3121 said:

i agree with this. Great remake, beautifuly produced as you said.

I'm all about the electronic equipment.. but damn, pick your spots! that sounds like a mid 90's casio keyboard from sharper image. horrible.

I'll take the current version of U're Gonna C Me any day over the ONA version. I like that the tempo is a little bit faster and the beats on the song really grab me. All of that makes me notice the song much more than I did in 2002, like how cool the lyrics are. I usually skip that version but I really dig the MPLSound version a lot more and I'll let this one play.

I prefer the original version better....just like I liked the original version of The Dance better.

purplecam said:

The intention of a song like this is lost by trying to "cute" it up. It's amazing in its original simplicity and there is absolutely no reason for this new version other than pandering...

mikematronik said:

Dude! What kind of sadistic childhood did you have??

rudedog said:

IT was obviously sad! Can't you Tell?!

mikematronik said:

I agree, this is a total waste, if he was pressed for songs than do something out of the Vault, but this version is not good at all, it would be like doing a Rap Version of "Empty Room". Bad track, really pulls the album down

lastdecember said:

This is so out of place. All the outtakes and vault material and he can't think of anything better to place on the album?

Its just too clean sounding, too slick, too produced. It reminds of the crappy "i hate U" remixes, very lazy production, on a song that was ok to begin with, everyone calling it a friggin classic, are the same peeps who trashed the ONA cd.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yeah, i find myself skipping ALOT on MPLsound, where as Lotus is a steady listen. I know everyone is freaking out because he busted out the linn drum, but he also busted out the bad RAVE and Emancipation era slick production

lastdecember said:

yeah, the linn for the sake of the linn is meaningless if you aren't going to do anything with it.

This version sounds good to me, not having heard the original. I just hate the lyrics to the chorus.

The song hasn't been updated enough. Prince sings "give me a page on my two way".

It took me a minute to remember what a page was. I still don't know what a two way is.

FunkinDaTrunk said:

exactly, I have a vague recollection of some Jay Z tune mentioning Motorola 2 way pager years ago, but that's about it.

NDRU said:

Why do you say that? Its one of his best in ages.

emesem said:

it's the lyrics. They just don't say anything. I feel like a ballad is slow & serious business, and that it should actually be about something. Like Beautiful Ones--very simple lyrics, but a very clear subject matter.

But lines like "give me a page on my 2-way I'll hit you back with no delay" and "whether in person or by phone...get you all alone" are just lazy. They're completely unoriginal. And the pager stuff makes it sound so dated.

Same problem I had with Call My Name. "I just can't stop writing songs about you" doesn't really say much to me, other than a sense of obligation to write a song about a girl as a romantic gesture. He's one step away from "here's the first verse in the song that I wrote about you/it's the part where I say I can't live without you"

Just my opinion, of course. The fact that you like it doesn't mean I think you're wrong. It just bugs me.

4 me the original is better ..i would have preferred his version of journey 2 the center of ur heart instead