I've noticed, on more then a couple of tunes off 3121 that the major prince vocals are actually mastered under the music.

I mean: the prince vocals, his singing, seem to be mixed at a lower volume then the music being played.

Did anyone notice this?

Do you assume there is a meaning to it?

First first!

STOP nit-pickin' and looking for deep, dark meanings in everything.

And buy a better system.

(Sorry, I'm crabby tonight.)

HalluRain said:

be crabby all you like, just do it elsewhere.

No I am not being nit-pickin. I have a good stero system. I wasn't complaining. I was simply stating something I noticed and was wondering if others had2. Also I would like discuss posable reasons for this editing discision.

LIKE:

Is Prince trying to put focus on the music over himself? He has done this "i don't want to be a false idol" crap before.

MickG said:

OK. No, I haven't heard what you're picking up on and no, I don't think he's trying to minimize himself by dropping the vocals down in the mix. Why would he? His voice is just as much an instrument as all the others he plays on the album.

I'd chalk it up to the simple fact that he determined that the mix he settled on best conveyed the overall artistic statement he wants to make and has nothing to do with any other hidden philosophy.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking with it.

MickG said:

Yes Mick G Ive noticed, but I doubt there is any meaning to it..
In fact,I could care less, Im too bizzy jammin to the songs..

thepope2the9s said:

Well I didn't mean any type of criptic meaning or anything like that.

Everything to me has meaning. It is why I am so good at reading people.

I ment in meaning more a inner psychological state. For Christ Sake, most people don't even knowthis.