rialb said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Um, because it IS his take on Queen. He should do himself and worry about doing more of his own style than emulating Queen. I'm not saying 3 Chains is a bad song, but Still Would Stand All Time just has more heart and emotion than that one.

One thing I'll say about is that after the HUGE disappointment that was D&P, it was a welcome change. But the reason why D&P was such a huge disappointment for me was that it came after GB, which was extremely funky and had soul. Then, he comes out with the lifeless, NPG-laden D&P album?? Ugh. So, was a step up from its predecessor, but still didn't build on my excitement of GB from 2 years prior. I honestly think Prince was so embarrassed of GB's movie failure that he decided to scrap everything from that period (including the sounds of the album) and start completely fresh (and dry).

Well, as far as I know he only did a Queen sounding song that one time. Thirty years and over thirty albums, I can forgive him for copping another artists sound that one time.

I think I found some common ground with you. I don't like Diamonds and Pearls either. At least we found one thing to agree on.

My brother from another mother!!

The1592 said:

'Billy Jack Bitch' - I, and probably most people consider that the weakest song on the album.

What What WHAT ???

I think 'most people' would disagree with you on that one.

FunkyStrange said:

The1592 said:

'Billy Jack Bitch' - I, and probably most people consider that the weakest song on the album.

What What WHAT ???

I think 'most people' would disagree with you on that one.

Preach on, brother Captain. "Billy Jack Bitch" is fon-kay!

Whiskas31 said:

I've been revisiting my tracklisting of Graffiti Bridge today, which omits all the collaborative stuff (apart from We Can Funk) and the incredibly cheesy title song. I can honestly say it's now my favourite 90's Prince album.

Here's the tracklisting

1. Can't Stop This Feeling I Got

2. New Power Generation

3. The Question of U

4. Elephants and Flowers

5. We Can Funk

6. Joy In Repetition

7. Tick, Tick, Bang

8. Thieves In The Temple (extended version)

9. Still Would Stand All Time

If you listen to the album with this tracklisting, it's an amazingly strong line up of songs. I always felt that the collaborative stuff killed any momentum the album had. For me, the songwriting, the production and the lyrics are outstanding on these songs. If only Prince had spent more time on this album than on the shitty movie, it could have been something outstanding.

I was really disappointed with this album when I first heard it, but in hindsight it has aged really well and deserves a second listen.

Whiskas31 said:

I've been revisiting my tracklisting of Graffiti Bridge today, which omits all the collaborative stuff (apart from We Can Funk) and the incredibly cheesy title song. I can honestly say it's now my favourite 90's Prince album.

Here's the tracklisting

1. Can't Stop This Feeling I Got

2. New Power Generation

3. The Question of U

4. Elephants and Flowers

5. We Can Funk

6. Joy In Repetition

7. Tick, Tick, Bang

8. Thieves In The Temple (extended version)

9. Still Would Stand All Time

If you listen to the album with this tracklisting, it's an amazingly strong line up of songs. I always felt that the collaborative stuff killed any momentum the album had. For me, the songwriting, the production and the lyrics are outstanding on these songs. If only Prince had spent more time on this album than on the shitty movie, it could have been something outstanding.

I was really disappointed with this album when I first heard it, but in hindsight it has aged really well and deserves a second listen.

I think Symbol is his best of the nineties. GB when edited is amazing. I do wish he would have done Round and Round his self. Songs like Question and Joy are complete classics plus some. Tick, Tick is better in its original form.