murph said:

Entertainment Weekly

Prince's new song 'Baltimore' is absolutely amazing

by Christopher Rosen • @chrisjrosen

... The throwback jam is the best kind of track: a funky banger that also makes a loud cry for tolerance, equal rights and justice.

Listen below, and then keep listening to “Baltimore” all summer.

Oh I must have heard a different version of the song. I want to hear the version they listened to.

ColAngus said:

I like the song. It is breezy and almost U2 like. Sounds like I came back to the palace of Negative Nancies in here, but anyway the chant part was a little off. The rest of it is nice in my opinion.

And who in their right mind said Rick james would have done better?

Anyone heard Wonderful, The Flag or Deeper Still?

Seriously you know you need to quit lol

Eye can't wait 2 hear the original live version of "bAlTiMoRe" with 3rdEyeGirl, with the smoking guitar solo @ the end! If it's anywhere near as good as the One-man-band version,Eye will b over the moon....This latest tragedy somethng came out of it good. It got 's creative purple juices overflowing...

This song is singable and mainstream media friendly and that is exactly perfection for its intended audience.

Prince is winning, folks, thats what we want

I hate tidal but if he puts all his stuff there, Im there too.

where he goes I go for good or for ill.

he is getting blasted on some conservative sites. But many do not seem to know much about him or his career.

Calling him all kinds of names that have nothing to do with the guns line.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

he is getting blasted on some conservative sites. But many do not seem to know much about him or his career.

Calling him all kinds of names that have nothing to do with the guns line.

They also blasted Tim McGraw for simply playing a concert that benefitted the Sandy Hook Promise group, whose mission statement is to "protect children from gun violence so no other parent experiences the loss of their child." Conservative idiots found a way to relate it to somehow endangering their 2nd Amendment rights and basically Dixie Chicked him. Fuck them. Their go-to response for anything they disagree with is to cry and then then inevitiable threats of violence follow.

Others who are more sensible about the world we live in need to call out these fuckwads for what they really are; cowards that are the exact opposite of anything approaching patriotic.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

he is getting blasted on some conservative sites. But many do not seem to know much about him or his career.

Calling him all kinds of names that have nothing to do with the guns line.

Who gives a crap what names the conservatives are calling him. Their comments do nothing other than contribute to the spread of negative bs and ignorance they spoonfeed to their audience, then they go home and feed that same negative, ignorant isht to their kids for dinner.

[Edited 5/9/15 18:27pm]

I gotta say, it's a very good song and I think Prince is doing the right thing. Thumbs up Prince.

Its nothing spectacular but its not as bad as most the shit he's been releasing over the last decade.

paisleypark4 said:

I like the song. It is breezy and almost U2 like. Sounds like I came back to the palace of Negative Nancies in here, but anyway the chant part was a little off. The rest of it is nice in my opinion.

And who in their right mind said Rick james would have done better?

Anyone heard Wonderful, The Flag or Deeper Still?

Seriously you know you need to quit lol

I said the song Mr. Policeman by RJ is so much better than Baltimore.

Mr. Policeman was released in 1981 and is the song that Prince 'lifted' the term 'funk n roll' from.

Rick James never had half the talent that Prince does and that only makes the song Baltimore that much more disappointing.

It stank!

Prince has been talking bout gun control since what Controversy's Annie Christian? It's not like this view has appeared out of no where. Plus Im sure the gun loving conservatives have more things against prince than his views on the 2nd amendment.

paisleypark4 said:

I like the song. It is breezy and almost U2 like. Sounds like I came back to the palace of Negative Nancies in here, but anyway the chant part was a little off. The rest of it is nice in my opinion.

And who in their right mind said Rick james would have done better?

Anyone heard Wonderful, The Flag or Deeper Still?

...

I actually haven't thought about that album. in decades. But suddenly I find myself liking this song more than ever.

lazycrockett said:

Prince has been talking bout gun control since what Controversy's Annie Christian? It's not like this view has appeared out of no where. Plus Im sure the gun loving conservatives have more things against prince than his views on the 2nd amendment.

he was not really calling for gun control he was calling the idea controversial

BlackandRising said:

more nothings, but it's telling that you had to go with "punk".

Be that as it may, I know his history; you apparently do not. And the thing is, you have no argument, anymore than my 4 year old has an argument when complaining or whining about not getting something he wants, but can't have.

OK, you're still not grasping the concept of me arguing,
in a space allowing freedom of speech (unless you're a Matrix-like minion from Echelon, who knows in days like these),
that art has to be detached from the world.

It's a necessity if you call yourself an artist. It's my opinion, lad. I call it an argument.

When the artist wants to play part to the matters of the world, he'd better have its statement well prepared.
And by that I mean having the most double, triple meaning metaphors
so he enlights, elevate the subject, transfiguring it.
That's what Lovesign does. In a Pop, pop, pop, poppy way.
"Masters of War" by Dylan, "War" by Springsteen, "Sign 'O' The Times" by Prince are transfiguring their subjects,

making them universal. I think if you're going to sing about deaths, whether justified or not (41 shots?),
you have a responsability of bringing a vision. Not C-F-C-A, for Pete's sake.

I won't accept that a song released for our ears and brains is not subject to emotions or opinions of any kind (for starters, it litterally goes against what art stands for: expression),

just because oh the poor man, he spent like — figure this! — three days of strong work, someone said earlier?
More "So Strong" than "Let's Work" to my ears, man, and they're MY ears.
Just as it is MY brains.

You sound a little like TRC God Almighty.
Like I have no say in Your Kingdom.
And don't play kids with me, my team is five times bigger already
(and by bringing your children in the discussion, you're an unsexy punk de facto, daddy un-pop).

Thy Will Be Done, I'm all eyes open, please share your knowledge, O Great Third Eye.
Where is the bias in that debilitated mind of mine?

bonatoc said:

BlackandRising said:

more nothings, but it's telling that you had to go with "punk".

Be that as it may, I know his history; you apparently do not. And the thing is, you have no argument, anymore than my 4 year old has an argument when complaining or whining about not getting something he wants, but can't have.

OK, you're still not grasping the concept of me arguing,
in a space allowing freedom of speech (unless you're a Matrix-like minion from Echelon, who knows in days like these),
that art has to be detached from the world.

It's a necessity if you call yourself an artist. It's my opinion, lad. I call it an argument.

When the artist wants to play part to the matters of the world, he'd better have its statement well prepared.
And by that I mean having the most double, triple meaning metaphors
so he enlights, elevate the subject, transfiguring it.
That's what Lovesign does. In a Pop, pop, pop, poppy way.
"Masters of War" by Dylan, "War" by Springsteen, "Sign 'O' The Times" by Prince are transfiguring their subjects,

making them universal. I think if you're going to sing about deaths, whether justified or not (41 shots?),
you have a responsability of bringing a vision. Not C-F-C-A, for Pete's sake.

I won't accept that a song released for our ears and brains is not subject to emotions or opinions of any kind (for starters, it litterally goes against what art stands for: expression),

just because oh the poor man, he spent like — figure this! — three days of strong work, someone said earlier?
More "So Strong" than "Let's Work" to my ears, man, and they're MY ears.
Just as it is MY brains.

You sound a little like TRC God Almighty.
Like I have no say in Your Kingdom.
And don't play kids with me, my team is five times bigger already
(and by bringing your children in the discussion, you're an unsexy punk de facto, daddy un-pop).

Thy Will Be Done, I'm all eyes open, please share your knowledge, O Great Third Eye.
Where is the bias in that debilitated mind of mine?

I highly doubt that many here grasp your concept of your arguing either. I never said that you couldn't opine. I simply gave my opinion on how obtuse your musings were, hence freedom of speech was maintained for both of us.

Just because you can't grasp the nuances of what the song is saying doesn't mean that your opinion is correct. Had you proposed it in a more coherent manner, maybe there would be something to discuss. But you keep trying to come off as witty and profound; you're accomplishing neither. I happen to think, given my knowledge of Black America, and the violence that has been perpetrated on it for numerous years, that this is by far Prince's most heartfelt and poignant message song I have ever heard. It's right for this situation. So just because in your mind it doesn't rise to the level of Lovesexy, SOTT, anything by Bob Dylan, etc., is irrelavant.

But again, in reading the remainder of your post, you are saying absolutely nothing. You are obviously trying to come off as artistic or something to that effect, but it's falling flat. The GIF isn't helping.

The comments here kind of scared me but i actually really like it. Very RNRLA/cinnamon girl

I hope he continues to share stuff on Soundcloud. And I think it is great that he is coming here to Baltimore. I like the gospel vibe. I hope they gospel it up a bit more tomorrow.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

lazycrockett said:

Prince has been talking bout gun control since what Controversy's Annie Christian? It's not like this view has appeared out of no where. Plus Im sure the gun loving conservatives have more things against prince than his views on the 2nd amendment.

he was not really calling for gun control he was calling the idea controversial

How do you get that from his lyrics? i thought it was common knowledge he doesnt like guns.

Oh, geez...

Resolution, pt. 2

lezama said:

lezama said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

he was not really calling for gun control he was calling the idea controversial

How do you get that from his lyrics? i thought it was common knowledge he doesnt like guns.

My take on the "gun control" comment in Annie Christian was not that it was calling for gun control, but the line was questioning the knee-jerk reaction of gun-control after said shooting; and in general, the fact that it takes major incidents for people to react and ask for common sense measures to anything in America.

EroticDreamer said:

paisleypark4 said:

I like the song. It is breezy and almost U2 like. Sounds like I came back to the palace of Negative Nancies in here, but anyway the chant part was a little off. The rest of it is nice in my opinion.

And who in their right mind said Rick james would have done better?

Anyone heard Wonderful, The Flag or Deeper Still?

Seriously you know you need to quit lol

I said the song Mr. Policeman by RJ is so much better than Baltimore.

Mr. Policeman was released in 1981 and is the song that Prince 'lifted' the term 'funk n roll' from.

Rick James never had half the talent that Prince does and that only makes the song Baltimore that much more disappointing.

It stank!

What about the thousands of more songs that has written more than Rick ever wrote.

Don't those count?

Also since your going to bring up "Street Songs" album? That very "Street Songs" album Rick recorded with 's oberhiem synthesizer! That he STOLE from while touring with him. He used it to make "Mr. Policeman" and all the other cuts on that album. Then stole the guitar riff on "Pass The J" from 's "Sexy Dancer".

If U going to use Rick to bring down ? Vice versa!!!

BlackandRising said:

Fury said:

Askani said:

omg, this song is shit.

Let us know when your song comes out so that we can comment on it

I guarantee that if this track showed up on Blast From The Past 3.0 with a little in-the-vault audio hiss, everyone would be clammoring for the best quality version around and commenting on how he doesn't make great music like this any more.

Most of the vaulted music that's been released lately is not even close to this song, but hey, those songs came from the 80s so they MUST be great because HE was great in the 80s. It's a terrible bias that exists on this pathetic little org.

This song doesn't have to be the greatest thing he's ever recorded, but it's a song he cares about and according to the non-org critics spanning the web over the past 12 hrs or so have also raved about this song. Wanna know why? They don't start by immediately hating a song before even listening to it like so many ppl here do.