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Crystal Ball- One of his most inventive songs? To be honest, this song is really out of place on crystal ball.. It was this one great long experimental song, and the rest of the songs didnt gel with the main focus.. "Crystal Ball".. I could be wrong, but thats how I see it.
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one of his most inventive?
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It's a sleeper. On first listen, a person might skip over it. An open minded perusal of the track might make a mofo jones for some of the more experimental Purple Funktitude. Purple Fact #6218: Prince peels his M&Ms. | |
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It's awesome. It's to Prince's career what "Station To Station" is to Bowie's. | |
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I always thought of it as his "Strawberry Fields" very hypnotic and dreamy..
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It's a jaw-dropper to non-Prince fans...
555-4444 you're on coffee talk. | |
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PLUS it's recorded nice and loud on the cd... imagine Sign 'O' The Times having been recorded this loud! 555-4444 you're on coffee talk. | |
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its great. sometimes my fav
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He was driving under the influence of W & L that week. | |
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certainly.
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Funny, I spent the best part of last night listening to my
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Moonbeam | |
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'Prince drunk on his own genius' - Liz Jones | |
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This track just blew me away when I first heard it...
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Absolutely amazing. Can't give this track enough credit. Pure Prince Put yourself on the worldwide org map! www.frappr.com/princeorg | |
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I remember when I first heard it, I almost wet myself over how fucking awsome it was, it was overwhelming, I was thinking to myself "Why the fuck is this unreleased!"
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Crystal Ball is one of his most sweeping tunes. It's AWESOME. Way ahead of it's time.
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Sdldawn said: I always thought of it as his "Strawberry Fields" very hypnotic and dreamy..
creepy also.. but its beautiful great point! (...damn, why didn't I think of that?) *****************************************
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r1ghteousone said: This track just blew me away when I first heard it...
the amount of things going on in the song is unbelievable. definitly one of his greatest songs ever   Crystal Ball Absolut co-sign.  
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Sdldawn said: To be honest, this song is really out of place on crystal ball.. It was this one great long experimental song, and the rest of the songs didnt gel with the main focus.. "Crystal Ball".. I could be wrong, but thats how I see it.
How does everyone feel bout this song? I rarely hear about it around here.. I think its an amazing song. I agree completely. After this song fucks you, brings you to multiple orgasms and leaves you sweating and panting on the floor, the rest of the compliation is almost a letdown. Can you imagine if he had instead put out an entire album of 8 or 9 songs in this vein? 
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Sdldawn said: To be honest, this song is really out of place on crystal ball.. It was this one great long experimental song, and the rest of the songs didnt gel with the main focus.. "Crystal Ball".. I could be wrong, but thats how I see it.
How does everyone feel bout this song? I rarely hear about it around here.. I think its an amazing song. do you mean on the original album Crystal Ball? i'd have to agree, especially in regard to where in the tracklists i've seen it placed on those original configurations. it's either got to be first, as an introduction, to expect any and everything for the rest of the album, all at the same time. or it's got to be last, since it can't be topped. | |
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AaronUniversal said: Sdldawn said: To be honest, this song is really out of place on crystal ball.. It was this one great long experimental song, and the rest of the songs didnt gel with the main focus.. "Crystal Ball".. I could be wrong, but thats how I see it.
How does everyone feel bout this song? I rarely hear about it around here.. I think its an amazing song. do you mean on the original album Crystal Ball? i'd have to agree, especially in regard to where in the tracklists i've seen it placed on those original configurations. it's either got to be first, as an introduction, to expect any and everything for the rest of the album, all at the same time. or it's got to be last, since it can't be topped. For some reason I think 'Crystal Ball' would sound out of place on any Prince album... love is god, god is love, girls and boys love god above | |
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r1ghteousone said: AaronUniversal said: Sdldawn said: To be honest, this song is really out of place on crystal ball.. It was this one great long experimental song, and the rest of the songs didnt gel with the main focus.. "Crystal Ball".. I could be wrong, but thats how I see it.
How does everyone feel bout this song? I rarely hear about it around here.. I think its an amazing song. do you mean on the original album Crystal Ball? i'd have to agree, especially in regard to where in the tracklists i've seen it placed on those original configurations. it's either got to be first, as an introduction, to expect any and everything for the rest of the album, all at the same time. or it's got to be last, since it can't be topped. For some reason I think 'Crystal Ball' would sound out of place on any Prince album... I think it goes well with a lot of the SOTT/Dream Factory songs.
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FunkMistress said: r1ghteousone said: AaronUniversal said: Sdldawn said: To be honest, this song is really out of place on crystal ball.. It was this one great long experimental song, and the rest of the songs didnt gel with the main focus.. "Crystal Ball".. I could be wrong, but thats how I see it.
How does everyone feel bout this song? I rarely hear about it around here.. I think its an amazing song. do you mean on the original album Crystal Ball? i'd have to agree, especially in regard to where in the tracklists i've seen it placed on those original configurations. it's either got to be first, as an introduction, to expect any and everything for the rest of the album, all at the same time. or it's got to be last, since it can't be topped. For some reason I think 'Crystal Ball' would sound out of place on any Prince album... I think it goes well with a lot of the SOTT/Dream Factory songs. Yeah, I suppose I mean the only part of 'Crystal Ball' (98' version) that flows well is 'Crystal Ball' into 'Dream Factory'. The rest of the songs are all over the place. love is god, god is love, girls and boys love god above | |
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r1ghteousone said: FunkMistress said: r1ghteousone said: AaronUniversal said: Sdldawn said: To be honest, this song is really out of place on crystal ball.. It was this one great long experimental song, and the rest of the songs didnt gel with the main focus.. "Crystal Ball".. I could be wrong, but thats how I see it.
How does everyone feel bout this song? I rarely hear about it around here.. I think its an amazing song. do you mean on the original album Crystal Ball? i'd have to agree, especially in regard to where in the tracklists i've seen it placed on those original configurations. it's either got to be first, as an introduction, to expect any and everything for the rest of the album, all at the same time. or it's got to be last, since it can't be topped. For some reason I think 'Crystal Ball' would sound out of place on any Prince album... I think it goes well with a lot of the SOTT/Dream Factory songs. Yeah, I suppose I mean the only part of 'Crystal Ball' (98' version) that flows well is 'Crystal Ball' into 'Dream Factory'. The rest of the songs are all over the place. Agreed. 
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Sdldawn said: How does everyone feel bout this song? I rarely hear about it around here.. I think its an amazing song.
One of his best imo. Surely one of his most brilliant. i thought i was the only one thinkin that way cuz nobody discusses it here. "i'll have to ask my mummy first" | |
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After the orchestra kicks in, you think this may be the greatest song you ever heard--no lie.
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2freaky4church1 said: After the orchestra kicks in, you think this may be the greatest song you ever heard--no lie.
I like when the guitar solo starts, maybe the greatest guitar solo ever. Playful, and weird, while the orchestra booms, and Prince, goes, "guitar, guitar..." Brilliant. yep -X- | |
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AaronUniversal said: certainly.
it's the only single track that i can think of that epitomizes the complete talents of Prince. in other words, if i had to play one song for a person to explain all that Prince is, it would be Crystal Ball. Fantastic summary Aaron!   'music combining elements of jazz, blues, and soul and characterized by syncopated rhythm and a heavy, repetitive bass line' = Funk! |
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