has anyone actually listened to this song all the way through more than once?

2 or 3 times. It's really a mood piece. A funky mood piece but a mood piece.

That song is too fucking long. I only heard part of it. But nevertheless it's one of Prince's FONKY ASS JAMS!!!

NWF said:

same here.
i'm not saying its a bad song (although not brilliant either) but its so long.

Are you kidding? I listen to it all the time. Sometimes I play it twice in a row. Yes, I'm serious. I absolutely love this song.

Alfred!

all 15 minutes of that mofo. hit meh...

I haven't listened to it in about 5 years. The thing is pure shit. At least put some music on that stuff Prince!

At a PP party after a Lenny Kravitz concert I saw Lenny and Prince play air drums and air bass for almost the entire duration of the song. It was that night that Prince was wearing the red dress and Lenny was wearing boa's so they looked pretty funny

I personally love the song.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That song just cracks me up! I love it! "mmm wait a min, nigga ain't even got the headphones on." It's actually one of my faves.

I used to listen to it a lot, it goes fucking wild for a wild when Morris "opens the hat up".

Can't say I've listened to it in a while, but I remember when I used to be employed and I would listen to it on the walkman on the bus and I would laugh at the "Alfreeed" parts and get some very strange looks!

2freaky4church1 said:

what the hell'd you think the bass and drums were, static?

I'm sure I've heard it at least five times - which is more than I've heard any of the songs on TRC.

Might as well have been static..lol

chris210972 said:

Where can I find it?

callmej5 said:

its on the crystal ball set and is about 17 minutes long.

scififilmnerd said:

listen 2 trc with ur headphones c if ur opinion changes...mine certainly did", oh and skip feast !

chris210972 said:

I have. I used to play it at work when we were allowed to have a boom box in the kitchen

I listen to it every once in a while - the Crystal Ball discs make good cleaning music, and when I'm tweeked on too much coffee (oops, I mean yerba mate, I'm kicking caffeine) and I'm scouring the bejeezus outta my oven, ol' Cloreen is perfect background music.

NWF said:

Deja - u wanna tell him about Billy's frikkin Sunglasses?

I dont think Iv'e got the energy!

bananacologne said:

A masturbatory waste of time.

chris210972 said:

That one is supposedly on its way to me; THANKS!

Whenever I think of the song, I think "man, I haven't heard that song in forever", and then I immediately listen to "Tricky" (a b-side from The Time) and I know I've pretty much heard Cloreen Baconskin, only a good deal shorter thankfully, and actually a tad funnier.

i have listened to it sooo many times. i love it. it's a great insight into how Prince works a song.

that track is slammin. i love it.

Its okay.. He really didnt do anything magical to make it worth poppin in for me.. I really wish he would have taken it to new levels and actually changed chords or so.. its a bit of a bore

I love that song, but I probably can't get through the entire thing all the time these days. I listened to it all the time when it first came out...it is my favorite new track on Crystal Ball 2 be sure.

lovemachine said:

Prince in drag playing air drums for 15 minutes? Is that real? Very funny.
I love this song and often play it before i go out on a friday night...
you have to turn it up LOUD.

I personally consider this to be one of the eye openers of the Crystal Ball set.

The liner notes were the best of the entire set. It gave us an insight of how songs come to be. I would have loved to hear the tapes where he stumbled on the lyrics for Irresistible Bitch, as hinted at the liner notes.

If he had incorporated it into a set that would show us the working process Prince uses to craft songs I'ld be even happier.