This may turn out to be my least favourite Prince album track of all time. Prince hasn't released an album under his name in over 4 years... an he includes this waste of 4mins 8secs? Damn. Ah well.

Superconductor said:

Nobody would waste their time listening to this if it wasn't branded as Prince.

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Yep. This would be forgotten within a second if it was released by someone unknown.

The coveted trophy for 'most skippable album track' has already been sent to the engravers.

toejam said:

The coveted trophy for 'most skippable album track' has already been sent to the engravers.

My question is: where is the funk and where is the rock and roll? I can understand why folks dig this song but I had to let this song go. Id rather blast "Push It Up" in my car with Tony M rapping Doug E. Fresh's part.

toejam said:

SquirrelMeat said:

toejam said:

This may turn out to be my least favourite Prince album track of all time. Prince hasn't released an album under his name in over 4 years... an he includes this waste of 4mins 8secs? Damn. Ah well.

Damn I looking forward to your review.

I just got the download link, and I LOVE IT. Funknroll is AWSOME !!!! Just LOVE IT !!! DAMN ITs NASTY. Love the mix of live sound and electro!

Well I've got a good sense of the overall tone of the album is now. Got the Funknroll download from Warners this morning.

I like it a lot. Much more interetsting (and commercial) then anything he's done for a while.

It's nothing ground breaking for sure, but I think it's a lot of fun.

bashraka said:

toejam said:

The coveted trophy for 'most skippable album track' has already been sent to the engravers.

My question is: where is the funk and where is the rock and roll? I can understand why folks dig this song but I had to let this song go. Id rather blast "Push It Up" in my car with Tony M rapping Doug E. Fresh's part.

I love the radio rip version and hope that is the one we're getting on PE, but this is not my cup of tea. On the plus side - you can say its different to anything he's done and near the end it gets a bit interesting.

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I like it more than every other song i've heard off Art Official Age. SO THERE.

ugh.

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Nikkie said:

If you like Prince, how can y'all hate on this SO much. It's the type of party track he's done before, production is sparse and slick. If it's not your type of track, ok. The remix may not be as good as the original, but it has a great vibe, great vocals, a catchy chorus/chant and a booming bass line.

Showing it can be successful around the world on iTunes and Amazon so..

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Stranger said:

I am on the fence still after 5-6 listenings. The start is quite bad, cheesy as only Prince does cheesy, and the annoying Timbaland sound is eeh... annoying. BUT, the rest is pretty funky actually, the guitar and the synth especially, and vocals cool. So maybe if Prince could de-mix the remix we would be there..

Already done. The version played on the radio, which is expected to be the Plectrumelectrum version.

TheEnglishGent said:

Stranger said:

I am on the fence still after 5-6 listenings. The start is quite bad, cheesy as only Prince does cheesy, and the annoying Timbaland sound is eeh... annoying. BUT, the rest is pretty funky actually, the guitar and the synth especially, and vocals cool. So maybe if Prince could de-mix the remix we would be there..

Already done. The version played on the radio, which is expected to be the Plectrumelectrum version.

sure, but isn't the instrumentation different on that one? Less synths etc?

nonamesleft said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Why is there a wookpecker in the background?

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Not a totally orignal element, would anyone agree its kinda similar to the 'clicking' in this Swizz Beats track and D'Angelo's more subtle use in Devils Pie ?

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From the sample, I think I'll like this track.

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The sample lied, I listened o the full thing on the youtube video and I don't like what I hear damn.

Ok, this track has been really bugging me. I was so looking forward to hearing this version as I loved all previous versions of this song so much. So I've been listening to it this morning, breaking my self imposed ban on over listening to the new stuf before the album releases. Yeah, I'm weak, sue me.

Well, my first impression was that I liked the start and the end might have been good. After a few more listens I can say for sure that the first 20 seconds are fine and the last minute and a half is fantastic but I still have no idea what the hell is going on for the 2 or so minutes in between. There's no energy and that is so strange for a track called Funknroll, there's no funk, there's certainly no roll. I really like the vocals but the 'music', (yep, it's going in air quotes because it's not really music now is it?), the 'music' is somewhat lacking. He's singing about getting into the rhythm it's good for the soul. Well how about some decent rhythym behind it? And then what on earth happens in the chorus? He leads into it with the words, "let's party like you ain't gonna party again", and I think, yes, let's get this thing moving with some awesome party music. But nope, for now is the time to make it even more bland with backing sounds from a woodpecker and a hiccupping gorilla. wtf?!

I can't see myself ever warming to those bizarre 2 minutes. But there's good news. I did an edit, kept the start, cut out the party at the zoo, did some jiggery pokery and joined up the end. So now I have an awesome 1:51 edit to slip into the album when it releases.

Looking around the web it seems people either love it or hate it, there doesn't seem to be much middle ground. So at least it has that keeping it consistent with the rest of his recent material.

This is motherfucking HOT.

Another poster pegged it- this is nothing less than a fresh blend of NPG funk (the backbone of the track), Camille-type attitude and Batman-like samples (first half) and 1999 style synth-rockabilly brought into 2014.

This is a massively successful blending of many things I love about Prince. The beginning of the track captures his swagger so well. The rhymically swung lyrics from the original track juxtaposed with the rhythmically square electro beat towards the end is brilliant.

Bravo!!

TheEnglishGent said:

Ok, this track has been really bugging me. I was so looking forward to hearing this version as I loved all previous versions of this song so much. So I've been listening to it this morning, breaking my self imposed ban on over listening to the new stuf before the album releases. Yeah, I'm weak, sue me.

Well, my first impression was that I liked the start and the end might have been good. After a few more listens I can say for sure that the first 20 seconds are fine and the last minute and a half is fantastic but I still have no idea what the hell is going on for the 2 or so minutes in between. There's no energy and that is so strange for a track called Funknroll, there's no funk, there's certainly no roll. I really like the vocals but the 'music', (yep, it's going in air quotes because it's not really music now is it?), the 'music' is somewhat lacking. He's singing about getting into the rhythm it's good for the soul. Well how about some decent rhythym behind it? And then what on earth happens in the chorus? He leads into it with the words, "let's party like you ain't gonna party again", and I think, yes, let's get this thing moving with some awesome party music. But nope, for now is the time to make it even more bland with backing sounds from a woodpecker and a hiccupping gorilla. wtf?!

I can't see myself ever warming to those bizarre 2 minutes. But there's good news. I did an edit, kept the start, cut out the party at the zoo, did some jiggery pokery and joined up the end. So now I have an awesome 1:51 edit to slip into the album when it releases.

Looking around the web it seems people either love it or hate it, there doesn't seem to be much middle ground. So at least it has that keeping it consistent with the rest of his recent material.

I pretty much agree with this. I like the vocals, the intro and the end is quite good but reminds me of Fatboy Slim. I keep expecting 'check it out now the funk soul brother' to kick in. Maybe you should send your edit to Prince - you could be the new Josh

thx185 said:

This is motherfucking HOT.

Another poster pegged it- this is nothing less than a fresh blend of NPG funk (the backbone of the track)

This track has the backbone of a jellyfish imho

toejam said:

This may turn out to be my least favourite Prince album track of all time. Prince hasn't released an album under his name in over 4 years... an he includes this waste of 4mins 8secs? Damn. Ah well.

Please tear this peice of shit a new one in your next podcast and i hope he hears it. Can't believe he has dumbed himself down so much. I'm embarrassed for him....plus it makes me look like a dick after bragging about how musically advanced he is to non-believers and he drops something like this peice of crap and they laugh at it and me.

Eye like how is unleashing different remixes of this classic new funk anthem! It reminds me of the "Get off" days, which was a big club hit, with multiple remixes. This build up is intoxicating!

Eye can see Ellen dancing to this in the opening of her talk show....It would open it up to a new audience of millions!!!!! This year has turned into a mezmerizing mix of purple funk!!!

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Eye like how is unleashing different remixes of this classic new funk anthem! It reminds me of the "Get off" days, which was a big club hit, with multiple remixes. This build up is intoxicating!

Eye can see Ellen dancing to this in the opening of her talk show....It would open it up to a new audience of millions!!!!! This year has turned into a mezmerizing mix of purple funk!!!

Wait, I agree with KCOOL!

These remixes also remind me of the Gett Off remixes, they were shit too.

TheEnglishGent said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Eye like how is unleashing different remixes of this classic new funk anthem! It reminds me of the "Get off" days, which was a big club hit, with multiple remixes. This build up is intoxicating!

Eye can see Ellen dancing to this in the opening of her talk show....It would open it up to a new audience of millions!!!!! This year has turned into a mezmerizing mix of purple funk!!!

Wait, I agree with KCOOL!

These remixes also remind me of the Gett Off remixes, they were shit too.

Oh, come on. Gangster Glam was fi-yah!