I usually like Prince's camille type stuff, but the title track sounds like a dragged out interlude to me, kinda boring.

It reminded me of "Sadomasochistic Groove", actually...

I agree, and Te Amo Corazon is a lot like The One.

could someone please post the lyrics to the 3121 song.....thankx

3121


(inaudible slurred vocal)

one mix (one mix one mix)
one mix (one mix one mix)
DJ, turn it up
Let’s go

Ho ho ho howhow how 31-21
Bring mommy -she’s local, right?
31-21 come on

through the gates, knock on the door
put your clothes in a pile on the floor
take your pick from the japanese robes and sandals
drink champagne from a glass with chocolate handles

don’t u wanna come 31-21
gonna b so much fun 31-21
that’s where the party be 31-21
u can come if u want 2
but u can never leave

look over there, there’s another turn on
butteflies scared that they’re gonna be awake all night long
dancing in your belly like a ballerina
in spite of your efforts to calm them down

don’t u wanna come 31-21
gonna b so much fun 31-21
that’s where the party be 31-21
u can come if u want 2
but u can never leave

house party, y’all
it’s going down people,
like the wall in Berlin

lock the door, till we see the sun
we gonna party like there ain’t gonna be another one
futuristic fantasy, this is where the purple party people be

this is where the party be 31-21
this is where the party be 31-21

break down
guitar

don’t u wanna come 31-21
gonna b so much fun 31-21
that’s where the party be 31-21
u can come if u want 2
but u can never leave


it’s going down y’all, like the wall in Berlin




that's the best i can do for now

however, i don't know if it is copyright infringement or
something to just post lyrics to these songs on message
boards like this.

so mods, if you have any doubts feel free to just delete
the post.

thank you.

thankx for the lyrics because i have not heard the thing yet

I just heard it. 3121 the song, is such a disapointment I find myself hoping that it is a fake. I know that is unrealisitc that someone might be able to pull of such a clever trick as to put out a fake song that sounds like prince two weeks before the album comes out. But this is the last bit of hope I have.

It would seem that prince looked at back catalogues of his music and pulled out stuff he thought people liked and then did a frankenstine.


I hope the album is better then the title song.

MickG said:

The problem is the album isn't as good as the title song.

I love it. It's very late-Parliament-high-tech-funk-ish.

IstenSzek said:

that's what it sounded like to me...

Hmmm, I really love this one now. It's more simple than simple, but its simplicity just feels right somehow. It kinda pulls you into some futuristic fantasy cosmic funky lo-fi strange dream.

I looooove those wonderfully fake synth horns in the middle of it. I just dig the way he sings "chocolate handels. Sounds a little like an unusual note there.


Hooray for this one for me!

Hmmmm...3121 the brother of Crystal ball. This song sounds old to me. Don't get me wrong I like it but it dosen't sound current? Almost like he pulled it out of the vault.

It's really similar to Days of Wild, but except for the that both songs, Crystal Ball and this one, have Camille-like vocals, they both really have nothing in commmon at all.

It does not sound like anything he has done more recently, but that doesn't mean it's not new.

roanmairin said:

I hope and have to say I think you must be wrong. I understand and so should everyone that "good" is perspctive biased. I have heard other songs that were better then the title song already. Oh well. Rip Prince.

i cant believe ppl are dissing this album as much. This is getting dissed more than New Power Soul and its one of his best albums.

FunkyBrotha said:

This is a thread about the song, not the album.

Ok I really love this song!!

It's probably my favourite on the album. It got me in straight away.

This is the old prince as far as I'm concerned. An album like this would be a dream come true for me.

The one we got is great tho'.

This song reminds me of the Undertaker. Good feel over all. Not his best but better then some of the songs he has released of late.

Thism song will SMOKE live. Your head will bob right off!

Who said it sounded like 'I Wonder' ? -- I can hear it totally.

I mean the track is OK I s'pose, I can see why people would liking it, but just like 'What Do You Want Me 2 Do', a few new versions of old tricks doesn't impress me.

The song still sounds like something from NPS/High-era. It's kinda close to something you might have heard from the Batman era - that sparse electronic sound, just that little bit lacking in melody to be memorable or hummable.

NouveauDance said:

I can see what you mean, but I think it far superior over most of that period. It just tries to be a nasty, deep, kinda freaky, hypnotic groove and that's totally what it is.
I bet the walls of Paisley Park or where ever he recorded it were shaking that night.

This fits in to the Black Album period for me. Could be right on that album, except the lyrics.

calldapplwondery83 said:

Exactly, it tries.....

roanmairin said:

I think he wrote 3121 the song originally to be on the black album, then forgot about it the next day he wrote it....and just woke up last year and remembered it .....i love it

Snap said:

whats your take?

It's an interesting, effective album opener,imo. There's been a lot of references made to Crystall Ball and Camile on this one but the track as a whole doesn't really catch the feel of either one. Instead, this takes me back to 1995 and the Exodus album. I have no problem seeing it snuggled up right next to "Big Fun" on that album. The voice, also, reminds me less of Camille and more of the one used on Dream Factory.