durruti said:

this is exactly how I feel about Lenny.His music isn't the least bit original or interesting.I find his songs to be bland,lifeless and corny.I really can't see why critics keep comparing him to Prince.There is no comparison.

I used to sort of agree with where you're coming from but I realized what irks me is that what Lenny seems to be doing is paying too much homage, and therefore he sounds TOO similar...he doesnt take the sounds any further!

Andre 3000 is a bit more clever

And yes Prince borrows/steals from James and Jimi and Al Green...but at least significat TIME has PASSED...so he can bring the sounds BACK. he isnt emulating anyone that still creates significant music, thereby stealing their thunder

Im not saying what Prince does/did is better, cuz he allows people to forget his influences and seem fresher, but at least it evokes the past, not just...another chart topper...making the comparison alot more evident

Dig?

CCII said:

Did anyone catch Lennys' "Ode to Purple Rain" in his new video???? Check out the end. Lenny is corny....anytime you have to talk about your dick piercing to get attention...your career is in trouble.

P is by far my favorite, but get real... Lenny Rocks! Hot guitar + funky beat = groovy jam.

I heard once that there are only 4 original songs. Everything else is a variation of them.

Did anyone see him on the Today Show this morning? I saw it online at msnbc.com... cool stuff.

intha916 said:

not true. I like the music of the "5" Lenny and the body of the Baptised Lenny. lol!

This is very funny, apparrently Lenny doesn't think his life style applies or it could be reminices of the life he's leaving behind .... Did you check out the video "where are we running?" NICE, isn't it? Either way, my mouth fell open, and I was left saying, What in the HELL is Lenny THINKING!!!!?

I just listened to it and I've very dissapointed. The single is far and away the best song (the only really good one on there). Very misleading considering the album is mostly downtempo. "Funk" had to have been better than this? It had to! I bought the Alanis Moresette album as a fluke but enjoy it more so far.

It's all good we can all agree to disagree. Stating ones opinion is not hate, it is just stating one's opinion. One thing though, I don't see how you can compare TTD or Saynmate..or whatever the hell his name is... Terrence trent D'arby to Milli Vinilli?!? TTd is the closest thing to Prince there is..He is a wicked poet and has ecclectic music. Syphony or Damn is a great album. I mean great.

durruti said:

Are you fucking kidding me?

Sinister said:

No..I'm dead serious.

mochalox said:

5 & his GH are the ONLY albums I got from him.

All I know is I used to LOVED the shit outta Lenny - albums 2 - 5 are great! But his last album was pure shit. I hope the new one is better but if "Where Are We Running" (?) is any indication I'll have to pass yet again That shit is boring, too simple - he might be so caught up in his own hype that he thinks ANYTHING he does is interesting. Lenny is coasting right now - I don't pay $ to hear a muthafucka coast Unless it's Prince

missfee said:

Just what I was thinking today.

durruti said:

I agree with durruti except 4 calling Lenny a blip. I think Lenny has been making good music and so has TTD. But P's versatility pretty much settles the score over his contemporaries and idols who ifluenced him. He is definitely 1 of a kind and at the same time he is old school at his core but new school when it comes 2 all around Artist. Prince became a totally new model that is almost impossible 2 recreate. U can't fake what P is.....P is music period! Performing live or doin his studio thang.

I've only just seen the new film clip 4 the first time and I liked it....

He reminds more of Andre3000 than anyone else.
The look the way he moves on stage, even when the girls jump on stage to grab him is very much like Outkast's "Hey Ya" clip.

The only similarity to Prince on Lenny's clip is the footstomping on the piano, like in PurpleRain.

durruti said:

Amen, TTD is fantastic, I would take Vibrator, Symphony Or Damn & Wildcard over any Lenny album any day of the week.

Lenny's work, as ranked by me (based on five stars):

Let Love Rule ***
Mama Said *****
Are You Gonna Go My Way ****
Circus ***1/2
5 ***
Lenny 1/2
Baptised *

CCII said:

- I always posted that the song Musicology sounded like a rip-off James Brown. And Prince´s look on Purple Rain (face) was directly borrowed fom Little Richard and the clothes, from Jimi.
But Prince was able to create a more unique sound than Lenny, although Lenny is real talented.

Hootchietoad said:

So true . Lenny can never compare to a true artist like Sananda/TTD . He has some great songs, but he just is not in the same catagory!

I Don't Want To Be a Star
has any one listened to this song moan moan moan
time to get the worlds smallest violin

0rlando said:

Hmmm, that avatar looks familiar...nice to see a fellow Nuno fan in these parts

I have to admit i've liked Lenny ever since his first album "Let Love Rule". I don't think he is trying to be like Prince and he is very talented. However, i never considered him a musical genius like Prince nor as innovative. Prince can do what Lenny does but i can't see Lenny doing 1999, Parade, Crystal Ball or Rainbow Children(too name a few). As for Prince, his music(to me) has never sounded like James Brown or Jimi Hendrix. The only thing he has in common with them is he is black and plays guitar(except for James). Not to be disrepectful to those pioneers, but I feel Prince is more versatile than they are AND he's creative WITHOUT DRUGS(please don't kill me Brown and Hendrix fans). Now TTD is multi talented and very innovative as well. He is is the only one that i would put in the same category as Prince. The thing that make Prince win overall is his showmanship. NO ONE puts on a show like Prince(not even Madonna or the King of Pop himself). Prince is the most exciting performer ever. Lenny is ok but not that fascinating onstage.

I only saw ´Baptised´ cover today, and it´s impressive how he looks like Prince (Rave years). I like some things of Lenny, I would like to hear this one. Sounds more introspective than the others.

TheDeacon said:

- Well, he is from their school, although Prince developed his own style. For example, ´When doves cry´ don´t make me think of James. But he was a lot influenced by him, he never denied it. Songs like ´The Work´, ´Musicology´, ´Pretty Man´ and ´Housequake´ are almost a tribute to him, not to mention the screamings and stage presence. Maybe you are seeing Prince with fan´s eyes. About Jimi, I agree. His music doesn´t remind me of him, but his attitude, his guitar hero attitude on stage reminds. But Prince paid tribute to Jimi on some occasions, like in the end of ´Private Joy´. But I think his phrasing sounds closer to Santana.
About the drug comment...well, I was reading an interview with an avant garde brazilian rocker called Sergio Dias, and he said ´back in the days we made great music with drugs and great music without them´. We will never know how much of the drugs inspired Jimi to write his masterpieces.

Well, seems like i'm one of the little amount people who likes this album!
Ever since the release of Let love rule i think he always made good albums. Ofcourse there are some songs which are not THAT good, bey hey, haven't they all?
I think it is just a nice new Lenny album and it is a great thing (for me) that this man constantly produces nice records!
Who cares about the jimi, Beatles or Prince influences.. in the end evryone copies everyone. Maybe that is the reason why I like Lenny, just like i really dig prince and the Beatles!!!

LENNY ROCKS!!! BAPTISM TOO!!!!!

Harlepolis said:

Those are the only two albums I have as well.

I really liked 5 -- I felt he was finally finding his own voice with that album. It's a pity he did not elect to continue in that sonic direction; the results could have been rather special.

durruti said:

Ok first of all Little Richard and James Brown are Legends.... They aren't Prince and Prince has borrowed from both of them but to say they can't hold their own with Miles or Stevie Wonder?!? Homie it's freakin apples and oranges they aren't the same what do you mean can't hold their own? Are you saying James and Richard have no talent compared to Prince, Miles, and Stevie? That is your opinion only.... But to say they couldn't do power fantastic and all my dreams is nonsense why would they? That is not their style and for as much as Prince takes from James Brown to say James can't hold his own is some silly shit. Thats like me saying Prince can't hold his own musically compared with Beethoven and Mozart cause he can't make classical music like Beethoven's symphony No. 5..... And do you know anything about James Brown and Little Richard? Or the influence they had? If not why are you making statements about them not pushing the envelope like Prince? That sounds like some NPGMC fam shit....

CalhounSq said:

Sinister said:

First of all, no one is saying that Little Richard and The Godfather of soul ain't no damn legends. If you listen to hip-hop you listening to James. If you listen to Rock & Roll, then you hearing Little Richard. Don't confuse sound with musicianship, though. Prince can do what little Richard and James can do. They cannot in a million years do what Prince can. That is the reality. Little Richard can't play 40 instruments..or did I miss that album? I don't think james even plays an instrument!( But damn that brother could dance!) Apples and Oranges? Are we talking about music or not? Is that a nice way of avoiding what a person might like better? Heres a better question for you, name a little richard album that ain't a greatist hit compalation. Don't Google..of the top.

Lenny is not as great as Prince. I don't think anyone would say otherwise.
That said, Lenny is a talented musician, about the only quality he shares with Prince.
Lenny rocks, Prince is funky.
Prince has always looked forward (Musicology might pay homage to James Brown, but it uses drum machines & synths, which James never did), Lenny backward.

Lenny captures the warm production of older music, something I think Musicology could have benefitted from greatly.
Lenny is very derivative, but he captures what we love about certain artists, like Hendrix, Zeppelin, or Mayfield. His music feels good, though it is not particularly innovative. But I think the feeling he captures in his music is just as needed today as Prince's skill as a musician.
There's a reason Prince performed with him, and it wasn't to show him up.

Sinister said:

Ohhh, and I mentioned Stevie and Miles because Prince has played with them..not to really say they are better ( Though to me they really are) While Little Richard fired Jimi Hendrix, because he felt he was taking all his glory...