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Thread started 02/04/19 11:16am

rogifan

I Like It There or Guitar?

Both of these songs Prince played live a lot in later years. Which one do you prefer live? I would have a hard time choosing as I love them both. Guitar at 2011 North Sea Jazz and 2013 Dakota are probably my favorite live versions of it. And the 2013 Portland version of I Like It There is amazing. Just loud and heavy punk/grunge. I wish more people had the opportunity to see live performances like these, they would totally change their opinion of Prince as a rocker/guitar player.
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Reply #1 posted 02/04/19 11:31am

dodger
I Like It There easily for me. 2009 Conga Room version with Sonny and Michael is the ultimate for me.
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Never really liked the lyrics to Guitar
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Reply #2 posted 02/04/19 12:42pm

TheCollecter

I Like It There

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Reply #3 posted 02/05/19 12:48pm

steakfinger

Guitar sounds like a throwaway track to me, so I Like It There is my choice

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Reply #4 posted 02/05/19 2:54pm

DarkKnight1

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I Like it There is some raw Prince greatness.

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Reply #5 posted 02/05/19 3:42pm

NorthC
He played both in the Melkweg in 2011 and one of the greatest moments was when he led us in a call and response chant:
You like it where...?
I like it there!
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[Edited 2/5/19 15:45pm]
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Reply #6 posted 02/05/19 4:08pm

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I'll vote "Guitar," especially because I really enjoyed the unaired performance of it on Leno.

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Reply #7 posted 02/05/19 4:16pm

rdhull

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Guitar. I Like It Thre is a joke. Its like 90210 rock.

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Reply #8 posted 02/05/19 4:48pm

rogifan

NorthC said:

He played both in the Melkweg in 2011 and one of the greatest moments was when he led us in a call and response chant:
You like it where...?
I like it there!
[Edited 2/5/19 15:44pm]
[Edited 2/5/19 15:45pm]

He did something similar at the Dakota shows in 2013.
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Reply #9 posted 02/05/19 5:43pm

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I LOVE it there! wink
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Reply #10 posted 02/05/19 6:50pm

robertgeorge

I like it there is my choice. "What can I say Shakespeare hasn't said before." "On your heavenly body I swear, I like it there" I like it there sounds cooler with more fire. Guitar sounds generic and is not as good as the song with the similar riff U2's I will follow.

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Reply #11 posted 02/05/19 8:59pm

rogifan

robertgeorge said:

I like it there is my choice. "What can I say Shakespeare hasn't said before." "On your heavenly body I swear, I like it there" I like it there sounds cooler with more fire. Guitar sounds generic and is not as good as the song with the similar riff U2's I will follow.


At the Dakota when he sang “on your heavenly body I swear” he ad libbed “well I don’t swear anymore”. lol
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Reply #12 posted 02/05/19 9:01pm

RodeoSchro

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Love them both.

There is an Orger who requested "I Like it There" in L.A. at the Nokia, and Prince played it. The Orger's reaction is one of the coolest things you'll ever hear.

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Reply #13 posted 02/07/19 5:13pm

SquirrelMeat

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Love them both. Guitar is a sure fire commercial pop tune, where I Like it There is a bit more get down and dirty.

I'd have to go with the latter as my go to tune of the two.

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Reply #14 posted 02/07/19 6:00pm

rdhull

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RodeoSchro said:

Love them both.

There is an Orger who requested "I Like it There" in L.A. at the Nokia, and Prince played it. The Orger's reaction is one of the coolest things you'll ever hear.

That was Cody, and it was planned.

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Reply #15 posted 02/07/19 7:27pm

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I like it there KILLS Guitar

Easily.
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Reply #16 posted 02/07/19 8:56pm

RodeoSchro

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rdhull said:

RodeoSchro said:

Love them both.

There is an Orger who requested "I Like it There" in L.A. at the Nokia, and Prince played it. The Orger's reaction is one of the coolest things you'll ever hear.

That was Cody, and it was planned.



His joy was real. "Oh my God! Oh my God!" AWESOME!

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Reply #17 posted 02/08/19 7:54pm

Seahorsie

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Guitar for me. I love his playing in it, but something in those lyrics really gives me some insight. He loved all his women, tried to be good to them (at least most of the time), but his one true love that never failed him was his music...exlemplified in this song as his "guitar."

What he really felt about things always seemed to leak through in the words. That's why although I adore his abilities on various instruments, I never get tired of listening to the lyrics to try to catch all the meanings he left there. It's like mining for gold that other people just can't see...


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Reply #18 posted 02/09/19 5:50am

iZsaZsa

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rdhull said:

Guitar. I Like It Thre is a joke. Its like 90210 rock.


No problem here, I loved high school. And I love that ad lib at the end.

Guitar, though. It comes on and I become one of the TWINZ. Look out!

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Reply #19 posted 02/09/19 5:55am

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Seahorsie said:

Guitar for me. I love his playing in it, but something in those lyrics really gives me some insight. He loved all his women, tried to be good to them (at least most of the time), but his one true love that never failed him was his music...exlemplified in this song as his "guitar."

What he really felt about things always seemed to leak through in the words. That's why although I adore his abilities on various instruments, I never get tired of listening to the lyrics to try to catch all the meanings he left there. It's like mining for gold that other people just can't see...


twocents

sun

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Reply #20 posted 02/09/19 6:46am

67Cadillac

"Guitar" is one of the worst song he's ever done. "I Like It There" is solid B-level Prince material, but it's one of the last times he got truly raunchy, so it gets my vote.

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Reply #21 posted 02/09/19 7:31am

rogifan

67Cadillac said:

"Guitar" is one of the worst song he's ever done. "I Like It There" is solid B-level Prince material, but it's one of the last times he got truly raunchy, so it gets my vote.


I can certainly think of worse songs than Guitar. Heck I think Cream is one of the worst songs he’s done (I know I’m in the minority there).
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Reply #22 posted 02/10/19 12:55am

teoalcantara

I Like it There

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Reply #23 posted 02/10/19 3:18pm

GiggityGoo

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"I Like It There", by a mile. I've never understood the love for "Guitar" that I've seen on the Org... it bugs the living snot out of me that a song with that title has no amazing guitar-based hook or solo. It's got guitar WORK, but nothing like the recognizable grooves or solos like WDC, ICNTTPOYM, etc.

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Reply #24 posted 02/10/19 6:06pm

TheTruth123
Both. I do love “Guitar” too.
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Reply #25 posted 02/10/19 6:35pm

feeluupp

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Guitar is as over rated here on the Org as AOA and TGE. lol

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Reply #26 posted 02/10/19 7:00pm

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I Like It There especially the version by 3rd Eye Girl at The Dakota

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