Wolfie87 said:

Milty2 said:

A lot like what?

Highlights:

-Guitar Solo My love Is Forever, Soft And Wet

-Almost the whole 1979 album, highlights guitar solo (again) WYWTSB, Perfect poptune in IWBYL, Horny dripping wet "Sexy Dancer", The rocking Bambi, I feel for you

-The nasty Dirty Mind the title song, Mixing it up with WYWM, Synths in DIAN, The end of Uptown when it get distorted and you just know he will fuck you up with Head right after, Head (especially the transition in the beginning from Uptown) his horny singing and the horny girl responding gets me everytime mmmm hmmmm, The Amazing album closer in Uptown with the guitar licks consistently in the background.

Do you wan't me to the go further through his discography from 1980-1990? I have no problem with that. The best is to come.

A limited list but ok. You gave a negative at the outset in relation to a song that is beloved by many, many Prince fans including myself. I actually think that if Graffiti Bridge didn't have the non-Prince songs on it, it would have been his greatest album but I can live with it.

As for the ONA live version of this song, I love it but the studio version is way more mysterious and has lot smore atmosphere. It's a great song either way.

One of the reasons I became a Prince fan, is that there was a day and a time, when Prince could write some very interesting lyrics, they were cool at least. And in that day and time, his music would speak with the lyrics. The music absolutely complemented the words, and spoke to the emotion of what he was attempting to deliver.

Even though Joy in repetition is not the coolest of lyrics, it is part of a story, as the album attempts to give a story, yet falls short I think compared to many of his lp's, but the song did have in it the unity of the music with the lyrics. It spoke the absurdity that is the odd sensation of feeling safe and normal in routine. When she repeats, "Love me" we feel an ironic need for a security she wants continued safety and normality in, but does not have. So I think the song is more than what is etched on the surface.

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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.

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The joys of being a relatively new Prince fan are that you are going to be listening to a whole lot of new music you never knew existed. I have never really liked Joy in Repetition either until I heard The Black Sweat show in Oz 17/2 (2) and let me tell you...

It is so well sung when he uses minimal piano, except a few strums of colourful chords and notes in various lengths and volumes here and there. Accompanied with some sexy gruff growls and super soft repetitive playful keys without voice towards the end... I think you'll be hitting replay for a while.

hollywooddove said:

One of the reasons I became a Prince fan, is that there was a day and a time, when Prince could write some very interesting lyrics, they were cool at least. And in that day and time, his music would speak with the lyrics. The music absolutely complemented the words, and spoke to the emotion of what he was attempting to deliver.

Even though Joy in repetition is not the coolest of lyrics, it is part of a story, as the album attempts to give a story, yet falls short I think compared to many of his lp's, but the song did have in it the unity of the music with the lyrics. It spoke the absurdity that is the odd sensation of feeling safe and normal in routine. When she repeats, "Love me" we feel an ironic need for a security she wants continued safety and normality in, but does not have. So I think the song is more than what is etched on the surface.

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Cool, i love your comment.

IstenSzek said:

that guitar. that guitar.

that guitar.

Exactly.


The lyrics create a wonderful atmosphere.

I only wished somebody would say those 4 words to me....

that is good, but the best bit of the song is the guitar play.

EmmaMcG said:

I don't really like it either to be honest. Like you say, it's a bit boring. Could never get into it.

You were growing on me. I really started to like you. Wishing we could be bff4ever.

This is a hurdle in that fantasy...



Stay open minded. Listen to the guitar play.

It's about the guitar and lyrics. If you can't get into the lyrics or the rest of the songs, you at least have to grasp the epic guitar solo.

This song is like a movie. Can never have enough of it.

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dJJ said:

EmmaMcG said:

dJJ said:

You were growing on me. I really started to like you. Wishing we could be bff4ever.

This is a hurdle in that fantasy...



Stay open minded. Listen to the guitar play.

It's about the guitar and lyrics. If you can't get into the lyrics or the rest of the songs, you at least have to grasp the epic guitar solo.

When I got into Prince, I listened to his back catalogue in reverse order, from AOA to For You. The entire Graffiti Bridge album was a non event for me so I didn't really give it a chance. I just moved on to Batman. But having heard the live version, I'm VERY impressed. Listening to the album version now.... Definitely NOT boring... I think I may have been too quick to judge it...

I'm so glad we got that covered.

Joy in Repetition blew my frickin' mind when I first heard it way back in 1990, especially the guitar solo....simply exquisite!