I've just read that David McAlmont, who is my favourite all-time vocalist, is making some London shows singing exclusively Prince songs! You may know Mr. McAlmont from his collaborations with Bernard Butler and Michael Nyman. Sadly, I won't be able to go, but you lucky Brits should! Let's hope this results in some kind of recording so that we all can enjoy the best singer of the last decades (IMO, of course) interpreting the best musician of the last decades (IMO, of course).

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This is the link with the info: http://www.hideawaylive.c...-september

(Sorry, the link was wrong, I've changed it for the right one)

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who?

^This is his most successful tune, a Bernard Butler song called "Yes":

http://www.youtube.com/wa...JSaRw1vjxM

And this one of the songs he recorded some years ago with Michael Nyman:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...QCVfdib0Hg

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I wanna hear Prince sing Prince.

Maybe I shouldn't have shared my enthusiasm here! Clearly, this thread hasn't started very well...

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As much as I'm yearning for a new Prince album, I prefer McAlmont singing Prince classics than Prince publishing new stuff.

Share away Javi! I won't be attending, but it sounds cool hope we get some reports.

I have his first album around somewhere, have literally not heard it in years. I'll dig it out thanks to this thread

NouveauDance said:

Share away Javi! I won't be attending, but it sounds cool hope we get some reports.

I have his first album around somewhere, have literally not heard it in years. I'll dig it out thanks to this thread

His discography is great, he has always chosen the right people to colaborate with. But what's most impressive is his voice, that's why I'd love to hear him covering Prince. He always breathes new soul into the songs he covers.

David McAmont's version of " Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas " is possibly my favourite Christmas song ever!

I wouldn't travel to London for this but if he toured the show I'd be at the Glasgow gig.

On a slight tangent, I'd recommed Martin Rossiter (ex-Gene) covering If I Was Your Girlfriend.

I love David McAlmont, especially his work with Butler. I'd be a lot more interested in hearing him sing his own shit though.

I would love to see these shows.

hw3004 said:

David McAmont's version of " Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas " is possibly my favourite Christmas song ever!

I wouldn't travel to London for this but if he toured the show I'd be at the Glasgow gig.

On a slight tangent, I'd recommed Martin Rossiter (ex-Gene) covering If I Was Your Girlfriend.

Could you tell me where have the McAlmont Christmas song and the Martin Rossiter cover been released? I'm interested in both.

TheDigitalGardener said:

I love David McAlmont, especially his work with Butler. I'd be a lot more interested in hearing him sing his own shit though.

Have you heard the EP he released in 2011 with Guy Davies as Fingersnap? It's really good, and at least one song has much of the Butler sound, "I Wanna Rise": http://www.youtube.com/wa...CAt6AHXRdc

Javi said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

I love David McAlmont, especially his work with Butler. I'd be a lot more interested in hearing him sing his own shit though.

Have you heard the EP he released in 2011 with Guy Davies as Fingersnap? It's really good, and at least one song has much of the Butler sound, "I Wanna Rise": http://www.youtube.com/wa...CAt6AHXRdc

Cheers, I'll check this out.

Sounds interesting!, the guy has a real natural falsetto, so would probably pull off those songs well. I like his collaborations with Bernard Butler, and like the "Bring it Back" album a lot.

Toofunkyinhere said:

Sounds interesting!, the guy has a real natural falsetto, so would probably pull off those songs well. I like his collaborations with Bernard Butler, and like the "Bring it Back" album a lot.

He has said that he has prepared an amazing cover of "Raspberry Beret". That being my favourite Prince song, I'm looking forward to hearing it, but I doubt I'll ever do it, as the Prince Police will surely erase it from Youtube inmediately.

As an African American I am glad to be able to be an equal opportunity "hater" and say that this dude sucks as much as those other crappy white bands y'all be trying to say Prince should work with or be inspired by. Martin Luther King, Jr., would be proud as this brother has the same ample lack of talent to join hands with those other crappy white bands y’all be promoting on this site and sing in unison, "We suck out loud, we suck out loud...Good Gawd A-mighty, we suck out loud!" Oh, yes, it is a great day on the Org when I can recognize a brother for the content of his suckiness rather than the color of his skin. Amen, amen, and amen! :^)

I love McAlmont! I've posted about him on here, but no one seemed to share my entusiasm. I am glad to find another like minded Orger

His voice is sublime

1725topp said:

As an African American I am glad to be able to be an equal opportunity "hater" and say that this dude sucks as much as those other crappy white bands y'all be trying to say Prince should work with or be inspired by. Martin Luther King, Jr., would be proud as this brother has the same ample lack of talent to join hands with those other crappy white bands y’all be promoting on this site and sing in unison, "We suck out loud, we suck out loud...Good Gawd A-mighty, we suck out loud!" Oh, yes, it is a great day on the Org when I can recognize a brother for the content of his suckiness rather than the color of his skin. Amen, amen, and amen! :^)

So respectful with the tastes of others. Have you read a single disrespectful word regarding other people's tastes on my posts? Have I been a "hater" regarding people's tastes on any single post?

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Reading your post, I feel even happier of not having my musical preferences conditioned by racial prejudice. So glad that music is above race and racism.

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kenkamken said:

I love McAlmont! I've posted about him on here, but no one seemed to share my entusiasm. I am glad to find another like minded Orger

His voice is sublime

Yeah, I'm also glad to find fans of McAlmont here!

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By the way, kenkamken, which Prince songs would you like McAlmont to cover? I'd give my left arm to hear him singing "Sometimes It Snows In April"...

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1725topp said:

As an African American I am glad to be able to be an equal opportunity "hater" and say that this dude sucks as much as those other crappy white bands y'all be trying to say Prince should work with or be inspired by. Martin Luther King, Jr., would be proud as this brother has the same ample lack of talent to join hands with those other crappy white bands y’all be promoting on this site and sing in unison, "We suck out loud, we suck out loud...Good Gawd A-mighty, we suck out loud!" Oh, yes, it is a great day on the Org when I can recognize a brother for the content of his suckiness rather than the color of his skin. Amen, amen, and amen! :^)

Proof that stupidity is indeed colour blind.

NouveauDance said:

1725topp said:

As an African American I am glad to be able to be an equal opportunity "hater" and say that this dude sucks as much as those other crappy white bands y'all be trying to say Prince should work with or be inspired by. Martin Luther King, Jr., would be proud as this brother has the same ample lack of talent to join hands with those other crappy white bands y’all be promoting on this site and sing in unison, "We suck out loud, we suck out loud...Good Gawd A-mighty, we suck out loud!" Oh, yes, it is a great day on the Org when I can recognize a brother for the content of his suckiness rather than the color of his skin. Amen, amen, and amen! :^)

Proof that stupidity is indeed colour blind.

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Awwww, y'all mean the smile at the end of my post didn't make it clear that it was a joke? Wow, the people that tend to state how Prince's work after a certain era sucks sure tend to get a bit touchy when the shoe is one the other foot. Anyway, my point is that McAlmont is in the same style of many of the indie or rock bands that so many people on this site are always citing as examples that Prince should "follow" or be inspired by. So, I was like, "Hey, this dude sucks like all those other bands that people are always promoting on this site so maybe we have made some racial progress on this site." Cause, say what y'all will, any time somebody starts discussing Prince's 'fro, or Shelby J., or the NPG hornz, or especially when discussing Prince's songs that address racism, the negative reviews almost always have an undercurrent of racism from many on this site, and I was making light of that. It's a shame that my reworking of two of King's most famous saying didn't give that away. But, it is what it is. Thank y’all for always proving my point on this site.

Why is it always the loons that change their font styling.

Javi said:

hw3004 said:

David McAmont's version of " Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas " is possibly my favourite Christmas song ever!

I wouldn't travel to London for this but if he toured the show I'd be at the Glasgow gig.

On a slight tangent, I'd recommed Martin Rossiter (ex-Gene) covering If I Was Your Girlfriend.

Could you tell me where have the McAlmont Christmas song and the Martin Rossiter cover been released? I'm interested in both.

The Martin Rossiter one's easy enough:

http://martinrossiter.bandcamp.com/album/the-defenestration-of-prince-and-others

....this EP and "The Defenestration of St Martin" are amongst my favourite releases from last year.

The McAlmont one might be a bit more difficult to get hold of. I've got it on a CD that accompanied Mojo magazine - the CD is called "Blue Christmas" - so eBay is probably your best bet for that. It's definitely worth trying to pick this up - I did it out every Christmas. Other artists include The Flaming Lips, the beyond fantastic Rufus Wainwright and Marvin Gaye singing "Purple Snowflakes". Maybe Prince should cover this!?!?!

1725topp said:

NouveauDance said:

Proof that stupidity is indeed colour blind.

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Awwww, y'all mean the smile at the end of my post didn't make it clear that it was a joke? Wow, the people that tend to state how Prince's work after a certain era sucks sure tend to get a bit touchy when the shoe is one the other foot. Anyway, my point is that McAlmont is in the same style of many of the indie or rock bands that so many people on this site are always citing as examples that Prince should "follow" or be inspired by. So, I was like, "Hey, this dude sucks like all those other bands that people are always promoting on this site so maybe we have made some racial progress on this site." Cause, say what y'all will, any time somebody starts discussing Prince's 'fro, or Shelby J., or the NPG hornz, or especially when discussing Prince's songs that address racism, the negative reviews almost always have an undercurrent of racism from many on this site, and I was making light of that. It's a shame that my reworking of two of King's most famous saying didn't give that away. But, it is what it is. Thank y’all for always proving my point on this site.

You're obsessed to such a degree with racism that you see it everywhere. If you think that not enjoying the NPG hornz or Prince addressing racism or not liking Prince afro image makes you a racist, you're terribly wrong. Being so obsessed with racism makes you conceive wrong assumptions about people. Frankly, if someone is making racist statements here, that is you, as can be seen on your previous post. You may have reasons for your obsession, but we'd appreciate if you didn't project it to people who are only sharing his enthusiasm for an artist.

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Nobody was talking about race on this thread, nobody was even talking about "white" and "black" music, but you enter here like a bull in a china shop with the same ranting as ever, only in a more disrespectful way as usual.

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hw3004 said:

Javi said:

Could you tell me where have the McAlmont Christmas song and the Martin Rossiter cover been released? I'm interested in both.

The Martin Rossiter one's easy enough:

http://martinrossiter.bandcamp.com/album/the-defenestration-of-prince-and-others

....this EP and "The Defenestration of St Martin" are amongst my favourite releases from last year.

The McAlmont one might be a bit more difficult to get hold of. I've got it on a CD that accompanied Mojo magazine - the CD is called "Blue Christmas" - so eBay is probably your best bet for that. It's definitely worth trying to pick this up - I did it out every Christmas. Other artists include The Flaming Lips, the beyond fantastic Rufus Wainwright and Marvin Gaye singing "Purple Snowflakes". Maybe Prince should cover this!?!?!

Thanks a lot! Yeah, I've seen a copy of the Mojo CD on ebay, so I'll probably get it. And the Rossiter cover is awesome! It puts the melodic qualities of Prince's song in the forefront. And by the way, I also love The Defenestration Of St. Martin, such a surprising comeback of the Gene-man!

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1725topp said:

NouveauDance said:

Proof that stupidity is indeed colour blind.

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Awwww, y'all mean the smile at the end of my post didn't make it clear that it was a joke? Wow, the people that tend to state how Prince's work after a certain era sucks sure tend to get a bit touchy when the shoe is one the other foot. Anyway, my point is that McAlmont is in the same style of many of the indie or rock bands that so many people on this site are always citing as examples that Prince should "follow" or be inspired by. So, I was like, "Hey, this dude sucks like all those other bands that people are always promoting on this site so maybe we have made some racial progress on this site." Cause, say what y'all will, any time somebody starts discussing Prince's 'fro, or Shelby J., or the NPG hornz, or especially when discussing Prince's songs that address racism, the negative reviews almost always have an undercurrent of racism from many on this site, and I was making light of that. It's a shame that my reworking of two of King's most famous saying didn't give that away. But, it is what it is. Thank y’all for always proving my point on this site.

Oh, and by the way, with your bolded sentence you just show the extent of your ignorance. So McAlmont is just "in the same style of many of the indie or rock bands that so many people are always citing" on the .org? You may not know the Philly soul inspired album A Little Communication. You may not know the jazz covers albums Set One: You Go To My Head. You may not know the classical minimalism-meets-pop-meets soul of his album with Nyman. You may not know the Dave Godin-Motown roots of the album Bring It Back. For you it is just "indie" or "rock", all the same. Maybe it's just because it doesn't fit your black standards.

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And of course, all of McAlmont's music is the same "indie rock", and it's the same as all the "white artists" some orgers discuss. So McAlmont is the same as Gary Numan, Pet Shop Boys, Tears For Fears, Prefab Sprout, Suede, Peter Gabriel and David Bowie? All the same, then? It's amazing.

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I haven't seen any orger disrespect "black" music here. But you do disrespect "white" pop-rock just as a result of your black fanaticism. So who's the racist then?

Javi said:

1725topp said:

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Awwww, y'all mean the smile at the end of my post didn't make it clear that it was a joke? Wow, the people that tend to state how Prince's work after a certain era sucks sure tend to get a bit touchy when the shoe is one the other foot. Anyway, my point is that McAlmont is in the same style of many of the indie or rock bands that so many people on this site are always citing as examples that Prince should "follow" or be inspired by. So, I was like, "Hey, this dude sucks like all those other bands that people are always promoting on this site so maybe we have made some racial progress on this site." Cause, say what y'all will, any time somebody starts discussing Prince's 'fro, or Shelby J., or the NPG hornz, or especially when discussing Prince's songs that address racism, the negative reviews almost always have an undercurrent of racism from many on this site, and I was making light of that. It's a shame that my reworking of two of King's most famous saying didn't give that away. But, it is what it is. Thank y’all for always proving my point on this site.

You're obsessed to such a degree with racism that you see it everywhere. If you think that not enjoying the NPG hornz or Prince addressing racism or not liking Prince afro image makes you a racist, you're terribly wrong. Being so obsessed with racism makes you conceive wrong assumptions about people. Frankly, if someone is making racist statements here, that is you, as can be seen on your previous post. You may have reasons for your obsession, but we'd appreciate if you didn't project them to people who are only sharing his enthusiasm for an artist.

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Nobody was talking about race on this thread, nobody was even talking about "white" and "black" music, but you enter here like a bull in a china shop with the same ranting as ever, only in a more disrespectful way as usual.

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Oh, playa please. You can't find one post of mine where I disrespected someone because of race. Not one. Yes, I have corrected someone when they were being wrong about a historical event or making comments that I found to be racist. But, you can't find one time where I have attacked someone because of race so stop reaching for straws. The fact remains that McAlmont's style is akin to several of the indie/rock bands that people have previously stated that Prince should seek to be more like, and I was simply pointing that out as a way to say that “hey it looks like that maybe it isn't ‘just’ racial that so many people on this site want Prince to have a more indie/rock sound”. But, when you and the other person decided to "attack" me, I simply tried to provide context for my joke/point that this site is filled with people making backhanded racial comments, and my initial joke was reacting to “that” history and how McAlmont gives “that” racial history a different context. Did you ever stop to think that possibly your thread about McAlmont may have caused me to perceive differently the issue of so many people on this site wanting Prince to be more like the indie/rock bands, especially since I had never heard of McAlmont before this thread? So, while I don’t like McAlmont, I find it admirable that some whites could like him as much as they like the other crappy white indie/rock bands. Thus, my joke is not disrespectful because I never said that anyone is "less than" because of their race. In fact, I made them all equal in their crappiness. Reading is fundamental, you know? I never said that those indie/rock bands are crappy because they are white. I just said that they are crappy, as part of the joke, to infer that McAlmont sounds like them despite being of a different race, which, again, gives new perspective to so many people on this site saying that Prince should be more like the indie/rock bands, most of which I think suck because they sound limited and one dimensional to me. Now, how, exactly, is that disrespectful, especially in regards to race? The ultimate point is that McAlmont sounds just like a lot of those other indie/rock bands that never bring much newness to covering Prince's work, but it's cool that you can like him as much as you like them. And, again, how is that point disrespectful or racist? You should look before you leap, or read before you speak, playa.