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From:
Marc Weidenbaum
To:
Ben Knowles
Cc:
intelligent dunce music
Date:
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:29:11 -0800 (PST)
Subject:
Re: [idm] Re: Now it's Prince
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I was just listening to 'Lovesexy' this weekend. Man, the song "Dance On" has this incredible drum track. Marc On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Ben Knowles wrote:
quoted 31 lines i'll chime in here. i used to be a huge prince fan...> i'll chime in here. i used to be a huge prince fan... > > > Most of his albums have some good tracks and a lot of mediocre (or > > worse) tracks, the ones that are a bit more consistent, I'd say, are > > "Black Album" "Dirty Mind" "Sign o' the Times" and "Parade". But > > agree on "dirty mind" (insane oldschool funkiness, and almost completely > self-produced), and "sign o' the times" (just a great album), but STRONGLY > disagree on the "black album" (just not very interesting - i liked > lovesexy better) and "parade" (definitely his worst album ever, although > it happens to contain one of his best songs ever, "kiss"). > > > avoid "Graffitti Bridge" like the plague, that's what... > > unless you mean the movie (which sucked, not surprisingly), i disagree! > much of it is crap, yes, and it's definitely a little dated, but it's got > some great tracks - elephants and flowers, the question of u, joy in > repetition, round and round, release it... good stuff. and some of his > most compositionally interesting, imho. (lots of syncopation, etc.) > > little-known fact: prince has more funk than is legal in the state of > minnesota, which is why he had to change his name. :) > > -nub > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org > >
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