groovement said:

Okay groovement...NICE AVATAR!!!

I like the horns, but could be happy with a little less of them. Also, the constant introductions of who's blowin, I only need to hear "Maceo blow your horn" (etc) a couple of times. To me...more than that is overkill.

I think when he added horns to his sound in 86-87, that was the best decision Prince ever made with his music. It just makes his music sound more sophisticated. Pop music nowadays features very few horns, and I'm glad Prince chooses to spotlight those instruments in his work.

That said, there have been tours where I missed the sound of the horns, and then the latest tour where maybe- just maybe there was a tad too much horn sound. He should balance it out and play more guitar solos on the next tour and just a tad less soloing on horns. I think Prince is just more of a bandleader these days, he likes to let others show their stuff and not do everything himself. That's to his credit. I don't hear anything "Vegasy" about that- what would be far worse would be to give us the same old tour well into his fifties where he is just going through the motions playing the same old hits, with little variety and not challenging himself at all.

PFunkjazz said:

Then u dont like Prince

On SOTT for example he utilized horns ex quiz it lee..live in the Nude Tour and later etc they sounded crappy etc..I miss th e MN sound where a synth razor was utilized for the horn..that is the quiz essential Prince sound..please dont say any bad talk about the synths.

Bring back the synths, I say.

I've never been big on horns, but I do love them at times, like in "Girls and Boys."

rdhull said:

don't nobody talk about the synths...or the linn drum, they never hurt nobody! the synths and the linn were good folks...

Moonbeam said:

to both

Prince has some of the best hornlines ever. And if you don't like them, you're stupid.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

TRON said:

his honrlines are supreme yes..we're just saying dont forget the synthetic horn line...keep SOTT IIWYG Beaut Night etc horns..but that Nude Tpour type..playng 1999 with horns etc..

TRON said:

Synths are better.

Moonbeam said:

For synth sounds. Not for horns. I can name countless brilliant horn riffs by Prince from '86-'88 and even after. The synth horn sound is pretty limited and not even used that much by him.

the two best horn riffs or lines etc are from Rock Hard in A Funky Place..all of em..(that song needs remastering..thanks for what u did ufo-starboy) and the one form the interlude on SOTT film that uses I believe the same one...I believe when Prince is doing th e breakdown silent geetar pick on ICNTTPOYM scene...

TRON said:

I like synth horns better than real horns.

TRON said:

and when he uses real horns in place of what were synths, it sounds yucky imo

Moonbeam said:

You like synth anything over real instruments cuz you're totally superficial and fake!

j/k

TRON said:

Moonbeam said:

Talk to your own hand, dickweed!

TRON said:

This is pretty much what synth horns sound like.

You call that music?

This is pretty much what real horns sound like.

You call that music?

Moonbeam said:

At least they don't st..k like synth horns.

I really can't complain about the horns. They give Prince's sound a classic soul/funk effect reminiscent of JB. I wish he did some ska and use the horns for that. By the way, I thought Eric Leeds & Atlanta Bliss were his best horn section.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

It happened.
On the Nude tour.

rdhull said:

Certainly explains why I'm not totally gaga over him.

No, I've decided Prince doesn't use horns too much. Ian, lock this thread.

thebanishedone said:

um, no

but it would be cool if he had a little showdown styled thang with his geetar and the horn section!

For me, a slap on the bass is ziollion times funkier than a blow in the brass.

Good thing none of us are Prince. Leave the arrangements and the playing to the professionals. Just listen and appreciate.