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Thread started 06/21/15 2:33pm

Wolfie87

2 questions about Hot Thing

1. How do you feel it holds up after 25 + years?

2. Which version should I get? And do NOT give me that video version nonsense. The studio version is the one I wan't in some way or another and the one I personally think is superior. I like to dance, and this is my shit, for real!

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Reply #1 posted 06/21/15 2:42pm

funkaholic1972

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1. It holds up fantastically IMO, great electrofunk tune with a massive beat and a fantastic sax solo by Eric Leeds. What's not to love?

2. I think the album version is the best mix personally.

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Reply #2 posted 06/21/15 2:45pm

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The regular studio version is ace! 2nd or 3rd fave of mine love. Ironically not crazy about the remix.
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Reply #3 posted 06/21/15 3:08pm

Wolfie87

I read this in another, older thread. Should I get the extended version? Is it killer. Haven't heard it.

It holds up really well, in my opinion and it made me dig out the Extended version which is even funkier.

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Reply #4 posted 06/21/15 3:35pm

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How does it hold up? Put it this way - it's in my top 10 most played Prince songs, and pretty fucking high up. It's killer, it always has been and it always will be. Absolutely genius.

The album version, is the best version.


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Reply #5 posted 06/21/15 3:59pm

thedoorkeeper

definitely get the extended version.
why is that even a question!
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Reply #6 posted 06/21/15 4:46pm

Wolfie87

thedoorkeeper said:

definitely get the extended version. why is that even a question!

I expressed myself a bit wrong. What I meant was, is it really an essential experience compared to the album version? Is it a must have or am I doing alright with the one I've got?

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Reply #7 posted 06/21/15 5:50pm

Dilan

never really liked it

I'm feeling a bit fammy™
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Reply #8 posted 06/21/15 5:55pm

SoulAlive

I like this song,but to be honest,I don't think that the lyrics are that great boxed

the lyrics seem too simple for a Prince song...

hot thing....baby U dance so good

hot thing....baby I knew U would

hot thing...barely 21

hot thing...looking for big fun

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Reply #9 posted 06/21/15 5:59pm

Averett

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I prefer "It" boxed

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Reply #10 posted 06/21/15 6:03pm

luv4u

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I still like it

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Reply #11 posted 06/21/15 7:03pm

SPYZFAN1

Still kicks ass. And I still love "It" too.

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Reply #12 posted 06/22/15 4:38am

BobGeorge909

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SoulAlive said:

I like this song,but to be honest,I don't think that the lyrics are that great boxed



the lyrics seem too simple for a Prince song...



hot thing....baby U dance so good


hot thing....baby I knew U would


hot thing...barely 21


hot thing...looking for big fun






Well...'hot' really is just that simple. One can muck it up by adding a bunch of other stuff but it starts morphing into other things like love or obsession. The lyrics sum up a notion of a kind of hot very well. Attractive, adventurous, young, and willing to put out...a notion of hot many men(and many women) enjoy.
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Reply #13 posted 06/22/15 4:40am

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SPYZFAN1 said:

Still kicks ass. And I still love "It" too.


They are kind of like sister-songs...aren't they. One a bit more obsessive than the other.



Those synth stabs on it fuckin KILL me.
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Reply #14 posted 06/22/15 4:45am

jaawwnn

I think some people would not like it now as they'd prefer their precision-designed electro-funk, nine inch nails kind of thing. I think it holds up really well because the ever so slightly low-tech-ness of it is what makes it great. Album version for me.

It's one of the songs that make the sampler set seem like not such a bad idea.

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Reply #15 posted 06/22/15 4:59am

paulludvig

Great song. So ahead of its time. Still sounds contemporary almost 30 years after it was released.

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Reply #16 posted 06/22/15 5:08am

funkaholic1972

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paulludvig said:

Great song. So ahead of its time. Still sounds contemporary almost 30 years after it was released.

This! cool

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Reply #17 posted 06/22/15 5:49am

bluegangsta

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The video version.

I Kid.

Seriously, what video?

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Reply #18 posted 06/22/15 6:34am

novabrkr

1. It's still great!

2. The video version!

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Reply #19 posted 06/22/15 7:09am

berlinas2k

I remember when he released the video of the sampler version from the show in Sweden. As soon as that beat came in, I remember thinking how the song still kicks ass after 25 years. Perhaps it's the simplicity of the song but it sounds just as good today.
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Reply #20 posted 06/22/15 7:09am

berlinas2k

I remember when he released the video of the sampler version from the show in Sweden. As soon as that beat came in, I remember thinking how the song still kicks ass after 25 years. Perhaps it's the simplicity of the song but it sounds just as good today.
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Reply #21 posted 06/22/15 1:48pm

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berlinas2k said:

I remember when he released the video of the sampler version from the show in Sweden. As soon as that beat came in, I remember thinking how the song still kicks ass after 25 years. Perhaps it's the simplicity of the song but it sounds just as good today.

that is a nice take on the song though, that sampler version from sweden.

he was really feeling it that night.

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Reply #22 posted 06/22/15 5:14pm

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Sounds better to me now than it did back then. It sounded stiff and mechanical to me back in the day. Now I can appreciate the nuances more. The whole second half of the song is tight -- great song solo, nice little musical additions by Prince to the basic beat.

Album version sounds best to me.
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