Thats a tough one. I have to favor the 91-96 NPG slightly. The Revolution though was great too. Hands down his best two bands. None of the others can compete

Prince and the Revolution FTW

i was listening to DMSR live w/ the Revolution the other day, and was knocked out by the keyboards.

That's what I really miss; the prominence of whatever Dr. Fink (or Lisa? or both?) was doing.

Instrument for instrument, i prefer the npg, whatever 'npg' means (1990 - today?), but the energy of the revolution was just once in a lifetime fun.

and those keyboards, oh wow, those keyboards drive me wild.

Mintchip said:

Instrument for instrument, i prefer the npg, whatever 'npg' means (1990 - today?)

- For ME, NPG will be always the 90-95 band (specially Bland, Sonny, Barbarella). It was an unique period in Prince´s career (tight hard funk). Prince should have changed the name of the following bands, IMO.

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GustavoRibas said:

Mintchip said:

Instrument for instrument, i prefer the npg, whatever 'npg' means (1990 - today?)

- For ME, NPG will be always the 90-95 band (specially Bland, Sonny, Barbarella). It was an unique period in Prince´s career (tight hard funk). Prince should have changed the name of the following bands, IMO.

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NPG but I'm biased. I was born during that prince era.

Mintchip said:

i was listening to DMSR live w/ the Revolution the other day, and was knocked out by the keyboards.

That's what I really miss; the prominence of whatever Dr. Fink (or Lisa? or both?) was doing.

Instrument for instrument, i prefer the npg, whatever 'npg' means (1990 - today?), but the energy of the revolution was just once in a lifetime fun.

and those keyboards, oh wow, those keyboards drive me wild.

Yeah I love some sax play but you can't touch the synth/keyboards of Matt Fink, I love his solo on Head in all it's manifestations,

jtfolden said:

The Revolution. Prince needs W&L for that extra 'spice' on his music.

NO - he doesnt

NPG was such a superior band

I think he always got great bands/musicians and The Revolution always reminds us at that great Prince period.

But I don't think they could play DMSR like Rhonda & Co on the Musicology tour!!!!

He has a great band band 4 each period in his life & music.

purplenuts said:

jtfolden said:

The Revolution. Prince needs W&L for that extra 'spice' on his music.

NO - he doesnt

Tell that to ATWIAD and Parade.

Prince

Wendy

Lisa

Dr.Fink

Eric Leeds

Sonny T

Sheila E

Paisley4u said:

I think he always got great bands/musicians and The Revolution always reminds us at that great Prince period.

But I don't think they could play DMSR like Rhonda & Co on the Musicology tour!!!!

He has a great band band 4 each period in his life & music.

I've heard so many different renditions. the noituloveR did very good sounds

The sound was just different for each tour 1999-Parade, I also like the way the SOTT/Madhouse group performed it ie Fine Line Cafe and Prince adding his America guitar solo

HisProtege said:

I vote for Prince and The Revolution. What about you?

The creations both groups made contribute to a beautiful painting of sort but, it's very difficult to choose. I am a fan of the NPG Era music first because that's when I became a fan of P's art.

I had to come back and add to what I said earlier ... [img:$uid]http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/9.gif[/img:$uid]

Thats an easy one! The Revolution!

JoeTyler said:

Prince

Wendy

Lisa

Dr.Fink

Eric Leeds

Sonny T

Sheila E

Jill Jones and Brenda Bennett on background vocals

Creativity: Revolution

Tightness: NPG

Cornelius1973 said:

Creativity: Revolution

Tightness: NPG

which NPG lineup?

Cornelius1973 said:

Creativity: Revolution

Tightness: NPG

What do you mean by tightness?

with Tightness i mean, sounding tight playing as a band together.

The NPG playing on The Gold Experience is one of the tightest band i have ever heard in popular music.

My fave period of Prince is the Mid-90's....so yall know my answer