SchlomoThaHomo said:

i didnt really notice this song after the first couple listens.... now i skip ahead to it... one of the best 3 songs on the album..

Groovy Potential

Stare

Black Muse

donnyenglish said:

The strongest song on the album. Sounds like it could be on the Rainbow Children. Great sound. Great lyrics. The song builds and gets better with each layer.

Agree with all of this!

RJOrion said:

parts of it almost remind me of "In A Large Room With No Light"

The official release of that should be on Phase III. I loved the redid version almost as much as the original.

teiemka said:

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

Yes. I am not the only one to recognise the "Last December" music in Black Muse.

Co-sign and the part I love most of both songs.

It definitely has a similar vibe, and would fit perfectly on TRC

is that andy on vox on the last part of the song..god i love her

2nd favorite song on P2 and this is the songwriting I needed to hear.

lwr001 said:

is that andy on vox on the last part of the song..god i love her

Im surprised how much he recorded with her.

lezama said:

lwr001 said:

is that andy on vox on the last part of the song..god i love her

Im surprised how much he recorded with her.

she recorded with him

lezama said:

dodger said:

lezama said:

Im surprised how much he recorded with her.

Someone said in another thread it was Ledisi

i think ledisi is on the begiinning vocals of the song,.,, Closer to the end thats def andy

lwr001 said:

dodger said:

lwr001 said:

i think ledisi is on the begiinning vocals of the song,.,, Closer to the end thats def andy

You are correct sir. I've just read on Prince vault the last 3 mins of Black Muse is a song called 1000 Light Years Away, which featured Andy. I've also just listened again and you can clearly hear her near the end, as you say.

he and andy need to stop playing with my emotions and record an album together

lwr001 said:

dodger said:

lwr001 said: You are correct sir. I've just read on Prince vault the last 3 mins of Black Muse is a song called 1000 Light Years Away, which featured Andy. I've also just listened again and you can clearly hear her near the end, as you say.

he and andy need to stop playing with my emotions and record an album together

Yes! They really do. You can tell they were good for each other's creativity. There voices are great together and he still seems sprung haha

KingSausage said:

This song is fantastic. It couldn't possibly sound more like classic Stevie. You could drop this shit right onto Talking Book or SITKOL. (Of course, Prince will get kudos for openly embracing his musical idols but D'Angelo gets dogged for doing so.) Anyway, this is one of my favorites on an album full of favorites. Great stuff.

I thought the exact same thing. It totally reminds me of one of those epic SITKOL tracks.

KingSausage said:

This song is fantastic. It couldn't possibly sound more like classic Stevie. You could drop this shit right onto Talking Book or SITKOL. (Of course, Prince will get kudos for openly embracing his musical idols but D'Angelo gets dogged for doing so.) Anyway, this is one of my favorites on an album full of favorites. Great stuff.

i read a review that stated that Black Muse and Revelation back to back were one the best 13 minutes of music he has ever done and also the instrumentatioh les you know that Prince is teh most giftede musiciaon alive

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A great great song. Great drums. Great piano. I put this in the Crystal Ball quality level.

controversy99 said:

How does this compare to the live version that was played (once?) on the Welcome 2 America tour?

Slightly slower tempo, the song is longer and has Prince joining the ladies on lead vocal. Other than that, very similiar. I LOVE that live version and I've been waiting for a legit release of this for a long time.

One day Ill get over this song LOL. keep playing it back to back and Revelation!

Black Muse
can I share with you
just came this morning
and it's mighty good news
they tipped the hour glass
now everything is past
it's true...

they gave the world back to u and me
the faces on the mountains
and the dirty sea
a trillion dollar bill
and no currency
still will we believe

powerful; love the way he put this. The lyrics, on top of the very uplifting music, makes this my top song of the bunch. It makes me feel hopeful.

KingSausage said:

This song is fantastic. It couldn't possibly sound more like classic Stevie. You could drop this shit right onto Talking Book or SITKOL. (Of course, Prince will get kudos for openly embracing his musical idols but D'Angelo gets dogged for doing so.) Anyway, this is one of my favorites on an album full of favorites. Great stuff.

Well said! Totally agree

Just read the new EBONY article and Prince said BLACK MUSE is the oldes recorded song on Phase 2, he was just saving it...

So it seems Black Muse is an "old track" he recorded a while ago...