a)maybe
b)hardly
c)well, it is Prince
d)God, yes
e)well, it is Prince, so no
f)ehh...
g)well, it is Prince, so yes (and if you think I'm wrong, fuck you, go watch
Graffiti Bridge)
But like all of Controversy (which I think is his most underrated '80s album), its fascinating as hell.
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 18 January 2004 18:56 (twenty-two years ago)
I LOVE
Controversy, Anthony. In fact I'm listening to it right now, hence this thread.
"Private Joy" is classic.
― East Bay Crackhaus (nordicskilla), Sunday, 18 January 2004 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)
Wow, one of my threads hasn't had such a severe death since 2002!
― East Bay Crackhaus (nordicskilla), Monday, 19 January 2004 03:10 (twenty-two years ago)
I listened to "...Joy Fantastic" all the way through for the first time in at least a year today. I would suggest that that record is more underrated than
Controversy (underrated it may be, but most people I know still rate the title track as one of his best songs). But " Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic" has "Undisputed", "Hot Wit U", "Tangerine", "(eye) Love U, but (eye) don't trust U anymore", and "Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do" (one of his best ballads?). All good, even great, songs.
Plus it has a lamb on the insert and THESE WORDS:
""If this jacket were real wool, it would have taken 7 lambs whose lives would have begun like this...........
Within weeks of their birth their ears would have been hole-punched, their tails chopped off, and the males would have been castrated while fully conscious. Extremely high rates of mortality are considered normal : 20-40% of lambs die before the age of 8 weeks; 8 million mature sheep die every year from disease, exposure, or neglect. Many people believe that shearing helps animals who would otherwise be too hot. But in order to avoid losing any wool, ranchers shear sheep before they would naturally shed their winter coats, resulting in millions of sheep deaths from exposure to the cold.
Respect all of God's creatures.
"To my mind, the life of a lamb is no less precious than the life of a human being"
-- Mohandas Gandhi
'Cherish the Gift of Life & Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic'"
Classic.
― East Bay Crackhaus (nordicskilla), Monday, 19 January 2004 03:20 (twenty-two years ago)