1+1+1=3 , in my opinion, is the only real funky song on TRC.
It just croons with a sexy, dark, funky vibe.

I just wish the stupid lyrics weren't so ...erm... stupid.

But whenever I hear it, I can't help but think 'erotic city' redo.
They sound so familiar to me in tone. I'll admit, I like the instrumentation on 1+1+1=3 better than I do on Erotic City, but I like the 'vibe' on erotic city more.

Does anyone else see the similarities of these two tunes?


What Prince songs do you feel almost exactly mirror each other in various ways?

A lot, especially since musicology, will get back later with examples...

Sander said:

Please hurry before protoge and theodore find this thread and turn it into a Danny Noriega tour de force of photoshopping!

Oh, and before pplrain adds some terribly unwitty comment to self-congratulate herself!


Thanks!

Imago said:

i was going to give a real answer before you said that
[Edited 4/3/08 10:13am]

Protege said:

I meant it out of love!

Imago said:

did you see fauxie's most recent photoshop?

Protege said:

yes

Imago said:

ok seriously for some reason no call u and jack u off seem very similar to me. perhaps it's the energy level on both songs i don't know

Protege said:

That's nice, but your avatar still cracks me up

My Computer and Emale
Da Da Da and La La La
Reflection and Nothing Compares 2 U

Imago said:

my avatar is parallel with new power soul in my mind. both are horribly hilarious in a tragic kind of way

Tame said:

So much of Emancipation has parallels.
But I still love the album

Dirty Mind and Controversy

Jack U Off and Horny Pony

Twiki said:

OMG, I have tried to contemplate what you're saying here but I just don't get it!!!

explain please.

I always thought Horny Pony was a very very bad Housequake.

nobody has said scandalous and insatiable yet?

Newman said:

i always get those two reversed in my mind it's so irritating. i'll be talking to someone and say something is from scandalous when i mean insatiable and vice versa. drives. me. batshit.

Imago said:

So far so good!

Will be back, exit org, leave computer, need food...

Get Wild and Face Down, just because they sound the same kinda. They kinda flo the same, ya know
[Edited 4/3/08 11:17am]

Imago said:

Whoops, I meant Horny Toad, not Horny Pony. Sorry, my bad.

Oh, and Cookie Jar and Return of the Bump Squad.

Twiki said:

horny toad and jack u off are connected in my mind too

Twiki said:

I might even throw Rebirth of the Flesh in with these two. In fact, if I had really good-sounding versions of all these songs, a mega-mix of them might be in order.

Jack U off and Horny toad, yes in deed! Good one.
Dirty Mind and Controversy, yes.

My input:
Muse to the pharaoh - mellow mellow
The work - pretty man -musicology - get on the boat
Everlasting now has a bit at the end which has a similar groove to beautiful night
Beautiful, loved and blessed sounds very emancipation (the album)
Dorothy parker - what do you want me to do

Then you have songs that are actually connected by having the same beat:
Work that fat - Martika's kitchen
3121 - Funky design

I never did get that NPG operator stuff on the Gold exp: "irresistable bitch, housequake and sexy mf for improving self-esteem".

Last december always reminded me of broccoli! Why is that, you ask? I don't like broccoli.

i hate it when people start telling you what they think a song sounds like
compared to another one. especially when they describe new music they get
to hear before anyone else.


let's say "Mr Goodnight", it's on the radio somewhere and people post
their 1st thoughts on the org:

"yeah, i've heard "mr goodnight" and it's fONkAY!!*$ it's like some
weird hybrid lovechild of HouseQuake and Mountains but much way much
more cool! a$$k1cKiN!!!Tune. Word! dis tune is like Get Off gets in
a bath of jellybeans with Le Grind and makes a lovebaby that will be
MR GOODNITGH yay peeps check this song out when it is released it is
hardcore prince 1986-1988 funk style yall!!! DAWGS> the lyrics
are among the best prince ever DONE DID AND WILL DO. check them out!!
he is sayin' he is spanish to. I TOLD YOU ALL ALONG haterzzzzz. now
common and post me pics with princE lookin SPANIHS"


man, i hate when people do that

Absolute classic, Isten.
Why do we read 'em?!

If you play guitar you come across some stuff he does all the time.

Like the 9th chords, and the m7 chords and that #6 note.

but the most obvious is

Head--Let's Work

maybe

When U Were Mine--ICNTTPOYM
Scandalous--Insatiable
17 Days--Screams of Passion
Purple Rain--Gold

IstenSzek said:

Anji said:

the only thing that really gets on my nerves with reviews of music
by either critics or fans these days is that less than 5% actually
says something about the songs or the lyrics of the new album.

every single review in a magazine starts with half a page of blah
about an artists back catalogue, recounting successes as far back
as 1920, lol. then they drag out some of the latest gossip and in
the very last 2 paragraphs they finally get round to saying some
uninspired things about the new material.

seldom do reviews quote more than half a line from an albums total
lyrics.

with prince reviews it's particularly bad with 99% of magazine and
internet reviews starting about his size, then his WB fight, then
his internet recluse days, some stuff about sex, some stuff about
the name change and the JW and concluding:

"and then we have Planet Earth. granted there is no When Doves Cry
to be found here but the pint sized rocker does deliver his custom
grab bag album full of funk and soul. lead single Guitar is one of
his best singles since 1992's diamonds & pearls and recalls prince
at his peak, adding a splash of modern hip hop mid way through the
album and purple rain's cousin "lion of judah" finds prince "lying
on a floor in an all white room feeling very blue" we've seen better
but with prince even the crumbs are almost a complete meal"

Sander said:

lol. i'm sorry, i'll stop it now