I can not get through this album! Don't feel bad.

PurpleKnight said:

I usually end up having to skip a few tracks...or at least fast forward through some parts which is something I always hate to do but I agree it can be tedious....but I still love the record. If it was more straight forward it would have been one of his best albums.

The lyrics...well, I can't say I mind them at all.

Thank you for saying what I have thought since my first and my last listen to TRC. This is his ONLY album I NEVER jones for.

"Reproduction of the New Breed Leader -- stand up; organize!"

I like the beginning and the some of the middle of the album, but toward the end-- I just have to take it out because he changes the mood and it sounds very incorherent. I do like Last December though, but songs like Family Name and Everlasting Now just mess it up. And please don't ask me about the annoying Wedding Feast. Overall, it's one of his best.

'nuff said!

all ya'll do is complain other than feelin the artistry of the music.


this sounds like yall:

"U know this is funky, but I wish he play like he used 2 ol scraggly head sun of a (SLAP!!) Ohh! " - Everlasting Now

Dont let nobody, bring u down!
Join the party, make a sound
The everlasting Now!

Bullshit. TRC is in the top 5 of the best Prince's albums.

1)It is Prince at his best on guitar, bass, keyboards etc (btw how come nearly a single man can produce such a masterpiece ?!!!).

2)First time Prince comes up with a marvelous organic sound like that.

3)Best drum parts ever on a Prince albums.

4)The way the album is built is pure perfection. The last 30 minutes are unforgetable.

5) Some of the best tunes Prince has ever composed :
Last december, Family Name, 1+1+1 = 3, sensual everafter, Everlasting now.

After all the crapy albums we have had in the 90's like Diamonds and pearls (walk don't walk !!! Jughead !!!!!) or Rave (the first Prince CD I smashed after two listens), Prince focused on real music on TRC. It was an album highly appreciated by music lovers in Europe. It is probbaly less "american" (too sophisticated for some american listeners).

Conclusion : one of the very few only Prince albums I can still listen too without skipping any tune. A masterpiece. Regarding the message : Prince lyrics have almost always been ridiculous so who gives a fuck. It is part of his character.

BeautifulFrance said:

I agree with everything u said on there. John Blackwell's drumming and Prince's production is top notch. I have never heard such a thick creative and sophisticated sound with such luch musicianship it is as if he were swimming beneath the grooves rather than on top of it, reaching to my soul. Marvelous.
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BeautifulFrance said:

Amen to that!

BeautifulFrance said:

BeautifulFrance said:

I like the narrator voice, I think it ties the album together, it's never gotten in the way for me, I feel it adds to the experience.

It's there IN the songs, not just inbetween them, maybe this is akin to Prince making Lovesexy 1 track on the original CD release?

The only tracks I sometimes skip are Muse 2 The Pharoah and Mellow, I find Mellow incredibly tedious, M2TP I can tolerate a little more, mainly because I like the melody.

I think the album contains Prince's most interesting music since at least the mid-90s WB releases, if not further back. Songs like Digital Garden and Everywhere, gave me that 'wow' feeling I used to get from Prince's music.

She Loves Me 4 Me is a fantastic pop song, better than anything on Musicology. And the final 3 tracks, Family Name, Everlasting Now, and Last December are a masterstroke.

To go from this, to Musicology was a big dissappointment for me, I await Prince's next move with interest and caution.

PurpleKnight,

You will not make me change my mind. Like many long time Prince fans I know I LOVE TRC.

Prince has been into so many different types of music, his music lovers sometimes appreciate him for different reasons.

I hate Musicology, D&P, Rave... But I love when Prince shows his musicianship because you know what...HE IS A MUSICIAN UH !

If he is a JW, that is his problem. I don't care personally.

I skip tracks on SOTT not on TRC !

MetroArea said:

Yeah it killed me whenhe came up with this musicology crap after such a great and adventurous album like TRC.

PurpleKnight said, "TRC is Prince trying to be more than he's capable of."

Eye blieve ur thoughts r more 2 do with ur OWN prejudices 2wards the JWs. Perhaps u should CONsider ur OWN issues b4 u start ?uestioning the artistic capabilities of Prince.

love

It's one of the Prince albums that gurantees I have to skip tracks.

That bitch is very tedius to listen to.

My big problem is that Darth Vader narrates it, and it doesn't push enough emotional buttons.


Tedius.

PurpleKnight said:

It´s funny , I agree with both of you a 100 %.

I really LOVE Family name, Last December, The Rainbow Children, Digital Garden , She Loves Me For Me, Muse to the Pharaoh and I can´t get enough of Everywhere ( love the uplifting lyrics and the music and John´s drumming).

I can´t , simply CAN`T listen to 1+1+1=3 and the Work and The Everlasting Now, both lyrically and musically, but other than that it´s a true masterpiece, even though the lyrics are sometimes not my cup of tea. But the overall atmosphere is very fascinating.
I see it as the start of a new and exciting phase in Prince´s life.

That being said, I can fully understand and relate to both statements above.
Especially the Jewish names on Family Name are pointless, it´s not like the Jews can be considered "lucky" because they have "beautiful" names like Rosenbloom or Goldstruck or Pearlman.
Much like the African-Americans, they were sort of forced to take these names which were imposed on them when they were living in Poland and Germany, and they even sound ridiculous sometimes, so he should have done more research instead of irritating his Jewish fanbase ( I´m not Jewish, by the way).

That´s just one of many flaws on that album, and I know it´s a weird album, and yes, songs like Digital Garden could even be more beautiful if the lyrics were more accessible, but that was probably not his intention while making this album.

Anji said:

no. the album lyrics are outright offensive in places. if prince can't understand why people would feel this way he's lost whatever insight he might have had

This has got to be the most reworded topic ever.

Enough already...

I can understand why this person feels this way about TRC. I don't agree with everything, but I see his/her point.

I can't stand all the religious shit, but the music speaks for itself. The lyrics are interesting to say the least and his guitar playing is top notch. His voice sounds better than ever. Some songs such as 1+1+1 is so funky I can't help but love it even though I hate the lyrics. TRC is a true concept album. I tell people to pay no attention to his religious/racist mumbo-jumbo and to concentrate on the music. You don't hear great music like that everyday.

A true work of art has no flaws. It simply is what it is, hence the genius idea of a painting on the album cover.

origmnd said:

but this is the first time im participating in it..





aight...heres my take.....thank god for One Night Alone- Live...cause now I can listen to the tracks I like (and with energy thats missing on the album)..

TRC is rot...the least listened to album out of his collection for me...and "she loves me for me" is way way way wayyyyy to syrupy for my taste....


and dont start me on mellow..i had seriously forgotten about those two nightmares until i had read this thread.....

oye vie!!!

Everlasting Now deserves to be on a much better album...

XxAxX said:

Prince knows xactly y some feel slighted, n he's fine with that.
Eye thank Jehovah he makes NO apology 4 offending n e 1's sensitivities.

love

sosgemini said:

I think I finally figured out why I don't like it as much as I want to. It's too laid back for me. The music is good, in fact it's great, but I've recently felt like there was something missing with it and the lack of energy is what it is. Thanks sosgemini for saying that cause I've been trying to figure this out for a while.

Anji said:

"we don't give a duck what you got on"



Yeah, he's really in the business of offending sensitivities!

MetroArea said:

The Rainbow Children was ALL about challenging himself and his audience.
That it remains the most CONtroversial record from his body of work is testament 2 that.

peace