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Reply #150 posted 07/23/17 6:37am

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Or there abouts. TGRES should have never been a single. Even the Neptunes commented on their struggle to find a decent way to remix the song when offered.

Do you have a source for this by any chance? Would be interested in reading.

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Reply #151 posted 07/23/17 6:45am

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206Michelle said:

GustavoRibas said:

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- Really? I remembered Prince insisted a lot on TGRES and did a DVD with the name similar to the album, but never understood why he didnt play stuff from the album there and I dont remember many videos and TV appearances with the songs (different from Santana).

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And I agree that his music wasnt IN at the time, but the production and the songs didnt help, too. Sounded flat and dated. And The Greatest Romance is a very nice song to relax, but a DJ played it here in Brazil once at a dance club and people looked bored and left. If he wanted a ´comeback´ like Santana...

I wonder what would have happened if he had done a new video for 1999 and promoted the song more, if that single could have been more popular in 1999.

I'm going to tell you what happened to Rave.....

http://ew.com/article/1999/12/03/clive-davis-and-arista-records-overhaul/

LAFACE OFF The news last week that industry legend Clive Davis, 66, is likely to be replaced come June by LaFace Records co-owner L.A. Reid as president of Arista Records knocked many for a loop. Worse, the perception that Arista parent BMG is forcing him out has left Davis looking like a pawn in a larger corporate game. Whitney Houston was quick to offer support: ”Clive and I are family. It hurts me to think he’s being treated with disrespect.”

In a statement, Strauss Zelnick, prez and CEO of BMG Entertainment, says it’s just business: ”I have a responsibility to make decisions based on what’s right for the company, and that includes making sure we have an appropriate succession plan in place at Arista.” For his part, Davis—who founded Arista in 1975 and brought up such artists as Houston, Patti Smith, and Santana—announced he has ”no plans whatsoever to retire” once he steps down and that he is mulling offers from BMG involving ”a new public media company.”

Despite denials from BMG, some in the industry firmly believe that Davis is being ousted, possibly because of overspending on the making and marketing of recent albums by Houston and Puff Daddy. ”Nobody likes the way this is going down,” says Elektra Records chairman and CEO Sylvia Rhone. ”I think the way [BMG has] handled Clive has been very disrespectful and improper.” Rhone, the most powerful African-American woman in the music biz, sees the potential appointment of Reid, who is also black, as ”bittersweet…. It’s not the best way for him to come in…. Hopefully, people will be smart enough not to point the finger at [Reid] but at Zelnick and whoever else sits up in BMG’s corporate offices.” Reid won’t comment, but the problems he’ll face are implicit in Kenny G‘s reaction: ”It’s very simple. Clive Davis is Arista Records.” (Additional reporting by Adam Winer)

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Reply #152 posted 07/23/17 6:52am

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My sources told me that Davis was forced out because he signed Prince to Arista. Prince became upset at Davis because the project stalled stopped promotion of the album. A month later Davis was gone and Prince was called into a meeting with LA Reid who is one of Prince's longtime enemies. Reid reportedly told Prince he would end his musical career. That's why I was shocked to see Reid on television speaking about Prince when he passed away because there was no love lost between them.

Prince and Davis patched things up in later years with Prince showing up for Davis' legendary Grammy parties.

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