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Thread started 04/17/09 3:03am

LondonStyle

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Better with Time .....is a classic I love it

Damn this song has grown on me big time.....

Now that I understand the back ground to the song it's a conversation based he had with her ....great ....smart....cool....old friends... cool

Great....nice work P.... biggrin
Da, Da, Da....Emancipation....Free..don't think I ain't..! London 21 Nights...Clap your hands...you know the rest..
James Brown & Michael Jackson RIP, your music still lives with us!
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Reply #1 posted 04/17/09 3:18am

vivid

a conversation with who?
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Reply #2 posted 04/17/09 3:22am

KeithyT

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vivid said:

a conversation with who?

Can I speak to Mrs Wellington's daughter ...pluhse.
Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #3 posted 04/17/09 3:24am

vivid

I see. Nice
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Reply #4 posted 04/17/09 3:25am

vivid

I saw Steven Berkhoff's play in London the other day and I was dying to call out 'Mary...Let's go home' during a quiet moment.

Great play by the way.
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Reply #5 posted 04/17/09 3:27am

lottielooloo19
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i love it's classic prince sound, beautiful piece of music, sentimental & heartfelt lyrics. definately one of my favourites from the album heart
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Reply #6 posted 04/17/09 3:27am

LondonStyle

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vivid said:

a conversation with who?


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On his 2009 3-CD set LOTUSFLOW3R, the album MPLSoUND has a song titled "Better With Time", which Prince has said is an ode to Kristin.

http://www.answers.com/to...ott-thomas
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BETTER WITH TIME
THIS MIGHT SEEM STRANGE
SINCE SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED
AND SINCE ONLY ONE OF US
STILL LOOKS THE SAME
UR WORDS NOT MINE, BABY


UR STILL FINE YES U R
LIKE WINE, U GET BETTER WITH TIME

SO YOUNG AND SO NAÏVE
THAT EYE NEVER ONCE BELIEVED
THAT THE MEMORY OF U WOULD GO THRU
LIKE WIND GOES THRU THE TREES
MAYBE IF U BELIEVE BABY
THAT EYE WOULD NO DECEIVE U

U AND EYE SIDE BY SIDE OR SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN
EYE DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A BORE
BUT EYE JUST CAN NO LONGER IGNORE
THIS FACT SO SUBLIME
U GET BETTER WITH TIME

ANYONE WHO’S MET U AGREES
THAT NO ONE 4GETS U MOST OF ALL NOT ME
U CAN CLAIM U’RE HUMBLE AND HIDE
BUT WHEN IT’S TRUE MY DEAR
IT’S NOT PRIDE
A JURY OF MY PEERS WOULD FIND ME
GUILTY OF SO MANY CRIMES
IF EYE CHOSE NOT 2 REMIND U
THAT U GET BETTER WITH TIME

THIS MIGHT SEEM ABSURD
2 SOMEONE SO CULTURED
AND 2 ONE WHO WOULD GRACE ANY STAGE
WHEN THE HAIR THAT FRAMES THAT FACE
DARK BROWN OR SILVERY LACE
WHAT IS AGE BUT A CAGE? NEVER MIND
U’LL B BLIND 2 NOT KNOW THAT U GET BETTER WITH TIME


cool
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Da, Da, Da....Emancipation....Free..don't think I ain't..! London 21 Nights...Clap your hands...you know the rest..
James Brown & Michael Jackson RIP, your music still lives with us!
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Reply #7 posted 04/17/09 3:30am

lottielooloo19
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vivid said:

I saw Steven Berkhoff's play in London the other day and I was dying to call out 'Mary...Let's go home' during a quiet moment.

Great play by the way.


lol
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Reply #8 posted 04/17/09 4:08am

SexyMotha

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It sounds like a song that would of been good on the One Night Alone CD, in fact it sounds alot like one of the songs off that CD.

I like it biggrin
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Reply #9 posted 04/17/09 4:27am

pandorabox

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i sooooo love this song it is beauitful . fallinluv
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Reply #10 posted 04/17/09 4:28am

Tame

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Beautiful Song. cool
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #11 posted 04/17/09 4:31am

pandorabox

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no matter what ppl say .....i love him.his heart is love the love of GOD. cloud9
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Reply #12 posted 04/17/09 4:58am

Dayclear

That song is beautiful. biggrin
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Reply #13 posted 04/23/09 5:31am

Shorty

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LondonStyle said:

vivid said:

a conversation with who?


[/url][url]

On his 2009 3-CD set LOTUSFLOW3R, the album MPLSoUND has a song titled "Better With Time", which Prince has said is an ode to Kristin.

http://www.answers.com/to...ott-thomas
[Edited 4/17/09 3:30am]


BETTER WITH TIME
THIS MIGHT SEEM STRANGE
SINCE SO MUCH TIME HAS PASSED
AND SINCE ONLY ONE OF US
STILL LOOKS THE SAME
UR WORDS NOT MINE, BABY


UR STILL FINE YES U R
LIKE WINE, U GET BETTER WITH TIME

SO YOUNG AND SO NAÏVE
THAT EYE NEVER ONCE BELIEVED
THAT THE MEMORY OF U WOULD GO THRU
LIKE WIND GOES THRU THE TREES
MAYBE IF U BELIEVE BABY
THAT EYE WOULD NO DECEIVE U

U AND EYE SIDE BY SIDE OR SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN
EYE DON’T KNOW IF THIS IS A BORE
BUT EYE JUST CAN NO LONGER IGNORE
THIS FACT SO SUBLIME
U GET BETTER WITH TIME

ANYONE WHO’S MET U AGREES
THAT NO ONE 4GETS U MOST OF ALL NOT ME
U CAN CLAIM U’RE HUMBLE AND HIDE
BUT WHEN IT’S TRUE MY DEAR
IT’S NOT PRIDE
A JURY OF MY PEERS WOULD FIND ME
GUILTY OF SO MANY CRIMES
IF EYE CHOSE NOT 2 REMIND U
THAT U GET BETTER WITH TIME

THIS MIGHT SEEM ABSURD
2 SOMEONE SO CULTURED
AND 2 ONE WHO WOULD GRACE ANY STAGE
WHEN THE HAIR THAT FRAMES THAT FACE
DARK BROWN OR SILVERY LACE
WHAT IS AGE BUT A CAGE? NEVER MIND
U’LL B BLIND 2 NOT KNOW THAT U GET BETTER WITH TIME


cool
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that lil quote does not convince me this song is about her....for one thing she's never really been known for having "dark brown" hair...has she?
"not a fan" falloff yeah...ok
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Reply #14 posted 04/23/09 5:53am

lezama

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Yeah, the more I listen to this track the more i love it. Almost as much as I love "Here".
Change it one more time..
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Reply #15 posted 04/23/09 7:30am

nurseV

Beautiful song- heart it
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Reply #16 posted 05/22/09 7:30pm

waltj

This song is one that I am stuck on at the moment. It's a perfect example of what Prince does best. How can one artist write sooo many ballad/lovesongs/babymakers.

I've said in another post that "Better with time" can be held up with some of his other big ballads and as time passes it too will get better with time.

That swelling of voices at the end just puts chills down the spine.

So I find out today that it was written for Kristen Scott Thomas makes the song even more cooler.
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Reply #17 posted 05/22/09 8:44pm

datdude

Better With Time is an instant classic for me definitely. I cannot listen to Here and not BWT right after it. It makes sense that its about her. It fits
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Reply #18 posted 05/23/09 1:10am

ass

a little like time waits 4 no one mavis
if u cant tell me if Prince or Rosie did the opening scream for Gett Off, then u are not purple !!!
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Reply #19 posted 05/23/09 1:43am

eaglebear4839

Yup - gonna go put that song on in a minute.

LondonStyle said:

Damn this song has grown on me big time.....

Now that I understand the back ground to the song it's a conversation based he had with her ....great ....smart....cool....old friends... cool

Great....nice work P.... biggrin
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Reply #20 posted 05/23/09 4:37pm

myloveis4ever

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On his 2009 3-CD set LOTUSFLOW3R, the album MPLSoUND has a song titled "Better With Time", which Prince has said is an ode to Kristin

when did PRINCE said that??? cool
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Reply #21 posted 05/23/09 5:07pm

jill4life

I really love this song, its like a symphony. Truly a great work. Kudos, Prince.
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Reply #22 posted 05/23/09 5:36pm

TheEnglishGent

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Great song. Listening to it right now!
RIP sad
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Reply #23 posted 05/24/09 1:52am

musicolog

Mmmmmhhh... I should listen 2 it again because until now I've just thought the lyrics were nice but its music sounded weak, already heard 2 me...
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