Quite apt for the good old US of A. in 2024.

remind me.. how/when/where was USoD originally available?

MattUK said:

remind me.. how/when/where was USoD originally available?

B-side of cinnamon girl cd single, 2004

This is so genius. He's saying we're living in a united states of DIVISON. this was a GENIUS move by the estate to re-release this now!!! absolute WIN, hats off to londell makemillions for this incredible wit and integrity. making quite the statement! division!!!

seriously though this song was always musically better than most of musicology

bonnie184 said:

MattUK said:

remind me.. how/when/where was USoD originally available?

B-side of cinnamon girl cd single, 2004

ok yeah, i think I had that single!

liked this at the time. good to have it available to stream.

This is like a completely different mix of this song. Like it quite a bit more, if I'm honest. The one that got released always seemed like a demo to me.

theblueangel said:

This is like a completely different mix of this song. Like it quite a bit more, if I'm honest. The one that got released always seemed like a demo to me.

there seems to be a lot more space in the song now, you can hear the vocals way better
and yet also the individual instruments. good mix

I always liked this song but now it's better, for sure.

The topics in the song are still relevant today! Maybe even moreso.

Do we know if this was an authentic mix created or commissioned by Prince? Or is this a Frankenstein mix created by the Estate?

Why is this song released today - for me at least totally out of the blue (did I miss something?)?

I know Musicology was released 20 years ago (gee, really?) this April, is this the reason maybe? Are we expecting a Musicology SDE also out of the blue (hey, if Beyonce and Taylor Swift can drop surprise albums, so should Prince )

lurker316 said:

lustmealways said:

seriously though this song was always musically better than most of musicology

Great song, just not a big fan of the drumprograming, and the lyric; "everybody stop fighting, everybody make love", plus the tired the chants.

But ithe instrumental part(s) are great.

(New) horns are a plus i think.

Vannormal said:

Great song, just not a big fan of the drumprograming, and the lyric; "everybody stop fighting, everybody make love", plus the tired the chants.

But ithe instrumental part(s) are great.

(New) horns are a plus i think.

Stop don't start make love every night and all day...

lurker316 said:

Do we know if this was an authentic mix created or commissioned by Prince? Or is this a Frankenstein mix created by the Estate?

We don't and we probably won't know unless it's part of another release with liner notes, etc.

Both are possible. If they remixed this from the multitracks, it was probably very tempting to make those horns louder. Especially if you don't care about reproducing existing mixes correctly.

On the other hand, it's kind of weird to have those horns so low in the 2004 mix. Maybe Prince played with different ideas at the time and this mix was one of the different mixes he worked on.

[Edited 4/6/24 3:23am]

Prince horns can never be low enough in the mix. Only good horn track is "Crucial", which remains relegated to bootlegs.

WhisperingDandelions said:

Prince horns can never be low enough in the mix. Only good horn track is "Crucial", which remains relegated to bootlegs.

To each their own. I've been wanting to hear the "full-horn" mix of "Lovesexy" ever since Eric mentioned it.

lustmealways said:

seriously though this song was always musically better than most of musicology

No, lol

WhisperingDandelions said:

Prince horns can never be low enough in the mix

zzzz

Farfunknugin said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

Prince horns can never be low enough in the mix. Only good horn track is "Crucial", which remains relegated to bootlegs.

the horn line in cindy c is one of the sexiest things i have ever heard ever. a woman could be saying filthy shit into my ear and that horn line would still be more arousing.

horn charts on rock hard in a funky place are some of his all time best.

but overall, i think his horn arrangements started getting automated sounding post 88.

lustmealways said:

seriously though this song was always musically better than most of musicology

I agree.

FrankieCoco1 said:

I thought this was just a stream only release but just spotted a buy/download option on the Apple iTunes ‘wrecka store’ and Amazon. Also on Qobuz as a HD download ( https://www.qobuz.com/gb-...y4tesim9fa ) And this link is from Sony’s Legacy Recordings about the release. https://www.legacyrecordi...usicology/ [Edited 4/7/24 1:29am]

it's baffling that they haven't prepared more to celebrate 20 years of musicology,
given this write up and sum up of great stuff they could use on a set for it.

it really is very hard to believe, but ultimately, we'll become used to it, I guess.

LILpoundCAKE said:

FrankieCoco1 said: