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Printable CarrieMpls said: RubyButterfly said: Apparently I am a "Minnesota media source"! 
UPDATE (10:07pm ET): A Minnesota media source tells me the song will air on KMSP-TV at 9:43pm CT. I was also told the song “was not great.”
and, erm. I told everyone. Not just this guy.  | |
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CarrieMpls said: RubyButterfly said: Apparently I am a "Minnesota media source"!
UPDATE (10:07pm ET): A Minnesota media source tells me the song will air on KMSP-TV at 9:43pm CT. I was also told the song “was not great.”
and, erm. I told everyone. Not just this guy. You're famous! | |
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Well, it seems he was more or less trying to create an anthem for the team, which there is nothing wrong with that, especially if it was a gift to the team, but I think because this is one game away from the Vikings' hope of making it to the Superbowl, they could use another song that's a little catchy and fun to pep them up for the game. In any case, I'm sure the Vikings appreciate the gesture. [Edited 1/22/10 6:32am] | |
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Juize09 said: It's a gift to the Vikings, or?
It was made out of inspiration and support, or? It's an anthem for their game on sunday, right? A little piece of support... And now look at the Feedback, judges everywhere...if you don't get the spirit why this was made, why don't you stay put and leave your comment blank? It is not a single and it is not, I heard nothing else, to rally up the charts. That is not the intention of it. If the ones who got the gift like it, why are so many bashing it right away and moreso bashing the giver at the same time...how nice. You get a gift and don't like it, well would you spit in the face of the giver? VERY well-said. | |
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My ears are bleeding, "What an utter utter pile of shit" Embarrassing or what!!  I think his heads gone  | |
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Wont' be long before all the major sports franchises from all forms of sports are going to come begging to Prince to contribute to their cause!
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Juize09 said: It's a gift to the Vikings, or?
It was made out of inspiration and support, or? It's an anthem for their game on sunday, right? A little piece of support... And now look at the Feedback, judges everywhere...if you don't get the spirit why this was made, why don't you stay put and leave your comment blank? It is not a single and it is not, I heard nothing else, to rally up the charts. That is not the intention of it. If the ones who got the gift like it, why are so many bashing it right away and moreso bashing the giver at the same time...how nice. You get a gift and don't like it, well would you spit in the face of the giver? Believe me, I get the spirit of why it was made. I'm not reviewing it as a single, I'm reviewing it as a SONG... and it is one of the worst I have ever heard. You can call it a gift but in the end it's still a song and people are going to give their thoughts on it like any other. To say that we shouldn't because it is a gift is a lame excuse (almost as lame as Jersey Girl not being "for critics") | |
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I am one of those people here that is very critical about his current output,
but arent you all a bit premature here with your judgement? I agree, this 1 minute snippet sounds laughable in his current form, but: - judging to the instrumentation, its merely a quickly recorded demo. - imagine that its slowed down quite a bit, and the melody is played by a full marching band. Then you get a rather typical 'sports anthem', just as corny as any other anthem used by a sportclub, not better, but definitely not worser. I still dont like it, but it seems to serve its purpose. | |
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Riverpoet31 said: I am one of those people here that is very critical about his current output,
but arent you all a bit premature here with your judgement? I agree, this 1 minute snippet sounds laughable in his current form, but: - judging to the instrumentation, its merely a quickly recorded demo. - imagine that its slowed down quite a bit, and the melody is played by a full marching band. Then you get a rather typical 'sports anthem', just as corny as any other anthem used by a sportclub, not better, but definitely not worser. I still dont like it, but it seems to serve its purpose. I agree with this. It's obviously a demo, and the finished product will have more 'umph' Actually the finished product may have ALOT more umph. Song still sucks in its current form though. | |
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Is this a joke? That clip sounds like a Salvation Army Band! This might just be the song that ends my love of Prince. | |
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oh man, that is the WORST song ever. It sounds like a really bad Christmas song.  "So strange that no one stayed at the end of the Parade..." - Wendy & Lisa's "Song About" on their 1987 self-titled album.
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wow
this rubbish has even got him on TMZ-the 1st mention in a long long time and THEY too aint exactly singing its praises they are calling him the artist formerly known as talented | |
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OMG, my friends who are not fans of Prince are now complaining about this song. | |
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NouveauDance said: zaza said: When you judge it as a football song instead of a "Prince song", it's not that bad..he wasn't trying to do another hit, just a fight song for Vikings.
You Americans sure have some fruity football songs. I thought they were Vikings not Choir Boys.  ACRYLIC
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I listened to it again, and it sounds like a slow introduction, but then I get the feeling the rest of the song will pep up as it moves along. I don't know, guess we'll have to just wait and see. Prince is usually full of surprises. [Edited 1/22/10 6:50am] | |
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hmmm..err..wow..i`m in shock!!!!! That "song" is a total and utter pile of s**t!!!!!
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2elijah said: I listened to it again, and it sounds like a slow introduction, but then I get the feeling the rest of the song will pep up as it moves along. I don't know, guess we'll have to just wait and see.
[Edited 1/22/10 6:49am] Fight songs usually aren't long. The crowds will chant the songs at the games. | |
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A commentator on another board I read said it "sounds like a fight song for a convent". | |
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Shawnt27 said: 2elijah said: I listened to it again, and it sounds like a slow introduction, but then I get the feeling the rest of the song will pep up as it moves along. I don't know, guess we'll have to just wait and see.
[Edited 1/22/10 6:49am] Fight songs usually aren't long. The crowds will chant the songs at the games. Exactly, I don't see this particular song as a fight song, it was the op that labeled it as one, so I believe that is what everyone expected. I didn't see an article where it stated Prince said it was a fight song, just that he wrote a song for the team as a gift, which to me looks more like he was creating an anthem for the team. In the article below, it never mentioned it was a "fight" song: Prince Reveals Song for Vikings-Saints Game 'Purple and Gold' was written for Sunday's game Updated: Friday, 22 Jan 2010, 9:00 AM CST Published : Thursday, 21 Jan 2010, 9:38 PM CST Prince released a new song about the Minnesota Vikings. Prince said he hadn’t seen the Vikings play in a very long time, until he went to the game against the Dallas Cowboys last week. “I saw the future,” said Prince. He said he went home that night, wrote the song, "Purple and Gold," and said the song came easy and fast. The Vikings love it and plan to put it on their site. [Edited 1/22/10 7:06am] | |
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Shawnt27 said: 2elijah said: I listened to it again, and it sounds like a slow introduction, but then I get the feeling the rest of the song will pep up as it moves along. I don't know, guess we'll have to just wait and see.
[Edited 1/22/10 6:49am] Fight songs usually aren't long. The crowds will chant the songs at the games. Like Queens We Will rock you! Short, powerful and not about Jesus disguised as a football song. Seriously, I think he saw this as a way to spread the "word". Has NOTHING to do with sports. |
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novabrkr said: It just sounds so silly that I can't even hate the thing.
I'm just a bit worried about the reaction he is going to get from the supporters of the team. Obviously he has gotten his stuff associated with the team only because of his own status as a"musical legend". Just about anyone else could have pulled off something better. Furthermore, when he offers a song of this type for such a purpose he seems almost delusional (maybe he should have offered them a remake of Graffiti Bridge instead). Nothing new in that sense though, but it still just throws you off a bit. [Edited 1/22/10 3:21am] That's similar to my own opinion. It has that same sparse thumpy hollow fairytale 'production' (instrumentally) as that Jehovah's Witness instrumental backing track he did a while back - really painfully bland, cloying and disproportially fatty like cheap Russian chocolate. The vocal harmonies almost seem parodic of his own layering style, stagnation or classic, your choice. I guess it doesn't exist to change the world or set radio alight. But, all art should be judged on the same level of intent, and in this case it's pretty poor even in the context of a free throwaway cast-off for his favourite sports team. He'll be mocked, derided and dismissed as an artistic force - and I'm sure the players won't exactly feel full of confidence and winning form on getting led out to the pitch with that tune. It's almost Monty Python. Lotus Flower proves he hasn't gone completely bongo. It may be a poorly executed 'in-joke' for the diehards or personal friends. Whatever the intenet, I'm afraid it's a fail for me. However, the so-called lyrical 'blasphemy' regarding the Jesus analogy is no different to what he's being doing since Controversy, so fuck off with that. Most of Prince's lyrics don't stand alone when set apart from music, so I certainly don't think it's justified condeming a song on that basis alone. | |
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I LOVE THE LYRICS. | |
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There is no defending this.
I love Prince but this has only reinforced my plan for the weekend. GO SAINTS!! Later Cause tomorrow is taking too long
and yesterday's too far away and the reality that you believe in begins to bind. | |
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Zannaloaf said: Shawnt27 said: Fight songs usually aren't long. The crowds will chant the songs at the games. Like Queens We Will rock you! Short, powerful and not about Jesus disguised as a football song. Seriously, I think he saw this as a way to spread the "word". Has NOTHING to do with sports. Yes, guys, I know what a fight song is.. :lol:See my response to Shawnt27 in reply 439. [Edited 1/22/10 7:07am] | |
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i logged on right before bed last night and heard this song....when i woke up this morning and started to type into my browser "P R I N C E . O R" .. it was at this point when the HORROR struck me.....
and i thought to myself.. it was just a dream... it was just a dream... then, the site popped up and i realized that Prince has officially lost touch with reality.. .this song SUCKS the biggest donkey dick in the world.. i still cant believe it.. holy fucking shit! what a total embarrassment! oh Prince, what are you doing????? something tell me that Larry Graham and his wife are behind this pile of shit! They have been trying to kill his career for years... they have finally succeeded. | |
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HAHAHA...love this quote!
"I am a huge Prince fan. People who know me know this. I think he’s may be the greatest genius in popular music. Hundreds of songs that a sheer brilliance. But the best thing about this dude… when he makes a terrible song, he does not go half-steppin’. Whooooo. This is “must be the money” awful." |
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Mon always said if you can not say something nice do not say anything....so no comment. "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
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2elijah said: Shawnt27 said: Fight songs usually aren't long. The crowds will chant the songs at the games. Exactly, I don't see this particular song as a fight song, it was the op that labeled it as one, so I believe that is what everyone expected. I didn't see an article where it stated Prince said it was a fight song, just that he wrote a song for the team as a gift, which to me looks more like he was creating an anthem for the team. Robyne Robinson, a KMSP newsanchor who has known Prince personally for a long time, called it a "fight song" multiple times on her Twitter, where she was hyping last night's snippet. People expected to hear a fight song because that's what it was being hyped as. 
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Im sure the Vikings r appreciative....
Unlike so many of the "fams" Didnt get the idea its supposed 2 b the new dance single ppl!!! WTF? [Edited 1/22/10 7:12am] [Edited 1/22/10 7:13am] | |
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