On the Grammy's not his too short I want to get this over with greatest hits thing. He does not need to be seen as old time rivival act.


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TerryD said:

Prince does have great a back-catalogus,
Why would he deny that??
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ThataintFunky said:

Well it depends om how you look at it
But from a commercial point of view this was the best thing to do !

He could've gone from that funky bit of Beyonce's song into the funky bit of Everlasting Now. That would've worked well.

I think he got it right. The way I see it he only had two choices - either play a brand new song for an upcoming release which would have had to be great, or celebrate the 20th anniversary of PR. Anything else would have been irrelevant and made no sense to play and would not have given him the same level of positive interest. I think he wants to keep what he's up to in the studio under wraps at the moment and I expect some major release later this year, so playing PR, and especially a medley including Crazy in Love was a brilliant move to show off in a very short his astonishing talents to the general public.

He also chose the best partner not in terms of talent (I thought she was quite average really) but in terms of her being a winner and ability to generate excitement as well as attract the cameras and attention to himself (she was well used, and to those who say the Grammys used Prince, I'd say Prince used the Grammys in a masterful stroke), and lastly and most surprisingly for me, he did not shoot himself in the foot with some bloody awkward comment like "death to prince" or "time is a trick"..

i like his new stuff, but this was surely the right move. It gets people talking much more. It would be exactly the same for Michael Jackson: hypothetical scenario 1 - he opens the show with some new material. hypothetical scenario 2 - the Billie Jean beat kicks in, right at the start in the anniversary year of thriller.

It just makes sense commercially. Plus i'll never be tired of listening to his old stuff.

Obviously this is a bit different (because it ain't a concert) but wasn't it prince (it may have been another artist, I can't remember),who said in an interview about when they were younger, going to a concert and thinking (and I paraphrase) "when I pay my money I want to hear songs I know and can sing along to".

sabaisabai said:

That`s what I would have liked to have seen. Commercially, it would have been a weaker decision. But he would have shown where he is musically today.

Besides, I consider "Everlasting Now" much better music than pretty much anything on Purple Rain.

Blueview said:

Yes, he has the best 'back catalog'. I don't think he's as concerned about commercial popularity as it may seem. I bet he wants to incorporate his sort of 'new style' into the mainstream, and there's a certain way he has to go about doing that. We all know the man still 'has it'. Some may even argue that he's better than ever. His goal is to let the whole world know that.
Hopefully for my sake, he'll take some attention off of the repetitive mainstream. How many more 45 Cents and G-Units can we tolerate.

G-g-g-g-Jello!

Blue

Joe Average don't wanna hear TRC

JAMIESTARR said:

Man, Wedding feast would have brought the house down!

TerryD said:

CBS would have cut to a commercial if he started playing anything for The Rainbow Children

I though Prince did not beLIEve in time?

If he played TRC stuff, he'd be laughed off stage. I think even HE knew better.

EvilWhiteMale said:

"The Work" or "Everlasting now" easily beats "Baby Im a star". Back in 1984, he was tryin`to be funky. Today he is. If you dis the funky tunes on TRC, than you really have no idea what funk is about.

Ubiquity said:

Lol, if you say so...

Ubiquity said:

Damn, you really like to follow me around huh? You want an autograph or something?


Anyways, TRC is junk and will always be junk. The mainstream wipes their ass with it, as they should.

EvilWhiteMale said:

I don`t follow you around. But much of the shit you talk can`t remain unaddressed. See, like usual you can`t actually comment my reply, but you start talking ugly. You can`t even say why you find TRC is junk (please don`t tell me it`s because of Wedding Feast).

TRC is not only Prince`s funkiest album up to this day, but it`s also his most soulful one. But since you have shown off your misunderstanding of the black culture on various occasions, it doesn`t surprise me that you have a problem with the "blacker" Prince.

Ubiquity said:

evilwhiteshemale

the3rddoctor said:

Musically speakin`, much of Purple Rain is weaker material than TRC. PR has some strong moments - The Beautiful Ones and Darlin Nikki - but the rest is nothing but average pop. One may like ir more than another, but Purple Rain is truly overrated.

TRC is much more complex. It shows more musical skills -- the live drumming is a good example. It`s tighter and more focused and musically more mature (lyrics aside). These are all reasons why so many people don`t like it. Complex works are always harder to access by the masses.

In the end, of course, it`s always a matter of taste. But you honestly can`t tell me that "Baby I`m a Star" can musically beat "The Work" or "Everlasting now".

hey Ubiquity

do u happen to be a fan of Ubiquity Records?

just wondering

PaisleyPark said:

Are you talking about the McFadin guys up in S.F.?

yep

Ubiquity said:

Wow!!! I can feel the love in this thread.
Let's "bring it dooowwwn"

EvilWhiteMale said:

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Ubiquity said:

EvilWhiteMale said:

More EvilWhiteLogic. The more an album sells and the more the masses like it, the better it must be.



By the way, I think I told you before that I am not attracted to men with little brains, thin lips and growing baldness at age 28... So don`t feel flattered just because I enjoy setting you straight...

Ubiquity said:

Whatever you say Chuckles. Why don't you show us what you look like?

I have to agree Ubiquity alot of Purple R has not stood the test of time. The Rainbow C might do better in time. Still for the occasional Prince fan anything from Purplr rain gives them that fuzzy feeling.

rainbow children is musicly the best ever album by prince.
it's very soulful,it will stand the test of time.
if somnebody ask me why i consider prince a genius i would not say
because he droped the bass from when doves cry,
i would put in "the last december"
that song is amazing jorney to the soul of one man.
it's incredable song.
that song tells you a story,every minute of it is fantastic.
in that song alone you can hear all the beauty of prince.
and ppl heard more of rainbow children then u would think.
i live in a small town in serbia.and in my city at least
25 ppl heard that album(all excepted it great)
my town is 2000 ppl living by the way.