http://www.mojo4music.com/12095/prince-mojo-exclusive-interview/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsw4ipHcMvY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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I never heard of them, but that sounds nice..

LEWISTAYLORFAN said:

http://www.mojo4music.com/12095/prince-mojo-exclusive-interview/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsw4ipHcMvY&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Edited 2/21/14 15:56pm]

Prince's ideas surrounding which artists should have hits is so antiquated - I saw Vintage Trouble about a year ago and while they had some stage presence, they just didn't have any hit songs in their catalogue.

Prince's desperate fight against the record industry has shown him to be quite irrational - if you're a band or artist coming up, hits songs are written by talented songwriters who have a knack for catchy melody and a desire to perform the music using a 'sound' they're working on.

That said, we all remember Prince's hits from the 80s and 90s and just how catchy the melodies were! I'm sorry to say that while Vintage Trouble and Liana certainly fit the mould of what Prince thinks are 'real' artists, neither are writing songs that anyone really cares to hear. They don't deserve to have hit songs as Prince appears to believe - they need to write them first and then do what they're doing by playing them live as often as they possibly can.

10000Degrees said:

if you're a band or artist coming up, hits songs are written by talented songwriters who have a knack for catchy melody and a desire to perform the music using a 'sound' they're working on.

I'm not sure about that. Hits are mostly made by a promotional department of a record label. Without that, a song can't get on the radio to be heard so that it can become a hit. There's many songs over the history of radio that have have a melody and have not become hits. How often do instrumental songs become hits today (in the US)? It sometimes happened in the past, but rarely, if at all, today. But back in Prince's heyday, there was no Clear Channel that programs the majority of hit stations all over the country to play a few songs/acts every 20 minutes. I was in a car with my cousin a few years ago that had the radio on, and I heard Lil' Wayne seemingly every other song, either his own or guesting on someone else's. There's also tunes with an emphasis on a beat than a melody, or ringtone sounds like Pretty Boy Swag by Soulja Boy & Laffy Taffy by DL4.