Fabulous album. Best thing since Lovesexy for me. It reawakened my interest in his music after the constant disappointments of the 90s.

It was the first time in a long time I popped the CD in and thought 'what the dangleberries is he doing now!' I had missed that feeling.

Enjoy.

I love this album

I think musically it's the closest to Purple Music than most of his year 2000s albums, The overt JW vibe I can ignore because he's talking in so many riddles or so much of it is combined with Egyptology

I don't care for the 'Darth Vader' voice but its not all over the album and I can actually listen 2 this 1 all the way thru. I don't care for the Work though


http://prince.org/msg/7/332182 One Night Alone:Rainbow Children,Xpectation C-Note era 2001-2003

nekronhhr said:

http://www.princevault.co...w_Children

I, for the record am not calling your music trash ernest...If you are Jewish, I wouldn't refer to your religion as BULLSHIT..as u did of PRINCE'S...MY RESPONSE TO YOUR POST IS NOT JUVENILE, I'm simply calling it what it appears to be...pure jealousy...when u produce a record even as clever and good as the simple and short "wedding feast"..then u are not jealous, but until then you appear juvenile and jealous knocking TRC just because it's not Prince circa 1984...Prince doesnt deny his past..but it seems You, Ernest, LIVE IN PRINCE'S PAST. TOO BAD. and furthermore, Prince eats and sleeps his music...by comparison, you only nap and nosh your music. but its all relative..right?

MikeyB71 said:

Much thanks for introducing me to a great "new??" Prince site, hope that they develop it and even if Prince would let them add pop videos and music excepts, that'll never happen, but it's nice to dream....

MikeyB71 said:

Much thanks for introducing me to a great "new??" Prince site, hope that they develop it and even if Prince would let them add pop videos and music excepts, that'll never happen, but it's nice to dream....

ernestsewell said:

how would u feel if people said that about YOUR music Ernest?? (Im sure you'll say whatever, u dont care) but to say TRC is pure trash is just blatant envy of P's musicianship and prowess..and talent..and gift..and style..and creativeness..and religion...and sound...and etc..anyone else?

Look...Prince isnt stupid, he knew VERY FEW would like this album. Its absolutely horrible! Its his worst selling album of all time if im not mistaken (excluding NEWS)..

to say TRC is pure trash is just blatant envy of P's musicianship and prowess..and talent..and gift..and style..and creativeness..and religion...and sound...and etc..anyone else?

ronnwinter said:

And let's not forget that Prince immediately promoted it as "The New Controversial Album by Prince" when it came out. That note was probably from the response at the Celebration in 2001 when he played the album for fans. Fans seemed to love the music, but called into question the lyrical content.


For the record, Chaos, Black Album, Rainbow, Planet Earth, and Lotusflow3r never even received Gold status. Chaos sold about half of what Lotus did out of the gate. So yes, it's a dismal selling album, and for good reason.

lotusboy said:

More than that I'd say it's blatant MUSICAL IGNORANCE. Period.

vitriol said:

Awww. Of course you would.

lotusboy said:

Your reply is juvenile at best. It's the same old "you're just jealous" routine that some 4th grader would extol on the masses on the school yard.

I'm not jealous of anything Prince is, was, or will be. To be jealous of someone is a waste of my time. I have the same musical gift that Prince does. We both play music, we both write music. He's done other things with his gift that are different than what I've done with mine. Neither is right or wrong, it's just relative to our own experience.

I'm certainly not jealous of his bullshit Jehovah's Witness status. It's what has made him soft, lifeless, uninspired, and generic.

As far as what people say about my music... SO WHAT. I will continue to do what God gave me talent to do. If people have a problem with that, that's none of my business. Prince doesn't care what I think of The Rainbow Children, so why should I care what someone else thinks of my music? I've had positive and negative feedback on my music, but it's left me undeterred in making more music, or changing what I've already done. Prince has already used his religious crutch as an excuse to go back and deny his past (a past God gave him and that we helped foster by buying music and concert tickets), and edit his music. It's like chopping off your kid's finger because they picked their nose. It's unethical of Prince to do it, and there's nothing about that which I am jealous of.

ronnwinter said:

And let's not forget that Prince immediately promoted it as "The New Controversial Album by Prince" when it came out. That note was probably from the response at the Celebration in 2001 when he played the album for fans. Fans seemed to love the music, but called into question the lyrical content.


For the record, Chaos, Black Album, Rainbow, Planet Earth, and Lotusflow3r never even received Gold status. Chaos sold about half of what Lotus did out of the gate. So yes, it's a dismal selling album, and for good reason.

ernestsewell said:

And again, more rubbish! So now the quality of music is equal to its commercial success - history proves otherwise!

Given that - how many downloads of your track have there been? If it were none, your logic would mean you made one of the most appalling songs in the world!

Mindflux said:

vivid said:

I love it when you make a considered contribution

ernestsewell said:

And again, more rubbish! So now the quality of music is equal to its commercial success - history proves otherwise!

Given that - how many downloads of your track have there been? If it were none, your logic would mean you made one of the most appalling songs in the world!

bassmungus said:

http://www.dawnation.com/ This is another site you may or may not know about, it is quite extensive.

lotusboy said:

Your reply is juvenile at best. It's the same old "you're just jealous" routine that some 4th grader would extol on the masses on the school yard.

I'm not jealous of anything Prince is, was, or will be. To be jealous of someone is a waste of my time. I have the same musical gift that Prince does. We both play music, we both write music. He's done other things with his gift that are different than what I've done with mine. Neither is right or wrong, it's just relative to our own experience.

I'm certainly not jealous of his bullshit Jehovah's Witness status. It's what has made him soft, lifeless, uninspired, and generic.

As far as what people say about my music... SO WHAT. I will continue to do what God gave me talent to do. If people have a problem with that, that's none of my business. Prince doesn't care what I think of The Rainbow Children, so why should I care what someone else thinks of my music? I've had positive and negative feedback on my music, but it's left me undeterred in making more music, or changing what I've already done. Prince has already used his religious crutch as an excuse to go back and deny his past (a past God gave him and that we helped foster by buying music and concert tickets), and edit his music. It's like chopping off your kid's finger because they picked their nose. It's unethical of Prince to do it, and there's nothing about that which I am jealous of.

ernestsewell said:

Hmmm well, Ernest although I do have big respect for you and I am glad your part of the .org this is one thing I don't understand about you..

You feel(and I'm sure plenty of others do as well), that the last great album Prince made was The Gold Experience right? Well, how would you explain the decrease of quality in music between 1996 and 2000 when he wasn't a JW?

I am not religious myself, and everyone is entitled to their opinion but to call it "Bullshit Jehovah's Witness Status"...I just don't get why you have to slag his religion(and a religion of countless others).

I get a feeling, correct me if I am wrong, that if Prince became a Buddhist or Catholic instead you wouldn't be objecting to it. Whats so terrible about him being a Jehovah's Witness? Apparently he's very happy being one..We as fans should be happy if he's happy..I know I am:)

It's neither trash nor treasure, to me. I like some stuff (The Sensual Everafter, The Everlasting Now, Last December). The rest of it, you can keep.

Awww. Of course you would.

PurpleColossus said:

Respect.