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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
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Subject: Re:  Prince != Jimi Hendrix
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Date: Wed, 13-Feb-85 09:00:46 EST
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> I think that the similarities between Prince and Jimi Hendrix are not in their
> guitar playing, but in their message and their social commentary. 
> 
> Greg Skinner (gregbo)

But Hendrix' importance lies with his music  rather than with image and/or
social "message". Said message was little more than a rehash of
sixties hippie ideals, which sound peculiarly dated today. Image, clothing,
sexual prowess and other facets of the Hendrix legend fade in importance
with time. The musical universes he chartered are still fresh, something
exemplified by the fact that it has taken 15+ years for the next steps
to be taken by a new generation of guitarists (the ones I mentioned
in my original posting). Does anyone really think that Prince
will have that kind of MUSICAL influence?

Images come and go, but music is eternal

Marcel Simon			ihnp4!mhuxr!mfs