What's up guys? Just curious what does everybody feel is the best song of the 3rdeyegirl era or since the beginning of 2013. Name your pick, or top 3. Here is mine.

1. Pretzylbodylogic

2. FUNKNROLL

3. Fixurlifeup

check out Fixurmusicup... great track

jarronw23 said:

What's up guys? Just curious what does everybody feel is the best song of the 3rdeyegirl era or since the beginning of 2013. Name your pick, or top 3. Here is mine.

1. Pretzylbodylogic

2. FUNKNROLL

3. Fixurlifeup

No comparison: "Octopus Heart".

Not a huge fan of most of what they've put out so far, but Octopus Heart is hypnotic.

This is tough
I can name the 3 worst song released

1. Pretzylbodylogic

2. FUNKNROLL

3. Fixurlifeup

Why are most Prince fans such assholes like you guys?

errant said:

I like most of the non-3EG songs that have been released in the last year more than theirs.

me too. "funknroll" is the only one i kind of like, eventhough it's too busy for me in parts.

the other singles off plectrum electrum i could do without, including the title track.

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however, i did like most of their instrumental music, that got a 'release' of sorts through

the livestreams. stuff like "midnite blues" and all the other jams, not least of which were

the soundcloud tracks (octopus heart/menstrual cycle).

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prince's solo output was a lot more fun for me and i've listened to those tracks a lot this

last year. even compiled them into a neat little album that binds well together due to the

use of the horns in most of the tracks. also, it flows surprisingly well:
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01. Screwdriver

02. Rock N Roll Love Affair

03. Same Page Different Book

04. Breakfast Can Wait

05. Extraloveable Reloaded

06. Boyfriend

07. FallInLove2Nite

08. Groovy Potential

09. Ain't Gonna Miss U When Ur Gone

10. Da Bourgeoisie

11. That Girl Thing

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have to admit that i'm not really a fan of either "girl thang" or "bourgeoisie" but i still

like them better than LOL, FULU of PBL.

Funknroll, but the sad thing is: this song is completely free of a new artistic vision. Still better than everything else he puts out these days.

jarronw23 said:

Why are most Prince fans such assholes like you guys?

Haha, another newbie! Be careful, you're on a good way to turn into one yourself by making such statements.

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I still haven't heard a good song release from 3EG..

I love the pop of FALLINLOVE2NITE...

but that doesn't count as a 3EG song, right?

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No 1 for me is Groovy Potential.

Honorable mentions: PretzlbodyLogic and Same Page, Different Book.

If released: FunkNRoll

stesa said:

No 1 for me is Groovy Potential.

Honorable mentions: PretzlbodyLogic and Same Page, Different Book.

If released: FunkNRoll

Yes Groovy Potential is the best song relased during this 3EG era

IstenSzek said:

errant said:

I like most of the non-3EG songs that have been released in the last year more than theirs.

me too. "funknroll" is the only one i kind of like, eventhough it's too busy for me in parts.

the other singles off plectrum electrum i could do without, including the title track.

/

however, i did like most of their instrumental music, that got a 'release' of sorts through

the livestreams. stuff like "midnite blues" and all the other jams, not least of which were

the soundcloud tracks (octopus heart/menstrual cycle).

/

prince's solo output was a lot more fun for me and i've listened to those tracks a lot this

last year. even compiled them into a neat little album that binds well together due to the

use of the horns in most of the tracks. also, it flows surprisingly well:
/
01. Screwdriver

02. Rock N Roll Love Affair

03. Same Page Different Book

04. Breakfast Can Wait

05. Extraloveable Reloaded

06. Boyfriend

07. FallInLove2Nite

08. Groovy Potential

09. Ain't Gonna Miss U When Ur Gone

10. Da Bourgeoisie

11. That Girl Thing

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have to admit that i'm not really a fan of either "girl thang" or "bourgeoisie" but i still

like them better than LOL, FULU of PBL.

I've got a similar one. My one goes like this:

1) Screwdriver

2) FixUrLifeUp

3) Extralovable Reloaded

4) Ain't Gonna Miss U

5) Breakfast Can Wait

6) Boyfriend

7) Rock N Roll Love Affair (RNR 7)

8) Da Bourgeoisie

9) Fallinlove2nite

10) Same Page Different Book

11) Groovy Potential

12) Laydown Extended

That Girl Thing I don't like much and sounds too much like a demo to be in an "album"

Funknroll is easily my favorite, although it hasn't been released and I'm not certain that if/when it IS released, it will be under the 3EG moniker. To me, it is not guitar-driven enough to fit their style.

The only real releases under 3EG are FULU, LOL, and Pretzelbodylogic, right?

Was Screwdriver not released as a 3EG track? IMO it should have been, since it fits their sound.

Including Screwdriver, I would say that is my favorite, with the remix being FAR AND AWAY my favorite track that he's released in the last 4/5 years. That thing is FUNKY, and rockin' at the same time.

LOL I would rather forget, because to my ears that's one of the most dreadful pieces of crap that I've ever heard. The singing is awful, the melody is forgettable, and the lyrics are juvenile at best.

FULU? Meh. Not horrible but certainly not exciting either. To me, this would have been a good B-side to Screwdriver (not an 80's B-side where it was just as good or better as the A-side, but more like an 00's B-side that simply IS, like United States of Division).

Pretzelbodylogic made me cringe at first, but after listening a few times, I've decided that if the stupid chanty chorus wasn't there (let alone starting the song off), it would be a decent song. I do like his vocals on here. Nothing that really gets me going, but again aside from the god-awful chorus, it's not so bad.

"FunkNRoll", although it doesn't really have an official release. It's only been previewed so far.

Of the released ones I like "Screwdriver" the most. Just because it was quite a risky track to put out there at the time.

Groovy Potential is by far the best song released in the last two years. And I really like that rehearsal video of Plectrum Electrum from Madison Dube, props to the writer Donna Grantis.

theblueangel said:

I think (1) "The Breakdown" and (2) "FallInLove2Nite" are at the top of the list. They're very different, very engaging songs, and reach the same general quality level reached during Prince's peak period IMO. (That doesn't mean I think they're better than his absolute classics, but I think they are probably at least average-to-above-average compared to all of his officially released songs from the 80-88 "Prince Golden Era.") I would rank (3) Breakfast Can Wait and (4) Boyfriend a notch below the top two, but IMO they're still pretty damn good. I think it would be okay to include these as album tracks if they fit properly (sort of the equivalent to "Do It All Night" on "Dirty Mind" or "It" on SOTT)

As far as some of the more straightforward funk songs from this period, I consider them solid, but not great or super-imaginative. Maybe one or two of these (with a really free-flow "jamming out" vibe to the recording) would click in the right album configuration... but I'm less into (5) FunkNRoll and (6) Groovy Potential... and possibly a couple of others I'm forgetting. Prince in pretty much straight retro-funk JB-influenced mode is not my favorite side of him. He's great at it, but I love it when he tries new things and creates more eclectic, original, and/or unpredictable songs.

Then, some of the other songs -- LOL, PBL, Screwdriver (mostly for the embarrassing lyrics... the music is ok, but not good enough to override the cringey lyrics IMO), and FULU (even though I like the verse music in FUBU, the lyrics/chorus aren't doing it for me -- shouldn't be on Prince's "official release" level.

I have yet to hear "2 Young 2 Dare" and "I Ain't Gonna Miss U," and so can't comment on those.

Overall, I feel like something positive is brewing here... "The Breakdown" is a song we're blessed to have, and "FallInLove2Nite" is just super-catchy fun. Some other songs from this period feel solid, or at least have very cool moments. If Prince would place "The Breakdown" and "FallInLove2Nite" on an empty album, and then get to work filling in the other 9-10 tracks based around that, optimally including at least one song designed to really be a "knock-you-on-your-ass" hit (like "Kiss" was on the mostly more experimental, album-based-experience of "Parade"), I would be thrilled.

MIRvmn said:

stesa said:

No 1 for me is Groovy Potential.

Honorable mentions: PretzlbodyLogic and Same Page, Different Book.

If released: FunkNRoll

Yes Groovy Potential is the best song relased during this 3EG era

Agreed. I'm not sure of the 3EG involvement in that though.

They're a good live band though, no doubt about that. I blame the composer, arranger and producer for the studio stuff. i wonder who that be?

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