A certain ILX thread of yore comes to mind, and I would ask you to ensure such a fate never occurs to that couch.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 December 2016 18:25 (seven years ago) link
heh
― Οὖτις, Friday, 9 December 2016 18:28 (seven years ago) link
I mean, it's obviously a sexy couch, but it should be kept clean. (It's from these guys:http://bretz.com/)
― Three Word Username, Friday, 9 December 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
“When I first started, I tried one time to unify a group splintered by whether I was still ‘funky’ or not. That question still goes on, obviously.”
This made me cry with laughter for about 30 minutes last night.
― jane burkini (suzy), Friday, 9 December 2016 18:43 (seven years ago) link
said in his baby powder-soft voice
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 December 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
"Then I joined ILX and realized the original group was kinda sane in comparison, and..."
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 December 2016 18:49 (seven years ago) link
those without 77 access will not connect of course but:http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=478
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Friday, 9 December 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
i love the stuff about madonna
"I hate the script""Well I hate your shoes"
Battle of the shade queens <3
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 9 December 2016 19:02 (seven years ago) link
that Prince Engineer Susan Rogers talk posted above is great. i'm 50 minutes in and she's talking about how they recorded his drum machine, by sending the drums individually to his BOSS guitar pedals. like putting the handclaps through the flange. amazing stuff.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 9 December 2016 20:52 (seven years ago) link
I used to put my drum machine through a fuzz-box, so yeah.
― Mark G, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
I always wondered if Prince put everything thru flanger pedals & units because they're predominantly painted purple
― flappy bird, Friday, 9 December 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
What amazes me about some of Prince's '80s work is just how much of it has a demo-ish quality to it while still sounding utterly fantastic.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Friday, 9 December 2016 22:59 (seven years ago) link
otm, i'd love to get digitized cassette dubs of the 80s albums, because this song bangs and the second generation dubbed sound of this copy is so warm and beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I1YCYsqSgQ
― flappy bird, Friday, 9 December 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
I liked the part in that Susan Rogers interview where she talked about him starting songs by playing acoustic drums in the studio, just looking at a lyric sheet, no click, no guides, just having the whole arrangement in his head.
I assume she was talking about 'The Cross' since the interviewer had asked about it, but I'm curious what other ones this might apply to (most of the post-Dirty Mind songs I can think of with acoustic drums also have drum machines, which would have to be recorded first).
― sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 9 December 2016 23:13 (seven years ago) link
yeah but it kind of surprised me that he'd use a bank of BOSS pedals and not some specially designed custom box created by a electronics wizard. nope, just a cheap BOSS pedal. it's a small he's just like real people moment.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 9 December 2016 23:30 (seven years ago) link
Listening to 'When You Were Mine' right now and it's just so fucking perfect, yet it has this spur-of-the-moment freshness to it, like Prince just got it down as quickly as he could immediately after writing it. It has all the enthusiasm of a songwriter buzzing off writing a great new song and wanting to capture it, and the end result is just this perfect moment.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Friday, 9 December 2016 23:39 (seven years ago) link
Haven't watched the video yet, but I seem to recall a Susan Rogers interview in which she told the story of the drum kit and the lyrics sheet. In that version he recorded four songs in sequence in one shot, tape rolling.
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 December 2016 03:56 (seven years ago) link
Yeah that's the opening salvo of Parade, "Christopher Tracy's Parade" / "New Position" / "I Wonder U" / "Under the Cherry Moon" all in one take.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Saturday, 10 December 2016 04:32 (seven years ago) link
that's incredible, link to the interview?
― niels, Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:34 (seven years ago) link
I immediately listened to those 4 tracks after reading that last night
― sleeve, Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
Think I may have read in a book.
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 December 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
aight
― niels, Saturday, 10 December 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
Here is one article with that quote: https://movingtheriver.com/2016/03/31/princes-parade-30-years-old-today/
Maybe someone can search the wording to find the original interview or further excerpts.
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 December 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
simply incredible, thanks!
― niels, Saturday, 10 December 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
I'm gonna have to dig out Parade for a listen now. For some reason it's the album of his 1999 to Lovesexy run that I listen to the least.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Saturday, 10 December 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
those four SOUND like they were done in one take to me, which is not a knock.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Saturday, 10 December 2016 18:59 (seven years ago) link
Aw man, 'New Position' is catchy as fuck.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Saturday, 10 December 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
:)
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 December 2016 19:19 (seven years ago) link
those four SOUND like they were done in one take to me, which is not a knock.― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses)
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Saturday, 10 December 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
it still burns me to think that, you know, too many of the wrong molecules on the wrong receptors one night and we fucking lost PRINCE.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Saturday, 10 December 2016 20:51 (seven years ago) link
Even Burt Bacharach got choked up about it
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 December 2016 20:53 (seven years ago) link
Walsh: I said to him, "Come on, man—don't you want to make another Sign o' the Times, another Purple Rain?" I don't know if I framed it exactly like that, but he said, "No, no—Jim, I've been to the mountaintop. There's nothing there."0
came here to post this.
― Herpes Bizarre (stevie), Monday, 12 December 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
Deserves its own thread.
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 December 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
What I wouldn't give to know what he meant.
― Herpes Bizarre (stevie), Monday, 12 December 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
the futility of material success compared to spiritual pursuits
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 12 December 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
then again maybe if he had been on 5 more magazine covers he would have been granted access to Nirvana
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 12 December 2016 17:54 (seven years ago) link
Well, yeah, obviously. But what did he see or feel that confirmed that for him. And I don't think his friend was talking about Purple Rain, etc, in terms of commercial success, but some form of artistic ambition the later records seemed to relinquish, at least from Walsh's perspective.
― Herpes Bizarre (stevie), Monday, 12 December 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
xp
he also could've just said something witty for the sake of it
― clouds, Monday, 12 December 2016 18:07 (seven years ago) link
^all of the above
― I Walk the Ondioline (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 December 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
What's the word on these Parachute Recording Company vinyl releases of Prince concerts? I saw a ton of them in Cheapo in Minneapolis and wondered if they were worth it.
https://www.discogs.com/label/1024637-Parachute-Recording-Company
― Ballistic: ILX vs. Sever (Eric H.), Monday, 12 December 2016 22:09 (seven years ago) link
http://blog.thecurrent.org/2016/12/searching-for-lake-minnetonka-and-a-life-post-prince/
― fact checking cuz, Monday, 12 December 2016 23:49 (seven years ago) link
Saw the 1987 Sign o the Times movie at a special showing at the Library of Congress 64 seat Pickford Theatre in DC a little while back this month. Pretty great. Prince's subtle but effective facial movements and smiles and eyebrows along with the obvious stuff--the songs, the dancing, the guitar & piano and organ playing. Plus Sheila E., Cat, and Boni Boyer
Here's an article about it from back in April.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/04/22/prince_concert_film_sign_o_the_times_is_amazing_and_unavailable.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
what the fuck
― flappy bird, Monday, 23 January 2017 06:40 (seven years ago) link
Huh?
― Tuomas, Monday, 23 January 2017 12:20 (seven years ago) link
i just still can't believe it
but,
Following its announcing of itself as the “exclusive worldwide publishing administrator” of Prince’s catalogue in November, Universal Music Group confirmed today that they have locked down a “multi-year” agreement giving them specific control over 25 albums Prince released on his independent NPG label–beginning with the 1996 triple-disc Emancipation. They will also be able to work with Prince’s estate on projects culled from the Minneapolis legend’s notorious “vault” of unreleased material (no mention of concrete plans for releases yet, however).Prince’s estate had this to say about the deal:“I am thrilled the NPG catalog and Prince’s highly sought after unreleased recordings will reside with UMG, where we have found a partner who is passionate about presenting Prince’s music with a holistic vision that celebrates his iconic status across recorded music, publishing and merchandise and will continue to deliver the highest quality experiences that fans have come to expect. I’m looking forward to seeing Lucian and Michele achieve great things for Prince’s fans, his estate and heirs.”
Prince’s estate had this to say about the deal:
“I am thrilled the NPG catalog and Prince’s highly sought after unreleased recordings will reside with UMG, where we have found a partner who is passionate about presenting Prince’s music with a holistic vision that celebrates his iconic status across recorded music, publishing and merchandise and will continue to deliver the highest quality experiences that fans have come to expect. I’m looking forward to seeing Lucian and Michele achieve great things for Prince’s fans, his estate and heirs.”
http://www.spin.com/2017/02/universal-acquires-rights-to-princes-independent-albums-vault-of-unreleased-music/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1486664124
― flappy bird, Thursday, 9 February 2017 19:03 (seven years ago) link
His stuff is coming back to Spotify on Sunday, apparently
― ridiculous perm ban decision (voodoo chili), Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:51 (seven years ago) link
;_;
― niels, Thursday, 9 February 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
this is the greatest of news, no? i think they're gonna push it hard during the grammys.
― A big shout out goes to the lamb chops, thos lamb chops (ulysses), Thursday, 9 February 2017 21:27 (seven years ago) link
Zing shows the elapsed time since the last post at the top when you open a thread so for me it said "17 days".
― joygoat, Thursday, 9 February 2017 21:49 (seven years ago) link