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.

One of my favs on this CD. This is the Prince I know!

Like it! Very much at the moment, actually.

ThePartyman said:

Welp...that explains why I don't like Resolution.

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.

SpecialEd said:

You said "twee." I love that word.

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.

MattUK said:

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]

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...

Didn't really get it at first but now i'm really starting to like it.

Bland with a B-.

nuthinbuttamuffin said:

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....

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.
RESPECT!

iceblueangel2007 said:

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.

average p...

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:

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


Resolution- Good Song and a nice finish to the album. I like the little outro bit, sounds like we are leaving a planet earth!

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

I this track! It's my favorite from Planet Earth

I like the message but not the tune.

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

bobsteezy said:

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

Genesia said:

Or one who doesn't like it?

Hated this one also. Once again, leave the damn accoustical guitars out, they remind me of hillbilly music.

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


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

Anxiety said:

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

NDRU said:

well, he can call himself velma lipschitz if he wants, i still think this song sounds like it came off 'symphony or damn'.

One of the better trax on the album from a songwriting standpoint, but the lyrics are just awful.