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America - Prince & the Revolution 10.2.1985
America, America
God shed His grace on Thee
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Around the world in a daze AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY BY JOHN PARELES
Now Prince has come out of the bedroom. Only three of the nine songs on Around the World -- Prince's lowest proportion by a long shot -- aim below the waist.
"America," a mock-Slavic rewrite of the tune we all know, plus a funk beat, threatens a boy who doesn't pledge allegiance with permanent residence on a "mushroom cloud." Prince gets more mileage than Alice Walker from the color purple, his shorthand symbol for the end of the world, which shows up in the first song of the album and in the last.
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America "America" was the final U.S. single off Prince and The Revolution's 1985 album, Around the World in a Day. The song is appreciative of the mid-1980s United States, condemning Communism, and worrying about nuclear war. The song begins as if it is a record being spun by a DJ. This leads into a guitar solo and a rising keyboard line. The main tune is standard rock and roll and fades out at 3:40.
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chapter 6 Hangover p74 Possessed ...he now opened himself more to genuine exchange of ideas.
America, America
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A m e r i c a
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I remember listening to the intro of America the day the album came out on vinyl. I was certain my copy skipped, until I also bought the cassette and it sounded the same way. TRUE BLUE |
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OldFriends4Sale said: A m e r i c a
Mean!   What? | |
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America!!! Time for a 12 inch danceathon! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0 | |
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A m e r i c a America - Girl [Bside]
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23 February, 1985, The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA
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love it | |
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I just saw the video again in HD and blew me away, the sound the energy the fun, they tore this one up. That was an exciting time. . I saw the video back then but I was told there was an interview with Prince and he wouldn't speak but had band members talk... anyone know anything about this? | |
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MTV had a special. It was the interview and the extended version of the video. Assuming this is the interview you were told about. Prince is sitting around with extras from the video and is being interviewed by Steve Fargnoli. MTV submitted the questions and Prince picked out the ones he wanted to answer. Love this interview, he still left a lot to the imagination. Unlike the interviews in the 90s when I realized how nutty he was. TRUE BLUE |
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I know everyone raving about the 12 inch - I am just not convinced, it kind of fades off for me... Too repetitive a jam for my liking... Good think he did not include that on the LP... |
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I think if you listen up to about 7.50-8.50 min, that's when they are jamming and nothing repetitive, then it does mellow out and floats off to the end | |
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If Around the World in a Day gets reissued, my dream is it includes the video...I love the 12" but agree it's pretty repetitive. The video version of this song is fierce! |
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Just bunking about this song. Wish he would bring this back and add to his live set The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.
Remember there is only one destination and that place is U All of it. Everything. Is U. | |
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I'll never forget how my jaw dropped when I opened up the America 12" and saw the 21:46 on the label! "Hyperactive when I was small, Hyperactive now I'm grown, Hyperactive 'till I'm dead and gone"
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ "Midnight is where the day begins" |
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Anyone know why A m e r i c a was not on the Hits Compilation? | |
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I assume because it wasn't a big hit and that album was already covered with Raspberry Beret and Pop Life? Didn't even make it onto any of the b-sides from the Hits singles though, that's surprising. | |
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because it wasn't a hit? "Hyperactive when I was small, Hyperactive now I'm grown, Hyperactive 'till I'm dead and gone"
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ "Midnight is where the day begins" |
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"America," the song that begins the album's second side, is brisk, driving and decidedly urban; like a 60's protest song, it addresses an idealized spirit of "America" and demands that it "keep the children free." But just as the psychedelic- style songs on side one are notably free of drug references, side two's "America" might be termed a patriotic protest song. No draft cards are being burned here. In fact, one of the song's capsule character sketches seems to suggest that those who reject patriotism and dabble in nihilism may get their just rewards in a nuclear cataclysm:
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Published: Sunday, April 28, 1985 Prince makes a bid for respect with a '60s-style album Around the World in a Day
But the album works best on up-tempo numbers including "Raspberry Beret," "Pop Life" and "America," the latter a funk-rocker that would have done Sly & the Family Stone proud.
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Very funky song. Surprised that it never became a hit. | |
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Where's the GIF of him jiggling his butt | |
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I think the song was to short/too quick
If it had more of the meat heard in the longer version, I mean they put in some funk on the 12" I think it would have been recieved different.
Plus from the release of the album to the release of the single Prince wasn't doing a lot of promo for the album/momentum
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