I love this song from Emancipation Do you think that if it had been released as a single it would've been a hit? The horns alone make it a worthy tune

Nice song

I like this song, but I just didn't get the arrangement - the scratches, the high-pitched squealy synths. Had it been released in different, more conventional arrangement, maybe a hit.
What horns?

nurse said:

You're still here!

theodore said:

fms said:

Umm..The horns in the middle of the song-love it

chocolate1 said:

One of the best songs Prince had released in years. It's sounds like the "Old Prince".

It wouldn't have been a hit if it had been released as a single though. The only things during that time that were hits are the same as today.....shit hop and slow ass adult contemporary Shitney Houston type songs.

One of,if not my very favorite off of Emancipation disc one.Definately full of hit potential!

Awesome song! I would listen to that psychedlic outro over and over again.

sitruk7 said:

ditto

Both passionate and soulless. brilliant without sincerity

I love that song- one of the handful I like on Emancipation. It may have been a hit, but it's hard to say looking back that far. God, can you believe it's over 10 years already???
As someone said, it sounds like "old" Prince-which of course makes total sense since it was written with Wendy & Lisa in mind.

Ooooh,I love that song!

Love that song.

I never understand why people hate Emancipation so much. Yeah, it's bloated, but it's ripe for customization. Within those 3 CDs I found 10 songs I really liked and burned my own Emancipation CD.

thedribbler said:

How can a song be passionate and soulless?

In This Bed I Scream may be his best song from the 90s--easily his best during the symbol years. It's got a great groove and an emotion rarely seen in Prince lyrics: remorse.

padawan said:

I don't know, prince can do that.
if he's feelin' remorse it was only for an instant. it's not real.

Empty room Is real

Just listened to this song last night, love it.

Love the song...definitely my fave off Emancipation. Would have been a much better first single (as would have 20 or so other songs) than "Betcha" but I don't know about hit potential. Just seems a little too quirky for the mindless masses.

What a song. A collection of perfectly-placed pieces performed by a plethora of instruments. One of my all-time favorites.

nurse said:

Great song.
No horns though.
Just guitars, bass, programmed drums, of course synths.

one of the stronger "Emancipation" tracks, IMHO.

shesjustababy82 said:

Anyhoo It sounds great

thedribbler said:

I agree, he often had the same paradoxical influence on me in those years. Maybe the correct way of seeing it is: He did have some genuine passion to communicate - but it just didn't come across. It often became a sort of sterile passion.