are the Prince remasters coming?
04-23-14, 10:17 AM
#26
DVD Talk Hero
Re: are the Prince remasters coming?
Beyond the remasters, he's go so much shit in his vaults - I wish he would start releasing that stuff - I'm sure a lot of it is brilliant.
04-23-14, 07:49 PM
#27
Banned by request
Re: are the Prince remasters coming?
Funny you say that since Harrison and Petty both came to him for help in production and song writing and each walked away with one of their biggest selling albums of their careers (Cloud Nine and Full Moon Fever, respectively) and both albums were also critically acclaimed by most at the time. Some consider both of those albums comeback albums for them. Read some interviews with Harrison and Petty. Lynne was hardly riding on their shoulders and honestly, Harrison and Petty were riding Lynne's for those albums. He was also the main driving force behind the acclaimed Traveling Wilburys but is also the one most forgotten. He did the majority of the heavy lifting for that group.
As far as your hatred for "Don't Bring Me Down," I understand it. But the guy has written so many better songs and has so many great albums (both his own, ELO, and as a producer), I find it silly to bash him for that. Every artist with that kind of catalog has several stinkers in their past. Prince is definitely included in that (especially on some of his more recent releases. They just don't get played on the radio anymore).
Sorry for the Jeff Lynne rant in a Prince thread. I just tire of the needless bashing of him.
As far as your hatred for "Don't Bring Me Down," I understand it. But the guy has written so many better songs and has so many great albums (both his own, ELO, and as a producer), I find it silly to bash him for that. Every artist with that kind of catalog has several stinkers in their past. Prince is definitely included in that (especially on some of his more recent releases. They just don't get played on the radio anymore).
Sorry for the Jeff Lynne rant in a Prince thread. I just tire of the needless bashing of him.
I've heard a lot of ELO songs and can't think of one I'd ever want to listen to again. My dislike of him goes far beyond one particular song.
04-24-14, 12:57 AM
#28
DVD Talk Hero
Re: are the Prince remasters coming?
Yeah, I never understood the rock industry's fascination with Lynne. He's about as bland of an artist the genre's ever seen. If the color beige had a song, it'd be written, performed and produced by Lynne.
04-24-14, 07:52 PM
#29
DVD Talk Special Edition
Re: are the Prince remasters coming?
I don't really know much about ELO except for Mr Blue Sky and I love that song because of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I will say that the stuff he produced for Roy Orbison at the end of his life was pretty awesome.
04-25-14, 11:59 PM
#30
Banned by request
Re: are the Prince remasters coming?
04-29-14, 05:32 AM
#31
Re: are the Prince remasters coming?
I like ELO for the sounds but not so much for the melodies; Lynne tends to rely on sudden tonal shifts that are really 50/50 in execution.
I really like Last Train to London, Secret Messages, Don't Bring Me Down, Telephone Line, Here Is The News, and Calling America.
I really like Last Train to London, Secret Messages, Don't Bring Me Down, Telephone Line, Here Is The News, and Calling America.
05-15-14, 05:27 PM
#32
Re: are the Prince remasters coming?
Give me a remaster of Dirty Mind and give it to me soon! I love Prince's early stuff. I like his later stuff too, but not as much as the early stuff.
