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Thread started 05/26/15 1:36pm

tatocorcu

'Baltimore' now out on iTunes

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They've released Baltimore on iTunes. It's a different version from the one we had heard, I think (can't really tell, I've listened to it only in my ipad, and I hadn't listened to the other one many times to be fair).

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Reply #1 posted 05/26/15 1:51pm

Rimshottbob

Just for the record, doesn't look like it's on the UK iTunes at this point.

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Reply #2 posted 05/26/15 1:52pm

Papaj

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Strings and horns added.
We Can Funk
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Reply #3 posted 05/26/15 1:54pm

purplepolitici
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Too bad I forgot my itunes password lol shrug

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Reply #4 posted 05/26/15 1:57pm

Strive

Boo, it's not up on Amazon or 3rdEyeTunes. I refuse to use iTunes.

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Reply #5 posted 05/26/15 2:00pm

EroticDreamer

This is the 1st Prince song I won't buy.

Can't get over the michael brown lyric.

But if you liike it that's all that matters beatdeadhorse

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Reply #6 posted 05/26/15 2:06pm

tatocorcu

Rimshottbob said:

Just for the record, doesn't look like it's on the UK iTunes at this point.


It is: https://itunes.apple.com/...=998315949
As Papaj said, it now includes horns and strings. I'll listen to it properly at some point, but I think I would prefer to have the live recording the journalist talked about some weeks back. Also, I find the timing for the release a bit bizarre. It may make sense in a prince world, in the real world it would have made more sense to release it at the time of the rally for peace. Anyway, enjoy it if you like it, pass if you don't smile
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Reply #7 posted 05/26/15 3:07pm

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Cool rework of this jam and nice use of strings

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All of it. Everything. Is U.
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Reply #8 posted 05/26/15 3:09pm

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I actually like it. The "absence of war" part gets stuck in my head for a long while after I hear it. I'll wait on the iTunes, though, as maybe 3rdeyetunes will have a wav?

"That's when stars collide. When there's space for what u want, and ur heart is open wide."
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Reply #9 posted 05/26/15 3:20pm

tollyc

I am waiting for his entire unreleased catalog to show up sometime unexpected. smile

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Reply #10 posted 05/26/15 3:39pm

Militant

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New music.

Not released on Warner Bros.

Hmmmm.......... *scratches beard*

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Reply #11 posted 05/26/15 4:29pm

romeo77090

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Wow! This brings me back to that LOVESEXY era. Baltimore is a fresh jam that reminds me of my favorite Prince album which is LOVESEXY. Thanks Prince. πŸ˜ƒπŸ‘
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Reply #12 posted 05/26/15 5:38pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

It's a COMPLETE special cause "MasterPiece"!!!

Bought & stored on my brand new gold IphonePlus. The new mix sounds INCREDIBLE!!

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #13 posted 05/26/15 7:01pm

3rdeyedude

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

It's a COMPLETE special cause "MasterPiece"!!!

Bought & stored on my brand new gold IphonePlus. The new mix sounds INCREDIBLE!!

of course it is a masterpiece and of course you have a gold iphoneplus

eek eek

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Reply #14 posted 05/26/15 8:15pm

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Wonder who did the strings...this mix is amazing and really builds in the way I believe P invisioned

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Remember there is only one destination and that place is U
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Reply #15 posted 05/26/15 9:17pm

EroticDreamer

It's not available on Amazon yet but they now have t-shirts with the Prince Baltimore design 4 sale.

Amazon music usually gets the singles a day or 2 later than itunes.

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Reply #16 posted 05/27/15 12:18am

Strive

EroticDreamer said:

It's not available on Amazon yet but they now have t-shirts with the Prince Baltimore design 4 sale.

Amazon music usually gets the singles a day or 2 later than itunes.


Those shirts aren't official

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Reply #17 posted 05/27/15 12:30am

jaawwnn

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

It's a COMPLETE special cause "MasterPiece"!!!

Bought & stored on my brand new gold IphonePlus. The new mix sounds INCREDIBLE!!

new signature right there

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Reply #18 posted 05/27/15 2:05am

mikeyaddict

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Does anyone know if any of the proceeds are going to any charities / foundations in Baltimore?
Comin str8 outta Preston...
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Reply #19 posted 05/27/15 3:40am

KeithyT

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Just got mine on itunes UK for 79p. Look forward to hearing this new orchestral mix on the way home from work... cool

Just somewhere in the middle,
Not too good and not too bad.
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Reply #20 posted 05/27/15 8:11am

Romeoblu

I really like this version.

I hope this is included on an album

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Reply #21 posted 05/27/15 1:36pm

Genesia

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Did he write better lyrics to go with the new orchestration?

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Reply #22 posted 05/27/15 4:52pm

3rdeyedude

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mikeyaddict said:

Does anyone know if any of the proceeds are going to any charities / foundations in Baltimore?

good luck trying to find any information on this..............so far, the only thing I could find was that Beyonce and Jay Z bailed out some of the Ferguson/Baltimore looters........and Jay Z gave a thousand dollars to Open Society Institute in Baltimore which created the Baltimore Justice Fund (the charity started after the Freddie Gray case and the one that you could donate during the Prince livestream on Tidal)...........can't find much about Prince still

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Reply #23 posted 05/27/15 7:53pm

MrMoops

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Wonder who did the strings...this mix is amazing and really builds in the way I believe P invisioned

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Michael B. Nelson and Adi Yeshaya with the Hornheads and STRINGenius

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Reply #24 posted 05/27/15 10:17pm

kenkamken

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Had an issue downloading, but was worth it. Good on you Prince
"So fierce U look 2night, the brightest star pales 2 Ur sex..."
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Reply #25 posted 05/27/15 10:33pm

xpertluva

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I like it. The interplay between the strings and guitar remind me of what he did on Kate Bush's "Why Should I Love You."

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Reply #26 posted 05/28/15 10:15am

donnyenglish

I love the song in general. But, I like the soundcloud version a bit better. The strings in the itunes version at the end don't move me like his guitar does on the soundcloud version.
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Reply #27 posted 05/28/15 12:24pm

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it's good

[Edited 5/28/15 12:26pm]

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Reply #28 posted 05/28/15 4:45pm

thedoorkeeper

Wake me when its available on Amazon.
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Reply #29 posted 05/28/15 7:09pm

SchlomoThaHomo

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donnyenglish said:

I love the song in general. But, I like the soundcloud version a bit better. The strings in the itunes version at the end don't move me like his guitar does on the soundcloud version.

I can't figure out which I like better. I like the former for the reasons you mentioned, but I think the interplay with the strings, guitar, and horns, in the middle section of the new one, is unbelievable, and is a great build up to the eventual breakdown. The no justice no peace chant on the new one seems a bit tacked on, though. I guess I'll have to keep both.

"That's when stars collide. When there's space for what u want, and ur heart is open wide."
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