Does anyone else here think this is the best song he's written of the past 10 years, bar none? I honestly think it's as good as the best songs from his heyday. It's so beautiful and awe-inspiring to me. His performance of it in Copenhagen was particularly amazing and reminded me that Prince still has that spark that drew me to him.

Thoughts?

I love this song, I really like the lyrics and you are right, the performance in Copenhagen was magical!! He just appeared on stage and did this amazing song with a great beat. It was HOT!! I really wish he would do this song more often, it really is a gem. Its high up on my playlist. Love when he says "In the absence of fear and con-trol..." I don't what it is, but love the way he says that! I think its one of his best songs of this soon ending decade for sure...

Brilliant song..... Although, I would have left this verse out..

And in the absence of fear and control
Is the sound of the surrendering soul
Louder than the dogmatic persecution
I sing it like you got that right

BEAUTIFUL SONG, one of the best, if not thee best on the entire 20ten album

thats my fav song!! from that cd

beautiful, soothing......Love his singing in the low register. Great song.

yes its one of his best this decade...sounds effortless...the way the best songs always do...

Naah. Not really.

The verses sounds rather promising, but the chorus falls flat (thats one of my main issues with his 00´s output. His inability to give a song a strong chorus when it needs one).

Gohi said:

Does anyone else here think this is the best song he's written of the past 10 years, bar none? I honestly think it's as good as the best songs from his heyday. It's so beautiful and awe-inspiring to me. His performance of it in Copenhagen was particularly amazing and reminded me that Prince still has that spark that drew me to him.

Thoughts?

I do not believe there are songs here or there that are BETTER then a previous song. It's all a part of the journey being a enthusiast of P's music.

Future Soul Song is a great song. & to say again, I thought or think that 20Ten sounds like a part II of 1999 ...

Gohi said:

Does anyone else here think this is the best song he's written of the past 10 years, bar none? I honestly think it's as good as the best songs from his heyday. It's so beautiful and awe-inspiring to me. His performance of it in Copenhagen was particularly amazing and reminded me that Prince still has that spark that drew me to him.

Thoughts?

yes it is good

andykeen said:

Brilliant song..... Although, I would have left this verse out..

And in the absence of fear and control
Is the sound of the surrendering soul
Louder than the dogmatic persecution
I sing it like you got that right

I completely agree. The last two lines in particular...

I don't know about the best in 10 years but its definitely my fav off the album

THE only good song on 20ten and I agree, maybe his best song in well over 10 years. Sounds like a tune from his 80's heyday. Needs some screaming and more guitar...I also thought he should have ditched the middle section. The lyrics are clunky.

To me personally the only really good song on 20ten is Laydown.

Some here blame it to be his take on a Black Eyed Peas-kind of song, but i personally think its a continuation of the kind of thing he did with Face down, a rather left-field, indy type of hip-hop with some rock mixed in.Maybe its just the other way around: Black Eyed Peas did 'steal' this kind of music and become popular with it.

While the majority of 20ten is undercomposed and underproduced, Laydown at least has a sense of urgency and 'darkness' that is more riveting. English isn't my first language so i dont pay much attention to lyrics in the first place, but soundwise Laydown is for me the only redeeming song on his last album.

i liked it with the first listen, but i think i over listened to it. now i cant stand it. but if u asked me like 4 months ago i would have definently thought it was his best song

To put it short:

One of his most overrrated songs.

Forced composition, without a real chorus, without real urgency.

Its no Beautifull Ones or Adore, not even a Call my Name or Man of war, its far less.

[Edited 12/30/10 15:54pm]

i kinda like it....but aint up there and is over-rated im my opinion...i recently created my friend 3 albums....best of 80s....best of 90s....and best of 00's....she loved them all heres the 00s...and that song aint on it sounds 2 90s 4 me

1. Chocolate Box

2. Laydown

3. Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance

4. Crimson and Clover

5. Guitar

6. Black Sweat

7. If I Was The Man In Ur Life

8. Love

9. Call My Name

10. Dance 4 mE

11. Chelsea Rodgers

12. Old Skool Company

he needs to play this love like it says in the back of the tourbook...1/18??!! hopefully

Cornelius1973 said:

Naah. Not really.

The verses sounds rather promising, but the chorus falls flat (thats one of my main issues with his 00´s output. His inability to give a song a strong chorus when it needs one).

See, I agree with this complaint by and large... but I quite like the melody of FSS's chorus. It's beautiful.

Cornelius, I think you've posted enough... we get it, you don't like the song. Lol.

DaphneLovesPR1NCE said:

andykeen said:

This definitely is one of his best songs, to me. Tremendous colors, shapes and movements. It's beautiful. It reminds me of the same song as "Planet Earth," atmospherically. But it feels more like an arrival. Very cool song.