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Thread started 02/19/16 2:47pm

Wolfie87

Prince confessions #1: Joy In Repetition. Don't like it or get it.

As a relatively new Prince fan I, from time to time, are aware of my flaws in this highly proclaimed community. This is one of those moments where I'm a simple subject outside the box called Prince.org. This song never ever did anything for me, and to take it one step further, this song had me reaching for the skip button quicker than you could say "stop!". The singing is boring, borderline droning. I don't like the arrangement or the structure of the song. I haven't even invested much of my time reading into lyrics. Now, where I never catched up is the praise this song got from virtually everyone who mentions it. With people calling it one of his best work to date. What exactly am I missing? Believe me, I've tried listening to this song several times.

[Edited 2/19/16 15:00pm]

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Reply #1 posted 02/19/16 2:53pm

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It's because you find no joy in repetition. lol

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

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Reply #2 posted 02/19/16 2:53pm

EmmaMcG

I don't really like it either to be honest. Like you say, it's a bit boring. Could never get into it.
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Reply #3 posted 02/19/16 3:27pm

Guitarhero

Go away please razz

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Reply #4 posted 02/19/16 3:29pm

bluegangsta

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I didn't really get it at first. Baringing in mind I know next to nothing about you, I would recommend either the It Ain't Over live version or the early mix with the Kick drum intro (commonly labelled as #1). They're both far superior versions compared to the one on Graffiti Bridge. thumbs up!

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Reply #5 posted 02/19/16 3:37pm

Wolfie87

bluegangsta said:

I would recommend either the It Ain't Over live version

Just experienced a "holy shit" moment. Thank you good sir.

Still don't like the original version. razz

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Reply #6 posted 02/19/16 3:51pm

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Wolfie87 said:

bluegangsta said:

I would recommend either the It Ain't Over live version

Just experienced a "holy shit" moment. Thank you good sir.

Still don't like the original version. razz

[Edited 2/19/16 15:46pm]

That's my "go to" version. wink

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #7 posted 02/19/16 4:23pm

warning2all

The original Linn drum intro: Prince underestimated the power of that intro by cutting it out on "Graffiti Bridge" coming off "We Can Funk".

And the "Graffiti Bridge" Casette has an extra bit on the end instead of cutting to "Love Machine" like on the cd. It was perfect.
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Reply #8 posted 02/19/16 4:26pm

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warning2all said:

The original Linn drum intro: Prince underestimated the power of that intro by cutting it out on "Graffiti Bridge" coming off "We Can Funk". And the "Graffiti Bridge" Casette has an extra bit on the end instead of cutting to "Love Machine" like on the cd. It was perfect.

I don't like the GB version of "We Can Funk" either. That's not the one I listen to...

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Reply #9 posted 02/19/16 4:58pm

SoulAlive

I like it,but I don't love it like so many other fans do.
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Reply #10 posted 02/19/16 5:00pm

214

Kill him right away. Kidding, you just don not like it, it's ok.

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Reply #11 posted 02/19/16 5:02pm

imprimis

warning2all said:

The original Linn drum intro: Prince underestimated the power of that intro by cutting it out on "Graffiti Bridge" coming off "We Can Funk". And the "Graffiti Bridge" Casette has an extra bit on the end instead of cutting to "Love Machine" like on the cd. It was perfect.

The intro used on the GB, which is still abbreviated, was already put into place during the Crystal Ball era.

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Reply #12 posted 02/19/16 5:02pm

214

What's the big difference between the album version and the drum intro?

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Reply #13 posted 02/19/16 5:08pm

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214 said:

What's the big difference between the album version and the drum intro?

The mix builds up to completion, rather than inundating you right away.

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Reply #14 posted 02/19/16 6:02pm

imprimis

214 said:

What's the big difference between the album version and the drum intro?

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The 'club noise' (and horns for the CB version) are not part of the original. The original begins with a spartan, tribal, haunting electronic drum pattern that builds up, leading to the 'He like to frequent this club'. No part of the original drum build-up intro is retained in the CB/GB versions.

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Reply #15 posted 02/19/16 7:11pm

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He like 2 frequent this club down up on 36th

Pimps and thangs like 2 hang outside and cuss 4 kicks

Talkin 2 no one in particular they say "The baddest I am tonight!"

Four letter words are seldom heard with such dignity and bite

All the poets and the part time singers always hang inside

Live music from a band plays a song called "Soul Psychedelicide"

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I'm just gonna stop there...FAN--FUCKING--TASTIC!

Make it so, Number One...
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Reply #16 posted 02/19/16 7:19pm

214

UncleJam said:

He like 2 frequent this club down up on 36th

Pimps and thangs like 2 hang outside and cuss 4 kicks

Talkin 2 no one in particular they say "The baddest I am tonight!"

Four letter words are seldom heard with such dignity and bite

All the poets and the part time singers always hang inside

Live music from a band plays a song called "Soul Psychedelicide"

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I'm just gonna stop there...FAN--FUCKING--TASTIC!

Indeed, haunting and beautiful and kind of sad.

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Reply #17 posted 02/19/16 7:21pm

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Wolfie87 said:

As a relatively new Prince fan I, from time to time, are aware of my flaws in this highly proclaimed community. This is one of those moments where I'm a simple subject outside the box called Prince.org. This song never ever did anything for me, and to take it one step further, this song had me reaching for the skip button quicker than you could say "stop!". The singing is boring, borderline droning. I don't like the arrangement or the structure of the song. I haven't even invested much of my time reading into lyrics. Now, where I never catched up is the praise this song got from virtually everyone who mentions it. With people calling it one of his best work to date. What exactly am I missing? Believe me, I've tried listening to this song several times.

[Edited 2/19/16 15:00pm]

I don't think I can explain it if u don't get it. However JIR wasn't a fave of mine for the first few years. I liked it aw'igh but not the way I liked The Question Of U for example. Then one day, probably about 6 or 7 years after I purchased the album in 90 it hit me. The song was genius. A true moment of poetry (lyrics included), a "pensieve" like in Harry Potter.

I also sang it and rehearsed it a lot for an exam in my music school at the time and it allowed me to go deeper into it.

It really got nothing to do with "the arrangement or the structure of the song". It's got to do with capturing a poetic moment/idea and making a poem out of it.

The problem is this absurd habit of pressing the "skip" button y'all have. How can a song grow on u if u skip it every time? As I just said in a recent thread I always listen to full albums and that's how most of my favorite songs or albums became my darlings, because I allowed myself to get into them. No one can truly appreciate music with this skipping habit. U only get to enjoy what you enjoyed on a first impression and that's a very superficial approach to music. And how can a song possibly be SO irritating that one feels the need to skip it anyway? This is weird.

It took me 20 years to fall madly in love with Cool though, so take your time with JIR lol

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Reply #18 posted 02/19/16 7:29pm

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I was never a FAN of it at first. I think I only appreciated it in a time/era playlist. I appreciate the song in a different way now. I think it is one that hearing it mixed with other songs from the time helped me to envision it's beauty. July 1986 was a beautiful time

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Reply #19 posted 02/19/16 7:43pm

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databank said:

Wolfie87 said:

As a relatively new Prince fan I, from time to time, are aware of my flaws in this highly proclaimed community. This is one of those moments where I'm a simple subject outside the box called Prince.org. This song never ever did anything for me, and to take it one step further, this song had me reaching for the skip button quicker than you could say "stop!". The singing is boring, borderline droning. I don't like the arrangement or the structure of the song. I haven't even invested much of my time reading into lyrics. Now, where I never catched up is the praise this song got from virtually everyone who mentions it. With people calling it one of his best work to date. What exactly am I missing? Believe me, I've tried listening to this song several times.

[Edited 2/19/16 15:00pm]

I don't think I can explain it if u don't get it. However JIR wasn't a fave of mine for the first few years. I liked it aw'igh but not the way I liked The Question Of U for example. Then one day, probably about 6 or 7 years after I purchased the album in 90 it hit me. The song was genius. A true moment of poetry (lyrics included), a "pensieve" like in Harry Potter.

I also sang it and rehearsed it a lot for an exam in my music school at the time and it allowed me to go deeper into it.

It really got nothing to do with "the arrangement or the structure of the song". It's got to do with capturing a poetic moment/idea and making a poem out of it.

The problem is this absurd habit of pressing the "skip" button y'all have. How can a song grow on u if u skip it every time? As I just said in a recent thread I always listen to full albums and that's how most of my favorite songs or albums became my darlings, because I allowed myself to get into them. No one can truly appreciate music with this skipping habit. U only get to enjoy what you enjoyed on a first impression and that's a very superficial approach to music. And how can a song possibly be SO irritating that one feels the need to skip it anyway? This is weird.

It took me 20 years to fall madly in love with Cool though, so take your time with JIR lol

[Edited 2/19/16 19:26pm]

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Reply #20 posted 02/19/16 8:26pm

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To each their own, but Joy In Repetition is one of the only times you'll see me use the word here ..... MASTERPIECE.

Keep your headphones on.
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Reply #21 posted 02/20/16 1:01am

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wow you don't like Joy In Repetition..

Ok, but.... that's.... eyepop

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Reply #22 posted 02/20/16 1:07am

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ps Joy In Repetition is the only song I do like on the otherwise terrible "One Nite Alone.. Live" album...

That much longer live-version from the aftershow is just brilliant... amazing & wonderful.. music

cloud9 cloud9 cloud9

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Reply #23 posted 02/20/16 3:09am

Wolfie87

databank said:

Wolfie87 said:

As a relatively new Prince fan I, from time to time, are aware of my flaws in this highly proclaimed community. This is one of those moments where I'm a simple subject outside the box called Prince.org. This song never ever did anything for me, and to take it one step further, this song had me reaching for the skip button quicker than you could say "stop!". The singing is boring, borderline droning. I don't like the arrangement or the structure of the song. I haven't even invested much of my time reading into lyrics. Now, where I never catched up is the praise this song got from virtually everyone who mentions it. With people calling it one of his best work to date. What exactly am I missing? Believe me, I've tried listening to this song several times.

[Edited 2/19/16 15:00pm]

I don't think I can explain it if u don't get it. However JIR wasn't a fave of mine for the first few years. I liked it aw'igh but not the way I liked The Question Of U for example. Then one day, probably about 6 or 7 years after I purchased the album in 90 it hit me. The song was genius. A true moment of poetry (lyrics included), a "pensieve" like in Harry Potter.

I also sang it and rehearsed it a lot for an exam in my music school at the time and it allowed me to go deeper into it.

It really got nothing to do with "the arrangement or the structure of the song". It's got to do with capturing a poetic moment/idea and making a poem out of it.

The problem is this absurd habit of pressing the "skip" button y'all have. How can a song grow on u if u skip it every time? As I just said in a recent thread I always listen to full albums and that's how most of my favorite songs or albums became my darlings, because I allowed myself to get into them. No one can truly appreciate music with this skipping habit. U only get to enjoy what you enjoyed on a first impression and that's a very superficial approach to music. And how can a song possibly be SO irritating that one feels the need to skip it anyway? This is weird.

It took me 20 years to fall madly in love with Cool though, so take your time with JIR lol

[Edited 2/19/16 19:26pm]

Like I said. I've tried several times to like this song before I got my habit of skipping it. And for the record, Cool is one of my favourite track by Prince/associates. Just shows the diversity of fans on this site.

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Reply #24 posted 02/20/16 7:50am

fortuneandsere
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But for a couple of tracks virtually everything on Graffiti Bridge is genius. That said Joy In Repetition stands out for being weird as well as brilliant, as in unusual rhythms, super syncopated. Just Friends/If You Want Me To Stay has a weird vibe to it too, sounding clumsily off the beat and the live version of joy in repetition on same album is equally brilliant btw. Open yo ears.

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Reply #25 posted 02/20/16 8:03am

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smokeverbs said:

To each their own, but Joy In Repetition is one of the only times you'll see me use the word here ..... MASTERPIECE.


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Reply #26 posted 02/20/16 8:11am

unknowncheese

I used to chat with a hardcore Prnce fan and she sent me a live version of this that had Prince open up with a blistering guitar solo. I think it was 10+ minutes. Anyone have any idea where it's from, or are there a million versions floatin around?

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Reply #27 posted 02/20/16 8:20am

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^ sounds very much like the released live-version from the "One Nite Alone.. Live" boxset.. question

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Reply #28 posted 02/20/16 8:49am

unknowncheese

thedance said:

^ sounds very much like the released live-version from the "One Nite Alone.. Live" boxset.. question

That's it. thanks. Just looked up the boxset, seems it's not going cheap. Damn.

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Reply #29 posted 02/20/16 8:58am

paulludvig

Which version was intended for Crystal Ball?

The wooh is on the one!
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