"Unpopular" Prince songs that you love.

Basically, if you were creating your own Prince Anthology, songs you would want included that a lot of other fans seem to ignore or outright dislike.

Beyond not being commercially popular, these songs probably haven't garnered an appreciation thread or any sort of widespread praise on sites such as this.

For me:

The Sun, the Moon and Stars -- from Rave. (Not discussed much at all; from an album that gets plenty of bashing)

Take Me With You - from Purple Rain, Apollonia's strained vocal track notwithstanding. (Often harshly criticized).
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Gotta stop messin about.

Animal Kingdom

Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need

Pichu..Pichu...

Digital Garden. To me it's as brilliant as When Doves Cry.

Can't Stop this Feeling I Got

The org's resident no-so-fancy lesbian

Proud Wendy & Lisa Asskisser

If you think the org sucks so bad...why are you here??

"gotta broken heart again" to name 1

It and Temptation are frequently referred to as "filler," so I'm gonna go with those two.

Prince use to have balls....now he has religion. - Nothinbutjoy

MajesticOne89 said:

Prince use to have balls....now he has religion. - Nothinbutjoy

And God Created Woman

Pretty much all my favourite P. tracks are "unpopular"

What's My Name
PoomPoom
P Control

to name a few.

vicky waiting

I've only heard negative remarks about this
I've always liked it

I Love U In Me

Some good candidates on this thread already, I'll add a few to my list:

* In Love (always regarded this one as the best of his early output, great synths)
* Do It All Night (not hated, but hardly ever mentioned)
* Hello (I think people just dislike it for the title...)
* Life Can B So Nice (is there anything like this one, really?)
* Sexual Suicide (the more sinister cousin of "Girls & Boys")
* Rockhard In A Funky Place (criminally overlooked, better than most stuff that ended up on SOTT)
* Partyman (why this is never mentioned when discussing his classic hits, is bayond me)
* Vicki Waiting (reminds a bit of WDC actually)
* Lemon Crush (one of his best commercial-sounding pop songs)
* Sex (just amazing!)
* Lovesong (pretty damn inventive)
* Elephants & Flowers (one of his best vocal performances)
* She Spoke 2 Me (loved by some though, ignored by most orgers)
* Girl 6 (one of his best 90s funk tracks along with...)
* Get Wild (oh fuck yeah)
* The Return Of The Bump Squad ("oh fuck yeah" squared)
* In This Bed I Scream (everybody was raving about this one back in the day, yet it seems like it was mostly forgotten)
* 2Morrow (the cousin to "She Spoke 2 Me", great employment of the TMBGITW -sample)
* Comeback (another completely forgotten gem)
* The Sun, The Moon and Stars (amazing drum programming)
* Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do (one of his most succesful employments of the sparse Linn-sound on a slow song on his post-80s output)
* The Work (people seem very divided on this, I think it's a classic)
* Planet Earth (the juxtaposition of the anthemic first part and the W&L / "Dream Factory" -influenced middle section is just staggeringly beautiful)
* The Morning After (I'm quite positive this one will be more hated in the future, hah)

I guess "Hello", "Sex", "Lovesong", "Girl 6" and "Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do" are the ones that are outright "hated" most often.

Charles said:

new position

life can be so nice

tamborine

temptation

judas smile

loose!

jack U off

do it all night

sister

white mansion

my computer

feel u up

on the couch

Oh yeah, Judas Smile (/Kiss) is a good one too.

i LOVE

LA[x3], HE[x3]
dig u better dead

minneapolisFunq said:

Batdance

Electric Intercourse

Arms Of Orion
I Love U In Me

I have like a top 7

1. In This Bed I Scream
2. Vicki Waiting
3. Letitgo
4. White Mansion
5. Wasted Kisses
6. Fascination
7. Mr. Goodnight (It reminds of some off the cuff jam shit he'd do at a 3121 aftershow)

Oops I forgot to mention "Dolphin" Prince is my favorite artist and dolphins are some of my favorite animals But I am still waiting for Prince to use the word "Sea Lion" in a song lyric LOL

CHRISLUV92 said:

Charles said:

I Love U In Me

i love that song

one nite alone... and u're gonna c me ..both from one nite alone (piano)

but there are many

Dolphinking23 said:

Oops I forgot to mention "Dolphin" Prince is my favorite artist and dolphins are some of my favorite animals But I am still waiting for Prince to use the word "Sea Lion" in a song lyric LOL

I forgot to add this to my original post. I don't want to list too many songs, but another HUGE one for me is

"Around the World in a Day" (the song)

Hardly every discussed, an odd song structure, not very sing-songy at all. I LOVE it. I always thought ATWIAD and Parade (the albums) worked well together - could have been a cohesive double album. I love that period.

those who think Vicki Waiting is FILLER, need their friggin' ears cut off!!! (i'm JOKING... but)

Cool thread. There are many for me but here's the ones that I can think of right away:

1. Joy in Repetition
2. Elephants and Flowers
3. Shy
4. Vicki Waiting
5. Xogenous
6. Pink Cashmere
7. Somebody's Somebody
8. Come On
9. The One
10.Old Friends 4 Sale
11. She Spoke 2 Me

Oh yeah..Letitgo..all versions

And Space
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