"Put down the needle, Put down the spoon"

Chiling

emesem said:

Preach it! Im guilty of over looking this track. But it evrytime it comes on it blows my brains out my behind!

AMAZING! Song. One of his best.
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P2daP said:

I think its placement as the next to last song on a 36 song set was fatal. Should have closed out the album and the title track could have been placed elsewhere (maybe close out disc 1).

I've always loved this song. The way he sings it, the music, the lyrics, mos def one of my top faves!!

Doesn't do much for me at all, but i see quite often mentioned as a great track from Emancipation so maybe it's charms are just lost on me.

It's my favorite track from Emancipation. I really love this song!!

The777Man

"..Precious is the prayer that asks for nothing..." Pound for pound, a favorite lyric of mine. Great vibe all around..

Way overlooked...

Agreed. A great tune at the end of a great album.

There are so many overlooked slow songs on Emancipation.

Fantastic song.

One of the best tracks on the album and should have been the album closer IMO.
Emancipation always seemed out of place tagged on the end after this.

Excellent song, truely a overlooked gem. After the holy river this is my favourite song on Emancipation.

Very nice jam

My wife who is a musician and is hit or miss on lots of Prince songs LOVES this song. I do as well - my favorite on Emancipation for sure!

BTW - my wife does think Prince is one of the best performers on the planet and thoroughly enjoyed the Musicology concert...

emesem said:

The mood, the message, the arrangement...it's easily one of the top 3 songs from all the disks. The others for me would be "Saviour", and "One Kiss At A Time".

BorisFishpaw said:

"Emancipation" didn't make the cut on my whittled down two disk version of this album. haha He should have ended the album with "The Love We Make".

I never considered this song overlooked. I always had in rotation when playing Emancipation. I always thought of this as one of the last great songs he released commercially. In my opinion he totally burned out after this album

The song is beautiful...I think I will cue up "Emancipation," now.

Very emotional song. He makes you feel like you're that woman.

" The only love there is, is the love we make." My favorite on Emancipation. I remember listening to it over and over and over driving to Nashville from Atlanta....and thats a long drive

"Precious is a baby with a mother..."

Every lyric to this song just sends chills down my spine.
First time I ever heard this song I was....hmm..maybe 12??
And I cried tears like I'd never cried before.

Amazing.
The end.

P2daP said:

Wow! I guess my crying can't compete with that.

Seriously though, The Love We Make is so haunting, heartbreaking and breathtakingly beautiful that it makes my heart full every time I hear it.

Imago said:

Someone needs to do a thorough review of Emancipation. Don't ya think?



I love the song.

It always seems like it's missing a killer guitar solo - it seems to build up and build up, and then Emancipation starts. Ugh.

But it's still a fantastic song. Perfect closer.

billymeade said:

I'd love to hear him do it these days, since he seems to have gone all the way with his Hendrix phase. It does need a killer guitar solo.

This is amazing songwriting... the production was ok (Kirky J) but even ok production could not cast shade on amazing lyrics delivered with moving passion. There are little histrionics on this song because the words, and Prince's vocals deliver the punch.

"Sacred is the prayer that asks for nothing" one of my all-time favorite lines from Prince.

This is one of those songs that are emotional healing.

I was putting Emancipation on my ipod earlier today. I usually pull it out every spring/summer and fall in love all over again with alot of the stuff on there.
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