Another lonely Christmas. Prince at his zenith.

In my humble opinion princes most underrated most overlooked song. Mr p rarely sings it live It is never played during the holiday season and it is rarely discussed by prince addicts. Besides ofcourse purple rain alc strikes such an ernest sincere chord that it is that rare song that you never tire of. The extended version is a gem if you can find it as well.

You need to get out more. This has always been one of the top songs. All the orgers love it, just ask us.

Wave your wildsigns high!!

It's a nice song, but a tad melodramatic. This was appropriate as a b-side. Not bad, but nowhere near his best.

Yep. Gotta be the long version though! Although I can see why he edited out the slightly odd verse...

Do U still like banana daiquiris
boy we used 2 get so touched
U use 2 get so horny
U'd make me leave the lights on
I'd pay money just 2 C
your happy dancin silouette upon the pier
Sometimes I think I hear U smilin
Sometimes I think your here
I find myself holding every pillow
In the bed U and I used 2 share
Last night I spent another lonely Christmas
Darling U shouldn't B
U shouldn't B there, cuz U C

He can be a good editor.

Wave your wildsigns high!!

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..SUCH A SAD SONG
...mzsexybaby

Got me to thinking about how good at editing he was back then, most of the PR album is edited from longer versions, and if you didn't know any better you can't hear the edits. I know as fans we would prefer him not to edit songs, but it's obvious that purple rain wouldn't have been so popular if it had long meandering songs. the general public like short concise 3/4 minute pop songs (Purple Rain apart, even though that was edied down from 14minutes).
It seems his choice of editing (or not) has deteriated over the years, songs that need editing; most of Emancipation (Right Back, Slave etc), against songs that needed more breathing room most of Musicology (Dear Mr. Man, Million Days, Man In Ur Life etc).


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Really? I always thought it was his worst B-side.

I can't listen to Christmas songs outside of the holiday season. I think it's a decent song, but I usually skip it. There are much better b-sides to devour.

17 Days
Horny Toad
Erotic City
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
She's Always In My Hair
Girl
La La La He He Hee
Escape
SEX
Alexa De Paris

Granted I'm not a non stop orger but I get out plenty douche. I've been to 7 or 8 prince shows including a couple of intimate concerts when he lived in Toronto and have never heard it live. While it is true it is a bit dramatic it is also true that it is no doubt heartfelt and the vocals are terrific. The current prince would be awesome if he had 20% of the vibe in that song.Never heard it on radio either which doesn't make sense.

Heard it on the radio plenty when it came out. Still hear it around Xmas every so often on a classic r&b station. It's not exactly the type of song to put people in the Xmas spirit, so I'm surprised it gets played at all.

Empty Room is a much better heartbreak song without resorting to my baby died on Xmas theatrics.

One of my absolute faves, made only better by knowing it's Prince on the drums, too.

It absolutely must be the full-length version, though - the single edit is not welcome in my home.

I play it on the radio at Christmas time on my 80's show on the local college station.

It's always been a favorite of mine.

There's something really camp about this song. I love it!!!

dawnboy999 said:

I'm here in toronto. Must be a Canadian radio thing cause they play plenty of prince but have never caught ALC.
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LuneCerise said:

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blackguitaristz said:

Extremely well put however it does reemphasize my point that while he played it on the pr tour p has pretty much ignored it since. My first prince concert was the 88 lovesexy tour. But I did catch in a blues bar in what's called the yorkville district of Toronto in December and was disapointed that he didn't play it. Did not know the song was such a one man show. Good info

December 5 or 6 years ago not this past December prince doesn't come back to Toronto anymore after he divorced manuela.

xlr8r said:

Imago: "You look You know, that kind of super-hot, cuteness that gets a guy raped in prison. "

My cover of the "Crush" by Smashing Pumpkins: http://prince.org/msg/15/314710.

JW don't believe in Christmas

I have always loved this song, and have recently been listening to it. I actually love the melodramtic sound of it and the build. I really miss the discovery of the B-sides.

I was so excited to hear about the stripped down band and vocal focus P was bringing to Montreaux- this was one of the songs I thought would be great for him to play with the band he had there. I would love to see him tour w/ a stripped down, piano and vocal focused tour! Guess that was ONA tour (from what I gather from the talk on this site), but that was the one tour I had to miss- time in my life when was trying to have babies, build home, etc. so I didnt get to see it. I think P should play more piano!

The Christmas part is irrelevant, it could be any holiday- it is the loss of a loved one during a time of family/friends gathering, on a memorable day that is the focus of the song. The day itself is not the thing- but the loss and the memory of that person that comes about every year around a certain time (could be Valentines, a graduation date, an anniversary, whatever) it is the loss that is the focus.

xlr8r said:

WBLS in NYC plays it at Christmas time.



I think "Snowman" would've done well as a b-side Christmas song.