Wonderful Ass is, well, wonderful!

Never heard Splash....

Oh, another...."Return Of The Bump Squad". The studio version, that is...Prince's live version is great. But the studio version??

Byron said:

Is that a bootleg?

Oh, another...."Return Of The Bump Squad". The studio version, that is...Prince's live version is great. But the studio version??

Add me up to the list of people who think Extraloveable doesn't live up to the hype. I'm also not so big on Rebirth of the Flesh.

I think songs like All My Dreams and Witness 4 the Prosecution are averything they were said to be and that Wonderful Ass is the most subtly hypnotic song Prince has ever written.
[Edited 2/25/06 10:01am]

KingSausage said:

You disgust me...

Byron said:

Hey, I don't think she likes it! (or any Prince, for that matter, aside from SOTT and an occasional track here and there)


Come on, you've gotta at least admit that All My Dreams is better than much, much of the plastic pap he produced during the 1999-2000 era..."My Medallion," "Rope of Silicon," etc. At least it was creative!

You know how it goes...you keep hearing fan after fan rave over some unheard bootleg of Prince's, how it's a travesty that it was never released...how it's on par with his best released shtuff...and your mind and imagination goes wild thinking about how great a song it must be. You invest way too many hours and way too much energy trying to hunt down a bootlegged copy somewhere...all the file sharing programs seem to come up empty, and the closest you get to aquiring a copy is talking in orgnotes to someone who's cousin once played it for them back in '94.

Then suddenly...eureka!! You find a copy of the song on the internet!! Praise be, the holy grail of bootlegged songs is now at your fingertips! Hidden brilliance by your favorite artists is about to soak your eardrums and send you into blissful ecstacy. You double-click on the mp3, your RealPlayer starts up, you hear the first notes come from your speakers...and then...

You sit there...blinking...Is that it??

The song ends, and you quickly play it again...because the song you just listened to was beyond ordinary...it can't be the "unreleased brilliance" you've heard about for months...no, years. It can't be the "travesty" that everyone laments is sitting tucked away in Prince's vault. It just can't be...

But upon second listen...it is. This bland, ordinary, "Eh"-worthy song is what you've been seeking out for the last 5 years??...This is what everyone thinks is better than anything he's put out since 1991??



So, name the bootlegged song that didn't EVEN come close to living up to the hype once you heard it...lol ...For me, I can't list "All My Dreams" since I heard it well before I ever heard everyone gushing over it...but when I saw everyone praising it to the hilt on this site, I had to go back and make sure the bland song with the cheesy, nasely vocals was the same song everyone else seemed to be orgasming over. I swear, everytime I heard the pretentiousness in Wendy's voice saying "Lisa, I'm gonna give U the brush and U're gonna paint the side of the train", I wanted to throw something at my speakers.

Anyway..lol...mine would be "Others Here With Us"...I heard SOOO much about this song, how it's so haunting, how it actually "scared" some people to listen to... ...When I finally heard it, I just went "Eh", and haven't played it again since..lol. I just dunt get the fascination with it.

So what bootlegged song have you heard that fits this description??...
(and yes, Deja, this is me signing my death warrant..heh)

KingSausage said:

Almost agree with you... . Almost. lol

Aerogram said:

I AGREE 110%! Rebirth is pedestrian....

"a submariiine...conquers a virgin seeeaaa...
A child is born, a child is born...will you maaaaarrrry meeeee..."..

Byron said:

That is a pretty stupid line. Granted, Prince has never been a truly great lyricist..though he does have his better moments. However, I think the line and imagery makes perfect sense AND stands well in terms of artistic achievement when viewed along the lines of "Octopus's Garden" (sp?) or "Yellow Submarine." Prince was introduced to a lot of classic Beatles around this time, and I think that it really shows. As do the entire albums ATWIAD and Parade. As much as I admire the Beatles, I think Prince could've smoked them if he kept on that path...the sort of psychedlic pop-rock thing. But, luckily for us all, he shifts gears so frequently. And we weren't subjected to any "Her Satanic Majesties Request" nonsense (sorry, Mick!) from Prince.

KingSausage said:

I will say this much (and it's proberly not much..lol)...most of the lyrics basically fit the "vibe" of the song rather well, with the two lines of lyrics I've posted above being the exception (especially the giving-Lisa-the-brush link by Wendy...holy bat turds). Had Prince knocked off the nasaly twang in his voice I may personally be able to "get" what everyone else loves about the song, I dunno...lol...but that's one huge barrier, if so.

Byron said:

People either love or hate All My Dreams because it is such a giddy, hopeful song of epic proportions. Even the two lines you quote fit nicely in the whole delirium. It's this propulsive funky beatlesque number that cheerfully takes you for a wild sonic ride.
[Edited 2/25/06 13:28pm]

Byron said:

It took me a while to like "All My Dreams". I just appreciated how well placed the bass line is with that song. It was one of those moments where I wasn't really trippin over it before, then I happened to be chillin at the beach, and it just sort of stood out to me.

There are several boots that I don't care for, but no one has built them up for me to the point of disappointment. As far as the older boots are concerned, I've had most of them since the mid-nineties.

A lot of these have to be put in the proper perspective. Would the song have worked at the time it was created? Its different if you happen to hear some of these songs years after it was made.
[Edited 2/25/06 12:58pm]

dealodelandron said:

You have also have to take into consideration sound quality. Some of the famous outtakes are pretty bad -- my versions of Extralovable sounds crappy to me so maybe that's why I don't think it's such a great song. On the other hand, I love Big Tall Wall and my version is of very poor quality.

Aerogram said:

For me, it has nothing to do with being giddy or hopeful...hell, I actually feel like it brings me down because it's so dull in vocal delivery and musicianship...lol...and 90% of the lyrics is a slow discussion of seemingly every thrust in and out of a woman's body during lovemaking, complete with tight holding, tears of joy and connection.

I think a lot of the hype over unreleased songs is just because they're unreleased. Especially back when we just traded hissy tapes around, it was like "wow, can you imagine if this was on a CD???" I think now with hundreds of outtakes available for download in literally minutes, all you have is the song, instead of the experience.

Anyways - here's mine that did/do not live up to the hype:
Turn It Up
Something This House Funky Comes (Such a cool title, wasted)
Wouldn't U Love 2 Love Me
Love Thy Will Be Done (SO much better when Prince sang it live with the NPG, although the Sonny T version eats ass)
Get Blue

Aerogram said:

For me, it has nothing to do with being giddy or hopeful...hell, I actually feel like it brings me down because it's so dull in vocal delivery and musicianship...lol...and 90% of the lyrics is a slow discussion of seemingly every thrust in and out of a woman's body during lovemaking, complete with tight holding, tears of joy and connection.

You know how it goes...you keep hearing fan after fan rave over some unheard bootleg of Prince's, how it's a travesty that it was never released...how it's on par with his best released shtuff...and your mind and imagination goes wild thinking about how great a song it must be. You invest way too many hours and way too much energy trying to hunt down a bootlegged copy somewhere...all the file sharing programs seem to come up empty, and the closest you get to aquiring a copy is talking in orgnotes to someone who's cousin once played it for them back in '94.

Then suddenly...eureka!! You find a copy of the song on the internet!! Praise be, the holy grail of bootlegged songs is now at your fingertips! Hidden brilliance by your favorite artists is about to soak your eardrums and send you into blissful ecstacy. You double-click on the mp3, your RealPlayer starts up, you hear the first notes come from your speakers...and then...

You sit there...blinking...Is that it??

The song ends, and you quickly play it again...because the song you just listened to was beyond ordinary...it can't be the "unreleased brilliance" you've heard about for months...no, years. It can't be the "travesty" that everyone laments is sitting tucked away in Prince's vault. It just can't be...

But upon second listen...it is. This bland, ordinary, "Eh"-worthy song is what you've been seeking out for the last 5 years??...This is what everyone thinks is better than anything he's put out since 1991??



So, name the bootlegged song that didn't EVEN come close to living up to the hype once you heard it...lol ...For me, I can't list "All My Dreams" since I heard it well before I ever heard everyone gushing over it...but when I saw everyone praising it to the hilt on this site, I had to go back and make sure the bland song with the cheesy, nasely vocals was the same song everyone else seemed to be orgasming over. I swear, everytime I heard the pretentiousness in Wendy's voice saying "Lisa, I'm gonna give U the brush and U're gonna paint the side of the train", I wanted to throw something at my speakers.

Anyway..lol...mine would be "Others Here With Us"...I heard SOOO much about this song, how it's so haunting, how it actually "scared" some people to listen to... ...When I finally heard it, I just went "Eh", and haven't played it again since..lol. I just dunt get the fascination with it.

So what bootlegged song have you heard that fits this description??...
(and yes, Deja, this is me signing my death warrant..heh)

Can we all agree that Wonderful Ass is great? I'll also take a side order of G-Spot while I'm at it...