Come on, y'all! Why does no-one ever mention this song? I think this was truly his funkiness peak. Has he ever been funkier in the past, or ever since then? And remember the moment when you first bought the album, after being paid out by everyone around you for the cover, wondering what the hell the boy was up to on this one... hearing that mysterious intro... and then when it all kicks in "...bcoz there's no smack in my brain. HUNDALASILIAH!". And it's the first appearance of the bizarro symbol!

one of prince's better album openers in my opinion!

It's alright but it sounds a bit of a mess to me.

<---- hides from organgrinder

bkw said:

Frankly, I think it's a bit flat but ti's a decent opener for Lovesexy, I suppose.

I liked it better when it was still The Ball, though.

MrSquiggle said:

Not the peak...never the peak. He will continue to raise that bar...and please don't forget all The Time tunes he wrote. 777-9311 (yeah the drums are on hit but that bass is also classic...kinda like Slave's "Just a Touch of Love" or Rick James' "Superfreak" or ....oh, I'll be typing all dang nite if I continue on that)

But it is a great song and a great opener to an album that bared lots of his soul....remember what was going on at the time? It's joyful. But wtf does hundalasiliah mean? Or is that the start of princebonics?

Thanks for bringing attention to this song. Now can we talk about I'm Yours off of For You? hee hee

MrSquiggle said:

I think most of the album would be much better if it were stripped back a bit more - the best two for me are anna stesia and alphabet street where there isn't so much going on.

the version from the start of the lovesexy 1 live video is great tho.

Eye No is a great track.