Er.. did I hear the wrong sample ? You don't honestly rate this rubbish do you ? And yet again prince sticks in a ridiculous vegas-style muppet-show kids melody.. da.da.da.da.de.dadada .. Oh for the love of GOD... Totally... completely and UTTERLY over... gone.. finished.. dry...

You cannot judge a 14-minute-track on the basis of a one minute snippet. But you can have an opinion obviously. My opinion is: I love it!!!

Don't worry man because the one thing I've learned from being on the org for so long is that Prince could post a sample of himself whistling dixie and people would be posting how great it was and what a great new direction Prince is heading.

eh, i dunno. sounds kick-ass to me. i kinda know what you mean about the vegas muppet show melody...but i guess i like that.

although lovemachine's got a point too b/c last night i heard tangerine and actually LIKED it.

Papaj said:

That's for damn sure...

When I first heard the short sample of "Rainbow Children", I thought "what the !@#$!"...made fun of it, said it sounded like something I'd hear by those cheery 1970's family group singers in the mall, the ones who all wore matching outfits with huge collars and never stopped smiling as they sung...Then I actually heard the entire 10 minute song, and loved it...heard all the fantastic guitar, heard Prince's great vocals, heard that warped Radiohead-ish instrumental at the very end...that little sampling didn't do it justice.

Same with "Xenophobia"...heard the short looped sample on the old npgmc site, thought it sounded kinda weak...nothing there to grab me...what a letdown it was hearing it each time I logged on...Then I heard it played fully--and live...holy fuckin' hamhocks...I love that song...funky as shit, great playing by all around...once again Prince's guitar skills during his solos had me strummin' my air guitar right along with the man...just a great, great song...that short looped sample didn't do it justice.

So I can only imagine all the cool, funky twists and turns that will most definitely occur during the 14 minutes of "East"...the 45 second sample can't even possibly give me a decent clue as to how much I'll like the song or how good it truly may be...but I'm lovin' the groove and vibe of it, and can at least imagine a nice, long, 14 minute funk workout with some pretty powerful guitar playing...

i just heard the sample...s'okay. ain't mind-blowin or anything. it sounds like a theme song 2 some tv show.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Ah, but think of the theme's to shows like "Barney Miller" or even "Sanford & Son"...funky stuff can intro a sitcom, too yanno...

wellbeyond said:

i know, that's immediately what came 2 mind! prince m'boy, if i were the creator of some sitcom, you'd have 2 be the one doin the theme song.

Fandangouk said:

Well then Take yourt guitar and play!!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

as always...same tune...

preciosa863 said:

what, have i broken some unwritten law here? was i supposed 2 smile and nod in agreement with everyone else or sumfin??

The sample from the Cyberclips room is also from 'East'...

Rioub said:

What makes you say that Rioub?

lovemachine said:

He should do that! Experimentation!

lovemachine said:

If he had done that in the 80's, there'd be a certain number of people wishin' he would do it again..."Damn, Prince use to whistle Dixie like a mf...he's lost it.."