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138150, Damn, Deja Vu, The Time was to Prince, what Prince was to Rick James. Posted by Silky1, Tue Jun-09-09 05:54 PM
Think about it.
silk. later
> > >>"We are supposed to think that the Time, a mediocre >dance-funk band led by the now->forgotten Prince protégé >Morris Day, has any chance of outperforming the Kid?" > > >This^^^^is the reason it's hard to take Pop Matters seriously, >even with some of the interesting insight they give into >Prince's film work... > >To me, this signals a writer whose first real experience with >Prince was with the Purple Rain film...I love how the writer >dismisses the idea that The Time would not have trouble >kicking Prince's ass onstage...Of course, we all know that in >the studio those first three Time albums were virtually >Prince's hardcore R&B albums as he wrote, produced and played >on the majority of the music himself...It was mainly all >P...BUT! onstage, those boys turned into a monster... > >I wonder if the writer knows that The Time was stealing >Prince's thunder almost on a nightly bases when they were >opening up for him? They were kicking his ass to put it >bluntly...lol...It got so bad that Prince would not even allow >them to open up in some of the bigger markets during some of >his earlier tours... > >The Time were the best thing that could have happened to >Prince...They made him step his game up live onstage, to the >point where you saw Prince even dancing more...It's ironic >that Prince came up with their look, their dance steps and >their sound for the most part (with some help from Morris and >later Jesse)...Because those dudes were putting it on Prince >at almost every gig... > >But I guess when a group (The Time) doesn't cross over to the >degree that Prince did, they are easily >dispensable...FOH...lol > > > > >murph71
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