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PrintableGreat track, and surprisingly underrated. I just love the perverse way he gave
the title "Dance On" to a track that is impossible to dance to! I can't help feeling that the track would've fiited better of Sign O' The Times though, continuing the theme of the title track and The Cross. | |
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It's okay, not my fav! | |
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Nuclear Band never stays in tune,
They all know the words, but the music is doomed.....Classic!!. One of the best!  [Edited 11/17/06 19:41pm] | |
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Good song. One of the first ones I'd heard as a new fan after wearing out PR and Come. (yes, that was my second album.  ) Never got tired of it.
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Bali said: Nuclear Band never stays in tune,
They all know the words, but the music is doomed.....Classic!!. One of the best!
[Edited 11/17/06 19:41pm] That's my favorite line from that song. I didn't know it was underrated. I've always loved everything on Lovesexy. It was like the soundtrack to my 11th grade year in HS. | |
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Bali said: Nuclear Band never stays in tune,
They all know the words, but the music is doomed.....Classic!!. Lyric sites have it as 'nuclear ban' not 'band'. I always thought it was nuclear bang. Great track, unlike anything else around at the time, would have loved to see if this had worked as a single. | |
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It's "Nuclear ban never stays in tune" | |
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It's gotta be "band." "Ban" makes absolutely no sense!   " | |
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there isnt one song on Lovesexy that i can fault.Dance On in all its
chaoticness is fanbloodytastic. Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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FruitToAttractBears said: It's gotta be "band." "Ban" makes absolutely no sense!
The lyrics printed in the CD booklet do say "ban." | |
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FruitToAttractBears said: It's gotta be "band." "Ban" makes absolutely no sense!
http://www.google.com/sea...ear+ban%22 | |
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And when he just .....sighs !!
Fantastic !! Futuristic Fantasy | |
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FruitToAttractBears said: It's gotta be "band." "Ban" makes absolutely no sense!
up there with my Girl misheard lyric. Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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muirdo said: FruitToAttractBears said: It's gotta be "band." "Ban" makes absolutely no sense!
up there with my Girl misheard lyric. Which one's that?  " | |
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FruitToAttractBears said: muirdo said:
up there with my Girl misheard lyric. Which one's that? I started a thread asking what a West Way was. I was corrected and mocked several times and told it was 'Worst Way' and you know what? i still cant hear it as 'Worst Way'!! Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
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muirdo said: FruitToAttractBears said: Which one's that? I started a thread asking what a West Way was. I was corrected and mocked several times and told it was 'Worst Way' and you know what? i still cant hear it as 'Worst Way'!!  " | |
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I always thought it was very Sly-influenced. Quirky and funky at the same time. My author page: https://www.amazon.com/au...eretttruth | |
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Riverpoet31 said: Dance On is one of the most innovative songs Prince has ever produced, that doesnt necessarily mean its one of his greatest songs, but the idea of Sheila E being 'in fight' with a drummachine, the bleak lyrics, the use of vocals and sound-effects and the guitar-riffing (which even sounds like speed-metal near the end) are very inventive.
I think that Lovesexy is often misunderstood, not appreciated in the right way by both critics and fans at the time of its release. After the glory of Sign of the Times, mixing invention and tradition in a balanced way, people were probably expecting Prince to continue in this way. But Lovesexy sees Prince focus on invention mostly, experimenting with sounds and styles he had tried before, but taking it too another level, creating intricate, multi-layered, busy arrangements. I agree, some parts of the record are too busy for their own good, but for me Lovesexy in general is showing the growth of Prince as a musical arranger. If master-arrangers like Frank Zappa, George Clinton (splendid vocal arrangements) and George Martin (the producer of the Beatles) had ever tried to make an album together, it would sound something like Lovesexy. pplz think dat in general about prince. For most of the prince fans, we all know he is the kinda person that seems like he can't stand something 4 2 long. and what he does not understand iz that fans don't work like that. we have 2 get a song and listen to it and be come satisfied with it and then get tired of it then we r ready for a new one. Prince gives us one after another takes a break and keeps on going again. Once we get an album we chill to it at first, then we finally get to soak it in and Prince dishes out a new one and we start the cycle all over again. we just decide to come bac to it later. kinda works how some r just now discussing the classics. Strange RELATIONSHIP? I think..Yes! hav u had ur + sign 2 day.
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Detroit, what's happenin?
At the time, I lived in Detroit and Detroit was Prince's favorite city to perform in, he'd say it all the time, we lovvvved him, partly thanks to Mojo. | |
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'Dance On' is the only track I skip when listening to Lovesexy,
Lovesexy is a masterpiece, but 'Dance On' is the least track I like on this album. 'Dance On' doesn't have the positive spirituality 'message' like the rest of the songs imo and I don't like the weak melody. No, I like all the Lovesexy tracks except for this one, Tastes are different, right  Prince 4Ever.  | |
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when i dj'd a roller skating rink, that would always be the last song i played.... | |
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sharonbell said: Detroit, what's happenin?
At the time, I lived in Detroit and Detroit was Prince's favorite city to perform in, he'd say it all the time, we lovvvved him, partly thanks to Mojo. That's one of my favorite lines in the song--I love how he says it. (He love(d) Detroit--he gave y'all a shout out with the Detroit Crawl too!) I wasn't that crazy about Dance On initially, but now I dig it.  The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp. | |
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Fan-fucking-tastic. What's not to like? | |
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thedance said:[quote]'Dance On' is the only track I skip when listening to Lovesexy,[quote]
Shoot, i wish i could skip any track on Lovesexy, that thing is more anoying then a bitch on a tuesday morning. Did you have the tracked version i heard is out there. (is it legit?) But, i do like dance on, that track is more funky then a monk who hasnt taken a shower. | |
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This song really grabbed me by the gonads when I first heard it. It got me so exicted I did the "ants in the pants" dance when I was eating at Taco Bell. It's definitely my favorite song on the album, and one of my favorite of his of all time. It goes to show that Prince, once again, was the master of all these kinds of sounds, and was often years ahead of his time when he wanted to be. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT! | |
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P2daP said: Shoot, i wish i could skip any track on Lovesexy, that thing is more anoying then a bitch on a tuesday morning. Did you have the tracked version i heard is out there. (is it legit?)
YES, the tracked Lovesexy cd is legit, I got both a tracked and un-tracked, both are manufactured in Germany. The price in Denmark for a tracked version: 69 dkr. which is about $ 10-12. [Edited 11/24/06 6:58am] Prince 4Ever. | |
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FruitToAttractBears said: It's gotta be "band." "Ban" makes absolutely no sense!
Quite the opposite, "band" makes no sense in the meaning of the song. Prince is playing on the words "ban" and "band" in the surface metaphor of the lyrics, but the meaning only makes sense with the word "Ban". | |
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I was just listening to a lovesexy rehearsal with prince doing vocals on this. He shouldve left it in the set.
How hot would it be for a metal band to cover this song? | |
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