My mom's library had all of Prince's albums from Purple Rain on so I would normally just check them out and tape them
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
"We Can Funk" also existed in a Dream Factory/Crystal Ball version.
"Can't Stop This Feelin' I Got" is an inferior "Play in the Sunshine" but it's fine.
I looove the guitar in "Elephants and Flowers" complementing the chorus' gospel coda ("There will be peace on earth who love...").
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:35 (three years ago) link
How on earth did the GB movie get funded though? Warners didn't pick up the SOTT movie but funded the GB film? Crazy. Maybe that's why he hated them in 92. They kept letting him do stupid stuff.
The 86 version of we can funk kills. Miko weaver has a truly exquisite solo
― candyman, Monday, 2 November 2020 21:37 (three years ago) link
' Maybe that's why he hated them in 92. They kept letting him do stupid stuff.'
Is there a thread on princes slave era? It deserves to be discussed in it's own right.
― candyman, Monday, 2 November 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
I saw the movie again fairly recently and it is... not very good?the tick tick bang sequence is really something.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1dW3JAi90k
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:40 (three years ago) link
i mean it is awesome for its total weirdness but the narrative/direction/acting is a huge mess
i don't think this version has been released yet?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LetGdMNH6Mk
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
Utcm was already a disaster, yet he was allowed to try again at directing? Very peculiar.
― candyman, Monday, 2 November 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
prince's costume/hairstyle in the tick tick bang scene is really primo weirdo pervy princehttp://i.pinimg.com/originals/bf/dd/d1/bfddd1021262db5fce11a3d57d27ebd6.gifhttps://ripopgodazippa.tumblr.com/post/62047201169
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
GB went straight to vhs here; extraordinary really considering he was playing stadiums.
― piscesx, Monday, 2 November 2020 21:47 (three years ago) link
Madonna was meant to be his co star apparently but told him the script was awful.
― candyman, Monday, 2 November 2020 21:48 (three years ago) link
she would know
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:53 (three years ago) link
The first Prince album I bought w/my own money.
I started with Purple Rain, bought Parade and Sign O' the Times and Lovesexy (and a bootleg of the Black Album). All on cassette. GB was the first one I bought on CD, and the last one I bought, period.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 2 November 2020 21:58 (three years ago) link
RELEASE IT
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 2 November 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
I saw Graffiti Bridge in the theater, ama
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Monday, 2 November 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
Which theater?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 00:10 (three years ago) link
I’m trying to remember… I wanna say Signal Hills
― shout-out to his family (DJP), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 00:11 (three years ago) link
This is one of the very first CDs I bought (while still relatively new, from a Kmart clearance bin, alongside The Head on the Door) but gave it away as I think I felt it "inessential" or something. Though I didn't particularly dislike it and subsequently ended up with most of the surrounding Prince material in the house anyway.
My first thought was "Joy in Repetition" or "Tick Tick Bang". (Now that I've written all that, this post feels freakishly similar to a bunch of others in the thread, lol.)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 06:35 (three years ago) link
Is Jerome Benton the only person to have dialogue in all three of the fictional Prince films?
― piscesx, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 12:35 (three years ago) link
Well, there's Prince...
― Mark G, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 08:12 (three years ago) link
Voted for "Melody Cool" just because Ulysess made fun of it. It's a dope tune, IMO: Mavis Staples is the best singer on the album, the melody is catchy, the synth riff is heavy as fuck, the lyrical concept is fun... What's not to like?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 08:22 (three years ago) link
round n round is underrated
― candyman, Wednesday, 4 November 2020 10:30 (three years ago) link
enjoy your melody cool
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 14:01 (three years ago) link
― candyman,
One of his best songs he wrote and produced for someone else.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 4 November 2020 14:06 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
"Thieves in the Temple" almost seemed like a path not taken in retrospect. Like if that had been a full 90s Prince template but it wasn't.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 00:15 (three years ago) link
"The Question Of U".
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 01:09 (three years ago) link
Joy in Repetition Joy in Repetition" Joy in Repetition" ,etc
― Misty Drizzle, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
Even if this was only a pure prince album, it's still a minor one. A stop gap set. All the te recorded versions of vault songs are generally not as good as the unreleased versions, though ok, we can funk is excellent. Strange that he used so few new songs when supposedly he had two albums that didnt come out after lovesexy. Also as Nelson George wrote back then, strange to hear him writing about being the new power generation, and generational battles, when he wasnt a young upstart anymore.
― candyman, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 08:41 (three years ago) link
Then again, I think the fact it has all the other artists songs obscures the genuinely good stuff, I.e question of u (though this seems underwritten, theres only one verse!), joy, we can funk, thieves.
― candyman, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 08:49 (three years ago) link
Most of the songs by other artists here are quite good! Except for the George Clinton one.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 08:52 (three years ago) link
Haha. The Clinton one has an incredible groove! The time ones are decent but should have been on pandemonium, not here, round and round is the best proper song on here weirdly, melody cool is just ho hum (was he ever good at writing for his heroes?).
― candyman, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 09:16 (three years ago) link
Do you like any versions of we can funk ?
― candyman, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 09:17 (three years ago) link
I mostly like the songs by other acts just fine, although the Time ones are a bit underwhelming.
― The GeirBot (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 14:56 (three years ago) link
1. "Can't Stop This Feeling I Got" 2. "New Power Generation, Part 1" 4. "The Question of U" 5. "Elephants & Flowers" 7. "We Can Funk" Prince feat. George Clinton 8. "Joy in Repetition" 10. "Tick, Tick, Bang" 12. "Thieves in the Temple" 15. "Still Would Stand All Time" 16. "Graffiti Bridge"
a prince album made from this soundtrack wouldnt be a bad album.
for anyone who hasnt heard them, the 1986 versions of cant stop and we can funk:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYztOrsRZMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_K55L_4biU
― candyman, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:06 (three years ago) link
Underrated album. Understandably it gets knocked for being one more step in a decline, and to be fair very little of it can be considered career highlights for anyone. But it's still a pretty good album, and I find the whole thing enjoyable from end to end including the guest spots - pretty impressive for a double LP.
"Thieves in the Temple" deserves to win but I'll probably vote for Tevin Campbell's track, "Round and Round." It was actually a big hit (made it to #12 on the pop charts, #3 R&B).
"Can't Stop This Feeling I Got" and the Crystal Ball outtake "Joy In Repetition" are close behind. "Still Would Stand All Time" is pretty good too, but it was much better when Prince did it live. (It was a highlight during the after hours shows on the 1988 tour.)
Collectively, I think the Time tracks are more consistently enjoyable than anyone else's, but there isn't one track that I'd put on par with the best stuff from their first three LP's.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnavsiRhaT0
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
There's no way to assume Prince was on a decline. Batman had several great tracks.
Otoh he never got "We Can Funk" right.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
damn, we brought back geir
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
Except for the execrable "The Arms of Orion" (which I replaced with "200 Balloons") I don't think it's a bad album. It's very thin compared to any of his previous LP's, no surprise given what it is, but it still gets knocked a lot for being a mediocre album.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
(or rather "gets knocked as a mediocre album")
Batman is an under written quickie album.Enjoyable for sure, but not really worth much deep focus. Most prince is enjoyable though, even the creepier songs, so perhaps that's not that notable.
― candyman, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
*crappier
'He never got "We Can Funk" right.'
We can fuck from 84 is the best one, on the remaster of PR
― candyman, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
I own it. Still too sludgy, as is the one on SOTT.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
Weird. The sludginess is what makes the groove so deep and intense.
― candyman, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 24 December 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link