prince

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/watch-princes-incredible-eight-minute-snl-medley-20141102

3rd Eye Girl are Prince's worst backing band and the songs are not that good either. But the Rolling Stone writer loved it.

yeah considering what price is capable of all but the first segment of the medley was very disappointing

however he was by far the best thing about that horrible episode, and i love chris rock

mediocre Prince > mediocre snl

i think that was flat-out bad snl

Friends on FB who do not listen to r'n'b much (or Prince much), were impressed with his appearance...

most of it wasn't really r'n'b, though.... straight up rock.

"Housequake" is such a glorious track but I must say I've always had a problem with the production/mastering.
It's too thin/flat (like most of SOTT and his 80s output).

A fascinating, extended version of "Housequake" that remains unreleased, shows this Prince at the peak of his powers; at over seven minutes, the almost dubby mix features a chorus of Princes led by Camille calling, responding and jiving while the song passes through bass grooves ranging from a jazzy walk to popping funk, all punctuated by fuzzy metal power chords, wailing guitars and JB horns, supported by a typically crisp electronic beat and working itself into a feverish pitch. Brass aside, it's all Prince, and it's stone-cold brilliant.

I think most of his records could use a good remastering.

What's Lenny kravitz up to?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lets-Go-Crazy-Prince-Making-ebook/dp/B00IWUST4O

new purple rain book (shame about the cover)

Some remarkable outtakes have begun to surface- lots of stuff longtime Prince nerds/fans like myself had never even heard of. This is an "Adore" like beauty (this YT account has all the goods): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zesW5oJR7QM

my god this is lovely

man

so good

uh wtf, this sounds great
YSI? Where is this new material floating around on the web?

I guess fragments of this song have been around for years, but this full version is something new.

haha apparently his engineer Susan Rogers was not a fan and probably responsible for him shelving it

'"It was sappy and just plain silly", says Susan Rogers of 'Adonis and Bathsheeba', which she describes as a syrupy and sentimental ballad. "I mean, there's romantic love and there's syrupy love - this was pure saccharine. The chorus went 'Adonis and Bathsheeba in a garden of love' and a harp came on.

I was sitting there as quiet as possible but I had a laughing fit and I just couldn't stop. And I was really embarrassed because I was sitting next to Prince and he asked "What's the matter with you?". I said, "I'm sorry, I just think the song is really funny". And he said, "You don't like the harp?". He would often ask us our opinion. I said, "I've got to be truthful, I think the whole thing is just silly. I just don't think it's worthy of your best work". He didn't like criticism but we didn't work much longer on it".

The swooning, yearning music of 'Adonis and Bathsheeba' is clearly intended to summon thoughts of romance, but the overall result is disappointing due to the bland and insubstantial melody as well as Prince's quivering, affected vocal delivery. The arrangement is cluttered and overwrought with strings, horns and other instruments competing for attention.

The song was tracked in Prince's home studio on July 27th 1986, shortly after he had completed the final version of 'Dream Factory'. Eric Leeds added a saxophone part on the same day. Prince appears to be fond of it as the lyrics were published in '10,000' magazine released in 1993 under his supervision. Furthermore, Eric remembers Prince commenting to him that he thought it was "one of the best lyrics" he had ever written. The song was one of the 17 chosen by fans during the 'Prince: A Celebration' week in 2000 for inclusion on a possible 'Crystal Ball Volume 2' album'.

There's a new - um - not official collection out there called Back To The Basics 2.0 that has at least one cd's worth of mid-80s gems. Haven't been able to score a d/l link for it anywhere but these YT vids are all sourced from that collection. Also, the fabled "The Flesh" jam session recording done pre- "Parade" is also out there. Prince plays drums throughout.

Xpost Susan Rogers so wrong in this instance.

Sorry - that new comp is called Blast From The Past

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-21ycRGSnM

Should I listen to "This Could Be Us" again? record company pr:

Last December Rolling Stone Magazine named "THIS COULD BE US" one of the "50 Best Songs of 2014" and declared Prince's latest single, "a sparkling sexy jam".

radio stations across the country are following suit as the latest single from his #1 album, ART OFFICIAL AGE, becomes the #1 most added new song on Urban Adult radio.

You should listen to "This Could Be Us" by Rae Sremmurd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q807gM0hco

I grossly underrated Art Official Age based on the last time I played it

it's a genuinely good album, made my ilx list. i image it will place, yes?

I tossed it off of my ballot on the basis of it being pleasantly nostalgic and then I relistened and went "wait this is genuinely good, oops"

Various collaborators and cohorts chime in on Prince's vault:
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31962180

Susan Rogers recalls Prince's real-life heartbreak being the inspiration for a particularly magical night of recording: He came into studio and recorded this ballad. It starts with spoken word. Prince is speaking to Wally, a dancer in his crew. He's telling him, "I want go out tonight and meet someone new." He goes into this chorus. It's beautiful, just beautiful. There's a crescendo. The song gets huge. It breaks down. He says, "I'm not going out any more." The background vocal arrangements, the expression of it was just gorgeous. Of course he played all the instruments. We finished recording the song and then Prince said to me, "Erase it."' He said it very calmly. I could feel the fan in me screaming "No!" I said, "Think about it. Wait til tomorrow at least." He reached over and hit record. He erased it. It was gone.

Hasn't Rogers (one of the more outspoken of his cohort) also basically said that what is in the vault isn't really worth its legendary reputation?

BTW, whatever happened with that deluxe Purple Rain, Prince? Waiting for Neil Young to release Archives II first?

He's probably rerecording the backing tracks with Third Eye Girl...

I hated 2014 a whole whole lot and was glad to see the end of it, but I did immediately feel sadness after New Years that it was no longer the 30th anniversary of Purple Rain. And of my favorite pop year in general.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/05/06/prince-announces-rally-4-peace-concert-sunday-in-baltimore-in-aftermath/

the rofo arena is TINY. 14,000 seats. soooo many people will be shut out, tickets will be scalped to hell, most of the people affected by police violence will not be able to go. i wonder if he tried to do an outdoor show and got denied by the city. tickets go on sale in 2 and a half hours and the price hasn't been announced yet....

Prince has a new album called HITNRUN coming out exclusively on Tidal. I haven't been excited by any of his albums since 3121. Does he have another great record left in him?

no but he likely has several more albums where half is great and half is mediocre

Looks like he's dropped 3rd Eye Girl...good...Rather fond of this...and its funny

http://open.spotify.com/track/2eZJ9lrNeSqDt9iOgtft0M

well, he's releasing an album with 3rd Eye Girl in a couple weeks and still tours with them. debuting a song on Spotify (but not Tidal or anywhere else) weeks after pulling his whole catalog from Spotify and putting his music on Tidal is typical weirdo Prince i guess. not clear if this will be on that new album.

'stare' is really good

A solo tour - just prince and a piano - being announced, apparently he will play Denmark

Hyped! Hope I can get tickets

video of a paisley park jam last night feat. p covering billy cobham's stratus. so tite.

x-post-- just in Europe

16 Prince solo dates

http://www.drfunkenberry.com/2015/11/09/new-prince-tour-announced-prince-spotlight-piano-a-microphone-see-tour-dates/

http://www.frequency.com/video/billy-cobham-band-sign-o-times-raidue/25133181

Piano-only arrangement of "My Name Is Prince" is gonna be TITE.

cool tom sound on that cobham thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFXZNt4oLkE

good soloing

his delivery on that second verse
<3 <3 <3

I didn't listen to the entire cover because I got annoyed that he was getting the chord progression wrong.

nerd

:)