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[Campaigner]

Yeah, so I know there's other threads on him, but I've been on such a big Prince kick lately, grabbing as much stuff as possible, I thought it would be time to give the guy another thread where people can call him the most badass midget in the world.

I'll start it off - he's the most badass midget in the world. But above all that though, he's a fuckin' giant.

Cool things about Prince;

*Dude wasn't out of his teens and manages to convince Warner Brothers to not only sign him, but let him produce, arrange and play everything on his albums. I bet the label were ready to jump in and say "we knew you'd fuck it up", but the kid was fuckin' good.

*Prince is badass even when singing in falsetto. Who else in history has been able to do the same?

*He's probably banged every woman that teenagers have beaten off to for the past 25 years. Kim Basinger? Fucked her (most) probably. Carmen Electra? Named her for fuck's sake. All this while being the most badass midget in the world.

*Half those women he banged probably wanted an album out of him first. So he wrote and produced albums for them. Badass...

*Opened up for the Rolling Stones dressed in drag. Even if it got him chased off stage it's still awesome.

*He's the best guitar player that no one's ever name-checked. It's always Hendrix this, Page that, Clapton or Van Halen the other thing. But this guy's a dynamo.

*His dress sense. If it were anyone else (apart from David Lee Roth) up there in ass-less pants, you'd think it was a gimmick. Then there's the mask over his eyes, the hairstyles (such as in the 'I Wanna Be Your Lover' video), the latest Pimps-R-Us gear he's been getting around in for the last decade.

*The unreleased stuff. Fuck, there's so much of this stuff. Who out there's heard the song 'Vibrator'? That shit's ridiculous, but somehow he managed to
convince whoever is singing it (Lisa Coleman maybe?) to sing it. Then there's stuff like 'Electric Intercourse', where because it's Prince it's acceptable to even contemplate making a song called 'Electric Intercourse' and have it be about electric shocks you get while fucking someone.

*He still looks like he's a teenager. He still sings like he's a teenager and he plays his instruments better than he did when he was a teenager. None of those things are really possible in the music industry.

*He was the worst rapper in the history of the world ever, but he kept doing it because he didn't give a fuck. Need an example? Check out the awful bridge on the otherwise awesome 'Endorphinmachine'.

*Dude comes up with song names like 'Endorphinmachine'.

*In 1987, he was going to do a single album called Dream Factory. That then turned into a double album. Then the double album got scrapped and he planned a triple album called Crystal Ball. That idea got scrapped, but in the mean time he'd made an album by 'Camille' which had the songs like 'Strange Relationship' etc.. on it. That was going to be released but it got scrapped and some songs got used on Sign O the Times, which was a released double album. Then he recorded and was weeks away from releasing The Black Album. That got cancelled and in early 1988 he put out Lovesexy. That's an insane amount of music.

So many more, but I'll pass it on to everyone else...

[Sid Hartha]

He released a single called "My Name Is Prince", then promptly changed his name.

[pong]

Already went through that phase.

There's a real nice DVD of him in Vegas, check that out if you haven't.

3121 has really grown on me also.

I still thought his Superbowl performance was just OK, but the guitar solo rocked.

[Duff.]

I feel like I shoulda brought a keg to this thread.

[Rob Gordon]

Damn, that new Guitar single sounds vintage...really great stuff.

[Sam]

Plus he played 3 shows in about 15 hours over the course of 7/7/7 and 7/8/7 in Minneapolis, the last being at First Avenue which started around 2:30 a.m. (after selling out the XCEL Energy Center) . . . which was busted up by the cops and shut down. Not bad for an old fart. And Carlos Boozer hates him for trashing his house.

[redheadstepson]

http://www.dailymoti...ar-gently-weeps

That is proof that Prince is the best thing on the planet.

[Agrimorfee]

He unwittingly changed how rock music is perceived, produced and marketed when Tipper Gore's kid decided to show Mommy the new album she bought with her lunch money.

[pong]

In another universe he drives a cab.

[54cermak]

And Carlos Boozer hates him for trashing his house.

Even if he wasn't a musical genius, he's worthy of praise for this alone!

[The Gooch]

Adding to Campaigner's list of thoughts: He's arguably the best live performer of the last 25 years.

[nobodies]

He's giving away his newest cd for free in London with copies of the Sunday newspaper, and managing to piss off both the record and retail industry.

[Midnite_Vulture]

He's made it okay for men to wear purple and still be sexy. Hell, who am I kidding, Prince is probably the only man in the world able to pull that off.

[Waylon]

In another universe he drives a cab.

There are some people that it's hard to imagine what they'd do if they weren't making music. Prince is one of them. Mick Jagger is another one. Business degree or not, I can't see him running a bank.

[spiritofeden]

"i sincerly want to fuck the taste out of your mouth" nuff said.

[Gluehead]

Prince did Starfish and Coffee on Muppets tonight. Now that is cool.

[deadbirdie]

*The unreleased stuff. Fuck, there's so much of this stuff. Who out there's heard the song 'Vibrator'? That shit's ridiculous, but somehow he managed to convince whoever is singing it (Lisa Coleman maybe?) to sing it. Then there's stuff like 'Electric Intercourse', where because it's Prince it's acceptable to even contemplate making a song called 'Electric Intercourse' and have it be about electric shocks you get while fucking someone.

Man, I just downloaded a 20 CD set of his outtakes. 20 CDs!! Not a single repeated song. Insane. Haven't heard Vibrator yet, but looking forward to it and all 5 million other outtakes and songs on there. Prolific doesn't begin to describe the man's output.

[superhersh2002]

...I've been on the trail for Prince doing the power trio thing, album entitled "The Undertaker"...any hits?

[UselessRocker]

To paraphrase one of my favorite Simpsons lines: I don't like to use the word 'genius' very often, but Prince is the greatest genius in American history. I seriously cannot (and don't want to) imagine a world without him.

[Uhlersoth]

Adding to Campaigner's list of thoughts:

He's arguably the best live performer of the last 25 years.

Pound for pound, there is none better. (See, cause he's so small...)

Plus he sincerely wants to fuck the taste out of your mouth. That's got to count for something.

I have to agree with a few posts back - 3121 is a grower. Black Sweat indeed.

[Edit]
Guitar and Chelsea Rodgers are, after one listen, standouts from the new album.