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mohammedlal

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Jan 14, 2001, 3:03:29 PM1/14/01
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I have listened to the full Prince CD, my personal view is that he can never
compete with MJ.....

No one can compete with him.......Off the wall, Thriller and Bad (there is
not a single track which is average, they are all brilliant)

oher artists have a few good tracks on their albums, the rest are average or
bollocks!!


Sonuvfunk

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Jan 14, 2001, 6:47:34 PM1/14/01
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>
>I have listened to the full Prince CD, my personal view is that he can never
>compete with MJ.....

lol

>No one can compete with him.......Off the wall, Thriller and Bad (there is
>not a single track which is average, they are all brilliant)

lol

>oher artists have a few good tracks on their albums, the rest are average or
>bollocks!!

lol

P Moore

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Jan 14, 2001, 3:52:50 PM1/14/01
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> I have listened to the full Prince CD, my personal view is that he can
never
> compete with MJ.....
>
> No one can compete with him.......Off the wall, Thriller and Bad (there is
> not a single track which is average, they are all brilliant)

Off The Wall is kickin' the only tracks that I'm not crazy about are It's
The Falling In Love and Burn This Disco Out, they sound dated.
On Thriller, they're all really good but the weakest one I think is Baby Be
Mine but it's still a song I like to listen to.
On Bad, I think the weekest one is the duet with Stevie Wonder, Just Good
Friends. It sounds really dated and I don't think it's all that interesting.
Dangerous is Mikes little masterpiece 'cause all and I do mean all the
tracks are excellent and all different from one another.


mohammedlal

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Jan 15, 2001, 10:49:37 AM1/15/01
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>
> which prince cd did you listen to


it was hits vol 1

the first track is when doves cry, all in all there are 18 tracks....

I think I may get to like it more if I listen to it more.....this is what
happens to me with most tracks..The first time I heard human nature by MJ, I
didnt like it...Now its one of my favourite tracks..


John Smith

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Jan 15, 2001, 6:03:38 PM1/15/01
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I agree with you pretty closely on that one. Prince is the yin an Mike is
the yang. I still think that they are like musical brothers in that
relationship. I think that Michael is a lot more Charismatic, he has an aura
around his performance and appearances that just put you in a trance. Both
are best on a disc.


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> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:03:29 -0000, "mohammedlal"
> <moham...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> >I have listened to the full Prince CD, my personal view is that he can
never
> >compete with MJ.....
>

> which prince cd did you listen to? In my personal opinion, nobody
> can capture more emotions, pull off so many musical styles, break
> boundaries and just rip it up like Prince can. Mike doesn't come
> close. Plus Prince is always experimenting; never a purely commercial
> thinker or just concerning himself with "polite art" or the status
> quo, whereas Mike is more commercially oriented.
>
> I like both for different reasons though. Listening to prince is
> virtually guaranteed to take you on a ride quite different to all the
> crap out there, which is what I love. Plus, ever since first listening
> to him, he definitely grew on me, big time. He's just too funky to
> ignore :) Went on to buy almost all his stuff. His albums run the
> gamut of human emotions most artists don't dare touch on. In my
> opinion, he has no peer.


John Smith

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Jan 15, 2001, 6:04:43 PM1/15/01
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Me too. I felt the same way with both nature and doves. To appreciate Doves
more, I saw the music video (with excerpts from Purple rain).

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seven.ofnine

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Jan 17, 2001, 3:42:07 PM1/17/01
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They are both so different that I don't see how anyone could try a
comparison. Both are brilliant in my opinion but in their work they are so
far apart that to try and compare styles or albums is a little futile.
Thinking about it, Prince was the Eminem of his day because practically no
one was writing the type of sexual themed songs Prince was and especially no
one was wandering onto a stage with a long trenchcoat on and a very brief
pair of briefs!

Seven

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BOB DAVIS

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Jan 20, 2001, 11:13:52 AM1/20/01
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Here is a conversation I had with a friend on this topic, take it for what
it's worth

ME: Prince is the most awesome artist on the scene. He writes all of his
own songs, plays almost EVERY instrument (guitar, bass, drums, keyboards,
sax), produces himself as well as other artists, sings and plays in every
imaginable style from rock, soul, funk, blues, alternative, gospel, jazz
even classical, owns his own studio/record company, fights for artists
rights against big corporate interests.

MY FRIEND: Micheal sells more albums and he doesn't have to do as much work
as Prince does

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> On Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:03:29 -0000, "mohammedlal"
> <moham...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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> >I have listened to the full Prince CD, my personal view is that he can
never
> >compete with MJ.....
>

John Smith

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Jan 20, 2001, 3:22:41 PM1/20/01
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Well, on Raveun2thejoy Fantastics I don't think he wrote "Everyday is a
winding road." that was a remake of the Sheril Crow song.


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John Smith

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Jan 20, 2001, 3:22:53 PM1/20/01
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But, yeah they are both great.


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alan jones

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Jan 20, 2001, 6:07:50 PM1/20/01
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You friend might have added, that Michael also writes and produces his own songs.
In fact he's been know to produce for other artist. The track he did for Whitney
houston's debut album and the hit 'Muscles' for Diana Ross, springs to mind. As
for playing instruments, Michael plays well enough to create his own demos, but
when it comes to the finished article, he's such a perfectionist that if he knows it
can be done better, he'll delegate to muscians who can deliver his ideal image of
the song.

I have to say i also like Prince, but i miss the old prince, his production should
and could be running rings around the current crop of pop performers, but he's
lost sight of his strengths. In my opinion when created from the 'bass' up, he
was in closer contact with the song. HIs songs then were pure and
uncomplicated by the reams of production he now feels he needs to pour on the
song. Just because you've got the kitchen sink there's no need to use it. Let the
songs breath Prince, like you use to.

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Ryan

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Jan 21, 2001, 3:10:38 AM1/21/01
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>The track he did for Whitney
>houston's debut album

And what song is that?


Ryan
MJ -=- JJ
2001

alan jones

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Jan 21, 2001, 8:14:07 PM1/21/01
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Michael is credited with producing the last track nn her debut album 'whitney houston'.
The tracks called 'Nobody loves me like you do' and was a duet with brother, Jermaine.
I also remember reading in one of those unofficail bio of one girl that was produced by
Michael, it might have been Jenifer Holiday, i can't be sure. Anyway she said something
of being asked by Micheal to sing into a tube for and effect he wanted to record. She
was sceptical but it created a sound that worked. If someone has the bio in question
maybe that could post the passage. I think it was Michael the magic and the madness,
by T....

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Ryan

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Jan 22, 2001, 1:04:17 AM1/22/01
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>Michael is credited with producing the last track nn her debut album 'whitney
>houston'.
>The tracks called 'Nobody loves me like you do' and was a duet with brother,
>Jermaine.

I know the song, but it's not on either copy of the album that I have. I'm
guessing this was a CD only thing then...

Satolio

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Jan 22, 2001, 2:24:16 AM1/22/01
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well i like prince and michael but the thing is michael fell off to me by
releasing HIStory. i used to love mj but after that i started digging prince
more, soon after that i had every single cd prince ever released, now i'm into
prince unreleased material. michael's next album has to be killer and he knows
it or else he might as well stop. prince is a better all around musician than
mj but mj can hold his own. the reason why prince's albums never really have
sold as well as mj is because prince comes out with shit before you can catch
your breath. mj takes his time cause he is a perfectionist, prince makes a new
song every 5 minutes and releases it soon after, but not lately. i wish both
of them would make some tight ass albums for 2001 or collaborate. did you guys
know that prince offered michael jackson a sond called wouldn't u love 2 me, i
just heard the prince version the other day it would have been a tight ass mj
song

Nat

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Jan 22, 2001, 9:43:26 AM1/22/01
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Ryan wrote on 1/22/01 12:04 AM:

> I know the song, but it's not on either copy of the album that I have. I'm
> guessing this was a CD only thing then...

It's track 5 on the cd released 1987


Nat

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PERVERT2

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Jan 22, 2001, 5:28:38 PM1/22/01
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is it in stores to pick up?

>you guys
>know that prince offered michael jackson a sond called wouldn't u love 2 me,
>i
>just heard the prince version the other day it would have been a tight ass mj
>song


"...whatever we say or whatever we do, for now let's make a vow to just, Keep
It In The Closet..."
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John Smith

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Jan 22, 2001, 5:58:34 PM1/22/01
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That's the one I was talking about a while ago that every didn't recall.
Thanks for the title.


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Ryan

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Jan 22, 2001, 6:22:16 PM1/22/01
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>> I know the song, but it's not on either copy of the album that I have. I'm
>> guessing this was a CD only thing then...
>
>It's track 5 on the cd released 1987

Shit, I was thinking of another song lol. But anyway, I checked my records and
it says Jermaine produced the song, not Michael.

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