Aerogram said:

I did not yet listen to it and now I'm afraid to, based on KS's reaction.

Just remember: either Pricne is guilty of being old school or he's guilty of chasing trends to avoid being considered passél.

That's why I thini Art Official Age is one of Prince' s most brilliant albums, considering he had a spotty record on his attempts to "catch up with the times", AOA feels convincing rather than semi there or comletely off.

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AOA is great. After What If, i'm in shock and with you on listening to the new one lololol

Aerogram said:

the only way a song like this will ever be good is if the production is awesome. The production is not awesome.

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To me this sounds pretty dated and amateur, but i'm curious about something: When Pheromone came out, did some people feel the same way about it as I feel about The Ex's Face? Like, IIRC, Bart thinks that Prince's house music is shitty. But is he the only one? Was there ever a contingent of fans who thought Prince's house music was just an inept copy of a trend that was already a few years old? 'Cause I love Pheromone, but maybe if I knew more early 90s dance music I'd say, "yeah I know what this song is trying to do, and it's doing it badly..."

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I compare The Ex's Face to Pheromone because I think they both try to work in the same way. Neither of them win you over with a classic, catchy melody or a nice chord progression, it's all about texture and groove.

fusk said:

the only way a song like this will ever be good is if the production is awesome. The production is not awesome.

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To me this sounds pretty dated and amateur, but i'm curious about something: When Pheromone came out, did some people feel the same way about it as I feel about The Ex's Face? Like, IIRC, Bart thinks that Prince's house music is shitty. But is he the only one? Was there ever a contingent of fans who thought Prince's house music was just an inept copy of a trend that was already a few years old? 'Cause I love Pheromone, but maybe if I knew more early 90s dance music I'd say, "yeah I know what this song is trying to do, and it's doing it badly..."

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I compare The Ex's Face to Pheromone because I think they both try to work in the same way. Neither of them win you over with a classic, catchy melody or a nice chord progression, it's all about texture and groove.

I loved Pheromone then, and think it stands up now...but back them yeah most people hated it. Princes house music could be great if he really wanted it to, but I feel its a throwaway for him. For someone like him house music is a joke.

Im less afraid now to check this track out .... Im gonna go hunt it down I missed it...

surprised Prince allowed those shitty hiphop hi hats at the end of the song to be on it. the song is the definition of unmemorable imo

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terrig said:

I loved Pheromone then, and think it stands up now...but back them yeah most people hated it. Princes house music could be great if he really wanted it to, but I feel its a throwaway for him. For someone like him house music is a joke.

Im less afraid now to check this track out .... Im gonna go hunt it down I missed it...

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Sweet, thanks for the reply! That kind of thing is so interesting to me...

Is there a stream of it somewhere?

yeah, we CAN ask WHERE to hear tracks that were played on radio right? I need to hear this AND What If, these mofos here can't agree that Purple is his favorite color

This one is actually good.

Not just good in comparison to that atrocious What If track, but good in general.

I love it when Prince embraces his inner freak.

datdude said:

yeah, we CAN ask WHERE to hear tracks that were played on radio right? I need to hear this AND What If, these mofos here can't agree that Purple is his favorite color

No, sorry. We can't ask that. Unless it's still streaming on site that of the radio station that Prince himself gave the track to.

i googled some obvious search terms and found success...

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EDIT: Looks like I can't say more than that.

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nvrmind.

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Sounds pretty good!

Hot track!!!! Love it

Go on take that banana, then get back in your cage!

I knew he had another 'The Chocolate Invasion/ The Slaughterhouse' in him!

Pentacle said:

I knew he had another 'The Chocolate Invasion/ The Slaughterhouse' in him!

Are you saying that as a good thing?

novabrkr said:

Pentacle said:

I knew he had another 'The Chocolate Invasion/ The Slaughterhouse' in him!

Are you saying that as a good thing?

Eh... No.

Well I guess we all know what state is next for the Hit n Run Tour...

KingSausage said:

It's not the worst thing ever, but it's kind of a snooze. I expected much more from everyone's description. It sounds like more Prince chasing trends. And he says "TWAS" again. TWAS. What the fuck?!

Agreed. It's a significant improvement over What If on many levels, but it seems like an unfinished idea.

It's not bad at all... It's not the snooze fest of songs featured in Planet Earth, or the belowe average tracks from Lotus Flow3r, or the bland sounds from 20Ten... This is a new sound.

It's not his greatest work ofc not, after 35 years, it's something DIFFERENT. For those who can't embrace change and want to live in the 80's, will not be able to appreciate something NEW.

It is not different. And it is not good.

Add to that, that the new single by Muse is also crap and this day has started badly...

Missed it

I dig it! I agree it doesn't really go anywhere, but it's a nice new sound with some humor, which I can appreciate. Almost wish it was a little bit longer, but it's probably best short & sweet.