SoulAlive said:

Vannormal said:

I absolutely agree 1000000 %

I also agree that segue is hilarious,lol

It's like the pinnacle of "Prince as a comedian" comedy. This and The Time's "Chili Sauce". Put it on after checking out this thread and that it aged like fine wine. Tres magnifique.

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WhisperingDandelions said:

SoulAlive said:

I also agree that segue is hilarious,lol

It's like the pinnacle of "Prince as a comedian" comedy. This and The Time's "Chili Sauce". Put it on after checking out this thread and that it aged like fine wine. Tres magnifique.

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...plus together with 'Cloreen Bacon Skin' & 'Movie Star'

and a few other funny ones i can't name right now... help me

And let's make a funny Prince album/playlist.

EnglishGent2 said:

dodger07 said:

NPS is a real mixed bag. Come On and The One are top notch, Until U're In My Arms Again is nice but very sad considering the subject, Wasted Kisses is interesting to say the least. The rest I can live without, especially the 'live' party tracks.

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I love everything on Exodus. The title track and The Good Life would probably make my top 20 P. The segues like Mashed Potato Girl are funny but it's frustrating he could've replaced them with likes of Mad, Funky Design, Love..Thy Will Be Done

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I love everything on Gold Nigga. Could listen to that live band sound all day. And Tony is my boy

Love those three songs!

Any fans of Hallucination Rain out there?

How about Mad Sex?

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rednblue said:

LoveGalore said:

rednblue said:

Love those three songs!

Any fans of Hallucination Rain out there?

How about Mad Sex?

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I would like Prince's vocals on Hallucination Rain. The song itself I dig, just not that hot on Sonny's lead vocals. Love Mad Sex, it's corny Prince at his best lyrically speaking and the groove is FIRE. If that song doesn't make you wanna learn to play bass, nothing will.

ALL this! Thank you for celebrating these songs with me.

NOBODY comes close to Prince's campy corny combustible cool!

PJMcGee said:

A lot of it is just fun music. Not trying to be anything else. Kind of like The Time. Come On is great (& gave us one of his coolest, wackiest performances on The Tonight Show; I think that's the one where he teaches Leno how to clap). & it doesn't get love here, but I've always dug Push It Up. A great concert opener/party starter.

Really appreciate you reminding about that Leno performance.

Just watched it and realized I never saw the second part with Prince rapping and having a party all over the stage...jumping on the keys, hanging out by clapping Jay, dancing around the band. It is so much fun to see the band bring these songs live.

rednblue said:

I really have to be in the mood for "Hallucination Rain." It's a great, trippy song, almost a precursor to "The War" and "Beautiful Strange." But with all the funk on Exodus, it sorta sticks out. But, it also fully belongs there. It's a balls to the wall track, just like many others on there.

I was late learning about Exodus in general back then, but I did have a single to "Get Wild" and "Hallucination Rain" was the b-side.

As far as "Mad Sex," it's just a song that has great potential but sounds like a really good demo, as does much of NewPowerSoul.

One of the best live versions is "Return of the Bump Squad" that was released on NPGMC. I kinda wish that whole show (October 22, 1995, Paisley Park) would leak. Because those three tracks from that show as just great. It made me rethink "Vicki Waiting."

TrivialPursuit said:

TrivialPursuit said:

LoveGalore said:

Every time people ask about what live shows should be released, the first thing that comes to mind for me is the Miami bday show because it's around in excellent soundboard that could use a professional polish BUT......... that's where I first heard Return of the Bump Squad and it's so. Fucking. Good. I like any live version of it. It's totally a song that needs to be played live.

yes. 94-95 npg shows @ paisley or otherwise are the absolute holy grail for live sbd's

I used to confuse Get Wild and The Good Life. I just listedn to them again. Not sure how I confused them. Get Wild is an okay song. The Good Life sounds like Bell Biv Devoe.

LoveGalore said:

Yeah I think NPS and Goldnigga are way better than people say, and that Exodus is far over hyped when I think it really only has a couple good songs (Exodus Has Begun and Get Wild).

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- Maybe, but it has THE NPG! Even the non-great songs are great because of that band. Such a funky album. I only think the segues are too much distracting. Love "Hallucination Rain" too. That electric violin solo is sooo cool. "New Power Soul" and "Big Fun" are such a joy to listen to.

Newpower Soul is among his worst work IMHO . . . you almost have to wonder if the Estate doesn't want it on Spotify for that reason?