[Perform-Talk] musical influences
Jennifer Aberdeen
freespirit328 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 29 17:09:09 UTC 2016
The other night I listened to Prince's last album that came out in December
of 2015. Very jazzy...lots of horns, piano etc. I think that was
wonderful...to have made a jazz type album. I liked Prince's early stuff
through the early nineties, but then he changed to more hip hop sounding
music and I went in another direction, but I didn't know he changed again
over the past decade or so. I actually didn't know he was putting out albums
anymore; I thought he was done with performing etc. I was wrong.
Jen
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From: Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Perform-talk
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 10:26 AM
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The amazing thing about Prince is his musical genius. Whether you like his
music or not, you have to recognize his talent. He literally played every
instrument and was a prolific song writer. When and if they release his
catalogue, it will be extensive. And he understood staging. His shows were
not just music shows, they were performances.
And BTW, my favorite dancer Misty Copeland often danced at Prince's shows.
Whenever he was performing in New York, he asked her to dance on stage. And
she toured with him at times too.
Bridgit
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Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 9:48 PM
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Cc: Sandra Streeter <sandrastreeter381 at gmail.com>
Subject: [Perform-Talk] musical influences
Cameron, your list of favorites is probably as long, perhaps longer than, my
own, and, like a lot of people on this list, I am quite eclectic (my
Aspergers bent toward one particular artist for 2-3 years came to an end in
high school, when I began doing choral classical work; I still go through
phases, but they may only last 1-2 months—which is why my collection is so
large: when the mood hits, I better have a particular artist/CD available
for my craving)! As to favorites for me, they run the gamut from Brahms,
Britten, Bernstein (in particular, the mass and the Chichester Psalms),
Rutter, Saint-saens, Durufle, Faure; the Moody Blues, the Who, early Elton
John, Pink Floyd, a little Jethro Tull, some Clapton and the New Yardbirds
and the Jeff Beck Group (especially “Beck’s Bolero); classic rock from the
60s through the mid-80s; Johnny Cash, Sugarland; Brubeck and Branford
Marsalis; early Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, John Michael Talbott, Kings X,
Jars of Clay—BTW, looking for more off-the-beaten-track rock/metal Christian
artists, since much of what gets airplay seems so corporate and unoriginal.
And, although I was not a fan of Prince, I do appreciate that he ventured
into such a mix of styles—I particularly like “Take Me With You,” “Purple
Rain” (of course), “Signs of the Times, even “When Doves Cry,” if you’re
only talking the musical aspects of his work. Such a sad loss to the music
world. Really enjoying this thread, folks...
Sandra
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is
invisible to the eye." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Little Prince
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