^ It does work on Mac, but using Firefox (not Safari).

Thanks, I will give it a go.

Well that worked.

Worst prince song in a long time (well since Purple and Gold, but that doesn't really count)

Awful!

I actually NEVER want to hear it again.

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Listened again. MAN is this song crappity crap. Is there not someone araound him that can tell him when something stinks?

3chainsofgold said:

Listened again. MAN is this song crappity crap. Is there not someone araound him that can tell him when something stinks?

The first EVER prince song which I won't even give a second listen to.

cateto said:

^ It does work on Mac, but using Firefox (not Safari).

That's weird. It streams in Safari on a Mac for me. Maybe I have some oddball plug-in or something.

squirrelgrease said:

cateto said:

^ It does work on Mac, but using Firefox (not Safari).

That's weird. It streams in Safari on a Mac for me. Maybe I have some oddball plug-in or something.

Yeah maybe. I got the stream page but no audio. It was actually better with no audio now that I think of it.

iloveannie said:

Would you rather be struggling to meet your mortgage payments, seeing your car fail it's MOT again, not being able to feed and cloth your kids how you'd like and be unhappy or be comfortable in a nice home, your kids living well, a family holiday once a year and a running car on your drive and be unhappy?

Isn't that a bit like the old riddle: What's heavier; a ton of feathers or a ton of bricks?

The implied judgement you've made is that you must be happier/more content/less stressed/etc... if you have money. But that to me is exactly the point of that line in the song;

ie. There's nothing worse than misunderstanding the point of money so much that you end up having tons of the stuff and still being as stressed and miserable as the one who's struggling at end of the fisherman's line (ie. trying to meet the bottom line).

I like the lyrics on this track. As with so many of Prince's songs, they can mean so many different things to different people, but it makes for interesting discussion

If it is released i certainly hope it is not called 20TEN Deluxe, that is just one lame title.

So our Purple friend holds a press conference of sorts just days after the airing of a new song and an announcement of a deluxe version of 20TEN, but yet he says nothing about the repackaged CD at said conference. I mean, we're used to boolshit like this, but... c'mon. The Welcome 2 America posters did use the same font as the 20TEN packaging, so I guess he hasn't moved away from the aesthetics of that project completely. Meh...

I'm starting not to really care. I'm too old for games - I wish Prince was.

so is this french radio station the only place to mention the deluxe?

did they have their info right? not saying they didnt, but prince hasnt announced this release, nor has anyone else ...

are we on the right track here, trusting a couple of radio DJ's?

2elijah said:

http://www.drfunkenberry.com

The xnippet of song is on Dr.Funkenberry's site now;a much, better version, as the Frenchmen's voices have been omitted while the snippet of the song plays.

New Prince Song Snippet!~ “Rich Friends” Listen Now

http://www.drfunkenberry.com

Prince gave a French radio station a sample of a new song entitled “Rich Friends” and said it would be from 20Ten Deluxe edition. 20Ten was previously available in newspapers where he was touring earlier this year.

No word if this edition of 20Ten will make it’s way to the US or not.

For now, enjoy listening to what we have of the track below and thanks to a French Prince fan site for the heads up n hooking us up.

(go to www.drfunkenberry.com to listen)

What do you think? It’s only 20 seconds so hopefully no one is saying it’s “Purple Rain” part deux.-Dr.FB

"line edit"

[Edited 10/8/10 21:28pm]

ARE U NOW HAVE BECOME WISE

IHRE AUSFLÜGE DEGRADIEREN SIE ZU GEISTIGE UMNACHTUNG.

( THE HOLY MAN), MIT PLASTIK KARTEN

DON,T UNDERESTIMATE THE DIVINE INTELIGENCE,WHICH IS THE HIGHEST AND EVERYTHING LOOKS

HUPFEN SIE WOANDERS MIT IHRER TASCHEN LAMPE UND SCHIKEN SIE IHRE BILDER LIEBER IM MÜLL

RICH FRIENDS

I AM HERE NOT TO LECTURE

LORILA said:

2elijah said:

http://www.drfunkenberry.com

The xnippet of song is on Dr.Funkenberry's site now;a much, better version, as the Frenchmen's voices have been omitted while the snippet of the song plays.

New Prince Song Snippet!~ “Rich Friends” Listen Now

"line edit"

[Edited 10/8/10 21:28pm]

ARE U NOW HAVE BECOME WISE

IHRE AUSFLÜGE DEGRADIEREN SIE ZU GEISTIGE UMNACHTUNG.

( THE HOLY MAN), MIT PLASTIK KARTEN

DON,T UNDERESTIMATE THE DIVINE INTELIGENCE,WHICH IS THE HIGHEST AND EVERYTHING LOOKS

HUPFEN SIE WOANDERS MIT IHRER TASCHEN LAMPE UND SCHIKEN SIE IHRE BILDER LIEBER IM MÜLL

RICH FRIENDS

I AM HERE NOT TO LECTURE

can i please translate that for those who don't understand german?

yes? i can?

ok, thanks, here we go:

may i then, after translating, also be the first to ask:

what in dee fuck?

robinhood said:

so is this french radio station the only place to mention the deluxe?

did they have their info right? not saying they didnt, but prince hasnt announced this release, nor has anyone else ...

are we on the right track here, trusting a couple of radio DJ's?

Good point. http://prince.org/msg/7/3...?&pg=1

robinhood said:

so is this french radio station the only place to mention the deluxe?

did they have their info right? not saying they didnt, but prince hasnt announced this release, nor has anyone else ...

are we on the right track here, trusting a couple of radio DJ's?

I started a thread about this very subject but it got locked.

As squirrel said, Prince does not mention the album at the press conference at all, which i found a little strange.

And look at the setlists (inc the one i posted in the 20TEN tour dates thread for the Norway show last night) for the so called 20TEN tour, not one song from the album played.

I really am beginning to think that the proposed 20TEN Deluxe edition is not going to happen.

As a sidenote, i am looking forward to hearing Prince's version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, yes that's right, he did play that in Norway last night.

MikeyB71 said:

robinhood said:

so is this french radio station the only place to mention the deluxe?

did they have their info right? not saying they didnt, but prince hasnt announced this release, nor has anyone else ...

are we on the right track here, trusting a couple of radio DJ's?

I started a thread about this very subject but it got locked.

As squirrel said, Prince does not mention the album at the press conference at all, which i found a little strange.

And look at the setlists (inc the one i posted in the 20TEN tour dates thread for the Norway show last night) for the so called 20TEN tour, not one song from the album played.

I really am beginning to think that the proposed 20TEN Deluxe edition is not going to happen.

As a sidenote, i am looking forward to hearing Prince's version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, yes that's right, he did play that in Norway last night.

ah, but how much of it? just a snippet, or just the lyrics over some generic drum/guitar?

and did he sing it himself or did "the girls" sing it?

my heart made a little jump to see that he'd added "pearls before the swine" to the set,

only to then read that it was sung by his backing vocalists, just as "love thy will be done".

it's just sad that we've gotten to a stage where the most exciting thing in his concerts is an

odd cover or one of his own lesser known songs sung by his backing vocalists or perhaps

a 1 and a half minute accoustic version of a fabled outtake, which will then never be heard

of anymore.

[Edited 10/19/10 14:16pm]

IstenSzek said:

MikeyB71 said:

I started a thread about this very subject but it got locked.

As squirrel said, Prince does not mention the album at the press conference at all, which i found a little strange.

And look at the setlists (inc the one i posted in the 20TEN tour dates thread for the Norway show last night) for the so called 20TEN tour, not one song from the album played.

I really am beginning to think that the proposed 20TEN Deluxe edition is not going to happen.

As a sidenote, i am looking forward to hearing Prince's version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, yes that's right, he did play that in Norway last night.

ah, but how much of it? just a snippet, or just the lyrics over some generic drum/guitar?

and did he sing it himself or did "the girls" sing it?

my heart made a little jump to see that he'd added "pearls before the swine" to the set,

only to then read that it was sung by his backing vocalists, just as "love thy will be done".

it's just sad that we've gotten to a stage where the most exciting thing in his concerts is an

odd cover or one of his own lesser known songs sung by his backing vocalists or perhaps

a 1 and a half minute accoustic version of a fabled outtake, which will then never be heard

of anymore.

[Edited 10/19/10 14:16pm]

I don't know how much of it he sang, the only info i have is the setlist.

I guess we will have to wait on the boot to hear for ourselves.

when the girls sing his songs, is that because he is leaving the stage to get changed?

IstenSzek said:

MikeyB71 said:

I started a thread about this very subject but it got locked.

As squirrel said, Prince does not mention the album at the press conference at all, which i found a little strange.

And look at the setlists (inc the one i posted in the 20TEN tour dates thread for the Norway show last night) for the so called 20TEN tour, not one song from the album played.

I really am beginning to think that the proposed 20TEN Deluxe edition is not going to happen.

As a sidenote, i am looking forward to hearing Prince's version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, yes that's right, he did play that in Norway last night.

ah, but how much of it? just a snippet, or just the lyrics over some generic drum/guitar?

and did he sing it himself or did "the girls" sing it?

my heart made a little jump to see that he'd added "pearls before the swine" to the set,

only to then read that it was sung by his backing vocalists, just as "love thy will be done".

it's just sad that we've gotten to a stage where the most exciting thing in his concerts is an

odd cover or one of his own lesser known songs sung by his backing vocalists or perhaps

a 1 and a half minute accoustic version of a fabled outtake, which will then never be heard

of anymore.

[Edited 10/19/10 14:16pm]

Man, that would be such a rotten twist for the hard core fans to get an obscurity performed... and then it's sung by the girls in back on the risers instead of Prince.

Yeah, Bridge over troubled water was also sung by the girls while he was changing clothes..

robinhood said:

when the girls sing his songs, is that because he is leaving the stage to get changed?

Drix said:

Yeah, Bridge over troubled water was also sung by the girls while he was changing clothes..

thanks.

squirrelgrease said:

cateto said:

^ It does work on Mac, but using Firefox (not Safari).

That's weird. It streams in Safari on a Mac for me. Maybe I have some oddball plug-in or something.

It worked for me, too.

how is it NO ONE knows anything about the release ?

luvsexy4all said:

how is it NO ONE knows anything about the release ?

lol....

so i'm guessing "rich friends" is another one of those tracks that will just

fall between the cracks and get left behind, kinda like "cause and effect",

"hot summer", "in a large room with no light 2009", "turn me loose" etc.

why he wouldn't sell that stuff online, on some basic site is beyond me.

it's out there, played on radio or online, in sub par quality, with people

talking over the beginning and/or end plus it's on bootlegs about a week

after they are first 'released'.

does he really care that much about his music at this point that he doesn't

care anymore if new tracks get to the public without a beginning or end or

with someone talking all the way over the intro and fading it out 40 secs

before the end? is that really the only way he's gonna let those songs be

out there?

and this is the man who sues other people for miss use of his music

Spinlight said:

luvsexy4all said:

how is it NO ONE knows anything about the release ?

lol....

Best we keep it that way really. Listened to it twice now. Thank God I can do other things whilst listening to music else that would have been a few more minutes of my life that I wasn't going to get back.

Sorry but I'd rather listen to Take That than that track ever again.

cateto said:

No joking guys: a French radio, Europe 1, has played part of a new song entitled Rich friends, and they stated it is part from a new Prince album entitled 20Ten Deluxe. Sorry, no further information.

I think the sample is making the rounds in the net as I type.

All props to the French forum, Schkopi, and its member Syl20, for the scoop.

Another member, kid, posted the link to listen the full broadcast:

http://www.europe1.fr/MediaCenter/Emiss ... 10-285601/

The song starts at 13´50"

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[Edited 10/8/10 11:11am]

the people must be motivated of GOD and not by search for SOCIAL STANDING