WOW...what a song. 7:20 seconds of pure dee goodness!!

I like the song, but it goes on a bit and gets a bit tedious towards the end before it kicks back in.

In my to 5 songs of his along with Crystal ball and Computer Blue extended.

Never heard anything quite like All my dreams and always gives me vivd imagery of a golden, snow ridden 1920s/30s New York (lame I know!)

Rebeljuice said:

I like the song, but it goes on a bit and gets a bit tedious towards the end before it kicks back in.

Agreed

Nice song, but overrated !

It is a great song, I hope he revisits this.

Wonderful song !!

Prince - please don't "revisit" it to give us a "reloaded" or 2014/15 version - just release it in 2 forms - 1) as it is !!

- 2) an edited version - removing part of the middle section but retaining the quirkier parts such as Wendy & Lisa painting the side of the train, Prince saying "mary me today..." and the steam train's whistle blowing, parts of the bass and keybaord playing.

Please, thank you etc your Purple Majesty-ness !!

Llanishenlad said:

In my to 5 songs of his along with Crystal ball and Computer Blue extended.

Never heard anything quite like All my dreams and always gives me vivd imagery of a golden, snow ridden 1920s/30s New York (lame I know!)

Not lame at ALL! It does have a "Great Gatsby" feel to it.

FunkDr said:

Wonderful song !!

Prince - please don't "revisit" it to give us a "reloaded" or 2014/15 version - just release it in 2 forms - 1) as it is !!

- 2) an edited version - removing part of the middle section but retaining the quirkier parts such as Wendy & Lisa painting the side of the train, Prince saying "mary me today..." and the steam train's whistle blowing, parts of the bass and keybaord playing.

Please, thank you etc your Purple Majesty-ness !!

When I say 'revisit' I didn't just mean record a newer version (which I would like to hear) I was also referring to playing it live as well. Who wouldn't want that? Plus, you already have the existing version, maybe not to the quality you'd prefer, but still, how would a newer recording hurt that. Not all fans are 80's hardcore fans that only want the original. I like you would prefer the original as well, but seeing how he hates the past (except for the fame it brought him) this is probably the most likely scenario. Either way, he won't do either so it doesn't really matter. In the end we agree, it's a Wonderful song

FunkDr said:

Wonderful song !!

Prince - please don't "revisit" it to give us a "reloaded" or 2014/15 version - just release it in 2 forms - 1) as it is !!

- 2) an edited version - removing part of the middle section but retaining the quirkier parts such as Wendy & Lisa painting the side of the train, Prince saying "mary me today..." and the steam train's whistle blowing, parts of the bass and keybaord playing.

Please, thank you etc your Purple Majesty-ness !!

If I was Prince I'd want to beat the hell out of you with a stick for daring telling me such a thing!

I'm a creative person myself and I can tell u from experience: there nothing more irritating than having people popping out of nowhere and telling u how you should change your work in such or such way and it's even worse when they start going into details the way you just did because you usually perceive them as being completely clueless. Sometimes u wish to have the opinion of respected peers, sometimes u can enjoy constructive criticism from people u think have a good "eye", but un-asked for advices such as the one u just gave Prince are usually what makes you want to keep all yours stuff for yourself and think the world doesn't deserve you sharing it

No offense meant, it's not against you, I'd have said the same thing to anyone saying what u just said

Peace

Cued this up just now . Always adored this 1. The middle is bit much, I agree, but i don't mind it that much, to get to the ending which is prolly 1 of my favorite moments in a song . Don't ever lose, don't ever lose your dreeeeams! YEAH!

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Romeoblu said:

lombard said:

Romeoblu said:

Genius!

A F**king masterpiece

Its got to be in the top 10 of best outtakes

Africa, Cap'n Crunch, Norma Jean, sex and Cheerio's

DOUBLE to any edits!
It would not be epic with out the mid portion, I love how it builds back up near the end

And the ending

All my dreams, all my dreams
Goodness will guide us if love is inside us
The colors are brighter, the bond is much tighter
You know no child's a failure
Until the blue sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't ever lose, don't ever lose
Don't ever lose your dreams
Yeah

He doesn't need to release it now that we have Art Official Cage which is much better mildy interesting.

Romeoblu said:

My favorite song of all time.

Mine too.

Second to none.

I LOVELOVELOVE this track. It feels like anythign can happen, no matter how many times i hear it.

I like the middle song far much more than the melodic parts of it. I like it when Prince makes really happy-sounding music, a lot, but this one doesn't do it for me. I remember when I first heard this track back in the day on a traded tape I thought it was a fake, because the melody just sounded so different from anything else by him that I had heard so far (I think "All My Dreams" might have been the first track on the second outtake collection I ever got though).

FunkDr said:

Oh funk off dtatabank and get a grip ! I love the song and like others had said it would be cool to have a slightly edited version as well as his initial creation - just like he would do when editing an album track for a single or extending for a 12" remix . Ffs !

Which part of "if I was Prince" and "no offense" didn't u get? I was criticizing the idea from an artist's point of view, not you as the person expressing it

Besides - but that's just me - I don't understand the need for an edit in that case: for one thing the song doesn't fit a typical pop song pattern that would justify edit vs. extended part, and besides 7'' edits were generally made to fit either the lenght of a 7'' or even more the short attention span radio stations attributed to their listeners, demanding short songs to play to them. They were never motivated by artistic reasons nor meant to be targeted at fans who'd be happy to enjoy the longer, album version. Of course some songs were themselves edited for the albums because Prince felt they were unnecessarely long or the need to make them fit in a 45 minutes long record, but All My Dreams, in both Parade and Dream Factory, was intended to be featured in its entirety because, obviously, Prince felt it was its natural, organic form. Of course it may have become a single in which case it may have been edited. But in the context of an archives program that would be targeted to fans only, I'm sincerely puzzled by the idea that an edit might be a necessity. I'm not trying to argue with u here, just expressing a different opinion, u're entitled to yours but I'm entitled to being puzzled by it as well

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Loves me some All My Dreams. Thankfully we have it in such great sound quality.

The first few boots I had it on were already edited. When I finally heard the complete thing I was blown away.

It's somewhat of a of a 20's pastiche, almost a parody, which keeps it from being one of his best works. The middle part goes on for a bit to long, but at the same time the middle section creates a nice contrast to the sweeping end.