Purple Rain Or Gold

Well. Gold was meant to be the next purple rain but which do think is better?

I think the gold ablum version is better than the purple rain album version
But purple rain always sounds better live

What's your opinion?

gold is a great song but it doesn't come close to the legendary status, impact and sound of p's signature song. i mean could you see gold being played at the end of the superbowl performance?

don't know why these 2 songs get compared...

Prince should have never compared Gold to Purple Rain.

both, they are both great, I believe it's called "anthems" ?

Gold is a "little brother" to Purple Rain.....

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ravein2thejoy said:

Well. Gold was meant to be the next purple rain but which do think is better?

I think the gold ablum version is better than the purple rain album version
But purple rain always sounds better live

What's your opinion?

Wall said:

ravein2thejoy said:

Well. Gold was meant to be the next purple rain but which do think is better?

I think the gold ablum version is better than the purple rain album version
But purple rain always sounds better live

What's your opinion?

The question alone should get you banned.

I can't decide.

I would call D&P more the equivelant of Purple Rain.

Its very commercial and aimed at the mainstream crowd.
And more importantly for WEA..... successful.

Not even close.... to Purple Rain !

Are you serious?

Gold is a gem, but Purple Rain is a legend!!

Wall said:

ravein2thejoy said:

Well. Gold was meant to be the next purple rain but which do think is better?

I think the gold ablum version is better than the purple rain album version
But purple rain always sounds better live

What's your opinion?

The question alone should get you banned.

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MantuaPharoah said:

Gold is such a feel good song, as is Purple Rain, but I think feel if u were around in the Purple Rain era then u get diffrent feelings to it then the people like me who wert around that time.

But I feel both songs are as good as eachother

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All that gitters ain't gold is such an old cliche and for it to be a hook in Gold kind of took some of the songs power away for me. The opening guitar the piano and violin in Purple Rain is so heartfelt it still blows me away. Not to mention, it's the revolution and thier unique sound. For me it's no contest

squirrelgrease said:

Love2tha9s said:

I like Purple Rain better (although it may be wrong to compare them)

Purple rain and Gold are both excellent, not same kind, no comparison at all, I absolutely Love both, Gold is very good Purple Rain is a "chef d'oeuvre": Master piece...

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...as a man of many songs he ranks very high indeed..
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Gold.
Choice ultimate every time.
Wonderfully!

Uhh? Purple Rain? The question answers itself, its like comparing diamonds with zirconias

I can't compare the two. Both great records. Totally different times in life and in Prince's musical career.

Maybe to Prince, Gold is better; however, IMHO, I disagree.

Purple Rain.

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Gold is a good song but Purple Rain is much better. Gold is good both musically and lyrically but especially lyrically, the quality of the music doesn't match the quality of the lyrics. Purple Rain is really good both musically and lyrically. The sound Prince managed to create with Purple Rain sounds so importnant and profound.

Are you kidding... Purple Rain.

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yeah, Purple Rain was the best thing ever written in my opinion. But Gold is on my list of certified classic albums that are good from start to finish. I will always hate the music business crap that was going on around that time with him. I feel that if he got half the good press that Diamonds and Pearls got (Cream went #1) this album would have produced some hits. It was one of his more commercial albums. And I say that because it was one of the easier albums he made that I got my non-Prince friends to sit through. I always got requests to play Billy-Jack Bitch at our parties.

Purple Rain, both live and on album. Gold is good, quite enjoyable in fact, but it's an example of an overproduced Prince song.