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We discuss the recent news on the upcoming HITNRUN album, plus review "Hardrocklover", "What If", "Baltimore", "The Xs Face", and the brief "Stare" snippet.

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(Apologies for the poor sound quality early on. We had some technical difficulties. It does improve.)

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He played the whole new album at the White House?! Wonder what Obama thought. Agree--I'd like to hear Prince tear up Hardrocklover. More passion.

Are there other Prince podcasts?

You new? Prince podcast wit Michael Dean. He sold the org out but...lol

We're back.. sort of..

Apologies for the sound quality for about the first 17 minutes.. we were going for something super-experimental

FunkyStrange said:

Stickified

Great to hear you guys again. Nice report /review. Hopfully the new album will be out in a few weeks for you to review. Thought you were a little harsh on Baltimore. It does grow on you the more you play it. Spot on about What If though.

dodger said:

FunkyStrange said:

We're back.. sort of..

Apologies for the sound quality for about the first 17 minutes.. we were going for something super-experimental

And you had the cheek to complain about the way The Breakdown was mastered

LOL maybe that explains it all, Prince obviously had it mastered with Skype

I agree Baltimore is a strong song. In regards to it not having any angst or confrontation and it, I am glad Prince took that route. Trust me I love Public Enemy, Rage Against the Machine, hell any agressive, revolutionary political music I am behind it. But at that time in America African-Americans (I am one myself) were extremely pissed off, disillusioned and full of disdain for the government that was supposed to be protecting us. I, myself was full of rage because these events keep happening. I'm glad Prince told a more hopeful stance. He channelled Martin Luther King, Jr. when everyone else was feeling Malcolm X. I love the guitar solo the length of it allows the listener to process their thoughts and realize that we have to choose peace each and every time. The Civil Rights movement in America was successful because of peace. Peaceful protesters were beat up and killed and photographs and videos of those attacks shamed our government into doing the right thing. I think the same thing can happen again. I'm glad Prince did a upbeat, hopeful song instead of an angst driven one because it reminded me that peace and love is the only way. Say YES!

I'd completely forgotten all about 'What If' until now - and completely agree with everything you guys said. Arrogance, condescending, blind faith etc. Yeurgh.

^Thanks for the feedback. It is not my intent to offend. But at the same time, I'm not going to censor myself on an issue that I'm passionate about. I stand by my review. Although listening back, I would perhaps tone down my "arrogance" accusation to take into consideration "ignorance" as a less offensive alternative. And there's no crime in being ignorant.

Nothing you've added really changes my thoughts. The implication in your reply that those who don't "follow Christ" must be "full of sin" and/or "slaves to the Devil" etc. only shows further what I'm talking about. This is either arrogance or ignorance (not that the two are necessary exclusive, mind you). There's no good reason to think people who don't follow Christ are "full of sin" and/or "slaves of the Devil". That's just superstition as far as I can see. I don't see the "good book" as all that "good" to be honest. It's a fascinating collection of documents from ancient history, and there are certainly some good principles that can be drawn from it. But is far from a book that one should live their lives by today.

And if what you've added is true ("what if", right?), then my question sill remains: Why doesn't Jesus save these people also? Why only those who have "faith", who try to "live by the good book"? I don't see that the "good book" is all that "good", to be honest. I think most non-Christians try to live peaceful and honest lives.

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I would simply ask you to consider whether the ways things are for your understanding of "Christianity", are in fact the ways things are in reality. "According to Christianity" is only relevant if Christianity is true - which I don't think it is.

Anyway, I agree, let's not turn this into a religious debate. I really like the music and production of "What If". I also pointed out that we shouldn't take it too seriously given that it was just a one-off freebie cover. But thank you for your feedback. I do take such criticisms seriously. But I will continue to express my beliefs also. Thanks for listening.

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Well wow

Would you believe the topic just raised here is one of the main topics of the latest episode of @captain_says ?

Have a listen PurpleSkipper58, let me know what you think..

http://www.blogtalkradio....ryn-graham

Couldn't have planned that if I tried !!

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toejam said:

FunkyStrange said:

PurpleSkipper58 said:

But according to Christianity, that's just the way it is..

Well it's not really is it since there are countless sects, off-shoots and individual interpretations of what does and does not constitute part of any religion. It's vastly open to interpretation and always has been.

FunkyStrange said:

Well wow

Would you believe the topic just raised here is one of the main topics of the latest episode of @captain_says ?

Have a listen PurpleSkipper58, let me know what you think..

http://www.blogtalkradio....ryn-graham

Couldn't have planned that if I tried !!

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PurpleSkipper58 said:

FunkyStrange said:

PurpleSkipper58 said:

very, very interesting! I may look into that book down the road!

In the show he mentions the price is nineteen dollars, that's for the physical copy I just looked it up here http://www.amazon.com/gp/...ryn+graham And the digital kindle version is only seven dollars something..

Thanks for the info! Can't wait to dig into that. I'll probably show it to some friends and family

PurpleSkipper58 said:

I completely respect the entire Peach & Black Podcast crew. MC, ToeJam, Captain, Playa. All of you all. And I agree that "What If" isn't the best song. It doesn't have the best lyrics... And does come off a bit arrogant... But as a Christian, I feel I need to speak up for what I believe in... Here's a paraphrase from what at one point y'all was talking about.. "If Jesus came back, why would he just save his followers, and not everyone?" Well, it's much more than that... Basically, he saves his followers because they live their lives by the good book, and of course no one is perfect, but live their lives Godly the best way possible.. And the ones that don't follow Christ and live their lives full of sin can't be saved because they're slaves to the Devil and lived their lives through sin. It might sound "crazy" to some.....like "here we go again.." But according to Christianity, that's just the way it is.. Also, another paraphrase, I think ToeJam said something like this... "The religion is like oh if you just close your eyes and believe then everything will be alright.." That might not be the best paraphrase, but I haven't listened to it in a couple days and don't feel like going through it again. But as I said before, it's more than that.. I respect the heck out of you, ToeJam. You're an awesome musician! I like the intro-music you make on the show. I love "Shoot The Duck" and more recently I checked out you and your bands' "Just In Case". But to be fair, when speaking on public podcasts or anything like this, I understand that you don't believe it. That's fine, you don't have to. But keep in mind that there are Prince-fans that listen to the podcast who are Christians and when you say all of that, it might offend them a little bit. Again, it's good to have your own opinion, but I think saying something like this would be fine, "yeah, I don't really believe in this. Not my style." Then go on to the music. That'd be fine! But bashing Christianity isn't really appropriate nor professional for a public podcast that has listeners from all around the world coming from different cultures. It's a podcast about PRINCE, let it be about him and his music! Like, if you were listening to a podcast, and someone for any reason started talking negatively about your culture, ou wouldn't like that, right? Didn't think so. You'd probably forget about it, never listen to it again and wouldn't make a big deal out of it, but you get my point? I'm not trying to tell you how to podcast or anything. Nor am I looking for an argument.. But I'm just standing up for what I believe in and for any Christian listeners out there. Peace. [Edited 7/29/15 1:28am]

"What If" will never equal the urgency, intensity, and open inclusive invitation of a song like "The Cross," and how Prince performed it during the LoveSexy tour in Nagoya, Japan in 1989. Those are the kind of songs Prince needs to write and perform if he wants to get a spiritual message across. IMO

thanks guys, i love your podcast!

For those that just want to hear the HARDROCKLOVER track review it is here -

https://www.youtube.com/w...YiINLI8TjY

Wait..

Prince streamed exclusively on Tidal?

Isn't that what we said in the first 10 seconds of this show?

yeah he doesn't listen to us ... right..

Good podcast as always dudes! Can't believe how much you all liked What If though, even lyrics aside that song is just commercial rock FM dot com . I much prefer the X's Face, unfinished as it sounds, bit of edge to it...

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alexanderalm said:

thanks guys, i love your podcast!

thanks alex ! keep listening, I suppose we will review the new album eventually