IstenSzek said:

Interesting lyrics; quite soul-searching! Guitar on fire!
This song played live, especially in an arena/stadium setting
will be truly aaaawesome

IstenSzek said:

Yeah me too...nothing new in that song,actually it sounds so dated!!

Hmmm another "Happy Pop-Rock" song....

Love33 said:

This song will NEVER be played live. I guarantee it.
[Edited 2/26/10 6:07am]

IstenSzek said:

don't you think it sounds like a stage show tune?.

NouveauDance said:[quote]

SPOOKYGAS said:

Come on dude...what U heard it once and that was it U critique it on the spot WTF...is this some kind of Anti Prince site or what?

Fantastic lyrics, musically great....but, all that sits on top of a song that, upon 1st listen, isn't doing an awful lot for me which is odd as it takes a lot for me to be set back by Prince.

Could be a grower. Giovanni made some good points about how musically great it is.

Did i hear auto-tune again?

I like it, it's fun & rocky & funky & the lyrics aren't too too preachy. Nice work Prince! Thank u to 89.3 The Current!

This is what circling the drain sounds like.

NouveauDance said:[quote]

SPOOKYGAS said:

Congratulations!!! You are now a Hater!!!!

Prince: The Reason I Play Guitar!!!!

http://www.myspace.com/isaccole

Wow... I mean... after "purple&gold" here we have another gem!
GODDAMN!!
In Italian I'd say: "Bella,bella... bella merda!"

Unhappy... as usual in the last 6 years!

theRight1 said:

newpowersoul said:

I kind of agree ....i'm giving myself a break before playing it again with full speakers up .... i just don't like the start of the song ... the lyrics seem all over the place....

But i did not like No More Candy until he played it live on French TV so it could be one of those songs....

Will play it again soon and comment...

Love it! Great energy!

The live sound, sounds like O2 2 me... ohh?!?!

IstenSzek said:

Love ur sig !! DM fan from WAY back !!

it doesn't really remind me of a prince song all that much anymore,
it's more like 'just another rock song'. the guitar playing is fine
but it's starting to sound like a hair metal band at this point.

the guitar fierceness and tightness reached an ultimate form on a
few of the lotusflow3r tracks but now it's starting to be like ehm
well like it's just guitar madness for the sake of madness.

whole lotta screamin' goin on with little substance.

don't get me wrong, i love the lotusflow3r title disc to death and
play it almost every day. but i could take of leave this tune.

like "purple and gold" i feel no need to even track this down or
to add it to my folder. didn't download "purple and gold" at all
and the same will probably go for this.

that's an alarming trent to me, i'm not used to that. usually i'm
super excited about new prince music. i even like the songs that
most people piss on. but this is just veering into a very weird
direction.

did anyone else notice the backwards message about 3 minutes in?

TwiliteKid said:

Yeah...

thepope2the9s said:

True.

SPOOKYGAS said:

It's a first impression, end of story.

If my opinion on the song changes at any time in the future, I hearby give you the express and sole right to drag me out into the street dressed as Sheena Easton in the Sugar Walls video and flog me until I beg forgiveness.

TwiliteKid said:

Of course Prince will play it live. And it might just sound even better.

IstenSzek said:

Please dont alarmed about that. Set it on yellow or orange maybe but save alarmed for things like high blood pressure or high cholesterol or something.
[Edited 2/26/10 6:16am]

Good distraction.

Cause: New song. Effect: No one notices the Croke Park case was settled out of court: http://prince.org/msg/7/330732

derim said:

youve been unhappy the last six years?
damn, it takes a hellluva lot to please u, i guess.

ChadNPG69 said:

me too

Review of the song "Cause and Effect"

The first half minute or so is interesting, I like the poppy breaks here and there. But the longer it went on, the less I liked it. It has the problem a lot of later era Prince songs have... it just rambles on and on with no pure structure at all. A song like I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man has a beautiful structure... hook... chorus... and real lyrics you can understand. That's why it's a great song and will be loved and remembered forever.

But Cause and Effect doesn't have any of that. It just rambles on, sort of like Rock 'n Roll is Alive and Cybersingle. At the end Prince throws in a token guitar solo but that can't save this song at all. There's no real structure, hook, chorus, and the lyrics are too self centered and preachy to ever be a hit or a fan favorite.

It was definitely embarrassing to hear so many great songs on The Current (Sloop John B!) and then hear this dreck from Prince, a rock 'n roll hall of famer. Listening to Cause and Effect, you'd never know Prince was a great musician. He should be writing songs that are meaningful... at the very least, songs that are well structured and enjoyable, especially after so many years of making music. I think he's spending too much time reading the Bible and hanging out alone at Paisley Park. It's time for Prince to make some music that touches people... and not in ways they'd rather not be touched.

I'm gonna go listen to Pet Sounds now.

Final Grade for Cause and Effect: D-
Final Grade for Sloop John B: A+
[Edited 2/26/10 6:16am]

MMM.....DIDNT DO MUCH FOR ME.....THERE ARE BETTER TRACKS ON LOTUSFLOWER SO I DONT SEE THIS DOING MUCH.....MIND YOU ...ITS 100 TIMES BETTER THAN THAT VIKING SONG....
[Edited 2/26/10 6:14am]

IstenSzek said:

I very much agree with what you wrote.

I also think Prince needs a looong break before he releases anything new again.
[Edited 2/26/10 6:15am]

unique said:

I did WHAT was it??!!