$ 20,000,000 now there is a statement and it begs a question.

the media...dont make me laugh... its been a fucking disgraceful circus... those poor children.

I love you.

love yourself first then it will be so much easier..not everybody can be on top.

You filthy little minx!

If you wanna see what I look like, click on my username. You won't be disappointed. raaaaar!

"cause and effect"

i am here. where are you?
ladies and gentlemen.....

cause and effect
hey, hey, hey

if had the chance to do it all again
i wouldn't change a thing, except my next of kin
there's something on the tip of my tongue
-got a taste for sin
if you stamp your passport full of regret
you have nothing to remember but a lot to forget
leave no enemies, leave no dead

made in the image of cause and effect
to no other man am i the subject
i am what i am because & effect
cause & effect
hey, hey, hey

If i could talk to myself back then right now
i'd say 'son you might wanna, stick around
something amazing is about to go down'
if i could leave myself just 1 little note
one that husbands and fathers wrote
it say 'you can either be a superstar or grow up,
but not both'

made in the image of cause and effect
to no other man am i the subject
i am what i am because & effect
cause & effect
hey, hey, he

cause and effect
ladies and gentlemen
rock/roll rock/roll

i am here. where are you?
ooooh oooh. haha. hey eh heh oh hoh

don't let them say your paper's worth more than gold
i see a generation lay down before they get old
and getting endlessly sold
you need compassion for one another
righter than wrong
that's what needs to be at the heart of every past
and future soul song

made in the image of cause and effect
to no other man am i the subject
i am what i am because & effect
cause & effect
hey, hey, he

look at y'all. brains splattered
all over...moneyapolis

ladies and gentlemen
rock/roll rock/roll

Where is Ernest? I always appreciate his perspective....

love yourself first then it will be so much easier..not everybody can be on top.

Review of the song "Cause and Effect"

The first half minute or so is interesting, I like the poppy breaks here and there. But the longer it went on, the less I liked it. It has the problem a lot of later era Prince songs have... it just rambles on and on with no pure structure at all. A song like I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man has a beautiful structure... hook... chorus... and real lyrics you can understand. That's why it's a great song and will be loved and remembered forever.

But Cause and Effect doesn't have any of that. It just rambles on, sort of like Rock 'n Roll is Alive and Cybersingle. At the end Prince throws in a token guitar solo but that can't save this song at all. There's no real structure, hook, chorus, and the lyrics are too self centered and preachy to ever be a hit or a fan favorite.

It was definitely embarrassing to hear so many great songs on The Current (Sloop John B!) and then hear this dreck from Prince, a rock 'n roll hall of famer. Listening to Cause and Effect, you'd never know Prince was a great musician. He should be writing songs that are meaningful... at the very least, songs that are well structured and enjoyable, especially after so many years of making music. I think he's spending too much time reading the Bible and hanging out alone at Paisley Park. It's time for Prince to make some music that touches people... and not in ways they'd rather not be touched.

I'm gonna go listen to Pet Sounds now.

Final Grade for Cause and Effect: D-
Final Grade for Sloop John B: A+
[Edited 2/26/10 6:16am]

In my head you are so much more like Andy Whitfield (of the Starz Spartaus fame), but I like redheads, too!

Erik and spookyFam,

please take your arguing to Orgnotes...

peace.

Maaaannnnn, you guys...

As I read through some of these "comments", it makes me sad. I mean, I realize we are all here to give our opinions on Prince and his work, but dayum! A lot of people on here are just plain cruel and maybe should consider logging out for good on the org.

Yes, the Viking song was not his best work. Ok, we know that. I accept that Prince too, as every other artist in the world, has good works and bad works. Can we please get over the bashing? I thought we were all here because we, at some point, felt it necessary to join a website for PRINCE FANS. If you have decided you are no longer a fan, and you think that everything he does sucks, then please- by all means- leave.

I like the jam parts but the song is itself is pretty weak. Like 'Wall of Berlin" in a way. His songwriting has been really scattershot lately.

And this would differ from any creative endeavor by anyone on earth in what way?

"Scattershot" is the nature of art. It's just more pronounced in Prince's case because he puts so much out there.

Maaaannnnn, you guys...

If you have decided you are no longer a fan, and you think that everything he does sucks, then please- by all means- leave.

And this would differ from any creative endeavor by anyone on earth in what way?

"Scattershot" is the nature of art. It's just more pronounced in Prince's case because he puts so much out there.