I like this. It's got a hint of Sly & The Family Stone's 'Life'

can't stop this feeling i got part 2 . i fucks with it though

Awesome uncontrollable funk masterpiece. Trippy and wild and a great message.

I will take a listen to it this weekend-thanks for the comments

nice song reminds me of Play in the Sunshine

does anyone know the lyrics to our new national anthem?

Better than Play in the sunshine/Delirious combined if u ask me!!

fakir said:

Better than Play in the sunshine/Delirious combined if u ask me!!

Whaaaaat?!?! I mean, seriously?! Because, ummm, it's not!

Im not crazy about the lyrics

I gave the album a few hours to settle in the ol' melon and now I'm giving it another listen. I just don't dig this joint. It's too reminiscent of previous work, but not as good as any of those songs. IMO.

Cerebus said:

I gave the album a few hours to settle in the ol' melon and now I'm giving it another listen. I just don't dig this joint. It's too reminiscent of previous work, but not as good as any of those songs. IMO.

I think I tend to agree. It's just too flat - and that's a problem with a lot of tracks on this one.

HOLY SHIT!!!!....This might be a keeper.....great track to start with. I might have to go put my bikini underware on!... COMMMM-PASSSS-SSSSION....whatever skin your in!.....

^^ Man, have you even read what most people are saying about most of the songs on this album?

good intro to the album, works well as that

purplepolitician said:

can't stop this feeling i got part 2

Yep, I was thinking along these lines. Not a bad song though methinks.

Kind of Par For The Course 4 Prince in the 2000's.

Funky showtunes does the timewarp. Absolutely mental. A classic in my eyes.

I wanna hear this in concert

Haha! I'm so glad i'm not the only one who can hear 'the time warp'!

Babydubistzuschnell said:

Haha! I'm so glad i'm not the only one who can hear 'the time warp'!

Some folks been said it.

It's missing the dance step lyrics.

"It's just a jump to the left...and a step to the right..."

I can imagine the video being Prince's partygoers doing some similar dance to the "time warp" in that garb and Prince invites someone in like his name was Riff Raff and Shelby J or whatever her name is could be Magenta.

I love Rocky Horror by the way but Prince definitely was watching that movie too much.

Great. Comes on like some fantastic 'days of yore' anthem. Recalls 'Lets Pretend we're Married' (beat) and 'Lets Go Crazy'.

Great melodies, hooks.

TheEnglishGent said:

Really like this one and my wife does too. When she first heard the snippet she said, "oooh, it's his good voice again". It's a lot of fun and a good opener. Love the whatever skin your in bit but it keeps making me think of The Timewarp. I keep expecting him to burst into, "let's do the timewarp again".

My Wife said exactly the same thing about his voice.

My 4 year old danced like a maniac. Clearly, it covers all the bases.

Ya know what? I heard it so many times it don't even recall a Prince song anymore. It's definitely Rocky Horror-esque (and "Everybody Loves Me" is Hey Ya-esque).

Yeah, as many have noted, it's like Play in the Sunshine and Delirious pretended they were married...

A lively opener for sure, and does have an undeniably Princey feel to it.

One of my least fave on the album and will probably get the 'skip' button many times in the near and foreseeable future. But for what it is... it can be catchy.

purplepolitician said:

can't stop this feeling i got part 2 . i fucks with it though

Definately.

I can see it sitting quite comfortably on Graffiti Bridge.

CNNBREAKINGNEWS said:

does anyone know the lyrics to our new national anthem?

this is all i've got. a few lines are incredibly hard to make out:

compassion

As zero point approaches and the fields around you drop

thoughts become reality and it feels like time has stopped

when all that's on the radio is electromagnetic pop

[steady your teeth are gnashin']

compassion

get it on

compassion

right on

when love for the greater number freezes over and cools

everyone around you acts like a bloody fool

no sanctity to the left of you no righteousness to the right

the only thing that's left in fashion

compassion

get it on

compassion

whatever skin you're in, we all need to be friends

all happy again, it's so much better than nothing

everybody can win, with a little faith in man

beginning of an end and start up a brand new something

when ego, fear and judgement become the rule of law

watch the polar ice caps heat up, melt down and thaw

when the greedy one forgets that he's the reason for it all

[the only goal/gold that's [..] in passion]

compassion

get it on

compassion

right on

when [….....] no love can be found

nature will rise against nature and get down

whatever skin you're in, we all need to be friends

all happy again, it's so much better than nothing

everybody can win, with a little faith in man

beginning of an end and start up a brand new something

if you got compassion

let's get back in fashion

the new international anthem

whatever skin you're in, we all need to be friends

all happy again, it's so much better than nothing

everybody can win, with a little faith in man

beginning of an end and start up a brand new something

(repeat)

MattyJam said:

purplepolitician said:

can't stop this feeling i got part 2 . i fucks with it though

Definately.

I can see it sitting quite comfortably on Graffiti Bridge.

Nothing like the production on 'Graffiti Bridge.' 'Compassion' would stick out like a sore thumb.

The entire album has superior production and melodies that 'Graffiti Bridge' (perhaps bar 'The Question of U', 'Joy in Repetition').

This doesn't resemble 1990's Prince. The entire sound and style recalls '82-'83.

The sound recalls "The Time Warp". The only Prince recollection is the da-da-da synths from the early '80s but that's about it.

this is what comes out if you put 1999 and 3121 in a blender?!