MJMia said:

jaawwnn said:

Can't get Brain Stew (by Green Day) out of my head every time I hear the riff.

Obviously the song is totally different.

But, eh, yeah, it's a total protege song, she looks and acts like how Prince acts and looks these days. It's good enough.

I can't get Jeff Lorber's "Rain Dance" out of my head when I hear People Pleaser.

well now listen to that!

Everything about that, is well thought out and executed.

Kudos.

at the end of the day what matters is that the song is good.. i like better than i thought i would.

Horns galore!!!

Not bad, song is good.

purpleshadow said:

at the end of the day what matters is that the song is good.. i like better than i thought i would.

Horns galore!!!

This video showcased Princey's new NPG band line up perfectly. More so than any of his videos. Its a good introduction to them & works perfectly with promotion of his new projects..

The horn section reminds me of Tower of Power.

It's nice, nothing groundbreaking but funky and that's okay.

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i still don't like the song. it's too much of a 'stutter, stop, start' song for my taste.

it's conducted (lol) great and all the instrumentation is on point.

it's just the actual composition that does very little for me.

nice video though. good to see a band featured in a video so prominently instead

of just showing tits and ass.

i had to laugh though, seeing the npgmusicclub carpet on the floor

still very curious to hear the prince penned tracks from this project. so when is it

going to be released again? the 20th?

IstenSzek said:

i still don't like the song. it's too much of a 'stutter, stop, start' song for my taste.

it's conducted (lol) great and all the instrumentation is on point.

it's just the actual composition that does very little for me.

nice video though. good to see a band featured in a video so prominently instead

of just showing tits and ass.

i had to laugh though, seeing the npgmusicclub carpet on the floor

still very curious to hear the prince penned tracks from this project. so when is it

going to be released again? the 20th?

I like the energy of the horns in the song, and the bass. Both brings a lot of life to the track and the energy of the song is appealing to various age groups. I'm not going to lie, I have caught myself singing the first two lines of that song, several times.

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I like the song, but don't care for the video. It looks like a cheap late-90s Hype Williams wannabe.

Andy. Allo. Is. Not. Funky. The music is great. Her voice has got to go.

peri1025 said:

I like Andy but I have to agree this video could have and should have been much better. He also could have showcased her more instead of the band. I love the intro and I agree that's probably the best part of the video. The dancing is horrendous and the sad part is she used to be a dancer and choreographer in Sac. I also makeup (too dark) and the clothes. I know she's going for a funk look but you can still be feminine or where cuter clothes. It would've been nice to have P in the video too since we know that's him on guitar. I'm starting to dislike how much he's changed her. I liked the indie vibe and how she was herself before. Sigh. I do like the songs I've heard so far though.

For real? A professional one? lol I have a very hard time believing that...

She's become too Princified. I like the horns... Elmo?!! Really?!!

teachvt said:

I think this is just sad. Her other album had more of a coffee house feel to it. She has clearly allowed herself to be "transformed" into a Prince girl - only to lose herself in the process. It is such a sad pattern that he continues to perpetuate.....hey if they are happy who is to judge, but the music just doesn't do it!

i agree.

I liked the performance of this song on French TV better.

The songs that Prince gave Andy are just hot. I wish he would have kept them for himself. But it shows he has some gems left in his vault...

now i'm officially excited about the album..

Emancipation89 said:

peri1025 said:

I like Andy but I have to agree this video could have and should have been much better. He also could have showcased her more instead of the band. I love the intro and I agree that's probably the best part of the video. The dancing is horrendous and the sad part is she used to be a dancer and choreographer in Sac. I also makeup (too dark) and the clothes. I know she's going for a funk look but you can still be feminine or where cuter clothes. It would've been nice to have P in the video too since we know that's him on guitar. I'm starting to dislike how much he's changed her. I liked the indie vibe and how she was herself before. Sigh. I do like the songs I've heard so far though.

For real? A professional one? lol I have a very hard time believing that...

Meh, when is the new Prince album available?

And as far as Andy is concerned, she needs a reality check. I don't think she has any sense of self-assesment of what she can, capability etc. Nobody is getting famous or achieving stardom just by sleeping with famous people, only bimbos do. I bet nobody told her!

@ Andy as a choreographer!!!!

artist76 said:

Ditto all the comments that (1) she looks like a guest in her own video (Ida and the horns look like they own this more than her), (2) that the styling doesn't suit her (maybe something like Alicia Keys' outfit in Woman's Worth video, more natural not so heavy but still funky and cool), and (3) that her "dance" movements (arms at the beginning, especially) don't look crisp like a dancer, or even like Prince back in the day. Also, LOL at the "dance" video posted by goldenparachute - but Golden, that's not her "white girl" showing, that's just being a lame dancer. I'm reminded that Mayte was the best dancer P ever had on stage with him - way way better than Damaris who is black, and supposedly learned dance at a performing arts school. And besides Mayte (I dont know if you consider a puerto rican "white"), there are countless badass white dancers who dance "street" styles amazingly well. AA is simply not top-notch at anything that she supposedly does. Except maybe she's quite good at modeling for ads, but not high fashion modeling.

If you think Mayte's the best dancer ever on stage with P obviously you're not familiar with his guest dancer Misty Copeland. Mayte is adorable and I loved their chemistry together but I never consider her a good dancer - hell even Diamond & Pearl were better than her.

Kat was the best dancer Prince ever had their chemistry together was unmatched. I also like The Game Boyz dance routines that Prince use to do with them.....

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Kat was the best dancer Prince ever had their chemistry together was unmatched. I also like The Game Boyz dance routines that Prince use to do with them.....

Cat's cool in my book as well. I wish Prince could get rid of all his lousy dancers for good and actually hire professional, great dancers and spend more time improving the visual part of the show. I mean come on, if some fans think Mayte is the most decent dancer P's ever had what does that say about Prince as a director/creator of his own shows ?

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Emancipation89 said:

Emancipation89 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Kat was the best dancer Prince ever had their chemistry together was unmatched. I also like The Game Boyz dance routines that Prince use to do with them.....

Cat's cool in my book as well. I wish Prince could get rid of all his lousy dancers for good and actually hire professional, great dancers and spend more time improving the visual part of the show. I mean come on, if some fans think Mayte is the most decent dancer P's ever had what does that say about Prince as a director/creator of his own shows ?

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I feel Prince doesn't need dancers & all the extra stuff that other artist need to distract their lack of talent & showmanship. Prince is a gifted performer & just can sit at a piano like Little Richard & entertain the crowd just as well, or play acoustic guitar. He is a brilliant showman....