This Week In Purple: Cause and Effect

Back in February Prince released a new tune called "Cause and Effect" to Minnesota Public Radio, who in turn streamed it on their website. The song is kind of a mish-mash. Lyrically, it's a bit of an incoherent mess - which is really what I've come to expect from Lil' Purple. Musically, it's a bit of throwing everything against the wall and seeing what sticks. It's a song that is kind of hard for me to have a strong feeling about. It's kind of blah, but not really offensive on too deep of a level. I keep feeling like it's something I should listen to more in order to formulate more of an opinion on, but then I wind up listening to something else. Maybe that says enough about the song. Anyhow, as we are on the verge of a new Prince release I figured maybe "Cause and Effect" needed to be revisited. The song is embedded below; have a listen and tell me what you think about it.