Prince RIP (1 Viewer)

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Wow, I amazed at the systematic approach some of ye have! I've always just kinda randomly listened to whatever falls into my lap, whether that's via friends or recommendations on here or these days listening to random playlists on spotify or whatever

Now I think of it, randomly blundering around is kinda how I've learned almost everything I know (including how I make a living)

 

[Cormcolash]

Did I ever mention here how Prince was playing Dublin (The Point/3 I think?) and when they were setting up for soundcheck or during soundcheck something annoyed him, so he fired his entire stage crew and tech crew on the spot, and the local Dublin lads just ended up doing his tech stuff for him. One of the lads got the job of his guitar tech and went on tour with him from it.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Did I ever mention here how Prince was playing Dublin (The Point/3 I think?) and when they were setting up for soundcheck or during soundcheck something annoyed him, so he fired his entire stage crew and tech crew on the spot, and the local Dublin lads just ended up doing his tech stuff for him. One of the lads got the job of his guitar tech and went on tour with him from it.

Was that not the Malahide gig?

 

[Cormcolash]

Was that not the Malahide gig?

Yeah could have been, it was definitely Dublin anyway

 

[nuke terrorist]

Did I ever mention here how Prince was playing Dublin (The Point/3 I think?) and when they were setting up for soundcheck or during soundcheck something annoyed him, so he fired his entire stage crew and tech crew on the spot, and the local Dublin lads just ended up doing his tech stuff for him. One of the lads got the job of his guitar tech and went on tour with him from it.

Cormcolash was asked to go on the tour but in solidarity with the sacked crew he refused saying:
"I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Soundman''

 

[ann post]

The version of that anecdote i heard is that someone broke the non smoking policy leading to a prince meldown leading to the head sound engineer getting yeeted, someone was drafted in to do sound, but at the show start the original sound engineer was sneaked in in a flight case. A few days later it was 'forgotten'.

But like, choose your anecdote, i can barely remember who told me that

 

[Lili Marlene]

Yeah could have been, it was definitely Dublin anyway

Yeah, he'd had a disaster of a gig in Germany two days before and I think that's what led to him sacking his entire crew. It also meant there was no aftershow in Dublin which was gonna happen in Tripod originally (allegedly!) but it was all a bit much for the brand-new crew

 

[Cormcolash]

If someone was smoking on stage then they deserved to get sacked

 

[GO]

When Doves Cry video on TOTP.

I also like listening to new-to-me-bands releases in order.

Rule of thumb: most recent album first then go back to debut and go in order.

SAMESIES!

Prince was huge in our house cos of Purple Rain and Around The World In A Day ..both of which my brother had

 

[Lili Marlene]

SAMESIES!

Prince was huge in our house cos of Purple Rain and Around The World In A Day ..both of which my brother had

Still haven't forgiven you for your review of 1999

far from my fave of his.

You utter bastard.

 

[GO]

Still haven't forgiven you for your review of 1999

far from my fave of his.

You utter bastard.

Im gonna listen to that now!

 

[Kermit McDermott]

Still haven't forgiven you for your review of 1999

far from my fave of his.

You utter bastard.

I was bit lukewarm on 1999 as well.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I was bit lukewarm on 1999 as well.

I think your main criticism was that it sounded too 80s. i.e. it sounds like all the stuff that came afterwards that were trying to sound like 1999. Which it does, and that's fair enough. Nice long review there in the thread. Obviously you were just straight up wrong about the songs not being good. Obviously.

 

[Kermit McDermott]

And I only made it half way through Sandanista.

I must have another listen. I'm kind of intrigued

 

[GO]

Still haven't forgiven you for your review of 1999

far from my fave of his.

You utter bastard.

I actually now think this might be one of his best

 

[GO]

I'm on a Prince binge..up to Dirty Mind now. All great albums so far

 

[Lili Marlene]

I'm on a Prince binge..up to Dirty Mind now. All great albums so far

The real question is, on what album does it all fall apart?

 

[GO]

The real question is, on what album does it all fall apart?

I'll let ya know

 

[GO]

I'm halfway through Parade . MF can do no wrong at this stage.NO filler or ropey disco jams

I do like an auld disco jam mind

 

[Lili Marlene]

imho It goes a bit off kilter circa Lovesexy, even though it's a good album, and he never fully recovers. It's almost as if he lost it the day he finished Paisley Park and locked himself away from the world and experiences he couldn't control, Howard Hughes style.