Controversy1976 said:

:DOH: He's had 4 albums since then.

BlaqueKnight said:

You got that right!

"Stupid ass trailer chin mutha fu..."

YEAH dammit!!

LENO=

but still, he was cool enough to have him on his show

LENO =

The funniest part was the "Jay Sandwich"

Otherwise, Sananda still has the voice, but was trying too hard with the other stuff.

Joni is boring anyway, and she smokes! Who cares what she thinks. Smoking is dirty.

2freaky4church1 said:

P (the hybrid) does...

2freaky4church1 said:

wow... now that IS funny...


--gm--

pimpdoutt said:

Joni has contempt for many of her admirers, including and especially Prince. I love her to death, but she was an innovator, not an inventor, so she has little room to judge. Which brings me to my next point.

I think you're half-right, pimpdoutt. Prince is a hybrid because he plays so many styles and melds a lot of influences. But he's done so in interesting and rather unique ways. He may admire Joni, Jimi, James, Miles, Carlos, et al., but he has a distinct sound. In any event, you can't name one musician who hasn't been influenced by a predecessor.



True enough. But don't shortchange P's accomplishments either. He didn't invent music, but it sure wouldn't sound the same without him. That, to me, is the definition of an innovator.

I saw TTD on the Jay Leno Show here in the UK, I Thought he did a good job. It was good to see him on TV again.

How big is the Jay Leno Show in the US, does it get a lot of viewers? Has Prince ever been on his show?

LEWISIV said:

About four times already! He did the following songs, I think:

Come On
The Work Pt 1
Ballad of Dorothy Parker
The Everlastung Now

VinaBlue said:

Has he!?! Did any of them sell?? He has been on a show over here as an artist who showed alot of promise and then did nothing since!! Don't think he has had any success over here since 1988/9!

Controversy1976 said:

But those 4 albums were all fantastic, IMO better than the 1st one which was such a great commercial success, so what's more important the quality of the music or the number of copies sold? If the general public doesn't buy 1st class music anymore that's sad, but I am happy when an artist like TTD/Sananda continues to do great music and not sells out just to sell more records like so many other so-called artists do

Serious said:

I agree. "Hardline" was good, but "Neither Fish.." and "Symphony..." were the shit!!!

BlaqueKnight said:

co sigh I think he sounded great a little horse due to touring but the bass Player does not seem confident in her Playing

lovemachine said:[quote]

okaypimpn said:

Can we say that Prince wants to be Sly Stone so bad it hurts [/quote

No we can't. Prince has gone much further beyond Sly. Sly is a definite influence though. I saw Sananda on Leno last night and yes he still has that great voice. However, his dance moves were embarassing. I liked it when he pulled that first split out of nowhere but then he started doing some weird movements-- looked like he was fighting off a bee.
[This message was edited Fri Jun 6 23:17:31 PDT 2003 by whodknee]

Man i miss everything! I just came back from the record stores looking for some TTD and only found a double cd of greatest hits and rarities. I guess i'll have to get his latest of his website. Whats the name of the album with flesh in the title? I need that one too. Or is it Fish? man i don't know im new to the TTD world.

whodknee said:[quote]

lovemachine said:

Thank you!!! The voice was great and the one split out of nowhere was even cool, but what the fuck was that damn criss-cross hand movement?!!! I've only seen one person pull that off and that's Prince in the SOTT video when he's performing "Hot Thing" or on "Automatic" from the Live in Detroit video (1986). Take your pic. TTD/Sananda doesn't ever need to do that again.
[This message was edited Sat Jun 7 16:29:43 PDT 2003 by okaypimpn]

okaypimpn said:

I just have to say that if having female backup singers is trying to be similar to Prince, it's time to rethink your shit

pimpdoutt said:

He may have ripped them off a few times but he buries them both talent wise. Prince had heavy influences from Santana, Jimi, Sly, James, and Joni but he took everything that made them brilliant and made it his own. There is no other musician out there who can touch Prince as far as talent goes.

CalhounSq said:

okaypimpn said:

This is fucking hilarious!

okaypimpn said:

okaypimpn said:

TTD Rules!!! JB

Controversy1976 said:

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he had a slight hit in the u.s.(read: the video was played on mtv a couple times) about 10 years ago with the song "delicate" a duet he did with des'ree--they also performed the song on arsenio hall. "delicate" was on "symphony or damn."

jay leno's the only late night host (since arsenio) to have ttd/sananda on his show. i think ttd has been on jay leno three or four times. i remember he performed "let her down easy" on there. think he also performed a song off "vibrator" on leno. so, i'll give leno his props for that.

it was just nice to see ttd/sananda on american t.v. again. i thought his performance was fine. his vocals have always been top notch. i agree with utopia7, his voice did sound a bit raspier than normal and it probably was from touring.

never thought he was that similar to prince. vocally he reminds me of sam cooke or sam moore--that school of soul singers.

glazegirl said:

I agree. Vocally he sounds nothing like Prince, but more like Sam Cooke (like you said).