It's a shame but it's a mess.What happened to writing a Song?with Melodies?Sorry to say but even this is better.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/h...492884.stm
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is there a bit of backward talking after the past and future soul song bit?

The track is a grower.



My first impression was


After my 5th listen it was


Then it was



And now it's definitely








Musically it's very exciting. I can understand why it's "too much" for some and why they say it's not focused enough, but I like that it takes a couple of listens to enjoy and understand this song.



I also dig the lyrics. I like his nod to the Gold/Chaos era (the Shy-like guitar part with similar rhymes to Gold and then the hint to Right The Wrong).




Great song.

contracts just make you smaller

I admit i didn´t like it at first but today i think it´s a nice little song with a few fun touches. nothing extraordinary but not atrocious either.

The Bible Study and JW interpretation of the Bible, their attendant lifestyle has without doubt reduced the lyricism of many of Prince's latest songs. They are difficult for non-JW's to relate to.

I was once involved with Jehovah's Witnesses and am on reasonable terms with many of the. There are some good people there. BUT, I am a published poet and writer and my creative work began to turn into serious dirge. I wrote or published nothing decent in two years. You simply can't 'go there'. It is either prohibited with you feeling the need to self-censor, or generates you to 'praise Jehovah with your creative abilties'. Of course, such preconcieved, pre-planned actions are not a marker of good art.

Just my experience.

garganta said:

same here. listening to it again for a few times this morning i think
it's ok. it doesn't excite me but i don't think it's very bad either,
it just leaves me a bit neutral.

i think the main reason for that is the production. it's just weird
to have the 'live' elements in it and at the same time the production
sounds rather lifeless and dull eventho the playing is on point.

that makes for a really weird mix and makes it sound a bit demo like
without having the raw quality of a demo, if that makes sense.

OperatingThetan said:

No disrespect, but it seems in that song and others he wrote, since he became a JW, that he already "took it there". Your experience is simply your own to "own", and you can't judge others by it.
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Okay. I figured out what was bugging me. Very simply, it's that goofy "I am here" opening. So I just performed a little snippity doo da before I put it in my iTunes. All better now!

Just for the record, this is the first time I've ever done this to a Prince song. - and I didn't do it lightly. It's a definite improvement, IMO.

Genesia said:

I like the goofy opening!

New Prince: "Cause and Effect"

This morning, the Twin Cities public radio station 89.3 The Current debuted a new and characteristically batshit Prince song called "Cause and Effect". It features screaming guitar solos, acoustic interludes, rumbling rockabilly riffs, fake crowd noise, and Flea-esque slap-bass, all of which is crammed into about five minutes. The track is now streaming on their website, and embedded below.

Prince releases new song, “Cause and Effect”
By Alex Young on February 26th, 2010

Full of hooks, twists, and funk, Prince’s newest song, “Cause and Effect”, is an unpredictable five minute number that covers all of the legendary musician’s ever evolving sounds and styles. I want to describe it as Broken Social Scene-esque, but that’d probably piss off too many people. So, make your own judgments below (via The Current).

Prince exclusively premiered a new song today titled “Cause and Effect” on an independent Minnesota radio station 89.3 as a gesture of support to independent radio.

The song is typical Prince funk but throws in a few other things on top like some wild electric guitar solos and an acoustic interlude, turning it all into one crazy, messy rock anthem.

Prince song "Cause and Effect" debuts to thunderous, pre-recorded applause
By Andrea Swensson in Purple ReignFri., Feb. 26 2010 @ 8:50AM

​As you've undoubtedly heard, earlier this week 89.3 the Current got their hands on an unreleased track by Prince, "Cause and Effect," and was given permission to debut it on their station. Understandably, the station was ecstatic about the opportunity, and have been hyping it up all week on air and on their site -- and guys, we're happy for you too, but after listening to the song this morning as it debuted on the station and then again on their website, we started to scratch our heads.

When the Current announced that they would air Prince's new track, the release was steeped in hyperbole, saying that the new song featured "a musically re-energized Prince," who was playing with "a vengeance unheard by the majority of his fans in years, or at least since that Super Bowl performance in 2007."

To our ears, this track is on par with the songs off one of his most recent albums, Lotusflow3r; in other words, there are some promising moments and a killer guitar solo, but there are also laughable, flat-out cheesy spots that kept us cringing throughout the song.

People, we have a fake applause situation. When one of our friends was listening to "Cause and Effect" for the first time, he remarked that it sounded like the background noise on the video game Rock Band. We giggled, and then became very, very sad. Honestly. Is there anything more depressing than the image of the Purple One at Paisley Park, wielding a plastic guitar with multi-colored buttons and playing with a backing band of cartoons?

This is not the mental image that we want in our heads when listening to Prince's latest "rock anthem."

Our reaction to the song was immediate and strong. We were horrified. Not only is there fake applause and cheering, but the five-minute track has so many different sections that it's hard to imagine it took very much time to slap together. The funky, distorted guitar of the intro has promise, but it immediately transitions into a hokey rockabilly guitar part and a chorus line shouting "hey HEY hey HEY hey HEY!"

Did we mention that the chorus line sounds like the cheering button on a Casio keyboard, and not actual voices?

Once we've endured the first segment, we're taken into a breakdown that, again, shows promise -- the distortion is back on, and it sounds like something amazing is about to happen. Maybe a guitar solo? Yes, it's a guitar solo! This is what we love most about Prince, he's an amazing guitarist! But wait, what is that? WHAT IS THAT NOISE.

Fuck. It's more fake crowd noise. Oh boy. The crowd's really going wild now. Prince must be getting a really high score on this round of Rock Band.

After a very brief, promising moment where Prince is singing into a distorted voicebox, it's back to the jaunty rockabilly, fake-shouting section, this time with someone growling, and then it builds up to the final guitar solo, and the solo is really amazing, but we can't really focus on the notes BECAUSE THE FAKE CROWD NOISE IS BACK. And then he's out, with one last chipper "Causeandeffect!"

We started laughing as soon as the song was over. But the DJs on the Current? They ate it up! They said that it was so good, they couldn't even find the words to describe it, and that they couldn't wait to play it several more times today! Are we missing something? Did we listen to a different song than they did?

It's totally and completely understandabe to be excited that Prince is back in town, that he's showing up at First Ave shows and hanging out at Envy and releasing new tracks to the local radio station. Maybe Prince will get his mojo back now that he's living in the Twin Cities, inspired by the overwhelming glow of our pale, white February skin. But we're not doing him any favors by eating up every little morsel of nonsense that he sends our way. Prince may be the most famous musician in Minnesota right now, but not everything he does is gold (hell, that Vikings disaster is not even a distant memory), and we don't have to pretend that it is.

"Cause and Effect" is a half-baked song filled with gimmicky, over-the-top moments. C'mon, Prince. We know you can do better than this.

New Prince Tune Cause and Effect Debuts
89.3 The Current releases new song to praise

Published : Friday, 26 Feb 2010, 8:17 AM CST

Prince debuted his new song "Cause and Effect" exclusively on Minnesota Public Radio's 89.3 The Current in the 7 a.m. hour.

"Cause and Effect" was received with overwhelming praise -- a 180-degree turn from the response to Prince's "Purple and Gold," a song in the style of a funeral dirge released just before the Minnesota Vikings vs New Orleans Saints game on FOX 9.

"Cause and Effect" opens with a live track of applause before transitioning into a studio recording.

Reaction from 89.3 The Current

"The tune is like a little mini-symphony of Prince-ness. It's got a few different sections, some that have that classic funky, sexy, sinewy Prince and some with his more rockish tendencies ... come to think of it, that makes it all classic Prince. Except the rock-y parts might be the hardest he's ever rocked, which is pretty notable in and of itself." -The Current's Steve Seel

When I heard "Cause and Effect" for the first time, the term "rock anthem" instantly came to mind. The new song will delight your senses and melt your face. -The Current's Jill Riley

http://pitchfork.com/news/38032-new-prince-cause-and-effect/



http://consequenceofsound...nd-effect/



http://www.myfoxtwincitie...thecurrent

Still waiting for The Divine...

I listened to it on lotusflow3r.com

I now want $78 back.

Not good .

Not bad.

Not worth another listen,however if a new artist put this shit out some here on this board would be eating this shit up like it was free Whoppers.

Good to see the legendary NuPwrSoul back on the scene!!!!
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squirrelgrease said:

is batshit a word ?