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From: rpk@mit-eddie.UUCP (Robert Krajewski)
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Subject: Re:  Prince != Jimi Hendrix
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 03:00:36 EST
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   Does anyone really think that Prince will have that kind of MUSICAL
   influence?  (Marcel Simon)

Hmm, this is a toughie.  Even though an educated pop listener can hear the
references in Prince's music, (Sly, James Brown, etc.), I think he has a
musical style that is all his own.  In particular, the drum tracks for 1999
are especially inventive -- they are certainly funky and work well in a
funk context, but they are extremely inventive and not the least bit
cliched.  I have been listening fairly closely to Prince since ``Dirty
Mind'' and it's quite clear that he has been a big influence on a lot of
the r&b scene, and even some of the rock scene.  Haven't you noticed the
increasing amounts of rockish guitar solos in r&b ?  Many of the synth
lines and sounds that Prince has been using for years are now heard on
other artists records.

Whether he will have an enduring influence is hard to say, but remember
that there is one very important difference between Prince and Hendrix that
may give him the advantage over Jimi -- lifestyle.  It took Hendrix time to
develop a truly original sound, and then just as he was about start getting
more sophisticated about it, he died of the good life.  Judging from
reports about Prince, he's not going to run down the same road.
-- 
``Bob'' (Robert P. Krajewski)
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