Spanky said:

I rate both albums about 6/10, a little above average..


Supercute: This is a great pop tune. I agree..

Underneath the Cream: Great song. I agree great song..

Golden Parachute: I dislike this.. boring.. never liked it at all.

When Will We Be Paid?: Never liked this either..

The Daisy Chain: Good song imo.....

Gamillah: Zzz...zzz...zzz... crap.. I agree

High: stripped down funk.. I like it.... not bad imo....

My Medallion: Good - nice beat..

U Make My Sun Shine: Hmm just an 'ok' ballad, not my fave at all

When Eye Lay My Hands On U: Excellent. I love this as well

Judas Smile: This I can'tt remember at all,

Sexmesexmenot: Ok not good not bad..

Vavoom: No thanks.. boring..

The Dance: Never liked this and not the 3121 version either, boring..

Silicon: I like it.

S&M Groove: ok....

Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This?: ok as well

Hypnoparadise: Never liked this - boring

Props 'N Pounds: I find it a little funny, the Loder dialogue, ok song..

Northside: Ok, nothing special

Peace: Crap.. never liked it.

2045: Radical Man: more crap... yuck..

crap, just crap

even worse than NPS or MPLS

I don't really care for Vavoom all that much, although it has some cool guitar harmonies weaving in and out. Judas Smile and Silicon are kind of odd, but I like them...I just have to be in the mood to give them a spin.

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I absolutely LOVE all of the rest, especially "Sexmesexmenot" and "Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This." It baffles me how anyone can hear those two in particular and not be floored, the bragging and slam against "Sister" and "Dirty Mind" notwithstanding.

KingSausage said:

Yes, let's!

1. Supercute: I really like this one. One of Prince's best choruses IMO. That little staccato closed hi hat sound used to annoy the fuck out of me, though.
2. Underneath the Cream: We just talked about this one. I like the Hawaiian keyboard line, and the dreamy aspect of it. One of the last times Prince got dirty? "Come in2 this wet dream - eternal."
3. Golden Parachute: Glorified background music. Doesn't belong on an album.
4. When Will We Be Paid?: Heard this for the first time live at Paisley, and I didn't love it. Hearing a multimillionaire whine about being paid just left a bad taste in my mouth. And this was the last song of the set, after which he promptly stormed off the stage all pouty. That didn't help my impression of the song much either. That said, I respect this song, and think the vocal is great, but I don't love it and rarely listen to it.
5. The Daisy Chain: I used to kind of like this one but it wore thin quickly, and hasn't aged well. The beat and bass are kinda cool, I guess.
6. Gamillah: I think this is a rather nice instrumental that goes somewhere interesting by the end. Is this what he was working on in the studio footage from the Rave DVD?
7. High: I know it's corny AF, but I don't care. It's kind of a guilty pleasure at this point. I love the super up-front rhythm guitar, and the vocal delivery. I remember during TRC Celebration he talked about sending this one over to KDWB but they wouldn't play it, asking, "How can a dope song like 'High' not get on the radio?" Ummm....
8. My Medallion: I love the beat, and think the story is kind of charming. But the lazy refrain that just repeats itself over and over kind of makes me hate it.
9. U Make My Sun Shine: I still really love this one. Great love song that sounds like a gospel song, with fine additions from Angie Stone, Millenia, and even Kip adds a little something nice.
10. When Eye Lay My Hands On U: I flipped the fuck out the first time I heard this song, and played it all night long, refusing to go to bed. For some reason I now skip it every time it comes on. I don't know why. This is the last song I remember Bart saying something positive about back in the alt.music.prince days. Fun fact.
11. Judas Smile: I actually like the song a lot, but I feel like the production is missing something. Maybe it's the drums that sound a little bland for me. I think the last half is more interesting than the first.
12. Sexmesexmenot: I think this one is funky as hell on a loud system. There's the is super deep bass sound that you can't hear at all without good speakers.
13. Vavoom: Prince talked this one up on his website quite a bit, calling it a "straight up hit single." I was a little underwhelmed. It's kinda fun I guess, but probably better live.
14. The Dance: I really like the bass line on this version, and miss it on the 3121 version. This one is definitely inferior to the 3121, though. It's boring without Prince's psycho caterwauling at the end. I feel like this one might have been slated for the Madrid 2 Chicago album.
15. Silicon: The lyrics are interesting, but are better on the Adam & Eve remix of TGRES. I think it needed more interesting music.
16. S&M Groove: Kinda funky, but sort of an inferior Come On with a rhythm guitar line. I remember when a bit of this streamed on his website at the time along with Funkradio, which I would really love to hear someday.
17. Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This?: I love the beat, and the horn parts are sick. The lyrics and delivery are dreadful.
18. Hypnoparadise: This could have been so much cooler with edgier production. It sounded super dated then, and has aged even worse.
19. Props 'N Pounds: I can't believe this made an album. I like the Linn and the guitar, I guess? And the bass is funky. It could have so much better without the awful lyrics. Remember when he was constantly rambling about the prefixes and suffixes of words, like it was revolutionary or even interesting?
20. Northside: This one is funky as hell live, and desperately needs better drums on the studio version. The bass is crazy funky before the breakdown. Camille on background vocals.
21. Peace: Funky jam. I have to edit out the "comedy" bits with Kip and Johnnie, though. And Larry's vocal gives me the creeps.
22. 2045: Radical Man: Too lightweight and repetitive to be radical. Camille can't even save it.

[Edited 6/5/15 21:20pm]

KingSausage said:

Schlomo, I think we were at many of the same Paisley shows in 1999-2001 or so. We've discussed it before, but I'll bring it up again because I think it's cool. Do you remember when Prince played Y Should Eye Do That for the first time? Kind of an underwhelming show in the Love4OneAnother room, with Geneva prancing around? I just thought Prince was fucking around on his keys. I never imagined it was an actual song he was performing! It seemed so...empty.

I wasn't at this one! And thank God for it! Those were some real uninspired times for him, that song being a prime example. We you there the night Mayte got up and danced during Poom Poom?

I have a weird relationship with these albums....like I know they are actually quite average...but I still abolutely love them....some guilty pleasure I guess

SchlomoThaHomo said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

KingSausage said:

Schlomo, I think we were at many of the same Paisley shows in 1999-2001 or so. We've discussed it before, but I'll bring it up again because I think it's cool. Do you remember when Prince played Y Should Eye Do That for the first time? Kind of an underwhelming show in the Love4OneAnother room, with Geneva prancing around? I just thought Prince was fucking around on his keys. I never imagined it was an actual song he was performing! It seemed so...empty.

I wasn't at this one! And thank God for it! Those were some real uninspired times for him, that song being a prime example. We you there the night Mayte got up and danced during Poom Poom?

I actually looked this gig up on princevault. Looks like a cool set list. Vavoom would've been nice to see live.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

KingSausage said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I actually looked this gig up on princevault. Looks like a cool set list. Vavoom would've been nice to see live.

Vavoom was killer live.

I don't know if I ever told you this, but I remember you in line, with a girl, introducing yourself to someone else. You asked them if they were on the org and said your screen name was KingSausage, which compelled me to look at you. Shorter (than me anyway) with a slender frame and a buzz cut?

SchlomoThaHomo said:

dodger said:

I need all of this material in the highest quality.

Graycap23 said:

I think these are very under rated projects. Way better (on average) than NPS or Rave or even Musicology or Planet Earth. I wish this stuff would come out in lossless, uncensored quality, preferrably on CD (or VINYL!!).

I love: When Eye Lay My Hands On U, Judas Smile, Sexme Sexmenot, High, U Make My Sun Shine, S&M Groove, Props N Pounds, 2045 Radical Man, The Daisy Chain

I like: Supercute, Gamillah, Silicon, Why Should I Do That, Golden Parachute, Northside, Peace

The rest I'm "Meh": Underneath The Cream, Vavoom, The Dance, Hypnoparadise

Lots of good stuff here. It's also fun to see how different our tastes can be. It seems every song has it's fans... COOL!

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Doozer said:

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Doozer said:

The "Trivia" section at the bottom right of these pages details the differences between "album" tracks and the original MP3 releases:

http://www.princevault.co...e_Invasion

And

http://www.princevault.co...ghterhouse

Here's more trivia: King Sausage needs to learn how to scroll down.