Dang, just really listened to "For You," got to the last track and was blown away. The funky driving bassline with the 70s metal guitar is rockin'. I didn't know Prince had it in him. The drumming, although a little rocky at times is rockin' too. Jeez, how old was he when he recorded this track? 19?

Dang, pretty cool, almost sounds like Jimmy Page on the guitar.

I'm a big fan of this song too. The guitar lick is amazing and some of the solo work is really good. Love the bass in the intro too... Take me baby... I'M YOURS!!!!!

Incredible track.
one of a kind.

Nice track, but I don't like the production. Sounds messy and blurry.
I really wonder what he could do with it today.

I wish he had more straightforward rocking tracks like this one. I really do wonder what he could do if he made a single, if not an album in the same vein as "I'm Yours."

KILLER...

This was a very interesting track to hear considering that for the most part that album is fairly generic light soul. I think I'd even label it a lost prince classic

The alternating guitar and bass solos in the end of the song always blow my mind, especially considering his age at the time...

The guitar lick at the bigining just sounds so classic. The first time I heard this track i thought that I had heard it before! I think he night've been influenced by some of the prog rock bands of the time such as Rush, except there are no lyrics about going on a quest to find the lost nectar of xanado!!

The alternating guitar and bass solos in the end of the song always blow my mind, especially considering his age at the time...


I agree dude


This was a very interesting track to hear considering that for the most part that album is fairly generic light soul. I think I'd even label it a lost prince classic


I agree even more... This track is just another example of how great Prince really is and when you consider how old he was....


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I love that it closes the LP. Were I old enough at the time that "For You" was released, I'd would've been SO impatient 2 hear what could possibly follow an album and song like that. Classic "air guitar" song!

Great song! Prince's first proof to the world that he was just as much a hard rocker as he was a funkateer with nothing watered down.

sexy ,badass rock song that desperately needs to be remastered.

killer guitar track, vocals too

My biggest wish was/is to hear this song, along with "Bambi" and "When U Were Mine" on a mainstream rock station.

"I'm Yours!"

Prince established a world-wide GUITAR DOMINATION with this song and 26 years later, has yet to relinquish it.

It's a terrible, absolutely sickening piece of music but I like it.

Ok, the song is great. But guitar dominance? Gimme a break, that is just some scales up to down in good average speed. The solos are nothing incredible. They are OK.

7salles said:

the solos are nothin incredible? i dont know what ur ears heard, but from that intro to the squeals at the end mine heard him fuckin the hell outta that strat!!!! (lol)

But it hasn't a interesting melody (what makes a great solo) and its not FAST playin, well maybe at the time it was fast, but nowadays compared to the shredders of the 80's it is not fast, nor melodically interesting, so its nothing great.

Nothing great, my cat-suited ass.

I adore this song.

Listen to this part and tell me you don't get chills, you heartless bastards!

I'll give you what you want
But please, love me now
I'll do anything you want
You're the teacher, show me how

rockwilder said:

FunkMistress said:

that part makes me feel so drrrrrty, cuz he was still jailbait when he did it.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I know! You know how virginality turns me on!

I must say the most impressive aspect of this song is the drumming, I had no idea prince was that good a drummer....assuming of course that is him since I'd heard that andre cymone, david z and a couple of other people had uncredited involvement with that album.
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actually, it kinda sounds like it could be a machine in some parts, I could be way off base on that though. It doesn't matter cuz I definitely think this song is one prince's lost classics for sure

That's the first song on a rock compilation cd i have. My buddy was like "This rips off BOC" of course the song he was talking about came out in the 80's so actually its the other way around : ). Anyway one of my favorites( i love it when prince RAWKS)

Oh yeah the drumming is incredible, and i dont think is a mchine at all. I think it's Prince on the skins, maybe he was praticing very much at the time.

jacktheimprovident said:

I don't know. I mean the fills are good, but the drumming as a whole is dodgy, I think.

What are other opinions on this?

jacktheimprovident said:

So would I...

Soft & Wet aside, all of For You licks balls. Bring it Calhoun...