Nice to see mainscream radio showing the love for Prince's "R&R Love Affair" single.

Usually it's shows like ours and several others that only play Prince's new jams. However, we were driving in our car today and spun the dial to hear the announcer say, "Here is Prince's latest single: Rock and Roll Love Affair". Sounded like a breath of fresh air aside the Carly Jepsen's of the world.

Praxis said:

I'm starting to dig it more. It's Prince doing his Bob Dylan vibe with MPLS twist. It's always been this way y'all...some Prince chunes need to grow on ya...it's positive-vibed song with beautiful horn arrangements "2 people in love in love, with nothing but the road ahead..." [Edited 10/27/12 9:24am]

Well said - I said it sounded a bit like Bob Dylan when it first came out. Its a grower

However, have not heard anything on my local radio...what other cities are getting moderate airplay?

I haven't seen this online anywhere to pre order yet.

2020 said:

Praxis said:

I'm starting to dig it more. It's Prince doing his Bob Dylan vibe with MPLS twist. It's always been this way y'all...some Prince chunes need to grow on ya...it's positive-vibed song with beautiful horn arrangements "2 people in love in love, with nothing but the road ahead..." [Edited 10/27/12 9:24am]

Well said - I said it sounded a bit like Bob Dylan when it first came out. Its a grower

However, have not heard anything on my local radio...what other cities are getting moderate airplay?

WBBQ (1250 on the dial) in Augusta, Ga.

I heard R&R affair in my local supermarket's radio system, about a week after it came out,playing on 106.7 Lite fm NYC, but that station always plays Prince classics aa well.

Prince is dead on the radio.

He is NOT in high rotation anywhere on this planet.

He is dead on radio and has been since The Most Beautiful Girl was released in early 1994.

why won't you guys face that?

"RnR Love Affair" is Prince's next "masterPiece" top 10 hit...........

I dont listen to mainstream radio so I wouldnt know. But good to hear this track is getting traction. This track is by FAR his most pop radio freindly track in ages.

As I have stated on other threads, I like it and hope this is a new direction he is taking. Prince is too great of an artist to have been stuck on the cheesy bubble gum music rut for the last 20 or so years. There comes a time to say enough. People were not buying it and didnt care if it was given away for free inside newspapers.

Anyway, hope the track continues to get airplay.

I guess this might matter to whoever still listens to radio. Honestly, I don’t know anyone who does, aside from a few nerds with an NPR fetish.

thedance said:

Prince is dead on the radio.

He is NOT in high rotation anywhere on this planet.

He is dead on radio and has been since The Most Beautiful Girl was released in early 1994.

why won't you guys face that?

He is getting major airplay in Germany, switzerland, italy....that`s a fact....

So please.....

They have him on the playlist here in germany, where i live, on many radio stations....

which is the first time since maybe gold or tmbgitw.....

Great times again!!

SWR3, one of germany`s biggest radio stations: Prince is the new #1 on their chart:

http://www.swr3.de/musik/...p;jhr=2012

Don`t know about the states, but here we have a radio hit single!

It's ironic THIS song is seemingly making waves on radio.

He's had better music out this last ten years, far better.

It's funny. I've really gone off Prince lately since the Aussie tour (overdosed), but I quite like this song. It's just nice and cruisey. I think I have hit that age where 'adult contemporary' is an appealing genre

linus4000 said:

thedance said:

Prince is dead on the radio.

He is NOT in high rotation anywhere on this planet.

He is dead on radio and has been since The Most Beautiful Girl was released in early 1994.

why won't you guys face that?

He is getting major airplay in Germany, switzerland, italy....that`s a fact....

So please.....

They have him on the playlist here in germany, where i live, on many radio stations....

which is the first time since maybe gold or tmbgitw.....

Great times again!!

Wow. That's pretty exciting. If only American radio could be so openminded.

linus4000 said:

SWR3, one of germany`s biggest radio stations: Prince is the new #1 on their chart:

http://www.swr3.de/musik/...p;jhr=2012

Don`t know about the states, but here we have a radio hit single!

looks like eye was right! all these fucking naysers are doom merchants and jealous cutns! No 1 in Germany was my prediction and that now looks like a distinct possibility..

[Edited 10/29/12 4:08am]

Marrk said:

It's ironic THIS song is seemingly making waves on radio.

He's had better music out this last ten years, far better.

But nothing this commercial. That's the difference.

David Hasslehoff is/was huge in Germany. Let us never forget this.

jpnyc said:

I guess this might matter to whoever still listens to radio. Honestly, I don’t know anyone who does, aside from a few nerds with an NPR fetish.

According to Rajar, the body that measures the UK radio industr, 89% of the UK (over 50 million people here by the way) listen to radio in one format or the other. Approximately each person in the UK listens to 11 hours of BBC radio each week. Those are quite large figures. From a personal perspective I can't think of anywhere I've ever worked that doesn't have the radio on all day. I've served in the RAF, worked in factories/shops/kitchens and am now a brewer for Heineken. I've always heard the radio.

iloveannie said:

David Hasslehoff is/was huge in Germany. Let us never forget this.

toejam said:

V10LETBLUES said:

I dont listen to mainstream radio so I wouldnt know. But good to hear this track is getting traction. This track is by FAR his most pop radio freindly track in ages.

As I have stated on other threads, I like it and hope this is a new direction he is taking. Prince is too great of an artist to have been stuck on the cheesy bubble gum music rut for the last 20 or so years. There comes a time to say enough. People were not buying it and didnt care if it was given away for free inside newspapers.

Anyway, hope the track continues to get airplay.

20Ten songs are very radio friendly

I like the lyrics to the songs, it feels very close to Guitar (this style is easy Prince)

I would love a more electic guitar filled version

I mostly hear music on the radio by Prince from the 1999-Parade (sometimes SOTT) period

A guy at work came into the office wistling the Glamorous Life just now

V10LETBLUES said:

I dont listen to mainstream radio so I wouldnt know. But good to hear this track is getting traction. This track is by FAR his most pop radio freindly track in ages.

As I have stated on other threads, I like it and hope this is a new direction he is taking. Prince is too great of an artist to have been stuck on the cheesy bubble gum music rut for the last 20 or so years. There comes a time to say enough. People were not buying it and didnt care if it was given away for free inside newspapers.

Anyway, hope the track continues to get airplay.

There's a fair chance. My grandmas love it too.

V10LETBLUES said:

But I can go from listening Phillip Glass to Dave Brubeck to Johnny Cash to Marvin Gaye to Gotye to Gangnam Style no problem. [Edited 10/29/12 4:33am]

And you're proud of that or what?

Soulstar77A said:

V10LETBLUES said:

But I can go from listening Phillip Glass to Dave Brubeck to Johnny Cash to Marvin Gaye to Gotye to Gangnam Style no problem. [Edited 10/29/12 4:33am]

And you're proud of that or what?

At least that would be something worth being proud of.

thedance said:

Prince is dead on the radio.

He is NOT in high rotation anywhere on this planet.

He is dead on radio and has been since The Most Beautiful Girl was released in early 1994.

why won't you guys face that?

I guess you blacked out in 2004 when he was all over RnB stations.

Why won't do you face the fact that it is hard to get music on the radio when you are not on a major record label. I think he cut some kind of deal with Clear Channel to get this song on the air. and doubt anyone else but Prince could this off.

Marrk said:

iloveannie said:

David Hasslehoff is/was huge in Germany. Let us never forget this.

Oh, come on! The USA and a whole lot of other countries have also shitloads of crap music high in the charts.

Prince's new song is high on the radio charts because they hired a marketing company to push promotion. So there was money spent for getting airplay. That explains why this song is becoming a "hit", while so much better prince music from the past 15 years was ignored by the mainstream media. It has nothing to do with quality at all.

This explains the situation perfectly:

https://www.youtube.com/w...ehHOqx7JXg

iloveannie said:

David Hasslehoff is/was huge in Germany. Let us never forget this.

yeah but dont forget that he was the one who brought the wall of Berlin down... At least that's what he told in some interviews....

[Edited 10/29/12 9:34am]