Was the high point of Rave, and listening to it today i really think its a great version - larry's bass saounds funky! anyone else like it and think its redeems the album?

That's cool but I personally don't care for it.

Worst song on there IMO

clarityman said:

To each his own, I suppose, but IMO it's a very low point on the album. Anytime Prince takes to covering a song, fiddling with the lyrics, and changing the overall tone and message, it's a bad thing.

UGH...one of the worst on the album, I think. But then again, I've been told that that song and Baby Knows and So Far So pleased are the best on that disk...so I just don't know.

I happen to like practically all of the other songs.

Haven't heard P's version, but I LOVE Sheryl's...

i quite like Rave.
Winding road is fine until Larry starts all his love patter.

Kinda pointless IMO. Sheryl's version is better, and its nice he was giving her some recognition in recording it, but its alot worse than many other songs on there. Its not even close to I Love You But I Dont Trust You Anymore, or Pretty man - they're fantastic.

CrozzaUK said:

Well, is this a Prince song, and Sheryl recorded it, or vice versa?

This song is ok, nothing spectacular.

beret1022 said:

It's Sheryl's song...and whoever else helped her write it. Prince's version is pretty bad.

Horrible version of a good song. If he wanted to give her props, he shouldn't have buried her in the mix on Baby Knows.

I love his more upbeat version of this song
great for dancing but for some reason my best friend said it
sounds like something he would hear at a gay club and "vouge" to

He destroyed the song!

It's got some P-Funk moments which I think are cool -- just woulda been better if he had built his own song around them. Check out "Family Name" and "The Everlasting Now" on The Rainbow Children.

ok I am hearing Sheryl Crows on the radio right now...man this song sucks.

I'm another one who loves it. Always have.

The worst song on the album. . .I think I've listened to it maybe three times. . .every once in a while I try it again thinking that I might be wrong. . .but I'm not. . .High point? Hardly. . .

madartista said:

shame more people don't

clarityman said:

ah, no big deal. I think "Pretty Man" is a 5-year low point. we can all like whatever we want. don't make me no nevermind...

clarityman said:

this cover is an abomination, particularly Larry's vocal involvement. quite possibly the most misguided and awful thing Prince has ever released. there are worse songs, there are worse performances. but this pretty much sums up everything that was wrong with his work between 1996 and 2000 in one dire little package.

GrayKing said:

And there you have it.

I'm no 'fam' by any means but there aren't many P songs that I absolutely loathe. I pretty much like all of them or can find something redeeming in them. Even the ones everyone else hates!


Arms Of Orion - yup

Jughead - er, yeah, even this


But I never thought I'd hear a song as bad as 'Damned If Do' until this one crawled out. Wrong in every single way.

onenitealone said:

his butchering of Everyday Is a Winding Road makes the hatchet job he did on I Can't Make You Love Me look like a masterpiece.

vivid said:

You got that right.. what a waste....

muirdo said:

Agree fully its the do u love God ect part that enoys me.It is not the lyrics it just sounds cheesey

I usually listen until Larry starts up, then I skip to the next track.

wow....impressive how people have different tastes...
Yes, I like Larry´s bass, but the production is so slick....it´s the worst song on Rave IMO.

onenitealone said:

- wow....you ´forgot´ several songs that could be in this list:

- La La La He He He
- I wanna melt with U
- 30% of New Power Soul
- We gets up
- Get your groove on

etc etc etc

soulyacolia said:

Exactly my point.

This thread is like sheep mentality in the reverse. Everyday is a Winding Road is definitely no masterpiece no matter who's singing it but it's not the worst thing on that album-- that distinction belongs to Silly Game followed by any of the first three songs. Just because Larry Graham's on it people get all bent out of shape-- don't deny it.