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Rediscover the GENIUS of Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby I've been revisiting this album recently...WOW!
Could this be the most impressive debut album EVER? All songs are strong, it's really hard to pick a favorite. I bet at least 9 songs would be mentioned as favorites, but I would have to say "If You Let Me Stay" would be right there for me. I gotta get this on CD...tape only right now... 1. If You All Get To Heaven 2. If You Let Me Stay 3. Wishing Well 4. I'll Never Turn My Back On You (Father's Words) 5. Dance Little Sister 6. Seven More Days 7. Let's Go Forward 8. Rain 9. Sign Your Name 10. As Yet Untitled 11. Who's Lovin' You Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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Revolution said: I've been revisiting this album recently...WOW!
Could this be the most impressive debut album EVER? ummm...maybe. genius stuff!!! Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths...(Jeremiah 6:16) www.ancientfaithradio.com
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His voice is very unique...
I don't consider him a strong singer, he sounds out-of-tune to me, but it still sounds pleasant to me...weird. [This message was edited Thu Jan 29 7:40:55 PST 2004 by Revolution] [This message was edited Thu Jan 29 7:42:14 PST 2004 by Revolution] Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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TTD is the bomb! Great debut, I agree. Sign Your Name would be my favorite track, then If You All Get to Heaven.
Have you seen the live video that goes with this. Now THAT is brilliant! Great behind the scenes interviews and stuff. Performances are superb. | |
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VinaBlue said: TTD is the bomb! Great debut, I agree. Sign Your Name would be my favorite track, then If You All Get to Heaven.
Have you seen the live video that goes with this. Now THAT is brilliant! Great behind the scenes interviews and stuff. Performances are superb. No, didn't know they existed! Is it official, or bootleg stuff? I'll have to hunt it down. Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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I recently went through all of my CDs because I was gonna sell them but I would never part with this album. Wishing Well then Sign My Name are my favorite tracks. | |
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Now pop in Vibrator* and surrender...
peace Life IS... a Parade | |
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fantastic record... I wouldn't call it the most impressive debut album ever, but it's got to be up there somewhere in the top 10. | |
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Sign Your Name was voted the 2nd best love song by some r&b mag a few years back...
who would have thunk? and oh yeah, Space for sale... | |
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Revolution said: VinaBlue said: TTD is the bomb! Great debut, I agree. Sign Your Name would be my favorite track, then If You All Get to Heaven.
Have you seen the live video that goes with this. Now THAT is brilliant! Great behind the scenes interviews and stuff. Performances are superb. No, didn't know they existed! Is it official, or bootleg stuff? I'll have to hunt it down. http://movies.pdxcompare....at~D~l~1~p http://www.amazon.com/exe...36-3526530 If that doesn't work, do a search on amazon under VHS, using hardline as the keyword. | |
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muszewell said: Now pop in Vibrator* and surrender...
peace Tru dat. Vibrator is a GREAT cd. | |
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Remember the guy Terence Trent D'Arby discovered?
Roachford? Had the one hit "Cuddly Toy". Good tune! | |
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DANCE LITTLE SISTER :WORSHIP: | |
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hmmm. i heard he was sort of an asshole as a show he did in Chicago (or maybe it was Philly-Sassy Britches-help me out here) ... he came on 45 minutes late and then was yelling profanities at the audience...dunno if i'd waste my time if this was true... Let the rain come down...17 days.... | |
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purplegypsy said: hmmm. i heard he was sort of an asshole as a show he did in Chicago (or maybe it was Philly-Sassy Britches-help me out here) ... he came on 45 minutes late and then was yelling profanities at the audience...dunno if i'd waste my time if this was true...
it was philadelphia. it was much more than 45 minutes late. not only did he show up late but because of that he still hadn't rehearsed so he cancelled the opening acts and used their time to do soundcheck. then he had his people come up to the balcony (where the bar was) and demand that we all go downstairs..."sananda will not perform until everyone is on the floor" is what we were told. when he finally did come out, his performance was fantastic. but then he left after about an hour or so and blamed it on city time ordinances...which, by the way, don't exist in that section of philly...they only pertain to the residential areas. several friends of mine work for the venue and they were telling me how awful ttd was. he was playing the part of a diva...too bad the venue only seated about 300...and wasn't sold out. but yeah, his music is great! | |
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I love the Smokey Robinson cover he does on it. Brilliant "London, i've adopted a name that has no pronounciation.... is that cool with you?"
"YEAH!!!" "Yeah, well then fuck those other fools!" | |
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Brilliant record It made me a fan of TTD/Sananda and his following albums all fulfilled my very high expectations . My favourites are Wishing Well, 7 more Days and Who´s loving You. With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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GENIUS which word would you use for Parade? | |
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too bad his big mouth then ruined his career | |
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jn2 said: GENIUS which word would you use for Parade?
It depends on how you define the word "genius". Parade is a fantastic album, Introducing The Hardline is a fantastic album as well, I don´t know which one I prefer, I love them both With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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"Get up out your rocking chair, Grandma...or rather, would you care to dance, Grandmother?"
Yes, this was definitely one of the better releases of 1987. In fact it's the greatest album released since "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE. | |
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VinaBlue said: muszewell said: Now pop in Vibrator* and surrender...
peace Tru dat. Vibrator is a GREAT cd. So very true With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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jn2 said: GENIUS which word would you use for Parade?
I'm not one to throw that word around lightly... This CD, this piece of work, i consider 2 B inspired, a piece of genius, not necessarily TTD. Prince is unquestionably GENIUS, his talent, his body of work...I wouldn't say that about any other artist. Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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The album is worth the price of admission for tracks three, five and nine. Classic stuff. | |
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Revolution said: jn2 said: GENIUS which word would you use for Parade?
I'm not one to throw that word around lightly... This CD, this piece of work, i consider 2 B inspired, a piece of genius, not necessarily TTD. Prince is unquestionably GENIUS, his talent, his body of work...I wouldn't say that about any other artist. If I´d use the term GENIUS for Prince (as for an incredibly talented artist), then I use it without a doubt for Sananda/TTD as well. Though I definitely love Introducing The Hardline, it is my least favourite record by Sananda/TTD, IMHO all his other records show his talent even more than his brilliant debut record. With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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"Dance Little Sister" was a fantastic track. I have this on cassette somewhere too. It was one of the first albums my dad bought for me.
I think TTD disappeared up his own ass didn't he..? Started trying to release albums of strictly instrumental stuff or him whining in the background...hang on a minute, that sounds familiar. | |
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adoreme said: "Dance Little Sister" was a fantastic track. I have this on cassette somewhere too. It was one of the first albums my dad bought for me.
I think TTD disappeared up his own ass didn't he..? Started trying to release albums of strictly instrumental stuff or him whining in the background...hang on a minute, that sounds familiar. Where did you here that bullshit? Sananda/TTD never released an instrumental album and he never was "whining on the background" either In fact he released 4 other brilliant albums ("Neither Fish Nor Flesh", "Symphony Or Damn", "Vibrator" and "Wildcard"), that did not have as much commercial success as "Introducing The Hardline", but the quality of them is just superb! With a very special thank you to Tina: Is hammer already absolute, how much some people verändern...ICH hope is never so I will be! And if, then I hope that I would then have wen in my environment who joins me in the A.... | |
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Serious said: adoreme said: "Dance Little Sister" was a fantastic track. I have this on cassette somewhere too. It was one of the first albums my dad bought for me.
I think TTD disappeared up his own ass didn't he..? Started trying to release albums of strictly instrumental stuff or him whining in the background...hang on a minute, that sounds familiar. Where did you here that bullshit? Sananda/TTD never released an instrumental album and he never was "whining on the background" either In fact he released 4 other brilliant albums ("Neither Fish Nor Flesh", "Symphony Or Damn", "Vibrator" and "Wildcard"), that did not have as much commercial success as "Introducing The Hardline", but the quality of them is just superb! The Hardline and Symphony or Damn were both great albums. I found Vibrator a little harder to take. I watched a documentary on him a few years ago and it was widely believed that he fell into his own hype and that was why his career crashed and burned. He believed at one point that he could release anything and people would buy it. | |
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adoreme said: Serious said: adoreme said: "Dance Little Sister" was a fantastic track. I have this on cassette somewhere too. It was one of the first albums my dad bought for me.
I think TTD disappeared up his own ass didn't he..? Started trying to release albums of strictly instrumental stuff or him whining in the background...hang on a minute, that sounds familiar. Where did you here that bullshit? Sananda/TTD never released an instrumental album and he never was "whining on the background" either In fact he released 4 other brilliant albums ("Neither Fish Nor Flesh", "Symphony Or Damn", "Vibrator" and "Wildcard"), that did not have as much commercial success as "Introducing The Hardline", but the quality of them is just superb! The Hardline and Symphony or Damn were both great albums. I found Vibrator a little harder to take. I watched a documentary on him a few years ago and it was widely believed that he fell into his own hype and that was why his career crashed and burned. He believed at one point that he could release anything and people would buy it. judging from his behaviour in philadelphia last may, i can believe that 100%! | |
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i saw TTD in England on his Vibrator tour, and he was a great showman - certainly didn't come across as an asshole then, anyway. He was joking around, laughing at some of the more outlandish dancing in the boxes and was ripping up some serious tunes. Dance little sister (which is my personal fave on the album) was truly awesome - as soon as that beat comes in...man it's good. | |
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