on 1/6/03 9:23 AM, Kurt Gottschalk at ecstasymule@hotmail.com wrote:
I haven't paid enough attention to Come, clearly, if both Skip and Kurt are pushing it.
to my mind, lovesexy, black and come are a trilogy that represent the (mock?) struggles which make his work so much more than just pop porn. in the first two, it's obvious: camille battles the spookyelectric on black, and rises above on lovesexy. prince laid out as much in interviews at the time.
I gotta concur here. I was a big Prince fan until LOVESEXY. When LOVESEXY came out, I was so floored. I kept playing "Alphabet St" over and over for months. Floored me then, still does now.
come has much the same feel as the other two, tho it's probably the least interesting of the three. but it has much of the beautiful sparseness that defines some of his best songs (like 'joy in repitition' from grafitti bridge).
Here I don't concur. The horn writing on COME takes it up to a level the records before never approached. It's like he finally got comfortable enough with the 70s funk influence to meet it head on and reshape it in his own image. To me, it's his richest rhythm'n'blues album. Definitely his funkiest, along with EMANCIPATION.
But I'm fascinated by Kurt's inclusion of Rainbow Children,
which on first listen sounded like a ponderous Jehovah's Witness concept album. Should I try again?
you should absolutely try it again.
He's right. It's a pretty amazing album, with all kinds of styles wound through it. Kicked my ass again and again. skip h