This, and "Black Sweat", have personally been the only highlights of the album for me so far (I just have to listen to "Fury" and "The Dance", and then I'm done). Deserves to be a huge hit in the clubs, no?

PurpleKnight said:

I 2nd that completely. How can you not dance to this song? Funny how you mention Disc 3 of Emancipation cause that's my favorite of that whole set. Love reminds me of all the good dance songs on that CD but I like this one more.

I see where you're coming from with that. I wasn't bothered by how "plastic" Disc 3 sounded. I was just happy to dance to it. I can hear it but it doesn't grate on me. Thank goodness Love doesn't fall into that category..

Lolita is the only song on that album that I don´t like...I mean Satisfied isn´t really great either but Lolita is embarrassingly bad...and bad not meaning good in this case...WTF was he thinking? Other than that it´s a pretty tight album....especially 3121 is a hell of an opener...kicks major ass...but Lolita ??? Sorry, absolutely not my cup of tea.


Love on the other hand is killer, it reminds me a bit of Sleep Around and New World , but in a good way...it´s much , much better..this will be great when performed live.

Who´s singing the background ?
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PurpleKnight said:

Only around here and to the die-hards. Imho it's a stale number with terrible lyrics.

Where else would it be a classic Prince song? The album hasn't come out yet.

PurpleKnight said:

Good point...

And "Love" is absolutely my favorite song from the CD at the moment...(tends to change every four days or so.. ).

PurpleKnight said:

And the rhythm guitar at the end??...*shakes head*...so nice!

PurpleKnight said:

...Needs to be a single, with the "radio edit" version ending during the silence in between the "alright" and the "Let's skate" (or whatever he says"...the rest of the song can be on the "extended" version...lol

The sad part is that if "Love", sounding exactly the way it does on 3121, were a single by MJ with Janet singing background, radio and the pop world would be all over it like it was the best song released over the past 10 years. With Prince, tho, it'll probably never see the light of day beyond hearing it on the CD.

PurpleKnight said:

So nobody else uses rhythm guitar in their music? Come on... This song is tailor made for a video with twenty dancers and Justin, Britney or Christina at the front. Or maybe Fergie with the "There ain't gonna be no drama," line.

Yeah, it's sad. It'll get almost no spins, while radio will still probably be cumming over more boring shit like Check On It...

Wall said:

Prince has made his use of it iconic. The way he added those licks in at the end under a techno beat was brilliant.
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Wall said:

Your criticisms of the song really don't make much sense...mindlessly attaching stereotypical qualities associated with the most vapid things in pop music to "Love" isn't enough...nor did PurpleKnight say that only Prince uses rhythm guitar. It's the way he uses/plays it that stands out, the prominence he gives it, etc.

Name the best use of rhythm guitar on a Britney song for comparison's sake.
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Byron said:

There is a Britney song with any instrument used in a good way out there?

EmancipationLover said:

I'm not familiar enough with her music and I'm using her name a catchall for cliche'.

Prince made the use of rhythm guitar iconic? Ok...

It's a paint by numbers MTV song to my ears. The beat, the synth, the corny lyrics, the break down at the middle just aching for the do' rag outfitted dancers to pop and lock to the thump-thump... I love Prince to death but the only thing I hear in that song are the hallmarks of modern teen music.

Yeah, 'cause every "MTV" artist plays a funky rhythm guitar admist a techno beat.

Wall said:

That's probably because you don't really listen to "modern teen music"...I have a 13 year old daughter, so I've been listening to that stuff for several years now. Trust me, "Love" is not plucked from anything in that mold.

And also trust me...nobody, anywhere, has listened to a Britney song and said "Wow, don't you love the rhythm guitar she uses on this cut"...lol (or Justin, or...)

Great lyrics, contemporary while very authentic and surprising production - how good can a song get?

I love it!

So this song is classic because he plays rhythm guitar? And how much is there? A little riff at the end? I just don't hear anything other than tripe, sterile commercial sounds coming from that song. Sure the guitar is funky but because it's under a pro-tools beat doesn't make it 'classic' or 'genius' in my opinion. So does any song that contains a snippet of rhythm guitar become a classic? If so, we need to induct about a 5,000 songs into classic status.

Wall said:

Distorting what someone says in order to still be able to "stay on point" never works very well. Show one post on this thread that says "Love" is a 'classic' Prince song ONLY because it uses rhythm guitar. I'll wait if you want.



As well as right after each chorus (there are three, btw, and all come well before the end of teh song), which really help underscore the infectiousness of the chorus in my eyes...



That's a fine description of your personal tastes, sure...but you've yet to say what it is that makes it tripe to you. Saying you hear an amateurish use of "Pro-tools" is the closest you've come (and you didn't even say it as well as I just did right there...lol)




Again, distorting other people's opinions in order to keep your arguments going only goes to show that you aren't very good at backing up your argument. You don't like it, no big deal, nobody really loses sleep over whether or not Wall digs this song. But please, if you're gonna toss your opinions onto the pile, give us something real to chew on other than the generic "Sounds like Britney, it's tripe to me" retorts.

Do you know what pro-tools is? Apparently Prince does these days. I think the song is basic, tripe, standard, nothing inventive, organic or engaging. The beat is programmed, the synth is like a mouse in heat and the lyrics are banal. I'm not sure how descriptive you want me to get before you understand why I don't think this song is 'classic.' Hence my comparisons to today's pop music, that's exactly what is sounds like to me. Manufactured. Pre-made. By the numbers. Rudimentary. Simple (save of course for that life-changing rhythm guitar at the end which is played under a 'techno' beat - mercy!). Nothing new and nothing exciting. No muscianship. Lyrics that sound like they were composed by a 16 year old.

And so what, o bard of musical critique', do you hear that makes this song a classic?

Wall said:

Sure you want to ask me that question?...I only ask you this because I never once said it was a "classic"...Again, I'll wait if you want while you try and find anywhere in which I said it was. Once you find that, ask me again.

All right, I apologize you never said it was classic, I got you confused with PurpleKnight.

Regardless, I'm glad you enjoy the song, at least Prince didn't waste his time making it if it's bringing someone joy. I've tried listening to it again in the last few minutes and I just can't get into this one, sounds far too predictable and desperate from the outset to me. He'd definitely get a B for those lyrics in an honors high school poetry class, though.

Wall said:

...Ok, the honors high school poetry class comment cracked me up, I gotta admit..lol...At the same time, though, my own personal views and philosophy on what Love truly is fits in perfectly with what Prince sings during that amazingly catchy and infectious chorus, so I have no problem hearing the words.

PurpleKnight said:

Surprised you guys like Love so much - I think The Word is a much tighter peace of music - Don't you think The Dance is better in its simple form on the CI??

That said that album is growing on me in a big way