I think the long time period between the single and the album may be Prince trying to play it safe. He may be dropping a single to see what type of reaction he gets and if it's a bad reaction, he may change the rest of the album before it's released. That's probably why he won't give any of the names of the other tracks.

vainandy said:

Poor Prince, if he reads the org, he probably won't even wanna
put Te Amo Corazon on the album anymore lol.

IstenSzek said:

Or he'll shelve the whole 3121 thing!
[Edited 12/28/05 9:51am]

Cheeky said:

and marry Mayte again!

IstenSzek said:

And have sex with you again!

Cheeky said:

we'll try for another baby

IstenSzek said:

And you'll buy Neverland Ranch!

And live happily ever after...

Cheeky said:

i'll have a nervous breakdown over Prince's controlfreak antics
so i'll have to go and stay with George Michael while i recover..

vainandy said:

Interesting... 1999 and Purple Rain (the movie) made me take notice of Prince. ATWIAD made me realize this was an artist worth watching but, back in 1986 when I was but a wee lad of 16, it took Parade to turn me into a loyal, lifetime follower.

To my , then, 16yo ears tracks like Girls & Boys, Mountains, Kiss, Anotherloverholenyohead, and Sometimes It Snows In April were easily the best thing he had ever done. To think that other tracks like Under The Cherry Moon, Venus De Milo and Do U Lie? came from the same guy that had previously created such funky tracks as Head or Lady Cab Driver was nothing less than a deliciously mind-blowing stretch of artistic talent. I found Sometimes It Snow In April to be an especially promising example of his artistic growth, though, I guess that - and Mountains - was more of a W&L track than a Prince one given what I learned later.

Anyway, Parade is still my second favorite Prince album.

I just had a thought.....what if Te Amo Corazon is a B side!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

but the single only has 1 track

IstenSzek said:

An advance release, A side to be revealed spring 2006. Wouldn't be the first time Prince did something unorthodox would it?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Shorty said:

Don't you wish!!?? I do

redflag said:

True. That said, to me it is most reminiscent of "The Greatest Romance." Are we looking at "Rave unto/into Vol. 3"?

With all the fun speculation, I can only hope against hope the album is exciting.
It's been a long time since I've last felt that while listening to new Prince.

"Te Amo" is indicitive of Prince doing things his way, without management or label guidance. While I greatly admire him loosing the shackles of the major label system, I can't imagine that "Te Amo" would be anyone's idea of what a first Prince single should be.
This is album filler, pleasant enough to be sure, but not a leadoff single.
But then, neither was "Greatest Romance", which also failed to catch fire.
You want a great contemporary Prince ballad? Listen to "Call my name".

Maybe the rest of the album is ripping funk...but if so, then why is such a pedestrian track the lead single?

vainandy said:

damn vain, i know funk is ur thing but u REALLY dont find any beauty and enjoyment in those songs? not even venus de milo???

vainandy said:

hmmm then u should be a pretty happy camper this time around considering for parade he released the funky single first and ya got a weird album rhis time he released a ballad first so ya might get the funky one ya been waiting for

Moonwalkbjrain said:

let's hope you are right about that one!!!!!

Moonwalkbjrain said:

the funk lovers that i came across and me including wasn't amused with parade or anything that prince done after 1984. but to me the only good songs were from that album were kiss, girls and boys and anotherloverholenyohead. and that is sad because before 1984 i like every song that prince done from his albums.

dewalliz said:

Right.. so you prefer Ronnie, Talk To Russia to everything else on Parade?

I can't stand "pretty" or "beautiful" songs. I like "bad", "nasty", "vulgar", "kick ass" songs. Prince had shit on the "Parade" album that my grandparents would have loved.

I hope so but I get the feeling it's going to be the same situation as "Rave".

Same here.

Yep, it pisses all over that elevator stuff.

jtfolden said:

OH HELL YEAH my doll. That song would blow away those shitty and boring ass songs like do u like and sometimes it snow in april in a heartbeat as a matter of fact Ronnie happen to be one of my fav songs of that album too bad it was too damn short. Even Prince was embarressed by Parade other than Kiss. Thank goodness he haven't repeat an album like Parade and for a second there I thought he was out of his mind but he came back his sense with SOTT and sadly that was temporarily. Once he made SOTT, I was hoping that the Prince would keep on doing good albums. But nope he made albums like Lovesexy, Batdance, and Graffiti Bridge. And I just basicially didn't feel Prince anymore in the 90s and beyond as I liked only one to two songs he did per album.
[Edited 12/29/05 8:02am]

vainandy said:

thanks baby sometimes the truth shall be known.