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How much tighter would the Symbol album have been if it were a ten track set? 1. My Name Is Prince
2. Sexy MF 3. Love 2 The 9's 4. The Morning Papers 5. Sweet Baby 6. Damn U 7. 7 8. And God Created Woman 9. 3 Chains O' Gold 10. The Sacrifice Of Victor I love these tracks... it's just a shame I have to wade through ones like "I Wanna Melt With U" (leave the dog howling to Kate Bush Prince) and "Arrogance". Tony M is also featured WAAAAAY too heavily. I may burn myself this ten track set... what d'ya reckon? [Edited 4/2/05 1:26am] | |
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No 'Continental'? | |
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I dunno... I like it, but I think it'd be better off as a b-side or something...
The Flow and Arrogance should never have been released if you ask me... | |
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wow, we have TOTALLY differen't thoughts on what is good from this album. I would keep ...Melt With U and The Continental in a heartbeat and dump schlocka like And God Created Woman | |
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I'd dump 3 Chains of Gold. As one critic wrote at the time, "Just because you can do it all, doesn't mean it's all worth doing."
Here's my tracklist: My Name Sexy MF Love 2 the 9s The Max Melt With U Sweet Baby The Continental Damn U 7 And God Created Woman Sacrifice of Victor | |
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Well, this would be my ideal tracklisting.
1. My Name is Prince (with Tony's rap replaced with a guitar solo) 2. Love 2 The 9's 3. Blue Light 4. The Morning Papers 5. Sweet Baby 6. The Continental 7. And God Created Woman 8. Damn U 9. 3 Chains 'O' Gold 10. 7 The world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
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Sexy MF
The Morning Papers Blue Light Eye Wanna Melt With U Sweet Baby The Continental Arrogance 7 And God Created Woman 3 Chains O' Gold Goodnight, sweet Prince. | |
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My Name is Prince
Love 2 The 9's The Morning Papers Blue Light Damn U 7 And God Created Woman 3 Chains O' Gold The Continental Sweet Baby | |
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I like it the way it is.
I just wish the rap on 2 The 9's would be ommitted, and Mayte's "Give back the chains" voice would be stripped from 3 Chains of Gold. It's a brilliant album--one of his classics in my opinion. | |
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PurpleKnight said:[quote][color=mediumpurple]
1. My Name is Prince (with Tony's rap replaced with a guitar solo) Aaaahhhhh!!!!! CALL ME A DREAMER 2! | |
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-My name is Prince (without Tony rap)
-Sexy mf -Love 2 the 9's (without Tony rap) -The morning papers -The max -Sweet baby -The continental -Damn u - 7 -And God created woman -3 chains o' gold | |
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I like Continental but i hate the part with carmen electra. it messes with the whole vibe of the song. How can I live 4 love? I'm calling!!! | |
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in response to the question, the tracklist is almost perfect except you forgot Blue Light and The Continental. | |
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1. My Name Is Prince
2. Sexy MF 3. The Morning Papers 4. Blue Light 5. Sweet Baby 6. The Continental 7. Damn U 8. 7 9. And God Created Woman 10.3 Chains O' Gold I actually struggled to come up with 10 tracks from that album that I would consider excellent, even though I generally like the album. 3 Chains O' Gold was my last choice - a curio to be sure. Prince doing Queen. But great song? Not for me. | |
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I love the album just the way it is,but if you forced me to trim it down to a 10-song set,it would look like this...
PRINCE---LOVE SYMBOL "My Name Is Prince" "Sexy MF" "Love 2 The 9s" "Sweet Baby" "Blue Light" "The Continental" "Damn U" "7" "And God Created Woman" "3 Chains O Gold" that's actually a pretty consistent tracklist. | |
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dhawk said: I'd dump 3 Chains of Gold. As one critic wrote at the time, "Just because you can do it all, doesn't mean it's all worth doing."
Here's my tracklist: My Name Sexy MF Love 2 the 9s The Max Melt With U Sweet Baby The Continental Damn U 7 And God Created Woman Sacrifice of Victor "Three Chains O Gold" is the perfect finale to the album,imo.I always felt that the album should have ended with that song."The Sacrifice Of Victor" is a weak song to close the album. | |
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Have to agree with some of the previous comments - its just fine how it is. I think it is one of Prince's most complete LPs, its like a journey of self-discovery from the beginning to the end and leaving off a track - no matter how inconsistent - it would upset the flow of the record.
Having said that if I had to leave off any track, or tracks that I think are superflous, I'd pick the middle trio Damn U, The Flow and Arrogance. However, I'd have to defend Mr M on Flow cos I used to really dig this track when I listened to it when I was little it used to make me chuckle and the horns are an added bonus! Great LP. ps: just adding to this - I just noticed a lot of people have left off The Max - you can't leave this track off, its absolutely ace - sure its a bit OTT and the production is so exaggerated but its amazing, great pop ditty. [Edited 4/4/05 4:55am] "Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul."
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destinyismine said: I like Continental but i hate the part with carmen electra. it messes with the whole vibe of the song.
I completely agree! The first half is great, the second just boring. | |
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I'd like to take off "The Flow/Arrogance" and I'd like to add to the album
"Howevermuch U Want" - which woulda given the album even more Arabian vibes "Peach" - which woulda given the album just a tiny little bit more oomph plus put an instrumental in there somewhere round about the middle of the whole thing to serve as a pallet cleanser. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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