kosmo
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 02:50 PM UTC
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ok fine there were definitely hits on Diamonds and Pearls and Love Symbol in the early 90s
after that there was his "difficult" period with "Come" and "Chaos and Disorder" when he was feuding with Warner Brothers and probably not going for "hits". neither or these records are bad just not intended to be hit laden…
and yes the late 90s he was cranking out "artistic" stuff left and right on NPG records
i think had he released "Welcome To American" as intended in 2010 he would have had a hit or two, "Hot Summers" would probably have graced the charts…
prior to his death his work with 3rdEyeGirl produced albums that had him on the track back to hit making
sweetcell
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 04:43 PM UTC
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2004's Musicology was a commercial success, the tour sold out, and the album, dare i say, contained a number of bangers. the purple one also stuck it to the music biz by one of the ways he distributed it: price included in the cost of a concert ticket. billboard and nielsen had to change their methodology…
kosmo
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 05:39 PM UTC
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So having listened to both "Come" and "Chaos and Disorder" my hot take is that both of these continue in the vein of what he was releasing in the late 80s when it went from The Revolution to the New Power Generation. These albums easily contain solid deep cuts, just nothing that would have probably landed on the radio or released as a single, thus being considered a hit.
Starsky
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 06:02 PM UTC
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Chaos and disorder is an abomination. I should know cause I remember buying it.
grateful
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 06:03 PM UTC
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Starsky wrote:
Chaos and disorder is an abomination. I should know cause I remember buying it.
^^This man has credentials^^
kosmo
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 06:54 PM UTC
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well i'm going to say that at least a couple writers who have re-visited the album recently are basically saying that while lyrically it's not up to Prince's standards there is some outstanding rock guitar playing on the record…
Sidehatch
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 07:08 PM UTC
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PunchHimOutHatch wrote:
kosmo wrote:
I call BS on ill informed Prince opinions…
OK Koz…please curate a 10 song play list of the Greatest hits of prince post 1990
still waiting
sweetcell
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 07:14 PM UTC
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PunchHimOutHatch wrote:
PunchHimOutHatch wrote:
kosmo wrote:
I call BS on ill informed Prince opinions…
OK Koz…please curate a 10 song play list of the Greatest hits of prince post 1990
still waiting
kosmo, don't bother. their minds are made up. there is nothing you could say that would convince these people.
kosmo
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 07:17 PM UTC
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PunchHimOutHatch wrote:
PunchHimOutHatch wrote:
kosmo wrote:
I call BS on ill informed Prince opinions…
OK Koz…please curate a 10 song play list of the Greatest hits of prince post 1990
still waiting
https://open.spotify.com/album/0CEHFvHUQ0ZSv3mugziS76?si=k6R2L1OxSSuAdRy55jMW-w
Starsky
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 07:22 PM UTC
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Diamonds and Pearls and the symbol album have some good not great tracks. Some people try to love Gold experience but that’s where the great songs really disappear. I mean yeah he plays good guitar but so what?
Sidehatch
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 07:23 PM UTC
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sweetcell wrote:
PunchHimOutHatch wrote:
PunchHimOutHatch wrote:
kosmo wrote:
I call BS on ill informed Prince opinions…
OK Koz…please curate a 10 song play list of the Greatest hits of prince post 1990
still waiting
kosmo, don't bother. their minds are made up. there is nothing you could say that would convince these people.
not true man, I'm gonna listen
Mobius
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 07:33 PM UTC
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7 and Cream are great early 90s Prince songs.
The Beautiful Experience EP was strong in 1994. I think the single ‘Most Beautiful Girl in the World’ is little treacly but the remixes are cool . . . and sounded really great over the soundsystem at a Virgin Records in 1994.
vansmack
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 17, 2022 at 09:22 PM UTC
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This is why Q-Anon exists and thrives. It doesn't matter how bad your take is, you'll inevitably find someone else on the internet who agrees with you and double down on your take, no matter how ridiculous it is.
Sidehatch
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 18, 2022 at 01:14 PM UTC
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vansmack wrote:
This is why Q-Anon exists and thrives. It doesn't matter how bad your take is, you'll inevitably find someone else on the internet who agrees with you and double down on your take, no matter how ridiculous it is.
damn sam…not sure who that's directed at…the people who think prince was still a master post 90s or those who think his star faded
kosmo
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 18, 2022 at 01:47 PM UTC
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Prince - Xpectation
An instrumental album that was released as an MP3 download on New Year's Day, 2003 to members of the NPG Music Club and later formally released via streaming.
Not unlike the Madhouse records he did in the 80s, it's a jazz fusion effort with him on keyboards and guitars along others musicians we was working with at the time and a well regarded classical violinist Vanessa-Mae
no hits to found here of course…
kosmo
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 18, 2022 at 02:01 PM UTC
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snickett-Hatch wrote:
vansmack wrote:
This is why Q-Anon exists and thrives. It doesn't matter how bad your take is, you'll inevitably find someone else on the internet who agrees with you and double down on your take, no matter how ridiculous it is.
damn sam…not sure who that's directed at…the people who think prince was still a master post 90s or those who think his star faded
probably directed at me as this is one of articles that revisited Chaos and Disorder and surmised it was all that bad….
https://albumism.com/features/tribute-celebrating-25-years-of-prince-chaos-and-disorder
Sidehatch
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 18, 2022 at 02:02 PM UTC
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kosmo wrote:
no hits to found here of course…
hey, doesn't have to be a hit if it's good
and how many instrumentals are 'hits'
Feel like Axel F was the last one ? (some one prove me wrong)
but if it's not a hit and its not good, that doesn't bode well for it's ranking in top ten albums released by the purple one
kosmo
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 18, 2022 at 02:49 PM UTC
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Isn't Mannheim Steamroller primarily a instrumental group? They routinely chart albums and play for packed arenas…
and one would to think with all these "superstar" EDM DJs floating around they must be all instrumental hits out there.
Sidehatch
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Re: What Are You Listening To?
October 18, 2022 at 03:01 PM UTC
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kosmo wrote:
Isn't Mannheim Steamroller primarily a instrumental group? They routinely chart albums and play for packed arenas…
and one would to think with all these "superstar" EDM DJs floating around they must be all instrumental hits out there.
ok, both true
