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PrintableWhat the hell happened to GEORGIO?? He was, by far, the best Prince wanna-be around.
If you combine 3 great musicians, you have something close to Prince.... 1. Maxwell's stage presence 2. D'Angelo's songwriting 3. Lenny's rock guitar Mix it all around...out may pop a little Prince. I'll take the original Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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Essence said: dontpickmypeachiz said: D'Angelo. Playing all the instruments himself - although the small print states that he doesn't, singing in falsetto, and then having the nerve to diss him, saying that Prince puts out what he puts out because he lacks inspiration!!! fingersnapz? Will you please kick this man's ass?
D'Angelo is far from a Prince copy, bar Untitled he barely has a song that uses a P-like style. Stevie Wonder was playing all the instruments himself before Prince. Is Prince a fake Stevie? If D'Angelo doesn't play every instrument on each track have you ever considered it's because he wants live spontaneous band recording? Also D'Angelo didn't write the slightly critical liner notes of Voodoo (Saul Williams did) so D hasn't really dissed Prince, perhaps apart from that interview in which both he and Beck spoke of Prince's glory 80s days. So at the end of day Beck dissed Prince equally as much if that's how you want to word it. And Beck couldn't lick D's shoes for talent. How about "Playa Playa", "The Line", "Send it On", "Me and those Dreamin Eyes", "Cruzin", "When We Get By"? I was not aware that someone else wrote the critique in "Voodoo", but if D'Angelo authorised the content, then it's still a dis coz IT'S HIS ALBUM i.e. a projection of what he thinks/feels regardless of who actually penned the comments. The inspirational correllation between Prince and Stevie is diverse. Between Prince and D'Angelo it is not. You can't listen to D'Angelo and not think of Prince. We're not knocking D'Angelo's talent. | |
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dontpickmypeachiz said: How about "Playa Playa", "The Line", "Send it On", "Me and those Dreamin Eyes", "Cruzin", "When We Get By"? I was not aware that someone else wrote the critique in "Voodoo", but if D'Angelo authorised the content, then it's still a dis coz IT'S HIS ALBUM i.e. a projection of what he thinks/feels regardless of who actually penned the comments. The inspirational correllation between Prince and Stevie is diverse. Between Prince and D'Angelo it is not. You can't listen to D'Angelo and not think of Prince. We're not knocking D'Angelo's talent. You Princeheads act like nobody else has EVER sang in falsetto before Prince sometimes. First of all "Cruzin" is a cover of Smokey Robinson's song which predates most of Prince's material. "Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine" has nothing in common with Prince other than it being sang in falsetto. The music is DEFINATELY nowhere in the Prince vein, being that its more like a jazz quartet ballad. "When We Get By"is almost straight up jazz, once again only having falsetto vocals in common with Prince. "Playa Playa has more of a Bootsy Collins/George Clinton feel than Prince, even given that, still not enough to call it a clone song. Since we're discussing "Playa Playa, to quote: "L8ta for all ya'll h8ters, We gon' turn this motha out" The comment in the liner notes was an ugly truth to Prince fans because many have called what Prince did post 1992 "uninspiring" (not unskilled) and is simply an echo of something said many times before. In the liner notes it also mentions how Prince was an influence to D. Ahhhh, but nobody ever talks about that. H8ters talk about D as if he broke into Paisley Park and stole some songs or some shyt. P's day of mainstream influence is OVER. D's is just coming into play. You should be glad there are artists still interested in carrying the musical torch because mainstream ain't TRYING to hear TRC. Let the baton be passed and stop thinking Prince can run the whole race on his own. | |
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locoarts said: you are NOT even close on that 10 million dollar quote for Thiller Video..
* Scream (MJ & Janet in 1995 ish) ( was and might still might be #1 in cost ) at 7 Million Dollars. Thiller was the first $1 Million Music Video * Justify My Love - wasn't even the first "banned" Video.. like "they" try to say.. IT was "Relax" Franky goes to Hollywood ( they had to do..a complete different version.. actully 2, because the second one was still to "sexual") Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video,in 1984,did indeed cost around $10 Million to make.I remember reading MANY articles back then that confirmed this fact.It was a big deal back then,but these days,it's the norm for MJ (his 1997 "Ghosts" video probably cost even more). | |
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D'Angelo is cool...i love his voice and sound, but, damn, the brother hasn't done much yet. He has still to produce his signature CD, and until that comes around, it's unfair to compare his work to that of Prince's, who doesn't have to prove anything or answer any questions about his body of work...it speaks for itself. Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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DavidEye said: locoarts said: you are NOT even close on that 10 million dollar quote for Thiller Video..
* Scream (MJ & Janet in 1995 ish) ( was and might still might be #1 in cost ) at 7 Million Dollars. Thiller was the first $1 Million Music Video * Justify My Love - wasn't even the first "banned" Video.. like "they" try to say.. IT was "Relax" Franky goes to Hollywood ( they had to do..a complete different version.. actully 2, because the second one was still to "sexual") Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video,in 1984,did indeed cost around $10 Million to make.I remember reading MANY articles back then that confirmed this fact.It was a big deal back then,but these days,it's the norm for MJ (his 1997 "Ghosts" video probably cost even more). david.. honestly .. I really don't care and don't want to make a big thing out of this.. BUT Thiller Video cost $1 Million.. I saw 2 seperate VH1 & 1 MTV Special..less then 6 months ago 1) John Landis said they had around $700,000.. to make it because they had a TV Special around it "making of"..( but the final cost was $1 Million) vh1 2) Most Expensive Videos Ever (Mtv) .. "scream was at $7 million".. 3) Micheal Jackson Video Collection.. they "bragged" it was the first $1 Million Dollar video ALL through the Special.. | |
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That original list is just silly. Prince isn't the entire musical world. God, I don't mind people giving the man his due, but don't resort to exaggerations that have no basis. It's just like some other childish thread where someone said no other musician conveys pain and anguish in their voice like Prince does. What a bunch of idiotic crap! People need to get out more.
And David, Thriller didn't cost $10 million to make, it costed $1. Even these days music videos don't cost $10 million. This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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Well, Locoarts, I guess you were serious about all that bullshit that you posted afterall. Otherwise you wouldn't have posted that long reply with all that caps.
Some things I really can't check for truth, but most things I do know about, gives me the idea that the whole story came from your arse. Michael changed his skincolour to look like Prince? Michael never singing live? All that crap about Michaels ego and how it proves everything? The shortmovies to compete with Prince's Purple rain? 100% truth, NO JOKE? What is your problem with MJ? I don't like many a thing about Michael too, but dude, you're going too far in this. Prince might be the centre of your world, but he isn't of Michaels world. You can accuse most popicons on the radio today for a lack of talent, but Michael, no. The dude definatly got a lot of talent in his skinny body. I wouldn't be surprised if Prince used applause tracks for some TV-shows himself and I know damn sure Prince lipsynched every now and then. And what do the awards have to do with anything? Everyone winning an award has no talent? Or did you just found out awards don't necessarily reflect the talent in the world and wanted to share it with us? First the story is about you trying to prove MJ has no talent, then you go on rambling about his personal life. You have some disturbed thinking pattern there. Actually, I'm still waiting for you to laugh your pants off, about how I took your bait. Nah, you probably didn't mean a word of it. | |
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And MFFace, how Zapp, madonna, the no doubt chick and outkast are Prince imitators is just ludicrous. Come on! This is the thread with the most horseshyt I have ever seen. What is wrong with you people?
Okay, Prince is the centre of the world, he is best in everything related to music, he paved the way for everybody and everybody wants to be him! There, you have assimilated me. Damn, I let this get to me way too much, need to lie down now. Gaagaagoogoo... Coocoo, yount! : ) | |
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BlaqueKnight said: dontpickmypeachiz said: How about "Playa Playa", "The Line", "Send it On", "Me and those Dreamin Eyes", "Cruzin", "When We Get By"? I was not aware that someone else wrote the critique in "Voodoo", but if D'Angelo authorised the content, then it's still a dis coz IT'S HIS ALBUM i.e. a projection of what he thinks/feels regardless of who actually penned the comments. The inspirational correllation between Prince and Stevie is diverse. Between Prince and D'Angelo it is not. You can't listen to D'Angelo and not think of Prince. We're not knocking D'Angelo's talent. You Princeheads act like nobody else has EVER sang in falsetto before Prince sometimes. First of all "Cruzin" is a cover of Smokey Robinson's song which predates most of Prince's material. "Me And Those Dreamin' Eyes Of Mine" has nothing in common with Prince other than it being sang in falsetto. The music is DEFINATELY nowhere in the Prince vein, being that its more like a jazz quartet ballad. "When We Get By"is almost straight up jazz, once again only having falsetto vocals in common with Prince. "Playa Playa has more of a Bootsy Collins/George Clinton feel than Prince, even given that, still not enough to call it a clone song. Since we're discussing "Playa Playa, to quote: "L8ta for all ya'll h8ters, We gon' turn this motha out" The comment in the liner notes was an ugly truth to Prince fans because many have called what Prince did post 1992 "uninspiring" (not unskilled) and is simply an echo of something said many times before. In the liner notes it also mentions how Prince was an influence to D. Ahhhh, but nobody ever talks about that. H8ters talk about D as if he broke into Paisley Park and stole some songs or some shyt. P's day of mainstream influence is OVER. D's is just coming into play. You should be glad there are artists still interested in carrying the musical torch because mainstream ain't TRYING to hear TRC. Let the baton be passed and stop thinking Prince can run the whole race on his own. Poor baby, did I bad-mouth your hero? All this drama... Listen, you can't knock the hustle. I purchase D'Angelo's work. I listen, I enjoy, I understand. I am also entitled to my opinion. Read carefully and note that I did not slam anyone for liking him amongst other things. Who cares about mainstream? And don't pick my apples either. Leave My Tree alone. You're forgiven. | |
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