There's a fine line between trying to stay young at heart and looking desperate to stay young. He's at an age where he could offer that kind of perspective but he chooses not to, preferring to galavant with with kids half his age, talking about funking and rolling and screwdrivers and party toes. I like that Prince sounds like he's having fun, but considering his age, I also want to hear about life from the perspective of someone who has been around longer than me and has seen more things. I get what you're saying, and I also appreciate most of the new stuff. he sounds like a lame wanna-be R&B singer who uses AutoTune to correct vocal weaknesses on top of uninteresting muddy musical ideas. Disappointing, because he don't even sound like Prince anymore. Thus inspiring Prince to make more Fallinlovetonights and Lunch Can Wait.

They're uninteresting as well and you know he's gonna get away with it because he's 'OH MA GERSH THE LEGENDARY PRINCEEEE' and music magazines will suck his dick about how he still 'has it!'.

Is there really any sentiment to Prince's talent in these songs? They just sound so muddled and poor, like he's trying too hard to get the 'artificial' idea across. And even into the 2000s, with Rainbow Children and the ONA Live set, it was obvious P still HAD the spark, the genius, the talent, whether I liked the end result or not. Coming from the pop world of 2009 to Prince's discography is a huge leap. But that's what makes them timeless classics to me today. I used to hate ATWIAD, Parade, Lovesexy, many hit singles and pretty much all b-sides, because they were so weird. Part of the reason I love Prince so much was how long it took me to first get into his work. I just feel like Prince has latched onto the worst part of mainstream music and attempted to add 'his own touch' on it, but the results are really bad. So romanticizing the good old eighties isn't the problem I actually disagree with the sentiment that Prince's 'golden' years ended in 1988, because the 1990s especially are one of my favorite P eras as a whole. Yeah, they were his peak, but I love Chaos and Disorder, Emancipation, Gold, Diamonds, Symbol, The Rainbow Children, parts of 3121, ONA Live, etc. It's not so much looking out of the paisley purple frame or romanticizing the 80s too much. 'showing your age, longing for the music of your youth' I'm a teenager Grow up folks.this ain't the 80's, you guys are beginning to show your age, longing for the music of your youth. It's more of a reflection on you than it is his music.if you just don't get it you just don't. Nah 100% BS.you guys just can't let go of the paisley purple frame you see Prince's music through. If someone seems 'too harsh', it's probably because they're die-hards and are disappointed just how horrible these albums are shaping up to be. P's trying to incorporate euro-dance, plastic R&B, chipmunk vocals, sound effects, and a bunch of useless shit in slightly if even entertaining musical rhythms. Now I've heard U Know + Funk N Roll and have lost any excitement I may have had for this project. I thought Breakfast Can Wait, FallinLoveTonight, and Clouds were bad. It's because the AOA/PE tracks generally are very, very, very poor. I don't think most people do it simply to be malicious E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator

Surely we should welcome this? If we hark back to Dirty Mind or1999 - is P really taking this stone cold soberly seriously? Prince has always been a joker, these new tracks represent that, and they sound awesome. These tracks do not sound like P is taking himself too seriously. I cannot wait to do the same with FUNKNROLL.Д«esides anything, these tracks sound like Prince is having FUN. I'm a 24 year old guy who DJ's a lot of underground dance music nights around London and I've been dropping Clouds ever since it was released and it's had people moving every time. Out of all the tracks we've heard so far from AOA & PE, the majority of tracks are solid. etc.) that's put out a record since their 'hey day' that really matches up to their prior greatness? along with McArtney, Springsteen, Weller, Dylan. Yes, it's easy to bash Prince's latter work - but come on, can you REALLY give us an example of a heritage act (because let's be honest, Prince is a heritage act. I've been reading this forum for years since I was a kid, and I really respect the views of all who post here, and I've learned a lot from being here.Д«ut, a lot of the stuff you guys have been posting about these 2 new albums just seems somewhat trite.

Glaavant lets get lyrical