I probably like Prince more now than I ever have. I love that he does exactly whatever he wants to. But why not revisit the original MPLS sound if you are gonna revisit anything?

yeah,bring back the LINN-machine from the closet.
Ooo,alright...Dance...Music...Sex...Romance
/peace Manki

Good point! well put!

Just play Rave and you'll know why.

Prince wants to sound like an old man.

bkw said:

TOUCHE.

just listen to the star 69 outro(Common), and u 2 would be sayin' "why not revisit the sound of 1983?". I personally would love to see that happen, but obviously its unlikely. I think it would be a smart move though.

krebsne said:

Hardly!!!, i don't hear an updated version of the Minneapolis sound anywhere on Rave. As far as i'm concerned he's never tried it (except maybe on Judas Kiss). Might be something he could attempt. It would certainly be braver than this JB tribute mode he's in at the moment.

Nah my friends, the 80's are OVER.

OdysseyMiles said:

So are the 60's and 70's! somebody tell Prince!

(I must point out, i'm not entirely serious. The Leno performance was cool as hell) The actual 1m 30s sample i've heard of Musicology doesn't do much for me though.


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Marrk said:

Yeah, I was feelin' the Leno performance big time. I think that Prince would rather revisit something truly old school rather than revisit his 80's stuff. He feels more of a challenge doing that. There's certainly no challenge musically in him doing something he's already done.

OdysseyMiles said:

Don't get me wrong. I loved the Leno performance I and I dig Musicology with all my heart. However, I know Prince can throw back to the 60's and 70's. Why not throwback to the the MPLS sound of the early 80's? If we are revisiting sounds and bringing them into the 21st century why not?

skywalker said:

Because the old MPLS sound is CHEESY in 2004! It was trendsetting in 1981-84, but in 2004 it is only a document of an era, and a memory for those who were there!

The "James Brown" sound is timeless! Put on ANY JB album from 1968-75, and put on "The Time", or "1999"---which sounds better in 2004? JB, Skywalker!

NOW, consider THIS, "Skywalker": Prince may be able to reproduce the SOUND of 1982, but he can't match the SONGWRITING anymore: it would sound like MOULDY, BAD IMITATION TRIBUTE-BAND PRINCE! The problem is he can't do GOOD James Brown. But he can't match OLD PRINCE either.

Any Prince @ this point is bonus. "Search your feelings, you know it to be true, Skywalker!"

OdysseyMiles said:

"Musicology" seems rather stale for a Prince tune. No surprises, no quirkiness. If he's gonna jam, I want him to go for it like the extended version of "I Wanna Be your Lover" or "Just as Long as We're Together"

Have a listen to Regurgitator's take on the Prince sound...

The track is called "The Song Formerly Known As"

warning2all said:

I disagree. What's old is new again and that 1982 sound has crept back into pop music. Did you hear "it's my life" by No Doubt? Any of Pink's new songs? I could name several hip hop acts who are using that cheesy 1982 synth sound.

Because Prince has already done the MPLS sound of the 80s, and done it to a level that he could never repeat again, at least not in our eyes. He's giving props to a different, earlier period, which personally I find much more interesting.

OdysseyMiles said:

I agree with everything you said.

The godfathers of FUNK:

1 James Brown
2 George Clinton
3 Sly Stone

Curtis Mayfield
the Meters
Bootsy Collins
Ohio Players




















Prince

That would be Irrisistable Bitch,Electric Intercourse and all his Horny Toadems. Ya talking 1999 and Purple Rain Mentality.

If he ever went back to Crawling around with Lace Pants saying HOW COME U DON't CALL ME and the Man with the Ass I would SERIOUSLY DROP DEAD ..Ya wanna see me Faint? I would need Several Men to Revive me if he did that.....Hold me....{that would be some Show} {SOME COMMOTION} YA WANNa hear SCREAMING? Oh LAWD ,You Ain't heard a MAMMA SCREAM so LOUD!!!!Give me the F&C&ING OXYGEN....YA WOULD need that as all Color and Breath would Escape my Body from SHOCK!! PICTURE That DRAMA!!???
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anyone hear dannii mingoue's neon nights??? sexy slutty double meanings and the instrumental track to White Horse. I think the 80's are back. Why not have Prince try it again

Good idea young skywalker.

I don't particularly like to see artists back-track at all, but I fail to see how (like you say) revisiting James Brown of the 70s is in any way artistic development.

It's tedious.

Marrk said:

That wasn't really a return to any old sound, other than songs that were supposed to be poppy and catchy.

Romance1600 said:

I don't want Prince to back track at all. Why do people want to hear the same Prince they heard in 1983?