pre prince for me, guitarists were all the usual folk we all had as heroes.jens wrote: Tue Jan 17, 2023 3:39 pm I can't begin to wonder what you might possibly mean with that.
a) Purple Rain (I guess that's what you refer to) was a huge success
I have a hunch that this might be your point, but then it would of couse be an epically failed one, as
b) a huge part of Prince's whole artistic (and maybe his personal too) identity was to completely reject gender-stereotypes.
c) the article I linked to explains that "just one generation later, the women’s liberation movement ushered in unisex baby clothing once again, which remained in vogue until the mid-1980s". Purple Rain was released in 1984.
rock n metal mainly
then i met a girl, joanne, big prince fan, who id never really listened to before.
she introduced me via the purple rain film (this was around 88) and i was pretty much instantly hooked, he was up there with hendrix and gilmour for me.
this was just as a guitarist.
it wasn't until much later, i got in to "song writing" and this is where his actual genius shone through.
reading about his dedication to the sound was eye-opening too, spending days on one sound in a mix, every sound is right there in a mix nothing wasted at all.
hearing his songs done by others shows how good they are, that they might have been written as pop songs, means nothing, some of the covers take them outside of this, but still work and still have a prince hallmark.
misty dixon - the beautiful ones, is a favourite, and not just because i know jane
an album called "if i was prince..." is worth finding
meeting him was embarrassing. working at the men when he played, i went a bit gibbering fan. but he was nice about it
