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Every week the programming team at the Current is asked for our opinion on new music by local artists.

"Is this song appropriate for the station? Will we play it?" And so on.
Rarely do these questions come from the one local artist who has sold more than 50 million albums in his career, but last week it did when Prince's rep called to offer The Current a new and exclusive song.

Having already demonstrated his support for the station by joining us at our 5th Birthday Party last month at First Avenue, we were blown away that he wanted to give 89.3 The Current a song to World debut. And even more amazed that it mattered to him if we liked the track or not!

The song is called "Cause and Effect," and it's a rocker - filled with virtuosic guitar work, explosive drum breaks, a poppy chorus, trademark shrieks and whoops, some intriguing lyrics ("if I had the chance to do it all again / I wouldn't change a thing except my next of kin") and a call to mankind ("you need compassion").

Opening with Prince's classic pop smarts, the last minute of the tune swerves into a propulsive minor key guitar/strings/drum workout like we haven't heard from him in years.
Whether it's listening to all that Radiohead and Vampire Weekend on 89.3 while tooling around Chanhassen or the inspiration of being in Minnesota after several years of living in LA, it seems clear that Prince wants us to know that he's back, he's recording, and from the sound of it, and he's inspired to create the new Minneapolis sound and start a new chapter in his amazing career.

It's not known whether "Cause and Effect" will be the first peek into a new record or just a one-off gift to the listeners of his favorite local public radio outlet, but we're proud and honored to debut it Friday morning around 7am with Steve Seel and Jill Riley.

I wonder if there will be any mention it on his FA-BU-LOUS website LOTUSFLOW3R...

my guess would be NOT!!!

I know Pigg posted the same text that I edited 893TheCurrent's post with.  I did that for front page posting purposes. 

cool thanx 4 sharing cant wait 2 hear it

If I said that my expectations are high, I'd be lying...

Endre wrote:

If I said that my expectations are high, I'd be lying...

Aww...don't be such a pooper...sure the p'ster has been hit and miss lately...but I'm always still amped to check out new stuff

even though the only songs still getting rotation off of his latest 3 disk set are off of the LotusFlow3r ...and then only tracks 1,3,5,6,11
..but I still hope for the best..cuz he can still shine.

smilingjoe wrote:

Endre wrote:

If I said that my expectations are high, I'd be lying...

then there really isnt really any point

yes there is, having lower expectations leads ot a far higher chance of being impressed.

the pesemist is never dissapointed.

amazingly good guitar

Pigg wrote:

smilingjoe wrote:

Endre wrote:

If I said that my expectations are high, I'd be lying...

then there really isnt really any point

yes there is, having lower expectations leads ot a far higher chance of being impressed.

the pesemist is never dissapointed.

never dissapointed true but rarely happy either.

Sounds very wild !!! Can't wait 4 it!!

sorry endre     


i promisedmyself i wouldnt start all the disagreeing witth everyone again

the next 20 mins....