NouveauDance said:

rdhull said:

"Hot damn I got an all girl band"-Salt n Peppa/Expressions

Hmm.

Guitar work makes me want to hear stuff like this fro him:

Mixed with some Hendrix and otehrs.

who is in the band now?

If you put Cassandra & Andy together I guess U get a full white woman so that ups the count

NuPwrSoul said:

Hannah on drums, Ida on bass, Donna on guitar.

Remember when The Rainbow Children came out, people complained about how there were only people of color on the album cover (LOL!), or in his band... well, if we end up with Prince + 3 white women, y'all will have gotten your payback

Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

(And yes I know race doesn't matter, post-racial blah blah blah... just saying... in the 80s it was a big deal that Prince assembled a multi-racial, mixed gender, and mixed sexuality band... And people felt it relevant to comment on his bands composition because they realized that Prince doesn't do anything by accident or coincidence. He's very calculating when it comes to these kinds of things.

Then by the 90s he had gone with the NPG + hip hop dancers/rappers... etc.)

Uh... Renato Neto ain't black.

Prince Andy & Cassandra are both lighter than Ida I just noticed

metallicjigolo said:

He has to mix it up so the white folk don't say where the white musicians, Prince must be a racist. And the black folk.. Prince is a sell out, where the brothers and sistas?

Those are complaints heard over the years, everytime he changes band members, from both sides, but he has always had Black musicians in his band. If he has an all White girl band touring this time, and no one else added, then that will be a first for him, but then again, with all the artists he's been collaborating with lately, we still don't know everyone else that will be in his NPG band if he tours,

Remember the last time he toured, he had quite a few guest musicians for a tour, like Andy McKee as his guitarist, but who knows if he's still around as an official NPG member. Maybe if he tours this time, he'll do the same, with this current, new guitarist and also still have his other NPG members and backup singers as part of his band. Guess we won't know, until that's mentioned somewhere.

Lord have mercy, who the hell cares? No matter what color or gender they are, he'll eventually shit on them just like he has with the other bandmembers. He doesn't discriminate, he's an equal opportunity shitter.

HonestMan13 said:

NuPwrSoul said:

Hannah on drums, Ida on bass, Donna on guitar.

Remember when The Rainbow Children came out, people complained about how there were only people of color on the album cover (LOL!), or in his band... well, if we end up with Prince + 3 white women, y'all will have gotten your payback

Will be interesting to see how this plays out.

(And yes I know race doesn't matter, post-racial blah blah blah... just saying... in the 80s it was a big deal that Prince assembled a multi-racial, mixed gender, and mixed sexuality band... And people felt it relevant to comment on his bands composition because they realized that Prince doesn't do anything by accident or coincidence. He's very calculating when it comes to these kinds of things.

Then by the 90s he had gone with the NPG + hip hop dancers/rappers... etc.)

Uh... Renato Neto ain't black.

Uh read again. I said "people of color." Renato is Latino.

NuPwrSoul said:

I like the fact that Prince is willing to work with younger artists/players in his band.

He's been doing this long enough for me to trust that he knows what he's looking for in a bandmember, and he must be seeing and hearing something he wants each person to contribute. Maybe they help him think about his own music in a different way, bring out a different aspect that he wants to highlight this go'round.

And, it's his way of inter-generational musical dialogue/transmission; of training new players. Kind of like his own sort of school.

So how come all these young artists/players happen to be women? Where are the young talented mane artists in his band he could give the chance for a bigger audience or teach?

imago said:

Oh lawd, Prince IS a nearly one-man all white girl band.

FFS who gives a rats arse what colour or ethnicity they are, get out of the dark ages this is not 1982.

imago said:

Oh lawd, Prince IS a nearly one-man all white girl band.

Ah hah ha ha ha.

Don't know about anyone else, but I would LOVE to see P with a full band of female musicians behind him. I think that would rock.......and funk. If Beyonce can do it then why can't he?

SPYZFAN1 said:

Don't know about anyone else, but I would LOVE to see P with a full band of female musicians behind him. I think that would rock.......and funk. If Beyonce can do it then why can't he?

Me too. Jack White has an all girl backing band and an all male backing band, hes brings them both on tour and uses them for different songs, its 'effing cool.

catpark said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

Don't know about anyone else, but I would LOVE to see P with a full band of female musicians behind him. I think that would rock.......and funk. If Beyonce can do it then why can't he?

Me too. Jack White has an all girl backing band and an all male backing band, hes brings them both on tour and uses them for different songs, its 'effing cool.

Yes. Jack is cool.

And great musician.

Edgy last name though.

dJJ said:

catpark said:

Me too. Jack White has an all girl backing band and an all male backing band, hes brings them both on tour and uses them for different songs, its 'effing cool.

Yes. Jack is cool.

And great musician.

Edgy last name though.

Oddly enough, in 1999 on The White Stripes first album Jack wrote a song called Screwdriver.

imago said:

Oh lawd, Prince IS a nearly one-man all white girl band.

Post of the year slips in just before the apocalypse on Friday, congrats!

EVERYBODY has an all-girl band these days. Jack White, Beyonce, Cee-lo are the ones off of the top o' the head..."I don't follow trends, they just follow me..."

Are the Robert Palmer girls still out there???

SPYZFAN1 said:

Don't know about anyone else, but I would LOVE to see P with a full band of female musicians behind him. I think that would rock.......and funk. If Beyonce can do it then why can't he?

Yes, a combination of former and current members

Sheila E on percussion/drums

Lisa Coleman on keys/synth

Wendy Melvoin on guitar

Jill Jones on vocals

Cat stage interaction/dancer

Ida on bass

Cassandra on keys

Hanna on drums

Elisa on vocals

1 or both of the Twinz stage interaction/dancer

OldFriends4Sale said:

SPYZFAN1 said:

Don't know about anyone else, but I would LOVE to see P with a full band of female musicians behind him. I think that would rock.......and funk. If Beyonce can do it then why can't he?

Yes, a combination of former and current members

Sheila E on percussion/drums

Lisa Coleman on keys/synth

Wendy Melvoin on guitar

Jill Jones on vocals

Cat stage interaction/dancer

Ida on bass

Cassandra on keys

Hanna on drums

Elisa on vocals

1 or both of the Twinz stage interaction/dancer

Well, one or two extra male cuteness would not hurt his female fan base though.

dJJ said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Yes, a combination of former and current members

Sheila E on percussion/drums

Lisa Coleman on keys/synth

Wendy Melvoin on guitar

Jill Jones on vocals

Cat stage interaction/dancer

Ida on bass

Cassandra on keys

Hanna on drums

Elisa on vocals

1 or both of the Twinz stage interaction/dancer

Well, one or two extra male cuteness would not hurt his female fan base though.

lol Prince stop letting male cuteness in after Bobby Z BrownMark & Mico left

OldFriends4Sale said:

dJJ said:

Well, one or two extra male cuteness would not hurt his female fan base though.

lol Prince stop letting male cuteness in after Bobby Z BrownMark & Mico left

He already has Andy, so he should be mature about sharing the female gazes on stage, right?!!

Just one or two cute guys on stage won't hurt anyone. And I'm not fussy about skin colour, all colours are good.

I am fuzzy about orientation, though. I mean, I can handle one sexy gay dude, but if he's going to fill the stage with sexy gay guys, I will feel tricked!

dJJ said:

I am fuzzy about orientation, though. I mean, I can handle one sexy gay dude, but if he's going to fill the stage with sexy gay guys, I will feel tricked!

What does a "sexy gay dude" look like? You seem like an expert!

dJJ said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

lol Prince stop letting male cuteness in after Bobby Z BrownMark & Mico left

He already has Andy, so he should be mature about sharing the female gazes on stage, right?!!

Just one or two cute guys on stage won't hurt anyone. And I'm not fussy about skin colour, all colours are good.

I am fuzzy about orientation, though. I mean, I can handle one sexy gay dude, but if he's going to fill the stage with sexy gay guys, I will feel tricked!

I agree, I think he should get some Prince males that have a similar look to him

maybe the hornsection or get 2 male hornplayers

like the guitarist from Mazarati

LOL when has Prince had obvious sexy gay guys in his bands??

The Jw's wouldn't approve...

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

The Jw's wouldn't approve...

They don't approve of breathing, let 'em sit on a porcupine.

NouveauDance said:

dJJ said:

I am fuzzy about orientation, though. I mean, I can handle one sexy gay dude, but if he's going to fill the stage with sexy gay guys, I will feel tricked!

What does a "sexy gay dude" look like? You seem like an expert!

Yes, I had my share of broken heart because he really does not care about my breasts, but does fancy my best male friend.

And allright, I withdraw my fuzziness about orientation. Get the hot gay guys on stage. As long as they are sexy and male.

[Edited 12/20/12 4:39am]

OldFriends4Sale said:

dJJ said:

He already has Andy, so he should be mature about sharing the female gazes on stage, right?!!

Just one or two cute guys on stage won't hurt anyone. And I'm not fussy about skin colour, all colours are good.

I am fuzzy about orientation, though. I mean, I can handle one sexy gay dude, but if he's going to fill the stage with sexy gay guys, I will feel tricked!

I agree, I think he should get some Prince males that have a similar look to him

maybe the hornsection or get 2 male hornplayers

like the guitarist from Mazarati

LOL when has Prince had obvious sexy gay guys in his bands??

That keyboard player in Graffiti Bridge during 'Tick, Tick, Bang' was obvious but I don't know about sexy.