What are peoples thoughts on this song? I remember the first time i ever heard this when i stuck on disc 2 of Crystal Ball and my first reaction was holy shit! A great example of how to take your influences, in this case Hendrix, and twist into something that sounds positively fresh and quite frankly brilliant, and it sounds so spontaneous too. In fact it reminds me somewhat of sped up, freaked out version of Manic Depression. You gotta love it.

it's sorta weird 2 me...cuz how the beat speeds up 4 the chorus. u gotta love stuff like that.

Killer track. Absolutely nothing left standing after that mutha


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One of my all-time favorites!

The liner notes indicated he recorded it in a single session and then rode around in his limosine blasting it like 30 times...neat!

One of the gems of Crystal Ball. Love the guitar, love the bridge, love the chorus, love the lyrics, love the voice.
I will do most anything if u promise me da bang, bang, bang!!!

KICK ASS!! Plain and simple.

Can you believe that he composed this song while he's "bored"?? Read the liner notes.

John Witherspoon should have made a guest appearance on that track.

you got to whip that p*ssy, BANG BANG BANG!

LOVE IT.
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certainly one of the highlights of CB.

Harlepolis said:

I don't have the liner notes (I ordered my copy from NPG Retail, which substituted the Kamasutra CD for the booklet), and the "online booklet" website appears to be gone... but didn't this song date from the early years of the period; i.e., 1993 to mid-1996?

I was very disappointed with the first release credited to ("The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"), because I was expecting something that sounded fresh and different--I thought he'd use the first single to make a clear break from his former identity. But TMBGitW aside, he recorded some amazing stuff in that time period (e.g., "What's My Name"), even though he didn't have much commercial success.

Oh, while I didn't like the regular version of TMBGitW, I did like some of the remixes on The Beautiful Experience EP.

This song kill me!

Easily one of my favorites on Crystal Ball...Prince creates a new genre: JAZZ PUNK!!! I always liked the effects on the vocals here.

Matt

"Da Bang" is the SHIZNIT!!! And I don't care if I'm the only one who still uses this word Seriously, this song blares FUNK!! It is the ultimate party starter

Tina (~!~)

NettieSmiles said:

*snicker* She said SHIZNIT

chickengrease said:

I used SHIZNIT yesterday. U R NOT ALONE.

Damn -- I'm quoting MJ song titles. Now THAT'S bad!

madartista said:

*snicker* You said SHIZNIT and a MJ song title ROTFLMAO

I love it - it is a tune rammed with energy and spunk! I love headbutting to it

i loved his crazy screeching in it...thats fun. Anyone remember that escellent website for CB and the fact u could d/l samples of songs in advance of release...that was such a good idea. A pity the art on the website wasnt transferred to the cd inlay covers...it looked cool

Therapy said:

co-sign

Freaker said:

I remember That Calhoun Square snippet had me SOLD Never could print the damn artwork for the discs though

I actually find the crazy parts to the song really taxing; they ruin the song for me, aswell as the sceeching. That said, I dig the luscious groove inbetween.

Killer song! I love everything about it, from the vocal
effects to the screaming. The guitar sounds wild and I
always smile when the last guitar part comes around and
there's this thunderous deep blast behind it, as if the
floodgates have been opened.

what good is your body baby, (whatgoodisyourbodybaby)
without your mind? (withoutyourmind)
not much

IstenSzek said:

U can say that again.. loud n proud! Im another 1 that really LOVEs the song... its so hard not 2 'bounce' 2 it!! & the last chorus with the screamies... whoooa baby... its enuf 2 knock u out... BANG BANG BANG indeedy!

it was recorded and mixed in one day

Finess said:

in L.A., then he drove his limo through town listening to the song at least 25 times! (hey I can read!)

abierman said:

easy there sparky... dont get ya drawz wound up 2 tight

It's a very fun song, but I have to be in the mood for it. LOL. I like it when he acts loony on songs like this.

Finess said:

who are you calling sparky?

“Da Bang” and “What’s My Name?” are probably the two best young compositions on Crystal Ball. That whole quiet-loud-quiet-loud alternation rockets me into a mosh pit rage whenever I hear it (and I'm a fairly laid-back dude)! I can totally see why Prince would blast Da Bang in a car over and over and over... I've certainly done it.
[This message was edited Fri Feb 21 8:39:51 PST 2003 by Lammastide]