Batman sdtk is awesome
― Οὖτις, Monday, 13 October 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
xp you're missing out -- "Joy in Repitition" and "The Question of U" are absolutely first-rate ballads
― Eric H., Monday, 13 October 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
^^^
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
I have those two, that's all I need from GB tho.
Batman is like a prince record made up of nothing but weird misbegotten super fun B-sides
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:14 (nine years ago) link
+ Partyman
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
which is terrible
I am 44 and ready to embrace Partyman
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
Perhaps bc I have forgotten what irl partying is like
Batman soundtrack is all about "The Future", "Lemon Crush" and "Batdance"
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:18 (nine years ago) link
uh grafitti bridge has round and round, thieves in the temple, still would stand all time, love machine, we can funk, the question of U, Joy in Repetition, tick tick bangabout half classics
I will also rep hard for vicki waiting, trust, lemon crush, the future... and somewhat less hard for electric chair and batdance I suppose.
I owned (still own somewhere?) a "batcan" copy.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
parade was always the album that kinda went over my head, maybe i'm due to revisit
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
yeah, this feels warm immediately.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:29 (nine years ago) link
Parade is an incredible album
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
i bet you're a few years older than me dan; i missed listening to this until well past its sell by and it hit me cold when i first tried it and continues to be a bit of a struggle.
― the other song about butts in the top 5 (forksclovetofu), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:44 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the entire album is an indelible musical suite that really works as a sequence of songs IMO, with "Sometimes It Snows In April" being a personally devastating song (when my brother died, I spent several days camped in front of the record player repeating SISIA for hours and now can no longer listen to it or even really think about it without experiencing intense sorrow)
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Monday, 13 October 2014 20:47 (nine years ago) link
Graffiti Bridge has the unfair advantage over his other 90s albums that a lot of those songs were made in the '80s peak days. weird mixed bag but still a lot of fun.
― some dude, Monday, 13 October 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP)
― sleeve, Monday, 13 October 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
Yeah Parade rules really hard. The recordings I've heard from that tour are amazing too.
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 13 October 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
And the 12" mix of Mountains <3
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Monday, 13 October 2014 21:04 (nine years ago) link
Parade is like the only album I have listened to all year, that and Beyonce's new one. Every time I put on an album I'm like 'I really should try something new' but then I remember the horn break in 'Mountains' and I give in to PARADE.
― Walter MIDI (Crabbits), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 02:41 (nine years ago) link
plus that is my most dancingest song
― Walter MIDI (Crabbits), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 02:42 (nine years ago) link
also I have watched 'Under the Cherry Moon' 5x this yearit is the best
I've still never seen it!
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 14 October 2014 04:49 (nine years ago) link
Wow is a really good song. That's how far I am into these, not disappointed yet.
― akm, Tuesday, 14 October 2014 07:12 (nine years ago) link
http://www.theroot.com/blogs/the_grapevine/2014/10/chris_rock_will_host_saturday_night_live_with_prince_as_the_musical_guest.html
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:19 (nine years ago) link
Plectrum Electrum ranges from decent to super embarrassing ('why didn't anyone delete "FIXURLIFEUP" before it got to the mastering stage' is a question that may haunt me until I die) but ART OFFICIAL AGE is pretty damned enjoyable after I listened to it three times.
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
aoa funkier than a rafflesia
― Raccoon Tanuki, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 17:33 (nine years ago) link
wrecka stow
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
i feel like you could put tracks from AOA next to tracks from 3121 or Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic or any number of other later albums and they'd all blend into the same waxy Botox version of 'Prince trying to be the cool quirky Prince you used to love.'
― Raccoon Newsy Wewsies (some dude), Sunday, October 12, 2014 4:06 PM Bookmark
3121 is my favorite late-era Prince album and AOA is my favorite since, so this hardly looks like a negative comparison to me.
― goon kabuki (The Reverend), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
art official age is pretty great dang
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:32 (nine years ago) link
Yeah the more I play AOA, the more I like it
PE... Not so much
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link
― goon kabuki (The Reverend), Wednesday, October 15, 2014 3:23 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah 3121 is cool. i'm just saying even the good stuff has a tryhard uncanny valley thing to it. a lot of my favorite later Prince stuff is the more classicist ballad stuff like "Call My Name" because it completely sidesteps the subtext of 'do i use modern drum machines? do i go back to the LinnDrum sounds?' anxiety.
― some dude, Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
quick quick y'all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAYQUbh8HHA
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:27 (nine years ago) link
thx. downloading the audio now.
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
i guess it's already been up for two months, which is weird.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:36 (nine years ago) link
9:35 "bitch" !
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
Woah, gonna watch this right now.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:37 (nine years ago) link
haha, epic guitar fucking (in dub) during that 'Head' jam
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:01 (nine years ago) link
undoubtedly the best Prince album ever
'Breakdown' his best ever song
this is amazing
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:09 (nine years ago) link
damn you guys
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:12 (nine years ago) link
I wanted to go ahead and ignore Prince albums released since 2007
The trick with Parade is how it keeps the psychedelia in check by turning up the funk and keeping the songs concise. I love how bits like "I Wonder U" sound innocuous at first but boast a filigree or two to keep you going and listening forever (i.e. the funk guitar and strings over the outro)
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:16 (nine years ago) link
I want whatever drugs you guys loving this album are taking! Best Prince album ever? Have you listened to anything pre-1990 by him?
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:24 (nine years ago) link
I think they're talking about Parade. Which is still wrong.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:27 (nine years ago) link
I think the Capitol Theatre must have filmed everything. See also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvVj8zj7Oo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRdo09kiVsw
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
no
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
parade is my favorite prince album though
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
I mean, who needs Sgt Pepper when we've got "Christopher Tracy's Parade" and "Girls and Boys"?
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:39 (nine years ago) link
Well, that's setting the bar low.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
vous etes tres belle
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link