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Thread started 09/23/10 8:46am

trickykid59

Mad sex

Anyone feeling that song from the much hated New Power Soul ?

I prefer the slightly rougher demo version circulating, but I like this song. Not a classic in any way, but a pleasant funky tune.

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Reply #1 posted 09/23/10 8:50am

LayzieKiddZ

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Funky Music was the only song I ever liked on that Album.

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Reply #2 posted 09/23/10 9:24am

purpledoveuk

That album never happened!!!!!

Can't ignore it though, it was the turning pony which split the Prince community
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Reply #3 posted 09/23/10 9:29am

musicolog

[ooops posted twice]

[Edited 9/23/10 9:31am]

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Reply #4 posted 09/23/10 9:31am

musicolog

purpledoveuk said:

That album never happened!!!!! Can't ignore it though, it was the turning pony which split the Prince community

Except 'Come on' and 'Wasted Kisses' ?

'Mad Sex' is quite funny but 'Housequake' was already there...

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Reply #5 posted 09/23/10 9:44am

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bushy haired mullato breakdown? lol, hell yeah i'm feelin it

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Reply #6 posted 09/23/10 10:00am

eireboy34

I have a tiny soft spot for Mad Sex

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Reply #7 posted 09/23/10 10:51am

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I have a tiny soft spot for Mad Sex

eirebitch34 back on the block thank god !

What's the point in coming here Twice a Day When you sincerely think Prince became irrelevant with Batman ?
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Reply #8 posted 09/23/10 11:28am

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dreamshaman32 said:

bushy haired mullato breakdown? lol, hell yeah i'm feelin it

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"You can be the President, I'd rather be the Pope"
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Reply #9 posted 09/23/10 1:53pm

vitriol

Hated as the album is, for me it's infinitely better than anything post TRC. No contest.

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Reply #10 posted 09/23/10 1:55pm

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I'm not gonna lie, I think NPS is a great album save for "Freaks on This Side" and "Push It Up".

"Mad Sex" is a great song and the album also has standout, top notch stuff like "The One", "Come On", "Wasted Kisses", "Funky Music", and "When You Love Somebody"... It gets way more shit than it deserves.

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Reply #11 posted 09/23/10 3:10pm

ganesh

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Lad Sex is cool needs to be heard and played into a circle space where the sound can surround oneself and vibrate inside o' the body, though not as good as:

Come on ( and also all the live versions ...a master piece)

We make our own way to heaven everyday
"The only Love there is, is the Love we make"
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Reply #12 posted 09/23/10 3:13pm

Spinlight

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ganesh said:

Lad Sex is cool needs to be heard and played into a circle space where the sound can surround oneself and vibrate inside o' the body, though not as good as:

Come on ( and also all the live versions ...a master piece)

O.o

I mean, I agree and all....

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Reply #13 posted 09/23/10 3:14pm

kookooman73

ganesh said:

Lad Sex is cool needs to be heard and played into a circle space where the sound can surround oneself and vibrate inside o' the body, though not as good as:

Come on ( and also all the live versions ...a master piece)

Lad sex is what I like 2 do. Over 18 of course!! LoL

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Reply #14 posted 09/23/10 3:31pm

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kookooman73 said:

ganesh said:

Lad Sex is cool needs to be heard and played into a circle space where the sound can surround oneself and vibrate inside o' the body, though not as good as:

Come on ( and also all the live versions ...a master piece)

Lad sex is what I like 2 do. Over 18 of course!! LoL

lol lol of course I meant Mad Sex, but it might be an interesting slip of the...uuuuuuuuuuuh? the finger..lol

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Reply #15 posted 09/23/10 5:32pm

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"Mad Sex" is one of the stronger tracks. Has a real groove to it. Love the bubbling rubber bass line, the bebop piano/horn line - stylistically very reminiscent of "Rockhard In A Funky Place", and there's some cool vocal harmonies in there too - "See you at another paaaarrttaaaay" cool

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Reply #16 posted 09/23/10 11:33pm

purpledoveuk

fight Damn you and your sorcerers ways - you've made me dig out the album again!!!

I've realised a few things:

1) it seemed lame at the time but this album actually has bit of the Prince I miss.

2) it's still duff compared to it predecessors

3) Until Ure In My Arms Again marked the start of that horrible singing style he uses now.

4) When U Love Somebody has been sorely missed by my lug-holes

5) sigh....Mad Sex is stuck in my head and I keep singing it out loud....but I'm off to London for an important conference - I hope I don't blurt it out
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Reply #17 posted 09/24/10 12:19am

trickykid59

That album never happened!!!!!

The album is pretty mediocre but not worse than emancipation, N.E.W.S or Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic

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Reply #18 posted 09/24/10 1:07am

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I quite like Mad Sex. Don't mind the song either. hoho. Actually, I never really saw the whole hate thing for the album. It's by no means a classic, but being stuck in the middle of Emancipation/crystal ball/rave, I have to say it actually holds its head up quite well.

Doug E Fresh needs erradicating from existance, but apart from that, it's a fairly solid album in my opinion.

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Reply #19 posted 09/24/10 1:30am

purpledoveuk

erik319 said:

I quite like Mad Sex. Don't mind the song either. hoho. Actually, I never really saw the whole hate thing for the album. It's by no means a classic, but being stuck in the middle of Emancipation/crystal ball/rave, I have to say it actually holds its head up quite well.



Doug E Fresh needs erradicating from existance, but apart from that, it's a fairly solid album in my opinion.




I can only speak from my point of view but I dislike/disliked it for a number if reasons:

1) At the time it sneaked into the shops under my radar which had never happened before and that made mecsuspcious (I actually though it was a bootleg when I saw it). It also seemed really plasticy compared to previous stuff; very 2 dimensional with not much depth or thought to it.

2) it represented a whole turning point in Princes career for me - everything that hooked me and kept me there previously disappeared and my Prince-ometer went down a notch. He spent most of his time verbally sucking Larrys dick, wheeling out Chaka Khan and spouting rubbish. For me his career went downhill from this point; from consistenly good to only now and again hitting the Mark.

BUT.... After listening again, as the turning point, it is inevitably better than some later stuff.

As for Dougie Fresh - just another weird choice
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Reply #20 posted 09/24/10 1:38am

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purpledoveuk said:

erik319 said:

I quite like Mad Sex. Don't mind the song either. hoho. Actually, I never really saw the whole hate thing for the album. It's by no means a classic, but being stuck in the middle of Emancipation/crystal ball/rave, I have to say it actually holds its head up quite well.

Doug E Fresh needs erradicating from existance, but apart from that, it's a fairly solid album in my opinion.

I can only speak from my point of view but I dislike/disliked it for a number if reasons: 1) At the time it sneaked into the shops under my radar which had never happened before and that made mecsuspcious (I actually though it was a bootleg when I saw it). It also seemed really plasticy compared to previous stuff; very 2 dimensional with not much depth or thought to it. 2) it represented a whole turning point in Princes career for me - everything that hooked me and kept me there previously disappeared and my Prince-ometer went down a notch. He spent most of his time verbally sucking Larrys dick, wheeling out Chaka Khan and spouting rubbish. For me his career went downhill from this point; from consistenly good to only now and again hitting the Mark. BUT.... After listening again, as the turning point, it is inevitably better than some later stuff. As for Dougie Fresh - just another weird choice

I can certainly see where you're coming from and agree with you pretty much 100%. However, just from a music point of view, for me (someone who was disappointed by the plasticy emancipation, disappointed by so much filler on Crystal Ball), it held together much better than the rambling opuses it followed. It's still got some total shit on there, but it's got a few tracks that make me smile or bob my head.

But yeah, it's evident that Larry was sinking his talons into Prince around this time. And as for Doug E Fresh... yeah very odd. Mind you, Dizzee Bastard's done very well for himself utilising that 'rapping' style. wink

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Reply #21 posted 09/24/10 1:58am

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Mad Sex is one of my favourite P songs of the 90s and was probably his last great sleazy funk record.

I didn't know there was a demo floating about? Are you sure it's not the 69 remix?

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Reply #22 posted 09/24/10 2:15am

meisme

Yes I like this song and no I do not hate New Power Soul. I dont really care for Until Youre In My Arms Again, When You Love Somebody, or Come On. This is a pretty funky cd. It keeps a steady vibe throughout with the mentioned songs edited out.

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Reply #23 posted 09/24/10 2:18am

trickykid59

Doug E Fresh needs erradicating from existance, but apart from that, it's a fairly solid album in my opinion.

Doug E Fresh was a weird choice (not as weird as TC Ellis but weird anyway) because at the time Prince chose to work with him he was outdated and there was plenty of efficient MC's he could have chosen, but you can't say the man who was a beat box precursor and created such early hip hop classics as "the show" & " la di da di" needs erradicating from existance !

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Reply #24 posted 09/24/10 2:21am

trickykid59

I didn't know there was a demo floating about? Are you sure it's not the 69 remix?

No, not a remix. I'll try to find the source of the demo version i got. As i said the differences with the released version are minimal, it just has a slightly less polished sound.

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Reply #25 posted 09/24/10 2:22am

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purpledoveuk said:

That album was the turning pony which split the Prince community

That's been said about every Prince since AWTIAD lol

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Reply #26 posted 09/24/10 4:23am

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Are there any good live recordings of Mad Sex?

I loved the live rendition of Come On from the Beautiful Strange concert.

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Reply #27 posted 09/24/10 5:32am

purpledoveuk

toejam said:



purpledoveuk said:


That album was the turning pony which split the Prince community


That's been said about every Prince since AWTIAD lol




But sweary, sex mad, no-machines Prince who wrote layered songs that stuck took a holiday after this
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Reply #28 posted 09/24/10 6:26am

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purpledoveuk said:

toejam said:

That's been said about every Prince since AWTIAD lol

But sweary, sex mad, no-machines Prince who wrote layered songs that stuck took a holiday after this


Well, other than the swearing (I'll give you that), the rest of your argument is debatable at best, and not fact.

Sex mad = "Turn U Loose", "Elixer", "Boom" are first that come to mind...

No machines = Entire Rainbow Children and Lotusflow3r albums, most of Musicology and 3121, just about everything else released in the One Nite Alone era...

Layered songs = "The Greatest Romance", "The Word", "Future Soul Song" - songs that come to mind with great layering of vocals and sounds...

Songs that stick = Well, this one's the most debatable and up to the individual listener, but I think there are lots of catchy songs on Musicology and 20Ten in particular...

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Reply #29 posted 09/24/10 6:39am

trickykid59

Are there any good live recordings of Mad Sex?

I had a live version, not adding anything to the studio version, with very poor sound. I think he rarely played it.

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