Prince.......love him or leave him?

[newyawker99]

On the whole I would say I like him. :-)

[Skittles]

1. ugh

I find him absolutely disgusting and the most overrated musician in history.

[catpower2000]

2. Adore him...musical genius nt

[CatWoman]

3. Is that his name again?? Prince?

or "The Artist"?

or "The Artist formerly known as Prince"?

or that stupid symbol :shrug:

[newyawker99]

12. LOL!!! I lost track Midori!

:shrug:

[CatWoman]

15. Hi Roni

:hi:

[newyawker99]

20. Hi Midori!

:hi:

[Skittles]

21. how about just

STUPID

[noiretextatique]

4. didn't care for his paisley/raspberry period

but i love his older stuff...up to "purple rain."

[KCDem]

5. neither.

As a person, I find him rather smarmy and nasty.

As a musician, I have fond memories of quite a few of his songs from the "Purple Rain" era.

[qb]

6. I got bored with him after Around the World In A Day

I still love the old stuff, though. To bad I can't play a lot of it when the kids are around (I'm not saying this just to be nasty, but I sincerely...)

[ronnykmarshall]

7. I think he's great.

He did some uncredited work on Stevie Nick's "Stand Back".

[toddzilla]

10. the whole symbol thing is misunderstood

from what i've heard, he did that to get around some contractual obligation that he had problems with. i'm not exactly sure of the circumstances though.

i think he's tremendously talented, but i'm not a huge fan of his music. It's important to be able to recognize artistic merit even if you don't like the art itself. i hate rush, but agree they are a talented group.

[noiretextatique]

22. this is true...the symbol was a protest, as i recall

not just self-indulgence

[Terwilliger]

33. he got "owned" by Warner Bros

and decided to change his "satge name" for that reason. It finally got so bad, he wrote "slave" on his face whenever he did anything.

You might like his real recent stuff, noiretblu. He just released a 4 song set (each over 15 minutes) that's a mix of rock, funk, and jazz. It's called NEWS (North, East, West, South)

[bif]

8. He's a whack-job.

n/t

[scarlet_owl]

9. My grandma thinks he's the sexiest man alive.

She has thought so since the early eighties. She used to have this big Purple Rain cardboard standee of Prince by his motorcycle. She's a paranoid schizoprenic (sp?), so she is a tad eccentric.

[mac56]

11. Leave him.

A once vital artist who jumped the shark and became a self-parody.

See also: Stewart, Rod.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. Adore him and think he is a fucking genius!

in spite of the fact that someone I know is out there watching and going CRAZY at his inability to respond :evilgrin:

[noiretextatique]

23. me too, nsma....i don't like all his stuff

but i do think he is more talented than most :thumbsup:

[Terwilliger]

31. that's ok...he's already made up for missing this one

[SiouxJ]

14. Love him!

innovative, talented, creative, ahead of his time genius. True he does have a big ego but I suppose I would too if I was that talented.

[mac56]

17. SiouxJ, it's so rare that we disagree -

I may have to reassess!

:hi:

[SiouxJ]

19. Awww, nice to know

I have that much clout with you that you would do that :-) :loveya:

Ok, I'll reconsider that I don't like him too :D Just for you sweetie ;-)

[NashVegas]

16. Love Him .. Sometimes

He lost me, for the most part, after Lovesexy.

[vi5]

18. Love him up till about '91....

He lost me around the era of "Diamonds and Pearls". Tried too much to fit into that new jack groove thing that I just never got into.

I much prefered his rocking, funked out 80's material.

[Wickerman]

24. Liked the early stuff

still respect him, misunderstood for sometime his name changes. Love him for what he has done to keep the 'Cities music scene vibrant.

[gyopsy]

25. Never liked him

I never really liked his voice when he sang either. But undeniably, the songs themselves that he's done over the years are very good. Usually, whenever another band remakes one of his songs its better than the original imho.

[nini]

26. Leave him.. as far away as possible please

he's creepy..

[newyawker99]

27. My favorite songs by him are "1999"

and "When Doves Cry" :-)

[catpower2000]

29. "When Doves Cry"-best song w/o a bass line ever recorded nt

[VOX]

28. Gifted -- is early stuff is terrific -- you cannot *not* tap your toes...

He really knew music, played multiple instruments, and could write a song with an infectious hook.

Too bad he couldn't maintain it.

[DrGonzoLives]

30. Blah

Many are better, many are worse. He's pretty average, really.

[LTR]

34. HEY!!!

Why is there a 'Green Bay Packers' avatar and not a Minnesota Vikings one?

Equal time, people!

[DrGonzoLives]

36. But there is!

They have all of them now.

[LTR]

37. WHOO HOO! I'm getting one!

Sick of seeing shrub picking his nose!

Just like I got bored with Elvis and Nixon hangin' together.

I say, 200+ posts. Time for something different.

[Padraig18]

32. hmmm

I don't care for his music all that much, but he has been the subject of the occasional daydream... Yeah, 'that' kind. :9

[TroubleMan]

35. musical genius

[sendero]

38. When it comes to pop music....

.... I like to think there isn't much I "don't get", but for the life of me I've never understood the "genius" moniker for Prince.

Not bad, but Genius? Not in any universe I'm familiar with. He is a decent songwriter, but musically banal. To me , he's a genius if you compare him to mainstream pop crap. When compared to other musical geniuses, he comes up 'short' haha :)

Also, I don't mind big egos too much but I prefer they be accompanied with commensurate talent. :)