I thought his vocals were on point. He has a great voice! I think the performance would have been better if the band members were closer to him on the stage. They were too spread out and they would have added more umph (not sure of the right word) to it.

[Edited 10/24/12 8:41am]

big for them to be that close to each other

wonder505 said:

I thought his vocals were on point. He has a great voice! I think the performance would have been better if the band members were closer to him on the stage. They were too spread out and they would have added more umph (not sure of the right word) to it.

[Edited 10/24/12 8:41am]

That stage was too big for them to be bunched together plus to get the full complete horn sound. Would have been a horrid sound. I guess its safe to say U not a musician..

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

big for them to be that close to each other

wonder505 said:

I thought his vocals were on point. He has a great voice! I think the performance would have been better if the band members were closer to him on the stage. They were too spread out and they would have added more umph (not sure of the right word) to it.

[Edited 10/24/12 8:41am]

That stage was too big for them to be bunched together plus to get the full complete horn sound. Would have been a horrid sound. I guess its safe to say U not a musician..

I guess it's safe to say you're not a linguist.

That comment wasn't made 4 U. So stay out of it.

[Edited 10/25/12 7:19am]

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

big for them to be that close to each other

wonder505 said:

I thought his vocals were on point. He has a great voice! I think the performance would have been better if the band members were closer to him on the stage. They were too spread out and they would have added more umph (not sure of the right word) to it.

[Edited 10/24/12 8:41am]

That stage was too big for them to be bunched together plus to get the full complete horn sound. Would have been a horrid sound. I guess its safe to say U not a musician..

Actually I'm not a musician and if that was the reason they were set up that way (putting them closer will create a bad sound) I would totally accept that. I'm going to respond in a mature way and not at that unnecessary dig.

[Edited 10/24/12 10:24am]

I didn't mean that as a dig.But thanx for not turning it into a cat fight like most would on here....

wonder505 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Let's rerecord the song with the energy from the Kimmel Show and put that out on the market.

Works better (for me)

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I didn't mean that as a dig.But thanx for not turning it into a cat fight like most would on here....

Even though you finished your reply to me with "Shut the fuck up!", complete with an angry face and shaking fist?

You really are a fucking wanker you know.

I was replying to wonder505 & U was not even in that conversation. So when U but into other peoples conversations U get handled accordingly boo boo...

HonestMan13 said:

newpowergeneration said:

This. A thousand times, this.

The same could be said about a fan who hasn't enjoyed anything Prince has done in 17 years. What do you have to offer a fan who has enjoyed his entire career? What are you enlightening us to that we don't already know about(we have the same records as you)? What could you possibly have to say about a world you checked out of in 1995?

Marrk said:

It's music to eat to in a restaurant, to talk over (not about!) with your loved one, you discuss where you want to go next? then no doubt onto somewhere with better/livelier music.

fantasticjoy said:

TheFreakerFantastic said:

^ An avid P expert such as you, don't believe a word of it. I quite like it. He's released FAR FAR worse than this!

I never in my life criticized any of Prince's music, but I don't think he's ever done worse than this one. I wish I could hear what others who like it hear.

I guess you never heard Purple and Gold!

Philly76 said:

It didnt have any airplay on german radios so far afaik.

The song is a mediocre song to me, nothing special, 5/10 as its best.

There are a quadrillion other Prince songs that might have been better for a single release imo.

[Edited 10/14/12 7:57am]

Thank u.

Can someone explain to me what "boo boo" is? I'm getting an image of Gary Coleman pulling a face or Carlton Banks acting pompous. Either way very 80s and very camp.

iloveannie said:

Can someone explain to me what "boo boo" is? I'm getting an image of Gary Coleman pulling a face or Carlton Banks acting pompous. Either way very 80s and very camp.

What you talkin bout Willis? You know very well what "Boo Boo" is. He's the little fella.

Fonkyman said:

iloveannie said:

Can someone explain to me what "boo boo" is? I'm getting an image of Gary Coleman pulling a face or Carlton Banks acting pompous. Either way very 80s and very camp.

What you talkin bout Willis? You know very well what "Boo Boo" is. He's the little fella.

The music sounds like a 70's version of "Take Me With U"...

I wonder why Prince is obsessed with this outdated 70's sound lately and all the horns.

Wall said:

This boring dud wouldn't even make your local supermarket's playlist.

Whiskas31 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I wouldn't count him out just yet...

I would. For years I kept thinking that he'd pull something out of the bag. But for someone who used to be able to write and record When Doves Cry and Thieves in the Temple in one day, if he can only produce a song that is worthy for a b-side after such a long break, there really is no hope. I'm resigned to that idea now.

[Edited 10/15/12 14:29pm]

Me too. It seems that most artists - once they reach the 20-25 year mark in their careers - are just completely out of ideas after that and almost everything they release from that point on is mediocre.

artist76 said:

wonder505 said:

Actually I'm not a musician and if that was the reason they were set up that way (putting them closer will create a bad sound) I would totally accept that. I'm going to respond in a mature way and not at that unnecessary dig.

[Edited 10/24/12 10:24am]

Getting off topic, but is spacing particularly important with electric instruments, like b/c of feedback? I play music as an enthusiastic hobby, but only non-electrified (piano, cello, clarinet - classical & some jazz).

This has nothing to do with electric instruments. It's about mics and pick-ups. Some frequencies will go back and forth and therefore get stronger and stronger, creating that feedback sound (to put it as simple as possible).

Note that you can get feedback with an electric guitar, but you won't get any with a keyboard (even though both are "electric instruments"). The instruments you mentioned are usually called "acoustic instruments", which, however, doesn't mean you can't mic them, which in return would create the possibility of feedback, which is why you do have to consider where you put them and which frequencies you want to eliminate.

Placement can be slightly important on keyboards, too, in the sense that you don't want to use cables that are longer than necessary, because you might risk the surrounding radiation to interfere with your sound signal.

Astasheiks said:

fantasticjoy said:

TheFreakerFantastic said: I never in my life criticized any of Prince's music, but I don't think he's ever done worse than this one. I wish I could hear what others who like it hear.

I guess you never heard Purple and Gold!

Yes I have heard Purple and Gold.

There is no rule anywhere in the world that we live in that states that you have to Love every song that Prince records. To bitch about it every single day, though? Some of you really need to lock yourselves in a room and play Purple Rain all day. No, seriously... lol. Some make it sound like Prince is the worst performer ever, or at least since the last record they liked. If you're on here on a daily basis and haven't liked his music since '93 or so.... it might be time to come up with another hobby or join Justin Bieber's fanpage.

Just heard the jamie lewis club mix from Rock&roll love affair on german radio station

sunshine live....

mushmackalenta said: