Originally Posted by BastardofYoung

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. He may be hailed as a genious by some, but to me, I never saw the appeal in him.

Originally Posted by FaceFace

Prince has always created generic, crappy pop music, right up there with Michael Jackson. His talents are no more extraordinary than anyone else in the genre.
This is like arguing which log of crap smells better.

Originally Posted by blackboab

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your right..'when doves cry' is the most generic song ever to top the charts...
the fact it has no bassline and is a totally original creation means nothing because its classed as pop music....
'if i was your girlfriend' is a run of the mill ballad....
'sign o the times' is an album full of generic pop music.....
i think you need to go and listen to his work...whatever music you like...prince will have done something in that genre..