Should Prince try a country album. Sales are better in country music. Look at sugarlands hit song stuck like glue. Prince could do sticky like glue in country form.

i24u said:

Should Prince try a country album. Sales are better in country music. Look at sugarlands hit song stuck like glue. Prince could do sticky like glue in country form.

to quote Alphabet St...., "NO!"

I thought Horny Toad was a country song.

If you're talking country western, no,

If your talking country... no

Nothing wrong with the genre's But P, never really ventured there, outside of a few songs here or there.

Alternative Rock, sure...

Prince's acoustic skills are underrated.

i'd like another gem like The truth, with better quality songs.

Modern country is not as bad as many people think.

It's where real songwriting has gone these days. I actually kinda like it.

And call his band The Hoo-Haw Ha Ha Ha Hayseed Band!

Yee haw muther f*ckers!

Should he go country??

I say NO!!!!

I cannot stand country music, it's too depressing

I like some country music: Reba Macintyre, Winona Judd (she can sing the hell outa R&B with THAT voice!), and Johny Cash... But for Prince? NO, NO, and NO! Would not fit him in the least except as a humurous song--a one-off! He is firmly planted in rock and R&B and that's where he needs to stay! Harrrrruuuuummmmpppppph!

muskiediver said:

And call his band The Hoo-Haw Ha Ha Ha Hayseed Band!

Yee haw muther f*ckers!

WOW. Flashback!

DesireeNevermind said:

I thought Horny Toad was a country song.

Close. Things like "Horny Toad", "Delirious", "Jack U Off" - those are all rockabilly, and he always seemed to have fun with it.

jaybendy said:

muskiediver said:

And call his band The Hoo-Haw Ha Ha Ha Hayseed Band!

Yee haw muther f*ckers!

WOW. Flashback!

And that's exactly where it belongs! (Although I loved myself some Muppet Show back in the day!)

Oh hell 2 the no!

rbrpm said:

Oh hell 2 the no!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

abigail05 said:

Modern country is not as bad as many people think.

It's where real songwriting has gone these days. I actually kinda like it.

Modern country is pop music, with a twang...

There's some Prince songs that definitely translate to country if performed slightly differently or even just sung by a country singer. "Sweet Baby" comes to mind. "The Once U Wanna C" could easily be a Shania Twain song.

But Prince should do a country album as much as he should a rap one.

That's a big fat Hayellllllll NO!

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kenkamken said:

That would be irrefutable proof he finally snapped

The day that he does, I'll snap my non-existent suspenders!

No, no, hell no and umm, let me see, NO! This has been asked at every Prince site I've ever been a part of. I remember it being discussed at the NPGMC quite clearly. No offense meant to the OP, but it's a ridiculous idea. Preposterous even. Prince doesn't need to "go" anything because he is everything (in a genre sense, not in a "savior" sense ). Nine out of every ten Prince songs don't fit in any one single category to begin with. Pigeonholing himself by doing something like a "country album" would come across as ten times more cheesey and contrived than Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic was ever thought to be.

Stupid random comma edit.

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Cerebus said:

No, no, hell no and umm, let me see, NO! This has been asked at every Prince site I've ever been a part of. I remember it being discussed at the NPGMC quite clearly. No offense meant to the OP, but it's a ridiculous idea. Preposterous even. Prince doesn't need to "go" anything because he is, everything (in a genre sense, not in a "savior" sense ). Nine out of every ten Prince songs don't fit in any one single category to begin with. Pigeonholing himself by doing something like a "country album" would come across as ten times more cheesey and contrived than Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic was every thought to be.

Esp. after listening to Rave Un2 2night.

muskiediver said:

And call his band The Hoo-Haw Ha Ha Ha Hayseed Band!

Yee haw muther f*ckers!

he already went country when he did the Muppet show. hee haw remember.

abigail05 said:

Modern country is not as bad as many people think.

No, it's much worse.

It's like sugary, watered-down 'Contemporary Christian Music' only without the Jesus.

QuasarOfRock said:

abigail05 said:

Modern country is not as bad as many people think.

No, it's much worse.

It's like sugary, watered-down 'Contemporary Christian Music' only without the Jesus.

Yee-haw to that! Modern country is awful! Pretty much anything after Alabama gets a thumbs down from me. Prior to that there's some stuff I can actually listen to. The really old stuff is still the best, though. My opionion, of course. Clearly there's some mf's buyin' "modern country" hand over fist.

I say, why the hell not?! He's done everything else! It doesn't seem like he can please most of U anyway regardless of the genre...why not encourage him to expand his talents? We might be pleasantly surprised!

DesireeNevermind said:

I thought Horny Toad was a country song.

Not even close.

ernestsewell said:

DesireeNevermind said:

I thought Horny Toad was a country song.

Close. Things like "Horny Toad", "Delirious", "Jack U Off" - those are all rockabilly, and he always seemed to have fun with it.

Calling those songs rockabilly is like calling "Loose" electronic. Prince mimicing a genre typically involves heavy doses of Prince's personality that take the songs out of the true context of those genres. If a rockabilly artist performed any of those songs the way Prince did, they would be laughed out of the venue.

On a side note, Sheila E. did go country with "Glorious Train," which garnered her a CMT award in 2009. I saw it live and liked it very much.

purplethunder3121 said:

jaybendy said:

WOW. Flashback!

And that's exactly where it belongs! (Although I loved myself some Muppet Show back in the day!)

I did too. Wasn't feeling the new version tho, but seeing Prince on there was a freaking RIOT! I loved it personally, but that's just me.

Believe it or not, When Doves Cry is a damn good bluegrass song.