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Thread started 01/19/10 11:11am

Riera

Condition Of The ♥

Did Condition Of The Heart ever have an official video?
Just smoke my cigarette and hush
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Reply #1 posted 01/19/10 11:15am

OldFriends4Sal
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Riera said:

Did Condition Of The Heart ever have an official video?



no
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Reply #2 posted 01/19/10 11:27am

Riera

OldFriends4Sale said:

Riera said:

Did Condition Of The Heart ever have an official video?



no



Bah razz
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Reply #3 posted 01/19/10 11:44am

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Great song, though.
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Reply #4 posted 01/19/10 12:07pm

sms130

squirrelgrease said:

Great song, though.

I agree, the music and lyrics r great
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Reply #5 posted 01/19/10 4:22pm

3121

squirrelgrease said:

Great song, though.


I remember reading somewhere that the long intro to 'Condition Of The Heart' was similar or influenced by another piece of music by another artist. Any ideas on what that piece was?
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Reply #6 posted 01/19/10 4:57pm

TyphoonTip

Really love the song, but hate the loooong clumsy synthy intro.

Every time I hear it now I think, 'I really should get around to chopping that out'.
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Reply #7 posted 01/19/10 5:39pm

angelface22

TyphoonTip said:

Really love the song, but hate the loooong clumsy synthy intro.

Every time I hear it now I think, 'I really should get around to chopping that out'.

lol i dont like the intro either, too long
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Reply #8 posted 01/19/10 8:24pm

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squirrelgrease said:

Great song, though.


love it.
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Reply #9 posted 01/20/10 12:50am

NouveauDance

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Videography: http://en.wikipedia.org/w...sic_videos

I think it's missing a few known, but uncirculating ones.
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Reply #10 posted 01/20/10 2:21am

zaza

angelface22 said:

TyphoonTip said:

Really love the song, but hate the loooong clumsy synthy intro.

Every time I hear it now I think, 'I really should get around to chopping that out'.

lol i dont like the intro either, too long

You both should be slapped! no no no! lol
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Reply #11 posted 01/20/10 4:10am

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I love the song beginning to end, sheer genius
"So fierce U look 2night, the brightest star pales 2 Ur sex..."
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Reply #12 posted 01/20/10 4:16am

TyphoonTip

zaza said:

angelface22 said:


lol i dont like the intro either, too long

You both should be slapped! no no no! lol

chainsaw
You've just inspired me to make the cut!

....I'm sure Prince was on the phone or picking his nose when he recorded that intro.
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Reply #13 posted 01/20/10 5:37am

zaza

TyphoonTip said:

zaza said:


You both should be slapped! no no no! lol

chainsaw
You've just inspired me to make the cut!

....I'm sure Prince was on the phone or picking his nose when he recorded that intro.

lol
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Reply #14 posted 01/20/10 8:33am

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One of my favorite Prince songs.

And while the intro sounds dated as hell now, I love the gravity it lends to the song... it also completely flips the pace of the album.
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Reply #15 posted 01/20/10 9:28am

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3121 said:

squirrelgrease said:

Great song, though.


I remember reading somewhere that the long intro to 'Condition Of The Heart' was similar or influenced by another piece of music by another artist. Any ideas on what that piece was?


I don't think I've heard that story.
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Reply #16 posted 01/20/10 11:19am

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angelface22 said:

TyphoonTip said:

Really love the song, but hate the loooong clumsy synthy intro.

Every time I hear it now I think, 'I really should get around to chopping that out'.

lol i dont like the intro either, too long


yeahthat
I've edited the intro a bit as it has 2 bits of silence so it starts after the second gap, i've also edited the end of Temptation with the horrible Talking to god bit, it's a ashame he went too far with that one, 1 way to ruin a crazy freaky assed rock song, i love the screams in that 1!
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She Believed in Fairytales and Princes, He Believed the voices coming from his stereo

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Reply #17 posted 01/20/10 11:56am

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shonenjoe said:

One of my favorite Prince songs.

And while the intro sounds dated as hell now, I love the gravity it lends to the song... it also completely flips the pace of the album.



How does the intro sound dated? I shear purple classical
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Reply #18 posted 01/20/10 1:30pm

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from the very start, rumbles piano glitters and quirky synths. i prepare myself for something out the ordinary.

a small kick jumps into the actual composition aroun 2:00. hearing drops of indian cymbols before a natural guitar slides together with more syths.
the piano work is soft and introspective as prince sings how love ache and lorn. and how.

"its a shame how sometimes money buys u everything and nothing."
"thinkin of you drives me crazy"

The emotion in his voice is a border line sobbing. his vocal tone from 5:00 to 5:05 realy touches me in a way that prince can... never herd any one attempt vocals like these.

from there on the vocal harmonies of his backrounds is amazing.


overall some of prince's most challenging music at that point in his carear.
not only challenging himself but also the listener...

"I'm blinded by the daisies in your yard"
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Reply #19 posted 01/20/10 1:33pm

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This song is one his most boring songs ever...And I hate the vocals he uses.. lol
Some people think I'm kinda cute
But that don't compute when it comes 2 Y-O-U.
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Reply #20 posted 01/20/10 1:45pm

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There was a girl in Paris
Whom he sent a letter 2
Hoping she would answer back
Now wasn't that a fool
Hardy notion on the part of a
Sometimes lonely musician
Acting out a whim is only good
4 a condition of the heart
There was a dame from London
Who insisted that he love her
Then left him 4 a real prince
From Arabia, now isn't that
A shame that sometimes money
Buys U everything and nothing
Love, it only seems 2 buy a
Terminal condition of the heart
Thinking about U driving me crazy
My friends all say it's just a phase, but ooh-ooh
Every day is a yellow day
I'm blinded by the daisies in your yard
There was a woman from the ghetto
Who made funny faces just like
Clara Bow, how was I 2 know
That she would wear the same
Cologne as U and giggle the same
Giggle that U do?
Whenever I would act a fool, the fool
With a condition of the heart
Thinking about U driving me crazy
My friends all say it's just a phase, but ooh-ooh
Every single day is a yellow day
I'm blinded by the daisies in your yard
There was a girl (There was a girl in Paris)
whom he sent a letter to... (Whom he sent a letter 2)
(Hoping she would answer back)
She never answered back and now (wasn't that a foolhardy)
He's got a condition of the heart. (notion ...)
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Reply #21 posted 01/20/10 1:57pm

Tame

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Beautiful Song. cool
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #22 posted 01/20/10 2:14pm

nyse

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Rinluv said:

This song is one his most boring songs ever...And I hate the vocals he uses.. lol

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Reply #23 posted 01/20/10 2:49pm

BorisFishpaw

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TyphoonTip said:

Really love the song, but hate the loooong clumsy synthy intro.

Every time I hear it now I think, 'I really should get around to chopping that out'.


That intro is really a separate segue or interlude, there's another one just
before The Ladder too. Back in the 80's Prince (and most people) didn't track
these kind of interludes separately, instead tagging them onto the beginning
or end of an adjoining track. If ATWIAD had been released in the CD era, these
interludes would probably have been tracked separately.
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Reply #24 posted 01/20/10 2:52pm

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Beautiful song, highly rated by most Prince fans I guess heart

but.... of course some here hates this song, I'm not surprised about that... sad
Prince 4Ever. heart
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Reply #25 posted 01/20/10 2:53pm

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Ps... if I'm not mistaken, "Condition Of The Heart" was chosen as best song off the ATWIAD album, on Housequake.com wink
Prince 4Ever. heart
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Reply #26 posted 01/20/10 4:04pm

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BorisFishpaw said:

TyphoonTip said:

Really love the song, but hate the loooong clumsy synthy intro.

Every time I hear it now I think, 'I really should get around to chopping that out'.


That intro is really a separate segue or interlude, there's another one just
before The Ladder too. Back in the 80's Prince (and most people) didn't track
these kind of interludes separately, instead tagging them onto the beginning
or end of an adjoining track. If ATWIAD had been released in the CD era, these
interludes would probably have been tracked separately.


You know, I've never looked at it that way. It makes perfect sense. Of course, the interlude would then have a title...

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[Edited 1/20/10 16:08pm]
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Reply #27 posted 01/20/10 4:05pm

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orgfart
[Edited 1/20/10 16:06pm]
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Reply #28 posted 01/20/10 7:38pm

Vendetta1

This is in my top five favorite Prince songs.
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Reply #29 posted 01/20/10 7:46pm

TyphoonTip

squirrelgrease said:

BorisFishpaw said:



That intro is really a separate segue or interlude, there's another one just
before The Ladder too. Back in the 80's Prince (and most people) didn't track
these kind of interludes separately, instead tagging them onto the beginning
or end of an adjoining track. If ATWIAD had been released in the CD era, these
interludes would probably have been tracked separately.


You know, I've never looked at it that way. It makes perfect sense. Of course, the interlude would then have a title...

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[Edited 1/20/10 16:08pm]


A pre-segue segue.
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