Why??? its my fav prince album at the moment, and he never plays any thing from it!?

These have been played from the album:

Jam Of The Year
Somebodys Somebody
Get Yo Groove On
Courtin Time
Betcha By Golly Wow!
Mr Happy
One Kiss At A Time
Soul Sanctuary
Curious Child
Dreaming About U
Holy River
Face Down
La La La Means Eye Love U
Sleep Around
One Of Us
The Love We Make
Emancipation

all those hes played, but since 2004 he hasnt done any (in 2004 he did The Love We Make a few times)

Sincerely, the only tracks worth of being played again in a Prince tour are Get you groove on ( a classic) and Jam of the year, but it sounds dated, though

There was so much buzz about this album.

On the boards he hinted he had tons of albums done.

Exodus, Gold, and a 3 disc set not yet named. Plus some acoustic thing.

I remember all the promises about giving away the music for free or very little charge and releasing tons of stuff.

But like anything with Prince you can't believe it until its in your hands.

I never really liked Emancipation, there is enough material for a good 10 song album, but the production, the name dropping, some of the covers, just stink of trying to have mass appeal.

He is at his best when he pushed envelopes hard and people either get it or they don't.

It happens every once in awhile that the general public's taste and Prince coincide with each other. I find the albums I like less are the ones that seem forced to fit into the cookie cutter industry standard of the times.

The one that was out there for me and I loved was TRC, the music not the lyrics.

The rest of the albums has been Prince by the book. A r&b slow jam, a guitar (more keyboard) based rocker, a latin flavored, etc.

I want something like Does not Compute, Wasted Kisses, or something pushing boundaries.

I've never really loved Emancipation. A lot of it felt forced and contained that 90s blandness that he was getting on a lot of his work back then. Also, I agree with the previous post that the album probably reminds him of his love for Mayte.

There are many albums that he rarely does tracks from. Has he EVER done songs from The Truth? EVER?

at the soundcheck 4 the Rainbow Children tour he played (and had the fanclub participate with) lalalalalalala means i love u. it was a playful moment. he thought we didn't know the chorus, but we just weren't able 2 hit such high notes.

madhouseman said:

yes

Dont play me, the other sude of the pillow, the truth and others have been played

PurpleKnight said:

i disagree on the last part there, i've been into him for years....and i love Emanciptaion from start to finish.

He played "One Kiss at a Time" since 2004. Several times actually.

You forgot "Right Back Here In My Arms" in your list, he played an acoustic version of it at Paisley Park ( ages ago ).

Maybe it reminds him too much of Mayte and the baby.
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ElCapitan said:

normally during pink cashmere, i want a full fersion!!

i think its not an era he wants to remember with the events that happend.but i do eish he'd bust out some of those songs sometimes rework'em.

from the album emancipation id love to hear 'The Love We Make' live
but seeing as though im from Australia i doubt that'd happen
he'll come and play them "hot tracks"
unless he organised a secret gig for fans or somethin

-art

funkii said:

i cant see him playing austrailia for a few years.

this year hes doing ireland, but strangely he hasnt anounced anywhere else??

RumAndRaisin said:

ohh
when's the ireland thing?
im going england,norway,greece this year
maybe i can try make that

funkii said:

june 16th, croke park

RumAndRaisin said:

damn

thanks for answering back!

now back to the topic at hand :p

RumAndRaisin said:

Heck, you can say that about most songs at a bigger show.

PurpleKnight said:

I also believe that this album is very sentimental to him and it's one of the few he's done that I feel shows him as more than just an artist. It's a very personal album coming from an artist who isn't always accessible on such a level. I can't see him playing, "Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife" ever again, because it was his wedding song when he married Mayte. His unborn baby's heartbeat was incorporated into one of the songs. If he does play anything from Emancipation, very few songs will be the personal ones. All the songs on that list are songs that are either covers or more upbeat and less personal than others. I can't say I blame him. Who likes to be saddened by old memories everytime you play a song, especially memories that soo many people know about. Personally, I liked Emancipation, but didn't feel that it needed to be 3 discs long. It's one of the oldest Prince albums I've had and I'm still trying to get into Disc 3... Only really like "One of Us" and that's a cover from Joan Osbourne, so I liked it before Prince did it. I think it's a good album...better than Crystal Ball IMO. "Let's Have A Baby" is still in my Top 10 all-time favorite Prince songs ever...

estelle81 said:

i think he was trying to show the world (and WB) that he was capable of so much more now he was "free"

RumAndRaisin said:

But, SOTT was 2 discs and 1999 was originally 2 discs, so I don't get what an extra disc was going to prove. By the time Emancipation came out, lots of people already knew that Prince was a musical genius who had been releasing an album almose every year since he came out.

i still want 2 hear live versions of joint 2 joint and style

It would be cool to see him play a couple of the Emancipation tracks live escpecially In This Bed I Scream

I get so tired of him playing the same ole 'hits' all the time personally anyway

Thank god because that album sucks.

RumAndRaisin said:

Thank you. Apparently I've stopped listening to all of his shows. Good to know that he is still playing them.

I love 'Curious Child' - such a sweet, beautiful melody...

DevotedPuppy said:

!!!

sure its a little bit long and ... and prince for some reason thought it was a good idea to use kirky-j's stripper/g-funk music in the production.but its has its certain charm.

madhouseman said:

He's played Don't Play Me and The Other Side Of The Pillow quite a lot actually.

I loved emancipation-

but I agree that it died with Mayte and the baby era