Zannalee the live version (not the C&D version with the sirene and the walky talkie stuff)

No question - I just did a 10 track Blues album for my father, who is rapidly converting after many years of abstinence.....

Top 4 are...

1. The Truth
2. H.C.Y.D.C.M.A.
3. 5 Women
4. 3rd eye

I think

The question of u
The Ride
Old friends 4 sale

on june 7 in 1986,he played a blues in g.This is a very typical bluestheme,but with very very great guitarwork.really
It´s the afterconcert from detriot

2 hallurain
the blues in G,is from 7.6.86;Detriot aftershow.
a bootleg is available. If like good guitarwork, buy it.The whole concert is a pure jam.From start 2 end.He,Brownmark and Bobby Z.as a trio. Fanatastic concert.

Definately Question of U,... the Ride and 5Women.
... I love those songs...

5 Women and Blues in C(If I Had A Harem) are Prince's two best blues songs.

Don't forget ZANNALEE. That's a Blues!!

SUGAR BLUE
DOYLE BRAMHALL 11
BLACK CROWES
GOVT MULE

It has to be "5 WOMEN" The song just ooozes the Blues, especially the way I feel at the moment, however I'm on about number 7 still can't get her off my mind though, but sometimes in rains in April!

The Ride (5 Women lost by .1)

The ride is awful, boring and derivative. The top 3 Prince blues songs are

1.Alphabet St (Lovesexy) Not the shitty bland "blues" version

2.Peach
3.I Wonder

WildheartXXX said:

The blues is a three chord genre. Anyone can play it. What makes it the blues is the songs are sorta depressing and you as the listener want to sit, nod your head, and sip on your drink. Alphabet Street and Peach are dance numbers. The Ride falls into this category because the storyteller wants to pick up someone because s/he is lonely and need a quick pick me up... but will still have the blues.

Sorry, but when I think blues, Prince is one of the LAST names that comes to mind.

psavage said:

psavage you can get a tad bit over this woman if you write a song or complete album about her like Maxwell did with his Urban Hang Suite album. Try it. And remember, no two women are alike. You will never find in them what was in her, so approach each relationship with an open mind and heart.

incognito said:

Blues is just as much about getting laid. ZZ top are a blues band, all their songs are about sex,cars and getting drunk. Peach is pure blues! The three i picked are definitely blues songs, no doubt about it. To call Peach a dance number is crazy.

I dance to Peach... and Mayte did too. Peach is not a song I want to do the do too. And every ZZ top song that was Top 40 in the U.S. were dance numbers.

Most of these songs you're all mentioning, aside from 5 Women and The Ride, are not REALLY blues, even though many of them are "bluesy."

As far as the best "bluesy" Prince song, my vote is for "The Question Of U" and "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore." "Kiss," although following a blues chord progression quite closely, doesn't really FEEL like blues because of it's strict 4/4 time and dance beat. But it's my favorite of the three I've mentioned.

you all seem to be forgetting the old albums, Alot of prince, For you, Dirty mind and Controversy had a lot of Bluesy issues. Remember Still waiting. Or even the Albums by Mavis Staples! they were full of blues numbers. The man can do it all!

BlaqueKnight said:

At last, a voice of reason!!!

Wassup BK!!

jaikman said:

Nothing Compares 2 U
Purple Rain
The Ride
The Undertaker
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
The Other Side of the Pillow

he doesn't have alot of "blues" songs, so i don't have alot to chose from.....i like all the ones he has done though for the most part.

U make my sun shine when he played it live on the Hit n Run tour. Awesome!

DigitalShogun said:

damn... your experience with the blues must be very, very limited... i suggest you try buddy guy's "when my left jumps" and lightnin' hopkins's "lightnin' don't feel too well"... those are haunting friggin songs...

I actually quite liked his live cut of Redhouse (or Purplehouse as he calls it) by Jimi Hendrix.

Unquestionably "The Question of U"

THIRD EYE or THE TRUTH

They R the Classic 12Bar Blues... xpecially The Truth

PFunkjazz said:

So what, y'all know it's THE RIDE dammit... :X

Absolutely, Positively....

1) THE BEAUTIFUL ONES
2) CONDITION OF THE HEART

That's my opinion anyway....Peace~Rachel

I don't want to seem controvercial...but to some of you commenting that Prince doesn't have many blues songs....How can you call yourself a fan, and believe that? Prince has MANY blues songs. I think much of his life has been expressed in the blues songs he has written/composed, coupled with all of his other music, (funk, pop, rock, etc) I think Prince IS his music, and his music IS him....And A LOT of his music WAS (& some still is) blues-ish, even a lot of the funk and rock had blue undertones...again, this is my opinion...peace and much luv 2 u all..Rachel

i don't know the name and i got it on a BOOT, oops can we say that????
anyway it starts off with...

i wanna know dahlin what did i DO? to make u treat me like a billy (??) dog...
something about his lips, his hips and god knows whatelse
ummm maybe i need to go pull that out again... ohhh shyt its in MD...