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Thread started 09/12/06 10:17am

sitruk7

Which artist/act would you most like to have seen in their prime?

Stevie Wonder in the 70's is the first that comes to mind!
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Reply #1 posted 09/12/06 10:18am

FuNkeNsteiN

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Prince
Slave
Rick James
Bootsy Collins
The Ohio Players
Parliament
Earth, Wind & Fire
It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

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Reply #2 posted 09/12/06 10:24am

sitruk7

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Prince
Slave
Rick James
Bootsy Collins
The Ohio Players
Parliament
Earth, Wind & Fire

All great choices but when do you consider to be their primes?
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Reply #3 posted 09/12/06 10:34am

dancerella

Grace Jones
Betty Davis
Vanity 6
Apolllonia 6
Andre Cymone
Rick James
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Reply #4 posted 09/12/06 10:38am

Harlepolis

<===== sexy
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Reply #5 posted 09/12/06 10:53am

NDRU

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James Brown

The Beatles--before they were discovered, the only time it was worth it to watch them live!

P-Funk

Ray Charles
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Reply #6 posted 09/12/06 11:15am

Icicle

Aretha Franklin
Dionne Warwick
Anita Baker
David Bowie
Prince


and...
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Reply #7 posted 09/12/06 11:16am

waw2002

Led Zeppelin
Queen
Michael Jackson
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Reply #8 posted 09/12/06 11:16am

Icicle

doh!

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Reply #9 posted 09/12/06 11:19am

NDRU

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Icicle said:

doh!



I'm not a huge fan, but I'm glad I saw the Victory tour.
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Reply #10 posted 09/12/06 11:20am

namepeace

No doubt about it . . . the band I consider the greatest rock band that ever lived.

Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder
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Reply #11 posted 09/12/06 11:22am

theAudience

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namepeace said:

No doubt about it . . . the band I consider the greatest rock band that ever lived.


smile Nice pic of THE Quartet.


tA

peace Tribal Disorder

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Reply #12 posted 09/12/06 12:20pm

FuNkeNsteiN

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sitruk7 said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Prince
Slave
Rick James
Bootsy Collins
The Ohio Players
Parliament
Earth, Wind & Fire

All great choices but when do you consider to be their primes?


Prince 1987-1988
Slave 1980
Rick James 1981
Bootsy Collins 1978
Parliament 1977
The Ohio Players 1975
Earth, Wind & Fire 1975-1977
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It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.

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Reply #13 posted 09/12/06 12:21pm

sextonseven

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Reply #14 posted 09/12/06 12:48pm

Mara

Chic
A Taste of Honey
Sparks
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Reply #15 posted 09/12/06 12:49pm

dammme

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The Rolling Stones--1965-1972
"Todo está bien chévere" Stevie
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Reply #16 posted 09/12/06 12:56pm

Ottensen

Teena Marie
Stephanie Mills
Diana Ross (1980 "The Boss" era)
Parliament Funkadelic (even tho they scared the shit out of me as a child)
Earth Wind & Fire
Minnie Ripperton
Elis Regina (Brazilian bossa/tropig./jazz singer)
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Reply #17 posted 09/12/06 1:06pm

sosgemini

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Prince & The Revolution


sad
Space for sale...
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Reply #18 posted 09/12/06 1:15pm

sitruk7

sosgemini said:

Prince & The Revolution


sad
Any particular tour?
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Reply #19 posted 09/12/06 1:16pm

dammme

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Ottensen said:

Teena Marie
Stephanie Mills
Diana Ross (1980 "The Boss" era)
Parliament Funkadelic (even tho they scared the shit out of me as a child)
Earth Wind & Fire
Minnie Ripperton
Elis Regina (Brazilian bossa/tropig./jazz singer)

nod with Tom Jobim!
"Todo está bien chévere" Stevie
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Reply #20 posted 09/12/06 1:24pm

jacktheimprovi
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Oh man, too many

Duke Ellington
Count Basie
Benny Goodman
Chick Webb
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie
Miles Davis
John Coltrane (especially with the classic quartet)
The Isley Brothers
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Big Joe Turner
The Rolling Stones
The Who
P-Funk
Earth Wind & Fire
B.B. King
Buddy Guy
Jimi Hendrix
Sly & The Family Stone
Yes
Wes Montgomery
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
The Stooges
The MC5
The Clash
James Brown (with the original JBs)
Stevie Wonder
Curtis Mayfield
Donny hathaway
Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Sam Cooke
Otis Redding
Louis Armstrong
Fats Domino
Ike Turner The Kings Of Rhythm
Alice Cooper
Queen
Thin Lizzy
Sonny Rollins
Dexter Gordon
Thelonious Monk
Charles Mingus
Sun Ra
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Reply #21 posted 09/12/06 1:24pm

sosgemini

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sitruk7 said:

sosgemini said:

Prince & The Revolution


sad
Any particular tour?



please...please dont do this to me.
Space for sale...
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Reply #22 posted 09/12/06 1:30pm

sextonseven

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sosgemini said:

sitruk7 said:

Any particular tour?



please...please dont do this to me.


I say go for the Parade tour. During Purple Rain, all you would have seen was hair. That's all I saw when I went to see them back in 1985.
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Reply #23 posted 09/12/06 1:31pm

endorphin74

-Dolly Parton
-Queen
-The Smiths
-The Stone Roses
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Reply #24 posted 09/12/06 3:33pm

LittleBLUECorv
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James Brown & the Famous Flames (Chitlin' Circuit 1961-1968)
James Brown and the JB's (1969-1975)
Jackson 5 (1968-1973)
The Jacksons (1978-1984)
Michael Jackson (1987-1993)
Vibrations (Chitlin' Circuit 1962-1967)
Prince/The Time (1980-1983)
Stevie Wonder (1972-1978)
Marvin Haye (1967-1976)
PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever
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Reply #25 posted 09/12/06 3:35pm

NDRU

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sextonseven said:

sosgemini said:




please...please dont do this to me.


I say go for the Parade tour. During Purple Rain, all you would have seen was hair. That's all I saw when I went to see them back in 1985.


But the PR tour did have the "I try to be good but they dig it whan I'm bad" speech.
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Reply #26 posted 09/12/06 3:45pm

Krytonite

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Bob Marley
Curtis Mayfield
Michael Jackson
Billie Holiday
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Reply #27 posted 09/12/06 3:46pm

sitruk7

LittleBLUECorvette said:

James Brown & the Famous Flames (Chitlin' Circuit 1961-1968)
James Brown and the JB's (1969-1975)
Jackson 5 (1968-1973)
The Jacksons (1978-1984)
Michael Jackson (1987-1993)
Vibrations (Chitlin' Circuit 1962-1967)
Prince/The Time (1980-1983)
Stevie Wonder (1972-1978)
Marvin Haye (1967-1976)
Beautiful!
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Reply #28 posted 09/12/06 4:57pm

phunkdaddy

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Slave,Mass Production,Brass Construction(Horn section was nasty)
Brothers Johnson,Isley Brothers
Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint
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Reply #29 posted 09/12/06 5:59pm

sosgemini

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NDRU said:

sextonseven said:



I say go for the Parade tour. During Purple Rain, all you would have seen was hair. That's all I saw when I went to see them back in 1985.


But the PR tour did have the "I try to be good but they dig it whan I'm bad" speech.


please you two...stop...dont make me remind myself that i've never seem the supreme beings performe live together...

its just to much for me to handle at this point in my life.


sad









razz
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