, cuz no one knows what you're talking about.

Moonbeam Levels = unreleased classic
3 Chains O Gold = Rock Opera Masterpiece, a new "Bohemian Rhapsody" for the 90's
Purple And Gold = Used toilet paper

ernestsewell said:

I think he means that those songs sound similar..

I thought he was saying Moonbeam is greater then 3 chains is greater then P&G

Rinluv said:

Let's hope not! haha

I only listened to the full version of Purple And Gold once... and that was too many times. There's no way in hell I'm going to do a cross comparison.

Nagada.

squirrelgrease said:

At least you listened to the entire song..I only listened to it for a few seconds and closed the site..It was that horrible to me..

Rinluv said:

You closed the site? Haha I did the same.

I don't wanna hear the whole thing. No interest

Okay, maybe it's vicarious embarrassment and fear!

ernestsewell said:

3 Chains O Gold definitely a masterpiece!

ernestsewell said:

Yeah. i was suggesting a sonic resemblance that suggests a disturbing evolution - '82. '93. 2010

Rinluv said:

It was probably the worst 3 minutes of my being a Prince fan.

squirrelgrease said:

I know. Personally, I'd rather read the Santa Claus letter while listening to Jughead at ear-bleed levels than have to hear Purple and Gold ever again.

Efan said:

I'd rather be gang banged by 8 reindeer and Rudolph's angry older cousin as TC Ellis recites the pledge of allegiance eating peanut butter.

squirrelgrease said:

I can arrange that.

ernestsewell said:

Moobeam Levels is one of best song that Prince has ever recorded...PURE GENIUS!

To me, one of the big enigmas in Prince's artistry is how he evolved (within a time span of about 10 years) from minimalistic funk a la Dirty Mind/Controversy/1999 to bombastic symphonies like 3 Chains of Gold. It's almost the work of two completely different persons. On the one hand the Rude Boy with a F.U. attitude and on the other hand a conservative whose artistic taste is not always unquestionable.
It feels like Prince tries to prove something when he comes up with these complex, over-arranged songs. It is not only on some of his more recent work but can also be heard in essence on a couple of tracks from his first two albums. And of course on the Kamasutra album. And just the fact that he tries a little too hard makes these compositions sound artificial, even ridiculous. I remember hearing 3 Chains of Gold for the first time and feeling not too happy with the direction that the music was going. I thought "so this happens when a very talented musician builds himself a new studio with a 98-track recording machine. One Freddie Mercury is more than enough..."

jazzz said:

And yet some of the bombastics and even melody appear to be present in Moonbeam Levels, no?