Prince, R. I. P.

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by mr._mojo_filter, Apr 21, 2016.

  1. bunglejerry

    bunglejerry Forum Resident

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    I like the longer "Prettyman", prefer "Beautiful Strange" and most of the remixes. Most importantly, though, no Sheryl Crow cover to skip!

    Or website ad.
     
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  2. moople72

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    It's too bad he didn't have a George Martin to his Lennon/McCartney.
    Just looking at the mid-80s he really was the best of everything that came before the same way the Beatles were in the mid-60s.
    Starting with Batman he needed someone to help sort out his various ideas-----or even simply to help in choosing the best material----the way the director of the Purple Rain film claims to have done with that soundtrack.
     
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  3. jhm

    jhm Forum Resident

    Sounds like a great disc, thanks for the extra detail! If you TV is smaller than, say, 50", (in general) you won't notice any difference between 720 P and 1080P. The greater resolution comes in handy when you blow the picture up on larger screens.
     
  4. Mal

    Mal Phorum Physicist

    Did I say it was minty mint? :)

    Different enough to be essential - a handful of smoother mixes included on the 2nd version (I prefer the original title track but otherwise I prefer the remixes overall - more of a Kirk Johnson production vibe) as well as extended songs.

    I was late to this (these) albums - had them for years but only started listening in the last couple of years.

    I find that I like any Prince material once I've had time to take it in - for example, "Come" didn't grab me on first listen but years later I was ready to really listen to it and it's incredible. Even "Kamasutra" has me nowadays - especially the Clare Fischer parts.

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  5. thekid87

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    I also prefer the longer versions, but the difference isn't that much and it's not like he is breaking new grounds with those. The Sun (etc) is extended by a only few seconds. Prettyman extended is nice, though.
    But fine by me if you like In2 more, I just wanted to give a second opinion about these two (similar) albums.
     
  6. thekid87

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    Yep, that's always an option.
     
  7. It's a great album. As simple as that. Honestly I prefer Kamasutra over any of his other instrumental albums, and that's saying a lot, because I've always loved the Madhouse albums and Xpectation.

    There's just something about the fluidity of Kamasutra that really rings my bells.
     
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  8. thekid87

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    I know that I am one of the few who adores Strange But True.
    To me it's a hidden treasure, so if everybody agrees with me on liking that song, it's no longer hidden... :laugh:

    I find the In2 version of Beautiful Strange a bit boring, actually. I've seen him perform the song live and it blows the studio version away. So my goto version is a live version and I tend to skip the studio version because of that. :cheers:
     
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  9. 99thfloor

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    I seem to remember that "Strange But True" had a few champions back in the "album by album" thread, and that I felt more like the odd one out for not liking it (or not "getting" it maybe).

    I mostly meant "Beautiful Strange" as a song, for example I think I prefer the earlier video version to the album one. I'll have to chek out some live takes of it. :thumbsup:
     
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  10. Mal

    Mal Phorum Physicist

    n e w s gets that prize for me:

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  11. bunglejerry

    bunglejerry Forum Resident

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    I like me some Kamasutra, though only on occasion.

    For some reason, while I've given all four Madhouse albums plenty of time (and quite liked three of them), I haven't spent much time with NEWS, Xpectation or C-NOTE. Or the Flesh, for that matter. So much music, so little time...
     
  12. zebop

    zebop Well Known Stranger


    Yep, this isn't awful at all. I played "My Name is Prince" a lot when I first got this album. I didn't like "7" that much and I didn't get a chance to listen thoroughly because that Hits set was released close to what I bought The Love Symbol.

    I listened to it a couple of days ago and The Love Symbol is fun. "The Continental" is great, well the last half. I like "Damn U" a lot too. This was a good listen, I forgot how much fun Prince could be.
     
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  13. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    Finally, someone else around here agrees with me.
     
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  14. segue

    segue Psychoacoustic Member

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  15. Orthogonian Blues

    Orthogonian Blues A man with a fork in a world full of soup.

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    Ha - I got this for £5 just today- it's a staple of the second hand sections in UK record stores.

    I enjoy the music on this - Kim Bassinger certainly sounded like she was!
     
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  16. Grant

    Grant Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me!

    This has been posted twice.
     
  17. segue

    segue Psychoacoustic Member

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    ^
    i like it, i might post it again.
     
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  19. Summer of Malcontent

    Summer of Malcontent Forum Resident

    And Spoon isn't jumping on no bandwagon here: they covered 'Partyup' on the b-side of their first single back in 1996.
     
  20. thekid87

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    East is awesome!!
     
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  21. Mal

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  23. I put "Song of the Heart" as an extra on my 3121 disc for my car, because...well, there's no other place to put it and I want to enjoy the jam. :)

    Edit: 3121, along with "United States of Division" and "S.S.T."
     
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  24. C6H12O6

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  25. Cloudbuster

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    One of my favourite outtakes.

     
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