LoveGalore said:

parker said:

I saw that Neversin post and of the four versions described none matched what ultimately ended up on SOTT SDE, no mention of the extra vocals etc. who is this Neversin anyway?

version #1 = full version without "Welcome to the Crystal Ball" outro This is what we got and this is what Neversin predicted we would get.

Some traders said he told some close to him that t he version on SOTT SDE is a slightly shortened/edited and badly mixed version of the full version #1 he posted in that list.
The original full version is a bit longer. Don't take my word for it but that's what Neversin apparently told some people in a private Discord group.

I love Emotional Pump. A lot of ppl have commented on how this song didn't work for Joni Mitchell, but I believe Prince was signaling her work with bassist Jaco Pastorious. The song is seriously funky.

JorisE73 said:

MIRvmn said:

paisleypark4 said:

What's so great about Big Tall Wall, it's an ok song in any incarnation.

The Shep remix of Strange Relationship is kicking my ass a bit. It's SOOOOOO 80s but for this 80s kid I am totally diggin it! It comes on and I am dancing like a fool.

Poplife88 said:

LoveGalore said:

Poplife88 said:

The Shep remix of Strange Relationship is kicking my ass a bit. It's SOOOOOO 80s but for this 80s kid I am totally diggin it! It comes on and I am dancing like a fool.

I love it. It takes soooo many of the best parts and turns the dial way up. Typically I don't even like most remixes. Maybe I don't like any. I don't enjoy the Hot Thing or HQ ones. Maybe it speaks to the strength of the material. Or maybe Shep just liked this song better and really leaned in cuz man I dig the hell out of this remix.

I hate all those Shep Pettibone remixes with those horrible effects and stabs, I'm glad I grew up in the 70's and 80's and followed turntablists. I would have rather seen a real turntablists remix Prince's tracks than these Shep Pettibone kind of people.

slyjackson said:

What's so great about Big Tall Wall, it's an ok song in any incarnation.

I really dig the beat on v2.

herb4 said:

slyjackson said:

What's so great about Big Tall Wall, it's an ok song in any incarnation.

I really dig the beat on v2.

I like the lyrics but not the music or melody.

herb4 said:

slyjackson said:

What's so great about Big Tall Wall, it's an ok song in any incarnation.

I really dig the beat on v2.

Well I like it already

Poplife88 said:

purplepolitician said:

Rebirth of the Flesh is kickin my ass tonight . Am on at least 6th spin. Souliacolia hey!

FrankieCoco1 said:

There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool what a good song, with his reggae grrove it wors so well without sounding like pastiche or something.

LoveGalore said:

I am sad I can't get anywhere near the wavelength of people who like Emotional Pump and I Need A Man. These songs sound nearly the same to me. And there's a ton of songs from 87-92 that remind me of them strongly. What's the appeal? It feels so boring to me. But I've become pretty obsessed with Promise To Be True and TSILABYF. And I find myself humming Wally a lot. That ending is just really great at this fidelity. Hearing his low register howls deep in the mix. The solo. A real grower for me but I'm pretty sold.

I'm with you in all you're saying can't fin anything on Emotional and I Need.

Listening to Wally, it feels like a combination of a Parade outtake and Adonis & Bathsheba

LoveGalore said:

I am sad I can't get anywhere near the wavelength of people who like Emotional Pump and I Need A Man. These songs sound nearly the same to me. And there's a ton of songs from 87-92 that remind me of them strongly. What's the appeal? It feels so boring to me. But I've become pretty obsessed with Promise To Be True and TSILABYF. And I find myself humming Wally a lot. That ending is just really great at this fidelity. Hearing his low register howls deep in the mix. The solo. A real grower for me but I'm pretty sold.

They are meant for folks that like to move them hips and can cut a rug. When I hear those songs I can literally see the dances I would be hitting on those horn stabs in the club.