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KaTe and Prince

From: kyrlidis@templeton.CChem.Berkeley.EDU (Angelos Kyrlidis)
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 93 13:56:40 PST
Subject: KaTe and Prince
To: ecto@ns1.rutgers.edu
Cc: kyrlidis@templeton.cchem.berkeley.edu, love-hounds@uunet.UU.NET


Not exactly ecto material (what isn't these days? :)), but since it appeared 
here I might as well post here too. 

Meredith writes:

m>Why Should I LOve You:  This song has GOT to go.  I *knew* Prince would
m>destroy whatever song on the album he had a hand itn.  Gag.

and Jessica writes:
j>I mean, I just don't *listen* to music like this. blech.

I know these are your opinions, and I respect them, BUT: ;-)
KaTe is obviously a Prince fan (see Constellation of the heart) and can 
write damn good and catchy funk, and who is better than Prince to jam 
with on such a tune? (even though they didn't quite interact in its 
creation). I listen to music like that, and think that the
song is outstanding. In fact I've never imagined the Trio Bulgarka as 
being funky divas :), and yet they add to the brilliance of the tune.
I love the way their voices blend into the keyboard riff in the intro.
I would judge the song for its own merit and not for who is in it.

m> There you have it, MY *OWN& OPINIONS.  I don't care who agrees or
m> disagrees, so there.

j>and now you've got mine too.

and mine ;-)

Angelos
PS. If we want to be critical, we should start accusing KaTe for plagiarism,
because 'Constellation of the heart' sounds a bit too much like 'New Power
Generation' a Prince song from the Graffitti Bridge era, and the bass
line on 'Top of the City' is a blatant ripoff of Tony Levin's style.
But I like both songs, so I won't. :)