love that. Which oberheim would that be?
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:00 (eight years ago) link
but you can hear the same style on 'Dirty Mind' too. Simple grooves, but with these left-hand, offbeat-heavy fills on the hi-hat and snare that have a lot of personality.
OTM. His drumming on Dirty Mind is so utterly killer; more amazingly, as Al pointed out, he was so brilliant as a Linn programmer that you didn't miss his acoustic drumming.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:01 (eight years ago) link
xp given the time, I'd have to guess the OB-8?
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:04 (eight years ago) link
I also remember a quote from him, maybe in an old Modern Drummer, where he talks about programming drums and then layering enough live drums and percussion on top until it sounded like a human groove.
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:06 (eight years ago) link
did prince play drums on the recording of "another lonely christmas"? those drums are incredible
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:10 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, it's like, in the Syracuse '85 video the drummer (arg, can't remember his name) is often playing around the programming, filling in here and there, maybe adding a hi-hat where no programmed hi-hat exists...and it all sounds completely of a piece. It does not sound like two separate entities.
xp
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:11 (eight years ago) link
anyway i finally found a compilation of all his 12" extended mixes from 1980-1990 basically and imo this is the richest music
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
Yup the 12" are just a treasure world made for all day shuffling
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:17 (eight years ago) link
Re Prince as guitarist, I'd love a full album of stuff like "Alexa De Paris"
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:18 (eight years ago) link
Prince's guitar: I'm not sure how virtuosic his guitar playing was in terms of solo technique, I'm sure it was excellent, but what made Prince an amazing guitar player was his ability to coax that pure emotion out of the instrument, and knowing exactly what notes to play, etc.
Prince as a bass player: his strength to me wasn't those amazing melodic fluid basslines that James Jamerson laid down on the regular, but some incredible bass riffs like on Lady Cab Driver and Sign O' The Times. His bass playing and interplay with Sheila E's drums is one of the best things about Lovesexy for me.
As a piano player: I'm a keyboard player and from what I've seen and heard he's a very expressive player with very good technique. He probably did a good amount of his writing on the keys. When he lets loose like on "Strange Relationship" from the Lovesexy tour piano medley he can rock the shit out of the instrument. He's also obviously very capable of playing pretty too, like he did on his version of Joni's "A Case of You"
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:19 (eight years ago) link
xps I own a dozen of the 12" singles, and I could use a dozen more tbh
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:20 (eight years ago) link
wheeeerre is this 12" extended mixes comp ... i had something a while ago, can't seem to find it now.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
^
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:21 (eight years ago) link
yeah I would listen to that
I have several 12"s (Let's Go Crazy/Erotic City, I Wish You Heaven, Scandalous suite, etc.) but I know I'm missing a bunch
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
That D'angelo performance was making me cry and then I realized he looked like a silly creampuff and couldn't stop laughing.
― kurt schwitterz, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
lemme know if y'all got my emails
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:25 (eight years ago) link
I know you can get all the 12"s from a few hq sources on P1rat3 B4y.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link
my webmail thang is on an ages-old email account ... could you send one to tywilc @ gmail.com, brad? THANK YOU.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:27 (eight years ago) link
i wouldn't mind one myself.forksclovetofu at gmail if ya don't mind
― ulysses, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:29 (eight years ago) link
I would also like to check that out - burningambulance at gmail. Thanks.
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
ditto
tarfumes at gmail
thx!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
whoah thx v much Brad!!!
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
Brad I have the so called "Quintessential Extended 12" Mix Compilation" (good sounding needle drops) can u email me too if you got something better
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
Thanks Brad!
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
that's the one jon
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:33 (eight years ago) link
i had a bunch of scattered vinyl rips before that so imo the "quintessential" comp is saving my life
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
you've got mine, Brad
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
mr. me too
donaldparsley at gmail
thanks!
― mandatory sex webinar (contenderizer), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:34 (eight years ago) link
Thanks so much, Brad!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:39 (eight years ago) link
man...d'angelo ;_;
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 17:52 (eight years ago) link
hey brad ilu
sharon dot penny at gmail
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
sleeve at kittymail dot com please ;)
so I can figure out what I still need to look for on vinyl
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
yo brad, hook a brad up?
brad dot cahoon at gmail
― Brad C., Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link
lol ok y'all
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link
um, i hate to be the dork who says "what about me" but i think you may have missed me on that email hookup given the others calling hosannas.for those working at home it's forksclovetofu at gmail, gnarly spelling likely the culpritand thanks!
― ulysses, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:14 (eight years ago) link
That did it!
― ulysses, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
<3
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:21 (eight years ago) link
thank yooooo
― mandatory sex webinar (contenderizer), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:28 (eight years ago) link
Anxiously awaiting - again, burningambulance at gmail dot com. Thanks!
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:35 (eight years ago) link
can't remember for the life of me if it was this thread or the other where the rainbow children was suggested as his worst album. it is very much not. imo it's really good
― HYPERLINK TO RAP GENIUS (BradNelson), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 18:38 (eight years ago) link
lol
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChEIsTJU0AAi8mp.jpg
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:00 (eight years ago) link
The Revolution is going to do shows.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
the dangelo cover only got me when he said prince's name. other than that, it was nice, respectful, but bruce's PR cover packed more emotion for me. dangelo obv felt emotion *himself*, but i didnt feel it much. plus, every time i see him these days, i wonder whats going on with his hair, and then i wondered why he was wearing that white fur thing as whats good for prince isnt necesarily a good fit for dangelo. im being petty i know (though prince was pretty good at pettiness so im sure he would approve).
the rainbow children was insanely good apart from the song the work, which was another one of his slightly sterile JB tributes.
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:09 (eight years ago) link
lol the Work is the only song on there I liked
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
J0hnjust3n at the gmail
If possible and thx in advance
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:12 (eight years ago) link
Hey Brad, bigpermie at gmail thx pal ;-)
― badg, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:16 (eight years ago) link
i wondered why he was wearing that white fur thing
it'd better be fake fur!
― ejemplo (crüt), Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:17 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKQm3syBAQU
― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
Wow, those are some Hannah's Field level lyrics right there.
― how's life, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
LOL at that meme
― ArchCarrier, Wednesday, 27 April 2016 19:30 (eight years ago) link