How great is this tune!...it goes on for days and days, i can imagine Prince edited this song down and the band were playing it for 50 minutes

I hate America. And Tamborine. If they were replaced with anything else, Around the World..... would be almost perfect.

It's 2 long.

i've never heard it.....

Loved it!

It's good but after 13 - 14 minutes it drags on

I like it

liberation said:

How eerie is that, I was just listening to America, I love it, Around the World in a Day is a fav of mine from that album as well

What's more is the video. There is a longer version of the video out there but rarely seen. The longer version of the video was released on laser disc. Who remembers that?

Klick

klick2me said:

WHat kind of video was that? Never seen it.

Volitan said:

It's....Let me touch your body till your river's in motion...
America, I like it.

HamsterHuey said:

Ah, Per Nilsen answered my question; the video clip for America is not a video of the actual album or extended version, but a live version played in France of 10 minutes or so.

Thank you, Mr Nilsen

It's the 8 min live video from Nice, October 1985...see "An Honest Man" 1CD bootleg on Thunderball.
[Edited 11/24/07 4:29am]

I love it. The beat, the message, and that sound speak volumes

i love the song and LIKE the video, i like prince's guitar playing and the part when he throws records at the crowd.

He hit one French kid in the face with a Mountains 7"

I like it when he gets up on the drums.

liberation said:

The kid must have been asking for it.

Tame said:

I would love to see the video- I don't remember ever seeing it back in the day! Somebody help me out!

No, Tame- it actually is "let me touch your body til your river's an ocean", although I thought it was your version too, for a long time.

the 12" of america is GREAT driving music if you're tooling around on country roads.

It starts getting trite after the 14 minute mark. Same goes for Love Bizzare. NOw I can normally listen to an opus of his not a problem. SOme of his longer songs like Crystal Ball, The War, Computer blue at least have interesting bits thrown in or change it up a bit as it goes along. I find when he gets into the Fraire a Jacque part it's pretty much time to stop the song.

klick2me said:

Now the video is a whole other topic. That version can go one forever and I would not tire of it. "Singing the soul sister!"