Although there's been a song or two that I've thought were okay (Rock n Roll Love Affair, Groovy Potential), overall I think everything Prince has released since in the past few years (Turn Me Loose, Hot Summer, Rich Friends, 3rd Eye Girl crap, Screwdriver, Fall In Love 2Nite, The Breakdown, etc.) is easily the worst stuff he's put out since the era between Rave and TRC -- the "High" era, named after the rightfully aborted rumored album of that name. Most of these songs are bland, lifeless, severely underwritten, terribly produced, and just way to fucking easy for Prince. I used to think that MPLSound and 20ten were bad. But this new stuff makes that shit sound like Parade.

I heard garbage like like Ain't Gonna Miss U When You're Gone, and it reminds me of old tripe like Y Should Eye Do That When I Can Do This. Awful awful awful awful. And even turds like Daisy Chain didn't have lasers, like The Breakdown.

I'm excited about the remasters and reissues (perhaps cautiously optimistic is a better term). But man oh man, I couldn't care less about a new album from Prince at this point. I used to go to Paisley all the time. Followed all the Prince news. Got in fights defending terrible albums like NPS and Rave. But Prince just doesn't have it anymore. He might still put on killer live shows, but when it comes to recorded output, he's coasting at best.

whoa....not that bad...daisy chain was cool

Supercute, You Make My Sun Shine, High, and some of the others: all well produced & arranged songs to me. Maybe the lyrics weren't so great.

Daisy Chain cool? Oh, hell no. That's about as cool as a Full House marathon or scrubbing your grandpa's nut barnacles. Not cool at all.

I like Supercute. Always have. High is one of the corniest songs he's ever, EVER done (I'm still waiting to act like a hooligan, Prince). U Make My Sun Shine had promise, but it's just wooden and stupid.

When Eye Lay My Hands On U was good.

Shit. You know what? His new stuff is WORSE than the High era material. I didn't think that was possible. Sheeeeeeit.

Stymie said:

King!

Word.

KingSausage said:

Daisy Chain cool? Oh, hell no. That's about as cool as a Full House marathon or scrubbing your grandpa's nut barnacles. Not cool at all.

I like Supercute. Always have. High is one of the corniest songs he's ever, EVER done (I'm still waiting to act like a hooligan, Prince). U Make My Sun Shine had promise, but it's just wooden and stupid.

When Eye Lay My Hands On U was good.

Shit. You know what? His new stuff is WORSE than the High era material. I didn't think that was possible. Sheeeeeeit.

nobodies as cool as a king sausage...but it was funky

KingSausage said:

Daisy Chain cool? Oh, hell no. That's about as cool as a Full House marathon or scrubbing your grandpa's nut barnacles. Not cool at all.

I like Supercute. Always have. High is one of the corniest songs he's ever, EVER done (I'm still waiting to act like a hooligan, Prince). U Make My Sun Shine had promise, but it's just wooden and stupid.

When Eye Lay My Hands On U was good.

Shit. You know what? His new stuff is WORSE than the High era material. I didn't think that was possible. Sheeeeeeit.

I know everyone things their opinion is the one that matters, but threads like this are tiring. What you do like there'll be 5 others posting that its their favorite since [insert song x from period y], and what you like 10 others will call it the worse thing since Jughead..

All of it makes me super bored...

I liked the majority of the High era songs. Liked them alot!

King Sausage?? Wassup man haven't seen you around here in awhile

Don't hold back, KS. I'd hate to think you've gone soft.

Let me re4mulate the OP: "Prince's new material reminds me of the wonderful "High" era""

Yes it does and that couldn't make me happier because TCI, The Slaughterhouse and related NPGMC tracks are among my favorite Prince tunes ever

databank said:

Let me re4mulate the OP: "Prince's new material reminds me of the wonderful "High" era""

Yes it does and that couldn't make me happier because TCI, The Slaughterhouse and related NPGMC tracks are among my favorite Prince tunes ever

I wouldnt go that far. They're ok. Certainly better than Rave and NPS. IMO they would have been better if they were released as albums as opposed to being drip fed through the NPGMC. By the time I had compiled them as albums myself, the older songs had become stale to me making the listening experience uneven.

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It would be the same if the new Prince/3EG album contains a lot of tracks already released on the 3EG website. The album may not be too bad but for the fact that the songs I have heard already sound old, so the album would be a mixture of old and new making it uneven and crap to my ears.

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Oh, and to kind of agree with the OP; the new stuff isnt very strong either. I dont know if the production of his output these days makes for a bland experience or if the songwriting is just not up to par. Would BCW sound better if produced in the SOTT era rather than the polished turd it sounds like today?

I agree that many of the newer tracks have the same vibe as the NPGMC era material. It's kind of weird considering he's had far better results production-wise with TRC and some of the 80s throwaback songs. A weird era to revisit.

Then again, many of the songs remind me of 3121 too and I guess that's not an entirely horrible thing.

KingSausage said:

Although there's been a song or two that I've thought were okay (Rock n Roll Love Affair, Groovy Potential), overall I think everything Prince has released since in the past few years (Turn Me Loose, Hot Summer, Rich Friends, 3rd Eye Girl crap, Screwdriver, Fall In Love 2Nite, The Breakdown, etc.) is easily the worst stuff he's put out since the era between Rave and TRC -- the "High" era

Apart from Rich Friends I've absolutely loved all the rest of the songs in your list and I'm not a huge fan of the 'High' era. The 3rdEye stuff has been my favourite since Lotusflow3r.

IstenSzek said:

Yeah, I'm not expecting any great surprises or twists from this new album, other than a WB logo on the back.

Yeah yeah yeah Prince is over, he's lost it, he's done(but I'm gonna still follow his every move and listen to every burp and cough).

HonestMan13 said:

Yeah yeah yeah Prince is over, he's lost it, he's done(but I'm gonna still follow his every move and listen to every burp and cough).

You're as (joylessly) repetitive as the people you criticize.

OOOpps, I like the "High" era (Slaughterhouse and Chocolate Invasion),

I rate these 2 albums 6 or 7 out of 10,

This era is far better than the recent "crap" from 3rdeyegirl....

NouveauDance said:

HonestMan13 said:

Yeah yeah yeah Prince is over, he's lost it, he's done(but I'm gonna still follow his every move and listen to every burp and cough).

You're as (joylessly) repetitive as the people you criticize.

that's your standard reply. So you are pretty repetitive yourself.

tricky99 said:

KingSausage said:

tricky99 said:

that's your standard reply. So you are pretty repetitive yourself.

People, people. We are discussing how terrible Prince's new music is. Focus!

I've missed you here.

ummm, he released something called LotusFlower during this "span of awfulness" that you're referring to and its like REALLY good!

KingSausage said:

There are a few gems among the High era material, but the average quality was low low low. Lower than my giant ape balls dragging on the floor. This new music, it's mostly shit. Throwaway shit. Overly simplistic melodies. Terrible recording and production quality. Fucking godawful lyrics even by Prince's standards. It all just reeks like shit. The worst part? I've bought every last song and I'll keep on buying them. Even when I hate that. Fuck.

u R the consumate Prince fan who keeps buying and criticizing in the same motion

"high" had much better shit than what came after .. high, vavoom, underneath the cream .. even the shitty songs like my medallion and sex me are better than dung like lotuspuker and 3rdEyeHurl .. not that I listen to that era at all anymore .. at least back then I still was naive enough to look forward to each new nugget .. that's not a gold nugget .. prince hadn't beat any sense of hope out of me yet back then .. golden parachute wasn't horrible and i actually kinda like jukebox with a hearbeat .. ahhh the good ole days when prince hadn't quite murdered his career dead yet