Yes. I know!!! I think I've been one of those orgers who has posted a few times about the awesomeness of this track. It could be my favorite on the album. It is soo sooooo tight in so soooo many ways. Incredible.

It's one of his songs I can have on play all day long, while doing other things - the repetitive background beats [for lack of a better term? - I'm no musician...] lend themselves well to it.
I love it.

superspaceboy said:

Great song

Great Vid

My favorite Prince song

This song is a car and train wreck at the same time. It makes me But, partyup to all who enjoy it!

I'll go down on u all Nite long, its automatic
U will?
Yes I will Baby

ToraToraDreams said:

it´s automatic... love the video,

tell me what to do!!!!


lovin it!

i love his sound in this one!


I think i just fried my brain holding my laptop real up close to my ear to listen to his talkin bits!!!



this is why i love the org and all you lovely orgers, you give me such good ideas of tracks to listen to!!!
[Edited 4/25/08 10:20am]

syble said:

It's made for listening on headphones, sounds like he's talking dirty in your ear. This song is over 25 years old and it's still killer
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Ah yes, one of the great songs from Prince's most productive period. There was a dark, sinister, New Wave/Goth/Synth-Pop feel to it that I loved. I think that was why a lot of my Goth friends liked this track. Plus it's funky as hell.

But this was the New Wave side of Prince that I loved. NEW WAVE!!!!

mynameisnotsusan said:

There are a few songs that are MADE to be listened to on head phones.

I think I have a new topic...

wildgoldenhoney said:

Hi Honey, mine too

And I totally loooove A U T O matic, that sound as if an airplane is taking off

So Intense (not j/k!)

Intense said:

it is an intense song

and intensity is no joking matter

Intense said:

...Do you know the threadjackers?

ToraToraDreams said:

Yeah, bangin' song. I've written threads about this cut in the past. An edited down version of this easily could have been a single on formats that catered to new wave in the early 80's. P has so much going on in the instrumentation. He's got the the little rock guitar playing the hook melody. That's countered by the keyboard lick. Then he's got the strings. But what I dig the most is how he's got a bass keyboard holding it down while he's thumping and popping on the bass guitar above it all. This is definately an O.G. track. The only people that u heard bumping this back in 82 were real P fans. Like myself,in 82, I hardly ever played Little Red Corvette or even the title track once the album was released. The cuts I played were this, Lady Cab Driver, Something In The Water, All The Critics, Free and International. The unedited video of this is cool. Jill and Lisa look so damn good in this it's STOOPID! Like I said, should have been a single. Instead of Let's Pretend We're Married, which I never really dug.
As a kid, I used to play the part of Lisa and J.J moaning and crying over P's guitar solo to girls all the time. Just to see how they would respond. They would be like " They sound weird....Why are they crying?". My favorite part is towards the end where P is going off on the bass guitar and then it sounds like a space ship has landed.

I can't believe Warners didn't release this as a single This song had "hit" written all over it.

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[Edited 4/26/08 11:26am]

Great track.

It 'defines' the Minneapolis sound.

Love that song!

SoulAlive said:

That's what I'm saying.

blackguitaristz said:

I was surprised to learn that Automatic was never a single. But Let's Pretend was? I mean, that's an okay track, but nothing is really going on in it. Its sorta filler. The best part is that "fuck the taste out of your mouth" bit, but thats not worth having been released as a single.
Automatic is such a strong track and has WAAAAY more going on that let's pretend.
Automatic is the baddest track on 1999, to me, anyway.

"Im addicted 2 your pleasure, Im addicted 2 your pain"....
also,love the howling/moaning at the end....Lisa? I believe

ToraToraDreams said:

Tora, I like how u said "baddest"....U sexy thang u! Like I said, Automatic was definately the jam. I still play the 1999 cd in my ride. The only P cd that I still even play in my car. But Automatic isn't my fave from the album. Tora, SoulAlive or anybody else on here who's always been cool with me, guess which song on this album is my favorite?

blackguitaristz said:

LRC ?

blackguitaristz said:

Mate - I'm not one of the crew - but I have to say, if it's not AUTomatic then it's got to be D.M.S.R.?

mynameisnotsusan said:

Nah,...I like the 12' version more than the album version. And the album version is cool too. But no. Good guess though.

mentalist said:

You're apart of the crew, player! Ummmm, even better guess...but nah.

blackguitaristz said:

That's hard, Black. You talk about MOST of the tracks on this album alot.
A pure guess:

Free?

ToraToraDreams said:

I LOVE Free but nope.

blackguitaristz said:

Yeah yeah!!!!! All the Critics Love U???? Hmmmm? And I bet Purple Music is your favourite boot????