bonatoc said:

Positivity (Alternate Version) - 6:44
Lovesexy - Homemade Deluxe Edition

Thanks! Will check it out

paulludvig said:

bonatoc said:

Positivity (Alternate Version) - 6:44
Lovesexy - Homemade Deluxe Edition

Thanks! Will check it out

whats on deluxe version?

bonatoc said:

Positivity (Alternate Version) - 6:44
Lovesexy - Homemade Deluxe Edition

Can't find it. What's yhe difference between the two versions?

After For You, he was never musically the same. After Prince, he was never musically the same. After Dirty Mind, he was never musically the same. After Controversy, he was never musically the same. After 1999, he was never musically the same. After Purple Rain, he was never musically the same. After Around the World in a Day, he was never musically the same. After Parade, he was never musically the same. After Sign O The Times, he was never musically the same.

Get the picture?

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I agree completely. The muse did not accompany him into the 90s. But, that's ok. Who can sustain that level of brilliance and ingenuity? I just wish he'd go back to something approaching his taste for the different, the new. It used to be that nothing else sounded like Prince. Now, he's going for mass appeal.

Genesia said:

After For You, he was never musically the same. After Prince, he was never musically the same. After Dirty Mind, he was never musically the same. After Controversy, he was never musically the same. After 1999, he was never musically the same. After Purple Rain, he was never musically the same. After Around the World in a Day, he was never musically the same. After Parade, he was never musically the same. After Sign O The Times, he was never musically the same.

Get the picture?

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You actually had to edit that shitty response?

Genesia said:

After For You, he was never musically the same. After Prince, he was never musically the same. After Dirty Mind, he was never musically the same. After Controversy, he was never musically the same. After 1999, he was never musically the same. After Purple Rain, he was never musically the same. After Around the World in a Day, he was never musically the same. After Parade, he was never musically the same. After Sign O The Times, he was never musically the same.

Get the picture?

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I get the picture. I don't think that's an insightful thing to say. Up through Lovesexy, Prince's creativity, vision, originality was just ON-FIRE. He did really fall off. I thinkt that's what's being talked about here.

I don't think everyone agrees with that. But I think most do.

In my eyes Prince's creativity was fueled by his hunger. Hunger to make it to the top, both on the charts and in the critics eyes. He achieved just that around 1988. He had nothing more to prove. But be careful what you ask for, you just might get it.

After he accomplished those goals he simply looked within. And what did he see, alot of insecurities. He then experimented in a lot of different directions. He did things for himself not for others. So his drive that culminated with lovesexy was not necessarily gone but just different.

So what people here call "falling off" or losing he edge or he just lost it I couldn't disagree more. He just did things from a very different perspective. Musically he was always and still is in my eyes capable of doing whatever he wants when he wants.

NO

dannyd5050 said:

I was admiring the Lovesexy album today. I hadn't heard it in a long while. But Wow! He was the epitome of an artist then. Not yet really following trends. Just doing what he wanted to do musically (same with the Black Album). Batman, to me, changed all that. Even though I think Batman is a good album it didn't have the same experimental play-fullness that the previous albums had. Lovesexy was so positive a vibe whereas Batman was more dark (of course because of the movie) but even Graffiti Bridge (though it has a bunch of great previous era songs) didn't have that play-fullness anymore. Is it the general consensus that Lovesexy was the last great "classic" album?

I think right after SOTT is when Prince's glory began fading. By the time Lovesexy came out, his
creativity was still intact but his ear was now failing him and his imagination was hijacked by
hip-hop. Instead of forging his own path, he started becoming infatuated with the music that
was beginning to capture the minds of young Blacks and Prince and hip-hop do not mix.

duccichucka said:

dannyd5050 said:

I was admiring the Lovesexy album today. I hadn't heard it in a long while. But Wow! He was the epitome of an artist then. Not yet really following trends. Just doing what he wanted to do musically (same with the Black Album). Batman, to me, changed all that. Even though I think Batman is a good album it didn't have the same experimental play-fullness that the previous albums had. Lovesexy was so positive a vibe whereas Batman was more dark (of course because of the movie) but even Graffiti Bridge (though it has a bunch of great previous era songs) didn't have that play-fullness anymore. Is it the general consensus that Lovesexy was the last great "classic" album?

I think right after SOTT is when Prince's glory began fading. By the time Lovesexy came out, his
creativity was still intact but his ear was now failing him and his imagination was hijacked by
hip-hop. Instead of forging his own path, he started becoming infatuated with the music that
was beginning to capture the minds of young Blacks and Prince and hip-hop do not mix.

I rather enjoy 18 & Over and Big City Boy quite a bit.

Graycap23 said:

duccichucka said:

I think right after SOTT is when Prince's glory began fading. By the time Lovesexy came out, his
creativity was still intact but his ear was now failing him and his imagination was hijacked by
hip-hop. Instead of forging his own path, he started becoming infatuated with the music that
was beginning to capture the minds of young Blacks and Prince and hip-hop do not mix.

I rather enjoy 18 & Over and Big City Boy quite a bit.

There's a difference between the enjoyment I achieve from masturbating and the enjoyment I
get from actually having intercouse. What I mean by that most crude analogy is that some of
Prince's dreck is enjoyable because Prince, master musician he is, can make gilded turds appear
like pieces of worthwhile art.

duccichucka said:

Genesia said:

After For You, he was never musically the same. After Prince, he was never musically the same. After Dirty Mind, he was never musically the same. After Controversy, he was never musically the same. After 1999, he was never musically the same. After Purple Rain, he was never musically the same. After Around the World in a Day, he was never musically the same. After Parade, he was never musically the same. After Sign O The Times, he was never musically the same.

Get the picture?

[Edited 2/19/15 9:01am]

could you elaborate?