UndercovaBrotha said:

+++++
my thoughts exactly, very endorphine machine/interactive sounding track. i like it a lot.

Excellent performance. I can't wait for 3121 now.

Good to see VB had no input in the lyrics:

h-e-double hockey sticks aint got no fury

P2daP said:

Me too!

antoon said:

That date can't come soon enough.

Dig that one, too! Three in a row, not bad. Hope he lets loose like this on the album!

Fucking awesome!!!!

I'm still amazed. I really hope there is the same kind of guitar work on the album version. It sounds like an instant classic.
After Black Sweat, now Fury, I'm totally amazed. woaw woaw woaw

That is some of the best guitar playing Prince has done PERIOD.

He did shit he USUALLY does just with ONE HAND this time!

He's bettered his old style TEN-FOLD.

I hope the album version kicks as much ass because I just wet my pants!

Sounds like a watered down Hendrix, but i like.

thekidsgirl said:

I didn't like it...I LOVED IT!!!!!
Wow, about time he whipped out the guitar in front of a huge audience. Wow, was he ever ready to play. That was thrilling. So happy he didn't do 'black sweat'.
I was looking forward to 'Te Amo' though.

Loved it!

when he started i thought it was THE CONTEST SONG from NPGMC!

i really liked the 'vibrato' on the guitar.

Fury - basic chords

Verse:

Gmin / | F / | C / | Gmin / | Repeat

Bridge:

Bb / / / | A / Ab7 / | Gmin / F / | C / Gmin / |

Bb / / / | C / / / | D / / / | D / / / |

(I'm posting the basic chords to the song here as suggested by the mods, although its not intended as a contribution to any discussion of the song)

langebleu said:

Cool! Thanks!

This deserves its own thread.

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Fauxie said:

Mods only doing the job
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"Fury (A Woman's Thorn)" is the best song from 3121 so far! I absolutely love it. I can't remember being this excited about a new Prince song in a long, long time. This song is rockin!! I can't get it out of my head, lol, I love it to death.

I think "Te Amo Corazon," "Black Sweat" and "Fury (A Woman's Thorn)" are all great, and I think 3121 is shaping up to be a very good album.

Great song.

I'm not particularly one for guitars antics, so it's not that it's a rock song per se - it's just a very well-crafted pop song.

THIS is the kind of song a lot of casual listeners in the UK would be interested to hear from Prince again - People have been saying for years he should release a decent rock/pop song over here and promote it - If he is performing at the Brits this year, he'd be mad to perform one of the other 3121 tracks we've heard so far other than this...

I play guitar for about 7 yeas and i was about 30 days without touchign it, kinda bored at it. I even bought a bass yesterday, and I am doing some drum loops on fruity loops, i wouldnt play a chord to save my life. BUt after i saw that performance, man, fu ck the bass and the fruity loops, i wanna play guitar again.
Thanks langebleu for the chords, and more important thanks Prince. You made me wanna play guitar again after 2 weeks, try to mimick your licks. BRILIANT SONG, ASTONISHING. INCREDIBLE.

Let's concentrate together

Dear Prince
Dont sing an octave lower on the studio version
Like you did with Peach
Dont overproduce
And maybe you´ll have a hit

Snap said:

I could not agree more- then again I usually agree with your posts..



Bravo my man- Bravo!!!

That was one of the greatest performances I’ve ever seen on SNL; far superior to his Grammy performance that to this day continues to be talked about as if it were the stuff of legend. “Fury” is the stuff of legend, along with “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Clapton, The Rolling Stones and Hendrix -- if he were still alive -- I suspect would all love to have “Fury” in their grand repertoire.

This is the type of song that can make a career, or reshape one. It’s that improbably good.

And if Prince should ever find himself in the presence of a Stones’ audience again, he now has the goods to keep the drunken Hells Angels from violent outbursts; unless you count demanding an encore at knifepoint violent.

Wonderful song...9/10! I hope this will be released as a single in the future, I think it will gain great success!

First stab lyric transcription:

Fury

U must have heard it on the news this morning
"Congratulations! New star is born"
Sun 2 his shadow, rose 2 a thorn
There ain't no fury like a woman scorned

Y'all must have dug it, when u did your thang
It's like a song, everybody wanna sing
When the music's over, your ears ring
With a voice that's saying, "Queen got no King"

He got a message saying, u tried 2 reach him on the 'phone
He didn't wanna answer cuz he's so afraid
U'd probably tell him just 2 leave u alone

I bet u heard he got another band
They're makin' money, they're makin' plans
U feel left out, but u need 2 understand
Word on the street - he's still your man

Look out, here comes your rainy day
But u think you got a good reason 2 say
Always in ur heart, come what may,
Even though his might get .. broken

Who's the guilty one when there ain't no judge or jury?
Shadow 2 the sun, lets do the one
Hell ain't got no fury

Will this song have a happy ending?
Will his heart need a-mending?
What's the name? Only she knows
Only the woman knows, only she knows

2 sides 2 every story
One man's gloom, another man's glory
Sun 2 his shadow, rose 2 a thorn
Ain't no fury like a woman scorned
Ain't no fury like a woman scorned
No fury like a woman scorned
(No fury like a woman scorned x 2)

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[Edited 2/5/06 23:39pm]

Absolutely BRILLIANT song!

langebleu said:

Excellent song! LOved the backup singers/dancers.

I don't think this is going to be a Musicology 2.

I heard it playing in the other room, and for the longest time, I didn't even know it was Prince. And that's a GOOD thing. I was expecting the same old thing from him, (which I got from the other songs) and he really surprised me with this one. Good song, awesome guitar, and loved the Hendrixian overtones. I could have done w/out the backup singers/dancing though. He doesn't need it.

langebleu said:

That's a definite F9 he's playing in the verses, just to make it sound more authentic!


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langebleu...I've only watched the performance once, but at this point your transcription looks good to me! Thanks!

OK, so anyone want to speculate about the lyrics? They're pretty pointed! Think they might be aimed at anyone in particular?

JPW said:

I'm thinking it's now:

Gmin / | F / Cmin | Gmin / | Repeat

With a similar switch in the bridge on the first line:


Bb / / / | A / Ab7 / | Gmin / F / | Cmin / Gmin / |

Bb / / / | C / / / | D / / / | D / / / |

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[Edited 2/5/06 5:31am]

Fury.....good song.


I kept thinkin' of Ike and Tina watchin' them though....