Prince is awful to me. I also hate his guitar playing. People give it to much credit, all he does is take showsmen techincal riffs and peice them together, show some Hendrixisms and wanks away. His guitar skill seems to be on par with that guys at Guitar Works showing off their skills on their lunch break. He really is nothing to write home about. Plus he embodied everything pretensious to me.
This for example:
I look at this and think, man you are such a wanker.. what the hell.. first off, "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" does not need a 2 and a half minute guitar solo.. and the way he just goes on and on, even into Petty's vocal section is just stupid. That sums up Prince to me. The guy who just wants to show off, while everybody else around him just rolls their eyes at him... which it looks like they are about to do during his solo..
He may be hailed as a genious by some, but to me, I never saw the appeal in him.
__________________
last.fm
"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.
|