Ok, as you all know alittle over a Week ago we got an Email from NPGMC
telling us about all the new stuff that was there, they said that "The War"
was one of them.....well, I can't seem to find it! Was it just up
for a short period of time? I've checked in both the Memeber and Non-Member
Download Store.

It's in the 4th page

(I meant 4th Mixer)

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[Edited 4/4/05 14:29pm]

Oh, ok. I didn't realize a 4th Mixer had been opened, I just always
stopped when I got to 3. lol Thanks.

Another question.....I've heard a debate that it isn't the full version of "The War", the 46 min one. The downloadable one is about 26 mins.....is it still worth it?

I suposse, for somebody like me, who hasn't heard the 46 min one, the 26 min one would be just fine. lol

PANDURITO said:

Never heard of a longer version.
I have the original tape and is about 26 minutes long as you said

Ok, the longer version, reread where I heard this from, was never released, even as a Boot.

PANDURITO said:[quote]Never heard of a longer version.

The extra 20 minutes were just the loop over and over and over and over and over and over again with Prince backstage somewhere. Many many people left early because it was so boring and so late (early in the morning).

if the govt if the govt wants toooo put a microchip in yo neck..right on...

That has to be one of the strangest songs ever, I was at the Atlantic City show after the MSG show, the one where P twisted ankle and he played a sorta technoish version of the War.. "There's a war going on in here..there's a War going on in my Mind" repeated again and again with a techno beat Prince on keyboards and he talked about the NPG and Larry G and Chaka..etc. I never heard about that before or after that show and mainly most tickets were given to high rollers so not many reported in to the P Family back then..

lovemachine said:

One of the best Prince song/album EVER !!! Pure Funkadelic style, very experimental, hypnotizing, i wrote some of my best shits listening 2 this !

Oh God i wish he recorded more shit like dat !!!

mymocha said:

I didint get an email.

I second that.....this version is hot! Pure genius.

lovemachine said:

That sounds like some PRince shit. I have been to shows where he has done something like that

pkidwell said:

It sounds better on the CD

seanski said:

I hunted that CD for over a year and finally got one a year ago - one of my favorite Princ collectibles

One of my favourite Prince songs ever.

A stone-cold classic.

I would have loved a whole Album in that style.

Peace

Mr7

Ok, I found "The War" on the Site, and downloaded it. Now I want to
put it on a CD. But what I was wondering is what have you all done.....since
it doesn't take up all, not even half the Space on a CD, have you put
it on a CD with other stuff, or have you just left it by itself?

mymocha said:

Well, that's a strange question... just do as u feel. As 4 me, i burned it alone on one CD, cuz i consider it a complete album by itself, & didn't want anything else on the CD, but lotsa people just wanna save CD space & burn something else...

Depends on how u feel about it...

I was lucky enough to pick up an original CD at a record fair over Easter for £2.50 - bargain or what!!!!!

I still got the cassette somewhere - actually thought it was a nice surprise to receive that at that time for free (after the month-long wait for CB)

But the song drags on a bit, if I remember correctly...