Would this have been a better song if it started immediately with the drum beat rather than the accapella chick singing in the begining? I think it would have IMO.

If anyone has an editing system on their CPU that wants to post a snippet of the outtro from A Million Days blending into the Life Of The Party drums, i think you will find a much better experience.

That bitch really ruined the song. She CANNOT sing. Maybe Prince banged her and promised here a solo for the pooh-nanny?

Spanky said:

sounds like Rhonda

Would it be just a better song if it wasn't the song it is?

C'mon, for a tune that is titled life o the party, there's not much going on to gife life to anything.

This is one of the weaker songs on the album, and the opening line...

So you're having a party, Bully for you! Well this is one party I'm glad I didn't get asked out to!!!!!

mentalist said:

Couldn't agree more. The weakest, IMO. Oh well, I'm diggin' the rest, tho!

shybee said:

Yes, that is absolutely Rhonda Girl!

PsychedelicMama said:

I thought it was Candy Dulfer singing.
Can anyone with liner notes please help out?

I actually did a major edit to the song.. I put it up on SoulSeek for a day or so.. so yall can grab it if u want.. wont b up long.

The girl at the intro is cut off.. and so is the horn bit in the middle..


just sounds betta, i stuck it at 320 kbps
[This message was edited Tue Apr 20 14:44:06 2004 by Sdldawn]

eugnj420 said:

By far the weakest track and of course it had the most promising title. I'm liking the album but that one makes it grind to a halt.

this track is very intense LIVE. On the cd it sounds like Prince's stab at Nelly's flavor.

it was candy maldonado.....she played tha sax at the rainbow children concert and that song sounds so good with her singing on the beginning she has a nice voice"this is the life of the party,we gon' do it right"

I always skip over it on the cd. But it sounds good live because you cant hear Candy...hee hee

OH MY GOD...

can you email this guy and he'll sort it out immediatley;

prince@npgmusicclub.com

also you're idea about putting a bassline in When Doves Cry... i mentioned it to him... he's really keen to speak to you!!!

thanx

ufoclub said:

I wasn't feeling this song at first either. But then I thought about what I learned from NPS. What sucks on cd may live.

Must clarify....I don't think LOTP sucks, but I do think it will sound better live.


Clarification edit.
[This message was edited Wed Apr 21 15:36:31 2004 by Nothinbutjoy]

bananacologne said:

:dies:

I dun care if ne of ya'll dun like it. This is my 1st Prince CD eva! & I'm listenin' 2 Life 'O' The Party right now & I'm defintely down wit the beat! This song I believe 2day's kids(teenagers-In my case) would like 2 listen 2. I love when it switches 2oa type Reggae-like beat. All 'n all ya'll can trash this song if ya like but u really gotta hear it good it's mad hot. I'm 'bout 2 let 1 my friends listen 2 it now. I let her read the lyrix she said it sounds koo but w8 'til she hears it. & I find humor when P says 'I don't care what they said-"He don't play the hits no more Plus I thought he was gay"' . That's defintely showin' he dun giva fuck what'cha think about him he still doin' his thang 4shO!

& plus P knows howda use 2day's slang talkin' & that's wussup! I mean how many 45 yr. old men & might look good but can REALLY use 2day's slang just right?-Not many from my observing. Yo! P still gots it! this song is off da chain!

P.S. Ya'll also know he wuz referencing MJ in this song 2?

For some reason I really dig the music on the bridge...but nothing else.

ufoclub said:

I just threw up in my mouth a little.

freakebear said:

Best response EVER ... Comic book guy voice

Hated it, now I love it!

"HORNS!"

i hated life of the party when i first listened to it on the radio monday...

listened to it yesterday when i got the album, still hated it...

now day 2 of the album, still skip it...

the thing i don't like about it is all that drumming mess in it and the chorus...yeesh

I Love Candy's singing and she's a Great Sax player. Rhonda is Fabulous also. I think the song is Great. If Prince was Gay or even Bald I would Love him all the Same. That's been my Dream Lover since I was a Teenager. I Don't Care bout Trifles or Past Anything and to tell ya Straight Up well I will always feel Goose Bumpy and I wish I could be with him Forever as I Love him so.

2funkE said:

Same here

NME said:

Your sarcasm would be appropriate if Life of the Party came even close to the greatness of When Doves Cry. You gotta admit that Candy's singing at the beginning sounds like someone jabbing an ice-pick in your ear, right?

Other than the fact that the beginning of Life O The Party sounds like a Chevrolet commercial, what's so bad about Candy's vocals?

theblueangel said:

The most irritating vocal on a P track since Rosie Gaines' "How how how how" on 'Horny Pony'. Wait, maybe Doug E. Fresh's rap on 'I Like Funky Music' was worse...
[This message was edited Wed Apr 21 22:45:29 2004 by butter4yourmuffin]

You guys are a trip. "Life 'O' The Party" is probably the best song on Musicology... besides "Reflection."

1. There ain't nothing wrong with Candy's vocals.

2. There is no reference to MJ in the song, so get over it.

3. Where does he say "Bully for you?"

"So you're having a party... goodie for you!"

Or in Prince writing: goodie 4 u.

I like the CD, but besides Musicology, Life 'O' The Party, What Do U Want Me 2 Do Girl? and Reflection... these songs all sound like other songs he's done before. Like it or not, LOTP is one of the few, newer sounding tracks on the disk.
[This message was edited Thu Apr 22 0:14:47 2004 by LovesexyIsThe1]

"Life of the Party" is the worst track on "Musicology". Dull beyond words.

DAMN Y'all really get into it huh? Editing & shit I could see if I was making a comp & there was something I just detested, but just to fuck around w/ for 4 seconds of singing off the top? I guess it's worth it to some - I like it okay, it's much better in concert (w/ that Hot Pants behind it) but definitely listenable... if that's a word


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[This message was edited Thu Apr 22 2:06:48 2004 by CalhounSq]

Good horns. Crap song.