Really like this tune, really builds to a crescendo. I give it a

Quite possibly one of the greatest tracks Prince has produced in almost 20 years.....honestly, like the album as a whole I am feeling this track so much more than Musicology or 3121, its like Prince has found his muse once again. I have not had such a wide grin on my face for a while.

What I love about this track is the approach to the verses in the sheer epic quality...to lead into such an infectiously groovy track as Guitar is just perfect. (And incidentally that track does all the thinks to me that Fury should have....the air guitar was in full effect).

Onto 6th listen.....
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Quite simply an astonishing start to what i think will in time be considered his best album in last 20 years!

I love it.

I keep wondering about the bridge and the intention there. Was it meant to be Could It Be Magic? Well if you could hold planet earth in the palm of your hand, it would be magic.

Blew my mind when i heard it. Truely a Prince great. Lets hope he treats us to this in August.

Whole album is great. And all for £1.60!! Well worth it....

Peace & B wild!

On first listen, this track kinda slipped past me without grabbing me much at all. I've since listened to it 3 or 4 times with the headphones on and it's a grower. At this time i'd probably give it a 7/10 as a song.

I too hear Empty Room...not that that's a bad thing. I think this song would be better placed at the end of the album. I enjoyed how 3121 started it's namesake and feel Chelsea Rodgers would be a better hook for those individuals who open their paper to find a "mystery" cd drop out of it. PE is one of the better songs on the album

yep, obviously it should have been a closer.

Sounds like a prayer for a mass

It's the new "Moonbeam Levels". How can you not love it?

Sadly, I don't have moonbeam levels.


I don't dislike the song. I like the crazy ending.

The state of the planet does concern me, and at times depresses me
Prince singing cute 'n' sexy about this deadly serious issue irritates my sense of good taste.

Lion of Judah. I can love easily. Aggressive and vulnerable always fascinates.

Rightly said:

I'm not getting the cute 'n' sexy vibe.

GangstaFam said:

i don't see cute 'n' sexy anywhere. more fun 'n' revolutionary
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Whatever P sings about, he usually gets stuck with this sexually charged voice.
The voice goes with the look. how does he look?

For this reason he works better with sexually charged songs (love songs whatever you want to call 'em)

His royal sexiness is out of place when he sings about such an important issue as the plight of Earth.
I saw him once in concert in Germany, he pretty much stopped the show to hold a ridiculous monologue about world politics.
He set about this political monologue with the usual messianic pomp, tryin to sound serious. The audience were confused and checking each other, not sure how this message was meant to be taken. I was thinking that he can get away with this nonsense in America but here the people are, generally speaking, not half as ignorant as the average american is. I had to laugh.

Serious issues are not his thing as a singer.
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I loive starting this CD cause this is the 1st track and its a topical and touching song

Also, the more I think about it...the similarity 2 Barry Manilow during the (bad-ass) break is intentional

Much of this album is a very controlled, simple, live, old school rock/pop, arrangements and mixes.... and this title track fulfills that stylistic directive.

Sounds like a GB outtake, Can't get into it.

Brilliant anthem.

Gorgeous melancholic vocals and piano part.

Blistering guitar solo.

What a 'big' tune - another of my 'first' favourites! Some reason reminds me of Pink Floyd....

Its bit Bowie and bit Beatles and even a bit Donna Summer but a whole load of Prince

Brilliant anthem track I cant wait to hear it live!

Can anyone else hear a bit of "could it be magic?" halfway thru? Love it,this and Mr goodnight have to be my favs

I love it, it became an instant fave.

Please remember Planet Earth is not just a CD, it's a message to us ALL!

SquirrelMeat said:

Exactly what I thought when I first heard it,with a touch of Empty Room I think.

I like this song a lot, very nice opening track! And I agree with those of you who said that it reminds them of "Empty Room". I thought the same thing when hearing it for the first time.

A friend of mine opined that this song makes him want to shoot pandas.

A little harsh, but I totally get it.

Best song on the album.

By the way... listen 2 the 2 screams buried in the mix at around 5:15, during the guitar lettin' loose...

Sound familiar?

royalbadness said:

It's cheesy in the sense that this is the classic Prince song ... if you're familiar with Prince's body of work, this tune is immediatelly recognizable, and pretty much you can predict every twist and turn before it happens.

Giovanni777 said:

Think of "Something in the Water Does Not Compute"...

So exact, it's like he sampled the original screams.

LOVE this track. Loved it from the first time I heard it. Can't explain why but it grabs me.

My favourite on the album. Loved it from the first play. It's the feeling I get when I hear it - what all of the music does to me. It's an alive track. It's more than a song - it's an important radical message. Profound, inspired and that guitar solo at the end - OMFG.

5 stars out of 5.