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Not a blues fan but I dig Albert King & B.B. on occasion. | |
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lawd there's a lot of blues snobbery going on in here. First of all I think P would hate to be labelled as just a blues artist BUT let there be no frickin' doubt - when he does the the blues he can be frickin' untouchable i.e. and please don't nobody tell me these ain't the blues:
Motherless child - Septimo live TV performance The Truth The Ride 12.01 - electric version from the Musicology tour Dark - the blues does NOT need a guitar 5 Women
There's 6 solid examples, just play those to any musician and they will all say the same -'hey I didn't know Prince could play the blues'!
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funkyhead said: lawd there's a lot of blues snobbery going on in here. First of all I think P would hate to be labelled as just a blues artist BUT let there be no frickin' doubt - when he does the the blues he can be frickin' untouchable i.e. and please don't nobody tell me these ain't the blues:
Motherless child - Septimo live TV performance The Truth The Ride 12.01 - electric version from the Musicology tour Dark - the blues does NOT need a guitar 5 Women
There's 6 solid examples, just play those to any musician and they will all say the same -'hey I didn't know Prince could play the blues'!
Agreed  Peace in the House of Prince. | |
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Blaqueknight, that's a bunch of purist bullshit. There's no one rule about what is blues. In my view punk rock is a form of blues.
Purity is like political correctness--a way to divide us with meaningless dorkyness. Even Cornel West thinks Prince is a bluesman. All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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Then the two of you don't know jack about the blues. | |
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The bootleg "Playtime" has a couple of impromptu performances in the blues vein. | |
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others mentioned it - 7th st entry - Blues in G aka "Outside Help" originally recorded (or at least made famous in blues circles) by BB King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrpnGDjsNS0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHQiMCJQ9PQ
Don't forget Electric Man was also a blues by Muddy Waters, recorded in the early 70s
Personally, some of my favourite Prince blues was done on the Le New Morning 1987 boot. Check Red House et al on that... [Edited 1/31/12 8:41am] | |
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that's the one. prince misses off the first verse
All of your affection is gone baby and your love is growing cold
I've said all of your affection is gone baby and your love is growing cold Hey, I've got a new story to tell you this evening, baby One that ain't never been told I went to work the other day But I thought that I would double back And that car I saw sitting in front of my door Looked like a brand new, a brand new Cadillac, yeah! I ain't got none now baby I think you've been cheating on me I believe to my soul baby, that you've given me some outside help That I don't think I really need The iceman came by this morning And you know he didn't leave no ice The postman came by later baby And he didn't even ring twice I think you've been cheating on me I think you're running out on me I believe to my soul baby, that you've given me some outside help That I don't think I really need Now, I want you to tell the iceman The next time he'd better leave some ice And I want you to tell the postman He'd better ring more than twice And when I come home from work in the morning Better still be some groceries on the shelf. I want to tell that slick insurance man That he'd better write some insurance on his self. Yes, I think you've been cheating on me I think you're running out on me I believe to my soul baby, that you've given me some help, some help Some help, I don't really need
it's called "i got some outside help i don't need" to give it's full title | |
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The Ride (CB version) sounds like the blues to me. So do Dark and Papa. He's great at taking elements and giving them his "Prince" twist. I wouldn't call Motherless Child a blues song, but it's clear that's the feel he wanted created by the rhythm arrangement (which also cropped up in One of Us and some other song he did).
But the blues greats would've smoked him in a cutting contest. Just saying...
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Okay, I'll make an exception for Down Home Blues from Small Club | |
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He plays it fairly well on that one. I stand corrected.