tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post7679281723530345874..comments2024-02-27T20:40:32.034+00:00Comments on Electronic Music Stuff with Fat Roland: Prince and the old power generation: how TAFKATAFKAP's 20TEN doesn't make me LOLFat Rolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-17082226469625037232010-07-12T10:27:48.804+01:002010-07-12T10:27:48.804+01:00Three drafts this one. THREE BLOODY DRAFTS. In rea...Three drafts this one. THREE BLOODY DRAFTS. In real journalism, that would have been twenty drafts and a pissed off sub-ed.Fat Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-10887011637041340772010-07-12T08:26:22.318+01:002010-07-12T08:26:22.318+01:00“...but it got cut in the final edit”
Blimey, you...“...but it got cut in the final edit”<br /><br />Blimey, you do take this blogging lark seriously, innit? ;-)Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-63005977294884665422010-07-11T22:13:59.009+01:002010-07-11T22:13:59.009+01:00B Runner - You're right, of course. It's n...B Runner - You're right, of course. It's not worth getting worked up about, which is why I describe myself as "impotent" in the piece. My rage is undirected and useless, a bit like Prince's music itself.<br /><br />I do wonder why the Mirror and the Mail (I had mentioned his previous freebie but it got cut in the final edit) think this free CD thing is such a great idea. It must work for them, though, otherwise they wouldn't do it. Same for Prince.<br /><br />If the Chilis can do Californication, Kylie can do Light Years and Bowie can do, um, Earthling, surely Prince can reinvent himself and become interesting again.<br /><br />Prince and Jamie Lidell. *That's* a collaboration that needs to happen. Seriously: it's not too much of a stretch to imagine A Little Bit More with Prince's vocals.Fat Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374906684948810408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-2759253818136015882010-07-11T14:32:27.442+01:002010-07-11T14:32:27.442+01:00I'm with Fats on this one. The man is a cartoo...I'm with Fats on this one. The man is a cartoon character.anclovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050191511774223296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9134264.post-35770857887635052332010-07-11T14:18:36.751+01:002010-07-11T14:18:36.751+01:00I'm not sure what you're getting so annoye...I'm not sure what you're getting so annoyed about. Prince left the mainstream along time ago, and his most recent records have been mainly for long term fans. Since (the excellent) 3121 his work has been listenable, but hardly groundbreaking. Like Paul McCartney or Elvis Costello or any number of artists who were once mega, his new records are bought by a small group of fans who quite like to hear what he's up to. He could certainly sell a lot more records if he reissued his back catalogue sympathetically - but seems uninterested in revisiting the past. Given that his last album was only released in the US, and so cost me a bit on import from eBay, getting it for under a quid with the mirror is certainly an improvement. Funniest thing is that the Mirror (as did the Mail beforehand - don't forget) thinks its getting something of value when its likely its UK sales would be in the tens of thousands at best. If you like Prince, you'll like the new album, but there's no great return to the blistering six album sequence between 1999 and Lovesexy. I'd love it if he collaborated with someone - got a decent producer in - issued a cracking live album/boxset - raided the vaults for a deluxe edition of Parade - but it seems he isn't going to. Having done the free trick twice with 2 different newspapers I'm not sure if he can/will do it again. It certainly won't be cheap for the newspapers themselves. It seems, apart from the CD-to-landfill thing (which is hardly Prince's fault), there's nothing much worth getting worked up about.Adrian Slatcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946068316432524571noreply@blogger.com