52. "Is Lenny a rocker?" In response to In response to 37 Sun Jan-22-12 05:37 PM by Mr.Ouija
>Wanking away on lead-guitar is one, actually writing a good >rock-song is another. Outside of "Bambi" and "When you were >mine" (that one is more power-pop/New Wave IMO but whatever), >I was never impressed by Prince as a rocker. Of course, he >doesn't need to make great rock-songs to be legendary but I >think people over-estimate the rocker-aspect of Prince to make >him be something he is not when it's perfectly enough to do >great funk, R&B, soul-bakllads and quirky pop-songs. I guess >I'm a redneck racist too for thinking this...