Best Ever Albums

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

junodog4 — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 21:26:11 GMT

Author: junodog4

Posted: 02/12/2014 02:26

I'd like to see Prince win this tourney...

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:42:21 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/11/2014 18:42

BrandonMeow wrote:

I'll listen to some Prince sometime.

You really should. Even though it's not that similar to anything on your charts, I think you might love Dirty Mind. Just a hunch.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:37:19 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/11/2014 18:37

Happymeal wrote:

Wait, you haven't even heard "When Doves Cry"? That's an interesting thing to know.

I've not even heard it...as far as I know, it could be one of those songs I heard but just don't know the name of. I'll listen to some Prince sometime.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:16:11 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/11/2014 10:16

BrandonMeow wrote:

I've never heard a Prince song and yet I nominated him (on behalf of Lethal saying he ought to be in the tournament, which seemed true enough), I'm kind of a silly fellow. 🤣

Wait, you haven't even heard "When Doves Cry"? That's an interesting thing to know.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

SquishypuffDave — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:55:52 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 02/11/2014 07:55

Prince isn't really my jam, and I think Bonobo's Days To Come is somewhere on my chart.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

drakonium — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 16:09:54 GMT

Author: drakonium

Posted: 02/10/2014 21:09

I like Black Sands, but even though I'm not a Prince fan by any mean, him by far.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Norman Bates — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:24:33 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 02/10/2014 19:24

Unlike the above commentaries, I don't care one bit for Bonobo.

However, like my comrades, I really dig Prince.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

meccalecca — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:20:42 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 02/10/2014 19:20

lethalnezzle wrote:

Considering that for the majority of his early career (I don't really know about post-'88 too much, although there are still some great releases) he recorded nearly, if not every instrument on every album himself, as well as writing every song himself, I'd say he's at least as solo as, say, Don van Vliet (actually I'd say he's certainly more solo than Beefheart, given that much of the time his backing band was essentially just a touring band). So yeah, virtually all the good Prince albums count as solo works. Perhaps not quite as solo as a lone electronic music producer on his laptop, such as Bonobo (who is actually dope by the way and everybody who isn't familiar should really check him out ASAP), but more solo than a great many of the artists in this tournament can claim to be. Anyway, in many other matchups my vote would have gone to Bonobo, but there are only like one or two artists who would persuade me to vote against Prince.

Thanks Lethal. I kind of figured that much. I know Prince was a virtuoso you essentially played everything, but never did the legwork to research exactly how much The Revolution added. from a little research on wiki, it's clear Prince should be considered solo on all his best works.

Therefore, Prince gets my vote. Bonobo is cool though

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:17:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/10/2014 19:17

dividesbyzero wrote:

Bonobo is big underrated on this site

Oh for sure. People should definitely check out Bonobo.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:15:37 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/10/2014 19:15

lethalnezzle wrote:

Ah my apologies for overlooking this. Alright I think Prince gets the vote, though Bonobo is big underrated on this site

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:10:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/10/2014 19:10

dividesbyzero wrote:

I do love Prince, though I've really only heard albums by "Prince and the Revolution".

lethalnezzle wrote:

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:06:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/10/2014 19:06

I do love Prince, though I've really only heard albums by "Prince and the Revolution". I'll go back and listen to his solo work before voting, but it may be hard to beat Bonobo. Then again it is Prince so maybe it wont be that hard. Though I do love Bonobo...

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:58:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/10/2014 18:58

meccalecca wrote:

So, what Prince albums count as solo. I know a lot of his best work was backed by The Revolution, so this could be a major difference maker.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:22:09 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/10/2014 18:22

I really enjoy Bonobo, but I couldn't possibly deny Prince the vote in this match up.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:02:18 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/10/2014 18:02

I've never heard a Prince song and yet I nominated him (on behalf of Lethal saying he ought to be in the tournament, which seemed true enough), I'm kind of a silly fellow. 🤣

I think I've heard a Bonobo song but I don't remember it. Abstained, I suppose.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Dingerbell — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:53:04 GMT

Author: Dingerbell

Posted: 02/10/2014 17:53

Bonobo is a severely underrated artist. Starting off mainly with instrumental downtempo electronic music, with strong nu-jazz influences, Bonobo has developed into much more varied and diverse artist, with several vocal parts and new styles of music coming into his newer albums. My favourites of his albums are: Dial "M" For Monkey, Days to Come and Black Sands, which I all love- with my personal preference being Dial "M" For Monkey. Some of my favourite songs of his:

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It's really a shame he came up against Prince, as he may not progress further, but try and give him a listen, and see if you like him.

Re: BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

meccalecca — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:20:53 GMT

Author: meccalecca

Posted: 02/10/2014 17:20

So, what Prince albums count as solo. I know a lot of his best work was backed by The Revolution, so this could be a major difference maker.

If everything counts, then vote goes to Prince. Otherwise my vote may very likely go to Bonobo

BSAT Round #1: Prince vs Bonobo

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 10:57:45 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 02/10/2014 15:57

BSAT

Round 1

Prince

Captain: Brandonmeow

Bonobo

Captain: Dingerbell