lwr001 said:

Prince has been having a pretty good career without penning a hit for two decades during which he seemed to alternate between trying to have more mass appeal again and just composing as he sees fit. Even his idea of what should be a hit on the radio if evil forces did not conspire to keep him off the charts has become a form of personal expression, he's doing what he wants and this song is a great example of his spirit and imagination -- there are not too many people who can claim to have such a creative drive over such a long period. And for all we know, he might very well still be on a stage somewhere 25 years from now, when some of us will already be gone.

lwr001 said:

alandail said:

Is radio even playing it?

a station in seattle played already

what format of station?

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Heard for the first time the other day..(ironically on a heavy metal site)..I dig it!..the metalheads seem to like it too. ...very mysterious and musical jam.

lwr001 said:

I am thinking very positively

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Calm down. Take your little pill.

Do not get over excited as that would disturb the peace.

This song will be forgotten next week as mr.Prince has no real plan.

I will wait till there's an album like I did with AOA. I still haven't bought plectrum.

I remember when he had songs scattered piecemeal all over the place and people were running around like trained hamsters in a maze to get them.

Chumps....

fnksoul said:

One thing I did notice though, it is on Tidal, and it does state on there Licensed to Warner Brothers, I was wondering if he was still going to be doing anything with them or not.

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That's not his choice to make.

2funkE said:

Its a great song, but its not blowing up big. Guys in their late 50's do not blow up big commercially 35 years after their commercial peak.

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Johnny Cash did. But then he did release relevant albums that spoke to people, and not third-rate rubbish.

BartVanHemelen said:

BartVanHemelen said:

2funkE said:

Its a great song, but its not blowing up big. Guys in their late 50's do not blow up big commercially 35 years after their commercial peak.

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Johnny Cash did. But then he did release relevant albums that spoke to people, and not third-rate rubbish.

Lol.............

First off dont feed loser trolls! (ie anything bart says)

Second a video as cool as it sounds is not such a great idea coming from Prince. His record of "hot" videos is less then stellar

Instead he needs to show up on The Tonight Show and perform this song live!!! That will get it noticed!

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babynoz said:

I will wait till there's an album like I did with AOA. I still haven't bought plectrum.

I remember when he had songs scattered piecemeal all over the place and people were running around like trained hamsters in a maze to get them.

Chumps....

Or, we could just want the music.

Groovy Potential isn't on an album... and that's my jam!

Me thinks you does protest too much.

I'll whisper this secret, Get laid and be happy.

You're welcome.

lwr001 said:

thedance said:

thats too late..


edit: please tell Prince about timing his releases right....

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its not too late,,,,this song bout to blow...big

Don't invest in the stock market for the sake of your future.

udo said:

lwr001 said:

I am thinking very positively

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Calm down. Take your little pill.

Do not get over excited as that would disturb the peace.

This song will be forgotten next week as mr.Prince has no real plan.

Further to your point, it will be forgotten by its limited press coverage--not by the general public, because you can't forget something you were never made aware of.

I do like the song, though.
It's not superb or anything, but at least it doesn't sound like a New Orelans jazz band song which seemed to be his thing for most of the last decade.

2020 said:

First off dont feed loser trolls! (ie anything bart says)

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Oh look, a personal attack instead of a rebuttal. As I've explained before: that's admitting I'm right.

Blixical said:

lwr001 said:

its not too late,,,,this song bout to blow...big

Don't invest in the stock market for the sake of your future.

haha , a friend once stated to me that if it was raining pussy, i'd get hit in the head with a dick..lol

lwr001 said:

2funkE said:

Its a great song, but its not blowing up big. Guys in their late 50's do not blow up big commercially 35 years after their commercial peak. That would have been like Sinatra, Jerry Lee Lewis or Fats Domino blowing up big in the 80's when I was in high school. The masses are not going to listen to artists older than their parents. All MHO.

67 year old James Taylor is charting on the AC charts with his latest single. Also, this whole concept of not listing to someone because of thier age is so stupid. Imagine we did the same thing with actors, directors, writers, etc. Why is music so different. It's not even like people are listening to something drasticly different. It's so stupid that Uptown Funk blew up while Prince can't get his music played. Uptown Funk is really no different than the people who charted in the 80s trying to sound like Prince.

Why do people care about chart success. There are a couple of reasons. For one, it influences what we get to hear and how we get to hear it. The purple rain remasters were likely a victim of lack of sales of AOA and PE last year. The full length 3121 full length movie was a victim of lack of sales of 3121.

The other reason is generations of people are missing his music. It would be kind of nice if when I told someone I listen to Prince that they had some idea who I was even talking about.

KingSausage said:

lwr001 said:

haha , a friend once stated to me that if it was raining pussy, i'd get hit in the head with a dick..lol

If you think Prince is going to blow up the charts, a hit in the head might have happened already.

that must be why i cant talk

EroticDreamer said:

babynoz said:

I will wait till there's an album like I did with AOA. I still haven't bought plectrum.

I remember when he had songs scattered piecemeal all over the place and people were running around like trained hamsters in a maze to get them.

Chumps....

Or, we could just want the music.

Groovy Potential isn't on an album... and that's my jam!

Me thinks you does protest too much.

I'll whisper this secret, Get laid and be happy.

You're welcome.

Or perhaps you could get a sense of humor?

You're welcome.

KingSausage said:

I don't understand why so many Prince fans here are so obsessed with album sales and charts and radio and blah blah blah. Does your enjoyment of the music change based on whether other people listen to it also? I love AOA, hate Planet Earth, enjoy Musicology, etc, all based on my own opinions. I don't give a shit whether others buy those albums. Moreover, look at the crap that's popular these days. There's so much garbage. Do you think the people who like that shit are suddenly going to like Prince? Would you even want them to?! Prince's best shot at chart success (to the extent that exists) would be if somehow all the people who bought his classic 80's albums suddenly felt compelled to buy new Prince music. And that's not going to happen. Instead of focusing on sales, we should focus on Prince's artistic achievement and his legacy. It's ART that matters, not sales. And we can have healthy debates on whether the art is moving in the direction we individually feel is right. TL:DR Fuck sales. Go listen to Beyonce if album sales is what you care about.

I never understand that either. No matter how many people swore up and down that AOA was good, it still sucked ass to ears.

I really like it but that scream at 2:22 is out of tune.