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also just because a song has only two chords /= Velvets

Well, he also loved Cocteau Twins c. the Parade era so maybe chops weren't everything...

uh Elizabeth Fraser definitely has vocal chops

http://www.westendextra.com/news/2011/jul/prince-spotted-berwick-street-purple-rain-superstar-drops-buy-cds-and-dvds-soho-record

who knew this guy went record shopping. seems like a wasteed trip though. hes in soho, hes going to SOTU, and he buys hendrix, curtis, sly and al green (all of which i am sure he knows off by heart). says it all really about where hes at these days!

cementing his legacy/place in the pantheon?

that would be if he went around record shops reshelving his own albums ;)

I would posit that releasing so many albums is the opposite of taking a chance. Dude should cull and concentrate, then drop an album that has more weight to it than "the newest Prince album until he releases two or three more next year."

when Prince culls and concentrates, we end up with Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic

culling and concentrating has never really been his forte

when Prince culls and concentrates, we end up with Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic

Ha, too true. Musicology sounded like he made an effort, too, and that turned out ... better.

when he culls and concentrates, he also records SOTT.

A handful of rave-ups aside, it might be the quietest rock double album ever recorded.

Musicology sounded like he made an effort, too, and that turned out ... better.

Speak for yourself.

"The opposite of NATO is OTAN"

makes ya think

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lohrzkYyV91qixko4o1_400.gif

<3

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj273/mookiebut/funk_convulsion.gif

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJH-nLejSIg&feature=player_embedded

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh.

I've never taken the time to track down unreleased Prince stuff, but this is convincing me I should.

heard an incredible prince bootleg the other day - 20 min set, live in bbc studios in '92. just insane, especially the transitions.

you absolutely should rev, although the homemade bootleg series someone linked to in one of the polls threads does a pretty good job at collecting the best of it and grouping it by era.

never seen these clips--watch while you can!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abjN6NvaXx8&feature=youtu.be

Apparently there was a Revolution reunion show sans Prince at First Avenue tonight? Classic lineup + Dez + Eric Leeds with Wendy as frontwoman.

uh.... fucking hell that video

The recorded version comes from that show (edited down a bit, with the coda added later). First time they ever performed it.

has that video been out there?

yeah wow

i'm just trying to imagine being one of the kids in the front row there... like it would take me possibly my entire life to comprehend being in that position

Not sure how long that video's been out there, but I watched it a few months back at least. There's other first performances of Purple Rain material from that show out there.

Oh, and it was Wendy Melvoin's first show in the band.

Whoa, "When You Were Mine" in his natural register is like a whole different (but still amazing) song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WadJVLlS9Jw&feature=related

hard to believe that's the same show, i don't like that at all

uh.... fucking hell that video

― illuminati girl (J0rdan S.), Sunday, February 19, 2012 8:12 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark

xp Really? I think that's my favorite performance of that song I've seen.

i dunno, seems tossed-off to me? is he even singing in the same key as the rest of the band? idk, i'm back to the purple rain clip

super pissed the "delirious" clip got its audio removed

several other uploads from that show by "jamiestarrevolution". unfortunately the most intriguing have disabled audio tracks ("delirious", "let's go crazy"). there is this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77NFGphNOpU

not much cop, but there you go

some disagreement as to key in that version of "when u were mine", plus crippling A/V glitches, but shit that smokes. goddam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ha60kFHU_U&context=C3bfe5bfADOEgsToPDskIvV4Iw8yGO6r7yRCW2pX6e

I don't think he's out of key, just playing with the melody. xps

going through dude's videos, did MPLS ever release anything else?

crazy animate video in an 80s, kinda-sorta rock and rule style, badass.

uh, "animated"

Oh wow, this Prince wiki: http://www.princevault.com/index.php/Main_Page

Yeah, that wiki is great!

There's also a really great online project floating around that arranged the best of unreleased prince stuff and released stuff as proper deluxe albums.

maybe the death of megaupload etc. killed it, tho.

his case of you is epic, although i think i prefer the solo acoustic version i saw him do over the summer.

uh.... fucking hell that video

― illuminati girl (J0rdan S.), Sunday, February 19, 2012 8:12 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark

― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Sunday, February 19, 2012 11:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

There's also a really great online project floating around that arranged the best of unreleased prince stuff and released stuff as proper deluxe albums.

maybe the death of megaupload etc. killed it, tho.

― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Sunday, February 19, 2012 10:10 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Where is this?

I think you can still find that stuff floating around, at least in Soulseek. They're called "Foefur's remasters", and they're all in FLAC format.

I don't think the remastering work this Foefur fellow has done to album tracks is that impressive, but these are a great way of getting hold of rare and unreleased tunes.

I wasn't thinking of Foefur's remasters. Was thinking of this - http://therearenokings.blogspot.com/

Apparently all his files got taken down, but he's working on alternative distribution.

Shoot me an e-mail, Rev and we can find a way to get you it via snailmail or something?

Oh shit. He doesn't even have the track listings up anymore. Hm.