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Thread started 02/28/11 6:06pm

thebanishedone

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Any of you hated drum machines but fall in love with them latter?

When i was a kid i hated Prince doing songs with drum machines.

I was very much into his 90's more organic sound.

loud acoustic drums,heavy guitars.

But as i grow older i started loving Prince's drum machine programing.

Now days i find his 80's song based on linn drum the best.

Any of you feel the same?

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Reply #1 posted 02/28/11 6:31pm

purplemookiebu
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i always liked the drum machine sound so no

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Reply #2 posted 02/28/11 7:00pm

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I guess: Neil Tennant said it, like most of us feel about the subject "Prince and drum machines":

Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant discusses IIWYG in NME

{{{In an article entitled 'Burn It' in the UK's New Musical Express, Pet Shop Boy's Neil Tennant discusses tracks he would pick to listen to over the festive season. 1st on the list is Prince's If I Was Your Girlfriend. Tennant comments:

'I think it's very brave for such a heterosexual man as Prince to imagine he's a woman. Musically it's very murky and mysterious. Where Prince went wrong was when he stopped using drum machines. Before that, he was amazing. I like the way he's not scared to approach a completely unusual subject, like this one or the brilliant imagery of 'When Doves Cry'. I like his obsession with psychadelia, but he's got a real pop sensibility at the same time'. }}}

Originally posted here:

http://prince.org/msg/5001/73493

ps: don't hate on Pet Shop Boys, they are amazing pop writers/ performers, IMO.

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Reply #3 posted 02/28/11 9:23pm

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I don't hate drum machines, but I much prefer real drums. [But I can make an exception for Prince]

[Edited 2/28/11 21:23pm]

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Reply #4 posted 03/01/11 7:29am

Dave1992

thebanishedone said:

When i was a kid i hated Prince doing songs with drum machines.

I was very much into his 90's more organic sound.

loud acoustic drums,heavy guitars.

But as i grow older i started loving Prince's drum machine programing.

Now days i find his 80's song based on linn drum the best.

Any of you feel the same?

Same here.

It's probably because I grew up with TGE...

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Reply #5 posted 03/01/11 7:37am

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I like most (not all) of Prince's use of drum machines, and i have always loved them personally.

When i was younger, my friends and i had a little band going for a while, instead of getting in a drummer, we bought a drum machine, it was great, it never argued with us, it never got tired playing the same thing for hours on end, and we did not have to share our weed and beer with it.

Drum machines rock.

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Reply #6 posted 03/01/11 7:46am

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thedance said:

I guess: Neil Tennant said it, like most of us feel about the subject "Prince and drum machines":

Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant discusses IIWYG in NME

In an article entitled 'Burn It' in the UK's New Musical Express, Pet Shop Boy's Neil Tennant discusses tracks he would pick to listen to over the festive season. 1st on the list is Prince's If I Was Your Girlfriend. Tennant comments:

'I think it's very brave for such a heterosexual man as Prince to imagine he's a woman. Musically it's very murky and mysterious. Where Prince went wrong was when he stopped using drum machines. Before that, he was amazing. I like the way he's not scared to approach a completely unusual subject, like this one or the brilliant imagery of 'When Doves Cry'. I like his obsession with psychadelia, but he's got a real pop sensibility at the same time'.

Originally posted here:

http://prince.org/msg/5001/73493

ps: don't hate on Pet Shop Boys, they are amazing pop writers/ performers, IMO.

It wasnt that he stopped completely using drum machines..he just stopped experimenting with them and making new sounds with them.

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Reply #7 posted 03/01/11 7:47am

Illuminations

I like Prince's use of drum machines because he knows how to do them right... some artists just click play, and sounds Yawn... but Prince can come up with non conventional beats.

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Reply #8 posted 03/01/11 8:28am

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In my opinion, Prince has always excelled at the drums department. Always the right treatment, always the right sound for each album. And always good collaborators, specially Sheila and Michael...

Even the drum machine of Emancipation, as crappy as it may sound, fits the rest of the music smoothly and nicely... it's a "shame" that he cancelled that album, perhaps he wisely felt that the album was weak and full of filler so he cancelled it...

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Reply #9 posted 03/01/11 9:44am

Dave1992

JoeTyler said:

In my opinion, Prince has always excelled at the drums department. Always the right treatment, always the right sound for each album. And always good collaborators, specially Sheila and Michael...

Even the drum machine of Emancipation, as crappy as it may sound, fits the rest of the music smoothly and nicely... it's a "shame" that he cancelled that album, perhaps he wisely felt that the album was weak and full of filler so he cancelled it...

confuse

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Reply #10 posted 03/01/11 9:46am

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Illuminations said:

I like Prince's use of drum machines because he knows how to do them right... some artists just click play, and sounds Yawn... but Prince can come up with non conventional beats.

...This. I agree.

I think Prince, Phil Collins and Trent Reznor are the ones who really know how to take computerized stuff and make it work musically.

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Reply #11 posted 03/01/11 9:46am

JoeTyler

Dave1992 said:

JoeTyler said:

In my opinion, Prince has always excelled at the drums department. Always the right treatment, always the right sound for each album. And always good collaborators, specially Sheila and Michael...

Even the drum machine of Emancipation, as crappy as it may sound, fits the rest of the music smoothly and nicely... it's a "shame" that he cancelled that album, perhaps he wisely felt that the album was weak and full of filler so he cancelled it...

confuse

what

Prince retired in 1995 and didn't make a comeback until 2004/Musicology

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Reply #12 posted 03/01/11 9:54am

Dave1992

JoeTyler said:

Dave1992 said:

confuse

what

Prince retired in 1995 and didn't make a comeback until 2004/Musicology

Oh, okay.

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