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8. Hardrocklove -HITnRUN phase one

further Discussion of the song

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Reply #1 posted 09/15/15 9:59am

VelvetKittyKat

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Still my favorite here. (Except the Sade & Babyface bit. What is it? 1995?!)

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Reply #2 posted 09/15/15 2:03pm

Romeoblu

Still waiting for my Cd.

Is the transition on the cd between this and x's face better?

Sounds like an awful editing job on the stream version, I'm putting it down to no gap less playback on tidal.

Anyhow it's an awesome song.
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Reply #3 posted 09/15/15 2:50pm

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prefer the single version as it's longer, the album version segues.

[Edited 9/15/15 14:50pm]

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Reply #4 posted 09/15/15 3:45pm

Aerogram

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Great atmostpheric guitar with dreamlike vocals. I can see myself still liking this one in 10 years.

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Reply #5 posted 09/15/15 5:42pm

LadeeDas

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music batting eyes

from EW interview:

“HARDROCKLOVER” would make any Sunday-school teacher blush, and they sometimes even scandalize the man who made them: After one particularly spicy lyric booms from the ­speakers, Prince buries his face in his hands and then jumps up and runs from the room. (“I forgot about that part,” he murmurs sheepishly when he returns.)

He shouldn't be bashful, that's his artwork. I wonder which particular spicy lyric it is

Don't need no reefer, don't need cocaine..Purple music does the same 2 my brain
..and I'm high
music cloud9
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Reply #6 posted 09/15/15 6:39pm

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Dandroppedadime said:

prefer the single version as it's longer, the album version segues.

you're right eek i hadn't even noticed that yet. and it's my favorite song on the album music

and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #7 posted 09/16/15 1:21am

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The song has of course been discussed endlessly already, but together with June, it's the highlight of the album.

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Reply #8 posted 09/18/15 10:35am

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The best song of the album. Nearly worth buying the album just for that song, cause I'm not really a big fan of most of the rest. Hugs and Kisses is very good though.

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Reply #9 posted 09/18/15 11:36am

Kara

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pray4rain said:

The song has of course been discussed endlessly already, but together with June, it's the highlight of the album.

Replica said:

The best song of the album. Nearly worth buying the album just for that song, cause I'm not really a big fan of most of the rest. Hugs and Kisses is very good though.


I agree. Love Prince's guitar, bass, and vocals. I wish I had a count of how many times I've listened to this song, because it'd be ridiculous. Hoping he plays it live at some point!

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Reply #10 posted 09/18/15 12:07pm

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Yeah great track, I really liked it when it first came out and was worried I might have gotten tired of it by now, but I had a listen now and it's still really cool. I can understand why there might be some elements of it that people find corny but I don't feel like that personally. Obvious highlight of the album imo.

Heavenly wine and roses seems to whisper to me when you smile...
Always cry for love, never cry for pain...
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Reply #11 posted 09/18/15 4:31pm

pureTsexy

To me it's his new "darling nikki".
Not filthy, but you still get that grimy, dirty, need a bath afterwards feel to it.
The first time I heard it, I was like... yea, this is his attempt at a new Darling Nikki.
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Reply #12 posted 09/19/15 2:07am

antonb

Yes this along with hugs and kisses are my favarite tracks. Im hoping that the next album will be more along the line of hardrocklover . Hardrocklover was only recorded recently so i live in hope!

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Reply #13 posted 09/19/15 2:46am

misiu

kinda goes nowhere, kinda borin. Again no real singing...strange. Cant understand someone saying that it has stong vocals....

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Reply #14 posted 09/19/15 9:34am

TPvision

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This is my favorite song on HnR. It flows really well, and this is one everyone can sing along to. I can't wait to hear this played live. This song rocks, and Prince again does his thing with the guitar solos.

POSITIVITY!!!
The words U speak have power. Use them wisely.
{1 God, 1 race, 1 love}
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Reply #15 posted 09/21/15 6:19pm

Astasheiks

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LOVE THIS SONG!!! cool wildsign prince eye yes headbang woot!

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Reply #16 posted 09/22/15 6:17am

MinorG

Another great track, simple structure but features great guitar, vocal and bass work from Prince. The story style of the lyrics doesn't really build in to anything special like Joy in Repetition, but it's good to hear a return to that spoken style. His delivery of a few lines is really fresh and diferent from what we've heard before, the way he says "about to hear a woman just scream" the second or so time he sounds like he's about to loose it vocally, like he's tripping up on himself and his voice is in this weird register between scream and talk.

The ending meldoy of "she likes to party hard, she's a hard rock lover" is nice and stands in contrast to the mostly unmelodic previous sections, but it doesn't really last long enough. Likewise, the first melody on the guitar when he hits the first chorus is nice, but then he quickly abandons it to improvise over the next choruses so you lose that hook element. It also feels like it is missing a really wild guitar solo, and that if it was performed live it could be epic.

His voice when he screams at the climax is amazing and clear and could be from any time in his career. This plus the Breakdown show me that he has taken amazing care of his voice and can still push it to do crazy things when he wants.

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Reply #17 posted 09/22/15 10:40am

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It's grown on me since the album. It works as the "rock track". New Darling Nikki as I said on original thread n as some1 else did here smile. HardrockloveR wink.
[Edited 9/22/15 10:41am]
For all time I am with you, you are with me.
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Reply #18 posted 09/25/15 6:28am

XxAxX

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deep, dirty angsty song. love it!

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Reply #19 posted 09/25/15 7:48pm

Aerogram

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My friend cranks this up every time I play HitnRun,

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Reply #20 posted 09/26/15 11:15pm

awesomeav

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Astasheiks said:

LOVE THIS SONG!!! cool wildsign prince eye yes headbang woot!



yeahthat
[Edited 9/26/15 23:15pm]
All of this and more is 4 u. With <3, sincerity and deepest care, my life with u eye share ~Prince~
Life is time time is space and space is what Eye need ~Awesome A.V~
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Reply #21 posted 10/03/15 6:21pm

stpaisios

So good, has everything that a good Prince rock song has....rocks your brain out.

That screaming thing has something to do with song "Shhh"...i found some connection between them, guitars on both are timless...

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Reply #22 posted 10/15/15 4:50am

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Peach & Black Podcast's thoughts on "Hardrocklover"


Full HITNRUN Review Youtube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/w...mp;index=1

Toejam @ Peach & Black Podcast: http://peachandblack.podbean.com
Toejam's band "Cheap Fakes": http://cheapfakes.com.au, http://www.facebook.com/cheapfakes
Toejam the solo artist: http://www.youtube.com/scottbignell
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Reply #23 posted 10/15/15 5:25am

nusole

i just happen to see the hard copy album in the store and bought it... and oh my...no hard rock lover on it...wtf.....

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