Never liked this song, what do you guys think of this song. This and the self title track are the weakest on the album imo.

I love Paisley Park, I think it is one of the best tracks on the album!

Paisley Park is one of the best Prince songs...EVER....

I'll agree with you about the title track- never liked it.

Paisley Park is top notch for me, though.

I think Tamborine and Raspberry Beret are the best songs on that album. I also like America better than Paisley or the self-titled track.

I love Paisley Park very Beatleish IMHO.

I love the whole ambience of both songs. Just wait till you hear "Paisley Park" live. Oh boy!

the 12 inch is really good too. Amazing build up and some extra guitar riffs.....sufeckinperb.

i love this song. it speaks of a utopia that can only be found in your mind and heart. Its kinda refreshing 4 me.

I skip that track... always

Rasberry beret is the best pop song ever written imo.

It's okay.

One of the better songs on a patchy album, imo.

FABpolska said:

I always listen to it, I love the intro, it does have that magical mystery tour..sgt pepper quality, but it doesn't go anywhere further for me than the first minute of the song....the 12' is better.

Cloudbuster said:

It's a good album in that it didn't chase the commercial success garnered from Purple Rain. I thought Prince had abandoned his randb side with that one though. Glad he didn't..

lilgish said:

This is without a doubt, one of the best tracks on the album as far as I'm concerned. His guitar work on it, is incredible.

To each their own, but I've always felt "America," "Pop Life," and "The Ladder," were the weakest on this CD.

Although, the rehearsal version of "The Ladder," seen on "Prince, A Musical Portrait," gave me new respect for the song.

And to top it all off... seeing him perform "Paisley Park," at the 2002 Xenophobia Celebration at Paisley Park, made the song even more special.


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lilgish said:

I too have thought it to be a weak track..still can't believe it was a single...though there are very few "singles" on that album. The only thing I like about the song is the chorus...but I think that the drum track and the almost carnivalish melody to it...I dunno I have heard better. Also for a song titled Paisley Park, one would think a better job could have been done.

Now the title track. That's one of my favorites. Very colorful and never gets to the dance part...which it could have done (the demo also suggests this) but it stays where it does. It's very whimsical.

I think though that the songs I really don't like are The Ladder and Temptation.. Very lack luster attempts at a religious song and a "closing" song.

My favorites are Tamborine and America.

lilgish said:

I love PP, the 12" mix is one of my favourite Prince releases.

Seagulls

Actually I loved that song from the first listen. It is an aquired taste really...I sense alot of Beatles influence in it..and I am really not a fan of the Beatles experimental stuff (pop hits tho were great in the early sixties)...but I really like this song. It is uplifting. I even like the video...even tho it is shot really cheaply it is so happy and eighties and I noticed alot of alternative videos in the ninties followed a similar formant. Prince is such an inovator!

I was listening to the album yesterday and Paisley Park is one of my favorites, along with Pop Life, America, Rasberry Beret and Temptation.

I love this track myself, but then again I am partial to anything Prince has done in the 80's.

Reminds me of The Beatles.

Are u kidding me? Paisley Park is a trademark Prince Song.
His own utopia...lisen to the lyrics and imagry. The beatle influence
is clear. This song and the title track both have great imagry
in the lyrics....the worst song on the lp is probably Tambourine.
And that song is even good....

I did not like this song at first, but now I love it. It just grabbed my attention one day in passing.
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it is his Worse MTV ever made !! imo

It's a great homage to the psychadelic era and as mentioned earlier his guitar work is outstanding. The album was perhaps the bravest thing a "pop" artist could have done after the success of Purple Rain and I would challenge anyone to find another artist of that time who could have come up with that. The only weak track on the cd (if weak is the right word) is The Ladder, the rest are pure gold!!

lilgish said:

Certainly he deserves props for not making an obvious follow up. But it's still a hit and miss affair to my ears.

I never really liked it much until I heard it live on the 'celebration' boot, that made me give the album version a listen again now its grown on me
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When I first got ATWIAD, I played this song over and over!!! I love this track. It makes me smile.