Dave1992 said:

i'm guessing this was recorded around the time he was working with andy allo?

it has that slightly off kilter thing about it and it's a bit reminiscent of his 1970s

songs. they did some good stuff together and she seems to have inspired him

to start thinking a bit less formulaic about his songwriting again. good stuff. i'm

liking this more and more with each listen.

Yes, Isten. If I Was Your King and Yellow Gold were great little organic adventures by Prince and the band, with the kind of subtle and fluid musical deviations of Groovy Potential.

SpiritOtter said:

Yes, Isten. If I Was Your King and Yellow Gold were great little organic adventures by Prince and the band, with the kind of subtle and fluid musical deviations of Groovy Potential.

indeed

The 1:22 clip is pretty interesting... still haven't heard the full song yet though.

djThunderfunk said:

Nice one!

Anyone know who's playing on this?

I would like to know.

paulludvig said:

sounds like Roy Hargrove

I like it

dJJ said:

majissty said:

YES!!!! These same 3 trax have been my favorites so far. & I was thinking the same thing : possibly a seperate disc of new solo PRINCE trax. LOVING THEM!!!!!

That girl thang, groovy potential and breakfast can wait are my favorites.

Mine too. But I haven't heard Groovy potential.

Lyrics anyone?

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Likesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Hassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

Potentialllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

Grooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Marco81 said:

BartVanHemelen said:

Oh please. This is a pile of directionless clichés, not a song.

[Flame snip - luv4u]

because you get some attention?

... is the correct answer.

GoldenParachute said:

dJJ said:

That girl thang, groovy potential and breakfast can wait are my favorites.

Mine too. But I haven't heard Groovy potential.

You will like it.

He released it on Larry Graham's date of birth. You think it's for Larry?

[Edited 8/15/13 9:32am]

Ok this is now in heavy rotation listening to it in the car and at home and its definitly a grower

Love the eh-eh-ehs!

Its definilty got a groovy potential!

I really like this. Going to buy it.

djThunderfunk said:

Poplife88 said:

It's been at least an hour since I paid for the track and still waiting for the download link email. Did anyone else have to wait this long?

It's been over 12 hours for me. Still waiting on the download email. No response from the "support" email either. I did get the account confirmation email. And, yes, I've checked spam, not there either.

If I don't have it when I get off work tomorrow I'm contacting paypal and canceling the order.

I got mine finally a couple hours later after this post. Not sure why it took so long as previous songs the download showed up immediately after purchase. Hope you finally got yours.

As for the song, its simply ok. I HATE autotune with a passion...but its sorta bareable here. I do like the horns. Its ok filler for my 2013 playlist.

IstenSzek said:

i'm guessing this was recorded around the time he was working with andy allo?

it has that slightly off kilter thing about it and it's a bit reminiscent of his 1970s

songs. they did some good stuff together and she seems to have inspired him

to start thinking a bit less formulaic about his songwriting again. good stuff. i'm

liking this more and more with each listen.

So funny, because you're right, it does sound like a song, that could have been on Andy's album, but I do feel the 70s vibe you're talking about. I feel like Barry White's orchestra is going to come out swinging somewhere in the song. Then close to the end, with the instrumental part and the horns, I feel the music vibe of TSOP, Isaac Hayes Orchestra, and Van McCoy.

Feel like this could have been a song on the 'For You' album as well, because of that 70s vibe.

[Edited 8/15/13 10:38am]

I love it. Super smooth loungy jazz a l'Prince with a super breakdown and build up.

Sensual track with bits of everything, simple but effective lyrics and the end and bass is just too sexy.

xpertluva said:

I'm surprised to see a lot of you are underwhelmed. I think it's great. It's the first song I've heard in a while that I wanted to immediately play again. The lyrics are pretty basic, but they fit for such a light and "groovy" song.

On headphones, there's a part of it that always makes me think my phone is ringing.

Let's just put it this way -

right before hearing this track I was listening to Parliament.

novabrkr said:

xpertluva said:

I'm surprised to see a lot of you are underwhelmed. I think it's great. It's the first song I've heard in a while that I wanted to immediately play again. The lyrics are pretty basic, but they fit for such a light and "groovy" song.

On headphones, there's a part of it that always makes me think my phone is ringing.

Let's just put it this way -

right before hearing this track I was listening to Parliament.

Well, depending on what Parliament--yeah, that could definitely make a difference.

I heard it after not hearing anything for a few hours. Clean palate--sounded fine.

Okay, now I've heard the whole song. I'm not really excited about this. It's a nice breezy outtake, but that's about it. His vocals sound rough.

The Org must be getting desperate, because this is the same Org that dissed 'Act Of God' (from 20ten) and the brilliant 'Lotusflow3r' album and now is praising this.

I think that Prince is releasing songs that are not intended for release in any other form.

Songs like 'Rock & Roll Love Affair', 'Screwdriver', 'Big City' and 'FixUrLifeUp' deserve to be on an album... not so sure about this.

There are elements that I like... the instrumental breakdown toward the end, and the interplay between the guitar and horns...

Giovanni777 said:

Okay, now I've heard the whole song. I'm not really excited about this. It's a nice breezy outtake, but that's about it. His vocals sound rough.

The Org must be getting desperate, because this is the same Org that dissed 'Act Of God' (from 20ten) and the brilliant 'Lotusflow3r' album and now is praising this.

I think that Prince is releasing songs that are not intended for release in any other form.

Songs like 'Rock & Roll Love Affair', 'Screwdriver', 'Big City' and 'FixUrLifeUp' deserve to be on an album... not so sure about this.

There are elements that I like... the instrumental breakdown toward the end, and the interplay between the guitar and horns...

Sorry, my dear - but this craps all over Act of God.

Genesia said:

Giovanni777 said:

Okay, now I've heard the whole song. I'm not really excited about this. It's a nice breezy outtake, but that's about it. His vocals sound rough.

The Org must be getting desperate, because this is the same Org that dissed 'Act Of God' (from 20ten) and the brilliant 'Lotusflow3r' album and now is praising this.

I think that Prince is releasing songs that are not intended for release in any other form.

Songs like 'Rock & Roll Love Affair', 'Screwdriver', 'Big City' and 'FixUrLifeUp' deserve to be on an album... not so sure about this.

There are elements that I like... the instrumental breakdown toward the end, and the interplay between the guitar and horns...

Sorry, my dear - but this craps all over Act of God.

Genesia said:

Giovanni777 said:

Okay, now I've heard the whole song. I'm not really excited about this. It's a nice breezy outtake, but that's about it. His vocals sound rough.

The Org must be getting desperate, because this is the same Org that dissed 'Act Of God' (from 20ten) and the brilliant 'Lotusflow3r' album and now is praising this.

I think that Prince is releasing songs that are not intended for release in any other form.

Songs like 'Rock & Roll Love Affair', 'Screwdriver', 'Big City' and 'FixUrLifeUp' deserve to be on an album... not so sure about this.

There are elements that I like... the instrumental breakdown toward the end, and the interplay between the guitar and horns...

Sorry, my dear - but this craps all over Act of God.

Maybe in your mind, but then again, you probably think that 'The Gold Experience' is one of his best albums...

Some good songs have sprung forth from this 3rd Eye Girl period, but this is one of the best imo. I'm happy.

BTW, I liked Boyfriend, Same Page, Breakfast and FixUrLifeUp as well.

Giovanni777 said:

Genesia said:

Sorry, my dear - but this craps all over Act of God.

Maybe in your mind, but then again, you probably think that 'The Gold Experience' is one of his best albums...

Yeah...no.