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Thread started 12/04/13 7:46am

dreaminaboutu

What artists has Prince-introduced- you to as a result of who he listens to ?

What artists has Prince-introduced- you to as a result of who he listens to ? For example even though I knew of the Soul Children through my Mom’s records, I have now re-discovered their catalogue as a result of the “The Sweeter She Is” rehearsal.

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Reply #1 posted 12/04/13 8:05am

nursev

None...I can love Prince without listening to everybody he likes or works with. I stopped doing that in the early 90's.
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Reply #2 posted 12/04/13 8:17am

trax

I actually can't think of one. The only associated artist I like is the Time so I guess that would be my answer. The other music I listen to is nothing that Prince would listen to.

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Reply #3 posted 12/04/13 8:26am

dreaminaboutu

I should clarify and eliminate any actual protege's from consideration.

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Reply #4 posted 12/04/13 8:53am

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The only one I can think of is Ani DiFranco, but it was such a minuscule collaboration and I didn't listen to her own work for long.
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Reply #5 posted 12/04/13 9:13am

novabrkr

As a teenager:

Joni Mitchell

Kate Bush

Sly & The Family Stone


... couldn't really get into Santana. razz

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Reply #6 posted 12/04/13 9:16am

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As a 16 yr old he turned me on to Hendrix, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Funkadelic. I was the scourge of the 6th form common room stereo, as everybody else was into Indie stuff such as The Cure, The Smiths etc.
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Reply #7 posted 12/04/13 10:01am

thisisreece

Joni Mitchell, Janelle Monae, Funkadelic.
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Reply #8 posted 12/04/13 11:22am

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robertgeorgeakabob said:

As a 16 yr old he turned me on to Hendrix, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Funkadelic. I was the scourge of the 6th form common room stereo, as everybody else was into Indie stuff such as The Cure, The Smiths etc.

Exactly these bolded artists, which have become some of my alltime favorite musicians.

RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time...
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Reply #9 posted 12/04/13 11:49am

brookinz

Andy Allo, Janelle Monae off the top of my hand.

I also sought out Santana's "Europa" after hearing "When I Lay My Hands on You".
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Reply #10 posted 12/04/13 12:20pm

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Carmen Electra, Good Question and TC Ellis - I feel truly blessed.

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Reply #11 posted 12/04/13 2:58pm

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  • Joni Mitchell
  • Cocteau Twins
  • Ani DiFranco

I have Prince to thank for my being huge fans of these musicians/groups.

And to a lesser extent, Mavis Staples and Claire Fischer.

"I Was FINE Back in the Day!"
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Reply #12 posted 12/04/13 3:05pm

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NouveauDance said:

Carmen Electra, Good Question and TC Ellis - I feel truly blessed.



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Reply #13 posted 12/04/13 3:10pm

motherfunka

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Nikka Costa

TRUE BLUE
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Reply #14 posted 12/04/13 3:23pm

thedance

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Joni, Jimi & James.

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Reply #15 posted 12/04/13 4:08pm

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Hiatus Kaiyote
What?
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Reply #16 posted 12/04/13 4:22pm

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As a white middle England teenager who grew up with British electropop, Prince introduced me to modern American black funk. It blew my mind. I went from cricket lessons to bunking off school to get up to bad areas of London to buy the latest Jesse Johnson 12" import from the states.

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Reply #17 posted 12/05/13 4:34am

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Although the OP has ruled out associated artists, I think it must be said that most of the music that Prince has introduced me to is his own music delivered through other performers. Most of them (even the ones I LOVED back in the day) are forgettable now.

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After reading the other posts, I will add Parliament/Funkadelic to my list. I was amazed at how certain sounds that Prince used (i.e. the dog barking in La, La, La, He, He, Hee) were used before by Parliament/Funkadelic.

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Reply #18 posted 12/05/13 5:47am

EddieC

As far as actually getting into them--P-Funk. I might have eventually listened to them anyway, but I actually got around to doing it because of Prince. That opened up a huge amount of music. I knew George Clinton and company existed back in the late 70's (because of a little article in a Columbia House record club Year in Music book--and I was fascinated by the little description of how they recorded as Funkadelic to get around contract issues as Parliament, and then started all sorts of satellite groups--but I'd never heard a note, and there was no funk in my hometown at the time, so I never heard them back then). But I actually listened to them years later because of the Prince connection.

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Reply #19 posted 12/05/13 6:33am

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PicassoFace said:

  • Joni Mitchell
  • Cocteau Twins
  • Ani DiFranco

I have Prince to thank for my being huge fans of these musicians/groups.

And to a lesser extent, Mavis Staples and Claire Fischer.

P covered Cocteau Twins??? eek eek eek

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Reply #20 posted 12/05/13 6:34am

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Cindy Blackman after he played one of her tracks in a NPG Ahdio Show.

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Reply #21 posted 12/05/13 6:35am

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Esthero after he posted her vid on his websight.

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Reply #22 posted 12/05/13 6:38am

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Larry Graham (before they worked together) thanks to the 1994 covers. In a way P was my entry door into funk and afro-american music in general, he and MJ. Because they were catalogued as funk artists, I took interest in the genre when I was about 15 or 16, and started to buy all kind of funk records.

I also discovered many artists through him working with them or giving them tracks, too, but that's out of topic so I won't go into that.

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Reply #23 posted 12/05/13 12:40pm

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robertgeorgeakabob said:

As a 16 yr old he turned me on to Hendrix, James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Funkadelic. I was the scourge of the 6th form common room stereo, as everybody else was into Indie stuff such as The Cure, The Smiths etc.

Same here if we replace The Cure and The Smiths with U2 and Dire Straits.
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Reply #24 posted 12/06/13 2:34am

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databank said:

PicassoFace said:

  • Joni Mitchell
  • Cocteau Twins
  • Ani DiFranco

I have Prince to thank for my being huge fans of these musicians/groups.

And to a lesser extent, Mavis Staples and Claire Fischer.

P covered Cocteau Twins??? eek eek eek

I've certainly read that he liked them, from two separate sources - one was an interview with an NPG member. Is there even a liner note thankyou? Can't remember.

Can you imagine if P did cover a Cocteau Twins song? I'd love to hear his version of 'Aikea Guinea'. That would stretch his falsetto.

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Reply #25 posted 12/06/13 3:18am

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Just Funkadelic

Purple Music is my drug and I'm jonesin!!!!!
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Reply #26 posted 12/06/13 8:54am

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Scotsman1999 said:



databank said:




PicassoFace said:


  • Joni Mitchell

  • Cocteau Twins

  • Ani DiFranco

I have Prince to thank for my being huge fans of these musicians/groups.



And to a lesser extent, Mavis Staples and Claire Fischer.



P covered Cocteau Twins??? eek eek eek


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I've certainly read that he liked them, from two separate sources - one was an interview with an NPG member. Is there even a liner note thankyou? Can't remember.



Can you imagine if P did cover a Cocteau Twins song? I'd love to hear his version of 'Aikea Guinea'. That would stretch his falsetto.




It was well documented that Prince liked The Cocteau Twins. I remember them being played incessantly before the Act II (I think) shows.
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Reply #27 posted 12/06/13 9:38am

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This is an excellent topic, but I've most always known about other artists he associates with before he has known about them... Nikka Costa, Amy Winehouse, etc., etc.

As far as his influences, I also knew, listened to, and was influenced by these... Santana, Hendrix, JB, Sly & The Family Stone, Parliament, Gary Numan, etc., etc.

That was one of the things that drew me to his music... I was hearing influences that were absorbed and transformed into his unique sound and style, ultimately making it his own.

"He's a musician's musician..."
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Reply #28 posted 12/07/13 1:50pm

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databank said:



PicassoFace said:


  • Joni Mitchell

  • Cocteau Twins

  • Ani DiFranco

I have Prince to thank for my being huge fans of these musicians/groups.



And to a lesser extent, Mavis Staples and Claire Fischer.



P covered Cocteau Twins??? eek eek eek


Not covered...but he sampled them at the start of Love Thy Will Be Done.
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Reply #29 posted 12/07/13 2:50pm

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