4 me it's a choice of these depending on my mood!



Endorphinmachine

Zanalee

The Truth (Acoustic of course!)

Purple Rain (just the solo!)


I've just noticed that all of these songs (bar Purple Rain) are based on the same chord structure! lol I must be 2 lazy 2 play anything other than an E, A or B! hehe



Right now though it's definately Endorphinmachine! It's so much fun with a stereo turned up LOUD and throw some distortion on the guitar and whack it up 2 11!!!



[This message was edited Fri Nov 1 15:45:03 PST 2002 by JimmyNothingJamJam]

Joy In Repetition (improvising with a distortion guitar)

The Question Of U (playing the solo)

When Doves Cry (jam on piano)

Anotherloverholenyohead (piano)

Under The Cherry Moon (piano)

Question of U
Dolphin (the solo is quite difficult!)

Question of u is my fave one 2 play.

Bambi and DMSR

5 Women
When the Lights Go Down
Sarah
There Is Lonely
The Rainbow Children (title track)
The Work Pt 1
Cream

These are the ones I play to most often but there are many others.

Calhoun Square
Beautiful Strange
Alphabet Street
Joy in Repetition

These are my current favs just because of the live versions. I jam to every different kind of music.

the 1st verse of "Dont Talk 2 Strangers". I have 2 or 3 different versions with different drum beats over them

The only ones I've tried to play along to are:

Anna Stesia
Computer Blue

I love singing Sign O the Times. I always sing a back-up harmony that I made up. I also dig singing along to the Theives in the Temple (Remix).

"I'm talkin' bout the kinda love that can move a mountain
The kinda love that can part the sea..."

On the keys I love playing Ballad of Dorothy Parker, Strange Relationship, Starfish and Coffee, Slow Love, Purple Rain, Nothing Compares 2 U, Under the Cherry Moon, Adore.

On guitar - Let's Go Crazy, When U Were Mine, Pop Life, The Truth, The Cross, Joy in Repetition (anyone else noticed that the solo in this is almost a rip of Frank Zappa's "The Muffin Man" - it's scarily close!), Endorphinmachine, Interactive.

On drums - you name it!

All guitar:

Computer Blue
Take Me With U
Beautiful Ones
Peach
Endorphinmachine
One of Us
The Ladder (great chord progressions)
Temptation
Most of the songs on "Chaos and Disorder"

I wish I was a better piano player, but since my instrument is violin, I usually fool around with all the Prince tunes with strings--Pink Cashmere, Screams of Passion, Raspberry Beret, Take Me with U.

I've recently taken up jazz and blues on the violin, so I'll probably work a few more tunes in there. . .

Call it basic, but I really dig playing along to 1999. The synth chords are very easy but still funky when matched with the other instruments, and I really like to loop the end measures and play some synth and sing along with "paaartay".

"Why You Wanna Treat Me So bad" was just feeling that.I Played this with a Buddy of Mine back in the day.once we knocked the Bass Part out on the Piano then He added the Guitar Part&everything came together really cool.

There was always at least ONE Prince song in my set when I would do a gig...

The Beautiful Ones is an all-time favorite... and years later, it still gets 'em all sweaty wet and screamin! hehe.

I just played Xenophobia and lets go crazy with my band at my high school talent show, man we tore it up, Xenophobia is crazy.

Jem said:

That's awesome Jem!

got the chords 4 Xenophobia please!?!?

Purple Rain... the whole lot. First Prince song I ever learned to play

I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man (the solo)

The Question of You

Gett Off

The Truth

Don't Play Me

The Beautiful Ones

I havnt replyed to this thread yet because I wanted to think about my answer. But I cant pick one, I love them all & it depends which instrument Im playing.

As you can see, my inability to pick one of his songs is making my Prince tribute take even longer lol

lets work, the long version.