mikeyaddict said:

Its fucking fantastic. And saddening at the same time. Whilst I really do not like what Josh has done on the rest of the album this understated track, and the musicis truly sublime. So whilst I'll shoot him down for what is wank by numbers, it is really sad that the same guy can produce something of this quality, space and understatement. This is where his talent lies.

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And if what we are told about the production of this album is correct then it is this space and atmosphere into which Prince has woven his vocals and lyrics, which could possibly be the same with Way Back Home. It's just a waste that Josh has this up his sleeve yet wastes his talents on sounds that he creates earlier in the album.

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Maybe a twelve track album please Josh, in a similar vein, starting with January and going through to December?

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Great Idea!

inspireof said:

terrig said:

On repetaed listens I'm in love with this song. It's got a heartbreaking quality and if you really hear the lyrics, its so self aware....and while its too short, the abrubt ending starts to make sense after awhile....

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Also I'm not sure why but I feel it is short and a little different than the rest of the album because it will somehow transition into and "make sense soon" when Phase 2 comes around

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Didn't it make sense when he referred back to the pasta at the end of the song?

Sitting the in the vault somewhere is this song and WBH with just prince singing at the piano. Come on, you know its true.

TheEnglishGent said:

Rebeljuice said:

Sitting the in the vault somewhere is this song and WBH with just prince singing at the piano. Come on, you know its true.

Definitely

OperatingThetan said:

TheEnglishGent said:

yeah, just a wee little bit.

Well, these things are necessarily subjective, there being no absolute objective opinion or response regarding how someone interprets music. HOWEVER, I meant it more in terms of the similarity being two clear standout songs on an album. Not that the songs were particularly similar.

Ah yeah, that makes sense.

TheEnglishGent said:

inspireof said:

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Also I'm not sure why but I feel it is short and a little different than the rest of the album because it will somehow transition into and "make sense soon" when Phase 2 comes around

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Didn't it make sense when he referred back to the pasta at the end of the song?

Not really y?

Great and atmopheric tune. The kind of song that makes you actually feel the purple mystery. Doest flow with the earlier tracks...sounds like it belonged on a deep album

Listen to Way Back Home then June back to back...now THAT is some nice sequencing!

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OperatingThetan said:

Agreed. 'June' and '1000 Hugs & Kisses' are true Prince classics, imo. It's the equivalent of 'Joy in Repetition' and 'Question of U' on Graffiti Bridge.

nice one! true dat....

2020 said:

Listen to Way Back Home then June back to back...now THAT is some nice sequencing!

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Thats the first thing I did --- and it makes you wonder why this wasnt on AOA...

those electronic "flutter" noises kept reminding me of another song and finally it hit me

that it's madonna's "Little Star" from ray of light. so i listened to that just now. and it's

not exactly the same fluttering noise but damn, ray of light was ahead of it's time. i've

listened to "little star", "mer girl" and "has to be" just now and they completely made
me forget where i was and what time it was.

i wish prince had worked with someone like william orbit back then.

don't get me wrong, i like josh's production on hitnrun. but when you listen to an album

like ray of light it's almost painful to imagine what some of these songs could sound like

when produced by someone really very good at the whole 'electronic' sound.

Best song he's recorded since the '90s....No bullshit....It's that great.....

murph said:

Best song he's recorded since the '90s....No bullshit....It's that great.....

I said the same thing....

TheGhostlyNun said:

Are we not allowed to mention The Art Of Noise and 'Moments In Love' when discussing this track?

indeed, it does sound a bit like that, doesn't it?

IstenSzek said:

TheGhostlyNun said:

IstenSzek said:

TheGhostlyNun said:

Are we not allowed to mention The Art Of Noise and 'Moments In Love' when discussing this track?

indeed, it does sound a bit like that, doesn't it?

It has that dreamy ethereal quality....I thought of art of noise, as well as maxwells album embrya...

TheGhostlyNun said:

terrig said:

IstenSzek said:

indeed, it does sound a bit like that, doesn't it?

It has that dreamy ethereal quality....I thought of art of noise, as well as maxwells album embrya...

jeez that is a good song. actually, that whole album is just perfect. i forgot about it

for a while there, but thanks for reminding me. i'm gonna listen to it again tonight.

Yeah it's stunning. Some of his best lyrical work in a long time. Vocals are on point to. Love the way he sings the first line and 'All I saw was another full moon' in particular

This is the only track on the album that genuinely excited me, and one of only 2 or 3 that I actually liked.

This song did not make my final edit of the album. Just too boring and seems to go nowhere. The Richie Havens line is beyond cheesy.

3rdeyedude said:

This song did not make my final edit of the album. Just too boring and seems to go nowhere. The Richie Havens line is beyond cheesy.

I dont want you to think I'm dissing your comment...but your comment pretty accurately demonstrates the generational divide

An observation: He delivers the first line in the same way/tune as he delivers the first line in the Digital Garden off of TRC.

KingSausage said:

terrig said:

On repetaed listens I'm in love with this song. It's got a heartbreaking quality and if you really hear the lyrics, its so self aware....and while its too short, the abrubt ending starts to make sense after awhile....

I totally agree. It's s great song. One of my favorite post-1995 songs ever. It's very unique in his catalog.

It's one of those honest, inttrospective songs I've been talking about in other threads. It's great!