Prince must've done his playbacks at home on a Panasonic boombox that I have 'cause I have never heard it until 2nite. WOW! What an amazing mix. So many layers.
I'm givin' 3121 another chance.

A lot of his music is like that, you listen to a song at a later time and go Damn, that is really nice!

I listened to it recently with a bucket on my head and a finger up my ass. The dynamics were unreal.

squirrelgrease said:

Did U smell your finger afterwards?

Did U work up a Brown Sweat?

SPOOKYGAS said:

That's gross.

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SPOOKYGAS said:

Imagine that.

One of the best trax he's ever done. Miles better than Kiss. Wish it had an extended version.

Black Sweat is a pinnacle of the MPLSound.

WetDream said:

There is a remix of blacksweat, on the CD single. it clocks at 3:47

yeah it's only too short, missing some nice rhythm guitar.

Kiss is still miles ahead of Black Sweat imo.

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@tangerine: wouldn't exactly call that extended but, i haven't heard it nonetheless. The live version is the closest to an extended version we got and its oh-so-sexy!

btw, is that you in that picture, if so, your voluptuous.
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LoveCity said:

Ive been listening to 3121 a lot lately first time in years...i love the album

WetDream said:

well, i never said that it was infact extended,but it is something a bit different & 36 mins longer. i honestly like the orginal version but the remix is cool too. yea that's me.




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black sweet is generic look at how hip i am song
kiss is a classic.minneapolis tour de force

funky!

tell 'em whatchu bout to do boy!

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WetDream said:

Wow that's great

Exponentially funky!

jill4life said:

Black Sweat is such an awesome song!!

NastradumasKid said:

It is one of my faves, and the video too

It would be a great track if the the high pitched whine didnt make my ears bleed. This song is proof that Prince has had major hearing loss.

emesem said:

I doubt that. That's one of his trademark high pitched whines.

emesem said:

But he has always done that in his songs. Ever heard "Let's Prened We're Married" or "Something in the Water"?

NastradumasKid said:

Are we talking about the same thing? I'm talking about the wannabe "Summertime" sinewave sound. I dont recall that in those tracks you mentioned.

emesem said:

He does whine a bit in those songs or maybe that's the screaming part. Anyway, whine is part of Prince.

I used to be so infatuated by the video, I had to watch it at least 5 times daily for about a month

WetDream said:

Yes!

I always thought that song ended prematurely. If a longer version was released, I could imagine it would have been a real summer jam.

That album was marketed all wrong. why release 3121 when Black Sweat was more radio friendly (RB radio at least)

Why not release single of Incense and Candles.. instead of... TC. Again on RB radio... but I do believe if he had hit big on RB radio.. crossover to pop would have followed.

That whole album kicks ass, but "Black Sweat" is a classic. Love it.

emesem said:

yeah, that sound it pretty irritating...i used to like that sound, but in black sweat its way too loud...

I had my iPod on shuffle yesterday and Kiss came on. I was floored by how amazing it was, thinking: BS comes nowhere near this...
Then two songs later BS came on!! (freaky that) Anyway, it too floored me and totally held its own v Kiss. Both classic trad