ive been a fan of prince since 1982 first concert i saw him was at radio city in 82 during the controversy tour,since then been through all his concerts,tv appearences etc,every album released to me was a major event,ive defended him on him music,his look,his eccentricities.Having said all this i feel like ive
seen a icon slowly losing his way and thats a sad thing to me.When he put out
"purple and gold" i thought that the track was rushed and not really thought out like his was trying to capitalize of the vikings season so i gave him "a pass,a mulligan" figuring that the next track will be the real prince.

This week i hear a new track"cause and effect" and like everyone else in here i got hyped,when i heard the 12 second snippet wednesday i figured this will be the "lets go crazy(part 2)or like the brillence of "fury" fire and brimstone will come out of his guitar and set a new precedence in rock music..but instead im hearing 3 seperate entites on the track its like he put together different sounds but its not cohesive,the 2nd guitar solo is like a mismash of just sound(he should not have the drummer doing a solo while he's playing..just too much noise and unnecessary

im very confused and disappointed with him now i hope this is just a throw away track and not on a forth coming album..i need input from you guys cause i feel were watching the demise of a icon(i hope im wrong)

yeah after 2 weak released songs, I guess some of us (a lot?) have our doubts about Prince now....

but let's not judge him totally "washed up", after all he did write some ok songs on LF/MPLS like:

Colonized Mind,
Dreamer,
Dance 4 Me,
Ol' Skool Company.

and: "Here" is great too.
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Prince 1958-2010.

Let's hope he has something good left in the tank.

Its only 2 songs people. I enjoyed his last 3 albums and from what posts Ive read Prince's demise began a long time ago. Most of what I read on here is negativity and complaining.

mwilli said:

There in lies your problem. That was 1984. It's 2010.

the best way to describe of what i feel is "torn" i feel he might have something left un done,but future releases producing "unfocused" or just
"noise music" then his production/icon.artistry has come to a abrupt end

That mojo is lost.

We're talking Jeremy Bentham-in-the-coffin, smoke monster, blow up the hatch-lost.

We need John Locke to go back in time and turn some giant stone mechanism in the opposite direction in order to retrieve that shit.

4 Lions

It's not "mojo. It's that he has no goals, besides showing off and getting the next advance. Prince's songs sound like he's a kid let loose in the studio with no rules or structure. Just banging away however he pleases. I know he says that's a good thing, but what you get is a song, essentially without meaning to anyone, not even Prince.

No, Lotusflower & the rainbow children are pure genious! C&E is awesome