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Reply #90 posted 07/20/07 11:32am

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If you have no "Resolution" this IS your mantra. Makes me want to grab an Acoustic, find a tall Oak, and let Mother Earth know she'll be ok.



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Reply #91 posted 07/20/07 6:54pm

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One of my favs on this CD. This is the Prince I know!
Who ever said Prince has lost it - has lost it. The Kid's still got game!
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Reply #92 posted 07/21/07 5:19am

calldapplwonde
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Like it! Very much at the moment, actually.
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Reply #93 posted 07/21/07 5:57am

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It feels very much to me like a sequel of sorts to Cinnamon Girl...



Welp...that explains why I don't like Resolution.
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Reply #94 posted 07/21/07 7:02am

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Makes me laugh the twee naivety of "the main problem with...", sounds like a child wrote it. Hard to enjoy as a result, nice to hear some reggae/ska twangs I suppose. shrug
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Reply #95 posted 07/21/07 9:07am

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SpecialEd said:

Makes me laugh the twee naivety of "the main problem with...", sounds like a child wrote it. Hard to enjoy as a result, nice to hear some reggae/ska twangs I suppose. shrug


You said "twee." I love that word. giggle
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Reply #96 posted 07/21/07 9:52am

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The song sounds too Saved By The Bell-ish.

Like Zack Morris and Lisa Turtle have their band together and they play this song for the talent show and everyone cheers at the end with a standing ovation...

Sorry, that's just my take on this and other "message songs".

I felt the same way about the song "Gold" from the Gold Experience.
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Reply #97 posted 07/21/07 9:59am

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MattUK said:

theums said:

I don't understand all the hate for what is a GREAT song...all the bickering about the complexity of the lyrics? There are many Prince songs that deal with broad universal concepts and the reason that they still play well is the lack of specifics. Am I the only one who's reading some personal undertones in this song between prince and w & l?


I agree. One of my favourites on the album along with the title track, The One U Wanna C, Somewhere here on Earth & Lion of Judah. I think there are interpretations to be made with reference to Wendy on this one.

Bring on an entire Prince/Wendy album next - I think he sounds more inspired on this album than he has in ages.


good points. firstly i'd like to say that i am digging this song more and more. along with 'lion of judah', this is some of the best stuff he's done in YEARS. it has that light touch to it, that playfulness, that nobody-else-could-get-away-with-it-but-prince dippiness that he has been missing since, ooh, say 1988 or so. and for that i love it. the music works, it doesn't sound forced - and there's actually a hell of a lot going on in 'resolution' once you care to listen to it closely. it is deceptively simple, but i'm guessing a lot of other musicians would kill to be able to pull off that clarity and economy of arrangement and have it come out sounding so breezy.

if there's a weakness with 'resolution', it's certainly the lyrics - but even in his heyday, prince was maddeningly vague and hippy-dippy at times, and this was often highlighted in his 'philosophical-save-the-world' songs. i'm willing to concede that this is a particularly weak example of a prince lyric, even by his own standards - but to my ears, the song is charming enough to get away with it, and the word 'resolution' is an interesting one, which admits many interpretations. in other words, the song actually repays repeated listens, not just at a musical level - but lyrically too.

meanwhile, i have also been thinking about the 'personal undertones' between prince and wendy & lisa. so here's the thing. this is one of prince's least bitter-sounding songs for many years. no macho bragadaccio, no aggressive posturing - but a genuinely sweet song with a genuinely sweet message. i don't know if anyone else has posted this, but:

REVOLUTION
RESOLUTION

interesting, hey? as if prince wants to sew up all the turbulence of the past with a one letter re-write... anyone care to back me up on this?
[Edited 7/21/07 10:00am]
[Edited 7/21/07 10:01am]
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Reply #98 posted 07/21/07 12:23pm

mcbliss

average... nice to hear Wendy & Lisa on this album I must say. This is a better set of work then of late I would agree with that. Some very cool tunes and some average tunes, but I wont kick it out of bed or anything...
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Reply #99 posted 07/22/07 12:39am

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Didn't really get it at first but now i'm really starting to like it. cool
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Reply #100 posted 07/22/07 3:48am

Wall

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Bland with a B-.
No hard feelings.
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Reply #101 posted 07/22/07 9:55am

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nuthinbuttamuffin said:

strange... he teams up with wendy and lisa again to create a sweet, pop song we've all been longing for. and people slag it off.

i get the feeling if he released rasberry beret now people would go 'ewwwww'.

now... mr goodnight. ahem, here is a song to slag off! beyond crap. it's gone through crap to laughable then back out the otherside again.



I love the melody, the sound of his voice, Wendy & Lisa.. pretty much everything but the lyrics. And this is what kills Resolution for me. Sorry, but imagine Raspberry Beret being about war - I would have hated it, too. And now imagine Resolution with lyrics similar to Raspberry Beret (something light, a love story). Man, that would be my favourite song then, Shame....
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Reply #102 posted 07/22/07 1:12pm

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yes yes yes, I love this piece, especially the second verse, pure positivity. Can't you hear the emotion in the vocal? Coming from the UK, the land of self depricating sarcasm and egomania disguised as humility, it's like breathing clean air. I could imagine Yusuf Islam (previously known as Cat Stephens) doing something as uplifting. It takes real courage to smile with music when so many are trying to be hard.
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Reply #103 posted 07/23/07 11:30pm

thomashubler

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smile I like it when Prince does songs with a message. It shows that he does pay attention to the things going on in this world.


This song speak about war and peace.It makes a nice circle with the first song.
What we need is love, no more troubles, said bob marley.
We need a lead who is love and justice, said Prince. And it will come!
The solution is in the earth song in the chorus.
The Lion of Judah takes the lead and
brings as'Prince of peace' freedom all over the earth.

A really nice song to finish.
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Reply #104 posted 07/24/07 7:30am

danielboon

average p...
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Reply #105 posted 07/24/07 8:44am

AvramsDad

i've listened to this song (as well as the rest of the album) a few times now, and it still sounds like:

AvramsDad said:

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Reply #106 posted 07/24/07 9:33am

RodeoSchro

Great song, I love it and will play it as often as I can.

My copy of "Planet Earth" - purchases at WalMart - lists the song as "Revelation" in my car's CD player.

I know bootleg copies had this. I'm surprised the official release does, too.
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Reply #107 posted 07/24/07 11:19am

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Great song, I love it and will play it as often as I can.

My copy of "Planet Earth" - purchases at WalMart - lists the song as "Revelation" in my car's CD player.

I know bootleg copies had this. I'm surprised the official release does, too.


Maybe they wanted to remind us to buy more perfume from Revelations razz


Resolution- Good Song and a nice finish to the album. I like the little outro bit, sounds like we are leaving a planet earth!
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Reply #108 posted 07/24/07 1:36pm

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this is the best arranged song 2 me on this album like it as far as the lyrics go n they match the music perfectly
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prince
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Reply #109 posted 07/24/07 3:11pm

jess555ja

I heart this track! It's my favorite from Planet Earth nod
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Reply #110 posted 07/24/07 6:27pm

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I like the message but not the tune.
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Reply #111 posted 07/25/07 2:29am

Anxiety

when did terence trent d'arby start writing songs for prince?
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Reply #112 posted 07/25/07 4:39am

Genesia

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bobsteezy said:

I like the message but not the tune.


I like the tune but not the message. I guess...together...we make one person who likes it. lol
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Reply #113 posted 07/25/07 7:08am

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Genesia said:

bobsteezy said:

I like the message but not the tune.


I like the tune but not the message. I guess...together...we make one person who likes it. lol



Or one who doesn't like it? confuse
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Reply #114 posted 07/25/07 7:17am

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Hated this one also. Once again, leave the damn accoustical guitars out, they remind me of hillbilly music.
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Reply #115 posted 07/25/07 9:00am

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i like what the lyrics r saying, however ..i thought he was going 2 bust out in2 the beatles Revolution instead of resolution ...rolleyes


overall, this album is not my cup of tea ..but 4 those that wanted a pop/rock album ..u got it ...

now perhaps on the next one we'll return 2 the funk!

after 1st listening of this album..i immediatley put on 3121 2 remind myself that prince still can do funky music ..PE just isn't it
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #116 posted 07/25/07 2:33pm

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Anxiety said:

when did terence trent d'arby start writing songs for prince?


that's Sananda, mister, and he's ten times the genius Prince could dream of being!
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Reply #117 posted 07/25/07 5:27pm

Anxiety

NDRU said:

Anxiety said:

when did terence trent d'arby start writing songs for prince?


that's Sananda, mister, and he's ten times the genius Prince could dream of being!
smile


well, he can call himself velma lipschitz if he wants, i still think this song sounds like it came off 'symphony or damn'. shrug
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Reply #118 posted 07/25/07 5:47pm

herb4

One of the better trax on the album from a songwriting standpoint, but the lyrics are just awful.
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Reply #119 posted 07/25/07 9:02pm

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zipped
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