Prince

Originally posted by darvlay
Touche.

What does this have to do with the French? 😠

P has some good songs. His stuff may not fit the style of today's music but it stands on its own. You just have to be in the right mood.

since my OP, i've really got back into this. i've been listening a lot to stuff like The Meters, James Brown, and Funkadelic over past months, and i can hear how Prince has taken something from each of these (and others, no doubt), added an element of disco, and made something all his own. in fact, now that i've spent time listening to more funk/soul, i think i appreciate him in a different way than before. plus, his lyrics may sound at first like it's all just 'let's get it on, mama' (which is fine insofar as it goes), but they actually have some depth, i think.

The black album was not bad.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
by British, you mean those that dont go in for tacky and glittery cow-horns on the front of pink Cadillacs covered with furry leopard skin seats?

Now Robbie..don't talk so bad about my favorite car.....Lol.

Originally posted by galveston75
Now Robbie..don't talk so bad about my favorite car.....Lol.

hey my Texan brother, i thought that you liked them ford mustangs? then again i can picture you driving in one of those things wid the cowhorns up front, the allman brothers playing in the background, tipping your cowboy hat and callin everybody mam and sir, its awesomeness! if i was not so prudish and was not endowed with a European sense of taste bordering on the conservative, i could join you!

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
hey my Texan brother, i thought that you liked them ford mustangs? then again i can picture you driving in one of those things wid the cowhorns up front, the allman brothers playing in the background, tipping your cowboy hat and callin everybody mam and sir, its awesomeness! if i was not so prudish and was not endowed with a European sense of taste bordering on the conservative, i could join you!

Well come on over...Would you believe at least every couple years I see a Cadi with horns on the hood..I'm not kidding.

Originally posted by galveston75
Well come on over...Would you believe at least every couple years I see a Cadi with horns on the hood..I'm not kidding.

i believe you my friend! what is the story from the States, does Prince still profess to be one of Jehovahs Witnesses? Here there was a two page spread in The Guardian newspaper detailing his life and his beliefs.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
i believe you my friend! what is the story from the States, does Prince still profess to be one of Jehovahs Witnesses? Here there was a two page spread in The Guardian newspaper detailing his life and his beliefs.

That's the last I heard about him. So far nothing else that says one way or the other.

Originally posted by Blackamp
since my OP, i've really got back into this. i've been listening a lot to stuff like The Meters, James Brown, and Funkadelic over past months, and i can hear how Prince has taken something from each of these (and others, no doubt), added an element of disco, and made something all his own. in fact, now that i've spent time listening to more funk/soul, i thi ...[text shortened]... on, mama' (which is fine insofar as it goes), but they actually have some depth, i think.

His lyrics are some kind of bizarre combination of the spiritual and the carnal; shows some kind of personal struggle, I think. Maybe that explains his conversion to JW.

I had friends who were big fans of Prince, but despite his alleged competency with various musical instruments, to me he always looked and sounded pretentious and shallow - even in the '80s!

I do remember being arm in arm with said friends and drunkenly singing "tonight we're gonna party like it's 1999" at several New Year's events though, so he obviously reached me at some level.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
His lyrics are some kind of bizarre combination of the spiritual and the carnal; shows some kind of personal struggle, I think. Maybe that explains his conversion to JW.

i think after watching the purple rain movie, although its so long ago now, it was partly the death of his father that had such a profound effect, perhaps he was filled with joy at the prospect of the resurrection, but who can tell?

Originally posted by darvlay
Anyone who can't get into Prince just a little bit likely has no soul or is probably British.

Probably French , or French Canadian [ an even bigger chip on their shoulders ] i would guess !!

Originally posted by phil3000
Probably French , or French Canadian [ an even bigger chip on their shoulders ] i would guess !!

yes it probably because they wish they were English????????

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
i think after watching the purple rain movie, although its so long ago now, it was partly the death of his father that had such a profound effect, perhaps he was filled with joy at the prospect of the resurrection, but who can tell?

I was -1 years old when it came out, but I don't expect the movie to be any good.