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Put on your good dress baby,it's Courtin' Time! "Courtin Time" is a very underated track.Easily one of my favorites off of the emancipation album I know some songs were made to be longer just to fill in time such as "sleep around" which goes on too long But courtin Time could've benefited for being a longer track Upon first impression I got huge Lawrence welk show vibes from this track. I can picture Prince actually singing this on the Lawrence welk show All opinions are welcome on this fabulous track "Courtin Time" | |
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Production is like a star wars bar jazz preset But yes, i love it too Way better than a lot of emancipation Should have been the first track. Sets the tone for the album in a way |
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"Courtin' Time" was one of the very first songs I gravitated toward on the album. Big Band is one of my favorite genres. This song ticked a few boxes. Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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TrivialPursuit said: "Courtin' Time" was one of the very first songs I gravitated toward on the album. Big Band is one of my favorite genres. This song ticked a few boxes. Its just bloated Both as individual songs and the set as a whole Total missed opportunity to relaunch himself in 96 If only he edited it better |
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The prob is the song is sincere but the production sounds chintzy
It also sounds airless But its a cool little song I put it in the same sort of category as delirious [Edited 6/23/23 0:44am] |
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I like this song | |
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Is this fact or speculation? |
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What was the excuse? |
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leecaldon said:
Is this fact or speculation? Speculation but if just seems obvious to me He wanted to do a 3 disc set with each cd having a exact 1 hour run time | |
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Based on his career it seems more likely every song has a "full" 20 minute version somewhere in Vault Mountain and he decided to edit aiming for 60 minute runtime for once. [Edited 6/23/23 5:27am] |
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I think "Courtin' Time" is a neat little song. > "Sleep Around" is okay! > Either could be expanded in length, really, as they're both nice tunes to dance to, IMO.
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The 60 min runtime had a philosophy behind it But padding it out was because he knew three discs means it counts as three album units sold in America So he had to justify it by making sure each disc was almost the full cd length But the story is that he learnt how mjs history sold and wanted in on the action |
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Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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emancipation is a great album but i cannot say this song contributes towards that |
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funkbabyandthebabysitters said: The 60 min runtime had a philosophy behind it But padding it out was because he knew three discs means it counts as three album units sold in America So he had to justify it by making sure each disc was almost the full cd length But the story is that he learnt how mjs history sold and wanted in on the action Don't know about this | |
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Poopy song |
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boomshaka said: Poopy song That's a little disheartening I guess if you like the "old friends 4 sale" album you would like courtin time Songs like it's about that walk,Sarah would sound good next to it | |
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Am3121 said: funkbabyandthebabysitters said: The 60 min runtime had a philosophy behind it But padding it out was because he knew three discs means it counts as three album units sold in America So he had to justify it by making sure each disc was almost the full cd length But the story is that he learnt how mjs history sold and wanted in on the action Don't know about this Ask Michael bland |
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boomshaka said: Poopy song word...100% liquid poopy | |
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'Sleep Around' is one of the best joints on Emancipation...love it | |
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RJOrion said: 'Sleep Around' is one of the best joints on Emancipation...love it Same But it would've been a lot better had it been trimmed down to about 4 minutes Like the version he performed on the Oprah show | |
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Am3121 said: RJOrion said: 'Sleep Around' is one of the best joints on Emancipation...love it Same But it would've been a lot better had it been trimmed down to about 4 minutes Like the version he performed on the Oprah show No doubt. | |
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Emancipation could have easily been one of his best 90s albums if he just edited it. Still up there, but could have been higher. |
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funkbabyandthebabysitters said: Emancipation could have easily been one of his best 90s albums if he just edited it. Still up there, but could have been higher. I agree it could have been much better, but no way it could have been one of the best. It was full of plastic production and dated beats. 80s Prince drum programming was fresh, original, and futuristic. Emancipation’s drum programming sounded like a pale attempt to emulate generic radio R&B. |
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funkbabyandthebabysitters said: The 60 min runtime had a philosophy behind it But padding it out was because he knew three discs means it counts as three album units sold in America So he had to justify it by making sure each disc was almost the full cd length But the story is that he learnt how mjs history sold and wanted in on the action I watched an interview with Hans Martin Buff fairly recently. He said he was tasked with editing down some of the songs so that each cd was no longer than 60 minutes. |
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27 years later, fans still can't agree on which songs are good or bad on "Emancipation". I like that. |
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It's a great album. It's overwhelming in its size. I think even the fans that don't particularly like it would concede that they're able to make a good playlist from it's content. |
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Ndorphinmachina said: funkbabyandthebabysitters said: The 60 min runtime had a philosophy behind it But padding it out was because he knew three discs means it counts as three album units sold in America So he had to justify it by making sure each disc was almost the full cd length But the story is that he learnt how mjs history sold and wanted in on the action I watched an interview with Hans Martin Buff fairly recently. He said he was tasked with editing down some of the songs so that each cd was no longer than 60 minutes. Didnt edit enough! I mean how many extended codas do you need on one album? They are never ending. |
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