purpledoveuk said:

While I wasn't behind the white sheet, Mr. P had a lady on a bed, singing International Lover, and when he got to the dialogue at the end.., well hell, let me give you a play by play... His shirt was off..the back lit white sheet comes down and makes him, the lady and the bed appear much, much larger on the sheet...this is a full top of the lights to the stage white sheet....

Scene...
Good evening. this is your pilot prince speaking. Removal of clothing
U r flying aboard the seduction 747..Removal of more clothing
And this plane is fully equipped with anything your body desires..Removal of panties...at least it appears so on the screen/sheet

If 4 any reason there is a loss in cabin pressure...What appears to be a very large Prince boner!! The big sheet made it look really big...the women in the crowd go wild!!!!

I will automatically drop down 2 apply more...humping
2 activate the flow of excitement...humping
Extinguish all clothing materials and pull my body close 2 yours... more humping
Place my lips over your mouth, and kiss, kiss, normally
In the event there is overexcitement
Your seat cushion may be used as a flotation device....moaning

We ask that u please observe the no letting go sign
I anticipate a few turbulence along the way...big moaning

We r now making our final approach 2 satisfaction...her legs extended in the air
Please bring your lips, your arms, your hips
Into the upright and locked position...grinding, moaning, humping...
4 landing -- can u feel it? can u feel it? I am assuming a fake orgasm.

This is twenty-three years ago, but to the best of my recollection, this is exactly how it happened. If anyone else saw the show, please tell me how you remember it.

I think these are two related but distinct issues:
1. The prince image of an over the top sex machine. He used this imagery to help push the lines of what is excepted performance in rock music. He even did it with with a flair of brilliance on albums like 1999. The album is dense with sexual layers and metaphores- really brilliant stuff.I think we all miss the songs that alluded to all things sexual but did it with an underlying commentary. But we don't need to see prince, in his late 40s, dry humping a statue. That would be a bit embarrassing. And is unnecessary. I wouldn't mind him letting out his metaphorical genius though.
2. The other issue is the use of dirty language. This just isn't where he's at now and it would be too contrived if he started cursing again on albums. I have no problem with him not cursing or pushing the envelope- the envelope has been wide open anyway and it would serve no purpose.
The issue I do have with he has allowed his religious beliefs to make him the ultimate hyprcrite...it's one thing to make the decsion not to curse anymore; it's another to take to task other people for cursing- such as his famous potty mouth comment about Kevin Smith. I mean are you kidding me- this from a man who wrote soft and wet, sister, LPWM, Erotic city, Scarlett Pussy, Jack u off, sexy mf, gett off, LCD, etc. Hopefully, he sees the how bad this makes him looks and backs off acting like the FCC.

thank you for the reviews! absolutely awesome! I can not wait for 3/21!

all this other mumbo jumbo going on in this thread should be moved or removed.

Great review. I will desperately await the arrival of 3121 2 hear all of the magnanomous tunes found within by the unprescendented Prince. [img]

I cannot wait for this album to drop If only Borazon and BLB were left off in favor of more funk/pop/rock

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Hey Supa!

I bet you'll appreciate TAC more when you hear it in the context of the album. I haven't heard "3121" so I don't say this with any authority. I just have a feeling.

(And until you learn to love it, STOP HATIN'!!! )

Peace, David

livewire said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

- I quite like TAC...it has a nice melody and is not tied to that ´Do me baby/Scandalous/Insatiable´ formula (that I like also). About ballads, I have a feeling I will dislike ´Satisfied´ more....it seems it will be ´On the couch pt2´

wow, you people are still bitching about the cowbell. It never dissipates.

Novabreaker said:

I know. It's no wonder we never get any cowbells signing up to the site.

Novabreaker said:

I never even noticed until someone pointed out and now it's all I hear!

The song's still kickin tho

Odd review i ran across....



Unfortunately, at time of writing, Prince hasn't actually decided on track titles yet. This makes reviewing a problem so we've had to assign each song a title of our own devising. Any similarity to the actual finished tracklisting is highly unlikely.

1. 'Aunt Mary's Vanilla Sponge'
If you were expecting Prince to start his new album in a bit of a boring way then you'd be extremely wrong. This is all weird and laced with nasty farty noises (we're using "nasty farty noises" in a positive sense). It has a similar 'groove' to 'Get Off' and features the line: "This is where the party be," which is funny if you say it in a Dorset accent. This song is probably really called '3121', the significance of which remains a mystery.

2. 'I've Got Some Round The Back'
Clearly Prince has been up in the attic and found the old keyboard he used on 'Controversy' for this one. He's also found a foreign lady to do some sexy talking and he's also remembered he used to rap (about dancing in this case). All very old school. All very good.

It's at this point we notice the venue is decked out in purple and gold and has 'Prince 3121' stencilled on any available flat surface. Colour us impressed.

3. 'Hello You!'
After all the excitement, this midtempo, Mariachi-tinged, number is a bit dull. A lady who looks like Cindy Beale keeps filling our glass up with champagne. We note that this will probably turn out not to be a good thing.

4. 'Fluffy'
This one is actually called 'Black Sweat'. We know that because he sings the words "black sweat" a lot. And because it's the single and we've heard it before. Is black sweat the same as black bogeys? Practically the first line is "take your clothes off". It's been noted that, for this album, Prince has discovered boffing again. All of the songs are about doing it. None of them are about being a Jehovah's Witness. A nation cheers.
The irony with this song is how much it sounds like Pharell, a man who has spent much of his career trying to be Prince.

5. 'School Trousers'
This one has a laid back groove. By laid back groove we mean it's a really boring album filler that features a lyric about "Incense and candles". 'Cause the birds love that. Really gets 'em going...

6. 'A Place In The Sun With Amanda Lamb'
You know what we'd really like to hear? A tune and a chorus. Ooh blimey, it's a tune! And a chorus! We've been resisting the temptation to use the word funky but there's no avoiding it now. This is hard and funky and has an old fashioned squelchy laser noise in it. And the line "Stop telling me what you want to hear!" We feel suitably chastised.

7. 'Graham'
"Turn off your cell phone!" Prince yells, in that way he does. Alright granddad. Perhaps we should beep you on your pager, instead? Cell phone, indeed. This is another slow jam. We eat another rice ball.

8. 'Dog Blanket'
This one got all exciting and didn't really sound like Prince. It's a big rock song. It's good. But we got distracted wondering if '3121' was a clue to his age, though that would make him 52 and that can't be right...his skin is too smooth.

9. 'Phone Your Mum About Saturday'
Another good one! This one is good because it has a stop/start breakbeat and an acoustic guitar and then a big fudge off guitar solo at the end. "Get up, come on, let's do something!" screams the purple fella. We suggest a car boot sale. We found some old crisps at one once.

10. 'Wet Break'
A lady, possibly Mrs Prince (possibly not), sings at the start. Another one that seems to be aware of the work of Pharrell Williams. We think this one is probably called 'Beautiful' due to the amount of times the word is sung. Though we're pretty sure he's done that title before so, who knows? Anyway, this one is a bit rubbish.

Starting to get the fear that this might be a triple album. Someone says it isn't. Phew!

11. 'Tina Barrett Should Be Doctor Who's Next Assistant'
Dark, dramatic, brooding... this sounds like a good one. Unfortunately we notice that there's no one in the room who isn't having a conversation. Even Mark Goodier! If Prince is hiding in the walls, watching our reactions through a crack, he's probably having a bit of a cry. People can be so rude.

12. 'Tits'
It's a funky jam. Who was expecting that?. This has legendary saxophonist Maceo Parker on it. And some cowbells. Oh, it's ended.

And that's the new Prince album. It comes out on March 20. It is funky.

2020 said:

Hate to say it, but that's the review I trust most. Very excited now. And, mostly, British folks don't seem to like modern slow jams so I'm not too worried about the few reported duffs (tho, BLAB definitely is a duff)
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2020 said:

LOL, that had me rollin.

Zenox - I believe that what you and all the other ladies saw behing the white sheet was actually his MICROPHONE, and not what you were all hoping and praying it was. He WAS quite lewd back then, but not THAT lewd...

Zenox said:

Boy is he right about Black Sweat, Prince trying to sound like Pharrell, when it usually goes the other way. sad.

I guess we agree to disagree because I just don't think there is anything subtle about the lyrics to Anna Stesia, I No, and saying the Lords Prayer (which is directly from the bible apparently many of you don't even know this) I could go into God or the Power Fantastic...its always been there and in your face. Its been the music that hasn't been up to snuff there by making it more noticecable and a turn off. Goodness I Would Die 4 U clearly a song about Jesus yet the music and lyric is so strong those that are non-believers didn't even notice or care to
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I think you are mistaken - the lyrics are far more to convince in TRC ie preaching to convert than ever before IMHO

You can't sing into your microphone and use the microphone as a boner at the same time!!! It may have been a dildo or something, but it definitely wasn't his microphone. And he definitely would have done this back then. Hell, he was almost naked on the stage most of the time. Girls all over him.

exponents2046 said:

Cant wait myself for this album.But it does annoy me that people still slate most of prince's work from the 1990's.there is still some good stuff in the last decade if you look hard enough.But between the album and the upcoming tour it feels like christmas has come early.yeeeee-haaaa!!!!!

Thanks Militant! I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!

A girl at college who was an evangel (like that? I just made it up) told me not to listen to
Prince because he was just a vehicle of Satan pretending to be down with the Lord.

Luckily I was stoned out of my mind of some good black hash at the time so her message of dread just washed over me.


BOB 17:23
PHYLLIS 20: 15-17

Alexandernvrmind said:

These titles are excellent. So excellent in fact that I've decided to run round to Prince's house (it's actually quite near me as the crow flies at Mach 4) and persuade him that this line-up of tunes is what he needs to 'get down' with the kids who have made The Artctic Monkeys what they are today (or, at least, what they were as this email went to press)

2020 said:

excessex said:[quote]A girl at college who was an evangel (like that? I just made it up) told me not to listen to
Prince because he was just a vehicle of Satan pretending to be down with the Lord.

Luckily I was stoned out of my mind of some good black hash at the time so her message of dread just washed over me.


BOB 17:23
PHYLLIS 20: 15-17

What? No "Moonbeam Levels"???

3121=disappointment 2 me.