squirrelgrease said:

Isn't this the German promo that had Poem listed as Come on it?

scififilmnerd said:

I don't know. I don't have this one. I first saw it here: http://users.skynet.be/yo...orsale.htm

This was excellent! I truly deeply loved this period Come-Gold such a prolific period and a great time to be a Prince - fan. Can't wait for the next ultimate editions.
And wow squirrelgrease I'm so jealous of that Come promo you have there!

Brilliantly written, Scifi. Such a complex back story - you made it crystal clear. Looking forward to the next one!

Huggiebear said:

They weren't part of the Come project.

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I do.
[Edited 8/26/09 17:52pm]

Genesia said:

Is there a version of this thread where the first reply isn't someone whinging about the amazing amount of work that was put into the original post(s)?

Thanks to everone who bothered to post encouraging words.

Here's Part 2:
http://prince.org/msg/7/317534

TyphoonTip said:

Unfortunately not, because reading that was, like...

Warning: Repeated listening to Come might be hazardous to your reputation!

Heard my downstairs neighbor gossiping with a couple of friends last night. Apparently, every time Poem comes on, he thinks I'm watching porn.

Aparently, he thinks I watch a lot of porn, like, all the time.

scififilmnerd said:

The worst part is they think you're watching straight porn!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Yeah!

Thanks scififilmnerd for an amazing read!

I always felt that despite the friction with WB, there was a feeling of a real revolution in Prince's music. I would have loved to have heard that original configuration!

To have in broken down in such a compelling way just makes it all the more facinating... thank you soooo much!

scififilmnerd said:

You've done a great job! It's my favourite P era, his creative peak, IMO.

I have to say I don't really agree with a lot of the subsequent re-worked tracks being inferior, but that's just a matter of taste.

I learned a lot and I look forward to reading part 2!

TyphoonTip said:

I had no access to bootlegs at this point so I had nothing else to gauge it by. Glad that is the case because I love this album as it is.

scififilmnerd said:



SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:





At least he doesn't think it's you having sex with a woman Or does he?

Very insightful

Love 'Come' (thought the apostrophe may help). It has something that most of Prince's albums have lacked since - cohesion. Even if every song isn't brilliant it all flows together beautifully...think the poetry/ocean waves segues help in that respect.

Virgo said:

I could write an auto-biography and call it "Prince ruined my reputation".

r1ghteousone said:

Yes, but it would have been nice if the segues had been tracked individually as segues rather than as part of the songs.

scififilmnerd said:

Like the operator on Gold you mean? yeah...may be better that way, could at least remove them if you wanted to.

Interesting.....thanks 4 sharing.

this was a lot of fun to read but there is too much opinion for me and not enough objectivity.