THE SONG:
hmmmmm.... Well, I don't HATE it, but lyrically it's not shakin' my tree - Spanglish ain't his forté that's for sure! I DO however like the music - the fact he's gone back to his library of unused Clare Fischer orchestration was a nice and welcome surprise, I think Clare's stuff has always complemented Prince's work wonderfully. Somewhat ironically, I think i'd personally enjoy it a whole lot more as a simple no-frills instrumental, but it certainly leaves me intruiged as to what lies ahead down the 3121 road.

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Nasalhair said:

prince said that the album isn't gonna be like this song.....

Has anyone else started humming "Terence Trent D'Arby - We don't have that much time togather" after listening to Te Amo Corazon???

Some comfort to those that listened to Te Amo just once and hated it..(like me) it's actually a real grower of a song and surprisingly subtle after a few listens...

This is not a bad song. It's a lovely beautiful ballad, and I'm not even big on Prince ballads. The video is pretty nice too. Although I will say that I think Prince may be putting on a few pounds.

Now, all you haters out there can bash him all you want. But this still sounds better than all the rest of the garbage that's plaguing the top 40. Even at this worst, Prince can still come up with something good. I know you all want the freak-nasty Prince. But I've accepted the fact that's he's grown up now and decided to play it safe.

Why can't people just look at the song and video and appreciate the virtue behind it, instead of trashing it because it's not what you would expect it to be?

I really didn't expect to like this song, as soooo many folks were bashing it, and I've long complained about the whole ballad-as-first-single philosophy he has mostly subscribed to in the last 10 years. It sounded like it would be yet another cheap retread of "Scandalous".

Well, I'm pleasantly surprised! I'm LOVING the bossa nova feel, and I'm quite happy that he is doing a different kind of ballad. I've noticed several people have claimed to hear a Santana influence, but I don't get it. Is it because it has a latin vibe? To me, it sounds more like a downtempo Tito Puente number than anything by Carlos. This song is sensual, sophisticated and smooth. Sure, it isn't a funk number, but it sure doesn't sound like too much he has done in the past (and that makes me happy, since I love it when he doesn't repeat himself).

Lyrically, it is quite good. This song makes the best use yet of the Garden of Eden metaphor, and the overall feel is quite romantic.

The video is simply fantastic, through and through. Stunningly beautiful, and it truly fits the vibe of the song. Salma has done an amazing job, and really should direct more often. She's got a great sense of style.

Anybody else have the song stuck in your head?

littlemissG said:

at last and finally, an explanation that makes sense

I have interpeted the lyric to Te Amo Corazon:


At Forty-two thousand feet above the sea
That's when you and I first came to be
from the dust of the earth
and the knowledge tree

I’m old as dirt.

Te Amo Corazon - I think you’re hot

At last I can tell what I know so long
my heart's been crying I can sing this song
I don't care who knows it
cuz there's nothing wrong

You’re over 18 now, so I’m think I go for it.

Te Amo Corazon - I think you’re hot

I'm So Scared of losing you
I really don't know what I'd do
Can't bear the thought of another day apart
My heart, My Heart

It’s getting hard, my penis, my penis

Corazon
(Bridge)
Once when I first laid eyes on you
I saw heaven and earth anew
everyone else saw my brown eyes
no longer blue

I was lusting from the first time I saw you dusting.

Te Amo Corazon - I think you’re hot

First I couldn't find the words to say
How much you've changed me every way
I just want to thank ya'
each and every day

I’m not going to give up till I get in your panties,
but I have figure out how to do it with out getting charged with sexual harrasment.
Keep scrubbing my patio in a backless sundress.

Te Amo Corazon - I think you’re hot
[Edited 12/14/05 20:42pm]


aaaaahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Pretty song, slick production, whimsical 'vibe', admirable musicianship with a nod to George Benson when he brandishes the guitar. A few people have said this before, but to me it sounds a little bit like 'And God created Woman' with a Parade-era arrangement. And that's no bad thing.

So why all the hate? The song is obviously a marketable first single from a musician who has nothing to prove to anyone, least of all to excitable fanatics who think they alone have a connection with 'the funk'. Personally I'd much rather have Prince growing old gracefully. It's the latest instalment in a crazy and unpredictable ride that started with an unknown prodigy in 1978 and continues to baffle, fascinate, excite, provoke and irritate me in 2005.

Madonna is shamelessly prancing around, jumping onto 'trendy', transient bandwagons like an embarrassing drunken aunt who's gatecrashed your wedding and won't leave the dancefloor. Prince, as ever, sets his own agenda.


AGREE!
Bring on 3121. I've no idea what it's going to be like, but I can't wait to find out. All part of the ride.

This is not a bad song. It's a lovely beautiful ballad, and I'm not even big on Prince ballads. The video is pretty nice too. Although I will say that I think Prince may be putting on a few pounds.

Now, all you haters out there can bash him all you want. But this still sounds better than all the rest of the garbage that's plaguing the top 40. Even at this worst, Prince can still come up with something good. I know you all want the freak-nasty Prince. But I've accepted the fact that's he's grown up now and decided to play it safe.

Why can't people just look at the song and video and appreciate the virtue behind it, instead of trashing it because it's not what you would expect it to be?

Y'all know what an earworm is. A song that gets stuck in your head and you find yourself singing it, in spite of yourself. I though the new single was just okay when it came out and I'm still not a big fan but dang it if it is not stuck in my head. I find myself singing it in the shower, in the car, etc. Could this be Prince's evil plan, a song so subtle that it seems bland but then, with repeated exposure, becomes catchy.

Anybody else have the song stuck in your head?

Lounge Pop...as Rolling Stone identifies it...is right on. The song is a banal, insipid piece of fluff. I thought P was onto something with the progressive jazz vein he was experimenting with a couple years ago...but he's reverted back to a lazy poof. But that's just MHO...as I can clearly see that so many others are diggin it. And such lyrics...man a pre-schooler could have written that drivel. So throw a movie star's name onto it, hold a useless press converence and hope that the video brings back the radio star. This single should sink as fast as the Titanic. Hoping there are a few life boats inside the album.

NWF said:

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The video is nice, very well directed and it would have been even nicer with a fairly nice song, love song.
The song, the lyrics to 'Te Amo Corazon' are NOTHING!. N-O-T-H-I-N-G!!! The story is BORING.. B-O-R-I-N-G!!!. They are nothing original. Sounds like he put them lyrics together in a flash of a thought. .. Really, I mean, read the lyrics!.. The song don't go with the music, the music well better left without lyrics. He should have saved that story/video and Selmas work for a much better song. NOT a ballad though. Prince is not good at ballads. I thought NOTHING of "she loves me for me" .. sounds like something a teeny bopper would sing on the way to school... "Call my name" okay, I have to give that some credit, but considering how many woman done called his name the song had no credibility.

Te Amo Corazon is great! however!...

WE WANT FUNK!

AND ROCK AND ROLL!

1. Genesis
2. Even children wont understand
3. Te Amo Corazon
4. Give some
5. 3121
6. Satisfied
7. Peace on earth
8. The generation of innovation
9. Wild
10. Assumption of the innocent mind
11. Please let go
12. Freedom
13. Eye know u like this funk
14. The solution



P.S. (THAT IS NOT A CONFIRMED TRACKLISTING FOR THE ALBUM)