Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ccice5.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!ritcv!ccice5!rdz From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: "Purple Rain" vs. "Ice Cream Castles" Message-ID: <608@ccice5.UUCP> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 11:16:49 EST Article-I.D.: ccice5.608 Posted: Fri Dec 7 11:16:49 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 03:10:36 EST Distribution: net Organization: CCI Central Engineering, Rochester, NY Lines: 14 I am the owner of both of these albums, and I am as disapointed with the latter as I am pleased with the former. Although I think The Time nearly blew away The Revolution in the movie, I find The Time's music almost boring without the visual re-enforcement. Maybe I'm just a victim of MTV! I think one problem may be that The Time is really a funk band, while The Revolution is the first group to produce black music that white boys can dance to since Sly and the Family Stone. This is not meant to be a racist staement, it's just an observation on the last twenty years of rock and roll. I will probably sell off "Ice Cream Castles" because I can't enjoy The Time on record like I can on film. And there's the pity! [:-/-)] *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***