-
Originally Posted by zdub
-
06-08-2021 10:52 PM
-
I think you sell him short. He wasn’t a songwriter on par with Stevie or Paul in my book, or a lyricist like Bob, but he almost singlehandedly reenergized funk and soul music after it had virtually died during the disco era. He fused RNB and dance music and hard rock in a way few people had and had a lasting impact.
Hendrix didn’t play dance music or funk, really. He wasn’t groove oriented—he came from the blues.
And Sly was groove-oriented but wasn’t a great songwriter or hard rocker and of course flamed out before he could move in a more creative direction.
And lacked humility...if that’s a criterion for musical greatness, we’ll have to let Buddy Rich and Frank Sinatra and Miles Davis and Frank Zappa and James Brown and Diana Ross and Joni Mitchell and so many others know.
Anyway, I get if he’s not your cup of tea. He wasn’t really mine in the early 80’s TBH—I’ve never seen him live—but at this point I think I can put him in perspective and see him as a huge figure in music of his time.
-
Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
-
Originally Posted by Donplaysguitar
-
Originally Posted by Stevebol
-
Originally Posted by docsteve
-
Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
I am a big fan of Stevie Wonder and the Beatles. I don't care too much about Dylan. Saying Prince wasn't a songwriter like Wonder or McCartney doesn't make sense to me. Why are songs like yesterday, eleonor rigby, superstition or happier than the morning sun better than Ballad of Dorothy, Sign o the times or play in the sunshine?
-
Originally Posted by docsteve
-
Originally Posted by Stevebol
On a scale of 5 stars . . . can I give it six??? The death of live music in clubs is directly related to the end of "dancing" to bands. Whether they be the big bands of the 20's-early 50's, Rock and Roll, Soul/Funk/R@B/Country Western. Music is a spiritual release for people and dancing connects them to their primal roots. I can name some of the aforementioned "guitarists" that I personally detest and it would serve no purpose. However, most of the "Rockers" play dance music and that's why it's still so popular and people pay hundreds/thousands to hear them play in mega-stadiums. This is also the case with C@W. Anyone who can't get into "Shotgun"--a Junior Walker standard ought to take up needlepoint for a pastime.
Play live . . . Marinero
Here's Junior . . . one of my first sax idols at 13.
God, I love those 50's/60's girls! Take me home . . .
-
Originally Posted by Marcel_A
But Prince? He was much more niche. His entire persona and messaging were "alt" lifestyle. "Pop" may have been the general musical category, but the appeal was very narrow.
Per the above and against my better judgement, I read the lyrics to the recommended song "If I was your girlfriend". Oh brother. Besides being creepy, disgusting, effeminate, and sleazy, who is that supposed to appeal to?
Niche, to say the least.
-
Nice of you to respond but I was responding to some one else.
oh and if appealing is an argument, most jazz sucks.
Second oh: if that lyrics bothered you I can give you a list of songs you really should avoid.
sister being one of em.Last edited by Marcel_A; 06-09-2021 at 09:10 AM.
-
Prince covering Hendrix:
And the Stones (opened for the Stones late 70’s):
-
Originally Posted by Marcel_A
The Prince lyrics don't bother me, and he didn't bother me. He wasn't on my radar screen at all because whatever he was selling, whatever he was communicating, whatever his "ethic" was, whatever his so-called message was, he wasn't speaking to me. Like most, I'm too normal. He was very abnormal. His self-destruction and the self-destruction of others in his orbit, would be Exhibit A.
The masses aren't compelled to embrace dysfunction.Last edited by Donplaysguitar; 06-09-2021 at 01:33 PM.
-
Your point being?
-
EZ Rider and Stone Free as well as some of the Band of Gypsies tracks were quite funky. Remember it's called Rhythm and Blues for a reason.
My main point isn't to say Prince wasn't talented at many things. But that it lacked humility or a natural feel compared to Jimi Hendrix, Cornell Dupree and others.
But he sold it visually and he sold a lot of it for many decades to the majority of the public as well as many famous musical stars.
-
Originally Posted by Marinero
California, it's a whole other country!!
That's going to become painfully obvious in the near future. Just watch.
Funk bands started in CA in the mid- 60's. They came to an end there 20 years later.
I love the Bee Gees. That doesn't mean I like discos. I never liked them.
We all have our glory days. I don't listen to 80's music. I listen to 60's and 70's music these days.
-
The world would be a better place if people listened to normal f@cking music;
-
Originally Posted by Marcel_A
My point being that he's overrated.
Cheers.
-
nothing wrong with a bit of theatre.........
-
Originally Posted by docsteve
They did make him famous. It seems fitting.
-
True dat, I never played the Yakuza Chitlin‘ Circuit. Sorry about that.
Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk
-
Originally Posted by docsteve
'Yakuza Chitllin Circuit'.
-
Originally Posted by docsteve
-
-
I was doing the same music as Prince full time in the mid-80's. To make money I would have to freelance and do other kinds of music too.
Famous people are notoriously cheap. I have nothing against Prince but I wasn't going to make a million dollars in 10 years working for him.
He was in Japan the same time as us. We didn't talk about it but we thought he might stop by the club. He didn't.
Prince was a bad MFer. Meeting him would have been a memorable experience.
Yeah, I met Prince on the Yakuza Chitlin' Circuit.
It would have made a good story.
RIP Nick Gravenites
Today, 05:48 PM in The Players