Prince RIP

Hadn't known how long WLS even existed, Tarfumes, or if it still did.

― The WLS National Batdance (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, April 30, 2016 8:09 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, WLS-AM is all-talk now, but it was the big midwest top 40 powerhouse from the early '60s through the late '80s. In retrospect, it was kind of an amazing station: "top 40" meant the top 40 from 195? to the present. You could literally hear Buddy Holly, the Temptations, Prince, and Grandmaster Flash inside of an hour.

On the plus side, it championed local heroes (Cheap Trick's "So Good To See You," Off Broadway's "Stay In Time"); on the minus side, it championed local heroes (Styx' Paradise Theater singles every goddamn hour).

the youtube thing is interesting because i assumed that someone employed by either Prince or his publisher or his legal team was employed to take down this stuff or had it automated to some degree, the same way unauthorized youtubes of new releases just get taken down automatically 24/7. i guess this just means that whoever was doing it stopped getting paid to do so the moment he died?

Or he did it himself?

I should probably take this to Prince.org, but the way he died has got me really bummed. Wasn't there anyone close to him who knew what was going on? To think of him alone in that elevator, it's just too sad

yep it's a good thing I don't have too much to do this weekend because I've already got about nine hours worth of VHS rips of Prince live gigs from 1981-1987 in different tabs

watching 30 seconds of each to figure out where to start is futile, different synth & bass riffs added to the outros of nearly any tune I check out

Lol.

Meaning I did something similar, just not quite so many tabs.

Was this posted already?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6dnzC-5iLg

Is that the Brit Awards from 2006? If so, I don't remember posting or seeing it posted, but know I've watched it a couple of times.

I'm sure I've said this before, but I was listening to 'Let's Pretend We're Married' earlier, and that track strikes me as very Gary Numan in its melody and the use of the Simmons Claptrap, which Numan was using a lot at that time, particularly on I, Assassin.

Claptrap or ... Synare?

I'm 100% sure it's a Simmons Claptrap... it's a pretty distinctive sound!

Wendy, Lisa, Mark, Fink and Bobby just posted a group video saying they're gonna do a tour as the revolution

love all these people but how are they gonna deal with the gigantic hole in the middle of those songs...? maybe they can get D'Angelo onboard.

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, April 26, 2016 9:36 PM (5 days ago)

Have you seen this 2012 reunion video yet? Works pretty well. The five mentioned plus Dez and Eric Leeds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmPzMG9UTmE

yeah i think i'd rather just see the band cover the vocals than throw a star in there as a ringer for a Velvet Revolver vibe

Here's the rest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQUHO0DBmk

lol at Velvet Revolver

Sound is messed up on the second part of that.

Oh wait, during the benefit presentation there must be some sort of cheap mic setting, but when the music starts you can hear a click and then it sounds better again.

Duh, guess video and audio are different sources.

God, is 'I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man' just the most perfect song, and superbly sung too. A lot of people have commented on his obviously excellent guitar playing, and his arranging skills, and I think Alfred mentioned his keyboard work, but nobody ever talks about his voice.

There's little I like more than Prince's self-harmonizing. He just knew innately where and how vocals should go. And had the chops to get there, too. D'Angelo seems to have the gist as well, but when he does it I still have trouble hearing anything but someone trying to do Prince (and I love D'Angelo). It's like singing well in and of itself is shorthand for imitating Prince.

I remember when Mark Sandman died, and Morphine toured the final album handling the vocals mostly in-house, with a couple of extra folks, and it sounded great.

watching all these clips on youtube i'm realizing now that my fav thing prince does, is his little 'woo' he hollers out in some songs when he gets real excited before shit really pops off.

ugh i remember reading this in march and i'm so sad we'll never get to read it...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/19/arts/music/prince-announces-coming-memoir-at-performance.html

Wendy or Lisa retweeted somebody saying "Y'all should get D'angelo".

After watching that whole reunion show, changed my mind and think that maybe they do need a ringer like that.

Also, if only all these nu youtube postings had an expiration date posted so we would know in which order to watch them

The City Lights series of soundboard recordings from the various tours is amazing--I had never really heard Dirty Mind shows and they are absolutely sick! Lots of guitar workouts...

God, is 'I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man' just the most perfect song

yesssssssssssss

also, is that thing abt Sometimes... being recorded 21st april 1985 verified? it's blowing my mind

also, that While My Guitar solo... it's not Prince's most important statement as an artist, but it is undoubtedly a cosmic event - and in a few minutes it shows a lot of the incredible talents and idiosyncrasies that made Prince unique... and it sounds soooo good

I think I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man has my favorite Prince guitar solo, Purple Rain second. Does it kind of seem like there might be a longer version of ICNTTPOYM somewhere? Remember being slightly underwhelmed by the SOTT-dvd live version but probably just bcz studio version is perfection.

is that thing abt Sometimes... being recorded 21st april 1985 verified? it's blowing my mind

according to princevault.com, which lists the recording dates/studio session notes for every track, yes

you know what album is a kinda underrated, "lost" outlier in his catalog is "The Truth". I don't think I'd ever listened closely to the entire thing and while it has some clunkers it's charmingly low-key, doesn't feel like his other stuff from the same period really.

yeah I really like it. kinda like a "what if prince did mtv unplugged" exercise

still haven't heard "Dionne."

after this past week's revelations I can't keep waiting for the ICNTTPOYM solo to segue into Don't Stop Believing... but that doesn't make it any less great

I love that he asked Journey permission...Prince is the best

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Two words for the DEA investigating where prince got his drugs over the decades.... Arsenio Hall (AKA Prince's and Eddie Murphy's bitch) Anyone imagining prince was not a long time hard drug user is living in cloud cuckoo land. Arsenio I've reported you to the Carver County Sherrif's office. Expect their call. They are aware you spiked me years ago at Eddie murphy's house. You best get tidying your man cave.

damn

She's a bit cuckoo, no?

kinda curious about what arsenio's man cave looks like...

haha just came to post that

it's a bad look

uh oh

i'd also like to know why sinead was hanging out at arsenio's house. but it's probably party central over there. both arsenio and eddie murphy are gay. that much i do know.

Holy shit.

this is an image I got when I googled "gay man cave":

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/17997920/aview/nude-man-at-sea-side-caveWE.jpg

Gay. Man. Cave.

very platonic

calling Arsenio somebody's b____ is one of the least revelatory zings i've ever encountered. he carries the rare suckuppitude gene.

he's so unfunny. one of the least funny people who is supposed to be funny.