the 3rd eye chicks are good but i think he has got the most out of them.what type of band would you like to see next? please no retreads from previous bands...What type band would inspire him to be great again?

Firstly, they're not chicks. Secondly, retards? Really?

Going by the Detroit gig earlier in the year the 3EG and NPG combo seems to be his best band since Lovesexy.

Korean transgender atheists.

bluegangsta said:

Firstly, they're not chicks. Secondly, retards? Really?

Going by the Detroit gig earlier in the year the 3EG and NPG combo seems to be his best band since Lovesexy.

u crazy ? better than blackwell,rhonda ,renato nato?

kidmelody2012 said:

bluegangsta said:

Firstly, they're not chicks. Secondly, retards? Really?

Going by the Detroit gig earlier in the year the 3EG and NPG combo seems to be his best band since Lovesexy.

u crazy ? better than blackwell,rhonda ,renato nato?

About as crazy as an uninspiring retarded chick.

bluegangsta said:

Firstly, they're not chicks. Secondly, retards? Really?

Going by the Detroit gig earlier in the year the 3EG and NPG combo seems to be his best band since Lovesexy.

LMAO, he said "retreads" not "retards".

RodeoSchro said:

bluegangsta said:

Firstly, they're not chicks. Secondly, retards? Really?

Going by the Detroit gig earlier in the year the 3EG and NPG combo seems to be his best band since Lovesexy.

LMAO, he said "retreads" not "retards".

thank you i didnt wanna make bluegangsta sound like the Big Dummy who cant read lol

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kidmelody2012 said:

RodeoSchro said:

LMAO, he said "retreads" not "retards".

thank you i didnt wanna make bluegangsta sound like the Big Dummy who cant read lol

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Okay, you clearly retain the throne when it comes to recognizing good grammar.

bluegangsta said:

kidmelody2012 said:

thank you i didnt wanna make bluegangsta sound like the Big Dummy who cant read lol

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Okay, you clearly retain the throne when it comes to recognizing good grammar.

"Spelling" and "grammar" aren't the same thing. When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you should do is quit digging.

Anyway, back to the topic:

For my money, I've never seen Prince have a bad band. I've thoroughly enjoyed most of the output from any of his bands. Although, I'd rank the GameBoyz as pretty much useless. But that was the style at the time.

The last thing Prince should do right now is change bands.

Opening himself to younger, rawer talent and allowing them to learn from him and himself from them is just about the best decision he has taken in years and it seems to be working in everyone's favor.

The band sounds great live and if in the studio his collaborations can be hit or miss, it's all part of the journey. Wow, Anotherlove, Fixurlifeup, Screwdriver, Funknroll and most of the reloaded stuff and some of the new tracks really have that energy Unfortunately, when Hannah is singing, it doesn't work well but that's the one downside (plus the colour-by-number songs that sink Plectrum).

RodeoSchro said:

bluegangsta said:

Okay, you clearly retain the throne when it comes to recognizing good grammar.

"Spelling" and "grammar" aren't the same thing. When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you should do is quit digging.

It could be this person has dyslexia, sounds like it to me. File under "Mistakes caused by a disability"? Yeah, I'd say so.

nyse said:

This is one of the best bands he has ever had. I seen Prince,3rd eye girl & The NPG horns at mohegan sun and they totally blew the fuckin roof off the house. I must swear becaus no other interjection fits what happened that night. the most impressive was donna's guitar chopps. I mean she can shredd some shit up. and Prince's prowess over the band. At a flick of the wrist or a wave of the hand he was conducting every one, on stops, fades, hits, and tone changes on a dime. So to answer the question. I would not want to see him change his band at all. the only exception would be to reunite the revolution for nostalgic reasons.

Donna sounds like GIT graduate ...technique but no Soul at all..A REAL musician would know that!

Aerogram said:

RodeoSchro said:

"Spelling" and "grammar" aren't the same thing. When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing you should do is quit digging.

It could be this person has dyslexia, sounds like it to me. File under "Mistakes caused by a disability"? Yeah, I'd say so.

Nah, dyslexia confuses words, not different concepts. And it's nice you can diagnose a person you've never met, right over the Internet!

kidmelody2012 said:

nyse said:

kidmelody2012 said:

Donna sounds like GIT graduate ...technique but no Soul at all..A REAL musician would know that!

Thats not what EVERYONE was saying that night man. We were all loving every moment she stepped out in front. Well probably %95 of us in the crowd were not REAL MUSICIANS, including myself. But thats not what really fu#¥in' matters to me, or to Us. What mattered was how we connected to her. She gave it a %125. and never let up. We all got behind her corner and cheered her on. And like a true performer she rose to the occasion. . . But who gives a fuck about what a non-real musician has to say. she could of just had a good night.

she doing the theatrics.....like Prince taught her....

I think he wants to go further in a rock direction and female presence helps Prince be Prince
I don't think he needs to change anytime soon ... unless it's a gathering of musicians from the 1980s

yeah but with no keyboard players its hard to play some of his songs

KingSausage said:

I don't think he needs a change of bands as much as he needs a reinvigorated set list.

TrevorAyer said:

TrevorAyer said:

It's bad when the kereoke songs improve the set dramatically ... 3eg is prince worst band ever .. I thought prince would age more gracefully but he is a real musical train wreck with the 3eg .. Why is it impossible for prince to recreate his studio sound live ... All it would take is a solid drummer and a decent percussionist working together to recreate those original beats ... Give everything an organic feel and discard this cheap instruments he buys at Walmart Every band he has,even the ones that don't suck, change the music to the point of taking a great song and killing it dead ... Medleys horrible 80s rap sounding sampler scratching horrible honkytonk piano versions half a song 1 verse of a song horns where guitars should be pr with No guitar .. Sure some stuff was interesting but most of it is horrible .... Nuprince would have never had a hit with the same songs old prince did even in the same era ... My guess is that it is prince effort to erase all the great parts his band came up with uncredited ... Prince is no longer any good live 3eg killed p live it's just awful to sit thru 10 minutes of cause n effect 20 minutes of wretched sly covers and only 10 seconds or maybe a whole verse of a p song that is actually good and sounds like the real prince ONLY because it was sampled ... Not because of the band or p himself ... At this point p needs to fire his own ass for being so awful live

we need to send thisd to him ! brilliant!! but u spelled karaoke wrong

I am absolutely loving this band!! They are killing it overall live. We just need more studio material and get rid of the sampler sets. Those are a waste. I know he is old and needs to sit down during the shows but why not jam real songs with the band like Stevie Wonder does from the piano or keyboard. Other than those sampler sets this band is rocking hard!! I really hope he keeps them and expands more with them.

Unless he gets people who are willing to stand up to him his band will always just reflect exactly what he wants them to reflect

kidmelody2012 said:

bluegangsta said:

Firstly, they're not chicks. Secondly, retards? Really?

Going by the Detroit gig earlier in the year the 3EG and NPG combo seems to be his best band since Lovesexy.

u crazy ? better than blackwell,rhonda ,renato nato?

What is with that racist ass avatar. That picture is a popular photoshop thrown around white supremacist and kkk type sites like chimpout and nxxxxrmania (I remember when I found them a few years ago - yuk). Anyway it is offensive towards black people and should be changed. Its a photo shopped image of a dark skinned African whose head has been made to look smaller and given a bigger mouth.

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Anyway a nonsense idea, Prince has 3eg and I suspect he still keeps on many of his NPG cohorts such as the band that toured with him in 2011/13. Plus many of them have solo groups and play for other people at time. Prince does not really keep bands now per se. People kind of gravitate in and out of his orbit (John Blackwell is a professor at Berklee) and Lianne, Delilah and Andy have ther own careers too.

indeed it is. his drummer is the worst. his guitar player can solo but her rhythm playing is...subpar. his bassist is awesome but i say start completely from scratch. lock himself in paisley completely alone and record. then for a live band just grab some funky ass MPLS musicians (young if he wants) and whip them into shape. stop worrying about their religious views, whether they curse or not and if they're women or not and just jam