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Printablegood fair review !
i always compare "musicology" to "3121" - they both i believe got 4 stars by Rolling Stone - - - however - i KNOW I ENJOYED 3121 more ... Musicology to me sounds so "retro" and mixed up ... to me 3121 sounds more like Prince is having sum fun ... that being said - it still bothers me - that line "wall of berlin " .... isnt it the Berlin wall ???  Colonel Angus may be smelly. colonel angus may be a little rough . but deep down ... Colonel angus is very sweet. | |
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ColAngus said: good fair review !
i always compare "musicology" to "3121" - they both i believe got 4 stars by Rolling Stone - - - however - i KNOW I ENJOYED 3121 more ... Musicology to me sounds so "retro" and mixed up ... to me 3121 sounds more like Prince is having sum fun ... that being said - it still bothers me - that line "wall of berlin " .... isnt it the Berlin wall ??? thanks I don't understand the question. Do you mean the Berlin wall is called "The Berlin Wall" only? I thought the Wall of Berlin was fine too.  | |
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ufoclub said: I just listened to this album too! It's a very strong sequence. And the title track is in my top eschelon of Prince tracks.
Also.... a lot of Lotusflo3r/MPLSsound (is that what its called?) must might have the same sessions and on a sidenote.... Pheremone and The Pope are from the same elements in part. Just noticed that. The title track is not in my top echelon, it's the only song on the album I don't care for. I like the album more than Lovesexy though. Listened to Lovesexy today (and the Tokyo Lovesexy show . . . ) I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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SUPRMAN said: ufoclub said: I just listened to this album too! It's a very strong sequence. And the title track is in my top eschelon of Prince tracks.
Also.... a lot of Lotusflo3r/MPLSsound (is that what its called?) must might have the same sessions and on a sidenote.... Pheremone and The Pope are from the same elements in part. Just noticed that. The title track is not in my top echelon, it's the only song on the album I don't care for. I like the album more than Lovesexy though. Listened to Lovesexy today (and the Tokyo Lovesexy show . . . ) 
I really like 3121
You like "Get on the Boat"? I love Prince. There's something for everyone.  | |
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Imago said: SUPRMAN said: The title track is not in my top echelon, it's the only song on the album I don't care for. I like the album more than Lovesexy though. Listened to Lovesexy today (and the Tokyo Lovesexy show . . . )
I really like 3121
You like "Get on the Boat"? I love Prince. There's something for everyone. Yes I like 'Get On the Boat.' It sounds like what 'It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night,' was supposed to sound like. I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. | |
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3121 has a few good tracks but i didnt really enjoy it too much.
looking back on an album such as that one makes me appreciate lotusflow3r/mplsound a lot more.  You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam! | |
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SUPRMAN said: Imago said:
I really like 3121
You like "Get on the Boat"? I love Prince. There's something for everyone. Yes I like 'Get On the Boat.' It sounds like what 'It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night,' was supposed to sound like. | |
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Nice review. U express urself well.
My personal favs from this album R "The Word" & Te Amo Corazon". [Edited 8/11/09 10:06am] | |
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Love "3121."  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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Azahar said: Nice review. U express urself well.
My personal favs from this album R "The Word" & Te Amo Corazon". [Edited 8/11/09 10:06am]  | |
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Great review. Nice to see the music being discussed.
Check out my thoughts on the Celebration thread for 3121 - keen to get your thoughts. http://prince.org/msg/7/314152 "I'm not human I'm a dove, I'm ur conscience. I am love" | |
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Very good review although I myself thought that Love should have been a single and love the disc. | |
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Imago said: The song white folks were born to love comes next: Fury. My god, this a great song. It’s Hendrix. It’s Bob Seagur. It’s Lenny Kravitz—all rolled into one. It was the perfect single, but sadly failed to capture an audience. The only qualm I have with the song is that the studio version isn’t nearly as edgy or fierce as his Saturday Night Live performance of the song—if he had given it the treatment he gave ‘Dreamer’ from lotusflow3r it would have rocked my socks off. That being said, the toned down studio version probably fit better into 3121 as it was.
Very solid and dead-on review... Wait, are we being punked!?! Tomorrow, will you reveal that you just wanted to see how many fools would "sign on" to your review of this horrible record? LOL. But, seriously, you capture very well the notion that a lot of times Prince is given a neqative critique for creating solid or good music rather than creating excellent music. And the line, "The song white folks were born to love comes next: Fury," is too funny. I guess I'll side with the white folks this time 'cause I love "Fury" also? |
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Swa said: Great review. Nice to see the music being discussed.
Check out my thoughts on the Celebration thread for 3121 - keen to get your thoughts. http://prince.org/msg/7/314152 I loved your discriptions of the songs and thought they were spot on mostly 
We only differ in that we don't agree on all the songs---but that's the beauty of Prince, isn't it? There's something for everyone to like. | |
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1725topp said: Imago said: The song white folks were born to love comes next: Fury. My god, this a great song. It’s Hendrix. It’s Bob Seagur. It’s Lenny Kravitz—all rolled into one. It was the perfect single, but sadly failed to capture an audience. The only qualm I have with the song is that the studio version isn’t nearly as edgy or fierce as his Saturday Night Live performance of the song—if he had given it the treatment he gave ‘Dreamer’ from lotusflow3r it would have rocked my socks off. That being said, the toned down studio version probably fit better into 3121 as it was.
Very solid and dead-on review... Wait, are we being punked!?! Tomorrow, will you reveal that you just wanted to see how many fools would "sign on" to your review of this horrible record? LOL. But, seriously, you capture very well the notion that a lot of times Prince is given a neqative critique for creating solid or good music rather than creating excellent music. And the line, "The song white folks were born to love comes next: Fury," is too funny. I guess I'll side with the white folks this time 'cause I love "Fury" also?
I wasn't being harsh against my white brothers and sisters about Fury but it is rock in the most classic sense.
One of my favorite Prince performances is the version of the song he did on SNL. | |
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SUPRMAN said: Imago said:
I really like 3121
You like "Get on the Boat"? I love Prince. There's something for everyone. Yes I like 'Get On the Boat.' It sounds like what 'It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night,' was supposed to sound like. I liked IGBABN
though, it felt misplaced on SOTT. | |
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talking to yourself now. [Edited 8/16/09 15:17pm] | |
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ThreadBare said: "First the Fat Boys break up. Now this..."
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minneapolisFunq said: 3121 has a few good tracks but i didnt really enjoy it too much.
looking back on an album such as that one makes me appreciate lotusflow3r/mplsound a lot more. I agree with M-Funq... 
3121 is yet another very average album, 1 of his worst albums actually, I can't enjoy it... only a few good tracks, the LF / MPLS albums are far better.  Prince 4Ever.  | |
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Very nicely done review OP, thanks.
I took only 4 songs from 3121 for my ipod. The title track is just too rappy & R&B for me. I don't like rap, no matter who does it.I really need melody in my music to move me. Naturally I took Incense and Candles, The Dance, Te amo corazon & Beautiful loved and Blessed. I re-listened to the Word, to see why I had skipped it. The beginning guitar is funky and a few later sound effects of the vocals, but it doesn't grab me this song.I had therefore not really listened to the lyrics. At the end it gets all rocky wild with the guitar as well which I can tolerate in small doses if an entire song has kept me listening to that part. I'm white but The Fury doesn't grab me at all. The song beginning reminds me of another song. Which one I don't know. Not Prince's best album, but I suppose it was a specific sound for a specific group of listeners. "Free URself, B the best that U can B, 3rd Apartment from the Sun, nothing left to fear" Prince Rogers Nelson - Forever in my Life - | |
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Bohemian67 said: Very nicely done review OP, thanks.
I took only 4 songs from 3121 for my ipod. The title track is just too rappy & R&B for me. I don't like rap, no matter who does it.I really need melody in my music to move me. Naturally I took Incense and Candles, The Dance, Te amo corazon & Beautiful loved and Blessed. I re-listened to the Word, to see why I had skipped it. The beginning guitar is funky and a few later sound effects of the vocals, but it doesn't grab me this song.I had therefore not really listened to the lyrics. At the end it gets all rocky wild with the guitar as well which I can tolerate in small doses if an entire song has kept me listening to that part. I'm white but The Fury doesn't grab me at all. The song beginning reminds me of another song. Which one I don't know. Not Prince's best album, but I suppose it was a specific sound for a specific group of listeners. Just goes to show that 'one man's gloom is another man's glory', as they're the songs on that album that I can't listen to. | |
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