EMANCIPATION WARS 2002!

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Moonbeam said:

endorphin74 said:

ChocolateInvasion said:

Interested in a duet? Come

OH MY!!!

Sounds like I'm not the only one who's in love... wink

I can only duet 'Orgasm' with 'Vagina', because that's what I need to do that song.

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Reply #32 posted 07/10/02 2:46am

Novabreaker	Less love, more wars! C'mon people... this is not a late night text message date chat!
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Reply #33 posted 07/10/02 2:48am

Novabreaker said:

Well sir, it just makes sense. "Get Yo Groove On" was played live throughout the Emancipation tour and it clearly was one of Prince's favourites as well as "Damned If I Do", which was lined up as one of the 6 single releases. Of course the whole campaign backfired because of the personal problems and all.

Actually, endorphin... those two are some of the most complex tracks on the album. What can't you handle little prog? biggrin

And furthermore, if you ask me "Get Yo Groove On" is one of the most important songs of his career. Not necessarily because of it's impact on anything, but because it showed a shift back to the earlier peppier sonwriting style of the classic Prince era - as opposed to the darker first half of the 90's period, where he kind of lost his featherlight touch on funk. It's just an incredibly delightful, positive track. Sort of the closest thing to "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" we got in the 90's. We didn't get that style of songwriting in who knows how many years... it just sort of disappeared.
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Damned If I Do... Musically I do like this song, but there's something about his VOICE that just bothers me (is it too monotone? I STILL can't put my finger on it...)

Get Yo Groove On... Call it Cream '96. I'll admit, if your looking for pure commercial promise, Get Yo Groove On is right at the top of the list. Still, I think you can have commercial success without the song being so light it's may just float away. I think Sleep Around was the cross-over hit waiting to happen. It was the only track on that set that my non-prince friends actually responded to.

PS- I'll just pretend you didn't compare Get Yo Groove On to It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night smile

(woops, spelling problems again!)
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Reply #34 posted 07/10/02 2:52am

Moonbeam

endorphin74 said:

Novabreaker said:

(woops, spelling problems again!)
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Good God! "Damned If I Do" is in my bottom ten! mad

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Reply #35 posted 07/10/02 2:52am

endorphin74	Novabreaker said: Less love, more wars! C'mon people... this is not a late night text message date chat! oops! sorry, my bad! I get easily distracted at 4 am. ps, a shout out to White Mansion, I forgot all about that track..."Back to MPLS, there ya go! Can't find your house underneath the snow..." I can relate to that line...
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Reply #36 posted 07/10/02 2:53am

Novabreaker

endorphin74 said:

PS- I'll just pretend you didn't compare Get Yo Groove On to ...Beautiful Night smile

I'll just pretend you didn't compare "Cream" to "Get Yo Groove On". smile

Though I do find it strange that you can't see the similarities between "Beautiful Night" and "Groove". Of course, "Beautiful Night" is far superior, but both are light sounding funk songs with horns and complex horn arrangements and come with similiar lyrical content. Odd.

I agree on "Sleep Around". That would have been the cross-over hit at least in UK and Europe. That kind of music was having a sort of momentum here back then (and still is).

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Reply #37 posted 07/10/02 2:55am

endorphin74	Moonbeam said Good God! "Damned If I Do" is in my bottom ten! WHEW! I thought I was going crazy for a minute there..So, Novabreaker, what is GOOD about Damned If I Do?
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Reply #38 posted 07/10/02 2:58am

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Even though I could name 12 songs for a single album, I'm glad it was a triple CD.
These 12 songs are my favorite, but I couldn't name 2, that I don't like...only one: 'Da,da,da'.
Maybe he should have left 'One Of Us' of the album. Don't mess with a masterpiece, even if you're gonna do it 'New Power Generation Style'. Talking about Style, I think that is a VERY funny song.
Furtermore, imo the three discs all make an album on their own: The firts is a very poppy album, the second is more laid-back and the thirth is more up-tempo for most of the songs.
Many critics claimed that the album didn't have must experimentation on it and that's not true. They probably stopped after the first two discs (who can blaim them...) because some songs on the thirth disc are very different to anything he's done. And also is the heartbeat in 'Sex In The Summer' I still find that very bizar, especially because his kid died.

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Reply #39 posted 07/10/02 2:59am

Novabreaker

endorphin74 said:

Moonbeam said

Good God! "Damned If I Do" is in my bottom ten! mad

WHEW! I thought I was going crazy for a minute there..So, Novabreaker, what is GOOD about Damned If I Do?

Well, if Prince had selected is a future single I don't think I have to rationalize it too much. It was also played to music journalists at the Emancipation preview press conferences. Plus it's his first real take on latin music styles. Not my personal favourites though, but it was one of the most important tracks on that album.

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Reply #40 posted 07/10/02 2:59am

ecnirpnz	I really can't see how anyone could leave Let's Have A Baby, and, to a lesser degree, FLSM/W off their 12 songs. The vocals on these two are incredible. I say the vocals are incredible.
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Reply #41 posted 07/10/02 3:03am

Moonbeam

Novabreaker said:

endorphin74 said:

Moonbeam said

Good God! "Damned If I Do" is in my bottom ten! mad

WHEW! I thought I was going crazy for a minute there..So, Novabreaker, what is GOOD about Damned If I Do?

However, the fact remains it was NOT released, and I for one am VERY thankful that it wasn't! biggrin

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Reply #42 posted 07/10/02 3:04am

Novabreaker said:

I hardly think P choosing a song for a single is a good indication of the worthiness of a song or it being 'single-material' (at least in recent years) wink

Good point about the Latin influence, though!

(coffee, i need coffee...can't type/spell any more...)
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Reply #43 posted 07/10/02 3:07am

Novabreaker

Moonbeam said:

However, the fact remains it was NOT released, and I for one am VERY thankful that it wasn't! biggrin

Well, it wasn't released for only one reason and you know what it was. Let's not discuss that here.

Anyway, up yours. "Mr, Happy" is one of the worst Prince songs ever wink

(just kidding dear friend, I'm just trying to keep up the genuine "Emancipation Wars" attitude. And man, am I getting really nostalgic rushes by reading these posts)

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Reply #44 posted 07/10/02 3:09am

endorphin74	ChocolateInvasion said: And also is the heartbeat in 'Sex In The Summer' I still find that very bizar, especially because his kid died. Sex in the Summer would've made my list were it not for the heart-beat. Just knowing that it's in there makes the song feel kinda sad/morbid to me. I suppose I could look at it as a memorial, a celebration of a life that went away to quickly, though...
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Reply #45 posted 07/10/02 3:09am

Moonbeam

Novabreaker said:

Moonbeam said:

However, the fact remains it was NOT released, and I for one am VERY thankful that it wasn't! biggrin

Well, it wasn't released for only one reason and you know what it was. Let's not discuss that here.

Anyway, up yours. "Mr, Happy" is one of the worst Prince songs ever wink

(just kidding dear friend, I'm just trying to keep up the genuine "Emancipation Wars" attitude. And man, am I getting really nostalgic rushes by reading these posts)

Now you've gone and done it! wink

You ready to BRAWL?! Don't make me include "Courtin' Time" in my list! uzi

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Reply #46 posted 07/10/02 3:11am

endorphin74	ecnirpnz said: I really can't see how anyone could leave Let's Have A Baby, and, to a lesser degree, FLSM/W off their 12 songs. The vocals on these two are incredible. I say the vocals are incredible. Incredible vocals...BORING SONGS at least with Let's Have a Baby IMO, of course
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Reply #47 posted 07/10/02 3:13am

endorphin74	Moonbeam said: Now you've gone and done it! You ready to BRAWL?! Don't make me include "Courtin' Time" in my list! Novabreaker already threw that "gem" on the list! shhh! I actually really like that song, it's a rollicking good time!
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Reply #48 posted 07/10/02 3:17am

Moonbeam	endorphin74 said: Moonbeam said: Now you've gone and done it! You ready to BRAWL?! Don't make me include "Courtin' Time" in my list! Novabreaker already threw that "gem" on the list! shhh! I actually really like that song, it's a rollicking good time! I guess I can let it slide, as "The Human Body" is practically my favorite on the whole thing but it won't most people's top 12!
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Reply #49 posted 07/10/02 3:57am

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My classmates used to call the album EMASTURBATION, because of the famous sexual content of some (older) Prince songs.

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Reply #50 posted 07/10/02 4:03am

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EFAMcipation is one of my favorite Prince albums!!! It's sooo good! I really think he pushed himself with this album!!! It's a shame it didn't get the credit it DESERVED!!! If all of you were real FAMs you would LOVE IT!!! My favorites are I Can't Make U FAM Me, FAM Lover Sister Mother/Wife, FAMmin' About U, FAM Down, Soul FAMctuary, EFAMcipation, FAMmed If I Do, FAM of the Year, My FAMputer, FAM FAM FAM Means I Love U, FAMmin' Time, White FAMsion and Mr. FAMmy!!!

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Reply #51 posted 07/10/02 4:06am

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fameltoe said:

Is the girl in your profile really you?

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Reply #52 posted 07/10/02 4:07am

Moonbeam	ChocolateInvasion said: Is the girl in your profile really you? That's what I'm wondering too!
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Reply #53 posted 07/10/02 4:23am

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Moonbeam said:

ChocolateInvasion said:

Is the girl in your profile really you?

That's what I'm wondering too! eek

I am really that rabbit in my avatar.
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Reply #54 posted 07/10/02 4:52am

FACEDOWN1977	Face Down White Mansion Somebody's somebody Curious Child Dreamin About U JOint to JOint Slave Human Body Sleep Around My Computer Savior (or Holy River as a substitute) The Love we Make I know I'm gonna get killed for saying this, but Chaos & Disorder had a couple of songs (I like it There, title track) that could have made it on to Emancipation versus being WB filler.
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Reply #55 posted 07/10/02 4:54am

pill	My 12-song-emancipation list: I can't make U love me In this bed I scream Emale Curious child Joint 2 joint Face down Style Sleep around My computer The love we make Emancipation Slave
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Reply #56 posted 07/10/02 5:00am

FACEDOWN1977 said:

I know I'm gonna get killed for saying this, but Chaos & Disorder had a couple of songs (I like it There, title track) that could have made it on to Emancipation versus being WB filler.

Why'd you say it???!!!

uzi

FACEDOWN1977

Good list otherwise! 'My Computer' is a goofy song, I REALLY like it, but then I rio-lize what I'm singing and it seems a titch silly..it's in my top 18, though, just not my top 12!

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Reply #57 posted 07/10/02 5:04am

fameltoe said:

Mommy, I'm scared!!

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Reply #58 posted 07/10/02 5:49am

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i think it would've been a great double CD- minus the covers, and minus a few others. thank you goodnight.

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Reply #59 posted 07/10/02 5:54am

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Have any of your opinions about thé 12 songs changed. In the same discussion just after it was released, did you mention other songs the now? If so, any idea why?

Normally, the songs on an album you like most after the first listen, are the songs you like less and less after a few spins

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