redflag said:

Kobalt (I've noticed they've ceased promoting Prince and Liv Warfield on their social media accounts even when they were on Arsenio) made the mistake of thinking that Prince was comfortable with being an indie DIY artist who didn't care if he got played on the radio and would promote his music through other means. Based on recent interviews where he's expressed frustration over not being played on the radio and not having hits, as well as comments from his mouthpiece Funkenberry on various Spreecasts about Kobalt not giving him enough "incentive" to release his music ($$$) it seems Prince never was happy with the Kobalt deal and just signed it out of desperation when he couldn't get anymore multi-million dollar upfront payments from any magazines or newspapers.

Prince clearly wants to be on a major label and on the radio so this single may just be a "test" to see if Epic can deliver the "hit" he wants. Even if you don't like the song if you want to see "Plectrum Electrum" released you had better hope against all odds this song gets airplay and is a hit so that he'll go ahead and let Epic release Plectrum (given that was the album Prince recently previewed for Epic's L.A. Reid). If not, PE is likely going into the vault.

that could not have been the issue with Kobalt because that's not what KLS is about. They provide promotion and distribution services nothing more. If he was/is disappointed with anything it would have been on the promotion side IMO because he's basically had to handle everything on his own thusfar

[Edited 3/15/14 7:47am]

thedance said:

jaypotton said:

Give me ALL of the releases from 3rdEyeGirl so far over this. Truly awful.

^ really, I don't understand you -- I am the opposite.

FALLINLOVE2NITE is a fantastic pop song his best in a very long time.

I dislike FixUrLifeUp and Rock N Roll Love Affair and Pretzelboringasssong.

3rd eye girl haven't released a great song, so far...

Different folks different strokes

That's always been one of the joys of being a Prince fan - the music he releases is so diverse you get a really big mix of people in the fanbase

BartVanHemelen said:

BartVanHemelen said:

And then it still might not have been a hit, because it's a shite song and the people who usually buy this crap don't give a shit about Prince.

Rare that I agree with BVH but on this occasion I do!

Then again though if Prince had just released an album as good as SOTT BVH would be dissing it

BartVanHemelen said:

errant said:

V10LETBLUES said: We know why it won't be a hit. He won't do anything to try to make it one, his age, old news, etc. But as a track, I see little difference in its hit potential than your random bullshit by the likes of Pitbull, Britney Pears and other bullshit of that ilk. Except that it's actually pretty decent by comparison.

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If he wanted this to be a hit, it should have been available back when New Girl aired, not a month later. And not just one version, but a dozen remixes. And a video. And consistent promo day after day. And no promo for 3rd Eye Girl or anything that could divert attention away from this track.

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And then it still might not have been a hit, because it's a shite song and the people who usually buy this crap don't give a shit about Prince.

What was Prince doing then? Oh! He was preparing a hit & run tour of the UK. STOP expecting him to part the red sea. He is running his own career now. Its out now. Be happy..

BartVanHemelen said:

redflag said:

Epic tweeted about if from their verified official Twitter account last night.

https://twitter.com/Epic_...6522875904

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Hideous artwork, but then that's been the case for everything Prince has released in the past 15+ years. It's a shite track anyway, which sounds like one of those rubbish dance tracks he was doing twenty years ago. This could just as easily have been on Mayte's horrible Child Of The Sun album, but back then you'd have to be utterly deluded not to acknowledge that album was cack. These days you have people praising this rubbish as "his best in years".

you really are the most bitter person on here..How much energy do you use to write such negatve things constantly?

lezama said:

redflag said:

Kobalt (I've noticed they've ceased promoting Prince and Liv Warfield on their social media accounts even when they were on Arsenio) made the mistake of thinking that Prince was comfortable with being an indie DIY artist who didn't care if he got played on the radio and would promote his music through other means. Based on recent interviews where he's expressed frustration over not being played on the radio and not having hits, as well as comments from his mouthpiece Funkenberry on various Spreecasts about Kobalt not giving him enough "incentive" to release his music ($$$) it seems Prince never was happy with the Kobalt deal and just signed it out of desperation when he couldn't get anymore multi-million dollar upfront payments from any magazines or newspapers.

Prince clearly wants to be on a major label and on the radio so this single may just be a "test" to see if Epic can deliver the "hit" he wants. Even if you don't like the song if you want to see "Plectrum Electrum" released you had better hope against all odds this song gets airplay and is a hit so that he'll go ahead and let Epic release Plectrum (given that was the album Prince recently previewed for Epic's L.A. Reid). If not, PE is likely going into the vault.

that could not have been the issue with Kobalt because that's not what KLS is about. They provide promotion and distribution services nothing more. If he was/is disappointed with anything it would have been on the promotion side IMO because he's basically had to handle everything on his own thusfar

[Edited 3/15/14 7:47am]

You would think that, which is why I was so surprised that Funkenberry was going on in one of the Spreecasts about Kobalt "resting on their laurels" and not offering Prince bonus money to bring the album in on a certain date like Warners did. I thought Prince wanted to get away from that, but there was his mouthpiece complaining about Prince not getting a bonus from Kobalt to "motivate" him to release his music. That's not the way KLS/indies are supposed to work so it's odd Prince/Funkenberry would think that. That was also the reason given for Prince not wanting to release concert DVDs. Funkenberry said no one had offered Prince enough money for him to feel it worthwhile to do so because he felt they would take away from his live box office.

[Edited 3/15/14 9:07am]

redflag said:

lezama said:

that could not have been the issue with Kobalt because that's not what KLS is about. They provide promotion and distribution services nothing more. If he was/is disappointed with anything it would have been on the promotion side IMO because he's basically had to handle everything on his own thusfar

[Edited 3/15/14 7:47am]

You would think that, which is why I was so surprised that Funkenberry was going on in one of the Spreecasts about Kobalt "resting on their laurels" and not offering Prince bonus money to bring the album in on a certain date like Warners did. I thought Prince wanted to get away from that, but there was his mouthpiece complaining about Prince not getting enough money to "motivate" him to release his music. That's not the way KLS/indies are supposed to work so it's odd Prince/Funkenberry would think that. That was also the reason given for Prince not wanting to release concert DVDs. Funkenberry said no one had offered Prince enough money for him to feel it worthwhile to do so because he felt they would take away from his live box office.

[Edited 3/15/14 8:44am]

Interesting. I didn't hear that spreecast, I'll have to take a listen.

Song is catchy as hell, lots of energy...and this is coming from someone who generally doesn't like this genre of music all that much. Will it be a hit? Don't really care tbh. If he does all the necessary promotion and plays the game to the hilt, it could be. I don't know how the charts work anymore with iTunes and downloads and youtube views and all that stuff there counting now. But I can't imagine this coming on in a club and people not getting excited.

I like that it dosen't sound overproduced like all the techno songs on the radio.

By the way, what are the lyrics?...I get about 75% of the words and that's it lol...

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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If he wanted this to be a hit, it should have been available back when New Girl aired, not a month later. And not just one version, but a dozen remixes. And a video. And consistent promo day after day. And no promo for 3rd Eye Girl or anything that could divert attention away from this track.

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And then it still might not have been a hit, because it's a shite song and the people who usually buy this crap don't give a shit about Prince.

What was Prince doing then? Oh! He was preparing a hit & run tour of the UK. STOP expecting him to part the red sea. He is running his own career now. Its out now. Be happy..

he could've easily made this available for download, he's not going to promote this song anyway as he's playing with 3rdeye so what difference does it make?

linus4000 said:

So did some of you hear the song on radio? I mean apart from the first day...

I don't listen to the radio. Too much shitty songs, like this one. I make my own playlists.

ludwig said:

linus4000 said:

So did some of you hear the song on radio? I mean apart from the first day...

I don't listen to the radio. Too much shitty songs, like this one. I make my own playlists.

The question is not if your listening to Radio but if you heard THE SONG on the radio ...

Byron said:

apart from the obvious lines that are repeated 40 times,

this is what i hear on the verses:

special night, my favorite crew

the moon threatenin'

2 dance her out of her shoes

in his ear, he was about 2 hear,

an offer that he could not refuse

.

she said:

underneath the taffeta,

there ain't no better hiding place

if i see the moon i just laugh at her,

wanna wake up 2 Ur pretty face

.

we can sleep all day 2morrow

and dream about this fantasy

we don't have 2 beg, steal, apologize or borrow

we're about 2 go hard - y'all ready 4 me?

BobGeorge909 said:

Byron said:

By the way, what are the lyrics?...I get about 75% of the words and that's it lol...

I feel ya. I'm terrible with lyrics...unless I can see them they almost all sound near-icelandic. I really need to focus and shut some sounds out to get what many words r in a song. I think my senses blend atypically in that part of the brain that affects synestiasiacs heavily. I'm not that cool...I think they're just blended in a fucked up way that makes it hard for me to make some words intelligible in tune form. I'm probably just reading waaaaay to much into being ignorant tho....lol.

IstenSzek said:

apart from the obvious lines that are repeated 40 times,

this is what i hear on the verses:

special night, my favorite crew

the moon threatenin'

2 dance her out of her shoes

in his ear, he was about 2 hear,

an offer that he could not refuse

.

she said:

underneath the taffeta,

there ain't no better hiding place

if i see the moon i just laugh at her,

wanna wake up 2 Ur pretty face

.

we can sleep all day 2morrow

and dream about this fantasy

we don't have 2 beg, steal, apologize or borrow

we're about 2 go hard - y'all ready 4 me?

See, all I hear is:

if i see the moon i just laugh it up,

wanna wake up da fruity heah

And...

we don't have 2 beg, steal, jazz or borrow
what go hard - yah reba me?

Byron said:

IstenSzek said:

apart from the obvious lines that are repeated 40 times,

this is what i hear on the verses:

special night, my favorite crew

the moon threatenin'

2 dance her out of her shoes

in his ear, he was about 2 hear,

an offer that he could not refuse

.

she said:

underneath the taffeta,

there ain't no better hiding place

if i see the moon i just laugh at her,

wanna wake up 2 Ur pretty face

.

we can sleep all day 2morrow

and dream about this fantasy

we don't have 2 beg, steal, apologize or borrow

we're about 2 go hard - y'all ready 4 me?

See, all I hear is:

if i see the moon i just laugh it up,

wanna wake up da fruity heah

And...

we don't have 2 beg, steal, jazz or borrow
what go hard - yah reba me?

well you know what, maybe you're right, we won't know until we see a lyric sheet

IstenSzek said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

BartVanHemelen said:

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If he wanted this to be a hit, it should have been available back when New Girl aired, not a month later. And not just one version, but a dozen remixes. And a video. And consistent promo day after day. And no promo for 3rd Eye Girl or anything that could divert attention away from this track.

.

And then it still might not have been a hit, because it's a shite song and the people who usually buy this crap don't give a shit about Prince.

What was Prince doing then? Oh! He was preparing a hit & run tour of the UK. STOP expecting him to part the red sea. He is running his own career now. Its out now. Be happy..

KCOOL & Bart are going at it, the org might explode...

Fallinlove2nite is shit, one of the WORST songs Prince has ever recorded!

djThunderfunk said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

What was Prince doing then? Oh! He was preparing a hit & run tour of the UK. STOP expecting him to part the red sea. He is running his own career now. Its out now. Be happy..

KCOOL & Bart are going at it, the org might explode...

This song is like a musical candy cane or a smart new toy: it's light but just tight enough to be a perfect pop song. Sounds like the basis for half a dozen remixes.

No site outside of this one is hyping it up. I doubt it will be a hit. Wish him well with the song although it's not my cup of tea

[Edited 3/16/14 15:21pm]

Militant said:

go2theMax said:

isn't this the first Prince track that's not produced or co-produced by hilmself?

Yup. I mean, "Kiss" was almost completely produced by David Z, but Prince still took the production credit.

This is quite the precedent being set here!

yep & for everyone who's always said they'd like to see Prince be produced by someone else, here's the result

purpleshadow said:

No site outside of this one is hyping it up. I doubt it will be a hit. Wish him well with the song although it's not my cup of tea

[Edited 3/16/14 15:21pm]

Define "hyping it up"...