# Prince vs. Michael Jackson

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-vs-michael-jackson/546704>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 14, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-vs-michael-jackson/546704 "2010-07-14T19:54:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-vs-michael-jackson/546704/121 "2010-07-18T04:56:37Z")

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> [@monstro](#):
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> You cannot say that Prince’s works are simple. I offer [_Dolphin_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyErMgANC0k&feature=related) as Evidence A. Listen to the lyrics (better yet, read them). What is this song about? Is he speaking as Jesus? Is he talking as a scorned lover? Is the song an expression of his problems with Warner’s Brothers? It’s a beautiful song regardless, but my point is that MJ would have never produced anything with such depth. That makes Prince a more sophisticated artist. \<snip\>

I offer [Cloreen Bacon Skin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwJbW4zgbxc) as a different type of example of this - the song is basically Prince talk/singing as a skeevy character in a ten-minute long funky bass-line that I somehow enjoy listening to. Nice and breezy. 🙂

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**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-vs-michael-jackson/546704/122 "2010-07-18T10:57:39Z")

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If I’m not mistaken, that’s none other than [Morris Day](http://rnbphilly.com/files/2010/05/Morris-Day2.jpg) on drums.

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