Which cover are you referring to?? I thought, he was doing a cover of Purple House in the tribute album coming out May 4...

rainbowchild said:

that's what they're referrin to.

btw...why are folks expectin ol' boy to do it up just like hendrix anydamnway?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

well, im not expecting prince to do it just like hendrix, but this is terrible, its like r kelly doing a cover of bambi in the style of fiesta.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

well, im not expecting prince to do it just like hendrix, but this is terrible, its like r kelly doing a cover of bambi in the style of fiesta.

thirstinhowlVIII said:

don't over-exaggerate.

i was really looking forward to hearing it, i thought prince would do it justice, maybe do it raw and spare like the undertaker sessions, but from the snippet i heard, this is no better than half the other listenable but ultimately horribly dull and banal modern blues thats out there.

with guys like jack white updating blues-rock from a fresh perspective or otis taylor doing interesting, fresh, rootsier things with the genre, you might think prince would try and show what he can do as well but all he did was make the song sound like robert cray doing some sort of sterile R&B cover of a hendrix classic. lol@everyone that used to say prince was an heir to hendrix' throne - this does nothing to make a good case for that supposition.
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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

well dont think prince did a good job! anyone into what made that song great who likes prince's cover cant have been into hendrix.

thirstinhowlVIII said:

i could care less for his cover--doing cover songs ain't his forté as it is.

The snippet ain't great and it ain't bad - but I'll tell ya this much: It's a snippet.

thirstinhowlVIII said:

i could care less for his cover--doing cover songs ain't his forté as it is.

I suspect it's possible to listen to a 30 second snippet of many classic songs / acclaimed recordings and mistakenly conclude that the performace is average / disappointing if you haven't hrard the whole thing

The top left hand corner of the 'Mona Lisa' is pretty ordinary if you're acquainted with Da Vinci's art, but you haven't seen the full work.
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i was really looking forward to hearing it, i thought prince would do it justice, maybe do it raw and spare like the undertaker sessions, but from the snippet i heard....

This site gets worse every stinking day...

Peace, David

[1. Prince is no Hendrix.

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funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Stumbling out of the gate yet again....

I suspect it's possible to listen to a 30 second snippet of many classic songs / acclaimed recordings and mistakenly conclude that the performace is average / disappointing if you haven't hrard the whole thing

The top left hand corner of the 'Mona Lisa' is pretty ordinary if you're acquainted with Da Vinci's art, but you haven't seen the full work.
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This site gets worse every stinking day...

Peace, David

livewire said:

You said "stinking"...

Byron said:

Supernova said:

aw cmon, I TOLD YOU already these experts know their SNIPPETS...how can you argue with the SNIPPET???

livewire said:

you got that shit right...I predicted that Hendrix snobs would lay into Prince, and damn if it aint happening alright...it's gonna be a sad week...