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PrintableAnd I wholeheartedly agree....the Universal Love Remix of Space is astounding. I think it's in the top 5 of his best tracks of the 90s. And what about the sheer darkness of the - sherm stick edit of Let it Go? :shudder: 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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CalhounSq said: Come is better than people give it credit for, really.
"Come" - besides giving me a moment while driving once  I just dig this cut, gotta love him when he's being nasty 
"Space" - the universal love remix of this is the best but the album version is very cool. Just gives you an all around feeling of love & spirit & joy IMO... "Pheromone" - again, gotta love him when he's being nasty, slightly twisted too. Me likes 
Then I start hitting skip here & there, but... "Papa" - this song is just angry & raw, always makes me wanna hear What's My Name b/c of the nature of it. Pretty sad, I like songs that kick me in the throat sometimes... "Dark" - very nice, sad, so much feeling here... "Solo" - this song can send me over the edge when I'm in the right mood. It's gotta be the loneliest songs he's ever made. It can rip your guts out if you let it.
There's a ton of different feelings explored on this album - lust, sadness, loneliness, anger - I just find it really interesting, viceral, naked... Me likes  I agree with everything U said! I love the album. It just has an overall sexy vibe to it. Come, Space, Leitgo, Solo, Definately some of my fave P songs. I had a experiance when I was driving while listening to Come too! Did you order a pizza ma'am? Prince- UTCM | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Aside from being one of Prince's most amazing and beautiful vocals, the lyrics to Solo....
So low, the curb looks like a skyscraper So high, the stars are underneath So quiet.....I can hear the blood rushing through veins So low....I feel like I'm going insane It's gonna be so hard to hear my voice, if I ever learn once more to speak. I'm so lost, no-one can find me. I've been lookin for so long but now I'm done. I'm solo. My name is no-one WOW! That is as lonely as lonely can get. I think this is the most naked he's ever been  co-sign Did you order a pizza ma'am? Prince- UTCM | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Aside from being one of Prince's most amazing and beautiful vocals, the lyrics to Solo....
So low, the curb looks like a skyscraper So high, the stars are underneath So quiet.....I can hear the blood rushing through veins So low....I feel like I'm going insane It's gonna be so hard to hear my voice, if I ever learn once more to speak. I'm so lost, no-one can find me. I've been lookin for so long but now I'm done. I'm solo. My name is no-one WOW! That is as lonely as lonely can get. I think this is the most naked he's ever been Once again SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy, you are 100% correct. I think alot of folks are thinkin' that if their ain't a good beat then the song(s) aren't good. Folks are fogettin' the most important thing-the lyrics!!! And there is no better song writer then our genius Prince!! | |
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I'm cosignin' on everything said above and I'm adding:
i love this ablum b/c each song flows into the next. It paved the way for albums like "Embrya", "The Show, The After Party, The Hotel" and "World Wide Underground." "Pedro offers you his protection." | |
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I usually keep mine in a jar, but a case might work....
Oh, wait....um....nevermind.... "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
-Eugene Tackleberry | |
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I LOVE this album. Always have. I recognize its flaws, but my brain loses out when my feet can't stop moving to the shit.
Many non-Prince fans don't think its much, though. I just made my wife listen to it, and she thought it was shit except for the title track. "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
-Eugene Tackleberry | |
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And I do love that sample at the end of race. It's the same one he used in Continental. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Loose - Hopefully it won't be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway 
now that's just nasty.  | |
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Anxiety said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Loose - Hopefully it won't be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway
now that's just nasty.  2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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Call me a creeper, but my favourite's always been "Papa". I don't why, but I like it because it's dark and disturbing. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: Call me a creeper, but my favourite's always been "Papa". I don't why, but I like it because it's dark and disturbing.
And that kick ass ending!!! Don't abuse children, or else they turn out like me Fair 2 partly crazy, deep down we're all the same Every single 1 of us knows some kind of pain In the middle of all that's crazy, this 1 fact still remains If u love somebody, your life won't be in vain And there's always a rainbow, at the end of every rain  2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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Space acoustic is so fucking gorgeous. it gives me tingles, in how gentle and beautiful it is. i always think of that & Pink Cashmere being siblings. love them both. "Awards are like hemorrhoids. Sooner or later, every asshole gets one." | |
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GrayKing said: Space acoustic is so fucking gorgeous. it gives me tingles, in how gentle and beautiful it is. i always think of that & Pink Cashmere being siblings. love them both.
Pink Cashmere, Pink Plush...works for me. Def twin songs. | |
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this was the last album i had bought on the day it was released, the only progress i saw
was on letitgo where he was aware of the the emergence of techno music, that showed me that prince can do what ever he wants when it comes to music. but you can surely see he was changing. i miss the raw sexual prince | |
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sorry letitgo was a good song but i meant to say loose | |
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I'd say it's his best post-SOTT album. It definitely helps that it's relatively short - eight reasonably good tracks (you can keep solo and orgasm) that aren't diluted by a ton of filler. I found that to be something of a relief after GB, D&P or the symbol lp, which were overwhlemed by dead spots and (in symbol's case) operatic pretensions. | |
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Anxiety said: When I first bought this CD in 1994, I didn't care much for it. I kinda liked Papa and I liked Loose!, but the rest left me really cold and I thought it was a half-hearted attempt at a contractual obligation that he phoned in to Warners.
Fast forward to five years later, when I'm sitting around bored and broke and digging through music I never listen to. Just on a whim, I pop in the Come album. And suddenly, don't ask me how, don't ask me why - it clicks. I freakin' LOVE the album from beginning to end. Wow! Apart from the five-year timeframe (for me it was around eight years between the album's release and my rediscovery of it) this is EXACTLY what happened to me with the "Come" album!!!! | |
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OdysseyMiles said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: This is one of my favorite Prince albums. Unlike most other people, I never felt that the material here was just filler to fullfill a contract. It always felt sincere and true, never fake. The thing that always struck me about this album is that this is the music Prince chose to die to. It was the last "Prince" album until the new millenium when he reclaimed his name. This is the way Prince chose to sign off. It spans from Jazzy flair to the act that brings about life and love. As a longtime fan, for 25 years now, it was intriguing, shocking and baffling picking up the newest Prince album to see those 2 dates signifying his birth and death. I know I wasn't alone in thinking WTF?
 The album has Prince standing in front of what looks like the gate to a haunted house, extending his cane almost daring you to come with him on a journey.
You can take the song titles and see that they represent pieces to the puzzle of life: Come - The seed without which there would be no life. Space - The place where the seed grows. Pheremone - Non detectable scent that drives 2 people into lust for one another, driving them together into the act of creation. Loose - Hopefully it won't be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway
Papa - One half of the puzzle. Race - You can't get there fast enough. Dark - The place nobody wants to go. Solo - Alone....without connection. Letitgo - Giving in to the experience. Orgasm - Expression of love to both it's final destination and it's beginning. I have always loved this record (lol, you can tell who us old schoolers are, still using "album" and "record" to describe a cd . Remember 8 tracks? ) At the time this came out I was at the end of a horrifying relationship. This album brought so much to my life. Solo is one of my all time favorite tracks because I related to how low the man felt. I was in the loneliest space and it really helped me to own a song that truly told the story I was living. There is so much to love about this album.
Dig through the song Pheremone to the story. What the hell is going on? This is probably the strangest scene Prince has ever created. Watching in on 2 people fucking around and the shit that goes down. The guy tripping the chick, the chick knowing Prince is watching, her pointing a pistol to the dudes nose while a tear heads down towards her smile. Honestly....what the fuck is going on here? 
You just gotta love this lyric: Like a splendid open-ended celibate friend pretendin not to know it when I blow it in your eyes This album embodies both hopelesness and hope. Songs like Solo, Dark and Papa leave you feeling the sadness and darkness, yet songs like Come, Race, Space & Letitgo wash you clean, leaving the feeling of total hope. Don't try and force this album. Just let it come....."When I blow that mind baby, I'm gonna drive you crazy.....Come" . [This message was edited Mon Jul 12 9:48:04 2004 by SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy] Best case I've heard. 
When I first heard the album, I thought it was pretty cohesive in it's sound. The lyrics are indeed fascinating. For me, Letitgo seemed like the "song that explains it all". Ready or not, here I come (come on) (come on) All my life I’ve kept my feelings deep inside Never was a reason 2 let somebody know Lover here, lover there - who cried? who cared? foolish pride Never was a good seat at any of this man’s shows Until now all I wanted 2 do is Do do do what I do, and Bang bang bang on the drummer And love so-and-so But now I’ve got 2 letitgo (letitgo) Lay back and let the vibe just flow I wanna just letitgo (letitgo) Lay back and let my feelings show (letitgo) I’m ready 4 the real Give me something I can feel All my life this heart’s been under lock and key My curtains were drawn there wasn’t nobody home Trigger here, trigger there - everybody’s high except 4 me Better off dead if I couldn’t be alone Until now all I wanted 2 do is Do do do what I do, and Bang bang bang on the drummer And love so-and-so But now I’ve got 2 letitgo (letitgo) Lay back and let the vibe just flow I wanna just letitgo (letitgo) Lay back and let my feelings show I, I’m ready 4 the real Give me something I can feel 4teen years and tears I’ve longed 2 sing my song But a horse couldn’t drag your ass 2 put me on But now I’ve got an army and we’re three million strong This song will ring in your ears when we are gone Until now all I wanted 2 do is Do do do what I do, and Bang bang bang on the drummer And love so-and-so But now I want 2 letitgo (letitgo) Lay back and let the vibe just flow Said I want 2 letitgo (letitgo) Lay back and let the feelings show I am ready 4 the real (come a little closer) (letitgo) (lay back an’ let the vibe just flow) Dude just came out and told us (figuratively): "I'm done doing things this way. From now on, it's gonna be different." That song was funky as hell! I still barbque with that 1! U,ME,WE!....2FUNKY! | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: CalhounSq said: "Come" - besides giving me a moment while driving once
i remember you tellin us about that...i'm still laughin about it to this day.     I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: You can take the song titles and see that they represent pieces to the puzzle of life:
Come - The seed without which there would be no life. Space - The place where the seed grows. Pheremone - Non detectable scent that drives 2 people into lust for one another, driving them together into the act of creation. Loose - Hopefully it won't be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway
Papa - One half of the puzzle. Race - You can't get there fast enough. Dark - The place nobody wants to go. Solo - Alone....without connection. Letitgo - Giving in to the experience. Orgasm - Expression of love to both it's final destination and it's beginning. DAMN SUPA, you just killed it all in one stroke! (no pun, I swear)  I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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BeautifulOneJem said: I agree with everything U said! I love the album. It just has an overall sexy vibe to it. Come, Space, Leitgo, Solo, Definately some of my fave P songs. I had a experiance when I was driving while listening to Come too!
 P can do that to ya! I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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Dark
1 of my fave all-time trax - but I only discovered that baout 5 years on!!!!! "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
"That's becuase we're soulless auttomatons" | |
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CalhounSq said: Handclapsfingasnapz said: i remember you tellin us about that...i'm still laughin about it to this day. ...is this worth me requesting a PM? I'm certainly curious... Okay, friends...there's a lot of passion for "Come" here...I have an hour drive ahead of me...I'm taking the cd with and checking it out like it's the first time... Keith/Kacey | |
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jonylawson said: oh and the remix for space?
one of the mans GREATEST songs ! have always thought that the universal love remix was incredible. and yes, the album itself is way underrated. | |
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well i think thats fairly agreed upon 4 once! | |
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Pheromone!- just when i had given up on him for good, he shows me there was still some creative genius left in him! totally original totally prince! it still, to this day doesnt sound cheap and half assed like he does now.
Solo- same thing as above, and man can he sing! and man is it kinda strange, i love it! Let it go- wow, MUSIC! Cool music. I always skip over everything else, but those are the tunes, the gems that remind me that no matter how bad one of his newer albums are, the are usually some great gems inside them, so i buy everything he does looking for these gems. | |
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Kacey725 said: CalhounSq said: ...is this worth me requesting a PM? I'm certainly curious... Okay, friends...there's a lot of passion for "Come" here...I have an hour drive ahead of me...I'm taking the cd with and checking it out like it's the first time... Keith/Kacey I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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Kacey725 said: Why do you like "Come" so much? What am I missing/overlooking/ignoring?
I dig everything on this album except maybe "Solo" and "Orgasm". "Letitgo" is one of my all-time favorites. BTW, isn't the guitar solo that starts off "Ronnie Talk To Russia" the same as the one on "Orgasm"? | |
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GrayKing said: i always think of [Space acoustic] & Pink Cashmere being siblings. love them both.
spot on!!!!! | |
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