jacktheimprovident said:

I don't know. I never saw him play and i don't recall seeing it on the linear notes of his albums. One thing P has over TTD though is showmanship. P is a much better performer that TTD.

PFunkjazz said:

AHHHHH, SHUT UP!!!!!

For me

Stevie
Bowie
Rundgren
Prince
Larry Graham


btw, what instruments did sly play?

jacktheimprovi
dent said:

I'm pretty sure I say guitar and bass credits on jungle fever and conversation peace and maybe some others. someone who has all the credits handy should help us outl. Once again though, I've seen pictures of Stevie playing a bass.

MrTation said:
A simple look at the CD booklets of any of Stevie's CDs should clear this up for you. Fanaticism has nothing to do with it.

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to prove a point for both JACK THE IMPROVEDMENT and MR.TATION...
I'VE CHECKED both JUNGLE FEVER and CONVERSATION PEACE CD BOOKLET to search for any info or credit of stevie playing ELECTRIC GUITAR OR ELECTRIC BASS (after browsing all the other stevie's albums with no results) AND THE RESULT IS:

NO ELECTRIC BASS OR ELECTRIC GUITAR PLAYED BY STEVIE.as usual it only states KEYBOARD GUITAR by stevie or GUITAR (SYNTHS) and BASS (Synths) by STEVIE,whilst the electric bass played by for example...NATHAN WATTS.
so i guess i've proven my point that:THERE'S NO RECORDING EVIDENCE of STEVIE PLAYING ELECTRIC GUITAR NEITHER ELECTRIC BASS. or maybe jack wants to post pics of stevie with a bass?, but it doesnt prove that stevie can play it anyway.i've seen pictures of sting with a violin,but there's no record of sting playing violin on his albums,so?

elmariachi said:

Thanks 4 ure dilligence my friend, people just can't let go....no matter how hard they WANT 2 believe that he has played Guitar and Bass he hasn't not on any of his solo work from 1972 onwards!

BlaqueKnight said:

That is ure opinion.

YODAHENDRIX said:

Prince is not known for his modesty.

Even Axl Rose is multi-instrumentalist. big deal.

I know tons of multi-instrumentalists in my town.

I am 22 and I play bass, guitar , piano, mouth harmonica and a bit of drums. so what?

there is tons of people who plays lots of instruments, i know a buch of them. A female friend of mine plays VERY well violin, bandolin, and still plays guitar, keys and flute. It´s very common if you live around musicans.

Prince is cool cause he playes guitar, piano, bass adn drums WELL.

Stevie wonder cannot play bass, and guitar as good as Prince, if we wanna be real the guy only plays keyboaard. He is only good at it. And Prince can´t play 27 instruments he can play 4, or 5. And yes Tony Macalpine is a most proficient instrumentalist than Prince.

Prince is on a higher level as a musican then Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, and Paul Macartney, but there are a lot of guys who can play circles around our Prince.
But as an all around artist, when we count sing, dance, perform, maybe Prince is the best.

jacktheimprovident said:

Sly is one of the greatest ever. U harp on about Wonder being better than Prince but Sly could play more instruments than Stevie...he played everything.

Fanatics like you embarrass yourselves by the things you say. Yeah, Prince is the most humble musician. He never brags or shows off, right? Maybe you just can't deal with the fact that music doesn't begin and end with Prince for everyone else. Speak to me when you grow up, musically. Until then, by all means keep idolizing Prince in Popdom. Prince is a bad ass, but he's a LONG ways from the baddest.
[Edited 9/10/04 12:27pm]

Fanatics like you embarrass yourselves by the things you say. Yeah, Prince is the most humble musician. He never brags or shows off, right? Maybe you just can't deal with the fact that music doesn't begin and end with Prince for everyone else. Speak to me when you grow up, musically. Until then, by all means keep idolizing Prince in Popdom. Prince is a bad ass, but he's a LONG ways from the baddest.
[Edited 9/10/04 12:27pm]

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multi-instrumentalists:

Trent Reznor

BlaqueKnight said:

...and I should listen 2 u because....?

p.s. Fanatic? If u read over that petulant rant of ure's u will see that very thing staring right back at ya.

Hey guys come on, I love Stevie Wonder and I don´t think Prince is the best multi-instrumentalist of the world. But Stevie Wonder is not a fucking guitar and bass player just cause he can strum some notes or play a simple tune.

Prince is a guitar player, piano player, drum player and bass player. He plays these instruments well. ok?

Stevie Wonder does not play bass guitar or eletric guitar well ok? Just cause he picked a guitar and hold it and played a song don´t proves nothing cause probably he does not play it well, if he played it well he would play all over his album and one live shows.

Hey guys come on, I love Stevie Wonder and I don´t think Prince is the best multi-instrumentalist of the world. But Stevie Wonder is not a fucking guitar and bass player just cause he can strum some notes or play a simple tune.

Prince is a guitar player, piano player, drum player and bass player. He plays these instruments well. ok?

Stevie Wonder does not play bass guitar or eletric guitar well ok? Just cause he picked a guitar and hold it and played a song don´t proves nothing cause probably he does not play it well, if he played it well he would play all over his album and one live shows.

Ok you can say Stevie Wonder is the better singer, the better songwriter whatever you want, dut dont come with this BULLSHIT that Stevie WOnder is as good as Prince talking about multi-instrumentalism, it IS stupid to think that. Come on.

And other thing, Prince probably can play lots of instruments in the level of proficiency that i suposse Stevie WOnder plays guitar, but he will not play this live, cause he is not pro-level at it. Do you doubt that Prince can play things like mouth harmonica or sweet flute? they are VERY easy to play, it´s HARD TO MASTER but easy to play. I have never read so much sh_t in a thread.
[Edited 9/11/04 5:12am]

YODAHENDRIX said:

He's a fanatic for pointing out the silliness of your golden god worship of Prince and refusal to accept that anyone could hold other artists in higher regard?

jacktheimprovident said:

Oh my how silly u are,Golden God worship? Who said anything about holding Prince in that regard?

The facts are self evident as u ureself secretly know. Prince is a better multi instrumentalist than Wonder. Go on be a man....admit it. U know the truth.

jacktheimprovident said:

"It's stupid of us to believe that Stevie can play bass and guitar when HE DOES AND HAS? I'd say anyone who's been called upon to play those instruments ON OTHER PEOPLE'S RECORDS is fairly talented (Yes you can say the same of Prince)."

Ok, i will hit a snare on a friend of mine record and it will make me a great drum player.
Think before you talk, read what you are saying,it does not make sense. Use your brain and read what I said with care, i will not be difficult to understand.


"To use your own argument against you, Prince's drum and keyboard playing is nothing special and yet you people think he's a frickin' virtuoso because he's competant on them."

He is not the best piano player in the world, but he is very good at keys, he can do jazzy solos, play beautiful progression and he got a very good rythm on piano. And he is good on drums, just listen I'm yours (if thats him playing) or crystal ball.

"Stevie's bass and guitar playing is more comparable to Prince's key and drum playing than Prince's alleged harmonica, flute or whatever other instrument you want to assume he can probably play."

No it is not, and if you believe it, you are:

a) not a musican

or

b) Stevie WOnder cock sucker

"If any objective music critic were to rank the best multi-instrumentalists in music, Stevie would be higher than prince EVEN IF HE COULDN'T PLAY BASS OR GUITAR, because of his pioneering use, and unrivaled proficiency, at using synthesizers to make all kinds of different sounds and making them feel organic. Stevie is one of the first and best one man bands, Prince is just one in a long line."

Yeah, great. He would be the best multi-instrumentalist of the world playing 2 fucking instruments. first i was kinda pissed at you, now i found you very funny.
[Edited 9/12/04 20:10pm]

ONE MORE REASON 2 PUT PRINCE IN TOP MULTI-INSTUMENTALIST LIST:
there's nobody outthere but PRINCE whose multi-instrumentation capacity has landed him on THREE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS MAGAZINE(covers,spotlight,articles,clinic)such as:GUITAR PLAYER(NUMEROUS TIMES),BASS PLAYER(1999,2004),KEYBOARD PLAYER(NUMEROUS TIMES).
if u know sum other guy who also did this,RAISE UR HANDS?hmmm,nobody?...

again my top multi-instrumentalist LIST goes like this,in rank order:
1.PRINCE,yeah PRINCE!not STEVIE,because...STEVIE'S NOT AN ELECTRIC GUITAR AND BASS PLAYER like PRINCE!
2.TODD RUNDGREN
3.LEWIS TAYLOR

4 all of u stevie's cock sucker fanatics...carry on..carry on!
[Edited 9/13/04 0:29am]