A new studio album: only 4 and a half months are left..

what do you believe in - will we have a BIG 2013?

Judging on the 3EG trax released so far, I fear 2013 will be rather forgettable, unfortunetly.. and I am not that excited like I used to be when Prince announced the BIG year...

I think the "promise" was made by Prince around the New Year 2012/13 through Dr Funkenberry...?



Questions:

HOW can Prince possibly make 2013 a BIG year for you, what do you expect from him (album wise)..

DO you really like the songs - so far - in 2013.. yes / no..

I'm not expecting a big end to the year but I'd be very happy with an album. I've liked pretty much everything released so far except for Live Out Loud and Aint Gonna Miss U When You're Gone.

A lot of things have already happened this year, so some will say this is a big Prince year with concerts and new music. Quite a lot of songs released this year I really like so I'm wishing we also get an album. It's about time for a real album...there gotta be a reason for the Kobalt partnership

My hopes are rather small at the moment. I just hope he releases a physical album. Even if it's a mediocre one. I wish he stopped all the downloading single tracks nonsense. It just shows how directionless he is as an artist now.

expect a concert film like sign o the time from him..

purplesnowlove said:

expect a concert film like sign o the time from him..

Did you already see this thread...there may be a Montreux concert film in the making!

http://prince.org/msg/12/400372

7roses said:

purplesnowlove said:

expect a concert film like sign o the time from him..

Did you already see this thread...there may be a Montreux concert film in the making!

http://prince.org/msg/12/400372

omg omg, greattttttt

would be perfect if he changes his afro hair style

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thedance said:

A new studio album: only 4 and a half months are left..

Prince said he's not making albums anymore. Wouldn't that also qualify as a "promise"?

what do you believe in - will we have a BIG 2013?

A new website(with free membership), increased internet presence, livestreams, two band lineups, tv appearances, small club tours, new music and videos. Been big so far!

Judging on the 3EG trax released so far, I fear 2013 will be rather forgettable, unfortunetly.. and I am not that excited like I used to be when Prince announced the BIG year...

How can you possibly forget a year when you've made a thread about every two weeks complaining about it?

I think the "promise" was made by Prince around the New Year 2012/13 through Dr Funkenberry...?

Either accept all of his words as "promises" or accept none. Picking the ones you like and bemoaning the ones you don't is reductive! (See the reply to your first statement)

Questions:

HOW can Prince possibly make 2013 a BIG year for you, what do you expect from him (album wise)..

I am enjoying the new music and if finances allow I'm trying to hit one of the NPG shows next week. I'm not expecting a Prince album but more jams thru the website.

DO you really like the songs - so far - in 2013.. yes / no..

Yes I am.

Thanks for your contributions, all.


Ps are you a school teacher by profession, HonestMan lol.. those red sentences?

HonestMan13 said:

thedance said:

A new studio album: only 4 and a half months are left..

Prince said he's not making albums anymore. Wouldn't that also qualify as a "promise"?

what do you believe in - will we have a BIG 2013?

A new website(with free membership), increased internet presence, livestreams, two band lineups, tv appearances, small club tours, new music and videos. Been big so far!

Judging on the 3EG trax released so far, I fear 2013 will be rather forgettable, unfortunetly.. and I am not that excited like I used to be when Prince announced the BIG year...

How can you possibly forget a year when you've made a thread about every two weeks complaining about it?

I think the "promise" was made by Prince around the New Year 2012/13 through Dr Funkenberry...?

Either accept all of his words as "promises" or accept none. Picking the ones you like and bemoaning the ones you don't is reductive! (See the reply to your first statement)

Questions:

HOW can Prince possibly make 2013 a BIG year for you, what do you expect from him (album wise)..

I am enjoying the new music and if finances allow I'm trying to hit one of the NPG shows next week. I'm not expecting a Prince album but more jams thru the website.

DO you really like the songs - so far - in 2013.. yes / no..

Yes I am.

HonestMan13 said:

Prince said he's not making albums anymore.

^

1) Prince also said he wouldn't be touring anymore, in april 1985.

2) Prince also said he would retire his career, in june 1993.

Don't believe everything Prince is telling you,


lot of it is "made up" for a lot of reasons, and often very contradictory.


Of course Prince will release an "album" one way or the other, in 2013.


The question is: how good (or bad) it will be...

thedance said:

HonestMan13 said:

Prince said he's not making albums anymore.

^

1) Prince also said he wouldn't be touring anymore, in april 1985.

2) Prince also said he would retire his career, in june 1993.

Don't believe everything Prince is telling you,


lot of it is "made up" for a lot of reasons, and often very contradictory.


Of course Prince will release an "album" one way or the other, in 2013.


The question is: how good (or bad) it will be...

The only albums I've heard discussed so far are The 3rd Eye Girl project, "Plectrum Electrum" and Andy Allo's "Superconductor Reloaded". Prince said he's making jams and had held to that so far and as you pointed out there are only 4 more months in the year. Also we haven't had an album since 20Ten. That's over 3 years ago so why is 2013 all of a sudden destined to see a new CD. If one comes out then great but it doesn't seem likely. Fixurlifeup is probably on the 3EG project. Prince has been releasing "Prince" tracks thru the website as randoms jams seemingly not intended for a project.

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To make it a BIG 2013 for me Prince should

-release a studio album (not just in mp3 or wav format but also on CD, Vinyl etc.)

-make these livestreams what they should be (show streams more frequently and do some pay-per view streams from direct live shows)

-get a proper homepage with more downloadable music maybe from concerts and demo songs etc, a shop to buy merchandise and a proper news section with frequent updates and with a tour section also, maybe where we can buy tickets (with preferred tickets like golden circle) etc.

Gimme gimme gimme...

Genesia said:

Gimme gimme gimme...

I am fine with what we got so far BUT it wouldn´t make this year any "bigger" than other years when it comes to Prince & his music...

Of course Prince will release an "album" one way or the other, in 2013.

I wish I could be so sure. But if he doesn't see it as a profitable move, he won't do it...

Not worried, certain he didn't create the deal with Kobalt for nothing. This year or next its all good.

This year feels like a turning point. To think that some considered him OVA about this time last year.

HonestMan13 said:

thedance said:

A new studio album: only 4 and a half months are left..

Prince said he's not making albums anymore. Wouldn't that also qualify as a "promise"?

what do you believe in - will we have a BIG 2013?

A new website(with free membership), increased internet presence, livestreams, two band lineups, tv appearances, small club tours, new music and videos. Been big so far!

Judging on the 3EG trax released so far, I fear 2013 will be rather forgettable, unfortunetly.. and I am not that excited like I used to be when Prince announced the BIG year...

How can you possibly forget a year when you've made a thread about every two weeks complaining about it?

I think the "promise" was made by Prince around the New Year 2012/13 through Dr Funkenberry...?

Either accept all of his words as "promises" or accept none. Picking the ones you like and bemoaning the ones you don't is reductive! (See the reply to your first statement)

Questions:

HOW can Prince possibly make 2013 a BIG year for you, what do you expect from him (album wise)..

I am enjoying the new music and if finances allow I'm trying to hit one of the NPG shows next week. I'm not expecting a Prince album but more jams thru the website.

DO you really like the songs - so far - in 2013.. yes / no..

Yes I am.

*

HonestMan13, I agree with all of your responses. And, to go further on my own, this has been one of my favorite years, making 2013, along with 2004 and 2009, outstanding years. But just by sheer productivity 2013 is one of my favorites, and I will go so far as saying that it has reminded me a great deal of the Eighties with new songs every other month, live streams, and an excellent mini-tour. 2013 has been a big year, and with the release of "Groovy Potential," another very good song, I am looking forward to how this year continues and ends! I’m a grown man who isn’t looking for art to change how I see or understand the world. All I want is some funk, some rock, and some soul with a few lyrics that make me think, “That’s a nice way of putting it,” and 2013 has given me all of this. This has been a damn good year.

I just want a physical cd. I dont and wont do the download thing so I up to this point dont have any of the new songs he has put out so for me it has not been a big year. Actually it looks like my days as a fan may be over as he seems to be doing everything as download or online now. I am not and dont even try to watch those lvestreams or whatever it is. I am "Still Waiting" for a cd. I agree with the post earlier that even if it is mediocre or sucks just release something on cd or dvd

true, the 3RdEyeGirl project didn't seem like it was going to be that interesting

to start out, being mostly instrumental and prince just on 2 songs with vocals.

but since the direction of the album has changed, and judging from the songs

prince is still releasing as 'solo' prince songs, i think he's stocking up some of

his better material to be released as a Prince & 3rdEyeGirl album later on this

year (tracks like The Breakdown, Big City and perhaps a few of those better

and more memorable instrumentals he's done in concert lately).

.

i like his solo tracks this year well enough. they're not earth shattering but he

managed to release mainly tracks that i like so far.

.

Screwdriver

Rock & Roll Love Affair

Same Page, Different Book

Breakfast Can Wait

Extralovealble

Groovy Potential

Ain't Gon' Miss U When Ur Gone

Boyfriend

That Girl Thang

.

i have to admit to not liking "That Girl Thang", but even that has it's moments

and the fact that it was recorded and released in 1 day is kinda cool back info

on the track.

.

then there are also the tracks, that i personally think made up the early version

of what was going to be "Plectrum Electrum", which we then got pretty much for

free with the live streams:

.

Midnite Blues

Hidden Colours

Octopus Heart

Menstrual Cycle

Moondrop

.

plus all the other stuff from the live feeds like the jams on "sex machine" and

"brown skin" and "toe jam" etc which would flesh those tracks above out to a

nice little album kinda like xpectation or news.

.

so all in all, we've already got about 2 albums worth of material, give or take

a few months from now, no doubt we'll have a couple more tracks to add to

those 2 'projects'.

.

and then there's gonna be that Prince & 3rdEyeGirl or 3RdEyeGirl & Prince cd

coming later this year, which i'm starting to think better of with each passing

week since they just keep recording stuff and changing the album as they go,

which means it's not another rush job.

.

also, 1 or 2 duets with prince on andy's Superconductor Reloaded, well, we'll

have to wait and see if it's released or not, but i liked "what it feels like".

.

yup, I think 2013 is a pretty big year, regardless of what we think about the

quality of the music or if we love or hate the songs. fact is that loads of stuff

popped up all of the time since early this year and lots of things happened

in the meantime that i would never have expected to see. like a live stream

of 20 minutes, live from Paisley Park. or Prince on twitter

It's funny that Prince, who was so against the internet not so long ago, now makes his work available only online. That's not the case of ANY of the artists I follow, even the ones that are more independent and less popular.

Mindflux said:

Javi said:It's funny that Prince, who was so against the internet not so long ago, now makes his work available only online. That's not the case of ANY of the artists I follow, even the ones that are more independent and less popular.Been a fan long?

I've been a fan for so long, but I can't get used to the man's inconsistency.

SuperSoulFighter said:

No. For a year to be "big" it would need to have a hit single, an album and a tour. None of that has really happened. There've been new songs, but reviews are mixed. No hit single. There has been some limited touring, which pleased the folks who were there, but really...overpriced small club gigs. That ain't enough. So no, so far 2013 is not "big". But contrary to some folks here, I don't mind.

How many artists do you know well into their 50's have hit singles? Hit singles are manufactured by corporate entities and are left for young kids making horrible pop songs. The days of hit singles has changed drastically. Your assessment is both ignorant and wrong. Anyone who can sell out an entire tour with a new band and new sound at $150 a ticket has had a very strong year.

IstenSzek said:

.

and then there's gonna be that Prince & 3rdEyeGirl or 3RdEyeGirl & Prince cd

coming later this year, which i'm starting to think better of with each passing

week since they just keep recording stuff and changing the album as they go,

which means it's not another rush job.

.

This. People are bitching about the delay, but the fact that they keep on working suggests that he's actually taking his time with this one, waiting until he's got enough solid material to put it out, rather than just the next 10 songs.

mkaye8 said:

2013 so far:

via the youtube channel:

laydown (extended)

same page, different book

rock n roll love affair remix 7

i could never take the place of your man (live)

ana maura - dream of fire (prince mix)

screwdriver (fox 9 live snippet)

stratus (live from dakota)

RBJ (live from dakota)

chapter & verse (live from dakota)

.

via andy allo facebook:

u will b (with me)

.

3rd Eye Girl website:

screwdriver

screwdriver remix

screwdriver video

breakfast can wait

boyfriend

that girl thang

L.O.L

L.O.L video

bambi (live video)

guitar (video)

FixUrLifeUp (video)

ain't gonna miss u when ur gone

extraloveable reloaded

groovy potential

.

vimeo:

plectrum electrum (an extremely short film)

let's go crazy (rehearsal)

boom/stratus (rehearsal)

.

itunes:

FixUrLifeUp

.

doctor funkenberry:

Evenflow (snippet)

.

3rdEyeGirl Soundcloud:

Octopus heart

Menstrual Cycle

.

livestream:

#1:

the glamorous life (rehearsal)

.

#2

let's work (rehearsal)

she spoke 2 me (montreux 2009 video)

love like jazz (montreux 2009 video)

.

#3

sticky like glue (rehearsal)

let's work (jam)

eye'll never be another fool

play that funky music (live)

Q.U.E.E.N. - paisley park remix

breakfast can wait

goodbye

.

#4

rock n roll love affair reloaded (instrumental)

big city (rehearsal)

sing a simple song (rehearsal)

next to me (rehearsal)

musicology (rehearsal)

sexy dance/le freak - a love bizar - pass the peas (live)

all shook up (live)

Q.U.E.E.N. - paisley park remix

.

#5

extraloveable [rehearsal]

u got the look [rehearsal]

dancing machine/pass the peas/it's allright [rehearsal]

superconductor reloaded

.

#6

midnite blues

superconductor reloaded

the max [rehearsal]

Q.U.E.E.N. - paisley park remix

Jazz/Funk instrumental

Endorphinmachine/Screwdriver [rehearsal]

plectrum electrum

.

#7

live from winery:

1999

little red corvette

musicology

extraloveable

which way is up?

dancing machine

party man

it's alright

.

#8

menstrual cycle

plectrum electrum

octopus heart

moon drops

the third heart of the octopus menstrual cycle originally dropped from the moon

.

#9

jessie ware - wildest moments reloaded

instrumental [octopus heart rehearsal]

instrumental [toe jam rehearsal]

sex machine

.

#10

F.U.N.K/K.N.U.F.

.

#11

jessie ware - wildest moments reloaded

funky jam

hidden colors

stays of the world [rehearsal]

brown skin

.

#12

Days Of wild [ain't nobody.don't stop the music.family affair]

.

#13

pre concert: days of wild

concert at paisley park:

intro

people pleaser

ain't gonna miss u when ur gone

funk

dark

something in the water

courtin' time

DJ set

.

#14

DJ dudley set [incl new AA & P duet "what it feels like"]

.

#15

L8NITE program [radioshow]

let's go crazy

NPG Ahdio Show #9

.

#16

Piano Instrumental #1

Piano Instrumental #2

Fix Ur Life Up Remix

Endorphinmachine (live)

Let's Go Crazy (live)

.

#17

let's go crazy (live)

endorphinmachine (live)

screwdriver (live)

she's always in my hair (live)

plectrum electrum (live)

colonized mind (live)

.

#18

live @ paradiso:

screwdriver

bambi

let's go crazy

live @ montreux:

she's always in my hair

dreamer

.

[Edited 8/16/13 11:51am]