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 (eleven years ago)
art official age is pretty great dang
― snrub goin up on a tuesday (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:32 (eleven years ago)
Yeah the more I play AOA, the more I like it
PE... Not so much
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Wednesday, 15 October 2014 22:38 (eleven years ago)
― 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 (eleven years ago)
quick quick y'all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAYQUbh8HHA
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:27 (eleven years ago)
thx. downloading the audio now.
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:32 (eleven years ago)
i guess it's already been up for two months, which is weird.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:36 (eleven years ago)
9:35 "bitch" !
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:37 (eleven years ago)
Woah, gonna watch this right now.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 17 October 2014 17:37 (eleven years ago)
haha, epic guitar fucking (in dub) during that 'Head' jam
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:01 (eleven years ago)
undoubtedly the best Prince album ever
'Breakdown' his best ever song
this is amazing
― Raccoon Tanuki, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:09 (eleven years ago)
damn you guys
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:12 (eleven years ago)
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 (eleven years ago)
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 (eleven years ago)
I think they're talking about Parade. Which is still wrong.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:27 (eleven years ago)
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 (eleven years ago)
no
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:37 (eleven years ago)
parade is my favorite prince album though
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:38 (eleven years ago)
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 (eleven years ago)
Well, that's setting the bar low.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:40 (eleven years ago)
vous etes tres belle
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:42 (eleven years ago)
now I just want to spend the rest of the afternoon listening to "Mountains"
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Friday, 17 October 2014 18:46 (eleven years ago)
The extended version should get you there.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 October 2014 18:47 (eleven years ago)
You all can have Parade. I'm keeping 1999.
― Eric H., Friday, 17 October 2014 19:06 (eleven years ago)
no, we get that one too
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Friday, 17 October 2014 19:14 (eleven years ago)
SOTT or GTFO imo
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 October 2014 21:00 (eleven years ago)
shut up already
damn
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 October 2014 21:01 (eleven years ago)
i also prefer certain prince albums
― mattresslessness, Friday, 17 October 2014 21:02 (eleven years ago)
btw thanks for posting that youtube, that concert is fire
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 October 2014 21:03 (eleven years ago)
In high school I based multiple friendships on people's ability to complete lyric quotes from "Housequake". I am still friends with all of these people.
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Friday, 17 October 2014 21:03 (eleven years ago)
bullshit
― mattresslessness, Friday, 17 October 2014 21:05 (eleven years ago)
Friends, Lovers, Sisters, Mothers/Wives
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 October 2014 21:05 (eleven years ago)
this made me incredibly happy
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Friday, 17 October 2014 21:08 (eleven years ago)
LOUDER
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 17 October 2014 22:37 (eleven years ago)
what was that?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 17 October 2014 22:42 (eleven years ago)
AFTERSHOCK
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 17 October 2014 22:52 (eleven years ago)
well let me show you what to do
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Friday, 17 October 2014 23:50 (eleven years ago)
Jump up on The One, now we're havin' fun
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 18 October 2014 12:45 (eleven years ago)
I mean really
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 October 2014 15:22 (eleven years ago)
green eggs and ham
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 October 2014 17:23 (eleven years ago)
really?
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 18 October 2014 17:24 (eleven years ago)
Shut up, already. Damn.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 18 October 2014 18:00 (eleven years ago)
question
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 October 2014 19:48 (eleven years ago)
I am listening to AOA again on Spotify and am really drunk and even as a 45 y.o. white boy this is like the sexiest fucking thing I have ever heard.
― bippity bup at the hotel california (Phil D.), Sunday, 19 October 2014 03:02 (eleven years ago)
thanks for posting that video of the Prince concert btw and keeping the dream of the internet alive
― Raccoon Tanuki, Sunday, 19 October 2014 10:53 (eleven years ago)
lol this reminds me of when I posted "Housequake" lyrics on twitter and Ned Raggett thought there was an actual earthquake happening in Seattle
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 04:43 (eleven years ago)
Damn
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 05:01 (eleven years ago)
Shut up.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 14:51 (eleven years ago)
Everybody, everybody; you gotta ROCK.
COME ON
― 💪😈⚠️ (DJP), Tuesday, 21 October 2014 15:14 (eleven years ago)