Ok help me out orgers...where do I know this song? I think I heard this as a bootleg a while ago? Wasn't it called something eles?

It's on The Chocolate Invasion.

Thank u! I liked the first one better. Sorry Prince!

The Dance is a fucking masterpiece!!!!!

leopold said:

I absolutely love that song.

Romera said:

I do too, but I don't know how I feel about the 3121 version yet. I'm very attached to the Chocolate Invasion version, so when this one started last night I was all WTF?? But then the screaming started and I was all !!!pwn3d 2 the 9s!!! n shit.

Final verdict isn't in yet for me.

Romera said:

Me too. I mean I really really love it. I don't remember it from the chocolate invasion. Actually I had all those tracks in the ahdio shows so never bought the configured album but it's new to me and at first I dismissed it until it got to the end and I had to go back and hear how it progressed to get to that end point.


This song is stellar

TheMistress said:

I'm glad that I either never heard The Dance & Satisfied or don't remember them from the NPGMC ahdio shows. Or were they only part of the chocolate invasion album?? I love them both and am glad they were not spoiled with a prior experience

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I remember it from the ahdio shows and Chocolate Invasion but I didn't like it then at all. The extra vocals and how it turns into a completely new song just does it for me now.

My friend who is not a Prince fan loves The Dance!

Romera said:

See, I loved the simplicity of the original. The yearning and melancholy just shine through with the understated production and clear vocals. I love the way he sings "I don't wanna hold your hand/'cause I'd just wanna follow you everywhere" which is different on the 3121 version.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

That's why you don't remember it - it was the only track on The Chocolate Invasion that wasn't available in the 2001-2002 era - it was only available on the download of The Chocolate Invasion, first available March 29, 2004. Many people have said that version was an Emancipation-era outtake, but I don't think there was any evidence for that other than the production sound.

TheMistress said:

...as for me, i favor the 1st version over the new one.

I'm so glad I never heard that first version then cuz I can't imagine this wonderful track being ruined

I love this ballad! So good. It's a masterpiece. One of Prince best ballads.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

That's how I feel about We Can Funk/Joy In Repetition. Still never heard the originals and I'm damn happy about it.

is the WHOLE CD a vault mix?

origmnd said:

YES IT IS not.

FunkMistress said:

me thinks it is...not that that matters----unless he never releases the music he's creating secretly

origmnd said:

Not it is.

FunkMistress said:

I prefer the TCI version. I don't like this one as much. But this one is still good. ..... Okay, now listening to the end and I like this one more.

I guess I don't have to start a separate thread about this song, it that good. So far it's my favorite track, plus my chocolate invasion license no longer works, I can't listen to the first version.

FunkMistress said:

Actually the original We can funk and the GB version are equally good in my eyes.

TheMistress said:

Very true.

But why rework this track?

origmnd said:

It obviously needed it, that's why

I love the dance. I think it is one of his best ballards in a long time. You can almost feel the passion through the speakers.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

No it didn't!

Best song on the album. I just sat and shook my head in disbelief at how delicious that song is.

'atta boy.

got them ol' feelings coming back.