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| From | kcronin <fiatluxury@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Prince, was re: Peter Noone & Falco |
| Date | Mon, 17 May 2004 08:59:22 -0700 (PDT) |
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--- josh chasin <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
> He pretty much DID take over the world with Purple
> Rain. In 1984 the
> pantheon was Springsteen, Jackson, Madonna, and
> Prince.
>
>
Yes, yes, but the question is: did he KNOW he was
going to take over the world, and thus turn the biz on
it's ear a little by going off to do ATWIAD? Or was
that just the hyperactivity of his musical mind
wandering off in a new musical direction before the
world was done putting on their best gray gogo boots
to see the fancyfooted purple midget sing that crazy
apocolypse meltdown seduction? Dig it!
You know, really, though the springsteen stuff of that
era was not (I think ) his strongest, that's not a bad
pantheon to have enshrined, all things considered. I
mean, Michael Jackson was still black then, Prince and
Madonna were still making people either dance or tsk
disapprovingly (and both were great to me as a teen).
And I still love love love "I'm on Fire." So some of
the clothes were gag-worthy, sure; but as top of the
pops go, it's a hell of a lot better than some eras
could claim.
Though I'm sure me being such a tender age at the time
had something to do with this revisionist history.
--kelly
np: constantines
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arma non servant modum
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