I'm kind of with Alfred - I never think to put it on by itself, but if I ever listen to the album or just a survey of Prince's hits that covers that era, I let it play and enjoy it.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 03:09 (seven months ago) link
Creamsha-boogie-bop
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 03:27 (seven months ago) link
The outtakes are excellent pop-inflected R&B jams in the mode of "Daddy Pop" and the live stuff (mostly) smokes.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 October 2023 19:16 (six months ago) link
Yeah, except for "Jughead," the Glam Slam show is really good. (I'm only streaming this, so I haven't seen the additional live material that's on the Blu-ray.) And the three discs of vault items are a great listen.
The album was already mastered well, so the first disc feels redundant if you already have it. The second disc isn't so hot - I never really liked the remixes or B-sides featured on there, especially the ones that heavily feature Tony M, and the single edits feel superfluous.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 28 October 2023 19:50 (six months ago) link
I still love the House-style mix of Gett Off, the first time i heard it was on Pete Tong's Friday night Radio 1 show and straight after he played the Disco Fever edit of De La Soul's 'Rollerskating Jam..'. Man THAT was an incredible 15 minutes of radio. It's enough to make me nostalgic for the early 90's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bi-xdXFsqk
― piscesx, Saturday, 28 October 2023 23:06 (six months ago) link
The only "Gett Off" is "Gett Off (House Style)."
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:22 (six months ago) link
yes.
― piscesx, Friday, 10 November 2023 01:21 (six months ago) link
Fuck, having a good sounding version of prince’s “open book” demo is quite frankly a deeply moving moment
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 01:57 (five months ago) link
A marvelous reappraisal by Matos: https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2023/10/27/digging-for-diamonds-and-pearls-in-princes-expanded-reissue
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 02:16 (five months ago) link
Yeah “Open Book” is definitely the standout of the vault tracks on the SDE of D&P’s…. I’d say the vocals on his demos are some of his best…
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 10:58 (five months ago) link
Nice that matos singles out willing & able. He’s right that it’s the best track on the album. It seems like the original small group version of it isn’t on here though which is odd to me. It’s even better than the released take imo
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Friday, 15 December 2023 04:09 (five months ago) link
That video is incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Apk2Qr9yVc
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 15 December 2023 11:32 (five months ago) link
Nice... was expecting Bela Lugosi's Dead to kick in
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 15 December 2023 13:44 (five months ago) link
“alice through the looking glass” blew my mind, wtf
― ivy., Sunday, 24 December 2023 16:15 (five months ago) link
the live show is obv incredible but in particular i lost my shit when he quoted “it” in the middle of “thieves in the temple”
― ivy., Sunday, 24 December 2023 17:07 (five months ago) link
Yes!
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 December 2023 17:23 (five months ago) link