PRINCE

[Chip Z'Hoy]

Prince

[dmbrocker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsMuKSpQfIY

[LAglamrocker]

He is good just not the icon everybody thinks he is
Pet Shop Boys way better

[Hellsinkey]

I'm glad I got to see him live (The Time too).

[Grendel]

He is good just not the icon everybody thinks he is
Pet Shop Boys way better

Don't you get tired of being stupid?

[pieceofme]

I'm glad I got to see him live (The Time too).

Saw him live 3 times. Great shows. Glad I saw him before he died. Unlike that selfish Bastard Michael Jackson who died just a few months before his tour I had tickets for.

[Whatever Happened To…]

Handful of good songs. Lot of garbage.

[BernieTaupson]

My first exposure to him was that godawful Batdance music video and that soured me on anything he ever did after that.

[SexxAtraxxion]

Prince is probably the most talented and influential musician of our time, only Stevie Wonder can be discussed in the same level.
He had the whole package—he excelled as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and performer. His body of work is highly praised by artists across the music spectrum.

[SW]

Prince is probably the most talented and influential musician of our time, only Stevie Wonder can be discussed in the same level.
He had the whole package—he excelled as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and performer. His body of work is highly praised by artists across the music spectrum.

Our time?

Your were still on all fours on your ghetto bed wanking to Bon Jovi videos and eating Betty Cockers when Prince was already worm food.

[Mojo]

An artist I straight up don't get and never will. I don't hear this supposed genius anywhere. And invariably, someone trots out that absolute garish wankfest where he ruined that song at whatever awards show he was at with Tom Petty as evidence of his being the greatest guitar player ever. I just straight-up don't hear it. I wish I did, honestly.

[LAglamrocker]

Prince doesn’t have guitar talent to be on Bulletboys first 2 cds. Prince is cool dude mostly from his image. Dude from INXS way better than Prince

Prince and Boy George definitely fashion icons

[FreddyFender]

Shame the 9 hour Netflix documentary will never see the light of day.

[SexxAtraxxion]

Computer Blue ("Hallway Speech" Version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_nviNS0IAw

greatness.

[DonJuanDeMarco]

Handful of good songs. Lot of garbage.

Way more than a handful! But yeah, lots of filler too. He must've released like 1,000 songs! There are bound to be a few duds in there!

The word "genius" is used a lot. I think it's because he played all the instruments on his albums or at least most of them. He wrote tons of catchy songs, good looking, great performer, dancer, guitar player, singer, you name it... Like Hendrix meets James Brown and more. So yeah, I guess that qualifies as genius. His 2 cd HITS collection confirms that. Purple Rain is a masterpiece. I loved the Gold Experience record too. RIP!

[jens]

I don't hear this supposed genius anywhere.

The variety in the styles should say enough, no two sounds on a best-off like this one sound the same:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hits/The_B-Sides

Secondly: he could back it all up live, music/vocals (never missed a note in 40 years of live gigs)/dancing/... Even disliking the music it's impossible to deny the performing talent.

[cowpins]

David Allen Grier tells a great Prince story. "I told you mother fuckers...".

https://youtu.be/5kDMJvKtGRQ?si=HQrkvyeG8d8SVE4s

[TooOldToCare]

I always put Prince in the savant or prodigy category. Skilled in many things, but not a genius. I tried to listen to his later catalog, and barely anything is catchy. I never saw him in concert, but I always imagined it being HIS wankfest - and I'd get bored trying to figure out which hit song he was recomposing on the fly.

[Fletch]

I tried to be an absolute Prince completist for a while and my first bother ever was a cassette tape of the then unreleased Black album. But by the mid 90’s - esp with the product he was releasing without his name - he completely lost me and I never went back.

His output from 1979 to 1985 was fantastic. I wasn’t high on parade or even Sign O The Times like a lot of others. Around Lovesexy I quit being a super fan.

Highly recommend the book Possessed.

[Bono Nettencourt]

An artist I straight up don't get and never will. I don't hear this supposed genius anywhere. And invariably, someone trots out that absolute garish wankfest where he ruined that song at whatever awards show he was at with Tom Petty as evidence of his being the greatest guitar player ever. I just straight-up don't hear it. I wish I did, honestly.

He was of his time - half his songs were a one-finger Casio keyboard lick over a Linn drum machine. Only good album after Purple Rain is Sign O' The Times. The rest are 1-2 good songs and a bunch of filler, and, after he started putting out his own records in the late 90s, it was all filler.

P.S. - The Time were a much better band than the Revolution.

[Indy_Rob]

He is good just not the icon everybody thinks he is
Pet Shop Boys way better

Don't you get tired of being stupid?

[Indy_Rob]

An artist I straight up don't get and never will. I don't hear this supposed genius anywhere. And invariably, someone trots out that absolute garish wankfest where he ruined that song at whatever awards show he was at with Tom Petty as evidence of his being the greatest guitar player ever. I just straight-up don't hear it. I wish I did, honestly.

I knew you were gonna say this.

[EuroJR]

Purple Rain, When Doves Cry... what else is there?
I remember seeing Prince always in Billboard list's of "Black" music (I wonder when they quit using those music categories)

What is the "multi talent" of Prince, would somebody please explain. How come he was better than, for example, Jermaine Stewart?

[dmbrocker]

Purple Rain, When Doves Cry... what else is there?

"Little Red Corvette"? "1999"? "Raspberry Beret"? He was more than just Purple Rain.

[EuroJR]

Purple Rain, When Doves Cry... what else is there?

"Little Red Corvette"? "1999"? "Raspberry Beret"? He was more than just Purple Rain.

"Get Lucky"" "Sit And Wait", "We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off"... Jermaine Stewart knew how to get catchy tunes while Prince was doing shit like "Sign Of The Times", not to mention the grazy stuff from artist-formely-known-as-Prince or what the fuck was that.

Jermaine Stewart > Prince

[Bono Nettencourt]

Well, Jermaine was certainly gayer.

[TooOldToCare]

Remember when "they" said Terrance Trent D'Arby was the next Prince? I still don't know wtf he is saying in his 1 hit unless I Google the lyrics.

[jens]

Prince was doing shit like "Sign Of The Times"

Fantastic track! Some great guitarnoise on this live version at the MTV Awards:
https://youtu.be/98dX8CTJw20?feature=shared

[Mojo]

An artist I straight up don't get and never will. I don't hear this supposed genius anywhere. And invariably, someone trots out that absolute garish wankfest where he ruined that song at whatever awards show he was at with Tom Petty as evidence of his being the greatest guitar player ever. I just straight-up don't hear it. I wish I did, honestly.

I knew you were gonna say this.

Hey, recycled conversations, recycled responses. That's Sludge!

[Indy_Rob]

An artist I straight up don't get and never will. I don't hear this supposed genius anywhere. And invariably, someone trots out that absolute garish wankfest where he ruined that song at whatever awards show he was at with Tom Petty as evidence of his being the greatest guitar player ever. I just straight-up don't hear it. I wish I did, honestly.

I knew you were gonna say this.

Hey, recycled conversations, recycled responses. That's Sludge!

That's fair. I've been known to repeat myself in recycled topics.