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FREE! The other day I was driving to work, feeling pretty sad. Life has been harder lately. I had my Ipod on shuffle, and an untitled upload began to play. It was a song I was completely unaware of, "Free" from the 1999 album. The lyrics made me cry....
"Don't sleep 'til the sunrise, listen 2 the falling rain
I just really needed that encouragment. Prince really has become my guardian angel. If you don't know of this song, do yourself a favor and listen. So grateful I can discover songs that I totally missed. <3 | |
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An old favorite of mine. So glad you've discovered it for the first time and it speaks to you. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Worst song on the album...one of my least favorite P songs. | |
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YES!!! "Free" has to be one of my absolute favorite Prince songs!! | |
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Also love that song ![]() | |
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. I think that you got your adjectives mixed up. . "Free" is the least awesome song on the album. "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Donald Trump | |
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It's a keeper! I'm in the news again
For paying dues my friend And not the type of ganda U prop up in my way Don't Play me | |
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I really appreciate Prince's ability to mix emotions. Happy and Sad. This song is a perfect example. The lyrics are very inspirational, but the tone of the music is very melancholy. I think by doing that it creates a cathartic environment. At least it did for me. Definitely a keeper! | |
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Love this one too ![]() It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. We all need one another. ~ PRN | |
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Opininos eh? RIP ![]() | |
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When I saw,'free', I thought it was a giveaway of some sort... ![]() | |
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This song has been on my mind a lot lately, it's like a glorious anthem for all of humankind. Life Matters | |
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Yeah, no doubt! I feel totally ripped off now.
As for "Free"... I always felt it seemed a little out of place on the album. Though he puts it across with great conviction, it's hard to get past the corniness. I like the verses, but that chorus is one big, hoaried cliche. Lee Greenwood should cover it. | |
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It's still hard for me to wrap my mind around the idea that there are Prince fans that are more into the last 19 years of his career than they are the first 19. For me Dirty Mind, Controversy, and 1999 are the peak of Prince Mountain. So reading that someone was completely unaware of Free is a trip in my world. Same with reading "Worst song on the album...one of my least favorite P songs". If that's one of your least favorites, tell me what your favorites are, please. Just so I can know if you have a different flavor, or if you shiould be sized up for a straight-jacket. | |
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Great song! | |
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always been a strange one...bit like Kiss on Parade..i.e. great song but just doesn't feels like it belongs. I think Prince too mentioned Kiss annoying him for the same reason. | |
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Prince was on the music scene for close to 40 years, so maybe the fans who are into P's later music were either not born during the first 19 years or were too young. btw, Free is one of my many favorite Prince songs. [Edited 7/13/16 7:43am] | |
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Must be so nice for those hearing these Prince songs for the first time. "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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When I saw,'free', I thought it was a giveaway of some sort...
Me too! haha BTW, your signature is my favorite line of any Prince song. Or at least the one that has always stood out to me and spoke to me the first time I've heard it. I almost used it on my signature.
Also to keep on point to this post...I love the song FREE as well, espically the line "There's many a man who's not". It always makes me think of someone that might have followed the wrong path in life, now behind bars, etc and regretting it. I know that's probably not his point, but always felt that way about that line.
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One of the more important songs of his entire body of work-- to me anyway. That song has gotten me through many a dark days and nights. Prince saved me and quite a few other folks that just didn't know it, many times when I've needed to listen to "Free". I will forever be grateful to him for that. I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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Don't sleep 'til the sunrise, listen 2 the falling rain
Don't worry 'bout tomorrow, don't worry 'bout your pain Don't cry unless you're happy, don't smile unless you're blue Never let that lonely monster take control of U Be glad that U r free - Free 2 change your mind Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime Be glad that U r free - There's many a man who's not Be glad 4 what U had baby, what you've got Be glad 4 what you've got I know your heart is beating, my drummer tells me so If U take your life 4 granted, your beating heart will go So don't sleep until you're guilty, 'cuz sinners all r we There's others doing far worse than us, so be glad that U r free Be glad that U r free - Free 2 change your mind Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime Be glad that U r free - There's many a man who's not Be glad 4 what U had baby, what you've got Be glad 4 what you've got Soldiers are a marching, they're writing brand new laws Will we all fight together 4 the most important cause? Will we all fight 4 the right 2 be free? Free (Be glad that U r free) Free 2 change my mind (Free 2 change your mind) Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime (Free 2 go most anywhere,anytime) I'm just glad, I'm just glad I'm free, yeah (Be glad that U r free) There's many a man who's not (There's many a man who's not) Glad 4 what I had baby, (Be glad 4 what U had and) Glad 4 what I got, oh yeah (for what you've got) Oh I'm just glad, I'm just glad I'm free,yeah (Be glad that U r free) Free 2 change my mind (Free 2 change your mind) Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime (Free 2 go most anywhere,anytime) (Be glad that U r free) (There's many a man who's not) I'm so... (Be glad 4 what U had and for what you've got) .
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Am I the only one here who remembers the cold war? I always thought that this was a song about how we should be glad that we are Americans instead of citizens of the Soviet Union. Especially the lyric about being free to go most anywhere anytime.
[Edited 7/14/16 17:52pm] "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters," Donald Trump | |||
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never got the chance to do it live again with guitar solos.. | |
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perfume said: When I saw,'free', I thought it was a giveaway of some sort... ![]() Awe, my bad!!! Lol | |
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Iluvmusic78 said: perfume said: When I saw,'free', I thought it was a giveaway of some sort... ![]() Awe, my bad!!! Lol Yeah me too...great song however and one of my favs off 1999 The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.
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TheLotus said: So reading that someone was completely unaware of Free is a trip in my world. And I know every other song on the album. It's weird that this one somehow escaped my awareness. | |
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QueenofCardboard said: Don't sleep 'til the sunrise, listen 2 the falling rain Don't worry 'bout tomorrow, don't worry 'bout your pain Don't cry unless you're happy, don't smile unless you're blue Never let that lonely monster take control of U Be glad that U r free - Free 2 change your mind Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime Be glad that U r free - There's many a man who's not Be glad 4 what U had baby, what you've got Be glad 4 what you've got I know your heart is beating, my drummer tells me so If U take your life 4 granted, your beating heart will go So don't sleep until you're guilty, 'cuz sinners all r we There's others doing far worse than us, so be glad that U r free Be glad that U r free - Free 2 change your mind Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime Be glad that U r free - There's many a man who's not Be glad 4 what U had baby, what you've got Be glad 4 what you've got Soldiers are a marching, they're writing brand new laws Will we all fight together 4 the most important cause? Will we all fight 4 the right 2 be free? Free (Be glad that U r free) Free 2 change my mind (Free 2 change your mind) Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime (Free 2 go most anywhere,anytime) I'm just glad, I'm just glad I'm free, yeah (Be glad that U r free) There's many a man who's not (There's many a man who's not) Glad 4 what I had baby, (Be glad 4 what U had and) Glad 4 what I got, oh yeah (for what you've got) Oh I'm just glad, I'm just glad I'm free,yeah (Be glad that U r free) Free 2 change my mind (Free 2 change your mind) Free 2 go most anywhere, anytime (Free 2 go most anywhere,anytime) (Be glad that U r free) (There's many a man who's not) I'm so... (Be glad 4 what U had and for what you've got) . LyricWiki . Am I the only one here who remembers the cold war? I always thought that this was a song about how we should be glad that we are Americans instead of citizens of the Soviet Union. Especially the lyric about being free to go most anywhere anytime. [Edited 7/14/16 17:52pm] He's not here, but still very near
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perfume said: When I saw,'free', I thought it was a giveaway of some sort... ![]() Lol. Me too! I thought "Daamn, what did I miss out on!" But I'm glad I indulged. This is one of my favorites. He's not here, but still very near
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