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Thread started 06/28/09 5:34am

scandalousalan

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The arms of orion Yay or Nay?

Out of an earlier post which inspired me to dust off and spin the Batman soundtrack, i gave it the full listen and actually, wait for it ...enjoyed arms of orion, jeezuz...anyone else listned to this cut and enjoyed it before? xx
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Reply #1 posted 06/28/09 5:47am

coolcat

I've always liked this tune. I've never understood the hate.
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Reply #2 posted 06/28/09 6:11am

squirrelgrease

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I love it. I don't care what anyone says... it's a beautiful song.
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Reply #3 posted 06/28/09 6:28am

thedance

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it's an okay song but the B-side is much better and what makes the single worth to have:





I Love U In Me..... heart

from sleevographia cool
Prince 4Ever. heart
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Reply #4 posted 06/28/09 6:50am

TechMasterr

I loved it ever since I first heard it. biggrin
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Reply #5 posted 06/28/09 8:07am

onenitealone

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There's not one track - one single track - that I dislike on the 'Batman' album. So I give this the thumbs-up. thumbs up! It's purty. mushy


However, I know how much 'The Arms Of Orion' sends even hardcore Prince fans running for the hills so we should enjoy being the majority whilst it lasts. lol lol lol
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Reply #6 posted 06/28/09 8:08am

djThunderfunk

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Worst single EVER, and the ONLY song on Batman I don't like... sorry.
Not dead, not in prison, still funkin'...
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Reply #7 posted 06/28/09 8:09am

ernestsewell

Yes, and yes to the b-side.
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Reply #8 posted 06/28/09 8:28am

4bjb

ernestsewell said:

Yes, and yes to the b-side.


i've always liked arms of orion, btw i think it is Prince's best collaboration. I would have liked to hear Michael Jackson cover "arms of orion" with Sheena Easton...
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Reply #9 posted 06/28/09 8:29am

amorbella

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scandalousalan said:

Out of an earlier post which inspired me to dust off and spin the Batman soundtrack, i gave it the full listen and actually, wait for it ...enjoyed arms of orion, jeezuz...anyone else listned to this cut and enjoyed it before? xx


yay.... biggrin
Say it's just a dream...
U open up ur eyes and come 2 realize
u simply imagined this
So u lean over and give her a kiss
Here on earth, here on earth,
with u it's not so bad
Here on earth, here on earth
eye don't feel so sad
Stay right here
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Reply #10 posted 06/28/09 8:31am

amorbella

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magic mountain used to use this as their batman the ride theme song. Imagine listening to this song over and over waiting in a two hour line.
Say it's just a dream...
U open up ur eyes and come 2 realize
u simply imagined this
So u lean over and give her a kiss
Here on earth, here on earth,
with u it's not so bad
Here on earth, here on earth
eye don't feel so sad
Stay right here
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Reply #11 posted 06/28/09 8:33am

moussemaker

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YAY! biggrin
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Reply #12 posted 06/28/09 8:40am

djdaffy1227

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I love the song. The B-side sounds almost the same. I don't understand how you can like one but not the other lol
Making love and music are the only things worth fighting for.
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Reply #13 posted 06/28/09 11:07am

SUPRMAN

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scandalousalan said:

Out of an earlier post which inspired me to dust off and spin the Batman soundtrack, i gave it the full listen and actually, wait for it ...enjoyed arms of orion, jeezuz...anyone else listned to this cut and enjoyed it before? xx

Not even the first time I heard it.
I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think.
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Reply #14 posted 06/28/09 11:09am

SUPRMAN

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djThunderfunk said:

Worst single EVER, and the ONLY song on Batman I don't like... sorry.

Certainly vies with 'Cream' and 'Take Me With U' as worst single.
The misstep on the soundtrack but if I'm listening to the whole album, I'll let it ride, but I have to be alone . . .
I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think.
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Reply #15 posted 06/28/09 11:33am

wasitgood4u

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First Prince song I REALLY disliked...
Going WTF - serious taste dysfunction going on there.

Non-ironic cheese! and not even good enough to make it classic cheese (like, say, the Stylistics - he got close to that on some trax off Emancipation)
"We've never been able to pull off a funk number"

"That's becuase we're soulless auttomatons"
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Reply #16 posted 06/28/09 11:48am

HAZE03

In the late 80's, early 90's I use to play this in the car with my girl friend. She would always joke about both, The Arms of Orion and I love u in me and how sugary sweet they sounded. Back then Christopher Williams from the New Jack City Soundtrack was her style of singer at the time. I loved both songs Arms of Orion and I love u in me, and I played them around whoever was around me.
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Reply #17 posted 06/28/09 11:51am

dawntreader

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yay.

love the lower register voice...

and the synth solo at the end...
yes SIR!
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Reply #18 posted 06/28/09 12:38pm

pepper7

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One of my all time favourite Prince songs!

I love it! It's beautiful, concise and to the point.

I also think it's really clever.

Very under-rated and a great example of the different styles of song writing Prince has.

lol
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Reply #19 posted 06/28/09 12:53pm

SUPRMAN

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amorbella said:

magic mountain used to use this as their batman the ride theme song. Imagine listening to this song over and over waiting in a two hour line.

Yes I suffered through that. I was so embarrassed that they were using THAT song . .. If it must be played then play the album in its entirety.
I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think.
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Reply #20 posted 06/28/09 12:55pm

SUPRMAN

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pepper7 said:

One of my all time favourite Prince songs!

I love it! It's beautiful, concise and to the point.

I also think it's really clever.

Very under-rated and a great example of the different styles of song writing Prince has.

lol

Clever? Not a word I'd associated with the song.
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Reply #21 posted 06/28/09 12:59pm

sexxydancer

Nay! hmph!
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Reply #22 posted 06/28/09 1:12pm

Lammastide

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I've hated this song since the very first time I heard it. It's something he should have given away.
Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.”
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Reply #23 posted 06/28/09 1:15pm

eireboy34

nay
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Reply #24 posted 06/28/09 1:26pm

lunacoco

dawntreader said:

yay.

love the lower register voice...

and the synth solo at the end...



Amen. There are times when Prince sings in a classic style like he did in Orion with Sheena. They sounded beautiful together and the song is a guilty pleasure of mine. I know it's unpopular::ahem::to say so, but I love it when he sings in a "lilting" manner...just as in "She Loves Me 4 Me", the 2 songs sound like broadway musical numbers. Orion is lyrically and melodically perfect for a musical play. "I'd cross the stars for you...searchin for a lover in a sea of tranquility." Seemingly out of character for "the cool brotha." He really IS Romeo, isn't he?
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Reply #25 posted 06/28/09 1:29pm

baroque

it's a good ice skating song.
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Reply #26 posted 06/28/09 1:38pm

LadyInWhite

SUPRMAN said:

pepper7 said:

One of my all time favourite Prince songs!

I love it! It's beautiful, concise and to the point.

I also think it's really clever.

Very under-rated and a great example of the different styles of song writing Prince has.

lol

Clever? Not a word I'd associated with the song.


Hear, hear, SUPRMAN - NAY!!!! It's not clever, it's very unusually klichee w/o tongue in cheek, which doesn't work for me. One of his LEAST clever or inspired songs ever. Sorry.

YAY!!!! To the B-side, though, how can anyone not see the vast difference in inspiration???? Now, that's a cool song!
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Reply #27 posted 06/28/09 1:53pm

errant

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it's alright for what it is. but it's obvious he was cashing in on some Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram "Somewhere Out There" Fievel bullshit.
"does my cock look fat in these jeans?"
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Reply #28 posted 06/28/09 1:55pm

Lammastide

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errant said:

it's alright for what it is. but it's obvious he was cashing in on some Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram "Somewhere Out There" Fievel bullshit.

falloff
Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.”
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Reply #29 posted 06/28/09 2:08pm

rialb

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Nay, nay a thousand times nay. I love me some Prince ballads but just five seconds of this syrupy pap is enough to make a person diabetic.
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