“You know people always ask me… ‘Why don’t I get the Revolution back together?’ ” Prince pauses, then turns and smiles. “But, I mean…for what?”

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Ouch.

to release that music he cannot without them.

Maybe get the Roadhouse Garden out like he wanted in 1999

This should once and for all answer folks questions about Prince reuniting with The Revolution. He likes working with new collaborators and that's fine with me. What the Revolution did was great and legendary but part of what makes Prince is his search to work with new musicians that can inspire him to try new ideas and soak up their energy.

Welton says he makes his beats with melody in mind first. And his music proves that. Listen to Art Official Age’s “Clouds,” “U Know,” or the dreamy ballad “Way Back Home” and you will hear memorable piano lines that make perfect marriages with Prince’s yearning, multi-layered balladry. OnHITNRUN though, the melodies are more slaves to the rhythm, an orientation not unfamiliar to say, a good contemporary club remix. More than one of the songs on HITNRUN actually are remixes.

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This album is not looking too good.

Prince can be such a wanker sometimes.

Sry this album aint for the 40 years and up u all just won't get it... Just keep listening to ur 80's catalouge... It's a new era for the youth...

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I got the impression that the album will feature a remix of Breakfast Can Wait as well.

I think he is right... A Revolution reunion would be just nostalgic...

As long as he is hungry for new music, he should try to create somthing new and

apparrently he takes some inspirations from Josh...

Nice article...seems we get a industrial Prince album...

Means not that i think to remix this could be us and put it on a new album is a good idea

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Prince is right. Rebooting The Revolution makes no sense.

Even though I thing 3EG has run its course, I can appreciate what he's doing and why he's doing it....and you know what, if this is how we get Prince out of his own box...I guess we dont all have to love it, but he is trying to find new sounds in the new landscape (they're new to him anyway) so it could be awhile before the Prince magic happens with josh --- but he's attempting to stretch in ways new to him.

So basically Welton is remixing Prince's music, i.e. Rave's remix album

I'm still waiting for the Prince Rock album

paulludvig said:

I got the impression that the album will feature a remix of Breakfast Can Wait as well.

after reading that piece, i wouldn't be surprised if remixes for FixUrLifeUp or Boytrouble
are on the album. it all sounds rather bleak right now

paulludvig said:

I got the impression that the album will feature a remix of Breakfast Can Wait as well.

Ditto.

Blah.

I feared the album would have a number of remixes.

So we know it opens with a sample of For You, has This Could Be US, Breakfast Can Wait also sounds like it's on it and maybe Josh has just worked on the original 1000 Hugs And Kisses.

I would guess this is why the track list has not been published.

feeluupp said:

Sry this album aint for the 40 years and up u all just won't get it... Just keep listening to ur 80's catalouge... It's a new era for the youth...

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I'm 26, only one year older than the "amazing" Joshua Welton. Nice strawman, though!

MIRvmn said:

“He still has final approval on everything. But a lot of times, after he adds his vocals and guitar or whatever, he won’t touch much else…” "More than one of the songs on HITNRUN actually are remixes" I have a feeling that this album will be more Josh than Prince..

Ditto to your last comment :/ I've been nervous about it for a bit. But on the other hand, we havent seen Prince this stoked for an album release since who knows when. It will definitely be interesting. More HARDROCKLOVER, less PlectrumElectrum (the album as a whole lol, not the track, which was awesome)

V10LETBLUES said:

V10LETBLUES said:

I like the new tracks but worry whenever I hear Breakfast can wait and clouds mentioned as good examples of his work. Yikes!

To be honest I like the isntrumentals on Clouds and U Know... Everything on AOA get's a little stale at the end, some good songs, but nothing special...

bashraka said:

This should once and for all answer folks questions about Prince reuniting with The Revolution.

Prince would work with the Revolution again just because people expect him not to - he's a contrarian.

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I don't really see peopl asking for this though, does anyone really care about it? I know some people would like to see him collaborate (as in REALLY collaborate) with Wendy & Lisa again, but I don't see what benefit is gained by playing with the Revolution as a band other than nostalgia. And we all know the real reason is Prince's vanity - he doesn't want to be fronting a band with people his own age range.

Romeoblu said:

intro track Shut it down million dollar show Hardrocklover This could be us remix Breakfast can wait remix Clouds remix Fixurelifeup remix Pretzelbodylogic remix 1000 hugs and kisses remix I really hope this isn't what we get.

i think that's exactly what we're getting but you forgot the Boytrouble remix

NouveauDance said:

bashraka said:

This should once and for all answer folks questions about Prince reuniting with The Revolution.

Prince would work with the Revolution again just because people expect him not to - he's a contrarian.

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I don't really see peopl asking for this though, does anyone really care about it? I know some people would like to see him collaborate (as in REALLY collaborate) with Wendy & Lisa again, but I don't see what benefit is gained by playing with the Revolution as a band other than nostalgia. And we all know the real reason is Prince's vanity - he doesn't want to be fronting a band with people his own age range.

Do you think there is some music that he couldn't release without them, like when he wanted to do the Roadhouse Garden album?