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Thread started 09/05/16 3:14pm

FunkiestOne

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Baby I'm A Star

My all-time favorite Prince song, out of the many hundreds I have heard. It just fills me with joy to hear it and it just fees like a celebration of life. I just had to say it and I wonder how many other people love that one too.

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It was really nice seeing him perform it on the piano at the two Atlanta shows..was probably the highlight of the show for me although Question of U and How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore came close.

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Reply #1 posted 09/05/16 3:29pm

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So I was listening to the Purple Rain album for the first time (before seeing the film) and loved every minute of it, but as soon as the intro of Baby, I'm a Star came, I was like, hey! This is funky! As great as the Purple Rain album is, there's not a lot of funk on it, but this track proves that he hadn't forgotten his funk roots. I also loved how he used it as a climax on his tours in the 1990s.
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Reply #2 posted 09/05/16 3:53pm

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NorthC said:

So I was listening to the Purple Rain album for the first time (before seeing the film) and loved every minute of it, but as soon as the intro of Baby, I'm a Star came, I was like, hey! This is funky! As great as the Purple Rain album is, there's not a lot of funk on it, but this track proves that he hadn't forgotten his funk roots. I also loved how he used it as a climax on his tours in the 1990s.

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I didn't even think about the live versions of it, but yes of course there's that monster long version from the Purple Rain tour...such great memories.

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Reply #3 posted 09/05/16 5:33pm

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Love it, but i love a little more IWDFY, great lyrics in both of them

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Reply #4 posted 09/05/16 5:48pm

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FunkiestOne said:

My all-time favorite Prince song, out of the many hundreds I have heard. It just fills me with joy to hear it and it just fees like a celebration of life. I just had to say it and I wonder how many other people love that one too.


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It was really nice seeing him perform it on the piano at the two Atlanta shows..was probably the highlight of the show for me although Question of U and How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore came close.



It's one of my all time favorites too! Very joyful yes
2 sevens together
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Reply #5 posted 09/05/16 6:00pm

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214 said:

Love it, but i love a little more IWDFY, great lyrics in both of them

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Yes great point and I actually consider them both to be one song. You can't have one without the other. It just doesn't work.

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