I used to looooove this song so much. Played it constantly as well as the Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album. What are your opinions on this song? Do you think it's a classic? Do you think it has a Prince type sound to it?
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..the video is <---SWEET!..

..mzsexybaby

A great zeitgeist song ads it really seems dated only after a few years later.

I always thought he sounded more like Mick Jagger in that song.

Not Prince though.

Other songs on the album definitely reminded me of Prince though.

In particular:

"Spread"
"Vibrate"
"Happy Valentines Day"
"Love Hater"

I'm sure there's more but I'm forgetting.....

I thought "Behold A Lady" sounded very much like "Word Up" by Cameo.

Again, there's a very detailed review on my blog...

click on the link below if you're interested in checkin it out.

JasonWill1980 said:

I used to think it musically sounded like The Beatles at top speed. Definitely one of the few real classics of the 2000's.

Love the song, love the entire CD. Did you all know that it was supposed to be the soundtrack to a movie that never came to life, called "The Love Below". When the movie did not pan out, the released the album along with "SpeakerBoxx".

...i loved the movie idlewood...soo sexy!..

..mzsexybaby

I hate that song so much. Never understood why people like/liked it. The music sucks, his voice sucks, the lyrics suck, the video sucked, his hair sucked, his outfits sucked, his horse mouth sucked. everything sucked.

I used to love it but it got overplayed.

I prefer Prototype, it's a Prince leftover if I ever heard one!

mzkqueen03 said:

Idlewild.

DiamondGlove said:

Yeah but from what I've seen of your posts your taste sucks worse.

Although I prefer "I Like The Way You Move," Andre3000's pop smash is the more perfect pop song.

song is corny

Never liked it.

And never understood the Prince comparison either.

anc282 said:

"She lives in my lap" is IMO the most Prince influenced song on the album. A gem of a song it is too, co-incidentally!

See? I knew I was forgetting something!

Yes!!!

That's like a cross between "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" and of course, "She's Always In My Hair."

I think Prototype is the most Prince like.

I disagree. That to me is Andre doing his best Larry Blackmon imitation. It's an ice cold soul ballad from the '70s thrown into the 2000s.

I hated that song until I saw the video, then it grew on me. That one didn't sound like Prince to me though but the rest of the Love Below CD was a straight tribute to the one who used to be known as His Royal Badness!

nd33 said:

"She lives in my lap", sounds like Prince's, "She's always in my hair".
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I loved the song when I first heard it and I still do . Just as pretty much the whole The Love Below album.

I prefer "Millionaire" by Kelis featuring Andre 3000 (and produced by him)

Arnotts said:

I feel exactly the same way about you.

Idlewild.[/quote]

...yeah that's the name..i only saw it once like last year..
..mzsexybaby

shorttrini said:

That was automatic right there because as soon as I heard "She Lives in My Lap", I said "that sounds just like 'She's Always in My Hair'!"

I love it. I got burned out on it when it was out, but I heard it for the first time in awhile the other day and it's still great.

anc282 said:

To add to that list dont you think She Lives In My Lap sounds similar to Princes Shes Always in My Hair?

Love it. I dug the whole love below cd.
Dracula's Wedding was my favorite.

loved the entire thing.....was pissed when love below dissapearred and speaker boxx got all scratched up....thank god for you tube and bmg! ! ! ! ! !

favorites: pink and blu3( from what i can remember)
behold a lady.
church
rooster.
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PurpleMedley122 said:

Scroll up to Reply #14.

I think this song will age well, but I'm still not at the point where I can enjoy listening to it. I'm still just a wee bit tired of it. A couple more years and I'll reclaim it, I'm sure.