When I first heard ATMITW, I really disliked it and skipped it for many months.

Then, after an inadvertant - and initially unwelcome - discovery, I started using it as the aural equivalent of a "palate cleanser". I found that, despite skipping it so often, it was still the easiest song to get in my head to effectively get any other song out (particularly useful at shopping centres).

Suddenly something switched, almost overnight, and I had to start listening to it again. On the wrong day, in the wrong mood, song after song would get unceremoniously skipped, but that one I just couldn't go past.

Now I love it

Go figure.

Chiquetet said:

Revolution said:

a gem of a song...this one here is to be appreciated.

It's easily one of my favorite songs by Prince since, well, he started.

Top 5 songs of it's kind.

Agreed, best song on "Planet Earth" and one of his best from this century. But you guys can carry on listening to "Chelsea Rodgers"...

Another cool quirky # from the purple one.

Like it.

love it when prince gets in the cute zone!!

WTF????????????????????

Do u lie AND condition are AMAZING AMAZING songs

are you really comparing them?? you high on lighter fluid??

Nope,

The songs mentioned by you are indeed better songs. I was trying to say that the way of singing on All the midnights is not exactly new for Prince.

But next to that: I think its one of his more enjoyable songs from the '00's, a well written, rather subtle, clever little popditty. I personally prefer it over predictable R&B fare like Mr Goodnight and the stuff on MPLsound.

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the only problem with this song is that its too short!

I love the skalliwags line and the little beatlesque harmony at the end.

I kind of like it. Resolution is way worse.

I used to hate the All the Midnights. But then I learned that W&L had worked on the song, so now I think it’s the best tune Prince has released since the 80’s (with the possible exception of the 1 U Wanna C and Resolution)

errant said:

I kind of like it. Resolution is way worse.

I like that too :blush:

a good test is to play it to one of your friends whom is NOT a fan.........

imago said:

A sweet melody. A clever song. A nice tune.

Agreed. I don't get why this tune gets such negative feedback. It's the kind of tune that Prince used to compose with ease. The flow moving forward like Strange Relationship etc...

My problem isn't with the song but where it is on Planet Earth. It seems out of place in between Mr. Goodnite and Chelsea Rodgers. It should've followed C.R.

jonylawson said:

blueautumn said:

Prince fans are funny. That song is a good song, yeah there is better but if you aint hip to the diverse song stylings of Prince and tend to only like one style he does, well...you aint a Prince fan imo. LOL!

"LOL" indeed.

Thanks for laughing one of those Prince fans, and thanks for reading, you can now go back to listening to Black Sweat some more.

NouveauDance said:

errant said:

I kind of like it. Resolution is way worse.

I like that too :blush:

i also love Resolution. great guitar intro

Hugo3121 said:

Well, there U all suckers go....that`s xactly what the start of the song is meant 2 create....that kinds of (dumb) reactions.....P is WAAAAAAY ahead of u.

I have a weird relationship with this song...I mean..I hate it, But I love it too. Haha

It is kind of like the scene in 'Step Brothers' When he wants to hug his brother, he puts his hands in the way. Haha

It is annoying especially the beginning, but it falls into something sweet and sour in the middle and the end...But I understand how you feel it can be very intolerable! Haha

Milty said:

NouveauDance said:

I like that too :blush:

i also love Resolution. great guitar intro

for a Mentos commercial

errant said:

Milty said:

i also love Resolution. great guitar intro

for a Mentos commercial

x forever

paulludvig said:

I used to hate the All the Midnights. But then I learned that W&L had worked on the song, so now I think it’s the best tune Prince has released since the 80’s (with the possible exception of the 1 U Wanna C and Resolution)

Huh? You go from hate to best because of the people who worked on it?

paulludvig said:

I used to hate the All the Midnights. But then I learned that W&L had worked on the song, so now I think it’s the best tune Prince has released since the 80’s (with the possible exception of the 1 U Wanna C and Resolution)

Where did you see that? According to princevault.com, and I guess the liner notes (don't have them at hand) - the only tracks they worked on are The 1 U Wanna C and Resolution!

other than the part he ripped off from Here Comes Santa Clause it's...very mediocre

NouveauDance said:

paulludvig said:

I used to hate the All the Midnights. But then I learned that W&L had worked on the song, so now I think it’s the best tune Prince has released since the 80’s (with the possible exception of the 1 U Wanna C and Resolution)

Where did you see that? According to princevault.com, and I guess the liner notes (don't have them at hand) - the only tracks they worked on are The 1 U Wanna C and Resolution!

from memory, the liner notes don't specify the tracks they worked on.

robertlove said:

paulludvig said:

I used to hate the All the Midnights. But then I learned that W&L had worked on the song, so now I think it’s the best tune Prince has released since the 80’s (with the possible exception of the 1 U Wanna C and Resolution)

Huh? You go from hate to best because of the people who worked on it?

That was sarcasm directed at everyone who praise everything they think former associates have been involved with. I’m surprised it took this long for anyone to react to the bizarre implication of the statement. Anyway - The OP in this thread is an example of what I’m thinking about: http://prince.org/msg/7/234163

I think it sounds really cheesy. I can't really listen to it all without feeling like I've just watched Batman and Robin all over again.

Maybe it'll grow on me.

vile, just vile and up there with his worst. That's not IMHO, that's just a F.A.C.T. !

errant said:

NouveauDance said:

Where did you see that? According to princevault.com, and I guess the liner notes (don't have them at hand) - the only tracks they worked on are The 1 U Wanna C and Resolution!

from memory, the liner notes don't specify the tracks they worked on.

Ah OK. I'm guessing/fuzzy memory thinking that princevault got their info from past interviews then, I vaguely remember them saying they added only instruments no vocals, and I guess this is when they said which tracks they worked on?

there is a song I can't listen to AT ALL, but I can't remember it's name, there is a horrible effect on the vocal that sounds like flanged ball bearings

jonylawson said:

i cant listen to...

his vocals at the start are.....

i dont know the word but i aint digging on it.

thats the ONLY song i have to turn off

The only song u have to turn off?

Just listen to Animal Kingdom before ATMITW and u will LOVE All The Midnights...

DaveG said:

UR doing pretty good if this is truly "the only" Prince song you can't listen to.

That's what I thought. I mean, come on, there're plenty of other songs that are worth burning. And most of them are on that album.

I'd rather listen to Wedding Feast. At least he knows/we know/it knows/the band knew it is shit. Midnights is all alone in the dark unable to see how shit it really is. Ignorance is bliss but only to those that can't see.