nv34 said:

Loving this! Groove gives some Teddy Riley & New Jack Swing vibes. Hint of Batman era in the background vocals, or maybe it's that sweep reverb effect.

With a hint of Pheremone.

nv34 said:

Loving this! Groove gives some Teddy Riley & New Jack Swing vibes. Hint of Batman era in the background vocals, or maybe it's that sweep reverb effect.

yes indeed. third or fourth listen to it is when i started thinking "might have even been sent to MJ"

I promised myself I will try to resist and listen to the entire album when released. But I am curious: what´s the vibe of this song? Live band? Electronic drums? Piano driven? Experimental? Does it remind of another P song?

GustavoRibas said:

Surprised no-one has mentioned Emotional Pump yet.

Stevie Wonder should add this on the playlist of his radio station in LA. It would be another massive hit for Prince(r.i.p.).

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as the kids say, this song totally FUCKS

love his vox beat boxing inbetween the lines, in what i assume was considered a scratch vocal take? so fucking great.

RJOrion said:

GustavoRibas said:

I promised myself I will try to resist and listen to the entire album when released. But I am curious: what´s the vibe of this song? Live band? Electronic drums? Piano driven? Experimental? Does it remind of another P song?

Listen to Pheremone...thats the vibe

+ a little bit of The Max from the Love Symbol album, or at least a very similar bass line.

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I really like all the melodic parts, especially chorus. And I'd love to hear that opening line he is doing with his voice been done with synth or horns.
But the drums production - really unimaginative take on new jack swing, that hard metallic beat smashes my head.
If it would've been produced in the eighties and with Linn... – oh god, the real stuff!

lustmealways said:

It's a nice track. But it's obvious why it didn't make the album. It's a little too generic. We can all get a little carried away when we get to hear unreleased music for the first time, proclaiming it as a 'masterpiece'. Prince generally had a good ear for quality, and whilst he was happy to hype up the mystery around the vault and claim his best songs were unreleased, the reality is, he usually put the best tracks out.

RJOrion said:

Sounds better with every listen....this might've could've been a hit record.

yes!!!

this is definitely "unfinished" insofar as that term means anything at all, but even with just the tracking that's present - this fucking KICKS

lustmealways said:

SquirrelMeat said:

SquirrelMeat said:

this is exceptional. sleazy, dark, melodic in a really cool way, that synth constantly chirping away along with the menacing bassline eating everything up. sounds nothing like D&P - superb and such a joy to hear.

similar to the pheromone comparisons someone made, this sound is why i rank come as a top 5 p album

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RJOrion said:

GustavoRibas said:

I promised myself I will try to resist and listen to the entire album when released. But I am curious: what´s the vibe of this song? Live band? Electronic drums? Piano driven? Experimental? Does it remind of another P song?

Listen to Pheremone...thats the vibe

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Thanks! When I saw the title, I thought it would be something more psychedelic/intimate, but it seems it´s not.

TheNumber23 said:

lustmealways said:

I wonder if Sheila ever did vox for this. That I would love to hear.

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Imagine Prince's version with the arrangement from Sheila E. 2002's version (the horns in particular).

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Overall, not a bad track, but, yes, it's a bit raw. It doesn't really sound finished.

olb99 said:

Landonfunkmonkey said:

olb99 said:

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Imagine Prince's version with the arrangement from Sheila E. 2002's version (the horns in particular).

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Overall, not a bad track, but, yes, it's a bit raw. It doesn't really sound finished.

So if we had this version on a boot release and then a more fleshed out version was released people we complain it was over produced. I think this is fine as it.

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I want all versions (WIP, etc.).

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Odd choice to have this song as a preview of the SDE seeing as its obv in the rough stage of development. Would this get much interest from radio etc? Idk.

I don't think radio is in the mind of anyone 'promoting' this box. It's for the fans, obviously.
The only way anything like this becomes a hit is if tik tok picks it up and makes it hot for a
couple minutes. That could boost streams to very high numbers.

But on Spotify's 'new releases' for this friday, it doesn't even feature in the 100 songs they
list. Probably because all those songs are paid for by their companies to be there. Yet it's a
telling sign that a new prince track isn't even featured on there. It's just different times and
a different game/strategy with music these days.

If you want the good stuff, you just have to go digging for it yourself. Wether it's a new or a
very old song or a reissue - the best stuff is the stuff radio isn't going to play anyway.

Would be nice for the estate though, if one of these songs raked in some extra attention or
even some cash. But for that to happen I think they have to start licensing music to films
and commercials. And the org doesn't want that

lustmealways said: