what female is singing the "closer to the breakdown" at the end..its not liv, or shelby cant pick out the voice but i likeee

Let's hope P follows this release with a video real soon. With the right promotion this track could appeal to a wider audience and raise his profile this year alongside the plans for the PR remaster. What (another) wasted opportunity otherwise

BartVanHemelen said:

So P relasing a song that isn't utterly abysmal on first listen is now reason for yelling "best song ever"? Really? Nobody noticed the rather pathetic lyrics? And the sound is just awful, with the pathetic sound effects and the brickwalled mastering.

That sounds like positivity and progress to me

leecaldon said:

BartVanHemelen said:

So P relasing a song that isn't utterly abysmal on first listen is now reason for yelling "best song ever"? Really? Nobody noticed the rather pathetic lyrics? And the sound is just awful, with the pathetic sound effects and the brickwalled mastering.

That sounds like positivity and progress to me

haha , ,that is the most positive reponse he has had since the warners announcement..Bart bout to be team Prince again...lol

WOW.....gotta say it's been awhile since I hit repeat OVER and OVER on a new song. Love this!!!!

BartVanHemelen said:

So P relasing a song that isn't utterly abysmal on first listen is now reason for yelling "best song ever"? Really? Nobody noticed the rather pathetic lyrics? And the sound is just awful, with the pathetic sound effects and the brickwalled mastering.

Hear, hear, even Bart is positive!!!

Whew, this makes the Dakota bootleg sound good quality. Saying that I love the song, reminds me of Pink Cashmere.............

One of his best songs this side of TRC.

Personal lyrics --conviction--honesty--

Thank you PRINCE.

Looking 4ward 2 the new music coming and remasters!

Got this track on Heavy Rotation ....over & over & over again.

Great Easter Weekend for The Purple Nation

thepope2the9s said:

One of his best songs this side of TRC.

Personal lyrics --conviction--honesty--

Thank you PRINCE.

Looking 4ward 2 the new music coming and remasters!

Got this track on Heavy Rotation ....over & over & over again.

Great Easter Weekend for The Purple Nation

Don't think the lyrics are personal at all. He just makes them sound that way.

Hello? Rest of the worlds iTune stores? Anyone there?

thepope2the9s said:

Thank you PRINCE.

Great Easter Weekend for The Purple Nation

Co sign

exc but what about PE?

Interesting choice for a single. I love Prince most when he allows himself to be emotionally vulnerable. I never liked bragging and bosting. I think that's why Im liking it so much. On first listen I didn't hear why everyone liked it, but after I sat and read between the lines on the lyrics I connected with it.

NoVideo said:

Papaj said:

His best song in years. Loving the vibrato, falsetto, sparse production, intimacy...

Agreed. It has conviction. He's not mailing it in.

You nailed it.

not available in the netherlands yet

this is a quality song but the production is pretty bad .. why cant he play a real piano? .. doesn't he have one? .. smukfest version is still the best .. this sounds a bit tame in comparison and on a song like this it doesnt really need all the extra harmonies .. one crazy good passionate vocal performance would have been fine .. and I agree .. some nice guitar jamming on the end would have been great .. would love to hear a soundboard of this live .. the drums and bass are both pretty boring .. the only thing that holds this together is that it is indeed a good song with good lyrics good melody .. but the way he put it together takes away instead of adds .. as is i would give it a B - .. a soundboard of smuckfest version would get an A+ in my book .. and that is saying something since I have hated almost everything since WB days .. the brickwalling is attrocious tho ..

http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/04/listen-princes-new-single-the-breakdown/

Prince "The Breakdown"

Listen 2 me closely as the story unfolds

This could be the saddest story ever been told

I use 2 want the house with the biggest pool

Reminiscing now, I just feel like a fool

I keep breaking me down, down, down

Keep breaking me down, down, down

Keep breaking me down, down, down

Keep breaking me down, down, down

I use 2 throw the party every New Year's Eve

1st 1 intoxicated, last 1 2 leave

Waking up in places that U would never believe

Give me back the time, U can keep the memories

U keep breaking me down, down, down

U keep breaking me down, down, down

U keep breaking me down, down, down

U keep breaking me down, down, down

Every book I read said that I would need somebody like U

Whenever I was sorry, so sorry 4 the things I use 2 do

A journal from the notes I use 2 go thru ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

R behind me now all because of U!

U keep breaking me down, down, down

(U keep breaking me, U keep breaking me down!)

U keep breaking me down, down, down

(I don't wanna, wanna, wanna go ... no, no, no, no, no!)

U keep breaking me down, down, down

(Don't wanna go down, down, down, down, down)

(Down, down, down) (repeat)

Baby, baby

See, there's a door that U can walk thru where there use 2 be a wall

I don't care, it's cool as long as U catch me, baby

Catch me when I fall (If there's ever a fall)

Closer 2 the breakdown

Closer we get

Closer we get

Closer we get

Closer we get 2 the breakdown

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[Edited 4/19/14 7:52am]

ok heard it

so how is this marketed? as a prince song, as a 3EG song or a Prince & 3EG song?

interesting. wonder what this means for the album to come, is it still Plectrum?

/

this sounds like the dakota version from ages ago, so i'm wondering if it's still the

prince solo version. it sure sounds like it.

/

anyway, so glad this is being released, for a minute there i thought it was going

into the vault

/

now put it up on itunes in europe so we can actually buy a copy

I've only heard it on a 3.70mb 128kbps stream, but yeah great song ruined by terrible mastering. The distortion is horrendous. Hope it's better on the real deal, from what i've read it isn't though. What a shame.

BartVanHemelen said:

So P relasing a song that isn't utterly abysmal on first listen is now reason for yelling "best song ever"? Really? Nobody noticed the rather pathetic lyrics? And the sound is just awful, with the pathetic sound effects and the brickwalled mastering.

Dearest Bartholomew, you know someone will always claim it's the "best song ever" but your "isn't utterly abysmal on first listen"...now that's high praise!

Definitely an improvement - can someone with some remix mojo just take out thoes ridiculous laser zaps though? And also, resurrect Clare Fishcher while you're at it.

Marrk said:

I've only heard it on a 3.70mb 128kbps stream, but yeah great song ruined by terrible mastering. The distortion is horrendous. Hope it's better on the real deal, from what i've read it isn't though. What a shame.

Im not hearing any sound issues that others are mentioning.. maybe its just my ears

is this song about God "breaking" him down..? setting him straight...

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NoVideo said:

Beautiful

kinda sounds like it's 1996 and this is the first single released from

his new project after "the gold experience". very fitting

nice

TrevorAyer said:

this is a quality song but the production is pretty bad .. why cant he play a real piano? .. doesn't he have one? .. smukfest version is still the best .. this sounds a bit tame in comparison and on a song like this it doesnt really need all the extra harmonies .. one crazy good passionate vocal performance would have been fine .. and I agree .. some nice guitar jamming on the end would have been great .. would love to hear a soundboard of this live .. the drums and bass are both pretty boring .. the only thing that holds this together is that it is indeed a good song with good lyrics good melody .. but the way he put it together takes away instead of adds .. as is i would give it a B - .. a soundboard of smuckfest version would get an A+ in my book .. and that is saying something since I have hated almost everything since WB days .. the brickwalling is attrocious tho ..

Agreed. It's a brilliant song but the production dampens its effect. It sounded better live - the Montreux version for instance - with a more minimal instrumentation. I hope he does another version - a bit like Wow/The Unexpected - a version on a Prince CD and a Prince and 3rdEyeGirl version on the 3rd Eye Girl CD - if there is indeed, two sets coming. It's a great song though and I still really like it.

IstenSzek said:

ok heard it

so how is this marketed? as a prince song, as a 3EG song or a Prince & 3EG song?

interesting. wonder what this means for the album to come, is it still Plectrum?

I'm guessing the all-caps means it's Plectrum. I forgot FALLINLOVE2NITE was all caps, too. Hmm...

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