prince

prince didnt really do anything approximating new jack swing until acknowledge me around 92/93 or so or love sign. partyman is def not NJS. the drums are too rhythmically straight for that.

OK I admit I'm not a connoisseur. Maybe I should have said that the things I like about it sound a lot like the things I like about NJS. The utter lockedness of the beats, the remorselessness, the interplay between synthetic and live.

Art Official Age (2014) is a p good album

tracer this comp is fucking beautiful, thanks so much for reposting <3

:D

thanks for posting those too :)

Violet the Organ Grinder is the definitive version of Gett Off for me.
https://vimeo.com/126665778

^ ewwww, wait a minute i think you better trip on this (apologies for the bad mix, amazed it's even on the web at all tbh)

"I'll die but I won't go away"

Tru-dat.

Thanks to tracer for uploading those comps. For those of us champing at the bit, could Alex or anyone do the same for those deluxe versions mentioned upthread? I missed the boat and am in full-fledged "listen-to-everything-before-I-collapse" mode.

The sign o the times one has been uploaded to the 'son of readers links' page on w1ll@rds w0rmh0les within the last couple days

The Prince links on that site have been getting shot down fast though

Re: SOTT super deluxe

how are all these links being shut down but youtube is getting new uploads every day? seems weird. unless princes superstar team of laywers are too busy right now.

WW's had Dream Factory which I grabbed – not sure if it's the same version as the one Alex posted upthread and Alfred raves about but I'm really happy to finally have it. The SOTT that was up there was just the regular record (which is weird – I feel like a thief!).

Agree with those that praise I Wonder – just a great track. Feel like that version of "Come" deserves some, er, love as well.

You have to look on the Son Of Readers Links page that's where super deluxe SOTT links are. It's one of the most recent posts

Ah! My word search missed it as it hid Prince's name. Got it. Damn ... 10 CDs. If ever there were an artist, record or era that deserved an official treatment like this, it's Prince in the run up to SOTT -- the finished double record is the product of three different unreleased records (Dream Factory, Camille, Crystal Ball) and it's kind of unquestionably his most fruitful period. The sheer breadth of it all also puts into perspective Prince's battles with WB -- yes, the material is amazing and, yes, any one of these alternate releases almost certainly would have sold worse than SOTT ultimately did.

feel like the title track off Herbie's "Future Shock" fits here

er sorry wrong thread

http://www.today.com/video/prince-s-paisley-park-al-roker-gets-first-look-inside-untouched-museum-779588675703

I heard a Prince song last night and it was longish (like 5-6+ min, prob longer) and roughly around 125 BPM had a synth bit that sounded like "Flashlight" and the very end of the song was Prince saying three syllables that sounded something like "innocence" or "in a (something)" and it was probably a single but idk. What song was this????

dmsr?

no i think it was faster and more upbeat a la "lady cab driver" or "erotic city"

All The Critics Love U in New York?

I think he sings "in New York" a few times at the end, doesn't really have the Flash Light synths.

hm not that either

idk if it's from 1999 tho? it sounded maybe later than that

"my name is prince"?

no but it was definitely this kinda vibe! I wonder if it's somewhere on the love symbol album

P-Control

Maybe "i'm the _____" or "in the _____"? I'll check p control!

I always thought that song was called Pussy Control

This one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSCymwwk8K0

neither of those but goddamn I am discovering some great Prince songs today

well as long as we're playing that game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHk9T2rD4Ms

?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISQnGEpGgMo

Bii iiii iiiiiitch

i am listening to THE B-SIDES right now and it's f'in sweet

B sides is utterly indispensable

It is fitting that those songs got remastered so long before a lot of albums did

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryLYOEHx8OM&app=desktop

My love for Prince is eternal but what was going through his head when he decided to send Joni Mitchell this demo...would of love to of been there when she heard it...

just a guess... "shit, man, i love joni but she needs some serious help. she can do way better than 'dog eat dog' and this michael mcdonald shit."

https://pitchfork.com/news/prince-estate-announces-new-album-piano-and-a-microphone-1983-shares-song-listen/

never thought I would say such a thing but that's a somewhat underwhelming prince and a piano live recording from 1983

happy 60th prince

;_;

This is such an underrated pearl of a song

https://open.spotify.com/track/5he5lB7ZYa7EIICHn4WPOk?si=3tcgD2oLQ_-Po2O8hohOdg

The 1995-2010 albums are now available on Spotify, etc. Also, a new comp:

https://pitchfork.com/news/princes-albums-from-1995-2010-are-now-streaming-listen/

pretty solid track selection on that comp too

Yeah, I definitely agree with that - pretty much everything I would have chosen is on there!

Could use more 3121 tracks imo ('Satisfied' is my favorite hidden gem)

yeah they prob could've left off a few thousand minute jazz fusion jams

man I'd forgotten how solid Musicology is.