Ppenguin said:

funkaholic1972 said:

Speak out, you Purple freaks!

[Edited 8/19/14 5:33am]

I think on cd and maybe even his gigs (although they still remain unbeatable) there's been nothing of note or difference for such a long time that, personally, I have to refer back to his old stuff. The last 7 or 8 years have been really nondescript in terms of a career. I realised today that, even with all his albums on my player in the car, I'm skipping track after track after track because they've been played to death

I have the same experience, I have just listened to his music too much, I suppose.

jasminejoey said:

As a songwriter and studio musician, Prince is finished, at least until we have some evidence to the contrary.

I agree very much with this, although I thought that This Could Be Us sounded like some good old Prince music again, just like some of the tunes on 20Ten. Not shockingly good or very surprising, but just good new songs that at least sound like "Prince" made them.

10000Degrees said:

The thrill is gone... while he still has some moments of brilliance, when we listen to the variety of his 80s catalogue we are often blown away because he was just so out of this world. Oh well - my expectations of Prince have changed in recent years. I do not expect him to write anything as wicked as Annastesia or freaky as Head or memorable as I wanna Be Your Lover or anything as strange as Little Red Corvette or lyrics as cool as Raspberry Beret.

I will continue checking for what he does next but am not holding my breath that he will return to brilliance when in reality he no longer has a sound of his own like he did in his hey day! Fortunately, we still have all of that music and the bootlegs from between 78 and i'd say 94 or so.

J

Agreed , I have had to change my expectations too, I am now happy with a well written song that is not too cheesy and doesn't have cringe worthy lyrics.

This response made me smile, thanks Databank! Lovely song btw, your nickname...

databank said:

funkaholic1972 said:

Speak out, you Purple freaks!

[Edited 8/19/14 5:33am]

There's a certain progress in the weekly " is over and done" thread becoming a "Is over and done?", so I'm going to encourage this.

I haven't been able to say this in a long time, but Prince has become exciting to me again. It could be all the parties at Paisley Park and him becoming more accessible again. Hearing unreleased songs before anyone else, impromptu shows, etc. Before last year, I would have agreed with most of the negative comments.

He has not become boring, it is our expectations that have changed. Aside from coming out with a viking death metal album, I am not sure what else he can do, he has pretty much done it all and come full circle many times over.

Peace

that electro pop stuff is kinda boring....otherwise all good

I thought Prince has over first during the Graffiti Bridge era.. then in 1993 I swore he was COMPLETELY done with the release of GoldNigga.. and again later in the 90's during Emancipation/Chaos & Disorder era... then again in the 00's during the NPG Music Club Chocolate Invasion/Slaughterhouse days.. and again with Planet Earth.. Calling Prince "done", "over" and a has-been is kind of passe to me now. And I've actually quite enjoyed the 2009-Present era musically. In these years (if we exclude Purple & Gold insofar as it wasn't composed to be a real song, but a sports fight-song type of thing) he hasn't released anything that I've really thought was really bad.

SuperSoulFighter said:

2 pages of replies already! Who said Prince was boring?!

Hi Supersoulfighter:::


explain please, I am curious.. I wanna hear why Prince's studio music 2013-2014 is not boring...

do you really like it. ?

hopefularranger said:

Nobody here could have seen "Screwdriver" coming.

When that clip of him performing it with what appeared to be an all-girl band appeared people here definitely seemed surprised by him doing something like that at that point.

Well, the irony of what I’m going to write won’t be lost on many, considering I’ve taken to an Internet message board to discuss Prince during the wee hours of the night. So, he must be pretty interesting to me based just on that. But, here goes….

Yes, Prince is boring. For several reasons now.

1. His sexuality. Prince as a public figure worked best when he was presumed to be gay, bi, or at least bi-curious. Whether one agrees or not, a scan of his lyrics from 1992 backwards on his official albums ad bootlegs are so ambitious and suggestive, that’s its impossible to not see some gender and orientation play there. Now, we really don’t get any of that—which, to many fans is an indication of his undisputed heterosexuality, while to the rest of us just makes the closet-case look more repressed. Either way, it’s become played.
2. Album themes. Never Prince’s strong suit, it was still interesting when he explored ideas like LoveSexy (the blending of divine inspiration with carnal lust and an attempt to reconcile the two), or Camille (again, gender play with sexually charged energy). Unfortunately, his more recent concepts, like the self-proclaimed controversial Rainbow Children really come off as pedantic rambling conspiracy theory nonsense, while Planet Earth and 20Ten seem to have a shell of a conceptual framework, but at closer inspection just end up being insubstantial talking points. Listening to Prince today sounds like listening to a mind stuck in the 20s, but fancies itself an old sage—underserved and unwarranted preachiness.
3. The Music. How many times have we heard Future Baby Momma or Call My Name? These are songs Prince has recycled since his youth. During a recent interview, Prince expressed his frustration with WB that he finally had a coherent message he wanted to release—if the leaked tracks are any indication, I hardly think so. I don’t expect everything Prince does to be astounding, but from a musician of his abilities, can’t at least 10% of it be? I haven’t heard anything since The Rainbow Children that was impressive, and I don’t even like TRC.
4. His interviews. Prince, stop giving them. You don’t answer questions. You don’t reveal anything interesting. Just don’t do them. And, like Howard Stern said, you get talked to like a space alien—because you act like one.
5. Promised vs. delivered goods. We’ve all been burned.

I could go on for days, but the combination of so many factors adds up to a 56 year old man who seems to have emotionally not evolved a bit, surrounding himself with youthful people who won’t backtalk him, and managers who won’t second guess him, and people who won’t challenge him. You end up with paint-by-numbers Prince. So, yeah. Boring.

[Edited 8/19/14 23:06pm]

thedance said:

funkaholic1972 said:

This response made me smile, thanks Databank! Lovely song btw, your nickname...

databank said:

There's a certain progress in the weekly " is over and done" thread becoming a "Is over and done?", so I'm going to encourage this.

Funy thing is I don't specifically like that song (I mean I like it OK but it's not a fave of mine), the nickname is more an allusion to my discography project but I guess every one believes I'm crazy about the song

Blixical said:

Well, the irony of what I’m going to write won’t be lost on many, considering I’ve taken to an Internet message board to discuss Prince during the wee hours of the night. So, he must be pretty interesting to me based just on that. But, here goes….

Yes, Prince is boring. For several reasons now.

1. His sexuality. Prince as a public figure worked best when he was presumed to be gay, bi, or at least bi-curious. Whether one agrees or not, a scan of his lyrics from 1992 backwards on his official albums ad bootlegs are so ambitious and suggestive, that’s its impossible to not see some gender and orientation play there. Now, we really don’t get any of that—which, to many fans is an indication of his undisputed heterosexuality, while to the rest of us just makes the closet-case look more repressed. Either way, it’s become played.
2. Album themes. Never Prince’s strong suit, it was still interesting when he explored ideas like LoveSexy (the blending of divine inspiration with carnal lust and an attempt to reconcile the two), or Camille (again, gender play with sexually charged energy). Unfortunately, his more recent concepts, like the self-proclaimed controversial Rainbow Children really come off as pedantic rambling conspiracy theory nonsense, while Planet Earth and 20Ten seem to have a shell of a conceptual framework, but at closer inspection just end up being insubstantial talking points. Listening to Prince today sounds like listening to a mind stuck in the 20s, but fancies itself an old sage—underserved and unwarranted preachiness.
3. The Music. How many times have we heard Future Baby Momma or Call My Name? These are songs Prince has recycled since his youth. During a recent interview, Prince expressed his frustration with WB that he finally had a coherent message he wanted to release—if the leaked tracks are any indication, I hardly think so. I don’t expect everything Prince does to be astounding, but from a musician of his abilities, can’t at least 10% of it be? I haven’t heard anything since The Rainbow Children that was impressive, and I don’t even like TRC.
4. His interviews. Prince, stop giving them. You don’t answer questions. You don’t reveal anything interesting. Just don’t do them. And, like Howard Stern said, you get talked to like a space alien—because you act like one.
5. Promised vs. delivered goods. We’ve all been burned.

I could go on for days, but the combination of so many factors adds up to a 56 year old man who seems to have emotionally not evolved a bit, surrounding himself with youthful people who won’t backtalk him, and managers who won’t second guess him, and people who won’t challenge him. You end up with paint-by-numbers Prince. So, yeah. Boring.

[Edited 8/19/14 23:06pm]

I think you've hit the nail on the proverbial head here, great assertion.

I think the larger irony of this thread is to consider Prince "boring" when even when he hasn't put out an album in 4 years he consistently gives people something to talk about. Many of you may not like who he's become and the org may only talk about him for negative reasons these days, but there's absolutely nothing boring about the man. A person as naturally eccentric as Prince could never be boring. 98% of the musicians that have a public eccentric personality (the Gaga's, Marilyn Mansons of the world) are in real life boring. I enjoy following Prince even when I don't like his current music, just for the rollercoaster ride aspect of it all.

SuperSoulFighter said:

2 pages of replies already! Who said Prince was boring?!

With the majorityof such being by the OP.

May as well face it, the boredom is real.

[Edited 8/20/14 6:54am]

funkaholic1972 said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Hey! Leave my Mama outta this. She needed a lip waxing that day...so what. My mad a BEAUTIFUK woman. This pic of her will plague her for forever...

One bad pic in a bad hair day and it becomes your identity.


I LOVE u ma! Dipilitory or no dipilitory, ure wonderful and BEAUTIFIL... And ill love u forever.
[Edited 8/19/14 18:57pm]

hopefularranger said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Hey! Leave my Mama outta this. She needed a lip waxing that day...so what. My mad a BEAUTIFUK woman. This pic of her will plague her for forever...

One bad pic in a bad hair day and it becomes your identity.


I LOVE u ma! Dipilitory or no dipilitory, ure wonderful and BEAUTIFIL... And ill love u forever.
[Edited 8/19/14 18:57pm]

She should post in this thread:

http://prince.org/msg/100...?&pg=1

leadline said:

He has not become boring, it is our expectations that have changed.

No, it's his output and failed promises. Most people here base their expectations on the things Prince himself says he is going to do or wants to do.

SuperSoulFighter said:

2 pages of replies already! Who said Prince was boring?!

Being a Prince fan is boring right now. Discussing how boring it is right now is not boring. Since this is all we have to talk about. Happy to clear this matter up for you.

hopefularranger said:

BobGeorge909 said:

Hey! Leave my Mama outta this. She needed a lip waxing that day...so what. My mad a BEAUTIFUK woman. This pic of her will plague her for forever...

One bad pic in a bad hair day and it becomes your identity.


I LOVE u ma! Dipilitory or no dipilitory, ure wonderful and BEAUTIFIL... And ill love u forever.
[Edited 8/19/14 18:57pm]

She should post in this thread:

http://prince.org/msg/100...?&pg=1

BobGeorge909 said:

Maaaaaan.......look what you done did....my mom done hacked my account in some desperate attempt to compensate for that terrible photo u dug out the crate of her and posted in here. I TOLD u she has a complex about that photo. Now she's going around photowhoring a photo of her boobs. Everything's all ruined. This is TOTALLY embarrassing and I have NO CLUE as to how to fix this hacking. How in the heck am I supposed to edit that picture of of a post under my account which she hacked into. maaaan...I'm SOOOOOO MAD. [Edited 8/20/14 10:40am]

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hopefularranger said:

BobGeorge909 said:

LOL...wow...that was too fun.

LOL! Don't have too much. That ain't allowed here.