bubinga5 Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 Do you have a favourite.? Of course hes not for every one musically. But im sure most respect him as a musician. Personally I consider him to be the greatest most accomplished musician of our times. .His piano playing is just fabulous as ive seen him playing the piano live in London. His vocal range was just incredible. His guitar playing was very vocal in his approach. And the cat could play the bass very well.. I have a 3 disc album which contains all of the B sides of his records and its pretty mind blowing that they weren't hits. These records are both B sides. Just fantastic records. imo of course.. The great thing about Prince was his shyness and his humility. The guy could play 20 plus instruments but he never ever mentioned it. I really respected him for his down to earth approach to humanity and music. But underneath he was a near genius. 5 Quote
bubinga5 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Posted July 28, 2023 This was a B side at the time. But was a massive record. 1 Quote
Dad3353 Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 I hope that this isn't thought to be a de-rail; more, to me, a putting into perspective. I watched the first of a series on BBC TV, recounting the life of Beethoven... BBC: Being Beethoven ... I'm not one for proclaiming any G.O.A.T., in any domain; comparaisons are rather vain, with different epochs, styles, 'standing on the shoulder of' et al, but there have been, are currently, and will be in the future, many many Greats. Not, then, to belittle Prince, but the Pantheon is full of 'em, for our edification and delight. 3 Quote
bubinga5 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Posted July 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: I hope that this isn't thought to be a de-rail; more, to me, a putting into perspective. I watched the first of a series on BBC TV, recounting the life of Beethoven... BBC: Being Beethoven ... I'm not one for proclaiming any G.O.A.T., in any domain; comparaisons are rather vain, with different epochs, styles, 'standing on the shoulder of' et al, but there have been, are currently, and will be in the future, many many Greats. Not, then, to belittle Prince, but the Pantheon is full of 'em, for our edification and delight. Did you see the bit when I mentioned "hes the most accomplished of our time" ..? now im not sure how old you are matey but you aint as old as Beethoven. Who I consider, as well as Bach two of the greatest musicians of all time. BTW Just stick with with the subject pal. xx 5 Quote
Old Man Riva Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 (edited) … the B-side of Mountains is an instrumental called Alexa de Paris. His guitar playing is very Zappa-esque, to my ears. Great track. (but way too many fantastic tracks to have a favourite…) Edited July 28, 2023 by Old Man Riva 3 Quote
bubinga5 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Posted July 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: OK, lesson learned. very eloquently put by the way. Quote
bubinga5 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Posted July 28, 2023 4 minutes ago, Frank Blank said: My current favourite... Good Lord. Quote
bubinga5 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Posted July 28, 2023 I wouldn't have made a thread if there wasn't a monster of material that this cat has recorded. Quote
bubinga5 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Posted July 28, 2023 "Animals strike curious poses, They feel the heat the heat, the heat between me and you" Utterly profound lyrics. IMO. My dogs can feel if me and my wife fall out and argue. I find his punctiliousness very interesting.. Quote
bubinga5 Posted July 28, 2023 Author Posted July 28, 2023 Straight up Funky Prince with James Browns Maceo Parker on Sax. 1 Quote
ambient Posted July 28, 2023 Posted July 28, 2023 I lecture in music production in my day job. I often bring up Prince’s recordings to my students. There's never anything there that shouldn't be there. Slightly off-topic. Check out Susan Roger’s book ‘This Is What It Sounds Like’. She was Prince’s staff engineer for some of his greatest recordings. Quote
toneknob Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 The entire album is a masterpiece, but this is stand out for me, as is U Got The Look, Hot Thing, The Cross, the title track, and probably a load more 4 Quote
Fishfacefour Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 10 hours ago, bubinga5 said: This was a B side at the time. But was a massive record. How was this a b-side?! 🤯 1 Quote
Frank Blank Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 1 hour ago, toneknob said: The entire album is a masterpiece... 👆this👆 1 Quote
ezbass Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 I still clearly remember being in the car on the way to work and being amazed by some guy playing guitar and sounding like a modern day Jimi. I was surprised when the announcer revealed it was Prince, the track was Let’s Go Crazy. Quote
TheGreek Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 No matter how highly regarded Prince is, he's still under-rated. I remember looking at musicians wanted ads - nearly every one cited Prince as influences. Brilliant musician, brilliant producer, brilliant showman. 1 Quote
Burns-bass Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 I can’t stand Prince’s music, but even I recognise that the guy was a genius. A friend went to see him at the 02 and said he’d never seen a performer command a venue so big so confidently. That’s a skill in itself. 3 Quote
BassBunny Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 (edited) Had the pleasure of seeing him a couple of times. Absolutely mesmerising live. I've still got the 12" vinyl if 1999/ Little Red Corvette. Fave track/performance is something he wrote for Maurice Day and The Time and performed live on the Welcome to America tour. "Cool" http://youtu.be/jBlNeDFKDVo Edited July 29, 2023 by BassBunny 2 Quote
chris_b Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 Prince was a genius. Sadly there are usually downsides when you are dealing with a genius. He was a bit of a monster on the road. A few years ago, over the course of a world tour he managed to fire the entire road crew. I know the guy who took over as tour manager in France for the final couple of months. Apparently the crew wasn't allowed to talk to Prince and he even got upset if they looked at him. Everyone had to address him through his manager. She was a lawyer who didn't have the first idea about anything that was going on. She thought it would be a good idea to do one of those gigs to a million people on a Brazilian beach and pencilled in a date a couple of weeks ahead. She was very annoyed to find out that getting visas wasn't guaranteed and for 60 people it would take a minimum of 3 months anyway. Even so, I would have loved to be at one of Prince's after show parties. On the one in Paris Prince was joined by Larry Graham and they played for a couple of hours. 1 Quote
la bam Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 I liked anotherloverholeinyohead mainly because it just shouldnt work. Its mad and a really mish mash, but then when you get it - it's great! 1 Quote
P-Belly Evans Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 This never fails to make me smile like a loony... Quote
BassTractor Posted July 29, 2023 Posted July 29, 2023 18 hours ago, Frank Blank said: My current favourite... Hm. Dunno about this one. That bass sounds kinda ... pink to my ears. 😁 Thanks for posting! (I don't know whether it's Ida Nielsen; just saw her mentioned.) Quote
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