the$inmusicisallmine wrote:shit. the only worthwhile thing this little dude ever did was to make my cute little blonde high school girlfriend so horny she would actually fuck me, .......

There is a certain breed of woman who reacts in such a way to this man's music. I had the pleasure of knowing one.

Unfortunately, she liked to pretend she was a cat during the act.......(I'm a dog-person, myself. Cats make me sneeze).

Downright freakish, actually.

I heard The Black Album from start to finish many times during those days though.

I enjoy his guitar playing. Not crap w/waffles. Big, purple waffles.

YouTube alert, may have passed my American friends by. Prince at the Brit Awards, 2006. They gave him a twelve minute set, and he wasn't even up for an award. And he didn't waste it, either. Wendy and Lisa in the band. Sheila E in the band. Nails it, nails it, nails it.

Not crap for all the after-gig late night secret gigs. Anyone else playing stadiums and then taking the band to a club to play even more? Nope!

Not crap for the song 'Horny Pony' alone. "It's the new dance, it's a sex dance, it's the hot new dance for the next eight years... listen to me while I show you how to do it, like a virgin you got to ease into it... don't look at me y'all, I just wrote it: put it on a record, wrapped it up and then I sold it!"

And not crap for my favourite Prince lyric:

Prince wrote:Animals strike curious poses,
They feel the heat -
The heat between me and you

I caught the little fucker playing a couple of previews, and despite his horrible taste in custom guitar designs, he still plays a mean badass guitar, and he still has that wood-toned Tele that he played in the days before he lost his marbles. I have no idea why he's bringing all these dancers if he's gonna play straight up rock.

I caught a few of those "you guys are getting locked into the 7th Street Entry, because His Royal Badness wants to jam" late night gigs. He once did an entire "James Brown Live At The Apollo" set.

That tele gets thrown a LOT.

Ty Webb wrote:
Scorching multi-instrumentalist. Songwriter. PRODIGIOUS arranger. Can sing his ass off. Dances. Undeniable creativity, even when he's creating crap.

He is the quintessential pop music star in the classic sense, not the disposable, American Idol meaning that has come to be.

I agree with Mr Webb on all of the above.
Sometimes, it feels weird to be listening to Prince if you're pretty much a loner, or wearing knitwear, or eating a packet of crisps. However, this beautiful music of Prince, it is so great to soundtrack so many activities, such as cooking or cleaning, etc. It is not integral to it's enjoyment to constantly be having a sexy time to get down with some Prince. Like the great man says:

Pop life
Everybody needs a thrill
Pop life
We all got a space 2 fill
Pop life
Everybody can't be on top
But life it ain't real funky
Unless it's got that pop
Dig it

NC.

I love Prince even though he has put out a lot of crap and is completely bonkers. NC fuck the haters.

rocker654 wrote:I caught a few of those "you guys are getting locked into the 7th Street Entry, because His Royal Badness wants to jam" late night gigs. He once did an entire "James Brown Live At The Apollo" set.

I am unspeakably jealous.

I was going to add a note last night about this: I understand that Prince has begun an Elvis-style residency in Las Vegas. A few people I've spoken to have described this move as, in other words, crap. I don't think so. It may hinder his recorded output, but I think I see what is happening here. Looking at any Prince live performance, and looking at his post-performance performances, and looking at the little guy strut - Prince loves to perform. You only have to watch a couple of live appearances to realise he's getting a massive kick out of being up there. So this Vegas gig - he gets to go out every night, and perform. Be Prince, playing all the Prince songs. Be like James Brown, the hardest working man in showbusiness, just on stage and loving playing. And I can't see a single thing wrong with that. There are too many tortured performers out there, complaining that people watch what they do. Well fuck it. If Prince gets a kick out of going on stage every night and playing the fuck out of his music, good on 'im. And I bet that excitement translates to his audience, too, so there are no losers here.

Also, on this thing about 'all he sings about is sexy'. It's true that much of his work is sex-centric, but; 'Alphabet Street'? 'Nothing Compares 2 U'? 'Sign O' The Times'? - it's not the whole deal. He has more.

I understand that since he became a Jehovah's Witness* he has suppressed a lot of what he recorded during this 'Slave' period when he was arguing with his record company. He doesn't want it released because it's too saucy, and he's not like that anymore. I don't know if he's headed for an Al Green like turnaround (secular is cool!) but times may have changed. Of course then he releases a song called 'Black Sweat', so. Another point in Price's favour. Has there really never been a song called 'Black Sweat', til Prince? Amazing.

*I have a favourite, possibly untrue, Prince story with regard to his new religion. As a Jehovah's Witness, he is bound to spread the word. So he started going door to door in Minneapolis. Unsurprisingly, this is one witness who was getting invited in - it's fucking Prince! One woman invited him in, and started to ask him questions about being Prince. "No, no," said Prince. "I'm not here to talk about me. I'm here to talk about Jesus." She was insistent, but so was he. So she sued his record company, because Prince came round to her house but wouldn't act like Prince. I hope this story is true. I like this story.

Let me add that the rest of that album isn't really good (though his live performances of things from it can be, see the Brit awards) but "Black Sweat"? Pretty awesome.

I was just flipping channnels and saw him on the Superbowl halftime thing. I wish I could vote crap again. Useless to me.

Naw man. Pure testes. He's this tiny, skinny guy strutting around out there with the whole fucking Super Bowl production bullshit going on, on a giant glowing stage in the shape of the sigil, with this expression like, "Fuck, like I need this shit?"

And really, he doesn't.