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Loving Love and The Word! Love is flippin' awesome. It's an electronic dance, funky guitar lick song and the way that meandering uplifting hook-filled chorus just sticks in there where it has no right to work yet does so, jist so brilliantly. I was back listening to some Prince classic song again thinking : How the heck did he come up with that in there?
The Word takes a similar tone on the rhythm guitar to Love's electronica beat and goes off in an entirely different direction. It's understated yet it has a shockingly brazen evangelistic bent to it. And what I love the most is Prince's voice...its deceptively lazy yet deeply focused and urged along by a simple yet addictive sax response to the guitar. The bridge is like taking a breath. The juxtopositions and contrasts and the 'less is more' approach make it all first class. There is nothing on Musicology, Rainbow Children, Come, The Gold Experience, Symbol album, or Diamonds and Pearls that can touch these two for experimentation, pure cool and daring. Who's with me? [Edited 3/24/06 16:26pm] [Edited 3/24/06 16:34pm] | |
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Buttox said: Love is flippin' awesome. It's an electronic dance song, funky guitar lick song and the way that meandering uplifting hook-filled chorus just sticks in there where it has no right to work yet does so brilliantly.
The Word takes a similar ton on the rhythm guitar to Love's electronica beat and goes off in an entirely different direction. It's understated yet it has a shockingly brazen evangelistic bent to it. And what I love the most is Prince's voice...its deceptively lazy yet deeply focused and urged along by a simple yet addictive sax response to the guitar. The bridge is like taking a breath. The juxtopositions and contrasts and the 'less is more' approach make it all first class. There is nothing on Musicology, Rainbow Children, Come, The Gold Experience, Symbol album, or Diamonds and Pearls that can touch these two for experimentation, pure cool and daring. Who's with me? Love? Weakest track on there for me. the only skipper.. so to speak. Sounds like an off cut from emancipation-and thats a 1997 sound! The word... nice- funky- like the message. It has something to say without being in your face, nice groove, rhythm and feel. Interesting song. like it. The Tao te Ching gives advice to rulers:
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Buttox said: Love is flippin' awesome. It's an electronic dance song, funky guitar lick song and the way that meandering uplifting hook-filled chorus just sticks in there where it has no right to work yet does so brilliantly.
The Word takes a similar ton on the rhythm guitar to Love's electronica beat and goes off in an entirely different direction. It's understated yet it has a shockingly brazen evangelistic bent to it. And what I love the most is Prince's voice...its deceptively lazy yet deeply focused and urged along by a simple yet addictive sax response to the guitar. The bridge is like taking a breath. The juxtopositions and contrasts and the 'less is more' approach make it all first class. There is nothing on Musicology, Rainbow Children, Come, The Gold Experience, Symbol album, or Diamonds and Pearls that can touch these two for experimentation, pure cool and daring. Who's with me? Love- weakest track on there for me.. the only skipper .. so to speak! sounds like an off cut from Emancipation- it has that era to its sound- and thats 1997! The Word- nice, funky, groovy. Has a message without being in your face. like it. first. The Tao te Ching gives advice to rulers:
"Interfere Less". | |
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PurpleHouse said: Buttox said: Love is flippin' awesome. It's an electronic dance song, funky guitar lick song and the way that meandering uplifting hook-filled chorus just sticks in there where it has no right to work yet does so brilliantly.
The Word takes a similar ton on the rhythm guitar to Love's electronica beat and goes off in an entirely different direction. It's understated yet it has a shockingly brazen evangelistic bent to it. And what I love the most is Prince's voice...its deceptively lazy yet deeply focused and urged along by a simple yet addictive sax response to the guitar. The bridge is like taking a breath. The juxtopositions and contrasts and the 'less is more' approach make it all first class. There is nothing on Musicology, Rainbow Children, Come, The Gold Experience, Symbol album, or Diamonds and Pearls that can touch these two for experimentation, pure cool and daring. Who's with me? Love- weakest track on there for me.. the only skipper .. so to speak! sounds like an off cut from Emancipation- it has that era to its sound- and thats 1997! The Word- nice, funky, groovy. Has a message without being in your face. like it. first. I agree, nothing experimental at all about Love. It just sounds dated. Like it could've been recorded 2 years after "The Max" or "Contintental" (songs that had the same problem) | |
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Buttox said: Love is flippin' awesome. It's an electronic dance song, funky guitar lick song and the way that meandering uplifting hook-filled chorus just sticks in there where it has no right to work yet does so brilliantly.
The Word takes a similar ton on the rhythm guitar to Love's electronica beat and goes off in an entirely different direction. It's understated yet it has a shockingly brazen evangelistic bent to it. And what I love the most is Prince's voice...its deceptively lazy yet deeply focused and urged along by a simple yet addictive sax response to the guitar. The bridge is like taking a breath. The juxtopositions and contrasts and the 'less is more' approach make it all first class. There is nothing on Musicology, Rainbow Children, Come, The Gold Experience, Symbol album, or Diamonds and Pearls that can touch these two for experimentation, pure cool and daring. Who's with me? I'm with you 210%....Those are among the 6 I like on the album. | |
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But that's exactly it MendesCity!
When I started to hear it the first time I thought 'Oh shit, its the Max or Continental all over again' but it goes places those two tracks can't ever hope to even wet dream about.....you don't dig the electronica, dance, funk and the winding chorus that seems entirely out of context? I bet its the electronica/dance in the verses that's putting you off...I got a sinking sensation when i first heard that until I heard the chorus and though 'what the F? where the hell did that come from?...and it works!' Prince hasn't done that to me since donkeys years....Me I likes a bunch.... MendesCity said: PurpleHouse said: Love- weakest track on there for me.. the only skipper .. so to speak! sounds like an off cut from Emancipation- it has that era to its sound- and thats 1997! The Word- nice, funky, groovy. Has a message without being in your face. like it. first. I agree, nothing experimental at all about Love. It just sounds dated. Like it could've been recorded 2 years after "The Max" or "Contintental" (songs that had the same problem) [Edited 3/24/06 16:32pm] | |
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The word is my fav- of coarse I found out I was singing the wrong words to part of it..
Real words: "We gotta safeguard against the 4ked tongue and the treachery of the wiked one"- I had been singing " gotta save god of the funky talk and the treachery of the wicked one" Ha! I was wrong... | |
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my 2 favs as well  | |
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Snap said: my 2 favs as well
Every time I read one of your posts- I always agree with you! 
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Buttox said: Love is flippin' awesome. It's an electronic dance, funky guitar lick song and the way that meandering uplifting hook-filled chorus just sticks in there where it has no right to work yet does so, jist so brilliantly. I was back listening to some Prince classic song again thinking : How the heck did he come up with that in there?
The Word takes a similar tone on the rhythm guitar to Love's electronica beat and goes off in an entirely different direction. It's understated yet it has a shockingly brazen evangelistic bent to it. And what I love the most is Prince's voice...its deceptively lazy yet deeply focused and urged along by a simple yet addictive sax response to the guitar. The bridge is like taking a breath. The juxtopositions and contrasts and the 'less is more' approach make it all first class. There is nothing on Musicology, Rainbow Children, Come, The Gold Experience, Symbol album, or Diamonds and Pearls that can touch these two for experimentation, pure cool and daring. Who's with me? [Edited 3/24/06 16:26pm] [Edited 3/24/06 16:34pm] I'M FEELING YOU 100%! THE CHORUS ON LOVE IS ADDICTIVE!  
AND WORD IS THE TRUTH! THESE TWO SONG ARE PRINCE'S THROWBACKS  I'M NOT SHOUTING, JEEZ! | |
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I REALLY love these 2 cuts as well! 
Love always gets me movin and The Word has this sexy groove paired with a really nice message. Definitely 2 of my favorites as well (after Fury and Lolita) If you will, so will I | |
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shanti0608 said: Snap said: my 2 favs as well
Every time I read one of your posts- I always agree with you!
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Both tracks together with 3121 are the greatest moments of the album. I hope he evolves this style in his next record. [Edited 3/25/06 4:47am] | |
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The Word  followed by Love. | |
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He seems to be really feeling it on "the Word" I love the breakdown at the end of "Love" he just lets the beat go for a few minutes like he used to on he 1999 tracks. ______________________________________________
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Just co-signing. The two best songs, easily, to me.
If "Love" appeared just the way you're hearing it now on Lovesexy back in '88 (in place of, let's say, "Dance On"), it would have been a highlight. On LOVESEXY. You know? Context is everything. Both songs, I think, remind me of the Lovesexy era shot right into the 21st century. ...: s l o w l y c a n d l e b u r n s :... | |
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KelleyG said: The Word
followed by Love.Co-sign! I love the way he sings and the way his voice comes across- it just moves me
That song is my mantra- I listen every moring when I wake up.. | |
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