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Poll: Is Prince the most talented Pop Star of all time?
View Poll Results: Is Prince the most Talented pop artist of all time?
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Yes
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No, but he's very close.
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No.
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Yes he is. He does everything.
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Originally posted by like2throw
Honestly though, Bowie has 5 classic albums to Princes 3.
Heroes, Ziggy Stardust, Honky Dorey, Station to Station, and Low >>> Purple Rain, SOTT, 1999(which is a stretch of even being included).
If Prince made SOTT a single album, it wouldve been muuuch better imo. Its sprawling in its style and execution, but couldve been more consistent.
Michael Jackson only has 2 classic albums. Bad and Dangerous aint that impressive to me.
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I would say Prince has four. Dirty Mind is a classic. David Bowie does have five, but Prince does have a great discography.
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Yes.
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Originally posted by like2throw
Honestly though, Bowie has 5 classic albums to Princes 3.
Heroes, Ziggy Stardust, Honky Dorey, Station to Station, and Low >>> Purple Rain, SOTT, 1999(which is a stretch of even being included).
If Prince made SOTT a single album, it wouldve been muuuch better imo. Its sprawling in its style and execution, but couldve been more consistent.
Michael Jackson only has 2 classic albums. Bad and Dangerous aint that impressive to me.
edit: Oh yea I think Dirty Mind is better than 1999, but iono if its a classic album in the same sense.
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1999 is far more of a classic album and highly more revered than Station to Station.
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Yup! If only he weren't such a twat.
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Originally posted by like2throw
Honestly though, Bowie has 5 classic albums to Princes 3.
Heroes, Ziggy Stardust, Honky Dorey, Station to Station, and Low >>> Purple Rain, SOTT, 1999(which is a stretch of even being included).
If Prince made SOTT a single album, it wouldve been muuuch better imo. Its sprawling in its style and execution, but couldve been more consistent.
Michael Jackson only has 2 classic albums. Bad and Dangerous aint that impressive to me.
edit: Oh yea I think Dirty Mind is better than 1999, but iono if its a classic album in the same sense.
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Agreed, his work overall is MUCH more consistent as well. The only
Way the two can compete is in the singles department
(prince arguably released better singles)
Bowie is the better singer/songwriter while prince is probably the better multi-instrumentalist. Both are at the very top of the music world though.
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Still haven't listened to a Prince album yet, Gotta do it soon i guess...I do know that he plays like 20 instruments and that's a really amazing feat.
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I like prince but I wouldn't call him the most talented
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he's one of.
He's alongside Madonna of course.
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Originally posted by FantasySoul
I like prince but I wouldn't call him the most talented
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Who is?
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Yes, he plays over 20 instruments and composes, arranges, writes, and produces all of his material as well as the material of his proteges. he owns his master recordings and distributes his music with his own label.
prince is the most talented pop star and one of the best musicians of our time.
The only one thing i dislike about prince is that he utterly stole his Purple Rain movie idea of a black musical from Rick James who 2 years earlier was in talks of creating ''Alice in Ghettoland'' until Prince stole the idea from him.
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Originally posted by alkralkra
Yes.
1999 is far more of a classic album and highly more revered than Station to Station.
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No, its not a better album than Station to Station. The reason why Station to Station isnt as revered as it should is because its overshadowed by Davids other masterpieces. But its still an amazing album in its own right, and much more consistent than 1999. The album 1999 isnt nearly as good as the single that came from said album.
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Originally posted by Nippy'sReceipts
Yes, he plays over 20 instruments and composes, arranges, writes, and produces all of his material as well as the material of his proteges. he owns his master recordings and distributes his music with his own label.
prince is the most talented pop star and one of the best musicians of our time.
The only one thing i dislike about prince is that he utterly stole his Purple Rain movie idea of a black musical from Rick James who 2 years earlier was in talks of creating ''Alice in Ghettoland'' until Prince stole the idea from him.
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Wow didnt know that, thanks
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Originally posted by like2throw
No, its not a better album than Station to Station. The reason why Station to Station isnt as revered as it should is because its overshadowed by Davids other masterpieces. But its still an amazing album in its own right, and much more consistent than 1999. The album 1999 isnt nearly as good as the single that came from said album.
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Well, if you think so that's good, but 1999 is still more acclaimed and appears higher on a lot of all-time lists than STS.
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Originally posted by alkralkra
Well, if you think so that's good, but 1999 is still more acclaimed and appears higher on a lot of all-time lists than STS.
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They both have similar acclaim...
From acclaimedmusic
Station to Station
1976
All Time 281
1999
1982
All Time 201
Considering the amount of albums in the database that is very similar in acclaim lolol. I mean 1999 often does appear higher, but this could be considering it was a more popular release, and Station to Station was overshadowed by its followup.
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I don't know... I never really thought about him much and didn't know he was actually so musically talented. I kind of thought he was just a late 80s adrogynous hearthrob singer. Going to have to look into him now.
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Originally posted by iseeyouupsidedown
I don't know... I never really thought about him much and didn't know he was actually so musically talented. I kind of thought he was just a late 80s adrogynous hearthrob singer. Going to have to look into him now.
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Yea alot of people are initially fooled based on his image. I knew I was, as a kid I always thought he was a gimmick artist lol.
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YES! Who else on his level can play 26 instruments, write their own lyrics and produce their own music?
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Originally posted by madonnas
His talent just amazes me. He produces, writes, composes all of his music, and can play over 20 instruments. He also has written music for many other artists. He has been noted for being able to tackle many genres and sounds, and he has been acclaimed especially for his lusty vocals and guitar playing.
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Don't forget that he's also a VMA-winning choreographer
And he's not only written for others, he's outright discovered other people with talent... Sheena Easton, Sheila E., Martika, The Time, and Morris Day owe him big for their success. Hell, even Mayte should thank him b/c otherwise she wouldn't be on Hollywood Exes, and Wendy & Lisa might as well just give him one of their Emmy statuettes.
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Prince is one of the most talented from a musical standpoint. He is very good at what he does.
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Originally posted by madonnas
Really, do you think anybody else takes the cake?
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I don't think Prince takes the cake. I think you have some things a bit backwards.
Plus, can he do these things?
Didn't think so.
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