Nice one. It covers no new ground, and the musicianship of the other 4 songs is superior, but I like Prince's funky signature vibe all over this track.

pplrain said:

THANKS I was looking for them

Bfunkthe1 said:

Yeah, old school style - 12."

I can't believe I missed this track. Don't be a spoil sport Prince, put it back up!

Oh well, I like the other four songs.

mdn7 said:

Come on people. I'm about to put all this in caps cuz I've posted the link to some blog that has all the new stuff more than a few times in this thread.
http://turimusic.com/blog...ince-songs

No, that is not me posting a link to my shit. That's the link to the new songs. Quit complaining! BTW the song is beyond bad.

And somebody tell Prince to quit transposing, copying and laying his lyrics over eachother (what second or third?), cuz it sounds bad. It gives the effect of a horror effect if you think about it. But you probably won't have the guts to tell the man. Just let him think it sounds good ,but it don't.

Tell him to get off his lazy ass and overdub vocals by singing again instead of the copy paste shit.
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This is more traditional Prince. Like some of the stuff on symbol or Diamonds and pearls. Good jam.

Huh. Surprised after reading the reviews that I actually like this one. I love the sounds in the "What you waiting for?" section.
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This song was funkier than I thought. It's like a soup mix. Familiar yet fresh!

I just placed it in my mind today.

Never Be Another...= The Good Life (NPG, Exodus)

BigDaddyHQ said:

i mean like YEAH YAH! what a bunch of dummies!

dont hate me cause im bootyful

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mzkqueen03 said:

Hmmm.... seems you know him well, please explain? I'm curious? O'h....
I know.... could it be a spiritual connection? There's a lot of that going around. But really no disrespect, maybe your an enlighten one?????

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not my favorite of the new tracks. it sounds like npgmc material. i wasn't fond of all those tracks, but this one is decent, i'd say. p's attempts at sounding and hip are always funny and fun to hear. he doesn't take himself too serious with it, which makes it okay . favorite line: "i like 'em healthy, baby!!" i feel ya, p

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Of all five new songs leaked last week I really dig Crimson & Clover and Colonized Mind the best. It's part of the sound of Planet Earth that I like so much, but amped up. Of Crimson & Clover I love the fact he Prince'd it up, but sound-wise I was very shocked to find out he kept the original sound so close to the original, even the sound effect on the guitar and the way he sings it.
He took out the really dated parts of the song and threw in some Jimi and some great guitar playing. I think this is the best cover he's done since Just My Imagination, which is what this reminds me of a lot.
Crimson & Clover is easily the best single/radio material of the new songs. It sounds so effortlessly and easy and is great to hum along to.

I like Colonized Mind because it pours so many last decade Prince topics into a song format that is great to listen to; it’s not only interesting lyrically, but also musically; but both are not as hard to get into The War or One Song, that both handled topics close to Prince’s heart, but were harder to digest in both music and lyrical content; especially the last here is crafted way more intricately than other of his ‘topic’-songs.
When it comes to songs stepping out of the verse/chorus/verse/chorus-straight-jacket, Colonized Mind to me is his most interesting song since One Nite Alone, that also had interesting forms painting colours. I love it when it at least sounds as if Prince did some work to craft more challenging songs.

Like I said, I am reminded of Planet Earth when I listen to these songs; it has got that laid back vibe of it, but mixed some One Nite Alone-ish feel. I liked both albums, but I must admit I do not play either album much after their initial release. I share this info with you because the first two songs, if released proper, I would play ova and ova, while the other two new songs from the seemingly new album, do have the same laid-back feel, but aren’t as time-less as the first two previewed song; they’re not amazing new Prince compositions I would want to include on any of my future playlists.

Wall Of Berlin is fun and is rather nice but nothing more than that; the lyrics are too forgettable, the most great thing about it is the guitar playing, that lifts the song up above the guitar work on, say Musicology and makes the song at least interesting enough to play more often.
4Ever to me sounds like the extended version of My Computer on Emancipation, and has got that too smooth Emancipation sound and I want to keep singing ‘a better life’ throughout the entire song. Yet, it is better than My Computer, as it is more straight-forward and is a bit un-smoothed by the guitar.

Of all the songs previewed last week I like (There’ll Never b) Another Like Me the least for a few reasons.

One of them is that it has that plactic pastiche sound of the NPGmc tracks, which is to me the most un-interesting sound Prince ever produced.

Another is that it does not fit very well with the other four songs and therefore stands out, but not in a good way; it sounds rather bleak compared to the warm feel of the other four songs and therefore pales significantly, not only musically, but also lyrically. It is just too silly; even the weaker of the other four songs kicks this song’s ass and he’s just done these kind of songs way better before.

If this is what Prince likes to dance to these days, can someone please send him some cd’s of the Ting Tings? Thanks.

i also think the lyrics are a bit trite and silly - echoes of jenny from the block goin on in this one, why does he feel the need to keep tryin to get all gangsta tellin us how his life is and how hes so special it just doesnt suit him and comes over like an old man clutching at youth ie giving us what he 'Thinks' we want rather than what we really want which is integrity in his music - the other tracks are nothng like this 'pop' its not even good prince pop, it comes over like a hammered out to order tune for itunes or something - its so wierd. i wonder if his life is so boring and he doesnt JUST want to make religious tracks that this is all he can come up with, I think he should stick to his ballads and politics etc at least those songs have real thought behind them, he seems to kinds want to sing about gettin down with the girls in the club, etc etc but cant quite do it because of his chosen stance on that kind of material.

He is like a bulimic denying himself the thing he craves and it is seriously affecting his writing

2freaky4church1 said:

did we hear the same tune????


sorry dont get you there. never b another like me, the 1 u wannna c - do we see a meglamania theme appearing here?

Don't know what the hell Prince says after the spinach line...and he throws out Rick James' name during the song...what's THAT about???


(There'll Never B) Another Like Me
Whooo!
Really don't matter who you get with
'Cuz it just ain't meant to be
Really doesn't matter 'cuz
U never shoulda coulda woulda ever been like me

I can get u what u want
Anything at all girl
All u have to say is please
Ask your mother, your sister, your brother
There will never be another
Never be another like me

Late afternoon
Slipped out of my bed
Turned up the stereo
About to wake the dead

Slipped in the bathroom
Put some olive oil in my hair
Walked in the closet
Try to find something to wear

Then I check my emale
To see where the party be
Change the names to protect the guilty
And get ready to cream

Should I bring somebody?
Or dance alone?
It don't matter to me y'all
'Cuz the night is on whoo!

Come on!

(refrain)

About half past ten
And I'm on my way
Heard you had A FINE little Puerto Rican dj (oh mama sita)
She ain't got Prince's new song
It's gonna be a scene
'Cause I can't stand nobody cussin' AT ME
When I'm clean

Arms all around me
As soon as I hit the door
Good thing I ate my spinach
You can pick a xxxxx

Oh, what's this boy looking at?
Why you making that face?
Don't he know I got crazy FOOLS with me?
Ready to TEAR UP this place?

(refrain)

Can't you see this is INEVITABLE?
What's the use in wasting time?
U and me we can be comfortable
All it take is for you to
Make up your mind


So, now what's the matter?
Huh. U and me, we both dimes
Said we were
All them other pennies should scatter
SAID THEY SHOULD
We OUGHT not waste this time

That's why ...

(refrain)


What u waiting for?
What u waiting for?
So, what u think of them before?
THAT'S Al'IGHT
I like them healthy baby
Let's get out on this dance floor
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Trick08 said:

i hope it's a double album of one genre on one disk cause if the "funk" album is like this joint ..i'll b spinning that shit 4 days and days

L4OATheOriginal said:

I'm hoping for the same thing. 2009 could be one of the hottest years for Prince and for us in years!

SPYZFAN1 said:

i did hear the rick james line ..but i will have 2 listen 2 it more now that u mention it ..