"The Vault has just left the building"

TraSoul82 said:

kapo74 said:

TraSoul82 said:

The power of wording. I guess it was technically made unavailable in digital form for a while after initially costing $77 to access.

Maybe I'm missing something, but wasn't the CD available in the shops? Can't really remember buying it anywhere else.

Digital.
It was only digitally available on torrent sites...

Pentacle said:

kapo74 said:

TraSoul82 said: Maybe I'm missing something, but wasn't the CD available in the shops? Can't really remember buying it anywhere else.

Digital.
It was only digitally available on torrent sites...

Nope. Digital wav files were available from lotusflow3r.com. That's where The Morning After came from, it was part of Lotus download in place of Crimson & Clover.

Pentacle said:

kapo74 said:

TraSoul82 said: Maybe I'm missing something, but wasn't the CD available in the shops? Can't really remember buying it anywhere else.

Digital.
It was only digitally available on torrent sites...

It was availble digital on lotusflower.com when that site still actually worked.

Also, the whole album is on Tidal. Did that just get added today or was it already on there.

[Edited 10/12/15 15:45pm]

alandail said:

Pentacle said:

Digital.
It was only digitally available on torrent sites...

It was availble digital on lotusflower.com when that site still actually worked.

Also, the whole album is on Tidal. Did that just get added today or was it already on there.

[Edited 10/12/15 15:45pm]

It's been there a while.

kapo74 said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Colonized fucking Mind?!?!!!

Yeah, cheers Prince.

It's not "Purple Pick of the week for Prince.org". It is for everyone else. In my opinion it is one of the greatest songs he has written in the last 20 years. And not many people have ever heard it. Just like HardrockLover.......how many casual fans do you think have ever heard that one? Not many.

3rdeyedude said:

Purple Pick Of The Week was an opportunity for Prince to give his fans something special. He has squandered this opportunity, instead, we get tweets saying "ask and ya shall recieve" in regards to t-shirts lol. Who care about freakin shirts, the fans want vault music, live music, remixes, video, etc.

I could understand the rehashing of songs and the posting of songs that will be released very soon (stare, free urself) if he really had nothing else to put up there, but, as we all know, the dude probably has over 1000 things at any given time to choose from to release as a purple pick of the week that everyone would be very excited about, even the casual fans.

He knows what his long time supporters want, but he simply just doesn't care. Again, it seems to come down to money, a vault track won't sell albums, but colonized mind has a chance of selling some copies of lotusflow3r if the casual listener is captured by it.

Ultimately, he can, and will do whatever he needs to do, it is just unfortunate that the fans that got him to where he is, and the ones that love him the most, are at the bottom of the list as far his priorities are concerned.

TheEnglishGent said:

It was only digitally available on torrent sites...

Nope. Digital wav files were available from lotusflow3r.com. That's where The Morning After came from, it was part of Lotus download in place of Crimson & Clover.

Oh yes. Of course I never visited that site...

3rdeyedude said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Colonized fucking Mind?!?!!!

Yeah, cheers Prince.

It's not "Purple Pick of the week for Prince.org". It is for everyone else. In my opinion it is one of the greatest songs he has written in the last 20 years. And not many people have ever heard it. Just like HardrockLover.......how many casual fans do you think have ever heard that one? Not many.

Is that gonna change in any significant way now that it's the purple pick on Tidal?

TheEnglishGent said:

3rdeyedude said:

It's not "Purple Pick of the week for Prince.org". It is for everyone else. In my opinion it is one of the greatest songs he has written in the last 20 years. And not many people have ever heard it. Just like HardrockLover.......how many casual fans do you think have ever heard that one? Not many.

Is that gonna change in any significant way now that it's the purple pick on Tidal?

Exactly. If he wants more people to hear it, he has to promote it.

But of course he'll then run the risk of being accused of plagiarism.

leadline said:

Ultimately, he can, and will do whatever he needs to do, it is just unfortunate that the fans that got him to where he is, and the ones that love him the most, are at the bottom of the list as far his priorities are concerned.

Which is why HNR will be the last ever purchase I make of his music. Everything is just so average these days and the hoops that require jumping through serve up a pay off that is mediocre at best. It just comes accross as one big practical joke. 30 years of being a fan and instead of celebrating a legacy and taking pride in being a Prince fan, I find myself struggling to care. If it wasnt so average it would be a tragedy.

alandail said:

kapo74 said:

alandail said:

It was availble digital on lotusflower.com when that site still actually worked.

Also, the whole album is on Tidal. Did that just get added today or was it already on there.

[Edited 10/12/15 15:45pm]

Seriously? I have a three CD right here. Don't know how to post pictures here, but surely I can't be the only one who has it? Nope, not the only one hahahaha! http://www.ebay.com/itm/P...1437475897 [Edited 10/13/15 11:10am]

Both of you are (still) missing the point: it's about the digital availibility.

It's good that you bought the cd; every new Prince cd is sort of a collector's item, isn't it (certainly after the unsold stock has been destroyed)

Pentacle said:

any chance Colonized Mind is the version with the clean ending without being interrupted by Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Whatever?

Askani said:

any chance Colonized Mind is the version with the clean ending without being interrupted by Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Whatever?

It isn't. In fact, when you click on it in Tidal, it takes you to a web page with a blurb about the track and a preview. To play the song you actually have to go to the album and play it.

Wonder what jolly jape he has lined up for the pick this week?

PRETZELBODYLOGIC RELOADED.

Just listening now, don't mind remixes as the Purple Picks. Even if I don't like it, it's still a thumbs up from me.

I'm just glad the opening chant is gone, however, so so so so so so so much f'n with the vocals.

2020 said:

Better than a playlist or other randon non Prince associataed track. So many other he could have chosen, but I will take it.