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Prince- Space (1994) From his 1994 Album "Come" I always loved this song. It's a Pop/Soul/Funk gem. It sounds at least a decade ahead of it's time or perhaps it just sounds timeless.
[Edited 5/29/16 6:18am] “It means finding the very human narrative of a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, non- violence, the pitfalls of acclaim as the perils of rejection” - Lesley Hazleton on the first Muslim, the prophet. | |
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Beautiful track with some great remixes (remember those days?)
The Universal Love one is amazing.
I Love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore... | |
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Love the bass line | |
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I love the live version he did at Glam Slam Miami w/guitar solo ending. It's on youtube. | |
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I love this song. Probably my favorite song on that album, and the maxi single was great. The Universal Love remix is even better than the album version. - There´s an unreleased rock version of this song that I´d love to hear one day. - The bassline is a little bit reminiscent of Cosmic Slop by Funkadelic.Listen to both songs back to back and you´ll see what I mean. " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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Its so good. All the elements are great in this song, I love the melody also. The bass takes it to another level. “It means finding the very human narrative of a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, non- violence, the pitfalls of acclaim as the perils of rejection” - Lesley Hazleton on the first Muslim, the prophet. | |
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A classic. But I really wish it had been tracked to start a few seconds earlier, just as Come collapses into Space, and not after it already has. I always end up going into Come and forwarding to the end when I want to listen to Space for the whole experience. | |
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hausofmoi7 said: From his 1994 Album "Come" I always loved this song. It's a Pop/Soul/Funk gem. It sounds at least a decade ahead of it's time or perhaps it just sounds timeless.
[Edited 5/29/16 6:18am] Great points...amazing song. Love the imagery of staring at a painting of your lover on your bedroom ceiling. The remixes are also beautiful. Come is seriously underrated with great songwriting. | |
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Incredible song, I love the vibe from it...I have the Maxi single, the Accoustic Remix is my favorite remix on it. . One of my favorite single artworks too!
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I have one of the singles, but it doesn't have the rap on it. I never minded it much. The Acoustic & Universal Love remixes are the best. Either the album or the Universal Love are great. There's something so groovy about, so laid back. There definitely are hooks & rhythms that can be related to "Cosmic Slop", although Funkadelic's song is a bit more in your face. The two songs do seem like distant cousins.
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TrivialPursuit said: I have one of the singles, but it doesn't have the rap on it. I never minded it much. The Acoustic & Universal Love remixes are the best. Either the album or the Universal Love are great. There's something so groovy about, so laid back. There definitely are hooks & rhythms that can be related to "Cosmic Slop", although Funkadelic's song is a bit more in your face. The two songs do seem like distant cousins.
Come version of Dark is so much better than Crystal Ball version! | |
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One of my favorites too and my favorite from the album.
I enjoy the remixes but my fav is the album version since it was the first one I heard | |
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Well Space was my instant favorite. | |
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I love this song! Was just about to start a thread about it. The melody and lyrics are so sublime- I agree with the poster who said it sounds timeless and the amazing single cover artwork. I feel like Space is largely ignored by fans but it is a favorite of mine. The whole "Come" album is amazing- especially "Letitgo," I remember tryting to record it from the radio when it first came out. | |
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Interesting he performed it live, tried to look it up but it's gone. I have to go with the original as my favorite of the mixes I've heard. “It means finding the very human narrative of a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, non- violence, the pitfalls of acclaim as the perils of rejection” - Lesley Hazleton on the first Muslim, the prophet. | |
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An instant fav from this album
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on the space maxi-single CD there is the album version which doesn't segue from Come. | |
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That's my SHIT! I think my fave mix is Universal Love, but I like Funky Stuff as well. | |
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I love this time period for him and wish he would have just continued it longer. I realize now why record labels had a hard time with him. Between 1994 and 1996 he made Come, Exodus, Chaos and Disorder, Gold Experience, Emancipation, Gold Nigga and the leftovers he put on Crystal Ball. | |
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The Universal Love Remix is brilliant. His 90's maxi singles were awesome the way he'd expand on a song and completely re-do it in many ways with additional lyrics etc. | |
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Love this song...for many years thought the lyric was "everything I want to do with your body I would do to your hand" and not "to your head" which changed the meaning of the song quite a bit. I like this song in the same way I like "Glam Slam", they have always kind of hit the same spot for some reason. All good things they say never last... | |
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. Prince's greatest vocal is delivered on the verse below. He cuts in with a raspy, gritty voice for the "I've had dreams of us..." line. Then he deftly switches to that beautiful high falsetto ("with eyes that fall somewhere...")...and then abruptly ends it all with a shift to a conversational tone. Sheer brilliance. . "I've had dreams of us cuddling on the planet Mars, Then when i wake up, I'm all covered in sex. With eyes that go somewhere between rubies and stars Don't look at me baby or I'll flex." | |
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^^^^^ some strange ass lyrics though, wouldn't u agree? | |
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Dandroppedadime said: ^^^^^ some strange ass lyrics though, wouldn't u agree? strange how?? I'd call it creative | |
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Musze said: Beautiful track with some great remixes (remember those days?)
The Universal Love one is amazing.
That was my favorite version as well. Surprise, surprise.
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Yes, I loved that about his 90s singles. For me, it all started with the Gett Off maxi singles and all those different versions. I liked some, disliked some others, and LOVED Violet the Organ Grinder....basically more of a whole new song than a remix. Sure, he started much earlier with the extended versions, in the early 80s....but those 90s remixes were so cool. The Universal Love remix of Space, the incredible I Hate U remix with those adlibs, and Eric Leeds´s saxophone version. I Hate U was one of the last great remix singles. But then again, there was also the Come On remix, which was also pretty cool. Then he took a long break and came back with the ManOfWar and HotWitU remixes....those were not so great. How do you feel about those late 90s remixes? Or The Dance? . Too bad that he didn´t put the rock version of Space onto the Space maxi. But it probably would have sounded a bit out of place there. " I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?" | |
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KoolEaze said:
Yes, I loved that about his 90s singles. For me, it all started with the Gett Off maxi singles and all those different versions. I liked some, disliked some others, and LOVED Violet the Organ Grinder....basically more of a whole new song than a remix. Sure, he started much earlier with the extended versions, in the early 80s....but those 90s remixes were so cool. The Universal Love remix of Space, the incredible I Hate U remix with those adlibs, and Eric Leeds´s saxophone version. I Hate U was one of the last great remix singles. But then again, there was also the Come On remix, which was also pretty cool. Then he took a long break and came back with the ManOfWar and HotWitU remixes....those were not so great. How do you feel about those late 90s remixes? Or The Dance? . Too bad that he didn´t put the rock version of Space onto the Space maxi. But it probably would have sounded a bit out of place there. Yes, I loved those you mentioned. Especially the I Hate U Extended Remix with those extra lyrics (I'd pay somebody to knock you off...) . And Cream, even tho Do Your Dance is just a throwaway I like it and the Etheareal Mix. . I've always wished the Come maxi-single/EP got released, as mentioned on Prince vault. There would have been a few great variations on that leading into 18 & Over. . I agree on the Man O War and Hot Wit U remixes - they weren't great and also agree on the Come On maxi that was probably his last decent one. . With regard to the Space rock version - where's that from, is it out there? | |
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