TheBoyfromtheBand said:

BOOOO!!

but the rest of this thread has me takin notes

TonyVanDam said:

Wow. That does sound Princely. I'm trying to think of what it sounds like. It kinda sounds like a mix between the beats from Alphabet St. and Nasty Girl combined.

TonyVanDam said:

I hear that too. I could've sworn I read somewhere that he actually sampled the song.

Ready For The World "Oh Sheila" from 1985!!! Who remembers that one?

vainandy said:

Ebonee Webb was a band that worked with the barkays in the early 80's. I know
the barkays keyboardist winston stewart and a few other members played and wrote
songs with ebonee webb on their albums.

No disrespect people while prince is extremely talented and he helped
revolutionize music in the 80's, do not make it seem like other artists were
only influenced by prince. Some of these other artists influenced prince as well. Let's start with james brown,elvis presley,little richard,jimi hendrix just for starters. Hamilton Bohannon was wearing the perm and doing prince like
stuff before prince even hit the scene.Sly and the family stone was doing rock-funk anthems long before prince.The barkays were doing wilding out on stage long before prince hit the scene. Hey i love prince's music but let's not get it twisted by saying who sounds like prince. A lot of these artists before him
influenced prince as well.

phunkdaddy said:

I dont think anyone was disputing that Prince was influenced, this was just an exercise in fun. relax.

One of Us-Joan Osborne

Do Anything-Natural Selection

Oak Tree-Morris Day

TTD - Wishing well

George Michael - I want your sex

Ween - Freedom of '76

Justin Timberlake - Like I love you

EmancipationLover said:

That one is all MJ.

sitruk7 said:

Morris Day -- Colours Of Success

phunkdaddy said:

True on all counts. But almost none of those artist has became that Prince is today:
A Genre In Itself!

Even Jam/Lewis admitted that the MPLS sound IS the Prince sound.

The basics of the Prince sound:

2 guitars
1 bass (guitar or keyboard synth)
1 electric drum kit and/or durm machine (LinnDrum/Roland TR series/Akai MPC series)
2 or more keyboard synths (to play all of horns, strings, organs, pianos, electric pianos, and various keyboard-related parts!)


EDIT: James Brown does count as a genre because of breakbeats!
[Edited 7/1/06 15:24pm]

I think about songs like:

"Wanna Love You Girl" by Robin Thicke feat. Pharrell (that's PURPLE)
"I Wanna Be Loved" by Eric Benet
"Dust" by Van Hunt
"Untitled" by D'Angelo (that's PURPLE)
"Frontin'" by Pharrell feat. Jay-Z (I can see Prince doing that cut)

vainandy said:

Gotta find that song, thanks.

sms130 said:

"Frontin" sounds like something from "Of The Wall", especially where the music breaks down

phunkdaddy said:

All of what you say is true.

But for many of us, these are stipulated before we even answer the question of the thread.

Prince reached the pinnacle of that history you so eloquently described, because of talent and circumstance (imagine the megastardom Hendrix or Sly could have achieved in the era of the music video).

So many artists are compared to him simply because he personifies -- but does not have a patent on -- the sound. Whether it's called the Prince sound, funk, soul, R&B, whatever name you want to give it.

JUST CANT GET ENOUGH BY NATURAL SELECTION

deedee said:

I think that was called Do Anything..but yeah its dead on Prince.


Anyone remember I Cant Wait by Nu Shooz ?

TonyVanDam said:

I loved me some Madame X. I played that damn tape all through college.

1.Klymaxx- The men all pause http://www.youtube.com/wa...ll%20pause
2.Rythm Syndicate- All she wants is everything (sounds like Mutiny or High Fashion)... heres another from the band http://www.youtube.com/wa...0syndicate
3.Day Z's- Green Acres
4.Maxwell- Noone

p.s Natural Selection is probably the best as everyone thought this was Prince using an alias at the time

CinisterCee said:

To be exact; The Neptunes had written tracks for MJ, which he rejected, so they gave them to Justin Timberlake. And we know what happened to those songs.

btw, it seems the NEW Justin seems to be spawned with Prince in mind. Y'all better get ready for a blast.

i love how you all are only picking r&b/soul songs...

sosgemini said:

I really tried to find a country song sounding like Prince, but it turned out to be rather difficult.

EmancipationLover said:

well, who does that song Obsession? "your my obsession..my one obsession..."...thats prince sounding to me...

Stevie Nick's "I Cant Wait" is Princely...

sosgemini said:

Hey, I mentioned One of Us. Joan Osborne isn't quite what I'd call a true funk soldier!

EmancipationLover said:

LeAnn Rimes -- Purple Rain

sosgemini said:

Animotion -- Obsession

http://www.youtube.com/wa...=Obsession

sitruk7 said:

Osborne's version sounds nothing like prince...