The Word - Love it, hate it, or just 'meh'?

On the "3121 - who thinks this album is too religious" thread, I posted my thoughts on the track "The Word."

The Word is a little too over-the-top preachy for me, and literally the ONLY track I skip on 3121. Besides listening to it the first time I played the CD, I gave this track another spin out of respect for my friend DreamyPopRoyalty, who had been singing its praises on her blog...but I just didn't feel it. Haven't listened to it since.

The music is cool: laid-back, jazzy, funky; it gets my head bobbin'. But the lyrics--esp. "Don't u wanna go get saved?"--really irk the crap outta me! UGH.

My distaste for this tune is ironic, though, since I The Rainbow Children. I hate to sound like a hypocrite.

My name is and am funky!

bluefish said:

Peace & Stay Funky [Live4Love] ...  

~* NPG Member 4 Life *~

I like "The Word". I think it's uplifting.

its great, 3121 as a whole is an incredible album IMO

xx

Love it, love the intro, I think the music and lyrics are great, brilliant song, gotta go and play it now.

I was hooked the second I heard all that heavy breathing at the beginning.

My favorite song on that cd!!!

love that song..the guitar licks..the vocals..its so liquidpure. play along 2 it on the piano all the time..and it sounds pretty damn good!

It's not the lyrics I find tiresome, it's the music.

He can be as hardline as he likes, but if it's wrapped in this drab, NPS/Rave era production, it's falling on barren ground as far as I'm concerned.

Love it. It's my favorite song on 3121.

I LOVE this song. It's such an incredible song and it touches me a bit. It fights Black Sweat for being my favorite song off of 3121. Definately one of his best songs of the 2000's.

I'm a Gay man who's PROUD to also be a Prince fan

imo, one of the best songs he's ever produced
the whole album is a winner - i'm still excited about it

OMG, I can't believe how many people love this song...I thought there would be more people out there like NouveauDance and me! I just don't get it...oh, well.

My name is and am funky!

Snap said:

I'm a Gay man who's PROUD to also be a Prince fan

I love The Word. I don't think about it's message.

I Love "The Word," Of course I wanna get saved...Of course I wanna know the word....Of course I wanna tell the spiderz they can't make us crazy...Of course I wanna spoon feed the devil his medicine....And honey....Don't ya know...I've got the word on my heart? Ain't no -body bad like me....

One of the best songs on 3121.

The most played song on this iteration of ITunes.
I loved it the first time I heard it.

I love it, one of my faves from 3121!

15 votes so far...the love just keeps on coming, and I keep on scratching my head!

My name is and am funky!

The music to it is ethereal and hypnotic, but the lyrics ruin it. They are depressingly bad.

"Don't you wanna go get saved"? Really, Prince? It's not the religiosity of that line that bothers me, but the obviousness of it.

The old Prince used to be a master of using clever metaphors to express what he really meant. The Prince of today just blurts it out tritely.

Meh,4 me.

sexxydancer said:

Meh,4 me.

My name is and am funky!

bluefish said:

sexxydancer said:

Meh,4 me.

I knew I loved you, sexxydancer!

Incredible! And Im not the least bit religious! Who cares anyway, just listen to the Dance and the rest of the album, and all the rest of the albums for that matter!

PurpleKnight said:

The Word makes 3121 worth listening to. It has a trance like melody and the vocal sits confortably within the track without being too dominant - love the sneaky little guitar solo towards the end just to prove that the man still has it and then it just melds into Fury which is the perfect follow up track

What I like about the word, is..."Come on, get up, Let's do something."

The music inspires you to really take to heart, that Loving the planet is something each person can contribute to, in their own ways...wherever we can...

Taking as much responsibility into our own lives...will naturally lift the burden off of someone else's shoulders and together as a family...we can rearrange the mess...

There is enough in the world for everyone to have what they need and some of what they want...(if anyone is at a poverty stricken level.)..Over time...the hungry dreamers, can feed their dreams after they have fed their basic needs...I know there are people that don't want to be the takers....waiting for someone to give them something...although, that is the only way it can be at first because the gap of money makers grows away from the poor. This gap has got to close.
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I like this announcement and can testify:

What is this new exaltation
That I just can't explain?
What are these new inspirations
That I can't get out my brain?
How am I gonna sleep with this feeling
Rushing all through my veins?
Get up, come on let's do something
Don't you wanna go get saved?

And I deffinately know this feeling:

Who's gonna save us when them spiders get next to you?
Spinning their sticky webs around what you do
We gotta safeguard against forked tongue and the treachery of the wicked one
Get up, come on let's do something

I love this song. It's good for the soul.

I'm so hopeless with lyrics... i always sing along to stuff and take no notice of what I'm singing.

I have to admit that I find myself doing a mental double take when I sing along to this..
(I'm and atheist)

but it's a catchy tune and I find myself getting into it regardless

It's weird though... christian rock bothers me, but I find gospel music awsome.. why is that?

Anyway, I think we are all just going through a period of adjustment.