i agree too. this and blacksweat are the best trax from prince for YEARS! (but i dont care for the rest of the album too much)...

i think its a great tune to start the album off with.
Its very funky.
I still dont know why people insist on calling it a Camille track though.
It sounds nothing like Camille.

muirdo>>> i think its a great tune to start the album off with.
Its very funky.
I still dont know why people insist on calling it a Camille track though.
It sounds nothing like Camille.



hmm i´m think it sounds a little like Camille.....

muirdo said:

Agreed. Its more like the voice used on Erotic City. Theres more distortion going on than just it being speeded up too.

It's kinda Camille-ish. I like!

I like "3121" alot ....it's one of the few songs from the album that I like.

I think it sounds like Camille WITH all her schizophrenic friends.

snigger said:

keep listening,,,the rest of the album is just as good, even better in some cases....

SynthiaRose said:

Camille is actually a "him", but still...

Oh, great. Fanbot alert.

Novabreaker said:

Time upon a once
There was a boy named Camille
Now this boy named Camille didn't know how 2 feel.
Sometimes he was lonely
sometimes he was sad
but most times
he just took 4 granted
all the nice things that he had.
-- Lovesexy tour program

I stand corrected.

CAMILLE/PRINCE 3121 ... LOVE IT..

SynthiaRose said:

Me too!! Welcome back Camille!!!

I'm surprised by some the tepid responses. Doesn't get much better than 3121, folks. It sizzles.

The vibe is spooky and funky and organic. Cool shit. His best work in over a decade.

It is the freshest rack, I mean track, on the album.

padawan>> "I'm surprised by some the tepid responses. Doesn't get much better than 3121, folks. It sizzles.

The vibe is spooky and funky and organic. Cool shit. His best work in over a decade."


agree:)

3121 =)

=)

SquirrelMeat said:

You lost your bet. It was recorded less than 2 years ago in a session between Prince, Michael B and Sonny T. They have recorded a lot more together on that occasion. What a shame it will never see the light of day.

This is classic Prince!!!! This is why he is known as "Funk Daddy". The opening 1:05 of this jam, makes u get that stank face cause its so smelly. This is the FUNK that put him in the family line after James and George. Anyone else notice that P drips in the funk when he sits with the original NPG flavors. IMO, NO ONE can touch P when it comes to providing the FUNK, ALL TIME!!!
[Edited 4/5/06 18:06pm]

jillybean said:

dirty stank funk. 3121 was something I didnt expect

This is one of my favorite Prince tunes of ALL TIME. I cannot get enough of it. I listen to it at least ten times a day at work. Perfect Prince.

NPGman>>>>>
"This is classic Prince!!!! This is why he is known as "Funk Daddy". The opening 1:05 of this jam, makes u get that stank face cause its so smelly. This is the FUNK that put him in the family line after James and George. Anyone else notice that P drips in the funk when he sits with the original NPG flavors. IMO, NO ONE can touch P when it comes to providing the FUNK, ALL TIME!!!"


yeah

Rico said:

Yo Rico, Man I have been saying the exact same thing about The Dance since I first heard the track, especially when you get midway thru it to the various instrumental movements. It takes me right back to Parade but so far you are the only one that has to my knowledge posted that same observation. I feel you on Lolita too. I'm hearing The Time there but I'm also curious as to how The Family would have sounded like with a track like that.

sovictor said:

I think it's about heaven, not just a party (or, rather, the ultimate Party). What makes it so insidious, and a classic Prince song, is that it sounds like a regular house/club party notice; but what else can he be talking about when he talks about a party "you can't never leave. (NOT EVER.)"? Like P's other songs about place's (Uptown, Calhoun Square (which is in Uptown), or epochs (1999, 2045), the subject is a metaphor for heaven. As a trumpeted JW, it's also seems fitting that he opens the album with a subtle spiritual theme.

It's also why in the midst of all the "one mix, one mix,..." repetitions, you can hear him ask "what's next?" (answer: heaven). Just so you know it's not a loop and he's sangin' it.

Radical Man 2045, "past" tense:
"What did you stand for in the life of your pride,
When faced with the final judgment of today"
[Edited 4/16/06 19:23pm]

myloveis4ever said:

I initially wrote something quite negative because I HATE the song...but if you like it, good for you...I've deleted the long-winded, whiny crap I wrote...like the world needs more negativity! The tune just ain't my cup of tea but its good some of the older fans are into some of what the P-meister is doing these days.
[Edited 4/16/06 22:54pm]

I agree. It's very reministant of the Black Album.

In a review someone said this track would fit on The Black Album.
4 a lot off people this is a Camille song,it's not my fav of the album;
Love,Lollita,Fury and The Word are,
But it's a great track and pure Prince
This is,4 a part,what he is all about!

Fan since '84 but this song really does nothing for me. If he was trying for a party anthem then why does he sound so bored, and why is the tune so lacklustre? Bored me on the first listen and hasn't improved. Sorry.

'The Dance' is pure Prince... can't you feel it?