I was gonna burn me a cd of great prince ballads but I got to thinking I need

to make sure its full so I need a little help. I probably will need about

18 to fill it up and I only want the best ones so these are the one's i've

come up with so far:

Scandalous

Adore

Insatiable

Do Me Baby

International Lover

One Kiss at a Time

Those aren't in any certain order but those are the ones I figure HAVE to be

on there. As you can see that's not near enough of them. Help me get to

about 18 people please. I thought about also adding Savior, and F.L.S.M.W. but

I don't know if its up to the standard of those and also is Still Waiting

considered a ballad?

Thanks for the help guys&gals.

These are my favorites. Not necessarily in this order, though.


Adore
Purple Rain
Damn U
With You
When We're Dancing Close And Slow
The Beautiful Ones
Slow Love
Do Me, Baby
It's Gonna Be Lonely
Pink Cashmere
Morning Papers
Crucial
I love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore
Still Waiting
Gotta Broken Heart Again
When 2 R In Lone
Scandalous
International Lover
Insatiable
[Edited 7/7/05 19:37pm]

"When 2 R In Love"

Is certainly one of his most melodic and beautiful ballads


l.o.v.e.l.o.v.e
can U hear me?

Call My Name.

My top list;

Adore
Alexa De Paris [extended]
The Beautiful Ones
Beautiful Strange
Call My Name
Crazy You
Crucial [extended guitar version]
Do Me Baby
Forever In My Life
Girl [extended]
God [Love Theme From Purple Rain] (instrumental)
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Joy In Repetition [with original intro]
Let's Have A Baby
Moonbeam Levels
Old Friends 4 Sale [original lyric version]
One Nite Alone
The One
The Other Side of The Pillow
A Place In Heaven [vocals by Prince]
Power Fantastic [with prelude]
Something in The Water (Does Not Compute)
Sometimes It Snows in April
Venus De Milo
Wasted Kisses
When We're Dancing Close And Slow



.editing the list as I go along
[Edited 7/8/05 2:57am]

Woopee!

I like my own list!

IstenSzek said:

I love that song

Dewrede said:

Kabbel, kabbel, kabbel; slaap.

O.K., after seeing some of the songs on some of your lists it has me wondering

what is the difference between a slow jam and a ballad?

What makes one different than the other because certain songs on those lists

I think of as slow jams and certain songs as ballads.

I think ballads sound like: Adore, Call My Name, One Kiss at a Time, Scandalous,

Insatiable, International Lover and the stuff like that.

I see Damn U, Slow Love and tracks like that as Slow Jams.

Like the Prince track Shhhhh!! is that a slow jam or a ballad?
[Edited 7/8/05 7:35am]

Love2tha9s said:

This question also applies to my list, I suppose. And to me ballads are songs in which he balladeers, no matter what form it comes in. I mean, I have three instrumentals on there!

So to me it is all about what he sings or plays. I like diversity. A list with only Scandalous-like songs tend to get boring quick, at least to me.

I guess I see your point and I never thought of it but I suppose there can

be different types of ballads. I suppose also slow jams could go with them

because they usually in the same vein as far as subject wise anyway.

Love2tha9s said:

I never heard of slow jams as a valid musical description like terms as ballad or rock songs.

To me, songs in a certain vein can fall into multiple corners. And let's be honest. Rock-ballads, like The Beautiful Ones are still ballads.

I can agree with that. I used the term slow jams because that's what i've

heard certain songs of his referred to as.

HamsterHuey said:

Stoopid of me to forget this one.

And yes, I knooooow: there are no Diamonds & Pearls or Nothing Compares 2 U's, as I deem them rather boring and consider them weak Do Me Baby/Adore rip-off's.

HamsterHuey said:

i like it !

How about Electric Intercourse

Don't think Girl is a ballad , btw
neither are If I Was your Girlfriend , Wasted Kisses
and When The Lights Go Down imo ; they're too fast
[Edited 7/8/05 9:04am]

Dewrede said:

If Girl is not a ballad, then I am straight.
Fuck fast, it is all about the words.

I missed The Question Of U as well as candidate.

Dewrede said:

No accounting for taste.

Dewrede said:

There is no good recording, at least not to my liking. If only a studio recording was leaked...

Now if he released that as NPGmc-download....

that'd be
[Edited 7/8/05 9:13am]

Dewrede said:

The word you are looking for could easily be 'spiffy'.

http://dictionary.referen...h?q=spiffy

Dewrede said:

spiffy



/spi'fee/ 1. Said of programs having a pretty, clever, or
exceptionally well-designed interface. "Have you seen the
spiffy {X} version of empire yet?" This was common
mainstream slang during the 1940s.

So, it would be 'spiffy', aka pretty fine if he released some closeted material.

very spiffy indeed

GooeyTheHamster said:

BTW, are we speaking of the same song? Girl, the b-side to America?

What is NOT ballad-dy about it?

too fast
ballads imo , should be slower

i just looked it up and it says nothing about tempo , tho'
[Edited 7/8/05 9:28am]

Dewrede said:

Then we can take off ALOT of songs...

Girl is slow and luscious. Playing it as I type. It is a PERFECT ballad!

Yeah , guess you're right given how it's defined here

http://dictionary.referen...h?q=ballad
[Edited 7/8/05 9:30am]

Dewrede said:

Yes! A popular song especially of a romantic or sentimental nature. Is why I included the three instrumentals. Alexa De Paris and God Instrumental fit the sentimental part of the description...

BTW, do you edit everything?