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Thread started 07/18/11 9:51pm

digitalelectri
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Paisley Park: the song...

I was amazed when I first heard this song the day ATWIAD hit the shelves. A purple funk soldier like myself was not enamored with the direction P took with his first post-PR album, but I found Paisley Park to be an unbelievable track. So catchy, trippy and rocking with the understated guitar. That ethereal chorus. And fonkay, too.

I would have killed for a jacked-up 1999/PR type of release with his followup to PR, but at least we were given the surreal Paisley Park.

Your feelings on the song?

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Reply #1 posted 07/19/11 12:04am

NouveauDance

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digitalelectric said:

Your feelings on the song?

Pretty much same as your own. cool

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Reply #2 posted 07/19/11 12:09am

TylerHippie

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Have you ever played this song on surround sound, while you were high? Go do it.

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Reply #3 posted 07/19/11 12:37am

thedance

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Paisley Park the song is a trip....

Excellent, and I deeply love the extended version too... heart

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Reply #4 posted 07/19/11 4:16am

ogiogiogi1

Top track, top album.

Nuff said.

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Reply #5 posted 07/19/11 5:14am

Revolutionary

My favorite Prince song of all time. It represents a lot to me.

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Reply #6 posted 07/19/11 5:37am

smoothcriminal
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Paisley Park is NOT "fonkey", but it is a great song. cool

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Reply #7 posted 07/19/11 7:02am

Javi

It's a beautiful track. And its lyrics are wonderful.

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Reply #8 posted 07/19/11 7:51am

ColAngus

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to me - it is the best song on that album . and it is one of my "fav" Prince songs of all time . it is a great song to listen to when u are "down" ... imo .

Colonel Angus may be smelly. colonel angus may be a little rough . but deep down ... Colonel angus is very sweet.
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Reply #9 posted 07/19/11 2:20pm

StonedImmacula
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TylerHippie said:

Have you ever played this song on surround sound, while you were high? Go do it.

No...but I played it thru headphones while tripping on acid and got LOST!!!

blunt music She has robes and she has monkeys, lazy diamond studded flunkies.... music blunt
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Reply #10 posted 07/19/11 2:23pm

JoeTyler

Sounds like the kind of song that Michael Jackson would have given to Prince.

Not my favourite.

tinkerbell
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Reply #11 posted 07/19/11 2:25pm

Timmy84

I liked it but I think it would be great listening to it while on shrooms or something. razz

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Reply #12 posted 07/19/11 2:29pm

davetherave676
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Great song but the worst video in music history......Eye could go down my local park do a better video than that............nod

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Reply #13 posted 07/19/11 2:32pm

TheFreakerFant
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Bit overrated, not keen on repetitive beat but like the idealism of it.

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Reply #14 posted 07/19/11 2:36pm

smoothcriminal
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JoeTyler said:

Sounds like the kind of song that Michael Jackson would have given to Prince.

Not my favourite.

PFFT-

Michael couldn't even TOUCH this style of music.

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Reply #15 posted 07/19/11 2:40pm

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smoothcriminal12 said:

JoeTyler said:

Sounds like the kind of song that Michael Jackson would have given to Prince.

Not my favourite.

PFFT-

Michael couldn't even TOUCH this style of music.

Dont get me started on mj..............no no no!

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Reply #16 posted 07/19/11 2:42pm

morrisday88

Its definitely a cool setup for the album. Its almost like ATWIAD (the song) is a prologue, and Paisley Park really puts you in the mindset. Its so chill and relaxing, without being boring at all. Gotta love Prince!

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Reply #17 posted 07/19/11 2:52pm

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davetherave6767 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

PFFT-

Michael couldn't even TOUCH this style of music.

Dont get me started on mj..............no no no!

No need to, just appreciate the song. biggrin

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Reply #18 posted 07/19/11 2:57pm

XNY

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thedance said:

Paisley Park the song is a trip....

Excellent, and I deeply love the extended version too... heart

Me too ! One of my favorite songs. Heartfelt, poignant, classic P.

Amazing album. music flower heart

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Reply #19 posted 07/19/11 3:33pm

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This song to me represents Prince really well.

What happened to that hippy, dippy folk influenced Prince ?

I prefer it a million times over a lot of the stuff since.

I'm not so into the funk prefer the folk.
Shut up already, damn.
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Reply #20 posted 07/19/11 3:34pm

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Just listen to it on your own in the dark. It's amazing..

So is Condition of the heart. Fantastic in my opinion.
Shut up already, damn.
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Reply #21 posted 07/19/11 3:55pm

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I always felt this would have been a hit in North America, if he'd released it as a single here.

But such opinions are nothing new.

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Reply #22 posted 07/19/11 4:44pm

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Great song. Very colorful. That is what I love about ATWIAD. The lyrics are so full of color and whimsy and the music has a pop-psychedelic feel that really makes it interesting.
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Reply #23 posted 07/19/11 5:15pm

ZiggmanZoo

First single of the Around the World...in Britain. Perhaps not ,,mainstream" enough to become a major hit but what a great song! And I had forgotten about the 12 inch version. I must have listened to that a million times. I gotta dig it up and listen to it again...again..again..again...

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Reply #24 posted 07/19/11 7:37pm

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eyewishuheaven said:

I always felt this would have been a hit in North America, if he'd released it as a single here.

But such opinions are nothing new.

I think he released this in the UK because they'd respond to a song like that. Looking at the U.S. hits of 1985, I don't know how that would've worked especially since Prince and WB never saw eye to eye on single releases.

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Reply #25 posted 07/19/11 8:38pm

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smoothcriminal12 said:

Paisley Park is NOT "fonkey", but it is a great song. cool


To me it has understated elements of funk coursing through its veins. The timing of the finger cymbals, for example. Slow, psychedelic funk.
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Reply #26 posted 07/19/11 8:41pm

mplsmike

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Classic music

Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need
smoker

... wave
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Reply #27 posted 07/20/11 1:45am

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Timmy84 said:

eyewishuheaven said:

I always felt this would have been a hit in North America, if he'd released it as a single here.

But such opinions are nothing new.

I think he released this in the UK because they'd respond to a song like that. Looking at the U.S. hits of 1985, I don't know how that would've worked especially since Prince and WB never saw eye to eye on single releases.

What you mean because it sounds a bit beatlesy? It does actually, it reminds me of Penny Lane a bit.

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Reply #28 posted 07/20/11 2:14am

ZiggmanZoo

TheFreakerFantastic said:

Timmy84 said:

I think he released this in the UK because they'd respond to a song like that. Looking at the U.S. hits of 1985, I don't know how that would've worked especially since Prince and WB never saw eye to eye on single releases.

What you mean because it sounds a bit beatlesy? It does actually, it reminds me of Penny Lane a bit.

It was actually mentioned many times in the media at the time that Around the World in a Day was Prince's "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Raspberry beret does not have this hippie psychadelic flavour as Paisley Park and most of the album, therefore was more mainstream and for that reason it was probably the first single in the US. I don't think that Paisley Park was considered radio friendly in enough in the US.

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Reply #29 posted 07/20/11 2:21am

Vict0r

Great song, another that he should reintroduce into the live setlists.

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