Whatever you do dont listen to this on your puter first..i did and did not like the song..then i turned on my "real" speakers and the song blew me away....


i love it.....


and it makes me wonder, werent we all just talking about sade blowing prince away lyrically? and how if he saw her as a challenge it might give him some umpph in his music?

hmmm...i wonder if the ole man saw those rants..

MendesCity said:

This is either a very funny coincidence or a quite clever play of words by Prince.
I mean, SST having the above meaning and "Sade's Sweetest Taboo".

suomynona said:

thats just horrid....horrid...

damn...girlbrosradio jusst went from SST to Witness for the Prosecution.....at first i though, "wow...prince mixed in the whole 'dont worry..i wont hurt you' part of 1999 into sst"...

and then bam!!!


witness came in...




sorry folks..as you were..

suomynona said:

The truly sad thing about this pic is that Bush is idiotic enough to really do something like this.

maybe the back ground is fake ( with women with the baby)but that is a real pic of bush after katrina.I saw him with a guitar on bill mahers

shygirl said:

Uh, what's up with the christian rock?
I was gonna download it, but I will give my money to another charity!

brooklyn said:

yeah, prince has never sung about god in his music...

suomynona said:

right?

lhmj...how quick some of ya'll forget...

mzflash said:

asg said:

If you believe everything you hear and see on Bill Maher's show then God help you. I see and hear people on TV and radio refer to people with a conservative or Christian world view as EXTREMISTS all the time and yet I can't think of anyone in the current american popular culture who is more EXTREMIST in his world view as Bill Maher. He (like Howard Dean) absolutely hates Christians. Funny though that during the time of the immediate aftermath of Katrina when one could certainly say that the machinery of the federal response was simply anemic, Christian congregations and charities were already marshalling resources to provide help and relief to thousands of unfortunate souls who lost everything, in some cases even hope. But this is only the latest example of how I only see and hear vilification of conservatives and Christians in our media but see a very different thing in real life where it truly counts. Not trying to preach, just being real and in this case "politically incorrect".
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shaomi said:

I can't find this song.
do you have to be a member?
only found SST.

Anybody hear that Tony Rich/Babyface song "Nobody Knows It But Me" in there?

cryndove said:

Orrrr...

Who will b a guest in ur tent?
Certainly not the ones who don’t wanna repent
And keep giving guns
2 the poorest of our nation sons

Who is gonna call u by name?
With no confusion, trinity or preacher's vain?
Who says it every time
And opens up the eyes of the blind

Who will b the 1 in his bed?
Certainly not the 1 who put the thorns on his head
And wished him dead
While they took his daily bread

Which 1 is of value 2 u?
The 1 depletin’ the oil supply
Or the One that renews it
And keeps the peace
Like the groove in Sade’s Sweetest Taboo

Give it 2 me, give it 2 me, the sweetest
Give it 2 me, give it 2 me
Give it 2 me, give it 2 me, the sweetest

Who will b a guest in ur tent?
R u gonna b happy with how ur life is spent?
Did u have open arms
4 each and everybody you met

Or did U let them die in the rain?
Endless war, poverty or hurricane…
Then it’s time 4 another groove
Like Sade’s Sweetest Taboo

Give it 2 me, give it 2 me, the sweetest
Give it 2 me, give it 2 me
Give it 2 me, give it 2 me, the sweetest

Give it 2 me, give it 2 me, the sweetest
Give it 2 me, give it 2 me
Give it 2 me, give it 2 me, the sweetest

Any updates are appreciated.
[Edited 9/5/05 4:12am]

Gotta say - a bit disappointing after the raves I read here. But it's cool 2 get new music anyway.

Anyone know why he is referencing Sade's song? Is it the lyrics?

calldapplwondery83 said:

Maybe because that song is a semblance of peace and love. The most important reference is from Psalms 15.1!

I like it a lot. But than I always like it when he does
these kind of songs. "Pearls Before The Swine" and cuts
like "Reflection" or "She Loves me For Me".

I like those lyrics. They're cool without being too ehm
heavy on blatant religion, it's nicely abstracted.

But damn, what a surprise when the song opens up into a
70's style funk jam at the closing 30 seconds before it
segues into "Brand New Orleans", which just struts down
the block cool as freezerburn for the next 6 minutes.



if Prince recorded all of this in a single night:
[Edited 9/5/05 5:22am]

Smittyrock70 said:

because he was listening to it all night during the hurricane....and it is the perfect example of bringing peace and calm like smitty pointed out.

well its Prince again political lyrics .And a song that touch u in the soul .Is there a link 4 the long version ?.

Brand New Orleans is also now available in the Musicology download store - 77c for members, 99c for non-members.

where can I get this number for iTunes - I have a mac

This is a fantastic song! PRINCE again shows his compassion through his talents.

asg said:

Wait a minute, am I the only one who thinks this picture is a little suspect? Like it was doctored somehow? No, I'm not a Bush supporter but this picture doesn't look authentic. Does someone have the site where they posted it from?

yes the backgound is doctored here is the real pic

goat2004 said:

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[Edited 9/5/05 10:46am]

Yeshua4all said:

I've seen every Real Time with Bill Maher and all of his stand-up concerts... Never once heard him say he "hates Christians."... I feel he shines a true light on the hypocrisy practiced by many (not all) who are religous.

WildAndPeaceful said:

My friend, it is entirely possible that if one were to take an exhaustive look at the writings and speeches of Hitler that you may never come across the declarative statement, "I hate the Jews", but in every sense of how he spoke toward them and wrote of them, it was crystal clear to anyone looking that Hitler in fact hated the Jewish people. Bill Maher goes out of his way to berate and denegrate Christians every chance that he gets. He absolutely despises them except for the psuedo-Christian cronies and fellow mouthpieces for the far left that he has as regular guests. You know the ones with prefixes of Rev. and Dr. before their names, who supposedly speak for the black community and whose views on a great number of issues are completely antithetical to the teachings of both the old and new testiment writings. They're just fine with him, but if you truly believe the Bible and order your life and actions in accordance with it, believe me when say that he hates you for it, very much in the same way Hitler hated the Jews though he in fact may have never said quote, "I hate the Jews."

The 'chord' he plays must have sounded horrible, it's an open G-form, but wrongly played one step up. Don't try this at home....


jazzzzz.....

I think he doesnt like the evengelical kinda christians

who have kinda hijacked the religion and dont represent the vast number of normal chritians.

The pat robertsons and jerry farwells r just religious hotheads like bin laden

they r most times not rational!!