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2620106, RE: he only had one Great decade IMO
Posted by murph71, Wed Oct-26-11 10:45 AM
>>tough for Prince fans to accept that. he said himself the
>80's
>>was his best era of music making.
>
>Not tough for me to accept that at all. First off a decade
>long run is pretty damn impressive in and of itself (its not
>really a decade in the truest sense but it is 10 years 78-88)
>but the length of time isn't what made Prince a special act.
>It was the fact dude brought a new sound to black music which
>completely engulfed his peers inside 5 years. I mean dude just
>came through and took shit over in a way I still haven't seen
>in my lifetime. The songs that came from the middle period of
>that run are some of the greatest rock/funk records of all
>time. The man was so prolific during this time his own albums
>could contain him. Just look at 81-84... during that time dude
>dropped the album controversy, the double album 1999, purple
>rain... ridiculous b sides like erotic city, irresistible
>bitch, & 17 days... side projects like the two time albums,
>sheila e, vanity 6 and cuts like sugar walls for sheena
>easton... and oh yeah he capped it all off with a now iconic
>movie. And I'm not even going into the fact Prince basically
>schooled two of the biggest producers ever during this same
>period.
>
>So we can try and downplay P's career by saying he ONLY had
>one great decade (the use of only here even makes me laugh)
>but if we really want to call shit for what it we'd call it
>total and utter dominance.



^^^Knows the deal....


You can't compare Prince's '80s run to anyone in pop music history...To me, Prince had the mindset of a jazz artist...He didn't view music as only a commercial platform...Dude was making music because that shit was like breathing to him...To me, Stevie was the same way...

The man had to be talked out of releasing albums by his record label...lol...Not because the music was bad (the bootleg outtakes proves this)...But because they thought he was flooding the market too damn much...And this was at a time when dude was still going triple platinum and getting Album of the Year Grammy nods....

But I'll say it again...The irony was Prince's own high level of prolific output contributed to his future artistic stumbles...The fact that Prince never had someone who could tell him, "Hey kid...you might want to keep some of this Time material for yourself...And while you're at it, keep all those songs like "Glamorous Life," "Screams of Passion" for yourself, and space out your albums so people will miss u..." He needed that shit...He needed an editor...

If Prince would have done this^^^we might be talking about dude being the greatest popular musical act of all-time, not just of one particular era...