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Face Down: what do you think of the song/ video? I love the song and video!!! Maybe I'm weird but there's something about the moody strings playing in the chorus that gets my blood pumping with excitement, like I'm going to read a mystery novel set in the Middle East. [Edited 9/2/17 4:46am] | |
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Pretty much any Prince song based around his rapping is mostly a no go for me. It was his only real blind spot in my opinion. Sometimes he got it right (Race) but for the most part I find Prince rap to be somewhere on the scale of not very good to atrocious. Bob... Ain't dat a bitch? | |
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Was always a fan of this song, and the remix. Plus it was pretty awesome live.
Prince rapping (prapping) is a genre/style all to its self. |
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One of my faves. Very bouncy beat and defiant lyrics. Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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SoftSkarlettLovisa said: I love the song and video!!! Maybe I'm weird but there's something about the moody strings playing in the chorus that gets my blood pumping with excitement, like I'm going to read a mystery novel set in the Middle East.
[Edited 9/2/17 4:46am] Dig it to. Love your last sentence! I'm going remember that during my bands Prince Tribute.  [Edited 9/2/17 10:27am] |
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Dead like Elvis. Surprisingly I really like the accapela version. The x-tended rap money mix is great too.
Making love and music are the only things worth fighting for. | |
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Thank God for Parke's Jeep.  Check out The Mountains and the Sea, a Prince podcast by yours truly and my wife. More info at https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ |
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Love both...it might be my favorite joint that P raps on. | |
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I like Face Down and also Pussy Control (which I feel is another Prince rap song). | |
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SoftSkarlettLovisa said: I love the song and video!!! Maybe I'm weird but there's something about the moody strings playing in the chorus that gets my blood pumping with excitement, like I'm going to read a mystery novel set in the Middle East. [Edited 9/2/17 4:46am] I love the song and dance and video. Had hidden figures in the video but I will keep my personal interpretation of the video secret. | |
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Love it. Great Live song. His bass playing in concert on this song was incredible. | |
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SoftSkarlettLovisa said: I love the song and video!!! Maybe I'm weird but there's something about the moody strings playing in the chorus that gets my blood pumping with excitement, like I'm going to read a mystery novel set in the Middle East. [Edited 9/2/17 4:46am] I love it too! |
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I always liked it. I never looked at Prince as a skilled "rapper" by any stretch, but he got his point across lol. The video is straight comedy. The remix lifts it up even higher in my book. I put it a notch above the original version. | |
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Always loved it, and the video. The X-tended Rap Money Mix is my favourite version, adding a bit of 18 & Over to the mix moved it up a notch IMO | |
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Since I'm not a big hip hop person, Prince's emceeing skills never bothered me that much unless they were just god awful as with "Mr. Goodnight." But, other songs, such as "Sexy MF," "Irresistible Bitch," "My Name Is Prince," "Jughead," are songs that I enjoy. I think that Prince's use of emceeing works best when he is contouring emceeing into his own funk aesthetic rather than contouring his funk aesthetic to emceeing. As such, I loved "Face Down" the moment that I heard it. And, even more, my wife and I loved hearing it live in 96 and 97. It was so amazing to be able to yell, "PLAY DAT MUTHAFUCKIN' BASS!!!" I've seen Prince perform live over 50 times, and I'll have to admit that "Face Down" is one of the highlights. As for the video, it is good/okay. I like that it's funny and funky. I love Prince being funny.
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great song, any song where prince references elvis, either vocally or in lyric is a great song. the strings were most likely done by the brilliant claire fischer. | |
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i loved joint to joint the most of any raps he did, my best friend and fellow P fan never gave any of princes' hip hop a chance, never. | |
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I like this song and video. I don't mind Prince rapping or mc'ing. I love the sound quality of his voice and understood he was responding to the music scene in the 90s with his own spin on it. Face Down is great song. Video is funny too. "A strong spirit transcends rules." - Prince | |
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Not one of my likes from Emancipation. Could never warm up to tough Prince attitude. It seemed like ideal b-side material. Probably would have liked it more if it had been a b-side. Emancipation was such an avalanche of music I was overloaded & didn't appreciate some of the tunes. I should go back & give it a fresh listen. Got the remix cd single somewhere. | |
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LOVE it. One of my faves of the 90's. I remember he smoked it live! |
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Awesome. More people should have paid attention to his words.
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A highlight on the Emancipation album. Any "best of" list needs this track on it. | |
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Love the song and the video. Definitely a favorite. Welcome to "the org", Mumio…they can have you, but I'll have your love in the end  | |
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The video is quite revealing..... | |
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Once on the org (late 2010 if I recall) a teenage girl said on a thread about the vid something in the line of "Oh God Prince is such a genius! I didn't know he could also play the violin until I watched this video" A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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Now that I know that the orchestra samples come from "Killin' At The Soda Shop" from Jill Jones, I like it even more. |
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They do? Wow! Hadn't noticed A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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Orchestra!
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Um, I checked on Youtube but cannot find an 'official' video. Anyone got a link? | |
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I think so. . Face Down 2:19/2:24/2:35 = Killin' At The Soda Shop 1:15 . Face Down 2:33 = Killin' At The Soda Shop 1:23 . The samples on Face Down are played back a bit slower than on Killin' At The Soda Shop. . I haven't been able to identify the main orchestra sample on Face Down (the one repeated during the chorus), but I'd bet it comes from Killin' At The Soda Shop as well. It's just buried in the mix. . And Graffiti Bridge 0:00 = Killin' At The Soda Shop 0:45 (of course). . Prince apparently liked to recycle. |
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