Why has this been re-hashed for the MPLSound CD.
I was far better on One Nite Alone.

Sorry to disagree, I love the new version,

I find the whole ona piano album very boring.

Babydubistzuschnell said:

Yes the original was better

I love the new version....

breaks my heart every time for personal reasons...

Prince allways knows how to take the words out my mouth.

The new version is far superior to anything on that lame piano album, even if it is the same song.

PS I think there was a thread on this about 2 or 3 weeks ago.
[Edited 5/7/09 12:10pm]

thedance said:

Ditto

purplecam said:

Babydubistzuschnell said:

i prefer the one nite alone version...by far..but the re-hash isn't bad.....

the original was better

I like them both. We never will get an answer about why P chooses to re-do or re-release this or that song. I am just happy to get them.

thedance said:

Sorry to disagree. I like the ONA version

Love both versions... However the ONA version and the whole album for that fact is very personal. My mother always liked his ballads, and his shirts and eye make-up..lol, when this came out she was recovering from Bone Cancer and learning to walk on her new bionic leg. to this day if I play this CD, she always smiles and says I rememebr you played that for me when i was sick and it put me to sleep. Mother is doing fine she is 6 years in remission as of June 25th, Ironically.

New Version is complete and utter shit..

^^^^^

I love both versions.
I didn't expect to love the new version.

It's a song that I never tire of.
Now in either form.

ernestsewell said:

I second/third this!

I much prefer the MPLSoUND version. However, we don't really know if it's a "new" version. It's likely there was a studio recording of it long before it made it onto ONA and this could be it for all we know.

I hated just about everything else on ONA, but the original of this song was piano perfection.

There was no reason to re-record it.

love both of them ..... theyre both good versions...

Put me in the love the new version crowd

It's a great redo just like The Dance

It's probably the only real dismantlement of the whole Lotusflow3r set for me. Loving the ONA version, I couldn't help but have high expectations.

The stuttering verses of the new version never really allows the song to flow. It's just too busy, with the song not getting a chance to breathe. In the end, It's only the fact that it's great song that allows it to barely survive this reworking.

and the transition to here is so flawless, I love this one alot too, I keep wondering When?