So funny how I'm still discovering new Prince music that I've missed.

Anyone know anything about this song? Date? Era? Anything?

I just heard it for the first time... and it's FANTASTIC!!!!!

It's way too short... but so lovely!!

GIMME INFO, PEOPLE!

http://www.princevault.co..._Bathsheba

^^^ Thanks for posting the link MikeyB71

Here's the Crystal Ball II choices that we got to pick from at the 2000 Celebration:

Crystal Ball II

Selection officially reported:

1 Electric Intercourse
2 Love & Sex
3 Xtraloveable
4 3 Nigs Watchin' A Kung Fu Movie
5 Evolsidog
6 Adonis & Bathseba
7 Eye Wonder
8 Others Here With Us
9 American Jam
10 Lust U Always
11 Strange Way of Saying Eye Love U
12 Everybody Want What They Don't Got
13 Girl O' My Dreams
14 U're All Eye Want
15 Turn It Up
16 Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)
17 Katrina's Paper Dolls

Others with fewest votes not selected for inclusion:

18 She's just a baby
19 Gotta stop (messin' about)
20 If It'll make U happy
21 Come Electra Tuesday
22 Girl

Courtesy - langebleu

She's jut a baby instead of an unreleased Kiss remix and you have a good collection. Too bad it went the way of many of his projects.

(2 the OP):

It's not that it's too short. It's just that what's circulating is just a sample.

Would have surpassed Crystal Ball in terms of quality by so much!

I just love it's potential.

I can hear Adore and Crucial in it ... and a good bit of Parade feel.

Despite the occasional "crap", I hope we realize that the man is infrickingsanely rediculously talented!!

I hear this... and then I think of Purple and Gold... and I'm like... DUDE! lol Seriously??? SERIOUSLY?????

I might just have to break into this vault of his!

If Ke$ha can sneak into his house, my ass can break into his vault.

I NEED THE FULL VERSION OF THIS SONG!!!!

Who's with me?????????????????????

MantuaPharoah said:

So funny how I'm still discovering new Prince music that I've missed.

Anyone know anything about this song? Date? Era? Anything?

I just heard it for the first time... and it's FANTASTIC!!!!!

It's way too short... but so lovely!!

GIMME INFO, PEOPLE!

Adonis and Bathsheba is sooo beautiful. I just fell in love with it when I first heard it...

Have you heard "Nightingale" by Prince circa 1976/1977 for the "For You" album? It is also a beautiful....

squirrelgrease said:

Here's the Crystal Ball II choices that we got to pick from at the 2000 Celebration:

Crystal Ball II

Selection officially reported:

1 Electric Intercourse
2 Love & Sex
3 Xtraloveable
4 3 Nigs Watchin' A Kung Fu Movie
5 Evolsidog
6 Adonis & Bathseba
7 Eye Wonder
8 Others Here With Us
9 American Jam
10 Lust U Always
11 Strange Way of Saying Eye Love U
12 Everybody Want What They Don't Got
13 Girl O' My Dreams
14 U're All Eye Want
15 Turn It Up
16 Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)
17 Katrina's Paper Dolls

Others with fewest votes not selected for inclusion:

18 She's just a baby
19 Gotta stop (messin' about)
20 If It'll make U happy
21 Come Electra Tuesday
22 Girl

Courtesy - langebleu

First song is enough for me to say I'm all in...I love that damn song!! It is on repeat all night long, I can't get enough of it!! Electric Intercourse is my fave song of his that I've heard so far, I'm still discovering so much...

DaphneLovesPR1NCE said:

squirrelgrease said:

Here's the Crystal Ball II choices that we got to pick from at the 2000 Celebration:

Crystal Ball II

Selection officially reported:

1 Electric Intercourse
2 Love & Sex
3 Xtraloveable
4 3 Nigs Watchin' A Kung Fu Movie
5 Evolsidog
6 Adonis & Bathseba
7 Eye Wonder
8 Others Here With Us
9 American Jam
10 Lust U Always
11 Strange Way of Saying Eye Love U
12 Everybody Want What They Don't Got
13 Girl O' My Dreams
14 U're All Eye Want
15 Turn It Up
16 Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)
17 Katrina's Paper Dolls

Others with fewest votes not selected for inclusion:

18 She's just a baby
19 Gotta stop (messin' about)
20 If It'll make U happy
21 Come Electra Tuesday
22 Girl

Courtesy - langebleu

First song is enough for me to say I'm all in...I love that damn song!! It is on repeat all night long, I can't get enough of it!! Electric Intercourse is my fave song of his that I've heard so far, I'm still discovering so much...

Daphne, that's a fantastic song! I've never heard someone call it their fave Prince song, but it's got to be in my top 20 favorite slow jams of his. Seems like there's lots for you to discover... and for ALL of us... if you can just help me BREAK INTO THE VAULT!!!!!

Susan Rogers slagged the song off.

But I've seen alot love for from fans since the snippet surfaced.

Personally I love it. It sounds just how I imagined it would sound.

Genius.

I pray one day it see's the light of day.

Susan Rogers slagged the song off.

But I've seen alot love for from fans since the snippet surfaced.

Personally I love it. It sounds just how I imagined it would sound.

Genius.

I pray one day it see's the light of day.

Romeoblu said:

Susan Rogers slagged the song off.

But I've seen alot love for from fans since the snippet surfaced.

Personally I love it. It sounds just how I imagined it would sound.

Genius.

I pray one day it see's the light of day.

NO SHE DIDNT

squirrelgrease said:

Here's the Crystal Ball II choices that we got to pick from at the 2000 Celebration:

Crystal Ball II

Selection officially reported:

1 Electric Intercourse
2 Love & Sex
3 Xtraloveable
4 3 Nigs Watchin' A Kung Fu Movie
5 Evolsidog
6 Adonis & Bathseba
7 Eye Wonder
8 Others Here With Us
9 American Jam
10 Lust U Always
11 Strange Way of Saying Eye Love U
12 Everybody Want What They Don't Got
13 Girl O' My Dreams
14 U're All Eye Want
15 Turn It Up
16 Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)
17 Katrina's Paper Dolls

Others with fewest votes not selected for inclusion:

18 She's just a baby
19 Gotta stop (messin' about)
20 If It'll make U happy
21 Come Electra Tuesday
22 Girl

Courtesy - langebleu

I always wondered why songs nobody had any clue what they actually sounded like were picked.

There's still a few on their that mean nothing to anyone barring interesting titles.

Marrk said:

squirrelgrease said:

Here's the Crystal Ball II choices that we got to pick from at the 2000 Celebration:

Crystal Ball II

Selection officially reported:

1 Electric Intercourse
2 Love & Sex
3 Xtraloveable
4 3 Nigs Watchin' A Kung Fu Movie
5 Evolsidog
6 Adonis & Bathseba
7 Eye Wonder
8 Others Here With Us
9 American Jam
10 Lust U Always
11 Strange Way of Saying Eye Love U
12 Everybody Want What They Don't Got
13 Girl O' My Dreams
14 U're All Eye Want
15 Turn It Up
16 Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)
17 Katrina's Paper Dolls

Others with fewest votes not selected for inclusion:

18 She's just a baby
19 Gotta stop (messin' about)
20 If It'll make U happy
21 Come Electra Tuesday
22 Girl

Courtesy - langebleu

I always wondered why songs nobody had any clue what they actually sounded like were picked.

There's still a few on their that mean nothing to anyone barring interesting titles.

you can just imagine..all those HARD CORE FAMS at the celebration trying to "outboot" each other choosing shit like katrina and american jam pretending they had on on "grainy cassete" and were in the process of cleaning it up whilst drooling down their NPG limited edition hockey tops...

jonylawson said:

Marrk said:

I always wondered why songs nobody had any clue what they actually sounded like were picked.

There's still a few on their that mean nothing to anyone barring interesting titles.

you can just imagine..all those HARD CORE FAMS at the celebration trying to "outboot" each other choosing shit like katrina and american jam pretending they had on on "grainy cassete" and were in the process of cleaning it up whilst drooling down their NPG limited edition hockey tops...

I'll own up, I've got one of those black and gold tops. i tried removing that shitty white sticker thing the night i got it (Brixton 98) but fucked it up, apart from that, unworn. What a fool i am.

[Edited 8/30/10 16:41pm]

jonylawson said:

Romeoblu said:

Susan Rogers slagged the song off.

But I've seen alot love for from fans since the snippet surfaced.

Personally I love it. It sounds just how I imagined it would sound.

Genius.

I pray one day it see's the light of day.

NO SHE DIDNT

Yeah, I think Romeoblu is thinking of Eric Leeds's thoughts of the song. At least I think I got that right. It was Eric who said he thought the song was silly. I never understood that sentiment, but to each his or her own.

I personally think the song is gorgeous, unless it takes a weird ass turn that the circulating sample doesn't divulge.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

jonylawson said:

NO SHE DIDNT

Yeah, I think Romeoblu is thinking of Eric Leeds's thoughts of the song. At least I think I got that right. It was Eric who said he thought the song was silly. I never understood that sentiment, but to each his or her own.

I personally think the song is gorgeous, unless it takes a weird ass turn that the circulating sample doesn't divulge.

Incorrect. Susan Rogers is the person who dissed "Adonis and Bathsheba" in an interview.

Spinlight said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Yeah, I think Romeoblu is thinking of Eric Leeds's thoughts of the song. At least I think I got that right. It was Eric who said he thought the song was silly. I never understood that sentiment, but to each his or her own.

I personally think the song is gorgeous, unless it takes a weird ass turn that the circulating sample doesn't divulge.

Incorrect. Susan Rogers is the person who dissed "Adonis and Bathsheba" in an interview.

Cool. Thanks for the correction. Now, that you mention it, I see it as clear as day in my head that those were her comments!

one of the worst Prince songs ever. There is a reason it hasn't come out.

Marrk said:

squirrelgrease said:

Here's the Crystal Ball II choices that we got to pick from at the 2000 Celebration:

Crystal Ball II

Selection officially reported:

1 Electric Intercourse
2 Love & Sex
3 Xtraloveable
4 3 Nigs Watchin' A Kung Fu Movie
5 Evolsidog
6 Adonis & Bathseba
7 Eye Wonder
8 Others Here With Us
9 American Jam
10 Lust U Always
11 Strange Way of Saying Eye Love U
12 Everybody Want What They Don't Got
13 Girl O' My Dreams
14 U're All Eye Want
15 Turn It Up
16 Kiss - Xtended Version (Never released b4)
17 Katrina's Paper Dolls

Others with fewest votes not selected for inclusion:

18 She's just a baby
19 Gotta stop (messin' about)
20 If It'll make U happy
21 Come Electra Tuesday
22 Girl

Courtesy - langebleu

I always wondered why songs nobody had any clue what they actually sounded like were picked.

There's still a few on their that mean nothing to anyone barring interesting titles.

I was one of the lucky ones who got to choose from the list, and really, I had to go with "interesting titles" for many of my picks.

I believe there was also a question put forth on his little multi-colored iMacs as to which album he should release next. Choices were something like:

Piano Album

Guitar Album

Crystal Ball II

and others...

Does anyone remember the exact choices we had for "the next album" from that Celebration?

Yes, there were 8 choices for 'next album'...

1. Crystal Ball II (a collection of previously unreleased songs)

2. Roadhouse Garden (a Prince and the Revolution album)

3. Live Album (choose your era)

4. Rock Guitar Album

5. Madrid 2 Chicago (a smooth jazz album)

6. When 2 R In Love: The Ballads of Prince

7. Cover Versions

8. New Studio Album (choose preferred style)

.

BorisFishpaw said:

Yes, there were 8 choices for 'next album'...

1. Crystal Ball II (a collection of previously unreleased songs)

2. Roadhouse Garden (a Prince and the Revolution album)

3. Live Album (choose your era)

4. Rock Guitar Album

5. Madrid 2 Chicago (a smooth jazz album)

6. When 2 R In Love: The Ballads of Prince

7. Cover Versions

8. New Studio Album (choose preferred style)

.

Thank you Boris!

Am I correct that the 2000 Celebration had both questions 1)"Crystal ball II - Choose the tracks" and 2)"Which album next"? The Vault book states the "Which album next" question was posed at the 2001 Celebration, but I didn't go to the 2001 Celly (only the 2000 and 2002 events), though I distinctly remember voting for the guitar album and picking songs for Crystal Ball II. Actually, The Vault mentions a 2003 Celebration, but obviously that's an error.

Is my memory wrong, or The Vault's text wrong?

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Spinlight said:

Incorrect. Susan Rogers is the person who dissed "Adonis and Bathsheba" in an interview.

Cool. Thanks for the correction. Now, that you mention it, I see it as clear as day in my head that those were her comments!

I also believe the interview went on to reveal that Prince seemed hurt by her comment & abandoned finishing the song as a result.

Having listened to the circulating sample, I can only hope that was not an accurate account of what happened, as it sounds wonderful and far from incomplete. Unless it does indeed deteriorate into a state of incompleteness after the samples fade out.

(D')

squirrelgrease said:

BorisFishpaw said:

Yes, there were 8 choices for 'next album'...

1. Crystal Ball II (a collection of previously unreleased songs)

2. Roadhouse Garden (a Prince and the Revolution album)

3. Live Album (choose your era)

4. Rock Guitar Album

5. Madrid 2 Chicago (a smooth jazz album)

6. When 2 R In Love: The Ballads of Prince

7. Cover Versions

8. New Studio Album (choose preferred style)

.

Thank you Boris!

Am I correct that the 2000 Celebration had both questions 1)"Crystal ball II - Choose the tracks" and 2)"Which album next"? The Vault book states the "Which album next" question was posed at the 2001 Celebration, but I didn't go to the 2001 Celly (only the 2000 and 2002 events), though I distinctly remember voting for the guitar album and picking songs for Crystal Ball II. Actually, The Vault mentions a 2003 Celebration, but obviously that's an error.

Is my memory wrong, or The Vault's text wrong?

Yes, it included both questions. So you could choose which album Prince should release next from the list of 8 options. Plus you got to choose from the list of songs which ones should be included on Crystal Ball II.

djenerate said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Cool. Thanks for the correction. Now, that you mention it, I see it as clear as day in my head that those were her comments!

I also believe the interview went on to reveal that Prince seemed hurt by her comment & abandoned finishing the song as a result.

Having listened to the circulating sample, I can only hope that was not an accurate account of what happened, as it sounds wonderful and far from incomplete. Unless it does indeed deteriorate into a state of incompleteness after the samples fade out.

(D')

Unless that is the only good part. If she heard stuff we didn't and it sounded bad ...

I would have loved whatever album that would have been, Go has a similar feel

djenerate said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Cool. Thanks for the correction. Now, that you mention it, I see it as clear as day in my head that those were her comments!

I also believe the interview went on to reveal that Prince seemed hurt by her comment & abandoned finishing the song as a result.

Having listened to the circulating sample, I can only hope that was not an accurate account of what happened, as it sounds wonderful and far from incomplete. Unless it does indeed deteriorate into a state of incompleteness after the samples fade out.

(D')

Yes, it was mentioned by Susan Rogers that they didn't work on the song much after her criticism. But Prince did tell Eric Leeds that he thought the lyrics were some of the best he's ever done.

BorisFishpaw said:

squirrelgrease said:

Thank you Boris!

Am I correct that the 2000 Celebration had both questions 1)"Crystal ball II - Choose the tracks" and 2)"Which album next"? The Vault book states the "Which album next" question was posed at the 2001 Celebration, but I didn't go to the 2001 Celly (only the 2000 and 2002 events), though I distinctly remember voting for the guitar album and picking songs for Crystal Ball II. Actually, The Vault mentions a 2003 Celebration, but obviously that's an error.

Is my memory wrong, or The Vault's text wrong?

Yes, it included both questions. So you could choose which album Prince should release next from the list of 8 options. Plus you got to choose from the list of songs which ones should be included on Crystal Ball II.

Great. So I'm not totally losing my mind.

i love Adonis and Bathsheba alot i wish there was a full version of the song along with Everybody Want What They Dont Got is another favorite of mine that is too short i really want to hear the full version of both songs