i may be in the minority but i love this song

surely a lot of your collective problems would be solved if you just don't listen to it. if you haven't got anything nice to say then don't say it. this place used to be a place of discussion, now it's just a place of negativity.

how sad is it that the org gets quoted in an article slating prince's fight song? really sad. i wouldn't blame prince if he retired from music for good if this is all he gets faced with everytime he does something. if you havent got something nice to say then dont say anything at all..this song isn't going to kill his career, it's his so called fans who will. the majority of which are clearly not even fans so the fact that you post on here is perplexing in itself.

the org is the best place on the internet for finding out prince news, if it wasn't i don't think i'd ever come back
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and i stick by what i said yesterday:

i LOVE it <3 .
after reading this thread i was expecting it to be hideous..people here are always so negative.

prince's versatility is one of his most brilliant talents, you people say it all the time but then constantly backtrack on yourselves.. so many people seem to be harking after who he was x number of years ago.. if he stayed 80's prince his career would have died long ago as although his music would still have appealed, he wouldn't be current, and prince is a current artist, he marches to his own beat but still periodically puts out albums and songs, with a bit of oldschool and a lot of newschool prince and old and new influences.
it's natural to evolve and grow, the man supports his home team, writes them a song, they love it, it is a nice gesture and an unusual thing to do and if everyone was to just take it on face value instead of measuring it up in some inbuilt 'princeometer' in their head, then maybe everyone would be a bit happier, i am a prince fan because i love his back catalogue and i love the surprise of what he is going to release next, he is the most eclectic artist and that's how it should be. stop expecting him to release your own personal idea of what you want his music to be..it's his music, if you don't like what you're hearing then why do you still come here? why don't you turn your negativity in to something productive? there is enough negativity happening in the world today without adding to it. i come here to keep up to date on what is happening with prince, it is no wonder he is shying away from the fans again if all he gets everytime he releases a new song is critism. it's about time a lot of you started to appreciate him, because (without sparking up the mj vs prince discussions) one day he too will be gone so it's about time people began to appreciate him a little more. if you don't love prince you wouldn't be here, but if you don't start showing him the love then i wouldn't be surprised if he did just retreat back in to himself entirely..then everyone would be moaning for new songs, or for him to opent he vault..but why should he if all he gets is critism? I think it's actually quite sad how the number one prince site on the internet gets quoted in a report on his new song as saying it's rubbish.. it's not 1984 anymore...get over it.

this isn't a ''fam'' moment, i don't worship prince, i don't write in princebonics, i don't love everything he puts out but i always at least like it. the vikings are very lucky men.

[Edited 1/23/10 4:32am]

Here's what makes this such a bad situation.

We're all fans of Prince. Sure, he's released bad/strange music before that we ALL thought was terrible. Wedding Feast to some, Jughead to many, Animal Kingdom to most... and many many others.

But what makes this song different is the fact that with those songs, we knew that they wouldn't be listened to by the masses anyway! Only us hardcore people would comment, and then move on to our favorites on the album, or on to other albums that we were fans of.

But this "failure of a song" is nationwide. Talk shows, sports shows, radio shows, etc. Everyone is commenting, and it's bad.

I understand what he was trying to do, but like many of us realize, Prince was misguided... perhaps by his own ego again... and had no one there to put him in check.

We don't want our boy with this bad press. That's what makes this song such an EPIC failure, unlike the others that we could dislike in private.

I've read almost ALL of the comments on here over the past couple of days. Some are funny. Some are true. Some are beating a dead horse. But my take is that I feel bad because I hate having to hear others speak poorly of Prince, on such a national level.

I kinda wonder how he'll recover. I see this as a long lasting "purple stain".

MantuaPharoah said:

i agree that it is horrible that he is being slated on such a national level because it was a song from the heart. he will recover the way he always recovers, take centre stage and play. if britney spears had sung this song the american press would be lapping it up.
[Edited 1/23/10 4:34am]

2elijah said:

You're not getting it. They ain't playing the new stuff because NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT IT. People don't want to hear it.

They do play this abysmal tragedy precisely because it is such a low point. They ain't playing it because it's new or fresh, they're playing it because it's godawful.

Listening to the entire song, I can now see what he was trying to get at. He is taking his influence here obviously from an era that preceded the pop music decades - it's just that the production and the sounds used don't really lend to making such an observation easily. He really should have used his horn section and live marching drums on it - not the cheap rompler shit and playing electric guitar on top of it. It just indicates to me it was a really hasty work. The intro should be something of a giveaway of his intentions though.

Obviously, there's been a considerable backlash by this point already..

I blame the chemtrails!

1013Nightlife said:

Thank you for admitting that I am right, by failing to debunk what I said (which you can't because unlike you I've got evidence) and immediately resorting to a personal attack.

BartVanHemelen said:

And what U say about Prince, is that personal?

GottaLetitgo said:

Not all publicity is good publicity. If anything this reinforces the belief that Prince is an irrelevant artist who hasn't recorded a good album in eons.

Bart's wrath is timeless.

I love this song. Great lyrics

WHAT THE FUCK?!?! My ear pussys are bleeding!!
And I thought Lion of Judah was bad?!?!

But to think Prince actually enjoyed this?!!!! Im shocked!

missjay23 said:

Yeah, great lyrics if you're one of Willie Wonka's Oompa Loompas.

I'm such a sad Prince fan right now. Pardon my public displays of disappointment.
[Edited 1/23/10 5:30am]

Just heard it and switched it off... Maybe if we don't talk about it anymore it will go away ... shhhhh

BartVanHemelen said:

Glad I made your day, you pitiful man who lives for the little climaxes when he can proof his points. Now, you go masturbate on your small victory. And dicky - yes Prince gives the impression of being a dick sometimes, however a very talented, interesting dick whose shadow you're not even worth standing in -
will continue to make his music unaware of a meaningless character called Bart van Hemelen.

SPOOKYGAS said:

Nope.

Our best hope is for the Saints to win and this song will go away.
This truly is the lowest of the lows.

As someone said, this is a national spotlight, not just the diehards
that have heard this song...ridiculous.

Prince is a genius, but trying to defend him is getting harder...

ernestsewell said:

ToraTora17 said:

It sounds like the theme music from some 1980s straight-to-video sci-fi movie about space pirates or something.

It's worse than Graffiti Bridge.

Why do I now have the music from Police Academy in my head?

after listening to it...for the 5 time...I get it. He screwed it up with the cheesy my first Casio keyboard sound. Definitely needs to fire his background singers....If he hired a bunch of guys with low baritones and more bass in their voice it would be just fine. But as it stands, it's....well you know

DesireeNevermind said:

chicago bears superbowl shuffle was great

GirlBrother said:

LOL... Wow!

I love good humor, and this is right on point... sadly.

metallicjigolo said:

The "Vikings" haven't said anything. The spokesperson for the team said they love it and he/she is being polite.

You should all be grateful to Prince, he's at least giving you SOMETHING to talk about!
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MantuaPharoah said:

FunkiestOne said:

That's what I've been saying all along. The Vikings are just saying they love it to be polite and to not hurt Prince's feelings. I'm sure they aren't too wild about the song either.

missjay23 said:

You're saying that to be humorous, right?

LadyLuvSexxy said:

Not to worry, judging from the comments posted on this thread, most of us don't like it.

missjay23 said:

Hhahahahahhaaa... You just ain't right!!