TrevorAyer said:

No....that would have completely missed the point.

Prince can play alot of different personas,but come on......Morris Day was the epitome of "cool" He played that part like nobody else could.

TrevorAyer said:

does it ever occur to anyone that the time would not exist without morris? .. the songs the music the image

y'all give prince way too much credit .. like he envisioned all this time swagger and just hired morris to fit the part ..

no .. p played off of what morris already brought to the table, embellished it, produced it, polished it, drove it, but morris was the spark .. the inspiration, his personality, his way of talking shit or goofing off .. p copied that, as well as the music morris and friends came up with .. p lifted that and molded it .. but in no fucking way in hell did p just come up with this shit all by himself .. and no fucking way he can ever recreate without those people present and participating

same with other band members .. p lifted the basis of those songs and added his own thing but he was not the spark .. the people around him were

prince is an excellent mimic ... p can play anything he hears ... and did so when coming up with many of his songs including his work on the time albums .. that doesn't mean he wrote it all .. that doesn't mean prince could have had a hit with Jungle Love had he sung it .. he would not have .. just look at nothing compares to you .. prince version blows chunks .. sinead knocked that shit out of the park ..

SPOT ON!!!!! And i STILL can't envision The Time w/Alexander O'Neal as Lead Singer!!!!

iZsaZsa said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

He did not look like Prince, so he had 2 go

Morris and Vanity. Now I get it.

yep that twin thing, that reflection thing

I swear Morris on the cover of What Time Is It? looks like Prince from the Controversy album cover making a face, and Vanity... need we say more...

iZsaZsa said:

I like Morris, and it has never crossed my mind to replace Morris with anyone else ever, so no.

this

funksterr said:

TrevorAyer said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

laurarichardson said:

laurarichardson said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

yep that twin thing, that reflection thing

I swear Morris on the cover of What Time Is It? looks like Prince from the Controversy album cover making a face, and Vanity... need we say more...

-- No Mr. O'Neal made outrageous demands according to Jam, Lewis and Morris on the Original 7 dvd. Alex's talked himself out of the job.

those demans just made it easier for Prince to replace him, and put someone in who looked like him.
Plus originally the deal for a band was made with Morris Day (his friends and runner for his band) in exchange for a song. It was never made with Alexander. Alexander was never going to lead Prince's protege band.

OldFriends4Sale said:

NorthC said:

I can't imagine The Time without Morris as the frontman. I don't know how the dynamic with Jerome would have worked either. Plus Prince would have to have played a character similar to Morris Day for the whole thing to have worked as well as it did. Like it's been said the whole image - sharp suits etc. were as much part of The Time as the music and back in that time P was doing Dirty Mind IIRC and he couldn't really go with the drawers/trenchcoat look and then go and put a tailor suit on and be lead singer of The Time. Sure, he could, but it's like a massive contrast which is why I think Morris was perfect for the role, Prince could still explore a different style of musical genre (Funk/Soul) alongside what he was currently doing with the Dirty Mind LP.

already played that character when he recruited Jerome Benton(who I met a few times)into the revamped Revolution. The sad thing is can change personas anytime he wants. But Morris has to play that created pimp character the rest of his life. When he would have much rather been a part of the Revolution.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

already played that character when he recruited Jerome Benton(who I met a few times)into the revamped Revolution. The sad thing is can change personas anytime he wants. But Morris has to play that created pimp character the rest of his life. When he would have much rather been a part of the Revolution.

True!

thedoorkeeper said:

I never knew Morris wanted to be a member of the Revolution - did he want to play drums?

yup

When Morris Day emerged on the scene fronting the Time it struck me that he was the coolest, baddest persona in black/funk (really all) music since Bootsy arrived in the mid-1970s. And just like George Clinton knew Bootsy was better suited to front his own thing with the Rubber Band so too Prince knew Morris Day was better to front the Time. Both Clinton and Prince helped and supported these cats and were smart enough to know despite their own great talents it was the only way to go. Years later, I think a similar situation with Dr. Dre behind Snoop Dogg.

Don't mention Snoop! After he tore a new one 4 not clearing his samples of muziq 4 him 2 use.

laurarichardson said:

funksterr said:

I feel like Prince answered that question for us when he attempted to sing The Bird during his Welcome2America Tour. His vocals just aren't as powerful as Morris's. Add to that, Prince is kind of feminine in his mannerisms and fashion choices and, well, The Time is a totally different band with Prince as the lead. I don't think it works out well.

--- If you think Morris is a better singer than Prince you need to put down the crack pipe. If Prince wanted to be an Just an RnB guy he could have fronted the group but obviously he wanted to do more than RnB guy. Cat Glover said that the Morris Day is Prince when he is in playboy mode so that blows your theory.

Bonus points for mentioning Cat and crack in the same post. I can't see Prince doing his lace pants burlesque 'Does your man have an ass like mine?' booty-shake and cooing, falsetto routine and it having the same success as The Time did with those songs. If anything DMSR should have been a Time song, and International Lover. Idk, we might like Morris's versions better if Prince would stop playing and let them out the vault.

breakdown2k14 said:

I would love to hear Prince do lead vocals on "get it up" and "jungle love"

someone must have the lps with his vocals

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

@2;55

Eye have no respect 4 Snoop anymore...

KCOOLMUZIQ said: