FiveFootNine said:

I like people who don't mince their words... I think if we change towards Prince as well as Prince changing (sometimes) his musical style, then there is more chance of us being 'fans' again. Especially if we 'really' want. The question is not about whether Prince's music is currently great (we can argue about that until the cows come home, or the cows can argue about it until we come home).

No, the question is this: do we really want to be a fan?It is our choice. We are free. And we are glad that we are free. Free to change our minds. Free to go most anywhere, anytime. There's many a man who's not!

Don't tell me, I'm nuts! Here we go again...BASS--How low can you go?

andypandy

origmnd said:

And you're so uninspiring PERIOD; runnin that same old line. Get your money ready for Prince's new album "Prince does #2" a live recording of Prince in his own private bathroom makin the most funky sounds since "The Symbol album".

be lucky. at least you got to live through the good ol' days, as opposed to those who are my age and missed it all.

I honestly don't understand how any Prince fan can't love TRC.

I LOVE this album.

The Sensual Everafter is gorgeous, 1+1+1=3 is funky as hell, Hallucination Rain has me in a trance when I listen to it, and Last December is just so genuinely powerful.

Great theme piece if you ask me.

You can really sense Prince's passion for his religious beliefs throughout this whole album.

Besides, I was raised as a JW when I was a kid (I'm not one anymore really, don't believe in religion), so I know what he's singing about pretty well.

LolaM said:

It's funny, this started happenening to me, but as I started getting into more jazz stuff, Prince kind of evolved more in my direction, I couldn't be happier. (It's because I'm gelling OLD, and he's making old people's music! )

Nah, don't want to go back to the 80's fashions..lol

Prince is dead. It's time for everyone to accept that.

2freaky4church1 said:

I am wearing stilettos and legwarmers as we speak, I am very fashionable again.

EvilWhiteMale said:

Prince esta muerto. Prince ESTA muerto. Long-live Prince and the New Power Generation. Where a lot of us are walking, Prince is already coming back. He's too quick, too early and too busy looking good for a lot of us!

The Sensual Everafter is gorgeous, 1+1+1=3 is funky as hell, Hallucination Rain has me in a trance when I listen to it, and Last December is just so genuinely powerful.[/quote]

FYI -- Hallucination Rain was on Exodus, not TRC.
[This message was edited Sat Dec 27 9:52:04 PST 2003 by callmej5]

Can I be nosey and ask what are the ages of the people that agree with this thread? The reason I am curious is because I am 36 and I TOTALLY agree with this. Therefore, I am wondering if the reason we feel this way is because we were there at the very beginning of Prince's career. I have tried SOOO hard to get into his newer music, but I just can't. I crave the vintage Prince sound. And like someone else said, he almost captured that sound on the Rave cd.. but not quite. Prince is a musical genius.. this much I know.. I just want him to go back to his roots and give us some more of what made us fans to begin with. Until then, I will keep listening to my older, priceless disks.

kxm911 said:

This is fair enough in a way, but remember this:

It sounds like you want Prince to change. And change he may do. But there is another option, if you want to like his new stuff--you can change.

andy

EvilWhiteMale said:

I've said that for years now...

Let us...

FiveFootNine said:

Prince said it himself. Listen to the Gold album. He is too quick for a lot of us. Where we are walking to, he is walking from. He is too busy looking good. Watch "Enter the Dragon". Suddenly, I don't like your island. If he is looking good, he is looking God!

andy

andyf said:

I've tried... MANY times... its just not happening for me.

kxm911 said:

You don't believe in yourself enough. Believe.

origmnd said:

I think you're missing smokeverbs' point. I think it's less a matter of comparing and measuring, and more an emotional thing. It really hurts to realize that something that was once so powerful and mind-boggling for you, can no longer do that for you. It's a huge letdown, and it sucks. It has little to do with being able to objectively rate and compare past and present music, and nothing to do with just "moving on already if you don't like the current shit" as someone else said.

You are Ill. Chaos and Disorder is brilliant except for Into The Light. Emancipation has at least 15 killer tracks on it. I agree it should have been a double album with the left over tracks going towards b-sides for all those singles he should have released off it. NPS is always getting dogged in here! I know its not even top 10, but it has a good 5 songs on it. How many albums released these days can boast 5 decent songs? Not Many. Rave only beats out Diamonds and Peals and Come IMO. Has 5 songs I like also, but 5 out of 15, where NPS gets 5 out of 11. Crystal Ball was just a cash cow. I already had 90% of those tracks in poor quality boots. So I was happy to get mastered versions of these tracks, but I don't count it as new material, with exception of The Truth. Which featured a handful of brilliant songs as well. That brings us to The Rainbow Children. The whole thing save Wedding Feast(obviously) and The Digital Garden is sheer quality. I don't care what anyone says. Prince may have dropped the ball with four seperate albums, but overall his career is nothing short of amazing.

andyf said:

JIM KELLY BABY, JIM KELLY!!!

"I'll take you...and you...and you...and...YOU.
Please understand, if I missed anyone. It's been a big day. I'm a little tired".
Enter The Dragon RULES.

I think it's funny how so many fans say "aside from ___ he hasn't released anything decent since ___"

The telling thing is, everybody mentions different albums as the point where he stopped making good music and everybody lists different exceptions. In this thread alone he hasn't made a decent album since Lovesexy, Symbol, Emancipation and The Truth. With the exception of Rave, New Power Soul and The Rainbow Children.

That tells me something: he's still funky and he ain't lost nothing! Every album means something to someone. I'm sure not even Skipper himself expects every fan to dig every release.

OdysseyMiles said:

Brave Jim, more like. He at first took to flak for the island boss's suspicions that he was being investigated. It was really the "human fly..."
[This message was edited Mon Jan 12 10:43:14 PST 2004 by andyf]