Romeoblu said:

I've only heard a brief bad qualitity snippet, is that the camille vocal on the song?

http://blogs.citypages.co...php?page=2

There's a good quality video at the bottom of the article.

Want him to release this so much more than the pretzel one. It has so much more hit potential, and even if it wasn't a huge hit, it would make more logical sense to release the song he performed on television, right after the superbowl. SO DUMB. Alright Prince. You do you I guess.

TheKid94 said:

Want him to release this so much more than the pretzel one. It has so much more hit potential, and even if it wasn't a huge hit, it would make more logical sense to release the song he performed on television, right after the superbowl. SO DUMB. Alright Prince. You do you I guess.

it sounded to me like a throwaway he made just for the show

besides, he did the show because he likes it.........not because he needs to promote anything

That's not the type of music that made me a prince fan. It's bland and generic stuff that everyone could produce. I don't want this to be a hit, because it could lead prince in a wrong direction. I think it's good that he didn't release it as a single.

Finally heard it and definitly makes much more sense to release this over PBL but this is Prince...

It's a cool song albeit somewhat of a throwaway song....kinda like PBL and most of his music since creating 3EG

If you want to hear a good catchy dance song from prince, then listen to "Sleep Around" off the Emancipation-album. That one's far better than this new joint, and it really was a missed opportunity to not release it as a single. It should have been the first single, if you ask me.

Byron said:

Romeoblu said:

I've only heard a brief bad qualitity snippet, is that the camille vocal on the song?

http://blogs.citypages.co...php?page=2

There's a good quality video at the bottom of the article.

Listened to it a couple times now and I give it a big thumbs up. Very catchy, melodic with a chorus you want to sing along to. Perfect Prince pop that makes you smile and dance.

I like it more than Pretzelbodylogic, it's catchy but rather generic imo.

yeah I really like that groove....he owes us a double album!

It never ceases to amaze me the arrogance I see on this site - why aren't you all successful managers in the music business? Some of you profess to know how it all works and what would be the best move, so why aren't you there making millions for yourselves? It's delusion on your part.

Furthermore, why does anyone care whether he has a hit or not? Really, what does it matter at all? He's had loads in the past and has nothing to prove in the music scene. Prince doesn't care, hasn't cared for a long time - he took his "little ass out the game" a long time ago. All he seems to want is make the music he wants to make and make enough money to keep him in the lifestyle he is accustomed to and comfortable in. What difference does it make to you personally whether he has a hit or not? It's from an entirely selfish perspective, as you only want him to have a hit to feel better yourself.

And for all those constantly bemoaning his apparent lack of business/marketing skills. Prince is one of the most successful musicians in history - FACT! Now, either his business acumen is better than you think, or he is so talented that even with shoddy business decisions he has still managed to be wildly successful. Either way, your accusations have no credibility.

I've always admired him for his incredible music first and foremost, the attitude he promotes with his music (whether or not that is a true reflection of Prince behind closed doors) and his striving to do things his way and often against the grain throughout a long career in a notoriously difficult industry. Whether his music is popular with anyone else or whether he milked every business opportunity he had are entirely immaterial for me.

And now, I'm going to go and check this song to see if it brings me enjoyment, not fretting about the technicalities of its promotion and potential.

[Edited 2/3/14 16:23pm]

Mindflux said:

It never ceases to amaze me the arrogance I see on this site - why aren't you all successful managers in the music business? Some of you profess to know how it all works and what would be the best move, so why aren't you there making millions for yourselves? It's delusion on your part.

Furthermore, why does anyone care whether he has a hit or not? Really, what does it matter at all? He's had loads in the past and has nothing to prove in the music scene. Prince doesn't care, hasn't cared for a long time - he took his "little ass out the game" a long time ago. All he seems to want is make the music he wants to make and make enough money to keep him in the lifestyle he is accustomed to and comfortable in. What difference does it make to you personally whether he has a hit or not? It's from an entirely selfish perspective, as you only want him to have a hit to feel better yourself.

And for all those constantly bemoaning his apparent lack of business/marketing skills. Prince is one of the most successful musicians in history - FACT! Now, either his business acumen is better than you think, or he is so talented that even with shoddy business decisions he has still managed to be wildly successful. Either way, your accusations have no credibility.

I've always admired him for his incredible music first and foremost, the attitude he promotes with his music (whether or not that is a true reflection of Prince behind closed doors) and his striving to do things his way and often against the grain throughout a long career in a notoriously difficult industry. Whether his music is popular with anyone else or whether he milked every business opportunity he had are entirely immaterial for me.

And now, I'm going to go and check this song to see if it brings me enjoyment, not fretting about the technicalities of its promotion and potential.

[Edited 2/3/14 16:23pm]

Well said....and I agree! Thought I was the only one

Mindflux said:

It never ceases to amaze me the arrogance I see on this site - why aren't you all successful managers in the music business? Some of you profess to know how it all works and what would be the best move, so why aren't you there making millions for yourselves? It's delusion on your part.

Furthermore, why does anyone care whether he has a hit or not? Really, what does it matter at all? He's had loads in the past and has nothing to prove in the music scene. Prince doesn't care, hasn't cared for a long time - he took his "little ass out the game" a long time ago. All he seems to want is make the music he wants to make and make enough money to keep him in the lifestyle he is accustomed to and comfortable in. What difference does it make to you personally whether he has a hit or not? It's from an entirely selfish perspective, as you only want him to have a hit to feel better yourself.

And for all those constantly bemoaning his apparent lack of business/marketing skills. Prince is one of the most successful musicians in history - FACT! Now, either his business acumen is better than you think, or he is so talented that even with shoddy business decisions he has still managed to be wildly successful. Either way, your accusations have no credibility.

I've always admired him for his incredible music first and foremost, the attitude he promotes with his music (whether or not that is a true reflection of Prince behind closed doors) and his striving to do things his way and often against the grain throughout a long career in a notoriously difficult industry. Whether his music is popular with anyone else or whether he milked every business opportunity he had are entirely immaterial for me.

And now, I'm going to go and check this song to see if it brings me enjoyment, not fretting about the technicalities of its promotion and potential.

[Edited 2/3/14 16:23pm]

blackbob said:

you can tell if a song has mass appeal after ten seconds and this has it....he goes on tv with millions watching and hearing this catchy song and what does he do ?...releases something else ?...F**king bonkers

yes, it is a little f**cking bonkers isnt it?

i agree .. it does seem especially catchy....

i really like pretzelbody... but this one is the 'hit'

Mindflux said:

It never ceases to amaze me the arrogance I see on this site - why aren't you all successful managers in the music business? Some of you profess to know how it all works and what would be the best move, so why aren't you there making millions for yourselves? It's delusion on your part.

Furthermore, why does anyone care whether he has a hit or not? Really, what does it matter at all? He's had loads in the past and has nothing to prove in the music scene. Prince doesn't care, hasn't cared for a long time - he took his "little ass out the game" a long time ago. All he seems to want is make the music he wants to make and make enough money to keep him in the lifestyle he is accustomed to and comfortable in. What difference does it make to you personally whether he has a hit or not? It's from an entirely selfish perspective, as you only want him to have a hit to feel better yourself.

And for all those constantly bemoaning his apparent lack of business/marketing skills. Prince is one of the most successful musicians in history - FACT! Now, either his business acumen is better than you think, or he is so talented that even with shoddy business decisions he has still managed to be wildly successful. Either way, your accusations have no credibility.

I've always admired him for his incredible music first and foremost, the attitude he promotes with his music (whether or not that is a true reflection of Prince behind closed doors) and his striving to do things his way and often against the grain throughout a long career in a notoriously difficult industry. Whether his music is popular with anyone else or whether he milked every business opportunity he had are entirely immaterial for me.

And now, I'm going to go and check this song to see if it brings me enjoyment, not fretting about the technicalities of its promotion and potential.

[Edited 2/3/14 16:23pm]

Excellent post....... Mindflux! I totally enjoyed every word u typed

What!? When it came on i said to myself that the org is gonna have a field day with this one! I couldn't believe that Prince stooped so low. Remove the horns and you have an MTV generic trance track. Sure, it isn't as insulting as all the mainstream shit on radio these days, but it is so dumbed down to appeal to a younger mass audience it's embarrassing!

ALL his latest movements have been him aiming to get down with the kids. It's loaded on mid-life crisis.

Prince should be giving us a mature, extremely creative, challenging, artistic evolution. Not kiddy nursery rhymes. Yeah, you could argue that he's at ease now, doesn't need to look for the next artistic level anymore..but you'd be wrong. Prince has said just recently that you must continue to evolve and move forward as an artist, otherwise, what's the point? He claims he still has the fire. Pretzelbodylogic, although heavily flawed, is wayyyyy better than this MTV wannabe track for the simple fact that it is fairly heavy on good musicianship.

I used to be all Prince positive up until the last few years, i have noticed many others being more critical too, it is because of these shocking moves lately.

The album/s could turn out to be good and i'll be happy, but absolutely everything in the last year or so has been poor for me.

The only thing i am happy about is that he's still with us, healthy and is still entertaining.

[Edited 2/3/14 18:28pm]

Byron said:

I was thinking this was the new single when I heard it last night on the show...I liked it...fun song. So of course I come on here and realize he released that Pretzelogic song instead. Its not bad imo, but my partner asked me tonight if I downloaded the song from New Girl as he liked it too. I said no, and played Preztelogic for him... he fucking HATED it. But he has shitty taste in music (Katy Perry and Kesha fan ) so that isn't saying much.

betty davis eyes beat

WetDream said:

What!? When it came on i said to myself that the org is gonna have a field day with this one! I couldn't believe that Prince stooped so low. Remove the horns and you have an MTV generic trance track. Sure, it isn't as insulting as all the mainstream shit on radio these days, but it is so dumbed down to appeal to a younger mass audience it's embarrassing!

ALL his latest movements have been him aiming to get down with the kids. It's loaded on mid-life crisis.

Prince should be giving us a mature, extremely creative, challenging, artistic evolution. Not kiddy nursery rhymes. Yeah, you could argue that he's at ease now, doesn't need to look for the next artistic level anymore..but you'd be wrong. Prince has said just recently that you must continue to evolve and move forward as an artist, otherwise, what's the point? He claims he still has the fire. Pretzelbodylogic, although heavily flawed, is wayyyyy better than this MTV wannabe track for the simple fact that it is fairly heavy on good musicianship.

I used to be all Prince positive up until the last few years, i have noticed many others being more critical too, it is because of these shocking moves lately.

The album/s could turn out to be good and i'll be happy, but absolutely everything in the last year or so has been poor for me.

The only thing i am happy about is that he's still with us, healthy and is still entertaining.

[Edited 2/3/14 18:28pm]

It ain't that serious....

3rdeyedude said:

TheKid94 said:

Want him to release this so much more than the pretzel one. It has so much more hit potential, and even if it wasn't a huge hit, it would make more logical sense to release the song he performed on television, right after the superbowl. SO DUMB. Alright Prince. You do you I guess.

it sounded to me like a throwaway he made just for the show

besides, he did the show because he likes it.........not because he needs to promote anything

There was another song from back in the day that was a Prince throwaway. So much so that he gave it to Bobby Z's side project. Then he took it back when he realized maybe it wasn't such a throwaway. It was called "Kiss".

Spanky said:

3rdeyedude said:

it sounded to me like a throwaway he made just for the show

besides, he did the show because he likes it.........not because he needs to promote anything

There was another song from back in the day that was a Prince throwaway. So much so that he gave it to Bobby Z's side project. Then he took it back when he realized maybe it wasn't such a throwaway. It was called "Kiss".

this is a cool post, spanky..

to compare this new song Don't You Wanna Fall In Love....with the succes of the song, Kiss!

I am sure if promoted the right way Prince would have another hit with the Wanna Fall In Love song..

But Mazarati/ Kiss: wasn't the producer named: David Z (and not Bobby Z)?

murph said:

WetDream said:

What!? When it came on i said to myself that the org is gonna have a field day with this one! I couldn't believe that Prince stooped so low. Remove the horns and you have an MTV generic trance track. Sure, it isn't as insulting as all the mainstream shit on radio these days, but it is so dumbed down to appeal to a younger mass audience it's embarrassing!

ALL his latest movements have been him aiming to get down with the kids. It's loaded on mid-life crisis.

Prince should be giving us a mature, extremely creative, challenging, artistic evolution. Not kiddy nursery rhymes. Yeah, you could argue that he's at ease now, doesn't need to look for the next artistic level anymore..but you'd be wrong. Prince has said just recently that you must continue to evolve and move forward as an artist, otherwise, what's the point? He claims he still has the fire. Pretzelbodylogic, although heavily flawed, is wayyyyy better than this MTV wannabe track for the simple fact that it is fairly heavy on good musicianship.

I used to be all Prince positive up until the last few years, i have noticed many others being more critical too, it is because of these shocking moves lately.

The album/s could turn out to be good and i'll be happy, but absolutely everything in the last year or so has been poor for me.

The only thing i am happy about is that he's still with us, healthy and is still entertaining.

[Edited 2/3/14 18:28pm]

It ain't that serious....

Why didn't you say the same to Mindflux? That was even more serious in tone than my post......OHHH it's because i'm not licking balls.

Strangely enough, I can imagine this being played in clubs. You know, even in those big ones where no one really goes because of the music.

Byron said:

Romeoblu said:

I've only heard a brief bad qualitity snippet, is that the camille vocal on the song?

http://blogs.citypages.co...php?page=2

There's a good quality video at the bottom of the article.

Thanks for posting this

.

Simple but nice little catchy song. As many have said - could have put it on iTunes on the back of the show to help push the new album

I don't really care if it is a so called generic and dumbed down song. It's still one of his catchiest tunes in a long time. It's a good feel track, has funky horns that doesn't disturb the purpose of the song, but rather adds to it. I'd buy this track easily, and that's coming from a man that loves jazz, fusion, punk, funk, whatever as long as it makes me feel good. Some songs just has a nice feel and vibe to it, others are more sophisticated where every instrument tells their own story.

It's room for all different types of music. I absolutely love songs like Starfish & Coffee, Rasperry Beret, When You Were Mine etc... typical singer songwriter songs that a bunch of music snobs probably would say were too simple or something. They have totally lost the true meaning of music. Music is just a language. It's communication. The whole dumbed down discussion was something I cared about when I was between 15-20 years old. The thing is that it's often a very subjective viewpoint people use when they say something is dumbed down. People say music is dumbed down just because they don't personally connect with it, and use poor excuses like that a song doesn't have a million different chord progressions, lacks heavy use of metaphors and is using a drum machine.

Actually I'd buy this track 3 times in a row in purple addiction just because it makes me feel so freakin good. I thin I love it

Mindflux said:

It never ceases to amaze me the arrogance I see on this site - why aren't you all successful managers in the music business? Some of you profess to know how it all works and what would be the best move, so why aren't you there making millions for yourselves? It's delusion on your part.

Furthermore, why does anyone care whether he has a hit or not? Really, what does it matter at all? He's had loads in the past and has nothing to prove in the music scene. Prince doesn't care, hasn't cared for a long time - he took his "little ass out the game" a long time ago. All he seems to want is make the music he wants to make and make enough money to keep him in the lifestyle he is accustomed to and comfortable in. What difference does it make to you personally whether he has a hit or not? It's from an entirely selfish perspective, as you only want him to have a hit to feel better yourself.

And for all those constantly bemoaning his apparent lack of business/marketing skills. Prince is one of the most successful musicians in history - FACT! Now, either his business acumen is better than you think, or he is so talented that even with shoddy business decisions he has still managed to be wildly successful. Either way, your accusations have no credibility.

I've always admired him for his incredible music first and foremost, the attitude he promotes with his music (whether or not that is a true reflection of Prince behind closed doors) and his striving to do things his way and often against the grain throughout a long career in a notoriously difficult industry. Whether his music is popular with anyone else or whether he milked every business opportunity he had are entirely immaterial for me.

And now, I'm going to go and check this song to see if it brings me enjoyment, not fretting about the technicalities of its promotion and potential.

[Edited 2/3/14 16:23pm]

well said

XxAxX said:

Mindflux said:

It never ceases to amaze me the arrogance I see on this site - why aren't you all successful managers in the music business? Some of you profess to know how it all works and what would be the best move, so why aren't you there making millions for yourselves? It's delusion on your part.

Furthermore, why does anyone care whether he has a hit or not? Really, what does it matter at all? He's had loads in the past and has nothing to prove in the music scene. Prince doesn't care, hasn't cared for a long time - he took his "little ass out the game" a long time ago. All he seems to want is make the music he wants to make and make enough money to keep him in the lifestyle he is accustomed to and comfortable in. What difference does it make to you personally whether he has a hit or not? It's from an entirely selfish perspective, as you only want him to have a hit to feel better yourself.

And for all those constantly bemoaning his apparent lack of business/marketing skills. Prince is one of the most successful musicians in history - FACT! Now, either his business acumen is better than you think, or he is so talented that even with shoddy business decisions he has still managed to be wildly successful. Either way, your accusations have no credibility.

I've always admired him for his incredible music first and foremost, the attitude he promotes with his music (whether or not that is a true reflection of Prince behind closed doors) and his striving to do things his way and often against the grain throughout a long career in a notoriously difficult industry. Whether his music is popular with anyone else or whether he milked every business opportunity he had are entirely immaterial for me.

And now, I'm going to go and check this song to see if it brings me enjoyment, not fretting about the technicalities of its promotion and potential.

[Edited 2/3/14 16:23pm]

well said