More here, though cant say I'm super excited about this 2010 album. I think they're just trying to market it to reposition prince as more of a thinker than most people see him as being.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN0Lw8NebDI
― candyman, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 09:22 (three years ago) link
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/prince-welcome-2-america-60-minutes-2021-04-11/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 15:51 (three years ago) link
i get that presenting prince as an "artist of this moment" is smart from a marketing perspective but his political acumen was generally not his strongest suit for the long game. "Welcome to America" sounds like a Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy b-side and not in a good way. "Distracted by the features of the iPhone/In other words taken by a pretty face (somebody's watching u)/hook up later at the iPad" and a handful of Bush senior quotes don't bode well for the lyrical freshness here.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
I mean, dude was a Jehovah's Witness, anti gay marriage and believed in chemtrails I don't think the estate is going to benefit from digging too deep into his beliefs
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
princes politics as heard in his music changed quite a lot in the last few decades. i personally prefer what he used to do which was just donate to causes he believed in, rather than try to put it in a song and get to sermonising. but if you wanted to hear how prince's views changed over the years, including conspiracy theorising and so on, you could check out these:
Act of GodAvalancheBaltimoreBlack MuseColonized MindDays of WildDear Mr. ManDreamerFamily NameGolden ParachuteJudas SmileSilicon ("Leave that blood alone/Don't you know that dead blood kills interferons/Making the immune system victim to whereupon/Any known virus can boot up and log on/WWW dot you dot com"2045 Radical ManThe WordThe WarUnited States Of DivisionWhen Will We Be Paid?We March
― candyman, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:16 (three years ago) link
could just be me, but didnt totally believe the enthusiasm of morris hayes as he played that reporter the new music in that 60 mins clip. more than anyone, i think many of his collaborators knew what was good and what wasnt.
― candyman, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
Ronnie Talk To Russia
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
thats earlier though, when he was more leaning towards the conservative, republican-ish side in his political songs. america is another song like that. free too.
― candyman, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
xpost Forced enthusiasm. The blank look on that reporter’s face as he listened was hilarious. And, yeah, those snippets sounded pretty ho-hum.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
NYT on the single. clearly hearing something im not.
Prince, ‘Welcome 2 America’Prince recorded an album called “Welcome 2 America” in 2010, but shelved it before his death in 2016; his estate will release it in July. Maybe Prince decided the album was too bleak. Its title song is ominous, funky, seemingly improvisational and deeply cynical about an era of misinformation, exploitation and distraction. A pithy, stop-start bass line leaves space for dissonant little solos, while Prince’s vocals are deadpan spoken words: “Truth is a new minority.” He’s answered by women singing precise, jazzy harmonies and layering on more messages: “Land of the free, home of the brave,” they sing with a swinging lilt. “Oops, I mean, land of the free, home of the slave.” JON PARELES#
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/arts/music/playlist-prince-doja-cat-twenty-one-pilots.html
― candyman, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
it's funny that there will be people who get excited by an "unreleased" prince record when there's like 20 most people have never heard on streaming right now
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
OTM.
That late-career playlist posted upthread ("Wasted Kisses") made me realize how many Prince albums I've not only never heard, but actually never heard of. "MPLSoUND"? "One Night Alone"???
(the selections from the 2 HITNRUN albums are amazing, btw. thanks for sharing that list!)
― enochroot, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
I bet I could fairly easily put together an unranked top 400 tracklist from prince without having to resort to side projects
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link
And most fans could!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
Tbh, at this point I might be more excited about an album where Prince didn't get to choose the tracks.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 22:44 (three years ago) link
Dylan has the best archival series in large part because he doesn't give a fuck and let's them do it
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 22:53 (three years ago) link
I get that a recent album might have more impact and help to look at prince beyond the 80s, but I doubt this one will show he was making brilliant, overlooked music in the 2010s. and now that hes gone, its ALL in the past, so why would you opt for what is likely to be just another okay ish modern prince album? Surely we had enough of those from 2004 to 2015?
― candyman, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
(Of all the artists who deserve an ILM ballot poll redux.)
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
Also his quality control, or awareness of what was good about his music seemed to go really askew in the later years, so you just know this will have maybe 2 to 3 rough gems and the rest borderline duds.
― candyman, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
even Chaos and Disorder had "Dig U Better Dead"
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 15 April 2021 02:31 (three years ago) link
https://wetransfer.com/downloads/a9101e9b631a11a3d73cec0d5dec8e5420210418084148/358b79
Npr/radio 4 Ann powers doc on prince.Asks what prince might have made if he was alive during last years BLM protests which makes me wonder if maybe he would have gotten better at the recent social commentaries in his songs as he was looking outward more. Or maybe songs like Baltimore or act of God are better than I remember.
― candyman, Sunday, 18 April 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
or... you could listen for free here? i’m assuming this is what you’re talking about?https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v75j
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 18 April 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
i put the DL link for ppl who might not be able to access BBC sounds due to not being in the uk.
― candyman, Sunday, 18 April 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
Sounds is available everywhere now apart from Russia, China, North Korea and Vietnamhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/listening-outside-the-uk/international
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 18 April 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
"political prince? in MY era? it's more likely than you think" is a simple narrative that serves the new album so i'm not surprised there's a lot of these kinda pieces
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 19 April 2021 00:20 (three years ago) link
I didnt actually know Prince didnt believe in voting or that it was against his faith.
― candyman, Monday, 19 April 2021 06:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-04-21/every-prince-single-ranked
Anniversary of his death today. Lot of content around it seems.
― candyman, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
already furious at this list
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
Recently had the big idea that parade would be better if it ended after do u lie. Not cos the last three songs are bad but just that they dont seem to fit. #blamespotify
Either way,wendy and lisa posted this on Facebook from a big new prince book due soon, about the making of sometimes it snows in April
https://www.facebook.com/musicbywendyandlisa/posts/312206346929831
― candyman, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
Really surprised to find out SISIA dates back to his pre-warners years.
― candyman, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
things i don't care about #1: a ranked list of prince's singles from someone I've never met or heard of
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
https://audioboom.com/posts/7848858-barney-hoskyns-on-prince
Idk if you will hate this then but I enjoyed it, even if BH is an old rockist crit guy through and through
― candyman, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
OK I saw "I Wish U Heaven" in the bottom 15 of the LA Times list, and that's a hard pass.
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 22 April 2021 01:51 (three years ago) link
i learned from sheila e's twitter that prince didn't like people to watch him eat and also made undercooked eggs :D
U so dislike eating in front of people. But u could throw down when u wanted too. U always cooked eggs for me and I made the pancakes. The eggs weren’t always done 😳 that’s why I made the pancakes to cover up the eggs. 🥰 💜 #prince #eggs #memories pic.twitter.com/S6jJZsZCDH— SheilaEdrummer (@SheilaEdrummer) April 21, 2021
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 April 2021 13:09 (three years ago) link
#prince #eggs #memories the best series of hashtags ever?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 22 April 2021 13:10 (three years ago) link
Sometimes It Snows At Easter
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 22 April 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=febeHW4EO4o
'70s soul pastiche is not at all what I expected. I don't know how to feel about him having a band & production that actually sounds, idk, tasteful?
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 3 June 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
prince was always tasteful gtfo
(but yeah, this is great)
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Thursday, 3 June 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
it's a good track, dunno how it will hold up to repeat play
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 4 June 2021 05:29 (two years ago) link
am I crazy or does this sound like P influenced by D'Angelo rather than the other way around?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 4 June 2021 05:49 (two years ago) link
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Thursday, June 3, 2021 4:19 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Wat?
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 4 June 2021 09:39 (two years ago) link
the “Prince was always tasteful” statement
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 4 June 2021 09:40 (two years ago) link
hi jay, i was being a silly guy. hope you're having a nice day, friend.☺
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Friday, 4 June 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
My first thought when I listened to this was “everyone who hears this is going to end up pregnant”
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Friday, 4 June 2021 14:53 (two years ago) link
well whoops: i listened to it twice yesterday.
O_O
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Friday, 4 June 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
CONGRADULATIONS ;) :) ;) ;)
― Feta Van Cheese (Neanderthal), Friday, 4 June 2021 15:39 (two years ago) link
hai guys
I'm pregnant
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 June 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
congrats Alfred!!! :)
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 June 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
this is good! I see the D'Angelo thing, but my first thought was Curtis Mayfield, the strings and percussion etc
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 June 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
Indeed.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 4 June 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link