With In A Large Room With No Light ? I don't get it I've listened to two versions including 2009 and I just don't get it What do you like about?

i like the lyrics and vocals. The beat is fast and awesome. Turn the 86 version up real loud

dance4me3121 said:

Guess I'll take another listen

It just makes me "groove". I can't explain it... I was cleaning while it was playing not too long ago, and my hips started going, and I found myself dancing around.

Some songs just do it, and others don't.
I don't like "Little Red Corvette". (please, people- don't start with the speeches... )

chocolate1 said:

Okay if you like it I guess I need to give it another shot and Imma let the LRC thing slide

nurseV said:

I completely understand what you mean. It's not that great to me either.

It's not that great to me either.

I've had this song since 86 and always found it quirky compared his previous material. That made it enjoyable for me. I'm not too fond of the recent jazz remake of it though.

HonestMan13 said:

nurseV said:

Thank you!

It was one of those songs from one of those prolific, funky, and memorable eras. It was just Prince being Prince.

WaterInYourBath said:

At least I know I'm not the only member of the not getting In A Large Room With No Light group

Dayclear said:

another member

chocolate1 said:

nurseV said:

It's not about the song, it's about the time frame. Same goes for "Splash". Lotta hype at first, then you thought....eh.

Well im sorry u dont like large room. I love it! but if theres one song i dont understand whats so good about it...it has to be "All my Dreams". i like the beat and vocals but the weird voice and piano playing that extends the song makes me wanna fast foward. It has a great ending though.

This song--the original, not so much the new update--just makes me happy. I don't know how to describe it in more detail. But I will say this: My last full-time job made me think of this song a lot, and when I left it to go freelance, I thought of the song again and felt really confident I was doing the right thing.

Maybe it's a good thing not to get this song. If the line "Did U ever feel that life was like looking 4 a penny in a large room with no light" has never resonated with you, that's a blessing.

Its effervescent and avante garde sounding. I admit when I first heard it several years ago I did not see what much of the big deal was. In time I learned to appreciate it, especially thiking about the time frame and what the band was doing as a cohesive working unit. It must have been fun to be working in those sessions. That adds to the appeal for me.

And that ending with them singing "lightttt"...awesome.

I love both versions for different reasons. I think it's just an amazing composition. I just love the juxtoposition of the upbeat music with seemingly bleak lyrics. The music also is so hard to define - it's pop, jazz, rock, funk, kind of calypso... so many styles mixed effortlessly. And that outro seems so onpoint.

4 some reason,I don't like this song.

Efan said:

That's the way I feel.

because its a bootleg.....

WetDream said:

Nah...that's not the reason. I just don't get into the song

it makes me wanna

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thats the only way i can xplain it.

(1980's version that is)

ps. i ain't mad at ya', if we all had the same feelings about the same things, bloody hell would it be boring !!
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I don't get it either.

Its a good song: playfull, quirky, and placed on any of his recent albums it would have been a highlight (that tells something about the quality of the other songs on them first). But its hardly 'an essential'.

Not in terms of style, but in terms of 'status' i would like to compare it to songs like Life can be so Nice and Eye Know: a solid 'albumtrack' but not a real masterpiece.

I've always liked it for many of the reasons already
stated. The new one is ok because I like hearing a release-quality
version of the song, but of course it is missing the zest
of the original recording.
I made a kind of mash if you will of both versions.
It's kind of like the new version sampling the old one
to get in the horns and vocals that are missing.
It came out ok, maybe a little kooky. If anyone would like
to check it out, let me know.

chewymusic said:

I would

I really don't know it. I think I've heard it once.

All this talk has me playing it right now!