the THINGS I read on that post.. made me think Prince did a collaboration with cher for Purple House..

Since I have heard the 3:39 full song.. I'll give u what its about..

Song starts out with some funky guitar playin, bluesy with a touch of a organ sound in the background, which could have been left out.. but doenst downgrade the song in anyway..

Prince singing bluesy, playin some great solo's and its what I would have expected from a tribute to Jimi Hendrix.. Im just kindof puzzled at what some people want him to do on this tribute.. Some people acted like he spray farted some solos'.. its a good tribute, it isnt jimi.. but it is prince, and its a fuckin good enough.

Sdldawn said:

By the way.. there are some great cuts on that album.. i wouldnt pass on buyin it.. i dig a lot of songs on it.

Sdldawn said:

HATER!!!!

Anxiety said:

just kiddin

Sdldawn said:

Fuck the purple house shit. You're CUTE!!!

Good post Sdldawn...thanks for chin-checking. The album is thoroughly enjoyable and almost all of the contributors did a good job, including Prince. The clip wasn't bad in the first place anyway. Just haters wantin' to hate.

BTW Corey Glover (from Living Color) sings on the Santana contribution, Spanish Castle Magic. Interesting vocal interpretation which sheds some new light on the lyrics. Corey made me think about 'em in a new way.

"Power of Soul" is definitely worth picking up.

laylow03 said:

well.... okay then..

Temptation said:

My favorite cuts are
Musiq's Are You Experienced
Prince Purple House
Lenny K's Have u ever been to electric lady land
Rober Randolph's Purple Haze
Chaka Khan Little Wing
John Lee Hooker Red House
Bootsy COllins Power of soul

seriously, i KNEW i forgot to pick up something at the wrecka stow today...i went to pick up the new loretta lynn album and somethin' told me there was something else i wanted to look for...DRAT! oh well, just an excuse to go back and blow more $$$$$ i can't spare....

(and heck YEAH, sldawn's a cutiepuss )

Sdldawn said:

Those 1s seem a bit interesting. Neva heard the whole thing...not really plannin' on coppin' it. But them sorda arouse sum curiousity 2 me.
[This message was edited Tue May 4 21:24:07 2004 by KeLo07]

Sdldawn said:

ive heard the full song as well. if you scrolled down the thread, you might have read that. i dont think prince downgraded the song, but he certainly didnt do himself, nor the song, or hendrix any favours.

prince isnt singing 'bluesy', he's made the song sanitised and smoothed over and overly 'perfect'. it has no dirt or grit, which for a blues-rock standard, isnt saying much. i dont care about the solo - it's fine - im talking about the production and song as a whole.
[This message was edited Wed May 5 3:20:36 2004 by funkbabyandthebabysitters]