Fascination

Fascination - I want U
Fascination - I want U, I do

Fascination chamber lands on the round that kills
The art U hoped 2 mirror life leaves blood upon the sill
The dream U keep dreaming is better than the life U lead
The papers run out a day and 13 hours before the weed
U're so high

Fascination - Still I want U
Fascination - Still I want U, I do

The head U thought was rollin' is now reason 2 be bored
The rapper that gave that head will thank his manager before the Lord
And the headache that U moan about
Feels much better than the treatment would
The pill's gonna leave a side effect that'll take another pill 2 correct
And the whole thing's leaving U feelin' less than good
And U're still high

Fascination {x4}

Do U mind if'n I just watch U shake it?
Shake it {x4}

Fascination - I want U
Fascination - I want U, I do

The most vital thing in pop is the epitome of doom
U wake up in a cold sweat cuz one of them's in your room
(There's one of them in your room)
Singin' on the telly makin' more bucks than sense
So called King gives birth 2 so called Prince

A breakup's bitter taste still heal when the love is gone
And the breaks U wish 4 finally come along this song
Working it out
Work, work, work, working it out

Fascination

daPrettyman said:

Those were the MF'n days!!!

Somebody post a picture of themselves in the "NPG Representin' the Funk" Tshirt.

PsychedelicMama said:

I don't think so,

Crystal Ball/ The Truth are great,
but: NPS/ Come 2 My House/ GCS2000 are so baaad.

MrGravyLumps said:

true, but a song can be lyrically changed yet still be from a totally different era. Old Friends 4 Sale for example made in 1985 release in late 1990's

R these pics from this time period??

Great era (and thread) ... This was when you could literally walk into a wreca stow and find a bootleg of P's music. I was so hardcore back then ... LoL
I was trying to get my hand and ears on everything back then.

Jam of The Year was my 1st concert right at the Miami Arena, I'll never forget it.

OldFriends4Sale said:

That's a Santa Pimp outfit right there!

OldFriends4Sale said:

Now that's some scary shit.

DreZone said:

I hear you. The drum line on "Mad Sex" has to be one of the most pathetic, lifeless, and worst things I have heard on a Prince song. Just terrible.

August 28 ,1998
( New Power Soul Tour)
Brixton Academy London

1.Push It Up
2.Jam Of The Year
3.Talkin' Loud & Sayin' Nothing
4.Let's Work
5.Delirious
6.Purple Rain
7.Little Red Corvette
8.I Would Die 4 U
9.Get Yo' Groove On
10.I Could Never Take Place Of Your Man
11.The Ride
12.Bambi
13.The Christ


[Edited 4/26/10 15:43pm]

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The Artist Formerly Known As Prince/New Power Generation
Newpower Soul
(NPG Records)

It's just like the man. After he's almost completely slipped under the general population's cultural radar, The Artist decides to go ahead and drop the album that everyone's been waiting a long, long time for. An album that's funky. An album that's accessible. An album that's sexy. An album that manages to wrap his extraordinarily, uh, unique personality around songs that folks other than insatiable and diehard fans will actually want to hear this year.

Granted, he's come close to this sort of release in the relatively recent past, most notably on the Purple Rainesque Gold Experience. But Gold, as great as it was, also possessed that Prince-ly "I'm gonna show you everything I got" diversity that seems designed to confound the average, heavily-formatted radio listener.

New Power Soul, on the other hand, is by far the most consistent album the Artist has released since the much-maligned, streamlined Batman soundtrack. Thankfully, it's also far better than that effort: leaving the soundtrack's stripped-down tone behind, NPS is a full-blown funk jam, notably light on guitars and heavy on thickly-textured grooves.

Straddling sublime balladry, roof-raising anthems and purely danceable funk, New Power Soul states its aims succinctly on the title track: "Keepin' the crowd movin' is my one and only duty, with the New Power Soul." The Artist approaches his task with his trademark cocky smile and the jams to back it up, dishing out what may well be the party record of the year. Between grinding grooves like the hilariously self-explanatory "Mad Sex" and the brilliant, Camille-esque "Come On" (probably the most sublimely sexy song he's done since "If I Was Your Girlfriend"), as well as four-on-the-floor late-night stompers like "Push It Up!", "Freaks On This Side" and "Funky Music," you can almost picture the empty wine bottles and stray underwear scattered around your house the next morning. The goose-bump-inducing ballads include an almost-saccharine-but-still-beautiful "The One," and a song that will surely wind up on a million "Please-don't-break-up-with-me" tapes, the swooning "Until You're In My Arms Again."

And then there's the extra track (skip to #49), the only song here that hearkens back to the days of Prince: the creepily romantic "Wasted Kisses," about someone who's dead. Real dead.

This is not the record that "Prince fans" have been dying for. There's little here resembling oblique spirituality, complex musicality or ego-stroking personality. And, well, Doug E. Fresh is on two tracks. But it's still a hell of a record, one that is just about perfect for Jeep-jamming all summer. And, for those searching for a reason to listen to The Artist in 1998, this album should just about do it for you, because, as with everything else he's done, it's always better than what's out there now. In the end, people just gotta remember who he is, and what he's meant to music for so many years, and they'll groove on his latest. Like the lyric for "Come On" goes: "I got the butter for your muffin, I just need the keys to your room."

-- Jason Ferguson


[Edited 4/26/10 15:44pm]

Who said it was experimental? What made it experimental?

Brofie said:

check out reply #10

I enjoyed New Power Soul,it's a fun party cd.

Jboogiee said:

I agree! It's a killer party record for the most part full of fun and funky jams with some beautiful gems like "The One" and "Until U're In My Arms Again". Plus I love the absolute pop brilliance of "When U Love Somebody", the funky "Come On" and the hidden gem "Wasted Kisses".

I remember living in L.A. at the time when this album came out. Played it A LOT! A few years later I was waiting in line at the NBC studios for tickets to see Prince on Leno during the The Rainbow Children period...the line was long and massive and people were blaring songs from New Power Soul...title track, "Mad Sex", Push It Up" and "Come On".

I love this album!

"Get Freaky! Let Your Head Bob. Get Freaky!"


[Edited 4/27/10 13:32pm]

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Well.....

Jboogiee said:

Hate to say it but this was the time I was not a fan of his music. Hated the NPS cd, hated the band,hated the look, hated the fact he had to tour with 2 has beens. I passed up the chance to see him 2 times in 1998 when he came to Detroit because I didn't want to sit the the other shit acts. I almost dropped him after this.

Loved Crystal Ball.

The LG influence just about killed it for me...
[Edited 5/7/10 9:56am]

OldFriends4Sale said:

Have mercy!