boomshaka said:

I like Get Blue, anybody hating needs to smoke a joint & enjoy the slow groove.

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I disagree with the joint exortation...

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But I do enjoy the tune "Get Blue." A LOT.

Vannormal said:

Live 4 Love Early Version, it's nice to hear, but it's not a overall strong song.

This version is somehow very cool and has a uninterested, soul-less sound to me.

Not all that much live for love in there. Too unpersonal.

It's like a robotic uninspired early version. Prince's early versions often are far more better and sometimes even brilliant. This one is a filler.

Like i said, nice to hear, but i'm not impressed at all.

Or is it Michael Bland's too perfect drumming that makes it so cold for me?

Also the synths sound again uninspired and uninventive.

This could've been a track for Duran Duran or for Mavis Staples.

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I agree on "Live 4 Love" being not a strong song... in fact, I think it might be the worst song on the album.

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BUT, that said, I almost LIKE the song in the for of the early version.

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My standard practice is to simply turn off the album after "Insatiable."

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But if this early version had been the released version, I don't think that would have been the case.

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