Yeah, that's Prince sometimes. The song does rock (especially the 2012 versions) and the live versions!
Stare Great bass à la Stanley Clarke, funk and horns, Prince doing everything except brass. What's not to like? 4.5/5
Stare... Hello Bass! Like the Kiss throwback lick. I enjoyed this funky excursion, it's fun and funkafied. A very solid album Track. 3.5/5
Stare - excellent late era funk jam, quoting the old school jams but bringing something new and distinctively Prince to the groove. The false fade out/fade in is irritating though! 4.5/5
Ahhh I knew there something I was keen on coming up. Screwdriver, great song but why is it on this album, Free Yourself would have been a more suitable song. Or just cut Screw altogether.
2Y2D Like the groove on this one, that flute, the handclaps and drums work really well. Another great track on this album. 4.5/5 Look At Me, Look At U This midtempo track differs from the other tracks, but it's still a good album track. Sax solo is the best part. 3.75/5 Stare Excellent funk with that baseline and the horns couldn't be more in sync; curvy ma nods in agreement 4.5/5
Today's song is "Xtraloveable", written and produced by Prince. Prince - Extraloveable Lyrics | AZLyrics.com "Xtraloveable" was originally recorded in 1982, for possible inclusion in the Vanity 6 album. In 2011, a re-recorded version was made and was released as a digital single in November 2011. (He also threatened to release a 25 minute live version of the song, but that never happened.) The above is the album track, which was remixed, with some elements added (horns) and some elements (Andy Allo's rap) excised. I'll try to post the 2011 single version below -- the above was originally released online in 2013 on 3rdEyeGirl.com before being included on the Hitnrun Phase Two album in 2015. Line Up: Prince: all vocals and instruments except: with Dave Jensen & Steve Strand: trumpet Kathy Jensen: baritone sax Kenni Homen: tenor saxophone Michael B. Nelson: trombone John Blackwell: drums
Xtraloveable 5/5 I love this remake, it's still a great song and it's different enough from the 1983 version for me to be it's own song There was also an extended portion released somewhere (instrumental) making for a combined 9 minutes version when the two are joined as one track and here is the original version:
Extraloveable - this is a great song, the original version of which achieved almost legendary status through the 80's and 90's as better quality versions of it leaked. In truth that original version is very problematic lyric wise and I think it was a wise decision not to include it in the 1999 box set. This rerecorded version is great fun - the funky keyboard bass is still there, and the horns are fabulous - classic hornheads arrangements. I'm guessing this will inevitably score a little less on here just because it's not the original version, but it's still a great song... 4/5
Original: 4/5 Remake: 3/5 This just serves to emphasize how vital The Revolution was and his singularly-inventive Minneapolis Sound. The layers of more-traditional horns and thumping post-millennium beats on the remake sap the original of all its vigor.
Xtraloveable From the intro until the final notes this is one hell of a horns extravaganza ! Best horns arrangements evva. The rest of this sort of Funkin' For Jamaica style track is groovy too, just not as important. Finale is excellent with that bassy synthesizer sound and the horns with attitude. This is how I want my Prince. Album highlight and big fat 5/5
Xtraloveable a remarkable reinterpretation of a cult track that could summarize what the young P was. The late one presents a masterful P who is at the pick of his savoir-faire. The groove at the end with the horns blowin’ is unstoppable. But there is something that catch not 100 % of my adhesion. Something I find a little vulgar… a feeling i can’t really explain. 3.5/5
