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The Line Is this the most pure and exuberant thing ever put to tape or what? | |
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no, Bloody Mouth is | |
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Absolutely!The Line is pure joy. It fills me with so much energy. | |
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Great little trowaway track, great baseline, great warm synths, and would've been perfect as opener for side 2 of Lovesexy. That great chorus with much chord changes. We really need a clear studio version of this one. At least I do. I once made a slowed down version of it, to enjoy it 'longer'. Gonna dig that up again. Kangaroo !
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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I love Boni. | |
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It's a bit 'busy'. I have the same issue with a lot of Sheila E tracks too. There's just too much going on too quickly, and it just gets a bit much. It's like being in a room full of extroverts and everyone's fighting for attention.
An edited version (with the full length as a 12" version) would probably have been easier of the ears. blah blah blah | |
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I remember hearing it for the first time on a bootleg I got in the early 90s, hated it then, decades later, still hate it. | |
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erik319 said: It's a bit 'busy'. I have the same issue with a lot of Sheila E tracks too. There's just too much going on too quickly, and it just gets a bit much. It's like being in a room full of extroverts and everyone's fighting for attention.
An edited version (with the full length as a 12" version) would probably have been easier of the ears. I think that's intentional. Lot of Lovesexy era tracks are like that but I think the Line is the best of bunch. It's like chasing your lover through a train station. | |
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A lot of the songs from that era were busy (or overproduced, depending on your appreciation of said songs). That was Prince exploring what he could do with 48 tracks instead of 24 tracks. And that was brilliant, I think. [Edited 4/18/24 23:59pm] | |
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I fully agree. Imagine a Dolby Atmos of all those tracks. Discovering new unheard sounds, production, arrangements... I can dream about this all day and night. Kurwa! "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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