Yea, Prince could bang out some serious funky-soul-blues on any of the subjects you mentioned. Any of our starring female lushes, LL, PH, NR, or BS would be great material ('Only put their initials because they get more than enough publicity as it is!) Picking up any tabloid or newswire story would do...they're so many to select! "How to get more PR bang Hollywood style"... song lyrics? "Intoxicated Ladies Feed Appetites That Like it Shady". Yes, it's been a long day, I'm buggin'.
June <Moderator: Social commentary would be nice. Like a said before go out be with the real people. Maybe a retreat in a forigen country some place. Become more world. His Theological view don't work for everyone and they are all over the place. But Yeah I am exhausted didn't sleep welll going to bed..... -Derek> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ntial.com To Sent by: npny@lists.panix.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc panix.com Subject Re: NPNY: Planet Earth Anyone Buy It? Wed 07/25/2007 12:20 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] com 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]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To lmedia.com> <npny@lists.panix.com> cc Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject panix.com Re: NPNY: Planet Earth Anyone Buy It? Wed 07/25/2007 11:25 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] com 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> > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Lockhart, Daryle [GSM] > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 10:15 AM > To: npny@lists.panix.com > Subject: Re: NPNY: Planet Earth Anyone Buy It? > > 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 >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], in body place npny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions/Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]