off Parade is so damn funky... 'I dream of you, for all time' and the funky disco guitar is one of the Revolution's best songs they ever recorded... damn were they tight!

IWU is a stand-out cut. Sly, sultry, stealthy funk. Unapologetically daring. It never loses its luster.

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Between Brenda's low, sultry vocals--which perfectly suit the mood and tone of the song--and Clare working his magic on strings, this track can't help but be the highlight of a front-to-back, all-around brilliant album.

In my bottom 3 Prince songs of all time. Weird and boring.

Bluu said:

IWU is a stand-out cut. Sly, sultry, stealthy funk. Unapologetically daring. It never loses its luster.

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Between Brenda's low, sultry vocals--which perfectly suit the mood and tone of the song--and Clare working his magic on strings, this track can't help but be the highlight of a front-to-back, all-around brilliant album.

I don't know about highlight, but it's one of his most courageous tracks ever I think... he never did anything like it again

bluefish said:

In my bottom 3 Prince songs of all time. Weird and boring.

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Of all the ecelectic songs he's released, this is probably the best. I prefer the Parade Deos version with him on louder vocals though.

I ADORE this song.
This is classy lust. classy seduction.

poetry, it's steamy

I love the released and the unreleased version.

I thought the addition of the 'jammish' part on tour didn't help

it would have been cool if the song extended into some spicy instrumentation, that Paisley Park rock guitar, a guitar solo, bring back the lyrics almost like a background chant.

But I love this song always

I, how u say, I wonder u, I wonder u
I, how u say, I wonder u, I wonder u
I, dream of u, 4 all time, 4 all time
Though, u are far, I wonder u, u're on the mind
I, how u say, I wonder u, I wonder u
I, how u say, I wonder u, I wonder u

what do yuo think they're singing at the :03 to :12 mark before the lyrics start or do you just think it's people laughing? It's genius to me!!!!!

ComeHereLetMeCutYourHair said:

what do yuo think they're singing at the :03 to :12 mark before the lyrics start or do you just think it's people laughing? It's genius to me!!!!!

It sounds like some kind joke in another language followed by laughter. Like a group of people in a party of some kind. It adds a touch of dark to the song. I LOVE that part

Bluu said:

IWU is a stand-out cut. Sly, sultry, stealthy funk. Unapologetically daring. It never loses its luster.

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Between Brenda's low, sultry vocals--which perfectly suit the mood and tone of the song--and Clare working his magic on strings, this track can't help but be the highlight of a front-to-back, all-around brilliant album.

That's Wendy singing.

motherfunka said:

Bluu said:

IWU is a stand-out cut. Sly, sultry, stealthy funk. Unapologetically daring. It never loses its luster.

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Between Brenda's low, sultry vocals--which perfectly suit the mood and tone of the song--and Clare working his magic on strings, this track can't help but be the highlight of a front-to-back, all-around brilliant album.

That's Wendy singing.

who's Brenda??

ComeHereLetMeCutYourHair said:

motherfunka said:

That's Wendy singing.

who's Brenda??

Bennett maybe???

motherfunka said:

Bluu said:

IWU is a stand-out cut. Sly, sultry, stealthy funk. Unapologetically daring. It never loses its luster.

.

Between Brenda's low, sultry vocals--which perfectly suit the mood and tone of the song--and Clare working his magic on strings, this track can't help but be the highlight of a front-to-back, all-around brilliant album.

That's Wendy singing.

My bad! I'm trippin. For some reason I always thought Brenda Bennett was brought on to do the vox on this song. So props to Wendy (lead) and Lisa (background) for singing the heck out of that song. (Better late than never.)

bluefish said:

In my bottom 3 Prince songs of all time. Weird and boring.

Bluu said:

motherfunka said:

That's Wendy singing.

My bad! I'm trippin. For some reason I always thought Brenda Bennett was brought on to do the vox on this song. So props to Wendy (lead) and Lisa (background) for singing the heck out of that song. (Better late than never.)

Prince background too

Real Funky jam, in the veins of other funky jams like Tamborine, and New Position, real sparse but with so much "vision", and Parade is an criminally underrated album.

bluefish said:

In my bottom 3 Prince songs of all time. Weird and boring.

Ha. I can see that. An i love the song, but I can see that. I dig artist "left field" stuff though, generally.

ComeHereLetMeCutYourHair said:

off Parade is so damn funky... 'I dream of you, for all time' and the funky disco guitar is one of the Revolution's best songs they ever recorded... damn were they tight!

This song is sex.y.

It's perfection.....playful....in a beautifully adult way Love it.

to me this is Prince's BEST psychedelic song... Please someone yell out some other psychedelic Prince tracks that can funk with this one and I'll stand corrected...(if I agree witcha)

ComeHereLetMeCutYourHair said:

to me this is Prince's BEST psychedelic song... Please someone yell out some other psychedelic Prince tracks that can funk with this one and I'll stand corrected...(if I agree witcha)

Time off AOA is more ethereal than psychedelic to me

OldFriends4Sale said:

Bluu said:

My bad! I'm trippin. For some reason I always thought Brenda Bennett was brought on to do the vox on this song. So props to Wendy (lead) and Lisa (background) for singing the heck out of that song. (Better late than never.)

Prince background too

Get the funk out! I'm so rusty on the details compared to how well read I used to be. But the fun part about being rusty is getting to rediscover these treasures.

one of those songs that I would fall asleep to. No, really!

Brilliant song on a brilliant album..

Not a wrong track on Parade..

Only.. "4 The Tears In Ur Eyes" (Orig studio-version) should have been on this fine & funky album instead of "Venus De Milo"...


Still Parade is a fantastic masterpiece, even with "Venus" included.

thedance said:

Brilliant song on a brilliant album..

Not a wrong track on Parade..

Only.. "4 The Tears In Ur Eyes" (Orig studio-version) should have been on this fine & funky album instead of "Venus De Milo"...


Still Parade is a fantastic masterpiece, even with "Venus" included.

PARADE is brilliant...

I would add Old Friends 4 Sale original version, would be amazing.

I love this track so much that when it's ending, I want to grab it to keep it from leaving.

Love it. Alsways have. Weird, simple and funky. Nice and psychadelic. It's one of those tracks that a non fan might hear and like. I also love the way it segues into UTCM.