pkidwell said:

Looks like you chose the betamax of computers dude.

GoldiesParade said:

So.. I take it you hold stock in Microsoft and think that their restrictive DRM is a good thing?

Universaluv said:

don't you mean "what were their names"

After hearing seein the video about 100 times i bet if universal pushed it rite it could be masssive single

IstenSzek said:

stewardess 3 stewardess 1 and stewardess 2

JulesWindu said:

me too. although "Reflection" is a mighty good track lol.

i think the song is lovely and the video is very nice. it
feels like some effort is going into this project and the
whole actual pressed cd with booklet and video's makes me
happy too since the npgmc releases are great but there is
nothing that beats a real "project" with a cd and video's

looking forward to 3121 a lot. much more so than i was to
Musicology. As a lead off single, this may be a slow song
but imo it's got a lot more going on than Musicology.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

He's a suncubus!

It might just be because I'm stoned, but I think both the song and video are absolutely amazing.

Just finish watching the video! BADDDDD ASSSSS VIDEO!!! P looks HELLA FINE In this video.

HOT TAMALA!!

GO P, GO P WITCHA YO' BAD SELF!!!!

CAN'T WAITE TIL 3121 comes out and can't waite 4 the TOUR IN 2006

BRING IT ON P, NO IT'S ALREADY BEEN BROUGHTIN'

carlcranshaw said:

that is the first thing i thought about when i heard the song
especially the last two verses made me go "uhm, wait a minute
is this about Mayte or what?"

mainly because he used the same kind of phrases in the time
the two of them were together.

coupled with the spanish vibe and all it just got me wondering

then i saw the vid and was "yup, totally about Mayte"

* the lyrics to the song
* the entire vibe and look of the vid
* fcuz the leading lady, who's vaguely Mayte-ish
* the "ballet" dancers on the metallic wires
* the scene where the girl wrings out a cloth is an
exact copy of a scene from Mayte in "The One".

and there are more little references here. sure, there will be
a lot of people to dispute this to the bone, but i just like 2
think about it like this. it's good this way. either as closure
or as a means to get some dialogue going again between the two.

very nice.

Though I'm still not taken with the song (yet, anyway) the video is beautiful.



To Salma and to Prince for choosing her to direct.

andykeen said:

Thank U a thousand times!!
Saves me from a lot off work trying 2 track it down.

Love it much better than I thought it would be..

IstenSzek said:

he misses mayte, how cute...so do i, i wish they were doing their shows

i cant believe he jumped in the pool and got his hair wet. the song and video are alright.

I really hate it! The video and the song. Prince is lookin' mighty good though, as usual . But I do wish his hair was longer this time around, he did the short thing all throughout last year. C'mon, you're supposed to re-invent yourself with each new album! Don't get lazy on us Prince. If you really truly wanna hear a beautiful song, 2 words: LIBERIAN GIRL. The words, the chorus, the music, the passionate way in which it is sung, has got Prince's new dead-in-the-water song beat by a mile. I would prefer anything Jacko did, done, or ever will do compared to what I just heard tonight . I'm still a big fan though, I just don't think every Prince song/video he shoots out is a winner like some people pass out and go crazy for.

Naku penda pia
Naku taka pia
Mpenziwe

Ah
Ah Ah Ah....
[Edited 12/14/05 1:30am]
[Edited 12/14/05 1:32am]

Christopher said:

That was so a stunt-double. The "Prince" in the pool looked a bit bigger than normal....

Christopher said:

It was actually a stuntman!!



(j/k)

Edit: lol, someone beat me to it!
[Edited 12/14/05 1:29am]

CandaceS said:[quote]

Christopher said:

A quote from "Pop Life"

Tell me, what's that underneath your hair?

Is there anybody living there?

U can't get over, if U say U just don't care

Show me a boy who stays in school

And I'll show U a boy aware!

Dig it

Whohoo, can´t wait to get home and see it. Hope the european VH1´s gonna play it as well.

Damn no love for MAC users

chunky said:[quote]

CandaceS said:

Just watched it. It's a fabulous video and song. Starts off like my current favourite Prince tune God Instrumental. I think it could be a contender for one of my top 10 Prince tunes ever.

The video is up there with Corvette and Kiss.

Just checked the video and yes a very classy looking production, glad to see that he is making an effort and remembering money thrown into a video definately helps, kinda fed up of the 'on the cheap' productions of old...

I think the album will have some kick ass tunes and we shouldnt judge it on this ballad, though I think its a great song and will be popular on the charts and radio etc....and on the music video channels.

Lets see him back in the public eye where he belongs !!

All in all I am very happy with how 2005 panned out and it looks like 2006 is going to be another great year for Prince and us !!!

Anxiety said:

Haven't read all the replies - but I'm with Anx. Way better than I expected from the snippet. Sorry to all those who got p'd off by us criticizing the snippet - but that's what we had to go on. IT's an unexpected and quality direction. I'm very happily suprised. I don't know why, but something about it reminds me of "THieves in the Temple" of all songs, for some reason!

The video looks so beatuiful and romantic! Very beautiful setting also!

The song is really nice. I usually go for more of his dancey/funkier stuff but this song is very sexy I like it!

Oh and it is nice to see Prince in a romantic type video again! He looks great! I swear that man gets sexier with every passing year!

Sounds like a mediocre could-have-made-it-in-his-sleep kind of song. I hope it isn’t taken off an album that has no theme and is just a collection of mediocre pop numbers… coz this is the kinda song that comes from those kind of albums.

I can’t believe I’m saying this about a Prince video, but this is one of the finest videos I’ve seen this year -- from anyone.

So many videos are so obnoxiously literal minded that you feel you’re gagging on the song or they go so far in the opposite direction that the video is nothing more than free-association weirdness just for the sake of weirdness.

But this video strikes a great balance between offering meaning and leaving space for personal interpretation.

My favorite moments thus far:

- The opening shot where the camera is pushed in in graduated stages to a historic building Prince is walking towards that is extraordinarily backlit in yellow brilliance and reflecting in a pool of water out front, setting up the real and imagined, light and shadow motif that will be used throughout.

- As the music begins, the cutting back and forth between Prince and his admired with camera movement so expertly inspired that it's as if they were dancing a tango together.

- Near the end where Prince is seated at a table eating a meal when the background becomes an apparition or psychic painting upon the wall, seemingly conjured from the very potent emotional connection that once took place in this space (or simply a video he’s projecting, if you prefer the literal explanation of this phenomenon); and then the final shot of Prince reaching out to stroke this woman’s face using only the shadow of his hand.

And, finally, I love the final image of Prince standing all alone with his back to the camera in the corner of the shot, this time facing the pool of water from the other side looking back at the earlier reflection he created standing in the backlit opening of the building at the start of the video. But then the Prince in the foreground fades out and the reflection of the person remains.

I just hope the video inspired Prince enough that he’ll be more inclined in the future to put the visual side of his work in the hands of talented professionals. It makes such a difference; I mean, if you’re going to even bother having a visual side.

Now if only the album artwork could be handled by great artists. Eh, probably not going to happen.

---
I-watched-the-video-again edit...
[Edited 12/14/05 5:39am]

karebear00738 said:

THAT should teach you to break away from the Windows family. Bill Gates rules

Love it! The video compliments the song very well.

The video is really great! And im startin to love the song now.