Okay, who here digs the song NOW? honestly, is it that bad of a song? I like it, and dig the little groove he has going, and I'm usually one to admit when prince makes a cheesy/goofy sounding song..
This is my point, just about everyone who has heard the song,whenever I play it, usually say something along the lines of "This is some stupid sh*t"

comparing the song to some of Hip Hops hits currently.. is it really that bad of a song? I can think of many that are worse than this...

I Love this song and Especially when he starts Screaming and Going Ape-Shit well that is the Jam You All.

live version from Glam Slam miami june 95 is wild!

on the contrary i played it to my sister recently who is usually into more current hip hop r & b and she said "who's this?" - she dug it

yeh so did i when thats what i used 2 listen 2 . . .. . now im a more educ8ed P fan i dont play it much

Corny.a real hype track though He trys too make it feel.stop with the loading Shit take on Hip-hop that is out now that ain't even funny.

The live version of "Now" is fucking amazing...

mistermaxxx said:

Can we have that in English? Barely understood a word of it.

This song is one of the reasons that I got HEAVILY into Prince. I remember hearing it performed on "Soul Train," barely able to wait until the album was released. It is irresistibly funky and energetic- a top 10 Prince song for me to this day.

I usually hit skip but when I dont I dig the part natasha taklked about, where Prince goes ape-shit with his voice screaming the lyrics almost incomprehensibly

rdhull said:

i like that part cause i know he wishes he could do that everyday eheh


anywoo

yes dig the song

mrdespues said:

I didn't like your Loaded Racist tone about this Being better than most of the Hip-Hop out now.you didn't say better than Pop or OCunry,etc.. why you gotta pick on Rappers??

wellbeyond said:

I very much agree!

mistermaxxx said:

& why is what mrdespues said racist?

& what genre is OCunry? . . .. .is that some kind of euro undergroud craze?

Joshy84au said:

Yes! The live Glam Slam versions of this songs were all
pretty cool. Especially when he performed it with that
long, weird instrumental part at the end which featured
scratching that sounded like a huge chirping electro bird
or something.

My fav version of all time is the one that breaks down
after the album version is through, then turns into that
long instrumental and then Prince comes in again with a
guitar, leading the song into "Babies makin' Babies" and
proceeding to tear joint down with some psycho solo.

I think it segues into "Superstition" at that point.

The album version is cool too, but it just isn't loud and
heavy enough. I mean, it's got a vibe, but the groove is
not really monstrous and that makes it kind of silly.

The live versions, just like Days Of Wild all have that
extra bit which lifts the song beyond the TGE version.

I always enjoy the 'video phone' part tho. That's really
kitschy Prince style.
[This message was edited Sun Jan 26 23:50:53 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]

Yep, I like it. It's a great song!!

I still blast this song while I'm setting up for a show...

I was at the Glam Slam Miami when he did it live.

I was hooked on that song for months, humming it in my head, not knowing the words. Something about that song just stayed in my head.

After a few months, I found a boot in Miami that had the whole show on CD.

This was my first boot I bought. (June 7? I think it's called)

The song just wasn't as cool on tape as it was right there in front of the man playin it.


But at least I could figure out the words to that dang melody that was swimmin' in my head off and on for months.


Then when Gold finally came out, I realized how bad I messed up decyfering(sp?) the lyrics!

The album and Live version is night and day to me. Both are cool, but seperate.
[This message was edited Mon Jan 27 15:14:15 PST 2003 by yamomma]

the first time i went to paisley park (1998) they were playing this song. it cool and funky to dance to, i felt it down to my soul...and it's playing right NOW!!!

Joshy84au said:

I Misspelled Country typing too Fast.He singled out Hip-Hop as if too say that is the only thing wrong with the current music scene??

mistermaxxx said:

Hell no! I think you read that into my post there, sir.

I like a lot of current hip hop. I have all of OutKast's albums and b-sides, for example. And I have a lot of hip hop in my vast, multi-faceted record collection.

I don't know where you got that idea from what I said, buddy. There is no way that I am a racist, for your information and even if I was dissing current hip hop, which I wasn't...HOW would that make me racist? Sheesh. Some people.

But now that you mention it, the track "Now" IS better than (or on a par with) much of current hip hop, IMO (the Jay Z's and Ja Rules of this world).

"Slammin'!"
[This message was edited Mon Jan 27 19:36:38 PST 2003 by mrdespues]

Joshy84au said:

Ta, Joshy.

mistermaxxx said:

what a paranoid load of camel sperm that was...



btw... i like "now" ..

Remember when he did it on Soul Train? I thought that show with Holly Robinson Peet was really Great.

it's one of my fav'rites..it just blows up... i love the screaming part toward the end...

i mean there is no way you could be depressed listening to it..seriously...it just slams...

I've always loved this song. When I first started seriously listening to his music I was in 8th grade in 1995. When TGE came out, I posted a top ten list or something like that on AMP, and "Now" was on there. JeeeSUS did I get flamed for that. Peeple were calling it uninspired, lame, hokey and bland. I just don't see that at all. To this day I play it at parties, and to this day it gets peeple wild. Certainly one of his best party jams, and the end just bugz me da fuck OUT!

mistermaxxx said:

haha, well eye am picking on rappers, the majority suck,

nuff said...

haha
[This message was edited Mon Jan 27 21:55:15 PST 2003 by Sdldawn]

Sdldawn said:

you sound like a Damn Bigot too me.you made your point&you still talking about It? are you Guilty or something why you gotta defend if I was wrong for stating what I said if you weren't hiding something??

mistermaxxx said:

hahahaha.. calm down..

hehe, wow