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Power Fantastic! So Is it? I think it's fantastic! One of Prince's finest songs! To me...it's absolutely beautiful in it's simplicity! How about you?
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Oh I love it,a definite fave! | |
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Power Fantastic is haunting, emotional, mysterious, soulful, jazzy and ethereal. Only Condition of the Heart surpasses it as my favorite Prince ballad. |
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I've always thought that song is over-rated... Which is odd cause i love almost everything Prince does. But this ond to me seems to get move credit then i would give it. Still a good song though. | |
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What sold it for me was the fact it was recorded in one take | |
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Janfriend said: What sold it for me was the fact it was recorded in one take
Damn! Was it? I didn't know that!  | |
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SexyBeautifulOne said: Janfriend said: What sold it for me was the fact it was recorded in one take
Damn! Was it? I didn't know that!  In the basement of his house, while Lisa was upstairs doodling on the piano. She wasn't on the recording | |
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Janfriend said: SexyBeautifulOne said: Damn! Was it? I didn't know that! In the basement of his house, while Lisa was upstairs doodling on the piano. She wasn't on the recordingThanks! I love Princely trivia!  | |
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Janfriend said: What sold it for me was the fact it was recorded in one take
Me too. That's pretty impressive. Prince sometimes fiddles around with his tracks too much. I love that this one was left pretty much as is, with only minor tweaking. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Janfriend said: SexyBeautifulOne said: Damn! Was it? I didn't know that! In the basement of his house, while Lisa was upstairs doodling on the piano. She wasn't on the recordingBaloney. Don't you hear the PIANO on the recording? Hell, W&L basically WROTE the song (and of course aren't credited). http://www.everything2.co...id=1430129 Originally intended for the aborted Dream Factory project, this amazing song was apparently based on an instrumental track by Wendy and Lisa, Carousel. Prince immediately wrote this song after hearing it, and it's interesting for many different reasons: it was never officially released until 1993 on Prince - The Hits/The B-Sides; thus was one of his most-bootlegged songs, and is one of the few tracks where Prince uses the 3/4 time signature.
[...] Recorded in just one take with the piano on another floor in Prince's shiny new house, the version officially released on said compilation does not include the one-odd minute of jazzy intro that Prince suggested just as the tape started to roll... but the bootlegs do. Piano led and breathy falsetto fantastic, this is a song you really have to hear, Prince appreciator or not. © Bart Van Hemelen
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I love that song. It was SUPPOSED to be my wedding song....
Maybe one day it will be.  "Love Hurts. Your lies, they cut me. Now your words don't mean a thing. I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..." -Cher, "Woman's World" | |
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yeah, it has one of the greatest melodies he ever wrote. I even like the version on the Blue Note Plays Prince compilation.
Just a beautiful melody! | |
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I cant believe he sat on this song
If I had something that good, Id put it on an album and not just a B Side disk. | |
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BartVanHemelen said:[quote] Janfriend said: Baloney. Don't you hear the PIANO on the recording? Hell, W&L basically WROTE the song (and of course aren't credited). http://www.everything2.co...id=1430129 Originally intended for the aborted Dream Factory project, this amazing song was apparently based on an instrumental track by Wendy and Lisa, Carousel. Prince immediately wrote this song after hearing it, and it's interesting for many different reasons: it was never officially released until 1993 on Prince - The Hits/The B-Sides; thus was one of his most-bootlegged songs, and is one of the few tracks where Prince uses the 3/4 time signature.
[...] Recorded in just one take with the piano on another floor in Prince's shiny new house, the version officially released on said compilation does not include the one-odd minute of jazzy intro that Prince suggested just as the tape started to roll... but the bootlegs do. Piano led and breathy falsetto fantastic, this is a song you really have to hear, Prince appreciator or not. According to the liner notes in The Hits/The B-sides, Lisa is not on the recording. Someone else is playing the piano | |
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Beautiful song...Eye it!
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Very nice! | |
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Love It! It's fantastic  | |
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It is a really great song. I really do not know where I could rank Power Fantastic. I know that it would be in my top ten songs from Prince. “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist.” Brazilian bishop Dom Hélder Câmara |
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NightGod said: Power Fantastic is haunting, emotional, mysterious, soulful, jazzy and ethereal. Only Condition of the Heart surpasses it as my favorite Prince ballad.
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This is a standout track for me, across all the artists I love - Prince created a great melody, and I wish he'd done more songs like it during this very avant-garde, experimental era. It's a song with an atmosphere all it's own. "I'm much too hot to be cool" | |
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glorious glorious glorious glorious glorious. from first to last. i hate its dying breath and instantly hit repeat. to listen to this song only one time fills me with dread, two times is the minimum per listen. glorious glorious glorious glorious glorious. | |
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BoySimon said: glorious glorious glorious glorious glorious. from first to last. i hate its dying breath and instantly hit repeat. to listen to this song only one time fills me with dread, two times is the minimum per listen. glorious glorious glorious glorious glorious.
I thought I was the only one like that! I'm so serious...I ALWAYS have to play it twice!  | |
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SexyBeautifulOne said: BoySimon said: glorious glorious glorious glorious glorious. from first to last. i hate its dying breath and instantly hit repeat. to listen to this song only one time fills me with dread, two times is the minimum per listen. glorious glorious glorious glorious glorious.
I thought I was the only one like that! I'm so serious...I ALWAYS have to play it twice! | |
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sexxydancer said: SexyBeautifulOne said: I thought I was the only one like that! I'm so serious...I ALWAYS have to play it twice!  I bet there are others here that do it too...they just won't admit it...the big chickens!! | |
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SexyBeautifulOne said: sexxydancer said: Didn't wanna sound nutz and admit it,but I can never only listen once either!
I bet there are others here that do it too...they just won't admit it...the big chickens!! | |
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"Fantastic"song Some people think I'm kinda cute
But that don't compute when it comes 2 Y-O-U. | |
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sexxydancer said: SexyBeautifulOne said: I bet there are others here that do it too...they just won't admit it...the big chickens!! Nope! I kept playing it over and over when I was engaged so that my [then] fiance would be familiar with it when we had our 1st dance- I killed it!
THEN we broke up, and I would play it and cry to it. 
I have a weird relationship with that song, but I love it "Love Hurts. Your lies, they cut me. Now your words don't mean a thing. I don't give a damn if you ever loved me..." -Cher, "Woman's World" | |
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P2daP said: I've always thought that song is over-rated... Which is odd cause i love almost everything Prince does. But this ond to me seems to get move credit then i would give it. Still a good song though.
that's how i feel about it. i like it - quite a bit, actually - but i've never LOVED this song. when people heap tons of praise on it, i often wonder if i'm thinking of the same song they're talking about. | |
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on 08.11.06 I wrote...
I'm getting married 2day!!!! 2day I'm getting married 08.11.06 @6pm ... I think that it's wonderful that I couldn't decide on one Prince track to be played at our reception. If I had one, I had twenty five. I did supply our DJ with a secert stash of Prince Music just incase our guest... my friends, began to make some special request. I did inclue the song Power Fantastic as the last tack on the CD that we giving out as part as our wedding favor bag. I've always loved that song I would have to say that it's my all time favorite... Power Fantastic I know that It's not really about love for another person per say, but it's so spiritually touching and it capture that emotion I feel toward my beautful wife to be. I'm not trying to be sappy but it powerful & wonderful fantastic song... I thank Prince for sharing such a beautiful moment with us. THINKTIMM... if nothing else!!! | |
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