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Absolutely love this.

I think it sounds a bit Bowie.

Great song all the same!

Wall said:

I love the guitar in the end, gives a PR feel. By the way no Manilow or Sailing(sorry).

Cool song. LOVE the fact that P's using "live" drums on this song. The intro and the melody during the verse reminds me of "A Better Place To Die". Cool but typical guitar solo by P.

I do think it is fuynny how it sounds a bit like "Could it be magic" tho!

listening to the melody makes me cry

This piece gives me a sense of vertigo, as if I am actually floating above the earth. I can't imagine this message being conveyed with any more power.
Thank you Prince (wipes a tear).

I wish it would grab me this way but I think it's a pretty average track.
Respectably ambitious but still similar yet not as cool as "empty room"

Should of been at the end of the album, but then what would be done with "Resolution". Whatever, I'm happy with the album as a whole, it's far better than the sugary "3121"

Best on the album.

Best Prince song since 1993.

Yeah it's a bit strange as the opening track, in fact the whole album is quite the mish mash of styles. I do yearn for the consistency of albums like parade and Around the World' but I guess we have to enjoy concepts in smaller bite size chunks these days. The Rainbow Children was the closest we got recently to a concept album.

Of course its a good track. The solo
sounds too close to the Empty Room solo from the soundcheck download version.

It is absolutely MANDATORY that U listen 2 this, and the rest of the album on CD (CD quality).

The song "Planet Earth" is as Prince as U can get. This is the best epic/rock opera/gospel of Prince he's ever done.

From the 5:00 mark on, it could be repeated infinitely, and I'd never get tired of it.

Has anyone noticed at around 5:14, the screams R IDENTICAL 2 the screams in "Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)"??

~G~

Giovanni777 said:

I understand what you're feeling at 5:00. It goes into another gear there. What's even more interesting is listening to all layers that are incorporated here. IMO, the scream could be punched, or could be P being nostalgic in that sense. Either way, the more you listen, the more you can hear. For that group that gets the chance to hear this Live for the first time in all it's glory are probably in for a treat. I find it VERY hard to get past track 1. But "Guitar" is another track to put your ears on so after about 10 replays of 1, 2 is a bit easier to slide into. Just my .02


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Bali said:

Those "Something in The Water..." screams R so exact, it sounds like he could have actually sampled the original ones.

just heard it on my yahoo station and my first impression?

I was lucky to have a friend at Sony/BMG who gave me a copy of the album on Thursday...

This track completely blew my mind at first listen..it's bombastic Prince at his very best...really make me giddy inside. And to hear Wendy & Lisa in the background was great as well....

I am loving this album more than any other he's done in some time!

It's not too Manilow-ish. The chord changes and everything are good but he could use somebody like Bruce Swedien to mix and engineer his music.

You can hear it well on headphones but some tracks need that sheen and some parts need to be brought up and down.

Compare (Sonically) this to "Earth Song" as far as the mix.

This track, Resolution, FBM and Guitar are my favorites on the CD.

OK, Mods. If you prefer how about a thread on HOW WOULD YOU RESEQUENCE THE TRACKS ON PLANET EARTH?
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Giovanni777 said:

How comes you keep repeating that over and over? Lots of us have been listening in CD quality for at least a week now...

Anyhoo, everything about this track is outstanding. This is the Prince I love like no other. He's crafted an epic rock anthem for the ages here and I hope it gets the recognition it deserves.

People need to recognize that this album is mixed and mastered to sound noisy and warm, not with the usual clarity that each intsrument and vocal usually has on a Prince album. The mixing is completely retro 80's (including the effects on the guitar)

It's so different in tone then anything he's put together before. The lyrics and melodies are also simple and seductive/commenting in a "safe" easy way. He's aiming at a low common denominator here... it's very cohesive, and very much the "cream" as opposed to the "coffee" he usually delivers.

I swear, he has made the perfect summer album for all the innocent housewives of Earth.

ufoclub said:

Innocent housewives, good one.

The album does seem different in tone to me as well.

My fav song on the CD, I guess thats why its the title of it.

once I read the lyrics the song is much more dramatic because it makes me think of the end of the world and a reckoning rather than some green conservation ethic.

OK, I just got the CD today, so today was my first full-on listen after hearing snippets online for the last week or so.

This track is phenomenal. Fantastic. After the parts I'd heard online, I had been thinking of this as a cross between Empty Room, Strays Of The World and She Gave Her Angels. It was only seeing the credits that I realised why - Michael B and Sonny T - this is absolutely the track they are on. Two albums in a row the killer title track features Michael B and Sonny T. I have to wonder if those sessions in 2005/2006 have given him title tracks for the next 15 years

Man, I love Michael and Sonny...

I liked the lyrics when in a spoken word setting like he did on the NAACP awards
the arrangement of the lyrics 2 the music was not really good 2 me

I thought it was gonna b an snyth interlude track but prince has suprised me once again

i shot my load when the guitar kicked in at the end, bravo prince bravo

Sounds like a cross between 'Strays of the World' and 'Savior' (the "How could I have ever made it this far without you baby') But I do like the track

Not feeling it until the guitar solo at the end.
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I love it! I too have always been a sucker for these type of "anthem" Prince songs...

My only complaint is the lyrics. Prince needs to read another book besides The Bible...

Ehhh...coulda done without this

I love this song!! Absolutlely brilliant! I love how over the top it is and its just the kind of song I always want Prince to open an album with, ala Thunder.

This is my favorite song off the album so far