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Purple Rain voted best song of the 80's http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/24/princes-purple-rain-tops-poll-of-the-best-songs-of-the-1980s-5357948/#ixzz3jlxnS3EF
Prince’s hit song Purple Rain has been named the best song of the 1980s. The classic track from the 1984 album of the same name topped the poll by indie website Pitchfork of the 200 best songs from that decade. ‘He wrote a brazen homily for the future of music, using a wistful guitar riff, floor-to-ceiling drums, dulcet swells of string and organ, and an indomitable two-word hook meant to be sung by a chorus, a room, an arena full of people,’ they explained. They praised the song for its ‘sweltering guitar solo — so good it still moves people to tears — that brought the song into the upper echelon of stadium ballads’. In second place was Michael Jackson’s Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ while N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton came third. Pitchfork's 15 best songs of the 1980s1. Prince and the Revolution – Purple Rain
2. Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ 3. N.W.A’s – Straight Outta Compton 4. New Order – Blue Monday 5. Public Enemy – Fight the Power 6. Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) 7. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart 8. Talking Heads – Once in a Lifetime 9. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five – The Message 10. The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? 11. Prince and the Revolution – When Doves Cry 12. The Cure – Just Like Heaven 13. Michael Jackson – Billie Jean 14. The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 15. Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot
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"When Doves Cry" is a better song than "Purple Rain",which I find to be a very overrated song
likewise,"Billie Jean" is a much better song than the noisy "Wanna Be Startin' Something"
who voted in this crazy poll?! | |
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SoulAlive said: "When Doves Cry" is a better song than "Purple Rain",which I find to be a very overrated song
likewise,"Billie Jean" is a much better song than the noisy "Wanna Be Startin' Something"
who voted in this crazy poll?! Disagree wholeheartedly with that second opinion though. "Wanna Be Startin' Something" is the jam and besides, it's nice to see it get some love over the cliche choice of "Billie Jean", which many already consider to be one of if not the defining song of the decade and (one of) MJ's best song(s). | |
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The #3 song tells me this wasn't "voted" on at all but we're already discussing this here:
I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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"cliche choice"? | |
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When Doves Cry is the perfect Prince song, and this should be the #1.. Prince 4Ever.  | |
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SoulAlive said:
"cliche choice"? | |
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Just Like Heaven at number 12 too | |
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That song always has a special place in my heart because it was the song that got me interested in '80s music :')They are pissed off on the MJJ community and I had defend Prince aginst the chorus of Prince haters there. Still the MJ songs chosen are all off Thriller and where are the classics like Man in the Mirror, Bad, TWYMMF and Smooth Criminal? . Prince also appears at . #160 Glamorous Life (Sheila E) #69 When U were Mine #33 I would die 4 U #21 Kiss #11 When Doves Cry Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name | |
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WBSS it's a great song, really great the funky dynamic music and especially the angry lyrics the one that not much people pay attention at, just like Billie Jean everybody dance at but so few people pay attention at the sad and angry lyrics. | |
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Well deserved!  "Just like the sun, the Rainbow Children rise."
"We had fun, didn't we?" -Prince (1958-2016) 4ever in my life | |
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