was listening to TGE yesterday love it

could do without the npg operator tho

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shy

and TMBGITW

TGE has managed to transcend time. Like I listen to it and every song is engrained in my brain so I can't have many new thoughts about it like I do with all the others. My feelings towards it haven't changed. It'll take a while to maybe get used to it again, but it still feels like an incredibly special album. There's simply nothing else like it.

I hardly think about it, though truthfully is one of the better tracks on the album. WB had been wondering about this song for a while and wanted it to be on "Come"... but Prince just had to keep some of his favorite tracks for himself by saving them for this album. It felt like I'd been watching his career during this point and I know that this song has been up and around. When I finally get to hear it on an album, I'm simply overjoyed that I can finally have this song.
And it's this verison that I love the most. So what if its overproduced? I love the different sounds he uses and his falsetto is 2 die 4. Can't help but think of that line [from "Love 2 the 9's"] "and if we said we loved each other, instead of smiling, would u cry?"... its a gift to write a song that's so beautiful you could cry over it. I never thought that about this song b4, so its strange, but I'll take w/e adds to the enjoyment.

oh yeah, and

theodore said:

Dreamy, I really want to know how you feel about this album:




like, seriously

theodore said:

Danny... so glad he's gone, that woulda been another Sanajaya incident...

but c'mon theo, stop hi-jacking my thread

It's no secret that I Planet Earth, but that's not the album I'm on right now

This was my favorite 0+> prince album at the time.
Even with all the lil segues it was cool (the segues now )
This album had it all Fast , slow ,dance , funky

love ur new avatar

The Gold Experience is a very special album. It says so much about and at the same time, a lot of the tracks speak to me as well.

The music is so unique that I feel like he's done nothing quite like this. I know that some ideals he raised in the previous 2 albums are revisited here, but something about the music just puts it on a different plane altogether.

Of course, a large part of my love for the album is embodied in "Gold," which is my favorite of all Prince/ songs.

I have to get some sleep, so I'll write in more detail later.
Until then, show TGE some love
I know it has a lot of fans here because many recommended it to me early on.
[Edited 3/24/08 16:44pm]

I totally agree with you. TGE is in my opinion a stand alone masterpiece. It has massive production, but retains hugely powerful sound. There is something really magical about this recording that, in my opinion hasn't been captured in this way before by Prince or any other artist (that I have heard).

I believe that in years to come that TGE will stand close by the the side of SOTT as one of the milestone prince productions that sets him apart from other musicians.

A truly great Album, in my opinion