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Thread started 02/15/09 5:42am

MantuaPharoah

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New Position Appreciation Thread! What an eccelectic song

Alright... here's my thing.

I just bought the Parade Album/CD for maybe the 3rd or 4th time. I was watching Under the Cherry Moon for maybe the 65th time (yes, 65 times I've seen that movie), and I'm stuck on this song. This little ditty.

Obviously, the whole CD is completely different from Purple Rain... and is a "distant cousin" of Around the World in a Day sound-wise, and a "crosstown neighbor" of SOTT, but New Position is an interesting little piece.

The Carribean bells, the stick and shoebox drumming... and the groovy bass just blow me away everytime I listen to it.

The lyrics are simple, and rather tame for a Prince song about "wanting to do someone", but the music is art.

This has been said time and time again, but the tunes that this man came up with, primarily during this era, were REDICULOUSLY amazing!

I can't help but to wish we knew all of his inspirations. I've never heard Prince perform this song live in concert, but I think it would kick some serious ass live!

GREAT tune!

The public is squeezin' you kiddo. You'd better kick ass on your next album or else!
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Reply #1 posted 02/15/09 5:43am

Tame

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I agree...what a fun song. cool

Their conscience is numb...
Something's wrong!
The Answer is Easy 4 those who are serious!
The Answer Is...Jesus Period!
~Carman
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Reply #2 posted 02/15/09 6:03am

Dayclear

nod

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Reply #3 posted 02/15/09 7:11am

contrapposto

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love dancing jig

bunny2 heart
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Reply #4 posted 02/15/09 7:24am

mplsmike

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nod Me likes it

Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need

Pichu..Pichu... wave
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Reply #5 posted 02/15/09 7:25am

majissty

I've always wanted a long, extended funked out version of this track...defin8ly way too short on the album...1 of my all-time faves from P.

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Reply #6 posted 02/15/09 7:32am

mplsmike

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majissty said:

I've always wanted a long, extended funked out version of this track..

nod I always wonderd the same thing biggrin

Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need

Pichu..Pichu... wave
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Reply #7 posted 02/16/09 8:28am

myloveis4ever

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MantuaPharoah said:

Alright... here's my thing.

I just bought the Parade Album/CD for maybe the 3rd or 4th time. I was watching Under the Cherry Moon for maybe the 65th time (yes, 65 times I've seen that movie), and I'm stuck on this song. This little ditty.

Obviously, the whole CD is completely different from Purple Rain... and is a "distant cousin" of Around the World in a Day sound-wise, and a "crosstown neighbor" of SOTT, but New Position is an interesting little piece.

The Carribean bells, the stick and shoebox drumming... and the groovy bass just blow me away everytime I listen to it.

The lyrics are simple, and rather tame for a Prince song about "wanting to do someone", but the music is art.

This has been said time and time again, but the tunes that this man came up with, primarily during this era, were REDICULOUSLY amazing!

I can't help but to wish we knew all of his inspirations. I've never heard Prince perform this song live in concert, but I think it would kick some serious ass live!

GREAT tune!


classic prince smile

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Reply #8 posted 02/16/09 8:32am

NouveauDance

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cool

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Reply #9 posted 02/16/09 8:57am

golfgolfmark

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I appreciate this song clapping

I heard the rip when you sat down!
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Reply #10 posted 02/16/09 9:49am

Marrk

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P.U.S.S.Y. cool

"Don't hate the Black, don't hate the White. If you get bitten, just hate the bite."
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Reply #11 posted 02/16/09 11:34am

rusty1

it's a fine song but slows down 2 much @ the end.. i always found that the song loses momentum somewhere towards the 2nd verse

BOB4theFUNK
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Reply #12 posted 02/16/09 11:40am

rnljs

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I listen to it all the time. music

“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”
-Calvin & Hobbes
peace
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Reply #13 posted 02/16/09 1:32pm

SPYZFAN1

Funk at it's best. Even Biz Markie sampled that groove.

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Reply #14 posted 02/16/09 4:00pm

punkofthemonth

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good song smile. i think my favorite take on it is from the rehearsal boot soul psychodelicide music. parade is one of my faves thumbs up!

life's a bitch, but god forbid the bitch divorce me...

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Reply #15 posted 02/20/09 7:16am

OldFriends4Sal
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MantuaPharoah said:

Alright... here's my thing.

I just bought the Parade Album/CD for maybe the 3rd or 4th time. I was watching Under the Cherry Moon for maybe the 65th time (yes, 65 times I've seen that movie), and I'm stuck on this song. This little ditty.

Obviously, the whole CD is completely different from Purple Rain... and is a "distant cousin" of Around the World in a Day sound-wise, and a "crosstown neighbor" of SOTT, but New Position is an interesting little piece.

The Carribean bells, the stick and shoebox drumming... and the groovy bass just blow me away everytime I listen to it.

The lyrics are simple, and rather tame for a Prince song about "wanting to do someone", but the music is art.

This has been said time and time again, but the tunes that this man came up with, primarily during this era, were REDICULOUSLY amazing!

I can't help but to wish we knew all of his inspirations. I've never heard Prince perform this song live in concert, but I think it would kick some serious ass live!

GREAT tune!


This song was actually written during the Controvery years and then revamped for the Parade album...

Now where I come from
We don't let society tell us how it's supposed 2 be
Our clothes, our hair, we don't care
It's all about being there...
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Reply #16 posted 02/20/09 7:48am

RodeoSchro

LOL, if you think the lyrics are tame, you need to listen a little closer. Prince literally spells out what the song is about.

"Deedle-eedle eet deet DEE! Deedle-eedle eet deet DEE! Deedle-eedle eet deet DEE!"

Second Funkiest White Man in America
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Reply #17 posted 02/20/09 8:21am

purplecam

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RodeoSchro said:

LOL, if you think the lyrics are tame, you need to listen a little closer. Prince literally spells out what the song is about.

Yes he does. I discovered that a few years ago and I went eek lol . It's a fantastic song from a fantastic album.

"I was dreamin when I wrote this 4give me if it goes astray"
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Reply #18 posted 02/20/09 10:20am

Efan

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purplecam said:

RodeoSchro said:

LOL, if you think the lyrics are tame, you need to listen a little closer. Prince literally spells out what the song is about.

Yes he does. I discovered that a few years ago and I went eek lol . It's a fantastic song from a fantastic album.


I only discovered that a few years ago myself. I was also way late to the "can't nobody fuck with us" part of "Beautiful Night." I must've listened to all those songs a thousand times and still missed those things.

beeeeWARE!
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Reply #19 posted 02/20/09 10:33am

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rusty1 said:

it's a fine song but slows down 2 much @ the end.. i always found that the song loses momentum somewhere towards the 2nd verse

That's because it segues into my favorite song on the album...I wonder U! Parade is my favorite album EVER.
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Reply #20 posted 02/20/09 5:52pm

MantuaPharoah

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I picked out the spelling "p.u.s.s.y." a LOOONG time ago. But it's still tame compared to what Prince has done and sung.

I'd love to see Prince do this song in concert. He could have 2 fans come up on stage. One person can play the sticks, and the other can play the cowbell, and he could play the base... or just provide the lyrics.

That would be SO HOT if he did this and let fans do the music. It's simple enough, and it would be alot of fun to see if fans could pull it off for the short length of the song. I'm sure the crowd would love it!!! smile

Love this song!!!!

The public is squeezin' you kiddo. You'd better kick ass on your next album or else!
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