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Reply #120 posted 04/08/21 7:50am

Phase3

Just dawned on me that this will be the first prince concert release since 2002.
I think I will go ahead and preorder
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Reply #121 posted 04/08/21 7:52am

funkbabyandthe
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I pray the rest of the album isnt ramble prince.
Can only take rambleprince in small doses.
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Reply #122 posted 04/08/21 7:53am

antonb

well you have got Hot Summer to look forward too

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Reply #123 posted 04/08/21 7:53am

AvocadosMax

christobole said:



2freaky4church1 said:


Single aint really a song. More like some sounds and singing. Good left wing lyrics. I told you all Prince was on my team.



Well, that was ten years ago. The full scope of Obama's presidency and current "team" moves, have left many re-considering their positions. Too bad Prince can't speak for himself in 2021 - MSM, record company & estate will milk this album for its supposed context regardless.


I think a lot more people are more moderate than we think.

Whatever you believe, the real problem is in Washington DC and the media. Politicians lie and placate anyone they’re talking to. The media constantly gaslights us to turn on each other. But we have a lot more in common than being distracted by the bogeymen the media creates.
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Reply #124 posted 04/08/21 7:54am

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funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

I pray the rest of the album isnt ramble prince.
Can only take rambleprince in small doses.

I got a feeling its just the intro.
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Reply #125 posted 04/08/21 7:55am

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christobole said:

2freaky4church1 said:

Single aint really a song. More like some sounds and singing. Good left wing lyrics. I told you all Prince was on my team.

Well, that was ten years ago. The full scope of Obama's presidency and current "team" moves, have left many re-considering their positions. Too bad Prince can't speak for himself in 2021 - MSM, record company & estate will milk this album for its supposed context regardless.

there is Baltimore vibe on W²A..it's right..same kind of prod. but in a more destructured vein & more relax!

[Edited 4/8/21 7:56am]

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Reply #126 posted 04/08/21 8:01am

funkbabyandthe
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Weird that this is being released as an actual single.

On one hand I'm excited to hear new late career prince but not getting my Hopes up too high as this wasnt exactly a golden period for prince albums!

But will be cool to get something new and kinda recent from him.
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Reply #127 posted 04/08/21 8:02am

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I like it, but the live version was even better, harder, funkier....

Pre-ordered the box set from Amazon and ordered the single from the official store.

Liberty > Authority
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Reply #128 posted 04/08/21 8:05am

Genesia

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AvocadosMax said:

“We will not raise your taxes” Hits too close to home lmao welcome 2 America


Too bad "Read our lips" is a paraphrase from George H.W. Bush in 1988.

We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves.
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Reply #129 posted 04/08/21 8:05am

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I just checked the Prince store and found out the double LP has only three sides! What a waste! Also, I don't own a blu-ray player, so there's no point in buying the deluxe version. And the set list of the concert doesn't look very interesting: greatest hits and covers. I hope there will be a single CD version.
If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am.
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Reply #130 posted 04/08/21 8:06am

antonb

There is mr happy

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Reply #131 posted 04/08/21 8:08am

Poplife88

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I am diggin the new track...just ordered the deluxe version.

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Reply #132 posted 04/08/21 8:10am

djThunderfunk

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SantanaMaitreya said:

I just checked the Prince store and found out the double LP has only three sides! What a waste! Also, I don't own a blu-ray player, so there's no point in buying the deluxe version. And the set list of the concert doesn't look very interesting: greatest hits and covers. I hope there will be a single CD version.



$11.98:

https://www.amazon.com/We...amp;sr=1-1



Liberty > Authority
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Reply #133 posted 04/08/21 8:10am

ufoclub

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So glad that they are not releasing the disc as a DVD (fingers crossed this blu-ray format is real). It's 2021, and people have 4K TVs, there is no reason DVD's should even be a thing.

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Reply #134 posted 04/08/21 8:13am

simon1969

Keep refreshing amazon.co.uk waiting for a pre order link

Looks great, cant wait to devour it. Love the Welcome 2 America track released today

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Reply #135 posted 04/08/21 8:20am

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I like the W2A track cool It seems like the album will be way better than 20ten and Prince should have released it back in 2011 smile
Welcome 2 The Dawn
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Reply #136 posted 04/08/21 8:20am

SantanaMaitrey
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djThunderfunk said:



SantanaMaitreya said:


I just checked the Prince store and found out the double LP has only three sides! What a waste! Also, I don't own a blu-ray player, so there's no point in buying the deluxe version. And the set list of the concert doesn't look very interesting: greatest hits and covers. I hope there will be a single CD version.



$11.98:

https://www.amazon.com/We...amp;sr=1-1





Oh, thank you! I've heard the title track by now and I'm not impressed, but I'm still curious. So I think I'll be getting that one.
If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am.
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Reply #137 posted 04/08/21 8:21am

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funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

I pray the rest of the album isnt ramble prince.
Can only take rambleprince in small doses.

The War is half an hour of him rambling and I love that one!
If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am.
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Reply #138 posted 04/08/21 8:24am

AvocadosMax

ufoclub said:

So glad that they are not releasing the disc as a DVD (fingers crossed this blu-ray format is real). It's 2021, and people have 4K TVs, there is no reason DVD's should even be a thing.


Well they probably couldn’t upscale the 80s live shows... a bluray of that 1999 live show would have been a ripoff and unnecessary
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Reply #139 posted 04/08/21 8:26am

christobole

AvocadosMax said:

christobole said:

Well, that was ten years ago. The full scope of Obama's presidency and current "team" moves, have left many re-considering their positions. Too bad Prince can't speak for himself in 2021 - MSM, record company & estate will milk this album for its supposed context regardless.

I think a lot more people are more moderate than we think. Whatever you believe, the real problem is in Washington DC and the media. Politicians lie and placate anyone they’re talking to. The media constantly gaslights us to turn on each other. But we have a lot more in common than being distracted by the bogeymen the media creates.

I believe all your points are true. It is my experience as well, that people tend to be much more moderate, considered. But I have also noticed many of my friends turning away from the "Left" (another media / power-elite creation) in horror, and realizing they have been gaslit - especially over the past twelve months. Are there forces amongst the rulers of this world, that do not have manipulatioin & indoctrination in mind for us? Who can say? But I'll say this: the kind of re-writing of history and instrumentalizing of Prince and his oeuvre for some social-engineering experiments (remember that review of Sign last year with the headline "This is all blackness"), would have Prince turning in his grave.

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Reply #140 posted 04/08/21 8:27am

AvocadosMax

Genesia said:



AvocadosMax said:


“We will not raise your taxes” Hits too close to home lmao welcome 2 America


Too bad "Read our lips" is a paraphrase from George H.W. Bush in 1988.


“Bush! Bush! Bush!”
“Clinton! Clinton! Clinton!”

All of them are bad and apart of the same club.
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Reply #141 posted 04/08/21 8:34am

pdiddy2011

FINALLY... a bluray!!!

I sure hope it's really the case.

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Reply #142 posted 04/08/21 8:36am

djThunderfunk

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SantanaMaitreya said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:
I pray the rest of the album isnt ramble prince. Can only take rambleprince in small doses.
The War is half an hour of him rambling and I love that one!


cool

Liberty > Authority
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Reply #143 posted 04/08/21 8:37am

TrevorAyer

Nice 2 see the 1 2 punch of a new album plus live show .. as dull as this era is eye am still excited 2 check it out .. hoping we get more projects packaged this way but blue ray should not be exclusive to vinyl ..,as a previous lefty i have never been more disgusted with the left and the media gaslighting.. buncha nazis ..,welcome 2 america!!!
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Reply #144 posted 04/08/21 8:41am

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Seems Target will sell a clear vinyl edition...

https://variety.com/2021/...234946872/

[Edited 4/8/21 8:41am]

3121... Don't U Wanna Come?
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Reply #145 posted 04/08/21 8:45am

goosepumble

Not digging it. Sounds cheap.

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Reply #146 posted 04/08/21 8:50am

lustmealways

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what if this is the greatest album of all time

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Reply #147 posted 04/08/21 8:53am

Number23

lustmealways said:

what if this is the greatest album of all time

I'm listening to it now. And yes, it is the greatest album of all time.

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Reply #148 posted 04/08/21 8:57am

soladeo1

I’m scandalously unfamiliar with Welcome 2 America!!! What can I expect??
Prince recorded and teased Welcome 2 America during the absolute nadir of my Prince fandom. I am almost entirely unfamiliar with it or it’s songs.

What’s it like??

Is it truly excellent and one of his best??
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Reply #149 posted 04/08/21 8:59am

lustmealways

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soladeo1 said:

I’m scandalously unfamiliar with Welcome 2 America!!! What can I expect?? Prince recorded and teased Welcome 2 America during the absolute nadir of my Prince fandom. I am almost entirely unfamiliar with it or it’s songs. What’s it like?? Is it truly excellent and one of his best??

imagine if bob dylan had recorded blood on the tracks and then decided not to release it, putting out desire in its place.

that's the level we may be dealing with here.

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