In the last few years, Prince has put a lot of emphasis on "THE FUNK" in his music and live shows. Surprisingly, why has he abandoned the song "I Know" from LOVESEXY? He could OBLITERATE that song live....thoughts..

he'd look weird singing that with short hair.

LoveAlive said:

There are lots of songs which Prince basically played because they featured on the most recent album release which was the focus of that tour and subsequently they were dropped.

He played '1+1+1=3' on the ONA tour but dropped it for the 2004ever tour, just as he dropped 'Eye No' after the Lovesexy tour. Likewise, 'Mountains' (Parade), 'Its Gonna Be A Beautiful Night' SoTT), Billy Jack Bitch' (Gold Experience) and others.

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langebleu said:

Thats true...but I wish Prince would do a "rarities" tour so that you can hear the rare songs live..like "When We're Dancing Close and Slow", "I Know", "Sweet Baby", etc

Anx said:

langebleu said:

he needs to be bringing MOUNTAINS back.

Anx said:

Are there any mountains missing? That seems like it would be quite a task!

TMPletz said:

he can afford it!

I don't think "I No" goes that well with his most recent religious beliefs. Even the opening line, "I know there is a heaven, I know there is a hell", is something the JWs really do not emphasize the same way as regular Christian churches do.

Anx said:

Novabreaker said:

I just checked out www.coldspring.co.uk

Man, there's some fucked up stuff on there. I dig the dark ambient stuff...struggling a bit more with the full-on Industrial noise.

Anyway, yeah, i agree with your post.

purplecam said:

Also: Jehovah's Witnesses do not believe in Heaven and Hell as places that currently exist separately from Earth. As far as I know, they believe that when Jesus Christ returns, those who were 'saved' will be lifted up, and those who were not will remain on Earth to suffer. In other words, Earth will become hell. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is probably part of the reason he no longer performs "Eye No."

FunkMistress said:

Eye guess he didn't no.

FunkMistress said:

Actually, JWs believe in heaven as a place where spirit creatures dwell (like Jah, and Christ Jesus).
JWs believe in the bible's description of Hell, Hades or Sheol; that it is simply the grave.

Technically, Prince could sing the line "I know there is a heaven and a hell" without compromising his current beliefs. The only difference is that he no longer sees Hell as a place of suffering, but as the common grave of mankind, where the dead are asleep and conscious of nothing.
I personally don't know why he doesn't play it. Perhaps he is concerned for his views on such a powerful theological subject being potentially misconstrued?

Or it could be that he realized that it's a lame ass song

OdysseyMiles said:

Possibly.

Thanks for clarifying.

Universaluv said:

You better shut the hundalasiliah up.

Universaluv said:

Could be.

FunkMistress said:

Anx said:

FunkMistress said:

Exactly.

hundalasiliah my ass!

because he wasn't strong enough to hang on, and was thrown into doubt, that lead to confusion, that lead to JWs.

MickG said:

Right, a person must be confused and full of doubt to become a Witness.

OdysseyMiles said:

or a part of any other religion, for that matter...and what's this "abandoned" chit about, anyway?

FunkMistress said:

adding that to my growing list of future signatures

OdysseyMiles said:

From my prospective, yes.

MickG said:

You have a dizzying intellect...

completely agree...bring back Eye No!

It's hilarious that I don't know the name of a Prince song if it's spelled right!

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