This lil tune is such a nice ballad. A bit commercial, which some think is great. It is a bit corny but the music is wonderous. Emancipation had some decent outtakes.

It's a yay from me. He's definitely going for more of that Philadelphia Soul Creed/Bell vibe on this one.

Pretty melody, would have been quite lush with full production. I can see why it was an outtake though, chosen songs are stronger.

It doth have a Stylistics vibe. sho nuff.

Yay. One of my favourite outtakes.

Nay.

The 3:25 mark where he starts singing 'bye-bye'.

Men don't say 'bye-bye'.... ever.

The spoken ending sounds like something Michael Jackson would pout.

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Askani said:

Is this that Emancipation era sounding ballad that leaked last year or 2 years ago? If so, completely bland and unmemorable.

I love the instant animosity that Emancipation brings out in people. It's a real 'Marmite' album. I have a soft spot for it as it was early in my Prince listening. However, there is a lot of syrupy, highly/over- produced songs on there.

From this sort of time, there were so many outtakes not isolated to these:

- She Gave Her Angels

- Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart

- Goodbye

- Love Never Has 2 Say Goodbye

Whilst 3 of that 4 were reused - by P or CK - the fact that he had probably 20 or 25 of this type of ballad floating around between 1994-96 shows how easy they are to write for him. Emancipation took the majority of them and Crystal Ball a few of the others.

I appreciate many of them as a platform for him to provide fantastic vocal performances. The production is 90s so they can feel a little lacking from a musical standpoint. This is obviously an easy vein for him to tap into - as many in love would attest. The most appreciated Prince songs though are those where he is wronged or lacking somehow. IIWYG, SAIMH, Purple Rain, Empty Room, Beautiful Ones, and such. I think that's the real reason these happier-themed 90s songs are overlooked.

As harsh as Askani's reply is, I tend to agree. It is quite bland and unmemorable about 30 minutes after I listen to it. Whilst it's playing though, it does its job. Sweet, well sung and effective.

YAY!

2freaky4church1 said:

It doth have a Stylistics vibe. sho nuff.

I agree. For me it feels a bit like Betcha By Golly Wow, very similar feel. Like Prince was trying to write a his own version of it it but decided to just go with the cover instead because he couldn't match the original.

I like it but do prefer Betcha By Golly.

PorterUK said:

Askani said:

Is this that Emancipation era sounding ballad that leaked last year or 2 years ago? If so, completely bland and unmemorable.

I love the instant animosity that Emancipation brings out in people. It's a real 'Marmite' album. I have a soft spot for it as it was early in my Prince listening. However, there is a lot of syrupy, highly/over- produced songs on there.

From this sort of time, there were so many outtakes not isolated to these:

- She Gave Her Angels

- Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart

- Goodbye

- Love Never Has 2 Say Goodbye

Whilst 3 of that 4 were reused - by P or CK - the fact that he had probably 20 or 25 of this type of ballad floating around between 1994-96 shows how easy they are to write for him. Emancipation took the majority of them and Crystal Ball a few of the others.

I appreciate many of them as a platform for him to provide fantastic vocal performances. The production is 90s so they can feel a little lacking from a musical standpoint. This is obviously an easy vein for him to tap into - as many in love would attest. The most appreciated Prince songs though are those where he is wronged or lacking somehow. IIWYG, SAIMH, Purple Rain, Empty Room, Beautiful Ones, and such. I think that's the real reason these happier-themed 90s songs are overlooked.

As harsh as Askani's reply is, I tend to agree. It is quite bland and unmemorable about 30 minutes after I listen to it. Whilst it's playing though, it does its job. Sweet, well sung and effective.

I actually like a large amount of Emancipation. This song is so tuneless, bland and never-endingly meandering that it barely qualifies as a song.

The chorus was a bit of a letdown for me when it finally leaked, but I still think it's a worthy song. I agree with others about the vocals. I may go as far as saying that the Emancipation era was his vocal peak.

Nay, not because I think its a bad song, but its just not really my style.

Prince is sure nuf my style. ha