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Thread started 10/25/11 12:17pm

marvinlovell

Prince makes TIME Magazine's 100 Greatest Popular Songs list

All-TIME 100 Songs

Our critics pick the most extraordinary English-language pop recordings since the beginning of TIME magazine in 1923. Here are 100 (unranked) songs of enduring beauty, power and inventiveness

‘Kiss’

By Douglas Wolk | October 24, 2011 | 189
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Artist: Prince
Year Released: 1986
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There are musicians with idiosyncratic visions. There are musicians who have the power to realize whatever visions they have. At the center of the Venn diagram, there’s Prince, who at his peak single-handedly wrecked the curve of distinctiveness and giftedness. “Kiss” is a perfect dance track built out of negative space. It sounds minimal, razor-thin, barely sketched out — but its brilliant arrangement actually incorporates about a billion instruments (all of them in the treble range). Every sound is microcontrolled, beginning with the shifting tone of the opening guitar flourish and the orgasmic gasp and snare snap that lock it down. The most magnificent element, though, is Prince’s vocal — a fantastically acrobatic falsetto come-on, punctuated with firecracker exclamations and climaxing with roof-raising shrieks. There had never been another record that sounded anything like “Kiss,” and the highest compliment it can be paid is that 25 years later there still hasn’t been one.

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Reply #1 posted 10/25/11 12:28pm

Genesia

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Actually, he makes it twice - Nothing Compares 2 U is on the list, too.

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Reply #2 posted 10/25/11 12:28pm

peter430044

Excellent choice to include on the list. I especially like the last sentence: "There had never been another record that sounded anything like “Kiss,” and the highest compliment it can be paid is that 25 years later there still hasn’t been one."

Very impressive Prince!

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Reply #3 posted 10/25/11 12:33pm

babyjubilation

I think this is the first song i heard by him (kiss) and it's pretty awesome esp when I don't hear it in a while. razz
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Reply #4 posted 10/25/11 1:00pm

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25 years later there still hasn’t been one

You got that right!!!

The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.

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All of it. Everything. Is U.
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Reply #5 posted 10/25/11 1:04pm

Tremolina

peter430044 said:

Excellent choice to include on the list. I especially like the last sentence: "There had never been another record that sounded anything like “Kiss,” and the highest compliment it can be paid is that 25 years later there still hasn’t been one."

Very impressive Prince!

and david z!

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Reply #6 posted 10/25/11 2:48pm

Elle85n09

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Thanks for sharing marvin. I feel proud of Prince, and others, when I read these things. touched

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Reply #7 posted 10/25/11 3:00pm

DecaturStone

Funny that NOBODY ever gives David Z any credit for this song when he actually made it sound like this. Princes' version was an accoustic thing. It is in my top 10 favorite songs by Prince though.

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Reply #8 posted 10/25/11 3:07pm

nursev

Congrats to the Purple One heart
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Reply #9 posted 10/25/11 5:38pm

peter430044

Tremolina said:

peter430044 said:

Excellent choice to include on the list. I especially like the last sentence: "There had never been another record that sounded anything like “Kiss,” and the highest compliment it can be paid is that 25 years later there still hasn’t been one."

Very impressive Prince!

and david z!

Yes, David Z also.

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Reply #10 posted 10/25/11 8:13pm

ecstasy

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Of course, much love

Yes, at 19, I finally saw the Revolution, a legendary band. And I talked to Wendy!!! biggrin In addition to seeing Prince, I have now lived life. Thank you Purple People!!
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Reply #11 posted 10/26/11 1:03am

mysterymum

Out of all Prince's songs, I'm not a huge lover of Kiss. I can appreciate it but there are so many others that I prefer. True though, there hasn't ever been anything like it.

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Reply #12 posted 10/26/11 2:07am

alphastreet

It's been imitated many times too.

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Reply #13 posted 10/26/11 6:21am

funkatopia

Still to this day I get bummed out when I hear the radio edit of that song. I have no idea why I keep expecting a radio stations to play the extended version of Kiss, but for some reason I get pumped up and always get let down when it fades out. Most people who aren't Prince fans are really missing out on the true full genius of that song.

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Reply #14 posted 10/26/11 7:26am

masbas

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And "Nothing Compares 2 U" is on the list as well giving full credit to Prince.

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Reply #15 posted 10/26/11 7:27am

sosgemini

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Yeah, sad the dude didn't give proper credit to David Z. Tis a shame.

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Reply #16 posted 10/26/11 7:31am

iloveannie

I don't get it... where's Get On The Boat?

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Reply #17 posted 10/26/11 7:36am

PurpleJedi

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iloveannie said:

I don't get it... where's Get On The Boat?

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lol

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Reply #18 posted 10/26/11 7:37am

PurpleJedi

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2020 said:

25 years later there still hasn’t been one

You got that right!!!

Although do we all agree that he tried to emulate it somewhat with "Black Sweat"???

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Reply #19 posted 10/26/11 7:49am

imago

iloveannie said:

I don't get it... where's Get On The Boat?

falloff

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Reply #20 posted 10/26/11 7:51am

imago

I'm surprised Purple Rain and Little Red Corvette didn't make it.

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Reply #21 posted 10/26/11 7:52am

PurpleJedi

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imago said:

I'm surprised Purple Rain and Little Red Corvette didn't make it.

Actually I was expecting to see "When Doves Cry" on there.

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Reply #22 posted 10/26/11 7:57am

imago

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imago said:

I'm surprised Purple Rain and Little Red Corvette didn't make it.

Actually I was expecting to see "When Doves Cry" on there.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THIS FORUM. GET BACK IN GD WHERE YOU BELONG, MR. no no no!

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Reply #23 posted 10/26/11 9:34am

89F

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Princes' version was an accoustic thing.

No it wasn't. He recorded a quick acoustic version to give an idea of how the song should be played - rhythm, emphasis, etc - but it was never intended to be an acoustic song.

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Reply #24 posted 10/26/11 11:07am

PurpleJedi

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imago said:

PurpleJedi said:

Actually I was expecting to see "When Doves Cry" on there.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THIS FORUM. GET BACK IN GD WHERE YOU BELONG, MR. no no no!

razz

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Reply #25 posted 10/26/11 11:24am

HonestMan13

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Every once in awhile I put this on at the bar and people still go crazy over it! It's a perfect party track and it's just the right length. cool

When eye go 2 a Prince concert or related event it's all heart up in the house but when eye log onto this site and the miasma of bitchiness is completely overwhelming!
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Reply #26 posted 10/26/11 12:13pm

DMSRCMC12

This person never heard "Tick Tick Bang" which is the greatest Prince song of ALL TIMES!

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Reply #27 posted 10/26/11 12:36pm

Replica

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sosgemini said:

Yeah, sad the dude didn't give proper credit to David Z. Tis a shame.

what about BrownMark? David Z was engineering and "producing", but has anyone any info on BrownMarks part in this?

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Reply #28 posted 10/26/11 3:20pm

kiss712

PurpleJedi said:

imago said:

I'm surprised Purple Rain and Little Red Corvette didn't make it.

Actually I was expecting to see "When Doves Cry" on there.

You guys are totally right. I also agree that Kiss was a worthy song for this list, but there should've been a lot more Prince songs that made it. Prince is one of those artists who single-handedly changed the music industry entirely. There wouldn't be as many awesome guitar solos, volcal tracks, or just all around perfectly put together songs. Music needed Prince. Without our Purple Majesty, the Royal music court wouldn't be complete. We will always love you Prince, and you will forever stand the test of time.

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Reply #29 posted 10/26/11 3:29pm

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kiss712 said:

PurpleJedi said:

Actually I was expecting to see "When Doves Cry" on there.

You guys are totally right. I also agree that Kiss was a worthy song for this list, but there should've been a lot more Prince songs that made it. Prince is one of those artists who single-handedly changed the music industry entirely. There wouldn't be as many awesome guitar solos, volcal tracks, or just all around perfectly put together songs. Music needed Prince. Without our Purple Majesty, the Royal music court wouldn't be complete. We will always love you Prince, and you will forever stand the test of time.

Speak for yourself, or at least qualify your use of the word "we" to include only you & other sycophants. There's other great music out there & there will continue to be. It doesn't begin & end with Prince, as talented a composer as he might have been.

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