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Thread started 03/26/12 4:42pm

JoeyC

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Prince's voice sucks......

on the For You album !

I was listening to For You last night and i decided that i really hate prince's vocals on that album. At first i just thought it was the production but i came to the conclusion that he just doesn't sing well on that album. I do think Prince is a very good singer but on For You and on some of his 1990's stuff where he harmonizes 'weird',he doesn't sound good. What do you guys think about his vocals on that album and on prince's voice in general ?

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Reply #1 posted 03/26/12 4:44pm

jonylawson

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Reply #2 posted 03/26/12 5:05pm

cammi

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Seriously??? confuse

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Reply #3 posted 03/26/12 5:11pm

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i agree, i also think the vocals kinda suck on prince for the most part. like he was still growing vocally. dont get me wrong i still like them both a lot

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Reply #4 posted 03/26/12 5:15pm

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the worst prince-linked vocals ever are morris day's and prince's own vocals on the song "girl" on the time's first album. REALLY unstomachable!! BUT okay: they were still kids in the learning back then...

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Reply #5 posted 03/26/12 5:18pm

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vitalbacon said:

the worst prince-linked vocals ever are morris day's and prince's own vocals on the song "girl" on the time's first album. REALLY unstomachable!! BUT okay: they were still kids in the learning back then...

One of my favourite P comps ever, but yeah, the production is plain bad! Oh how I would love for a clear Prince version of "Girl" to turn up one day.

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Reply #6 posted 03/26/12 7:05pm

smoothcriminal
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Good forbid someone have a different opinion than y'all, you fucking assholes. lol razz

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Reply #7 posted 03/26/12 7:36pm

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vitalbacon said:

the worst prince-linked vocals ever are morris day's and prince's own vocals on the song "girl" on the time's first album. REALLY unstomachable!! BUT okay: they were still kids in the learning back then...

I'm with you. I don't know what is going on in that song; it's a hot fucking mess. Prince's falsetto is nasal and bleating, Morris' voice is scratchy and hoarse.

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Reply #8 posted 03/26/12 7:52pm

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i love for you, but i do know what your saying, i dont think the vocals on there suck by any means, but as someone else mentioned his voice was still evolving.. i love prince's falsetto, but to me his "full" voice is so much more powerful and soulful.

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Reply #9 posted 03/26/12 8:15pm

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vitalbacon said:

the worst prince-linked vocals ever are morris day's and prince's own vocals on the song "girl" on the time's first album. REALLY unstomachable!! BUT okay: they were still kids in the learning back then...

I thought I was the only one that felt that way. It's like Prince couldn't quite hit the note on the high parts.

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Reply #10 posted 03/26/12 8:18pm

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I think Prince even knows this now. Not saying the songs are bad, because they aren't. His vocals were just not on point per se. You can hear it on tracks like "Bambi." He had to "learn" to sing.

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Reply #11 posted 03/26/12 9:33pm

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eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #12 posted 03/26/12 10:56pm

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To each his own.

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Reply #13 posted 03/27/12 3:36am

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smoothcriminal12 said:

Good forbid someone have a different opinion than y'all, you fucking assholes. lol razz

Its ok for someone to have a different opinion, but if its baseless and has no merit, then people are going to disagree. You're just as bad as what you suggest by calling people "fucking assholes" for simply disagreeing!

Prince's vocals on "For You" cannot be decsribed as "bad". He sings with a great range, is in tune and the voice has soul. Yes, his vocals are weaker compared to later works, but this was his first album, he was very young and he was also doing everything himself. You have to cut him some slack. To say "it sucks" is overplaying it.

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Reply #14 posted 03/27/12 4:51am

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Mindflux said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Good forbid someone have a different opinion than y'all, you fucking assholes. lol razz

Its ok for someone to have a different opinion, but if its baseless and has no merit, then people are going to disagree. You're just as bad as what you suggest by calling people "fucking assholes" for simply disagreeing!

All opinions are baseless and have no merit. hmph!

And I don't care that you disagree. But when you are rude as hell, I'm gonna call you a "fucking asshole".

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Reply #15 posted 03/27/12 4:53am

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*listens to For You all day in protest of this thread* music

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Reply #16 posted 03/27/12 11:57am

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NouveauDance said:

*listens to For You all day in protest of this thread* music

lol

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Reply #17 posted 03/27/12 11:59am

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NouveauDance said:

*listens to For You all day in protest of this thread* music

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Reply #18 posted 03/27/12 12:07pm

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Prince's singing on For You is fine.. but I'm not a fan of Prince's voice in general. He may have a great vocal range or whatever, but I'm not a fan of the sound of his voice. He has had good moments vocally, and I really enjoy his singing on "Baby" and "My Love Is Forever".

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Reply #19 posted 03/27/12 12:52pm

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CrabalockerFishwife said:

Prince's singing on For You is fine.. but I'm not a fan of Prince's voice in general. He may have a great vocal range or whatever, but I'm not a fan of the sound of his voice. He has had good moments vocally, and I really enjoy his singing on "Baby" and "My Love Is Forever".

Agreed.

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Reply #20 posted 03/27/12 1:10pm

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They're not bad at all, but they are pretty quiet. I think he was still fairly insecure at this point.

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Reply #21 posted 03/27/12 1:22pm

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He was 18! Or 17! Depending on who you believe!

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Reply #22 posted 03/27/12 1:30pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

CrabalockerFishwife said:

Prince's singing on For You is fine.. but I'm not a fan of Prince's voice in general. He may have a great vocal range or whatever, but I'm not a fan of the sound of his voice. He has had good moments vocally, and I really enjoy his singing on "Baby" and "My Love Is Forever".

Prince has a three octave vocal range...He can do anything with his voice....

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #23 posted 03/27/12 3:33pm

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

Prince's singing on For You is fine.. but I'm not a fan of Prince's voice in general. He may have a great vocal range or whatever, but I'm not a fan of the sound of his voice. He has had good moments vocally, and I really enjoy his singing on "Baby" and "My Love Is Forever".

Prince has a three octave vocal range...He can do anything with his voice....

Well can he do this?:

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Reply #24 posted 03/27/12 3:46pm

NeonCraxx

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Guess I'm a fucking asshole then.

OP still sucks
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Reply #25 posted 03/27/12 3:49pm

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Joey goes into the troll pile.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #26 posted 03/27/12 3:59pm

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Robert Christgau liked P's youngpup vocals:

"For You [Warner Bros., 1978]
Like most in-studio one-man bands, the nineteen-year-old kid who pieced this disco-rock-pop-funk concoction together has a weakness for the programmatic--lots of chops, not much challenge. But I like "Baby," about making one, and "Soft and Wet," ditto only he doesn't know it yet. And his falsetto beats Stevie Wonder's, not to mention Emitt Rhodes's. B-"

Make It Through The Storm has amazing vocals.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #27 posted 03/27/12 4:00pm

NDRU

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Is stevie really known for a falsetto?

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Reply #28 posted 03/27/12 4:02pm

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When he does a falsetto.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #29 posted 03/27/12 4:07pm

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Is stevie really known for a falsetto?

I laughed when I read that lol Lazy journalists and their lazy ass comparisions, and he was dead serious about it too.

At least I could stomach the Smokey Robinson comparision because of the obvious factor, but even still, both men sound nothing alike.

If somebody made a comparision between Prince and Sylvester's singing, I'd probably nod in agreement.

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