Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site houxm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!houxm!gregbo From: gregbo@houxm.UUCP (Greg Skinner) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: "Purple Rain" vs. "Ice Cream Castles" Message-ID: <1030@houxm.UUCP> Date: Sat, 15-Dec-84 10:04:39 EST Article-I.D.: houxm.1030 Posted: Sat Dec 15 10:04:39 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Dec-84 05:49:34 EST References: <608@ccice5.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 26 > From: rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) > 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! [:-/-)] You are a victim of MTV! In a way though, everyone is who watches it a lot (I know, since I used to watch it all the time before I moved to NJ). The Time's pre-MTV music is really funky. If you can ever get to hear their earlier albums, like "What Time Is It" you'll find they are just as dance- able as The Revolution. -- Baby tie your hair back in a long white bow ... Meet me in the field, behind the dynamo ... Greg Skinner (gregbo) {allegra,cbosgd,ihnp4}!houxm!gregbo