OldFriends4Sale said:

SometimesIwonder said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Wowee!! Mayte looks incredible here!

I think her bangs look a lot better in this pic than in the others I've seen her in.

DETROIT FREE PRESS

COME: 1958-1993 -- Prince (Warner Bros.): "This is the Dawning of a New Spiritual Revolution" reads the legend on the back of Prince's new album. Problem is, "Come" marks the first time we've heard the often-visionary Prince treading musical water. The word is that for his Warner Bros. albums, Prince will be Prince -- not the multisexual hieroglyphic he's using for a name these days. "Come" and future Prince albums are purported to be vault-cleaning exercises, though some of the tunes here are new. And all of them traverse familiar James Brown-George Clinton musical terrain -- the spare, taught rhythms, funky bass lines, jazzy horn charts and the occasional rock guitar power chords. Lyrically his dirty mind runneth over, which should be no surprise considering song titles such as "Come," "Loose" and the "spoken" performance "Orgasm." It has some tuneful moments and a couple of hot grooves, but "Come" is largely a toss-off that doesn't merit the excitement usually accorded Prince albums.

-- GARY GRAFF

Pheromone

(Pheromone make a nigga go crazy, fuckin' around make a nigga wanna die)

L is 4 lust
O is 4 obsession
V is 4 the vast way U
Envelop my soul
This is crazy, this is crazy
But I could die from the pheromone

I can see the castle, I can see the throne
I can see the beloved and she's not alone
But it's cool like that cuz I'll be diggin' her just the same
I can see the curtain wrestled from the wall
I can see the hands tied, I can see it all
He pulls a gat - this is how they play the game
And I'm 'round the back cuz curiosity, it knows no shame

CHORUS:
Pheromone rush over me like an ocean
Pheromone controllin' my every motion
Pheromone - I'm helpless as a pet
Pheromone - when your body's wet {echoed}

I can feel the tension through the crack in the door
He begs 4 love while she's disgusted more
And I'm on fire cuz I never seen her nude before
I wanna save her (Save her!), I want 2 watch (Watch)
All my vital signs go up a couple of notches
When he unties her and she runs 2 the open door
He trips and grinds her right there all on the floor
She’s so close I can touch her (Touch her)

CHORUS

Her eyes are closed but there's no penetration
He just makes her point the pistol 2 his nose while he masturbates
And I see a tear headed down towards her smile
What happens next, it all depends upon your style
(Oh, this is crazy baby!)

CHORUS
(Pheromone) {x3}

Pheromone rush over me like an ocean
Pheromone controllin' my every motion
I don't really wanna go crazy but I'm helpless as a pet
When I see your naked body sweat (Pheromone)
When I see your naked body sweat (Pheromone)
When I see your naked body sweat (body sweat, body sweat)

Pheromone - But I'm helpless as a pet (Pheromone)
When I see your naked...
Baby, when your body's wet

Pheromone {x4}

© 1994 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Love this era. IMHO it's the best one after 83 - 87. The earlier version of Come and Gold were better.

If you haven't read scififilmnerd's overview of this era, you should really do so when you have the time. http://prince.org/msg/7/317254

That Mayte picture is really great. Any more like it?

OldFriends4Sale said:

motherfunka said:

That's what I was thinking too, but I didn't want to jump to conclusions. That is not the case though. The majority of these songs were done in early 1993, before the split with WB even took place. Prince did a lot of these songs in his live shows 93-94, so it's not like he just made up these songs as throw aways to fulfill any obligations to WB. In my opinion, it's one of the best 90s releases. Although I prefer the shorter, more dance friendly version of Come from the Beautiful Experience concert, at which I was at...I might add.

The the album project was put together to quickly fulfill his WB obligations, right?

Not talking about the songs. Ok Orgasm is serious filler... but the project, even by the time Gold came out which is one reason he was done with Come before it even started, but by the time Gold released he was moved on 2 the next and trying to get his contract done, moving toward Emancipation. Chaos & Disorder was another project 2 quickly fulfill his WB obligation's

I'm not sure it was put together that quickly. There were multiple configurations with songs being swapped between this and TGE for at least a year before it's release date.

I really think he believed in these songs and this album when it was going to be duel released, With TGE under the and Come as Prince. The fact he played them at the end of the ACT II concerts to prove he had good new material is I think proof of that.

I think the only reason he seemed to treat this as a throw away is because once he was told no by WB about TGE that's all he could see. He became single in his focus and the usual thing happened were once released the work becomes old and unimportant to him, He has a new cause.

Had they been released together I think you would have seen how much Prince really believed in this project at the time it was released

I have been listening to this album so much lately. Loose, Letigo, Dark, Pheremone, Race, Space and Come. I just .

Gives me that early 90's feeling that I like a lot.

So low, the curb looks like a skyscraper
So high, the stars are under me
So quiet, I can hear the blood rushin' through my veins
So low, I feel like I'm goin' insane

The angels, they watch in wonder
When U made love 2 me
Through the rain and the thunder
U cried in ecstacy

U were so kind
I felt sorry 4 all creation be
Cuz at the time, no one was lucky
No one was lucky, no one was lucky as me

And now U're gone and I just wanna be still
So silent, I'll just let my senses sleep
It's gonna be so hard 2 hear my voice
If I ever learn once more 2 speak

I'm so lost, no one can find me
And I've been looking 4 so long
But now I'm done
I'm so low, so low, my name is "No One"

© 1994 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Warfare

chapt 14

Possessed: the Rise & Fall of Prince

p 198-199

Whether he read such commentaries is unknown, but Prince seemed determined to redefine himself and ot put the disappointements and frustrations of the last few years behind him. In public appearances, he kept emphasizing the Prince was dead. The Gold Experience - parts of which appeared on the Internet, placed there by fans who acquired the material on the bootleg market - contained segues between songs with spoken messages like "Prince esta muerta." Then, in a December 1994 appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, he made the point even more explicit - after playing the unreleased Dolphin (a song about reincarnation) from the Gold Experience, he feigned his own death and was carried offstage.

But while the clear intent of Prince's various stunts was to foment outrage about Warners' treatment of him, the public response was bemusement, to the extent that anyone cared at all. His grievances, rather than being part of any larger movement for artists' rights, were transparently personal. In fact, the more meritorious parts of his campaign against Warners and the major label system - such as that artists received far too small a portion of their profits (generally less than fifteen percent) - were lost amidst his grandiose actions.

Come, released in August 1994, hammered the "Prince is dead" message home one more time. The black-and-white cover showed him outside the gates of what appears to be a cemetery (actually La Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain). Below the word "Prince" are the dates "1958-1993)," serving as a tombstone inscription.

Surely one of the few albums in pop history to have been intentionally fashioned as a mediocre project, Come was, unsurprisingly, a commercial failure. It sold 345,000 copies in the United States - the worst performance of his career to date - and reached only No. 15 on the Billboard Pop Chart. Neither Prince nor Warner Bros. did much to promote the record; it was, quite simply, contract filler.

Although Prince seemily expected the public to understand that he had not truly sanctioned the release of Come and instead wasnted it to have the Gold Experience, there distinctions were not nearly as widely appreciated as he thought. Instead, a great many fans simply found in the album another indication of his creative decline. "What concerned me was that he didn't understand what he was doing to his own career because of the feud with Warners," Badeaux observed. Added drummer Bland, "It was a collection of lackluster songs with dated production. I felt we were cheating the fans."

In retrospect, Come was not a good Prince album. But it sure as hell wasn't boring by a long shot! Lyrically, the title track is as nasty as Dirty Mind and Darling Nikki.

Pheromone, Dark, & Letitgo are worth another good listen.

Chasing said:

SPACE, that is a class tune, love it - especially the Universal Love Mix, everything about it is, well prince, and well...perfect!

OldFriends4Sale said:

Wow..that pic is a bit...err...revealing!!

^

It's arguable as to whether you can see the tip of his typhoon.

omg U guys

I just don't see this stuff until someone points it out,

OldFriends4Sale said:

omg U guys

I just don't see this stuff until someone points it out,

LOL...in this case it doesn't look much like a 'shadow' to me!

That picture!!!! Who finds these things?!?! Not that I'm complaining or anything!

OldFriends4Sale said:

Pheromone

(Pheromone make a nigga go crazy, fuckin' around make a nigga wanna die)

L is 4 lust
O is 4 obsession
V is 4 the vast way U
Envelop my soul
This is crazy, this is crazy
But I could die from the pheromone

I can see the castle, I can see the throne
I can see the beloved and she's not alone
But it's cool like that cuz I'll be diggin' her just the same
I can see the curtain wrestled from the wall
I can see the hands tied, I can see it all
He pulls a gat - this is how they play the game
And I'm 'round the back cuz curiosity, it knows no shame

CHORUS:
Pheromone rush over me like an ocean
Pheromone controllin' my every motion
Pheromone - I'm helpless as a pet
Pheromone - when your body's wet {echoed}

I can feel the tension through the crack in the door
He begs 4 love while she's disgusted more
And I'm on fire cuz I never seen her nude before
I wanna save her (Save her!), I want 2 watch (Watch)
All my vital signs go up a couple of notches
When he unties her and she runs 2 the open door
He trips and grinds her right there all on the floor
She’s so close I can touch her (Touch her)

CHORUS

Her eyes are closed but there's no penetration
He just makes her point the pistol 2 his nose while he masturbates
And I see a tear headed down towards her smile
What happens next, it all depends upon your style
(Oh, this is crazy baby!)

CHORUS
(Pheromone) {x3}

Pheromone rush over me like an ocean
Pheromone controllin' my every motion
I don't really wanna go crazy but I'm helpless as a pet
When I see your naked body sweat (Pheromone)
When I see your naked body sweat (Pheromone)
When I see your naked body sweat (body sweat, body sweat)

Pheromone - But I'm helpless as a pet (Pheromone)
When I see your naked...
Baby, when your body's wet

Pheromone {x4}

© 1994 Controversy Music - ASCAP

My fav song!

OldFriends4Sale said:

Seems Prince was going thru a 'situation' with this album and the whole "Prince is Dead" thing

4 some reason I see this album as the "Black Album" of the 1990's

Wow. Definitely see that.

Come might not be my favorite Prince record, but it's probably my favorite era. He was so fuckin dark, man.

It's funny, as of late I've been playin this shit a lot.

Pheromone!

I love the Come test pressing configuration with Interactive, Endorphinmachine and Strays Of The World. Was a little disappointed in the released configuration.

Would love to hear the original 1993 configuration.

Letitgo

Ready or not, here I come
(Come on) {x2}

(Letitgo) {repeated whisper in BG of song}

All my life I've kept my feelings deep inside
Never was a reason 2 let somebody know
Lover here, lover there - Who cried? Who cared? Foolish pride
Never was a good seat at any of this man's shows

CHORUS:
Until now all I wanted 2 do is...
Do, do, do what I do and...
Bang, bang, bang on the drummer and love so-and-so
But now I gotta let it go (Letitgo)
Lay back and let the vibe just flow
I wanna just let it go (Letitgo)
Lay back and let my feelings show

I'm ready 4 the real
Give me something I can feel

All my life this heart's been under lock and key
My curtains were drawn, there wasn't nobody home
Trigger here, trigger there - everybody's high except 4 me
Better off dead if I couldn't be alone

CHORUS

I... I'm ready 4 the real
Give me something I can feel

14 years and tears I've longed 2 sing my song
But a horse couldn't drag your ass 2 put me on
But now I've got an army and we're 3 million strong
This song will ring in your ears when we are gone

Until now all I wanted 2 do is...
Do, do, do what I do and...
Bang, bang, bang on the drummer and love so-and-so
But now I wanna let it go (Letitgo)
Lay back and let the vibe just flow
Said I wanna let it go (Letitgo)
Lay back and let my feelings show

I... I'm ready 4 the real
Come a little closer

(Letitgo)
(Lay back and let the vibe just flow)

© 1994 Controversy Music - ASCAP

I made myself a CD with the outtakes from this era. It goes like this:

1. Poem (3:30)

2. Come (4:43)

3. Endorphinmachine (3:51)

4. Dolphin (4:57) - from Glam Slam Ulysses

5. Calhoun Square (4:46) - from Crystal Ball

6. Interactive (3:03) - from Crystal Ball

7. Loose! (3:23) - from Glam Slam Ulysses

8. Pheromone (Instrumental) (3:57)

9. What's My Name (3:05) - from Crystal Ball

10. Pope (3:29) - from The Hits

11. Zannalee (2:49)

12. Strays Of The World (5:07) - from Crystal Ball

The sequencing is great if I must say so myself.

scififilmnerd said:

I made myself a CD with the outtakes from this era. It goes like this:

1. Poem (3:30)

2. Come (4:43)

3. Endorphinmachine (3:51)

4. Dolphin (4:57) - from Glam Slam Ulysses

5. Calhoun Square (4:46) - from Crystal Ball

6. Interactive (3:03) - from Crystal Ball

7. Loose! (3:23) - from Glam Slam Ulysses

8. Pheromone (Instrumental) (3:57)

9. What's My Name (3:05) - from Crystal Ball

10. Pope (3:29) - from The Hits

11. Zannalee (2:49)

12. Strays Of The World (5:07) - from Crystal Ball

The sequencing is great if I must say so myself.

sounds awesome. I also made a similar one back in the day, it had What's My Name segued into The Ride (linking the drum kick of what's my name outro and the intro of the ride). And Dolphin was the extended mix between the gold exp version and the udnertaker outro (similar to the one on The Dawn from Boris)...