OMG

LOVE This song

I was singing it so much the other day that I had a dream I was in 1999 gear with ruffled shirt onstage/back stage while Prince & the noituloveR + Wendy & Jill Jones were performing it. It was so colorful and real LUV AUTOMATIC

Riverman37 said:

I think some people dont like it, because they think its too long.. but to me that it makes it work so well.. the length and the combination of the sounds gives it a certain hypnotic quality that always draws me into it.

I like long, I just don't like Automatic

Automatic was the reason y I got hooked

on him. I had to b 4 or 5yrs old when I first

saw the video. My parents played the hell out of the album

1999

Love the song, video, clothes, everything! I randomly sing it 2 people all the time.

purplemonster04 said:

I love this song, one of my favourites on the album!

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I really love this song.

Can anyone tell me the concerts he played automatic on in 2004?

purplemajesty23 said:

Can anyone tell me the concerts he played automatic on in 2004?

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Just had my first listen to it. Pretty cool. I liked it alot.

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Don't know if it was ever released as an A-side but I do know it was on this promo for 1999:

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3rd best song on 1999 album.....and is #19 on my top 100 Prince songs of all time. Dig the outfit in the video.

I still love this song!!!

erik319 said:

Theres a version on (I think) a soudcheck from the ONA tour where he does a medley of Automatic & Shake. Great stuff.

I always thought he could make a pretty cool E.P, mainly him at the piano, same chords, singing Automatic, Shake & People Without, with stabs of Madhouse 6 thrown in for good measure

He did it on Night 7 of the 2002 Celebration at Paisley Park.

This is my favorite Prince song

Absolutely love this song. The length is fine to me since, back in the day, P produced and arranged so masterfully that he kept songs interesting throughout. Love the cymbal crashing, guitar solo, main synth line, lyrics...hell I just love it all.

Love, love, LOVE this song! Total BANGER!!

erik319 said:

Theres a version on (I think) a soudcheck from the ONA tour where he does a medley of Automatic & Shake. Great stuff.

I always thought he could make a pretty cool E.P, mainly him at the piano, same chords, singing Automatic, Shake & People Without, with stabs of Madhouse 6 thrown in for good measure

I don't like when he mixes his songs like that

JoeTyler said:

Fuckin' long, fuckin' overrated, fuckin' bland, too fuckin' slow

this song left out SUPERIOR and kick-ass jams like Lust U Always, Purple Music, Chocolate, or All Day All Night, if I'm not mistaken

I'm glad Automatic NEVER was a live staple...

fvbhehvc.

If there was ever a guitar solo that described the work "fluid", it's the solo on this song.

Classic tune.

..my bad..I meant WORD "fluid".

WonderU said:

erik319 said:

Theres a version on (I think) a soudcheck from the ONA tour where he does a medley of Automatic & Shake. Great stuff.

I always thought he could make a pretty cool E.P, mainly him at the piano, same chords, singing Automatic, Shake & People Without, with stabs of Madhouse 6 thrown in for good measure

He did it on Night 7 of the 2002 Celebration at Paisley Park.

He did a short version at a ONA aftershow in London which led into 'Shake.' The same night he also done a teasingly short bit of 'Tamborine'