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Can someone help me "get" Prince? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 days ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/music@lemmy.world
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I love many different genres of music. However I just have never been able to get into Prince. I actually do like that genre/style of music, I just cannot get it for some reason. And I know hes lauded as a musical genius, and I dont see why.

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[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Prince is a genial performer and composer, in particular during the early 80s with the Minneapolis Sound: a unique style of New Wave based on Pop Funk Rock, and a precursor of explicit horny vibe after the first Glam Rock period. I like to compare Prince to Michael Jackson: where MJ is just a boring Disco Pop, Prince is the real king of Pop in the same period starting with the crazy Dirty Mind LP. In Purple Rain you can find the peak of a Minneapolis Sound with the Hard Rock influences.