2elijah said:

I'm sorry but the truth is what it is. Her song has more fight and effort in it!!!!

2elijah said:

THAT LADY IS AMAZING COMPARED TO PRINCE'S SONG.
His Royal Badness needs to take a lesson or two from homegirl here.

theAudience said:

exactly, that's it....

I'm going 2 stick with what I said before...

It really works, 4 its' intention, and in fact, it's magnificent.

I will also stick with what I said previously, that with a change in the drums, and an anthemic guitar solo, it would rock.The change in drums would be 2 push the feel a bit... a bit more aggressive.

The "anthemic" guitar solo would be around 2:52. Check it.

saw this on cnn this morning.
interesting.
cant wait to hear it.

thedance said:

And also what most other football marches sound like.

Giovanni777 said:

This ...is my exact view also. Not surprised though.

2 bad they are going 2 lose this Sunday.

Here are some things being said by people in another forum I post in. Keep in mind that it's not a Prince forum, so these are the opinions of the general public:

well i heard it again .i guess it is a fight song.but my goodness,i dont get it.i thought the players like to hear songs that fired them up.that sounds like it could put u to sleep

It's more of a traditional fight song. You still hear soccer fans singing stuff like this. The fact that it has a melody means that 50,000 people could sing it--if they learned it, which they won't because it's not 1927.

Piiijiii said:

you're funny.

Jakeasaurus said:

more comments at perez hilton's site :
http://perezhilton.com/20...ng#respond

I heard the full version it sounds better .But I hear someone else vocals on the song. I wonder who is singing with him on the track

REVIEW OF PRINCE'S FIGHT SONG:

Prince composes new Vikings fight song

By Doug Farrar

"You've probably seen Prince Rogers Nelson, His Royal Purpleness, in a luxury box watching the Minnesota Vikings at Mall of America Field this season, especially since FOX enjoys crowd cuts at the expense of in-game replay as a general rule. And this compatibility isn't just about the common themes of the Twin Cities and the color purple; there's now a musical connection as well. Courtesy of MyFox9.com in Minneapolis, the news that Prince composed a Vikings theme song after watching his home team beat the heck out of the Dallas Cowboys in the divisional playoff round last weekend.

The team loves the song and plans to put it on its website, according to the report, and hopes it will provide some inspiration as the Vikings head to New Orleans to deal with the Saints in the NFC championship game -- that is, unless everyone finds Brett Favre's(notes) rendition of "Pants on the Ground" more to their liking.

As far as overall musical quality ... well, it isn't up there with B-level gems in the Prince catalogue like "Play in the Sunshine" or "Computer Blue". In fact, it sounds like someone got half a gospel choir together on the quick, vamped on an old-school Casio keyboard, and got a slightly wobbly recording out of the whole thing. As NFL fight songs go? Not quite as catchy as, say, "Fly Eagles Fly", but quite a bit better than the legendary "Ram It" by the 1985 Los Angeles Rams (in my opinion, the sole reason there isn't pro football in L.A. anymore). But judge for yourself; click here to hear an excerpt, and read the lyrics after the jump."

It sounds like the National anthem to the country of Gaylordia.

merrickjones69 said:

I've listened to the full version a couple times, and I'll admit the song doesn't make me break out into a rash like it did at first. I agree with others who've said that stronger drums could pump it up...

And like merrickjones69 above wrote, I too heard a female vocal in there. Doesn't really sound like Bria to me, but then I'm no Bria expert.

I live in Philadelphia.

This is what a fight song is supposed to sound like!!!


www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R2nmtg0whE


A fight song has to have TESTOSTERONE!!!!!

Sad to say this but... Prince failed miserably.
[Edited 1/22/10 12:53pm]

not only perez hilton reports about it, it's also on tmz's site :
http://www.tmz.com/2010/0...ight-song/

mwhahaha!!!! r u f'in kdding me??!


man he better play this live(quick before he gets laughed out of town) and a whole lot better.

that isn't a song that is what time does the SERVICE start son!

ludwig said:

From TMZ:

Prince -- the artist formally known as "talented" -- has reportedly released a snippet from the new fight song he wrote for the Minnesota Vikings. Unique ... is one way people are describing it.



... And let the backlash BEGIN.

I think it's neat that he is so loyal to his homestate. He is very proud to be from Minnesota.. Not many celebrities that I know of keep in such close contact with their homestate.

Deadflow3r said:

Prince must HATE his homestate and his home team to write such fuckery.

I like it^^

But i have to admit i also did like Graffiti Bridge (the song)^^

that is quite possibly the worst fight song ever. Remember when Prince was talented??

No, but really, that song is terrible.

Gossip blog DListed has "Purple and Gold" as the subject of today's Open Post, and hardly anybody has even commented on the song.

Here's what Michael K (awesome guy who runs DListed) wrote:
"Before you hit play, prepare to be bombarded with images of unicorn-riding leprechauns marching on the yellow brick road while fairy princesses throw glittery gum drops from cotton candy clouds above.

They tell me this is a song Prince wrote for his hometown team the Minnesota Vikings, but I'm pretty sure it's really a long-lost B-side from The Wizard of Oz soundtrack. And I'm also pretty sure that at Mariah Carey's next wedding, this song will be her bridal march."


[Edited 1/22/10 13:04pm]

RubyButterfly said:

Acrylic said:

he has to work with what he's got; they don't have 2 line dances, in Minnesota, I don't think. I love the people of New Orleans. They are some of the least self-conscious people I know.