Never b Another Like Me is awful bilge.

Prince trying desperately to mask inadequate lyrics and insecurity on his part with Linn Drum and an audience's nostalgic empathy.

Awful, awful, awful, synthetic, NPS, bilge.

Don't like either. I just can't make myself like this song. Sorry.

i kind of see where you're coming from and usually i don't like these kind
of songs either but there's something about that song, especially when it's
playing loud in my car that makes me love it very much.

the way it pounds, that beat, there's something really strong in that. tho
by all normal means it's the kind of npgmc-ish song i would normally not
like too much something about this song makes me love it and turn it up all
the way every single time.

IstenSzek said:

perhaps 'by the numbers' Prince is what he wanted show us before he releases the rest of the album. I hope so, this is too generic for fun.

I thought this was a Mary J. Bilge thread

Yup. Back to the Emancipation/Rave/NPGMC/Musicology/3121 sound.

I like it but it does give me an odd familiarity of something I've heard before but having trouble trying to locate the exact origin.And in that the song keeps me interested...I keep saying where did I hear this b4....Quite eerie.

bobbyc17 said:

NouveauDance said:

Yup. Back to the Emancipation/Rave/NPGMC/Musicology/3121 sound.

bobbyc17 said:

I love it especially the last couple of minutes, but I liked alot of NPGMC stuff like Judas Smile, Silicon, Sex Me Sex Me Not, Magnificent, Jukebox With A heartbeat and 2045 Radical man.

I would say I like this more than any of the NPGMC stuff.

I think I might be looking forward to MPLSound more than Lotus Flow3r.
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Yeah, this track is the weakest thing in a while. Totally reminds me of why I lost interest in Prince for many years. Simply bizarre that this should be one of the tracks 'put out there' to generate a buzz. the lyrics are surprisingly lame. kind of reinforces the impression i got from the '21 nights' book of prince actually being quite boring

bobbyc17 said:

This is the song I like the least out of all the new songs I have heard.

The song itself may be good, funky and fun, but the arrangement and especially the vocal effect make it sound boring and lame to me, as if Prince was doubting himself while recording it. It would sound much tighter and funkier with a full band: Cracking drums, a funky bass, in-yo-face keyboards and an arrogant guitar, just more daring overall.

I think this song proves how thin the line between funky and lame actually is. Bringing back the Linn Drum is a nice idea, but please don't do it just for the sake of it! You can add them as a support to real drums, like he used to, but don't just put them over something that sounds as unfinished as this.

I really really hope this is just a tease and the actual released version will smack me!

UniversalSon said:

Guess we´re all just too happy to hear a little bit of that Linn drum and synth sound again. We all seem to like it purely for nostalgic reasons and go bananas over the slightes hint of that good old glorious Minneapolis Funk sound.
It´s like eating ramen noodles from the dollar store compared to eating freshly cooked ramen...you crave it , though you know it ain´t the real deal. A substitute for the flavor you remember.

Good old memories that "lurk in the anals (sic) " of your mind.

i don't mind it. i don't think it's meant to be his creative comeback, but it's a fun groove for what it is.

Shorty said:

I love the song

Oh please, this song is the bomb, PERIOD! I could care less if he sounds like he's repeating himself or not, this song is great. It's fun, it's funny and it's funky. The last almost 2 mins are just kickass too! Plus this is a another hot P song that I can dance too. Me and my best friend were dancing out butts off to this jam a couple of weeks ago on the WBAI special. I respect the opposing comments but I don't agree with any of you. I love this song and I can't wait for MPLSOUND to drop.

Prince.org is a cemetery where folks mourn Prince instead of celebrate him and his music. Last time I checked, Prince isn't dead yet.

NouveauDance said:

Yup. Back to the Emancipation/Rave/NPGMC/Musicology/3121 sound.

Shorty said:

it is truly awful, Lotus flower is already sounding amazing BUT this is a damn poor advert for the MPLS. I was very surprised at how lazy and totally uninspired this track was compared to the Lotus Floer songs. Lets just hope that this is the worst cut and the rest has the groove firmly locked back in and the true days of the MPLS Sound are back like the 1999 album and all those classic funk B-Sides.

I like it
cool bubble gum junk. That's all prince has ever been 60% of the 2nd half of his career.
It's better than "Turn me loose" now that was weak! lol

2 albums 1 dis th' other dat
be happy!

Rightly said:

funkyhead said:

The lyrics are cringe-worthy yet forgettable (thank god). The beat is OK but not near strong enough to make up for that. His remakes are much better than his original stuff. LOVE the crimson&clover/wild thing mash-up

I think the fact that many old school Prince fans thought that this was a fake track by some wannabe Prince fan is reason enough to question its quality.But, as I said, it is pretty listenable....in a car.

Gotta buy a car before the album drops.

I do like this song...and I don't really get the hate for it. The only thing that bothers me about it (though very little) is the Woooo at the beginning. It's sort of like he's thinking..."I need to evoke the Revolution sound...Oh here I'll just add this Wooooo". I am also tired of the self Grandstanding Lyric that he seems to be stuck on.

It's been hard for me to Connect to his music completely lately as the Lyrics to his songs are either laden with religious innuendos I don't get or is about how good he is or how beautiful his home is or how great a party he threw is.

wouldn't go quite as far as 'awful bilge', but, yes, 4 me personally it don't set the heart racing, especially when released 2 us at the same time as colonized mind & crimson and clover. its a C minus could do better, or "why make this when u could have spent your time finishing 'roadhouse garden' ?"