HatrinaHaterwitz said:

yeah....i was just making fun of the fact that you actually think prince comes in here for advice on which single to release next

violetblues said:

What kids have you played this for? I played a few cuts for a couple of friends of mine and they liked it. The only way for us to know if it's going to be a hit is for it to be played for people to hear. I think it's a hit waiting to happen but I may be wrong as you might be wrong that it'll be a dud. We need to have this song hit the airwaves to see what happens next. Besides, the way radio is now, if you hate the song today, let them play it enough times and you'll be singing the song by Sunday and loving the song by next Thursday.
[Edited 8/13/09 21:48pm]

japanrocks said:

I Do?

Militant said:

I wasnt sure about dance 4 me when I first heard it, but I did think it was one of the stronger songs on MPLS. I got two of my (non-Prince fan) flatmates to hear it and they thought it was fairly forgettable. They didnt hate it, but they didnt care for it either. If you listen to radio in the UK and the songs in the top 50 here, they are nothing like Dance 4 me at all, I cant see how this will get airplay let alone be a hit. It doesnt sound current.

He missed a trick here, because retro sounding pop songs, catering to the huge adult market like $ and dreamer are in vogue (ie amy winehouse, duffy, etc) and they would really generate some interest and even airplay, maybe well get a release of one of those songs soon.

good choice princey

$ would have been my choice for a single too besides Dance for me.
Remindes me of Amy whinehouse and all this duffy stuff....
Dance for me is also a good single, but for a dance song these days too slow..
I don`t know why Prince doesn`t let his singles remixed for clubs.
Don`t think it will be a hit, but if he gets some airplay it`s ok;)
[Edited 8/14/09 3:33am]

linus4000 said:

i think it will be a hit, its very simliar to all this lady gaga rubbish in the charts now!

linus4000 said:

I don't think "$" would sell. Besides, pop/ac radio wouldn't touch Prince today. I could see something like "Here" or "Something U Already Know" getting air play. "Something U Already Know" is a hit waiting to happen. Especially with a hot video.

linus4000 said:

There's supposed to be a remix for Dance 4 Me.

purplecam said:

I would love it if Prince made the multitracks available for Dance 4 Me so i could do my own remix. That would be the shiznit.

daPrettyman said:

In the US Prince got a lot of airplay on Urban AC ( Call my name, Future baby mama, satiefied etc) so he could repeat it with Something U Already Know, Better with time, probably Here -i am not sure-, Elixier, U`re gonna C me)...this time Target or Prince didn`t release anything to radio as far as i know....

Pop/AC in the US....i am not sure whether they would play something from prince...

But here in Europe i think Dance for me , Chocolate Box or $ would be good singles...
With Black sweat or Musicology Prince got some attention and got played a lot here on MTV in Germany.....they were not hit singles on the chart but he got some attention for his new albums...

Dance for me will get a remix.....great....but from the NPG or ???

IMO every well known DJ-remixer would like to do rmx for Prince...but it`s Prince

Militant said:

Yes, I would love to do that too. At least a separate vocal track would be cool.

linus4000 said:

I remember William Orbit doing some remixes for The Future/Electric Chair off the Batman album.

But for Dance 4 Me it should be a pumping club mix
I'd love to hear a 'Thin White Duke-mix' by Stuart Price, aka Jacques Lu Cont. He did some fine stuff for Madonna, The Killers, Coldplay and Royksopp, among many others.

On the satelite radio station 'Jazz radio' (french speaking moderators) they play 'In a large room with no light' (the one on the Montreux web site) very often.

so how will the single be released? cd or 12"?

Glory, glory !

purplecam said:

doubt it..cause when it comes 2 prince on NY radio, they're minds r strickly the following songs: 1999, little red corvette, when doves cry on the urban stations it's either do me baby, i wanna b ur lover or adore that's it.

L4OATheOriginal said:

Another reason why I try to avoid the radio as much as possible. I love the old stuff but I don't want to ONLY hear those songs. That's why I got shocked hearing FBM the few times I listened to music on the radio. I pray that all of this changes but I'm ready for him to be ignored by the radio again. It's bullshit.
[Edited 8/14/09 13:43pm]

Nikkie said:

Yep, actually William Orbit did those remixes in collaboration with Mark Moore (S'Express).

ToraTora17 said:

purplecam said:

totally agree ..clear channel is bullshit yo!

Dance4me is even more 'kiddy music' then Black Eyed Peas.. it could go both ways: becoming a big what for whatever reason, or just make no impact at all.

linus4000 said:

Bullcrap. Back in 1999 Basement Jaxx refused to remix TGRES, because they instantly recognized it was SHIT. Plenty people would love to tackle his 1980s catalog, but any of the recent stuff? Unless he pays a lot of money, perhaps.

NoVideo said:

In their first week, perhaps. And then they disappeared and were never heard of again. How many hits has he had?

NoVideo said:

Yet that concert run added ZILCH to his record sales (except the old stuff).

laurarichardson said:

Oh, did I miss a string of hit singles? A series of era-defining albums? Oh wait, no, I didn't. NOTHING happened.

laurarichardson said:

Yeah, the dude who released his "1999" remake at THE WORST POSSIBLE MOMENT is suddenly going to manage to coordinate things like this.

Sheesh, the man can't even plan a tour in advance, it has to be "hit & run", and now he's gonna coordinate concerts + a single release FROM AN ALBUM THAT ISN'T AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE USA and SCORE A HIT? He can't be arsed to manage to release LF in Europe!

BartVanHemelen said:

maybe cos he gave the CD away?

BartVanHemelen said:

You might want to be careful about twisting the FACTS to suit your agenda. I know Simon from Basement Jaxx as he is a friend of my cousins. Here's what was ACTUALLY said by him in an interview.




The entire idea of someone not wanting to do a remix because they don't like the original track doesn't make any sense. My cousin is a professional producer and remixer and has been approached by record labels before to do remixes for people like The Fugees and Lady Gaga, and has done so even when he doesn't necessarily like the original song. Because it's an opportunity to make the song better.

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BartVanHemelen said:

Thanks Militant...Sometimes facts are helpful;))

I think Prince`s reasons for not letting remix his songs on a regular bases could be that he doesn`t respect modern club music that much or that he`s a bit afraid that it could be in a way better than the original song or be "disrespectful" to the original version....just some ideas,,,,

linus4000 said:

Good point.Junkie XL redid Elvis's Little less conversation and it was a perfect remix. I'd love to see some songs of Prince in a club mix. In fact he should do a whole happy vocal house/ or lounge cd in the mix for that matter.