Giuseppe Zangara

cwm, an acetylene torch, and his hands

Jeff Buckley, wrench in my hand, aimed at his trachea.

That song got nowhere near the love it deserved.

That's a 25 year record I flushed down the drain. I'm sort of disappointed in myself.

I ain't never scared.

Try not to write anything you wouldn't write while sober. You'll only end up saying/doing something you'll regret. You might want to take that advice in real life, too. Message boards are sort of a microcosm for the outside world, ya know.

Is this your first time posting while intoxicated? I have some experience in this, if you need any guidance.

Why don't I just go out in the street and lick the road. Similar taste, but without the damage to my lungs.

I took to pot pretty well the first time out, so I'm choosing to believe cigarettes are the very worst things ever.

In this thread, you can drunkenly post. Or post pished.

So, this past Friday, I took a drag off a cigarette for the very first time in my life. What the hell's wrong with you people. Shit's terrible.

I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, too, so I'll understand if you choose to not bother.

Me before these other people.

I don't know what Thumbtack's talking about, but you could just make your sack hanger hate you (see me and DerangedHermit; me and FrigidSoul).

I DIDN'T GET A CD PLAYER UNTIL I WAS 15, OKAY?

This is what I was figuring. I just wondered if he'd done any kind of godlike innovation or something so instrumentally cool as to make me go "oh shit," and ignore the fact that I don't care for straight pop music, even if it is good. Well, Prince never really did "straight" pop music, which partly explains why you'll find a bunch of decidedly non-pop people singing his praises. He often subverted conventions; look at "When Doves Cry" and "Kiss"—two of his most well-known songs—for example. Both are a stripped down, minimalist form of funk (funk, yet neither had bass), containing seemingly un-radio friendly rhythms (neither song sounded like anything heard on radio) and song structures, yet both became big hits. Slight change of subject, I recommend you adventurous types check out Dump's That Skinny Motherfucker With the High Voice. Dump is just James McNew, bassist for indie rockers Yo La Tengo, and on this album he adds his own lo-fi spin on a dozen of Prince's songs, both well-known ("1999" and "The Beautiful Ones") and the more obscure ("Erotic City" and "Another Lonely Christmas"). McNew is certainly not the performer that Prince is, but he holds his own rather well; I dare say I prefer his takes on "Pop Life" and "When You Were Mine" to the originals (and with the latter, that's saying a lot), as he manages to find heartache and sadness in the tunes that Prince's at times too smarmy delivery never did.

Cassette, not CD, but your point stands.

Heh. I saw this thread when it was bumped last night, and was amused by your use of a wrestling reference. I was all prepared to make fun, but then I realized that I've made some similar posts in my younger days. So, what I'm getting at is this: is there anyway to delete all evidence of this board existing prior to 2003?

Ain't skerred, either.

I ain't scared.

Sign o' the Times—a double album that, with the exception of one track, features Prince playing all the instruments himself—is along those lines. But if the singles don't move you, I don't know if Prince is up your alley, then. His album tracks are often very different from his radio hits—like 1999, for instance; aside from the three singles from that album (which all, by the way, happen to be placed at the very beginning of the record), the album is filled with extended dance jams composed entirely on synthesizers and drum machines (with only very, very little guitar).

Lovesexy doesn't get enough, um, love, due to the whole "all nine songs being on one track" thing. "Alphabet St." would be in my top five of all-time favorite Prince songs if it didn't include that cheesy rap section.

You like Around the World in a Day a lot. I like it alright myself, but it's only just above Controversy from his '80-'87 glory run. And speaking of AtWiaD, no one ever mentions "Paisley Park" as one of the Great Prince Songs, but they should.

Except for Banky, but he just likes stirring up shit, anyway.

The very few people who enjoyed Birds long ago proved that their opinions are meaningless, so arguing his worth is a moot point.