https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jondJ6aj8ao
― StillAdvance, Thursday, 9 June 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
Odd that Cindy Crawford didn't do "Cindy C", he wrote her a song for crissakes! Honor that!
I watched Graffiti Bridge last night, hooboy that does NOT hold up. Tho the music does of course.
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
Wanna see Nelson George sing "Bob George."
― Half Man Half Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:14 (seven years ago) link
or better yet:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHk9T2rD4Mshttp://www.startribune.com/c-j-prince-was-indelibly-interesting/376786671/http://prince.org/msg/7/396254
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:17 (seven years ago) link
http://www.winmau.com/userdata/PRODPIC-1418.jpg
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:18 (seven years ago) link
... Americans won't know who he is :((((
― Larry 'Leg' Smith (Tom D.), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
xp incidentally, before i searched for that piece, I didn't know CJ liked the song. Unflattering or not, it's a killer jam; I woulda been hyped about it too.
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Thursday, 9 June 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
Haha I am going to a friends to watch graffiti bridge tonight, as it happens
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 9 June 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
it actually has some creepy prince moments, which i was not aware was possible but there's a sequence when prince takes the unconscious aura and sorta tries to peek at her breastsalso prince's chest hair is shaved into a heart with words in the middle that say "beat me" it's a weird fucking movie
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
i mean the crux of the story is that morris day is the tough guy pimp. he is not very frightening.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIvPmwse0Iwall the songs are truncated. you are likely better off listening to the album.
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:05 (seven years ago) link
or maybe just watch his deathless ode to premature ejaculation, "tick tick bang" which is more or less the high pointhttp://videos.sapo.pt/kzov52IzQ8LeezGKV428
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
I assume she maybe doesn't dig being portrayed as a whore...?
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
my favorite part of Graffiti Bridge is the soundstage the bridge is on
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
she seems pretty cool with it herehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3629776/Cindy-Crawford-talks-dancing-Prince-inspiration-racy-song-stars-remember-late-singer.html
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
i have the Cherry Moon dvd waiting at liberry
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 June 2016 20:29 (seven years ago) link
I found the *trailer* for UtCM hard to get through.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Thursday, 9 June 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
Lol.
― Half Man Half Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 June 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
The "Mountains" video is fun though.
― Half Man Half Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 June 2016 00:28 (seven years ago) link
it's weird to think how differently things would've been if Prince DID have success in film after Purple Rain. like would he have just become Elvis, doing an endless series of goofy musicals? would he have transitioned into dramatic roles and, like, played the Jeff Goldblum part in Jurassic Park or something?
― Dierks Bentley's Holistic Detective Agency (some dude), Friday, 10 June 2016 00:36 (seven years ago) link
Would like to contemplate this, but can't stop thinking about Leiber & Stoller getting frozen out as songwriters for Elvis by Colonel Tom and the Aberbachs after recommending to the King that he stretch his acting chops by accepting the lead in a film of Nelson Algren's A Walk on the Wild Side.
― Half Man Half Disco Mystic (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 June 2016 01:02 (seven years ago) link
Graffiti Bridge.
It is terrible, but in an interesting pre-verbal way. There's a lot of delightful clothes to look at. Prince's hair is really awful though, one of his few dud looks. I love the stagey compressed sets for Seven Corners and the Bridge. I have no idea what happened in several scenes of this movie.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Friday, 10 June 2016 03:43 (seven years ago) link
GB is one of those films where, rather than stamp out bootlegs, prince should have dedicated his crack team of 'sharp female lawyers' to destroying all available copies and prints. all that should remain of that film is the soundtrack, and the poster, which i quite like.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 10 June 2016 09:30 (seven years ago) link
the original early 80s rockabilly version of tick tick bang is better than the GB version for anyone who likes that one.
No it's not, I've heard both and I prefer the GB version.
― Tuomas, Friday, 10 June 2016 11:00 (seven years ago) link
glad thats settled then.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 10 June 2016 11:28 (seven years ago) link
I love the Under the Cherry Moon and have never cared who know it. This is a great defense of it: http://notcoming.com/reviews/underthecherrymoon/
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Friday, 10 June 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
Prince's hair is really awful though, one of his few dud looks.
lol this is so true and was much remarked upon at our last rewatch. That terrible stubble goatee
― Οὖτις, Friday, 10 June 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
i like UTCM too
that notcoming website has a really good layout.
― StillAdvance, Friday, 10 June 2016 15:39 (seven years ago) link
tried watching cherry moon last night. i will try again a half dozen more times, I'm sure.i like prince's graffiti bridge hair!
― De La Soul is no Major Lazer (ulysses), Friday, 10 June 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
Bad hair. Good clothes though. I love this line in the Not Coming piece: "The film had the dubious honor of winning five Razzie awards, even tying with Howard the Duck for Worst Picture. But does Howard the Duck feature Prince, in a bathtub filled with rose petals, playing with a toy boat while wearing a hat? No."
So many highly enjoyable details in that movie. Great bit of backwards film in the "Girls and Boys" performance for instance.
― stop torturing me ethel (broom air), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:00 (seven years ago) link
aw I love prince's graffiti bridge hair. so lush. the facial hair is regrettable yes
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:03 (seven years ago) link
i watched it for the first time yesterday and I think the biggest sin against it is that it's kinda boring, which I can't say about under the cherry moon or purple rain
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:04 (seven years ago) link
a middle ground between purple rain (same plot essentially just with religious overtones) and sign o the times (exclusively filmed on soundstages plus great performances) should theoretically kinda rule but it just kinda dully meanders
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:06 (seven years ago) link
So, Sign o the Times isn't a legit concert film? (I haven't seen)
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
it's like 90% performances
― Οὖτις, Friday, 10 June 2016 16:25 (seven years ago) link
iirc there's a couple backstage scene things? It's been over 15+ years since I've seen it (RIP VHS copy)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 10 June 2016 16:26 (seven years ago) link
yeah there are a few stage interstitials that aren't... good or anything, but are fun, and i love the sets they built for it
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:32 (seven years ago) link
"it's like 90% performances"
shot iirc on the actual SOTT tour, then dubbed with audio re-recorded semi/quasi-live at paisley park. classic prince move. but brilliantly done. who can tell?
― StillAdvance, Friday, 10 June 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
or was it all shot at PP, then dubbed later? not sure.
yeah I don't remember
― Οὖτις, Friday, 10 June 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
there's a video wherein Dick Gregory theorizes that Prince was killed, but i have not watched so i will not link.
― we can be heroes just for about 3.6 seconds (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
According to Eric Leeds in the Per Nilsen book ("DanceMusicSexRomance") around 80% was reshot at Paisley Park because the actual concert footage shot for the film in Europe turned out too grainy. Pretty amazing.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:43 (seven years ago) link
xpost He crazy.
DG is deeply conspiratorial and quite inconsistent
'they wanted him dead cos he owned his masters...' 'wait...''who said he really owned his masters when he died?'
etc
― StillAdvance, Friday, 10 June 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
In terms of his look and his moves and even his affect sort of, I feel like p in graffiti bridge is the closest he ever got to MJ-ness. It's weird and doesn't work for me.
Morris is pretty flat in graffiti bridge, but I did lol mightily at:
"WHAT is your main problem?!"
and
"I miss those back rubs..."
The bit where Morris and Jerome are grossed out by having accidentally made out is car crash fascinating -- directorial Prince drags that pause out so fucking long it's insane
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Friday, 10 June 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
i liked the bit where jerome lays the woman's coat on the ground so morris doesnt have to walk in a puddle lol
― StillAdvance, Friday, 10 June 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
Oh that was good. That was early in the film and got my hopes up that Morris and Jerome would bring it.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Friday, 10 June 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
this is very true. if Prince was ever gonna give a song to MJ, I can see "Thieves In The Temple" being it.
― Dierks Bentley's Holistic Detective Agency (some dude), Friday, 10 June 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
all the new jack swing moves in this are a bit sad/disappointing
― Οὖτις, Friday, 10 June 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
i posted a link to this russian site that had SOTT movie upthread, great concert
― rockpalast '82 (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 10 June 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link