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'The Time' is cool,though. ~KiKi | |
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Anji said: giotto said: Anji said: giotto said: gypsyfire said But 1999 is better!!! Shhh...Don't tell Anji!!! G, I actually agree. 1999 is a better album than Controversy on so many levels but I still think Controversy is a funkier experience. There is something altogether more biting and impactful in Controversy's swagger than 1999's meandering grooves. I like both but for entirely different reasons. 
[This message was edited Fri Mar 14 11:14:05 PST 2003 by Anji] Granted, there are too many "excursions" on the '1999' double album for it to be as tight or as compact sounding as 'Controversy'. However, '1999' is the album that best showcases Prince's mastery of the groove much more effectively than 'Controversy'.During early 1981 he had yet to mutate into the funky animal he evolved into during subsequent recording sessions later that year. Those sessions were feverish workouts that at times lasted for over 48 hours non-stop without food or water and the man was well...possessed. If you think I'm kidding just get an earful of 'Lady Cab Driver/All The Critics Love U In New York' at eardrum-splitting volume ( and to hell with your posh neighbours) For further enjoyment and appreciation of this period, the following unreleased demos and alternate versions are essential listening as well. I dare you to play them at full blast too: 'Feel U Up/Irresistible Bitch' 'Turn It Up' 'Do Yourself A Favor' 'Moonbeam Levels' 'Extra Loveable' 'D.M.S.R.' (demo version) 'Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)' (demo version) 'Delirious' (the unedited version) (7:07) 'Baby, You're A Trip' 'Purple Music' 'Cloreen Bacon Skin' Even now it's amazing to think that the above were just leftovers from the '1999' album. They definitely kick the leftovers from the 'Controversy' era into a cocked hat. .  I've never herd nor seen a demo version of DMSR.Describe please and where did you get it? "I'm a pig..so,magic elixir I swill" | |
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inda' hard to compare these.They are ,musically,kinda' the same animal.I just feel that the debut Time album is just for fun and for the booty and zipper.Controversy is more for the mind.Controversy is a higher brow conception piece ad The Time is a piece,if you know what I'm sayin'.I adore both!!But,The Time,because of GIU,Cool,and The Stick are funkier than Controversy.Controversy is a funky ass rock album.
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I prefer The Time's first album.
'Controversy' is an average album. Though I think Controversy, Do me baby and Let's work set the benchmark for Princes 3 favourite styles. (Minneapolis sound, Funk work-out and slow ballad) ******************************************** | |
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