People can bitch about the PR Deluxe rel, but this song is one of the reasons I'm glad it was released

It is WILD, I love it, love the theme, the Upper Room ie Heaven, sex in the afterlife

Irresistable Bitch Possessed Love & Sex on the PR tour would have been wild

i couldn't believe it at first, when i read the entry for this song on princevault,
that this was a prince solo recording i thought for sure that the whole rev
was on it

This one certainly could have opened a 'Purple Rain II'. Great song, classic Prince!

NorthC said:

I prefer Sheila E's version.

Not the same song. Just same title.

OldFriends4Sale said:

People can bitch about the PR Deluxe rel, but this song is one of the reasons I'm glad it was released

It is WILD, I love it, love the theme, the Upper Room ie Heaven, sex in the afterlife

"Irresistable Bitch", "Possessed", "Love & Sex" on the PR tour would have been wild

It is a fun song. I sorta wish it was a live band take, but even as a one-man show it's pretty amazing. There's an aggressive nature in his vocals that makes it really fun. Reminds me of his vocals in "IT".

TrivialPursuit said:

great song...Prince singing/screaming the vocals like his hair is on fire... the tumbling drum programming... wondering if God approves of sex in heaven... Only Prince

I've only listened to this a handful of times since PR:Deluxe was released, and was never all that impressed by it. The mix seems a bit muddled from what I remember, but everyone here seems so enthusiastic that I'm gonna go give the song another shot.

THIS. Spot on RJOrion.

RJOrion said:

great song...Prince singing/screaming the vocals like his hair is on fire... the tumbling drum programming... wondering if God approves of sex in heaven... Only Prince

RJOrion said:

great song...Prince singing/screaming the vocals like his hair is on fire... the tumbling drum programming... wondering if God approves of sex in heaven... Only Prince

Silvertongue7 said:

When I first heard the title ‘Love and Sex’ I thought that no song with such title could possibly be a good one. Boy, was I wrong... and it turns out I was wrong twice! Together with We Can Fuck, Possessed, Father’s Song and Electric Intercourse it made the PR re release worth it for me, despite all its flaws.

Same...

Ive had Disc two in my CD Player in the car.

Ive taken some long drives with it turned right up..

LOVE and SEX is just Everything I love about Prince...

great track

OldFriends4Sale said:

People can bitch about the PR Deluxe rel, but this song is one of the reasons I'm glad it was released

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People (me included) bitch about the way Purple Rain Deluxe was produced (primarily about sourcing the outtakes from cassette copies, but also about the bad remastering of the original album), not about the outstanding songs such as 'Love & Sex'.
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I love the track too and I'm glad it came out, but I still think it was a huge mistake from WB to put these out in poor quality and in such a cheaply produced package, instead of waiting another half (or even a full) year and doing it properly.

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Absolutely love this song! I listened to it so much last summer that I associate it with summer. The vocals, the drums, hell yes.

soladeo1 said:

Dig this song a bunch also. In fact this thread inspired me 2 give the unreleased disc of P.R. Deluxe another spin earlier n I was jammin @ the whole thing . Electric Intercourse is also damn good from this .

Lovejunky said:

Same...

Ive had Disc two in my CD Player in the car.

Ive taken some long drives with it turned right up..

LOVE and SEX is just Everything I love about Prince...

Me too Lovejunky.

I have Disc 2 in my car.

For reason I cant explain, We Can F*ck always come on when I am at the bank drive-thru.

I love all the songs on this disc!

Kares said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

People can bitch about the PR Deluxe rel, but this song is one of the reasons I'm glad it was released

.
People (me included) bitch about the way Purple Rain Deluxe was produced (primarily about sourcing the outtakes from cassette copies, but also about the bad remastering of the original album), not about the outstanding songs such as 'Love & Sex'.
.
I love the track too and I'm glad it came out, but I still think it was a huge mistake from WB to put these out in poor quality and in such a cheaply produced package, instead of waiting another half (or even a full) year and doing it properly.

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u didn't have to take that personally lol

I'm just saying I'm glad I have it

Time waits 4 no one, I might have died before the perfect release, yah know?

I even enjoy my murky bootlegs, gives it a feeling of forbidden-ness

OldFriends4Sale said:

Kares said:

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People (me included) bitch about the way Purple Rain Deluxe was produced (primarily about sourcing the outtakes from cassette copies, but also about the bad remastering of the original album), not about the outstanding songs such as 'Love & Sex'.
.
I love the track too and I'm glad it came out, but I still think it was a huge mistake from WB to put these out in poor quality and in such a cheaply produced package, instead of waiting another half (or even a full) year and doing it properly.

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u didn't have to take that personally lol

I'm just saying I'm glad I have it

Time waits 4 no one, I might have died before the perfect release, yah know?

I even enjoy my murky bootlegs, gives it a feeling of forbidden-ness

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I certainly don't mind admitting that I was bitching about the quality. If I would be in charge of releases I would feel a moral and professional responsibility (in fact: a duty) to do things the right way that would honour Prince's legacy because I'm passionate about his work and would be equally passionate about making sure it reaches the largest possible audience and would gain the highest recognition. Putting out gems like 'Love & Sex', 'Wonderful Ass', 'Computer Blue' etc. in subpar quality is disrespectful and not helping to gain more recognition of his genius.
And I'm saying this even though I'm fully aware that Prince himself didn't care that much about sound quality – he was primarily a creative artist, and creative geniuses are seldom the type whose mind would be focused on technical matters.
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On the other hand, I'm always happy to hear more unreleased tracks in any quality I can get, but that's a totally different question.
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[Edited 7/3/18 5:28am]

NorthC said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Not the same song. Just same title.

Okay, I admit that I wrote my post without having listened to both songs in a while. I listened to them, I know you're right, but I still prefer the Sheila E song.

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I totally agree. The Purple Rain Deluxe Love & Sex track is one of those skippable tracks, much like the version of Possessed on it. Sheila's Love & Sex is a much better song and has some actual groove in it, rather than a, to me, failed attempt to bring gospel style ecstacy to a half finished song idea.

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Still.. it was unreleased music that most of us did not know much about and there are a lot of people (especially in this thread ) that like it, so as far as I'm concerned I am very happy it was released.

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Free the vault!

mediumdry said:

NorthC said:

TrivialPursuit said: Okay, I admit that I wrote my post without having listened to both songs in a while. I listened to them, I know you're right, but I still prefer the Sheila E song.

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I totally agree. The Purple Rain Deluxe Love & Sex track is one of those skippable tracks, much like the version of Possessed on it. Sheila's Love & Sex is a much better song and has some actual groove in it, rather than a, to me, failed attempt to bring gospel style ecstacy to a half finished song idea.

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Still.. it was unreleased music that most of us did not know much about and there are a lot of people (especially in this thread ) that like it, so as far as I'm concerned I am very happy it was released.

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Free the vault!

oh man! different strokes, i guess. because that version of possessed rocks my peñor, hard!

it was a THE major surprise of this package for me, since i sort of dislike the bootlegged one
we've had for so long. so i was ready to just skip it. and then it turned out to be all that and
a scoop of frozen strawberry lemonade, with a scoop of tiny chocolate panties on top

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Lovejunky said:

Same...

Ive had Disc two in my CD Player in the car.

Ive taken some long drives with it turned right up..

LOVE and SEX is just Everything I love about Prince...

Me too Lovejunky.

I have Disc 2 in my car.

For reason I cant explain, We Can F*ck always come on when I am at the bank drive-thru.

I love all the songs on this disc!

hahaha,,,Thats too FUnny...

mbdtyler said:

I've only listened to this a handful of times since PR:Deluxe was released, and was never all that impressed by it. The mix seems a bit muddled from what I remember, but everyone here seems so enthusiastic that I'm gonna go give the song another shot.

start it at 3:15min N2 the song, by the end you'll be jamming from the beginning