On Sat, 23 Apr 2016 06:45:27 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:
>"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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>
>On Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 2:23:13 AM UTC-4, gtr wrote:
>> On 2016-04-23 01:21:31 +0000, Ed Pawlowski said:
>>
>> > On 4/22/2016 8:47 PM, wrote:
>> >> Did music by Prince suck or is it just moi?
>> >>
>> >
>> > Never heard a full song, not interested either. The good news, its not rap.
>>
>> That's fair. Just two notes should tell you all you need to know about
>> Brahms too.
>>
>> It may be true that people who stopped buying records 10 years before
>> Prince had gained popularity, wouldn't get how he changed pop music 30
>> years after it he did it. That makes sense. Just like vegetables for
>> children are "poopy food". Absolutely!
>>
>> But please, more empty evalutions by unrelated geezers who haven't
>> listened to him would be even more entertaiining. Carry on!
>>
>> Pick a pop tune that you loved when you were a kid, The Rascals "Good
>> Lovin'", Spencer Davis doing "Gimme Some Lovin'", Sly's "Hot Fun in the
>> Summer Time", Jackie Wilson's, "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher";
>> name it. Then imagine how impressed you'd be by the song if you first
>> time heard it in your 60's, and you just listened to the first chorus
>> or something.
>>
>> All of music is crap, if you posit it just right.
>
>I've never cared much for rock or pop, even when I was young. Classical,
>jazz, folk: I've always liked those. Of course, rock/pop is kind of
>baked into my auditory DNA from hearing it played throughout my youth.
>
>That said, I didn't like Prince in his heyday, compared to other
>contemporaneous musicians. I've had "Raspberry Beret" playing in
>my head off and on since the news of his death broke. I banish
>it with "Don't Fear the Reaper", which is my go-to song for getting
>rid of earworms. Ironic in the context, of course, but that's life
>for you. Today, though, I woke up with "John the Revelator", which
>is a vast improvement.
>
>Cindy Hamilton
>=========
>
>Music is like food, there is no good taste or bad taste, just what one likes.
>
>Cheri
I concur. Music has never been a factor in my life, one can say to me
music is TIAD. I heard of Prince but never associated him with
purple, I can honestly say I never heard of purple rain... I'm still
clueless what purple rain is about. Okay, had to check it out:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=...88&FORM=VRDGAR
I watched/listened for like 30 seconds and realized he has no voice,
can't carry a tune, and never took diction lessons. Prince could
never compete on any level with Sammy Davis Jr., who also died fairly
young, age 64, of throat cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Davis_Jr.