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The voice on the Rainbow Children album I still dont get the grief that so many have over the deep voice narrations between some of the cuts on TRC. I like it. I think it ties the album together with some relevance to the themes and lyrics of the music. This album is easily among Prince's very best - I would place it in his top 5. It still has the lustre of a true pop masterpeice the only Prince could make. Only now, he has more to say than "dance, music, sex, romance" and that will naturally alienate the less enlightened or educated of us. So be it. Perhaps less complaining and more listening might turn on some lights. [This message was edited Fri Aug 15 18:18:41 PDT 2003 by LaMont] | |
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folks have grief over that bob george voice?  | |
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Oh Jesus. | |
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Bob George? I always thought it was Fat Albert. | |
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Anxiety said: Bob George? I always thought it was Fat Albert.
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LaMont said: I still dont get the grief that so many have over the deep voice narrations between some of the cuts on TRC. I like it. I think it ties the album together with some relevance to the themes and lyrics of the music. This album is easily among Prince's very best - I would place it in hi top 5. It still has the lustre of a true pop masterpeice the only Prince could make. Only now, he has more to say than "dance, music, sex, romance" and that will naturally alienate the lass enlightened or educated of us. So be it. Perhaps less complaining and more listening might turn on some lights.
I can understand how some were taken aback by it. But it never bothered me. The only time within the album that I think it's out of place is at the end of "Digital Garden" with the distorted guitar playing. Even the first time I listened to it I was so astounded by the album that the music actually overshadowed the narrative voice, instead of vice versa. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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The main problem I have with the voice is that it makes it tricky to use some of the songs in compilation CDs. One example is the voice at the beginning of Sensual Everafter (this song belongs on a compilation disc of his best work in the last couple of years). Besides that, I'm fine with the voice. In fact it's fun to 'sing' to. Life it ain't real funky unless you got that orgPop. | |
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i like it.like LaMont said,it ties everything 2gether.
i have never understood why people get pissed about it. www.riotcitywrestling.com
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LaMont said: Only now, he has more to say than "dance, music, sex, romance" and that will naturally alienate the less enlightened or educated of us.
When you condecend, it only makes you look less enlightened and uneducated. Although, I'm sure that you do get some sort of sad satisfaction from it. FYI. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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squirrelgrease said: LaMont said: Only now, he has more to say than "dance, music, sex, romance" and that will naturally alienate the less enlightened or educated of us.
When you condecend, it only makes you look less enlightened and uneducated. Although, I'm sure that you do get some sort of sad satisfaction from it. FYI. Girl, u just readin ppl for trash up n these posts...u need a  or sumfin?... | |
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Proud Member of the Gay Org MafiaWhen it comes to "the voice" narration in TRC, it's kinda like mustard - a little bit goes a long way! Too much narration for me.
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LaMont said: Only now, he has more to say than "dance, music, sex, romance" and that will naturally alienate the less enlightened or educated of us.
And attract the more lame, naive and blind of you... Neversin. O(+>NIИ<+)O
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It ain't the "voice", it's all that damn Jesus bullshit that diminishes TRC, for me at least. *****************************************
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Squirrelgrease is right on point. His style is like a second cousin to class, or like, something.
I don't mind the voice - in fact, it adds to the fun in 1+1+1, and it's a device he has used before with fantastic results (All My Dreams comes to mind). But as TheMax and others have said, it was way too much, too obtrusive religiopolitical babble, with possible racist and anti-semitic overtones that were never explained or discussed (and therefore never resolved in my mind). That album always sounds so unhappy to me. I'm not saying that it's a bad album, but I stopped listening to it a while back, although I'm sure every year at Thanksgiving I'll take it out and give it a spin just to flash back to late 2001, when it came out. So yeah, there's my wad o' goo for the day. Kinda thin and watery, I know. No confusion, no tears. No enemies, no fear. No sorrow, no pain. No ball, no chain.
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At first when I heard the voice (who I believe is Prince talking through some sort of voice box thing?) I was not diggin' it at all. I still don't really like it much, I wish it was just Prince as Prince doing the narrating.
Overall though, I do like the whole album, I am pleased with it. | |
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