Some great points have been made. Prince's music today is certainly
not the quality it was in the past, and he surely can use some creative
inspiration. The recent stuff is average. I still love him for his
outrageousness, and believe he'll find "the muse" he needs. Let's just
consider this era of his music a bit of down time for his Royal Badness.
His live appearances and performances still kick & have stood the test of
time. Peace.
June
<Moderator: you know Prince already has a wealth of personal experinces to
sing about but he doesn't choose to for some reason. He could sing about
stuff like:
1. get divorced for the 2nd time and legal proceedings
2. Moviestar friends and drug use
or my favorite
3. It's hard to find clothin' my size and I'm a dude.
I think these are all things we could all be associate with. You know
connect on another level with our hero :-D -Derek>
"Lockhart, Daryle
[GSM]"
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You know, this is a brilliant point. A Muse. A LOT of artists we love need
new muses. It's like when Stevie Wonder had Syreeta around, his work was
incredible! Nowadays, we get "What The Fuss".
I wonder, though, is Prince's best muse himself or us? His live shows are
hands down great, and that's been pretty consistent for 30 years. It's the
RECORDED work that seems to vary in quality. Maybe he needs to record all
of his future albums live?
<Moderator: The lack of a good muse would explain the less the weak lyric
righting, because he has definitely had some good musicians around [expect
Morris Hayes :-P] -Derek>
On 7/25/07 10:42 AM, "Oliver, Damon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't think he is trying to make hits, we have been conditioned by the
> industry to think that older artist with new music are trying to make
> hits. True in some cases but not for Prince. It only takes 2 brain cells
> to have a hit (example: this is why I'm hot, beautiful girls/suicidal) I
> think that Prince is missing a muse, someone or something to inspire him
> or spark him creatively. But we all know he has it in him to do better,
> or even dust off some of the jams out of his vault that haven't been
> released or bootlegged. Shoot, even do a whole cover album, I love to
> hear his interpretations of EWF's I Write A Song For You or Stevies
> Superstition.
>
> <Moderator: I too am straving for something innovative and creative...
> -Derek>
>
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> Behalf Of Lockhart, Daryle [GSM]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:15 AM
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> For those of us who were alive when Prince started, we're all around the
> age
> where this division of opinion is a good thing.
>
> It's just like how there are still people who go to every Rolling Stones
> and
> KISS show, knowing that the best days of those bands have long since
> passed.
> They're going to relive the good old days. The difference with Prince, I
> think, is that we all KNOW that he can do better, and there's the
> question
> of all this genius unreleased stuff he has just sitting around. Do any
> of
> you who say you like this album believe he can't do any better? This is
> a
> dude who sold hundreds of thousands of copies of "Lovesexy", a one track
> album. I think "Lovesexy" has more musical depth than Planet Earth, and
> if
> the only reason why is because "he's older now", then perhaps he's done.
> I
> personally hope not, because there isn't exactly any one else out here
> challenging the musical (and corporate) status quo like him.
>
> On the average, it looks like everyone has 3 or 4 songs that they like
> from
> this album. Compared to entire ALBUMS we've liked from him in the past.
> I
> think that says something about an artist of Prince's caliber. And what
> I
> think it says is that he's trying to make hits, which is a bad move.
>
>
>
> On 7/24/07 6:37 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> That's a ridiculous statement
>>
>> <Moderator: Is it really? It feels like it to me. His live performance
> more
>> then makes up for his lackluster albums -Derek>
>>
>> In a message dated 7/24/07 12:45:50 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
>> so he's phoning these
>> albums in
>>
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