Se7en said:

how can you say that having not yet heard the full record? what if it's a collection of songs that all have that sound?

i've just listened to the streams at various sites and i think
this is a typical case of a single edit.

sounds to me like a song that will be at least 1 minute longer
on the album when it hits the shelves.

apart from that, i think it's a beautiful song. i like the vox
and the instruments. and the way the melody is slightly off so
as to put you on the wrong track every time, just like with a
lot of 'old' Prince songs.

the only slightly negative thing, although it's not negative,
just a personal awkward feeling is the last verse where he's
singing "how much you changed me every way i just wanna thank
you each and every day" etc etc.

i don't know i guess i'll get used to it but it kind of made
me cringe since he said that before, about another wife.

anywho, i'm doodling on stupid minor details, the song is an
acquired taste, perhaps, but as far as i'm concerned i like,
and will no doubt come to love it.

perhaps because this was what i was expecting this time round
i didn't have my hopes set on hardcore funk or purple rainish
guitar feedback, just on simple quality laidback jams. and it
turned out to be just that.

by all means, this project speaks more to me right now than
Musicology has ever done.

IstenSzek said:

wow. after only one song? i hope i end up feeling the same way. i'd hate for prince to be the only one of my faves to release a 2nd rate record.

(fingers crossed...come on p, remind me why i love you!)

SassierBritches said:

yup, after only one song i think this project will have some
more integrity, despite it's obvious commercial appeal given it
will be released by a major label.

don't ask me why, but after the 3121 party reports and listenin
to this first single, i just get an entirely different vibe off
this project.

plus, perhaps most important, i've let go of my hopes that he'll
hit us with anything that sounds like his 1980-1988 work. that's
not a bad thing, as long as you're prepared for it. he's just at
a different place now and i can dig that and i like it.

however, he better strike a deal with Universal and or Warners
now to re-release his back catalogue with some extra goodies
or i'll be spamming his private email into oblivion. the bastard

IstenSzek said:

i hope he never tries to do his earlier "style." that's what makes each era special to me...it was a once in a lifetime moment. i don't want re-runs, i want spirit and vitality. i don't mean i need fast, uptempo tracks. beautiful strange is an amazing track!

eh, who knows. i've not been feeling prince the past few months so maybe this is just a reflection of that. i know that he has it in him to woo me back but i guess that's beside the point. i'm still looking forward to this new cd and the tour. even at his worst there is something to be salvaged. after all, newpowersoul had come on and the one.

It's nice! Very easy to listen to, not very special though.
And I like the latin sound.

I think the song is nice, although I'm having trouble figuring out what about it makes it a great lead single to create buzz for an upcoming album in the ears of the general radio/tv audience.

Doozer said:

well yeah, much as i like it, i can't hear a radio single
in it either.

I really miss Prince being a tad naughtier. Perhaps Rock'N Roll is truly the domain of youth.

His musical genius is unquestionable, but without the double entendres and the innuendo, it just does not seem like Prince to me. Not judging of course, I respect the man and his choice to leave that behind, I just think the music has lost the edge, swagger and rawness it once had. That said, it is still brilliant and better than most.

I love it. Just being one single, it sounds better than most of the stuff on 'Musicology'. I reminds me of something from the album. Kind of like a latin version of 'And God Created Woman'.

SassierBritches said:

Very good point . . . just judging from Rave and Musicology.

IstenSzek said:

Mmm-hmm. Maybe the idea is to release a "quiet" single first, then a big-bang single prior to the album's release. What is it with the ballad lead-off singles over the past decade? My guess would be that Prince has near complete control of single choices, and his personal connection with some of his ballads plays a big part in them getting chosen. Their potential for commercial success probably doesn't figure much into the equation.

Doozer said:

i was thinking the same. a nice balad for some heavy holiday rotation
and a second single circa first half of february.

then the album late march or early april. it seems like the promotion
for diamonds & pearls. two singles, then the album.

IstenSzek said:

I'll go for that...but I do fondly remember those first two singles being slamming funk too dirty for radio (Gett Off) and Cream (misunderstood as being too dirty for radio).

Are we really thinking spring 2006 before an album drops? Guess it's possible with a major label in the picture.

Shapeshifter said:

Come on now... "Freedom"? That song was worse than anything Prince has done, and Prince does have some weaaaak songs.

Moonbeam said:

okay, im gonna go out on a limb and say that for one bad paul mccartney song you got about a full cd's worth with prince.

why? ironically enough.. cause of the "freedom" he wanted from producers, record contracts and the limitless feeling of releasing weak thoughts that get titled as "emancipation"

The song is now the #9 best selling R&B track on iTunes

Listen to me children... If I met Prince, I would tell him how much NPS sucked. But the new single is something I can really get into.

alandail said:

make that #8

elbibknuf said:

so where is it now then? if its on 8 on the rnb charts it must be somewhere on the overall charts?

i think it needs to stay pretty consistently in the top20 to have a chance of cracking the hot100 am i right? i think someone on this board mentioned that SST got to 111 or something, and that fell out of the top40 after a few days, so hopefully TAC being a 'proper' single can stick around abit more and get up there.

It's now #7 on the iTunes R&B sales chart. It hasn't cracked the overall top 100 yet - there are a LOT of holiday songs in the top 100 right now. The #5 R&B song is in the top 100, the #6 song isn't.

The R&B list is here if you have iTunes installed

http://phobos.apple.com/W...ongs?id=16

alandail said:

sst was #1 on rnb for a long time

maybe ppl dont know he just released a new song

alandail said:

Actually it has just entered at #96 on the overall itunes chart.

I just noticed that too. It certainly helps to be on the front page of the iTunes store. That's better for sales than VH-1 airplay. Is it getting any radio airplay?

cool cheers for the info. i'd have thought if it had gone for radio ads yet someone would have posted on the site somewhere mentioning it.
might take a little while for promotion to build for it to get higher in the iTunes charts i suppose. interesting to see what happens when the cd comes out next week. might be planned on being a slow burner?

Why are all the United Statesians so obsessed with chart numbers?!!

pff, i'm from england, not from the USA.

i find chart numbers interesting, so i ask about them, other people find chart numbers interesting, hence a thread like this where people discuss it!

alandail said:

The only airplay being detected is 4 spins on Sirius Satellite radio channel 51 (Urban AC). No Mainstream Pop or R&B spins at all yet

http://www.mmr247.com/mmr...de=PRINTAC

newpower99 said:

i gotta say im quite dissapointed in the Itunes figures so far i know its Christmas time but right now even after a big vh-1 video premiere its being out sold by songs by Jimmy Durante and Linus and Lucy