I've been playing the funk out of the exended version of The Dance Electric for the last week.

I really do believe it's his greatest song.

Never should have given it away. Should have been a tatle track, Could given Andre something else.

Now giving him this song proves his love for Andre.

Prince needs to pull it out the vault with Our Destiny Roadhouse Garden All Day All Night and give us the sound of 1984 again.

I've dug 20ten for he most part and it was a step in the right direction but I fear more of the 1970's inspired funk.

Surley it's what we all want.

My Top 20.

Computer Blue

When Doves Cry

All My Dreams

Adore

Play In The Sunshine

The Dance Electric

Elephants And Flowers

All Day All Night

A Love Bizarre

Crucial

She's Always In My Hair

Hot Thing

Witness 4 The Prosecuion

Lovesexy

Rock Hard

Lady Cab Driver

Uptown

Power Fantastic

Private Joy

All The Critics

Strange Relationship

The Dance Electric is one of his best somgs he ever made if not THE best, I agree. I think it is the best definitive song of the Monneapolis sound IMO. Love it!

Good morning children

Take a look out your window

Our world is falling

It's almost time 2 go



(Dance)



Dance the Dance Electric

The rhythm is love and love is blind

Love your enemies

There isn't much time, there isn't much time



Look - our world is falling

A rhythm-less house of blinded prophecy

Hear our Master calling

This isn't what He wanted us 2 be



We got 2 dance the Dance Electric

Listen 2 the rhythm of your soul

Come on and dance the Dance Electric

We better love each other, it's almost time 2 go



Don't - it don't make U happy

2 give another someone your own smile

Dance the dance electric

Never mind your hatred, try a brand new style



Dance the Dance Electric

Listen 2 the rhythm of your soul

U got 2 dance the Dance Electric

We better love each other, it's almost time 2 go



We... love... all... enemies



Look - U're livin' in Babylon

Makin', but not feelin' love at all

When your youth is gone, when it comes 2 dawn

A light of truth will shine and U will fall



That's why U got 2 dance the Dance Electric

Listen 2 the rhythm of your soul

U got 2 dance the Dance Electric

We better love each other, it's almost time 2 go



See the light inside of us

U're stuck in living, livin' life as bad

Whatever U do, don't U let your life go without my love

It's the only life that U will ever have



Why don't U (dance) dance the Dance Electric?

Listen 2 the rhythm of your soul

Why don't U dance the Dance Electric?

We better love each other, it's almost time 2 go (almost time 2)



Dance the Dance Electric

Listen 2 the rhythm of your soul

Come on and dance the Dance Electric

We better love each other, it's almost time 2 go

Good example of the Mplsound as someone pointed out, but it's one dimensional, quite repetitive and flat. BUT, as a groove, it's quite a good one.

Prince is one of the most diverse, deep, profound and spiritual songwriters....respect to your opinion, but he cannot be defined by a song like this. Maybe a Rick James i.e. someone based entirely on a specific sound, but not Prince. It would be quite the task to pin him down by just one song.

Oh, and i would by far take the 70's inspired funk over the 80's Mplsound inspired funk. Simply because the 70's inspired funk can be updated with dignity intact, the Mplsound sounds so heavily dated if he tries to replicate it exactly how he use to do it as on most of 20ten (which i like). However, when he updates the Mplsound to something like Ol Skool Company, Dance 4 Me, Laydown or Black Sweat...I can get down with that.

But for the most part, the 70's inspired funk sounds much better today. I'm extremely excited to hear People Pleaser, for example.

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why is this seemingly the only outtake that remains released in low quality???

WetDream said:

Good example of the Mplsound as someone pointed out, but it's one dimensional, quite repetitive and flat. BUT, as a groove, it's quite a good one.

Prince is one of the most diverse, deep, profound and spiritual songwriters....respect to your opinion, but he cannot be defined by a song like this. Maybe a Rick James i.e. someone based entirely on a specific sound, but not Prince. It would be quite the task to pin him down by just one song.

Oh, and i would by far take the 70's inspired funk over the 80's Mplsound inspired funk. Simply because the 70's inspired funk can be updated with dignity intact, the Mplsound sounds so heavily dated if he tries to replicate it exactly how he use to do it as on most of 20ten (which i like). However, when he updates the Mplsound to something like Ol Skool Company, Dance 4 Me, Laydown or Black Sweat...I can get down with that.

But for the most part, the 70's inspired funk sounds much better today. I'm extremely excited to hear People Pleaser, for example.

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Your whole vibe is odd ot me. I got into Prince because of his 80's MN versions of funk. It was that different from the 70's vibe you're talking about. That's what seperated him fomr everyone else and made the music unique. While he was doing Computer Blue, Dance Electric, Love Bizarre and Anotherlover etc. Rick James was still on his horns and basic sound/structure ..played out. Dance Electric flat? Lawd almighty. That drum pattern/sound is greater than eanything any other rnb band or funk band put out in the entire 80's.

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Dance Electric is an awesome song, I also would have loved to seen it on a Prince album

PurpleColossus said:

Dance Electric is an awesome song, I also would have loved to seen it on a Prince album

There is a live rehearsal version of it on the Parade sesons somewhere too.

rdhull said:

WetDream said:

Good example of the Mplsound as someone pointed out, but it's one dimensional, quite repetitive and flat. BUT, as a groove, it's quite a good one.

Prince is one of the most diverse, deep, profound and spiritual songwriters....respect to your opinion, but he cannot be defined by a song like this. Maybe a Rick James i.e. someone based entirely on a specific sound, but not Prince. It would be quite the task to pin him down by just one song.

Oh, and i would by far take the 70's inspired funk over the 80's Mplsound inspired funk. Simply because the 70's inspired funk can be updated with dignity intact, the Mplsound sounds so heavily dated if he tries to replicate it exactly how he use to do it as on most of 20ten (which i like). However, when he updates the Mplsound to something like Ol Skool Company, Dance 4 Me, Laydown or Black Sweat...I can get down with that.

But for the most part, the 70's inspired funk sounds much better today. I'm extremely excited to hear People Pleaser, for example.

[Edited 4/9/12 4:34am]

Your whole vibe is odd ot me. I got into Prince because of his 80's MN versions of funk. It was that different from the 70's vibe you're talking about. That's what seperated him fomr everyone else and made the music unique. While he was doing Computer Blue, Dance Electric, Love Bizarre and Anotherlover etc. Rick James was still on his horns and basic sound/structure ..played out. Dance Electric flat? Lawd almighty. That drum pattern/sound is greater than eanything any other rnb band or funk band put out in the entire 80's.

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[Edited 4/9/12 10:12am]

I came across wrong. I was talking today, what i'd like to hear today. Of course that's what separated him from the mould back then, but that sound is hard to update. 20ten sounds dated despite some modern arrangements and me liking it. I think Black Sweat was a very good example of an updated Mplsound, including the others i exampled.

Dance Electric does have amazing production and great programming, but it's not enough to hold such a title. I prefer real instruments/drums and Prince is a master at both ends. This only dabbles in one pie of many.

I mentioned i preferred the 70's inspired funk because that sound can be updated much more easily and has been whereas the Mplsound struggles. A lot of update attempts by anyone just sound 80s, techno or completely MTV.

Great song indeed and I've been jammin the long version since 85!!!

However, its hardly his best song ever.

2020 said:

Danceelectric:

great song and sound,

and - Danceelectric used to be my username, on housequake . com.

this fantastic fan-site that Prince hated, only because it was more popular, and far better than his 'official' sites ever were....

I miss those days, on HQ.....

never mind,

the world goes on, it is still turning, but Prince land was so cool yes it was.... back then..

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Love the song, even though its up there on my list, its not the best song ever IMHO.

Romeoblu said:

2020 said:

Great song indeed and I've been jammin the long version since 85!!!

However, its hardly his best song ever.

So you really had a copy of he 12 min version since 1985?

yep...a great song to drive the pacific coast with in 85 too

2020 said:

TheKnowledge said:

2020 said:

Great song indeed and I've been jammin the long version since 85!!!

However, its hardly his best song ever.