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Printableblackboab said: i was listening to rave utjf today after a few months of not hearing it and i found listening to the first seven tracks was a painful experience. only when the sun,moon and stars track came on did i recognise some of the old prince magic but they are getting fewer and fewer.
... ...i am one of his biggest fans( i flew from glasgow, scotland to minneapolis myself with one days notice so i could be at the 2002 celebration) but i think i must admit his musicial creativity is not what it once was. ... ...i tried to convince myself that his mostly average albums in the nineties were because of his fighting with warner bros but if we really think about it, it wasn't(as emancipation showed) prince has been slowly losing his musicial brilliance since the high point of s.o.o.t in 1987. ... ...his npgmc output has been mostly poor, the rainbow children was his best album in ten years but it does not compare to his eighties albums(apart from batman of course) ... ... he is still untouchable as a live act but i think i am losing the belief that he is capable of another great album, i hope im wrong but i dont think i will be. Why? Because he's had a few albums that haven't been wildly received by both the press and the public? That happens to everyone, and it seems particularly true of artists in that age group. They have their fallow periods, and many manage to regroup and make energizing music in their late 40s/early 50s. Cases in point: -Bob Dylan - Considered to be creatively used up, until Time Out of Mind and Love and Theft - both done in his late 50s. -Neil Young - Went through a period in the 90s where his releases were providing diminishing returns, in 2003 he went on a critically acclaimed tour and released Greendale, his biggest hit in years, and on many critic's 'best of' lists. -Paul McCartney - What a roll this guy's been on since his wife Linda died. Flaming Pie was great. Run Devil Run was tons of fun, and Driving Rain was even experimental. And his loop/electronic influenced cd with Super Furry Animals was wildly acclaimed. -Bruce Springsteen - His last truly great album was in 1987, until 2002's The Rising, which he released in his early 50s. -Miles - turned his career into something completely different in his mid-40s with his wild inventions of fusion and an amazing string of recordings in the mid-70's. So go ahead and be a non-believer. There are those of us who think he's too talented to just let it go. | |
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Bring back the prolific heights of 86, all that amazing unreleased stuff just gone to waste, sacrilege | |
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HairyHelmet said: Bring back the prolific heights of 86, all that amazing unreleased stuff just gone to waste, sacrilege
Those highlights will return... after P has passed away unfortunately. The recording industry has a firm grip on our perceptions in that matter. I think P is still making terrific music. He just isn't succesful anymore, that's all. You want me to give any examples?... 555-4444 you're on coffee talk. | |
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Milty said: i like Prince. i think his music is good. thank you please.
I f**kin' love The Prince. | |
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Of course his best days are behind him. When you achieve that level of musical brilliance and do it in such a prolific manner like he did in the 80s, you can't keep it up forever, and you will have to go downhill. That's not to say Prince doesn't have some more good songs, but of course he was more brilliant and better in the 80s and early 90s. | |
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Oh Boo Hoo 4 the sake of change maturing and just plain getting older... passes U some tissue & says: "thats life"~ | |
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MrLovesexy said: Oh Boo Hoo 4 the sake of change maturing and just plain getting older... passes U some tissue & says: "thats life"~
he's right. shame on us  | |
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