Brilliant!! - I loved the SNL version of course and yes it rocked but it was the live band sound again and as much as I have loved hearing that sound during the 30 or so times I have gone to see Prince in concert, I have always felt that it should stay in the concert hall or DVD and ultimately not on my cd.

I have seen comments on here comparing Fury to Endorphone Machine, well IMO they are nothing alike at all, Endorphine was over produced with that tiresome heavy band sound (cow bells yuk!) and far far away from the melodic keyboard driven pop that Fury is.

Fury IMO is actually better than anything in maybe 15 years (yep since Gett Off maybe!!) , certainly miles better than all that r n b stuff from the Mid 90s which I thought was Prince at his poorest.Fury is quite comfortable in the same vein as songs like Private Joy, 1999, and DIrty Mind, its pop with a melody by a composer who is actually not tied to r n b just because he is a black artist but because he is a pop musician. Its a breath of fresh air and the corect version is on the album .

Cow bells...yum!

Seriously, I think that "Endorphinmachine" is just amazing with that sound. I haven't heard the bootleg versions of it, though.

I've also yet to hear the studio version of Fury.

To me, the two songs are also different. The vibe in each is very unique. When I heard "Fury" on SNL, I coulda swore he was channeling Hendrix in that song. "Endorphinmachine," no joking, sounds like it's akin to Steve Vai's "Passion and Warfare" or "Sex and Religion."

Ice9sFine said:

Yep good point, though I could never really get into that big band sound he favoured for so long - I suppose the cow bells signify the throw in everything including the kitchen sink way of making music!

nooooo!!!! lol