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U'R Gonna C Me is dominating my ears I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. |
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$ is a great song...  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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I envision $ as 'Camille' singing about Prince's slightly fake lifestyle today. | |
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ThreadBare said: the appeal of this song misses me, so far.
Me too. Granted I've only listened to it once. But I usually know if I like a song or not at least half way through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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"$" is quickly becoming a favorite of mine!!  | |
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SirPsycho said: there. i said it. agree or disagree as you see fit.
see ya in an hour or so. okay....i'll finally support this claim.... 1.) this groove as that "hop around like a pony" energy that makes prince "prince" (to me). its jazzy, classic, punkish...the strings work wonderfully, and prince sounds like he's smiling the whole time he's singing these. 2.) its camille in perfect form (again to me). 3.) the lyrics address fame, success, and the current music scene- with an elder prince who sounds less like a proud old fart (which he gets close to these days) and more like the wise teacher he is and still can be and 4.) it shows prince's mastery of complex ideas delivered with deceptive simplicity it just does it for me. it sounds more like a discovery than a memory to me (many songs on this set do...which is why i like these albums so much) | |
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stanleylieber said: it's hard for me to describe adequately how much it is pissing me off that i am starting to like 'mplsound.' 
 yeah it's embarrassing, isn't it? But I'd probably like the album better if $ was on it in place of a ballad, & maybe Feel Better...My Legacy
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Not a fan of $, but an observation:
The low rhythm guitar & drum pattern DOES sound a lot like the rhythm in Sexuality (1981). Neat. | |
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Whitnail said: totally agree, reminds me abit of Courtin Time from Emancipation
Yeah I looooove $! I was thinking that it's like $ succeeds where
Courtin Time fails. Big Time! "Hyperactive when I was small, Hyperactive now I'm grown, Hyperactive 'till I'm dead and gone"
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Moonbeam said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: Oh, you know what? I think I should read thread titles before flipping out. this is about a singular song, not the whole thing.
 I thought he was praising lotus as a whole 
I like $ well enough but considering his ability to craft perfect pop songs, meh he's done it before and I don't consider it a genius moment. . [Edited 3/31/09 17:53pm] You're such a negative nancy about these new albums!  sometimes it is warranted |
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"$" is better than anything pn his previous 3 releases!!!.. "no candy 4 u" kicks ass as well. nothing on Pe, 3121 and musicology tops those songs... i forgot "dance 4 me" and colonized mind... oh yea " wall ofberlin".. and so on BOB4theFUNK | |
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It makes me want to find somebody who can Lindy...and cut a rug. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Makes me wanna dance every time. mmmm...chocolates | |
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Musically it's good and easily in the top 5 on that album...
Lyrically it's  so bad! All the slang he throw's around... "this car, these rims, this grill you'll be the illest on the scene!"  "whateva, whateva..."
and why is it that the whole time he's singing all I can see is him singin' about this little guy... 
Dreamer is still the number one song on Lotusflower. A working class Hero is something to be ~ Lennon |
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moderatorGohi said: I envision $ as 'Camille' singing about Prince's slightly fake lifestyle today.
that's sort of how i'm taking it. it's time for a new direction / it's time for jazz to die | |
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chewymusic said: Whitnail said: totally agree, reminds me abit of Courtin Time from Emancipation
Yeah I looooove $! I was thinking that it's like $ succeeds where
Courtin Time fails. it's time for a new direction / it's time for jazz to die | |
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RenHoek said: Musically it's good and easily in the top 5 on that album...
Lyrically it's so bad! All the slang he throw's around... "this car, these rims, this grill you'll be the illest on the scene!" "whateva, whateva..."
and why is it that the whole time he's singing all I can see is him singin' about this little guy...
Dreamer is still the number one song on Lotusflower. yeah but on this song at least he seems to be taking the piss a bit. he's not actually talking up all these concepts, he's trying to let the air out of them. it's time for a new direction / it's time for jazz to die | |
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I love this song as well.  Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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