What are some Prince songs that you thought he had a great song going and either

in the middle or at the end you hear him go in a totally different direction

and you're like WHY THE HELL DID HE DO THAT? I know for me its extra loveable

I consider it a B+ unreleased track almost on par with Moonbeam levels or

Extra Loveable until the end when he starts all that rape you talk and

all the weird instrumentation at the end. Coulda been an A+.

I know we all have them. What R' yours?
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the horrible pseudo-rap/reggae in "the sun, the moon, the stars"

the track is one of my faves, but the rap reggae has got to go.

2 the 9s

The rap stuff wasn't necessary.
I like the musical movements in the background when the rapping is going on, but just wish something more interesting was happenning vocally.

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic. The song kills on the Small Club boot and the snippets were great in Batdance, but the studio version is just unlistenable.

hmmm...well extra loveable would def. be one.. all that "i'm goin to have to rape u now" shit reaaaaaly caught me off guard. wayyy off guard

AsianBomb777 said:

agreed

squirrelgrease said:

I just posted something simular on another thread. Personally, I wouldn't say "unlistenable" but I would say incomplete.For me, it's a little too repititious and could have used a frenzied guitar solo or maybe addition vocals. It's a great song but the studio version simply can't compete with the live versions.

Snap said:

I love it the way it is. Makes it more original too. "say how, u gonna make that botty boom". U tell 'em tony.

Well the song didn't stink or anything but he kinda messed up the sample or housequake on Girl#6. When the sample says "Damn!" you hear the drumbeat.

I don't think anyone knows what the hell I'm talking about..I need a life.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

PLease, that shit was hot!!

squirrelgrease said:

agreed , not a fan of this track , I dont think the original version on Small Club is a spectacular track either mind

tick tick bang is another one..i LOOOOVE the more harder 81 version..and when i first heard it on gb i was like WHAT THE HEL?!?!?!?! its grown on me since then, and i can say almost with a str8 face that i like it..but still its like

squirrelgrease said:

Agreed.

AsianBomb777 said:

Agreed. Although, I do like it the way it is, can't help but feel the rapping is superfluous.

AsianBomb777 said:

Co-sign. I hate the "booty boom" part. I think that phrase is tacky and it dates the song a bit as well, imo.

That bit in a million days were the music goes up and down and all distorted! yuk, i hate that bit.

And the screeching in Kiss.

Absolutely anything that included Tony M. It makes me cringe even thinking about how he butchered some songs back in the 90s. Of them all, I would select My Name is Prince and Willing and Able as two songs that went downhill quickly after the mic was passed to Tony M. Tony rapping over the organ at the end of Willing and Able is like giving a child crayons and a Picasso. The outcome is..blaahhh!
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sitruk7 said:

One of my all time faves...

Basically Tony M. fucks up most of Prince's songs.

I don't think there should've been a second version of "Empty Room". The 1st was perfect. Also, I've never been enamoured of the (most commonly circulating) studio version of "Days of Wild". That track flat-lines badly. It always worked better as a live track.

On another Small Club related issue I love the version of Still Would Stand All Time on there but have no fondness for the released version at all.

I especially like the bit where he goes through the days of the week and how the sex is on each day!!

Pull a black box of paraphenalia out on ya child, you know that Saturday night..... Love it!!

1+1+1 is 3, this song is so funky in the beginning, then just falls apart midway

'3 Chains o' Gold'

1st verse... so far, so good (last sentance leave a bit to be desired however)

But then a crappy guitar line kicks in with a lame-O keyboard part that just grates. It then settles down again, into this really sublime section with a stunningly beautiful melody, and a great vocal from our boy, then it all kicks off with a load more symbollocks again. Parts of it have the makings of a truly great Prince song, but it's such a mish-mash of unrealised ideas it just doesn't feel like anything remotely like a whole.

Its central dynamic is so intent on being some big operatic statement (like it's sister song 'Strays of The World') that it collapses in on itself like a souffle in an oven, leaving a feeling of frustration behind. If he hadn't tried so hard, rather than forcing all these different parts together, it may have worked. In this giant mess of a song lies at least two decent songs - one of them a gem.


'Give back the chains, if u don't u will die!'

Oh piss off!

BananaCologne said:

"Give back the chains. If you don't you will die!!"

"nothing should come between you and I "

Rinluv said:

lol true dat.

PurpleKnight said:

I am with you on most of these, but My Name is Prince/Live 4 Love are the only two songs where Tony M doesn't become a cancer to the song.

The live version of Live 4 Love on the Diamonds & Pearls VHS/DVD IS butchered by Tony M's rap...he sounds like he is about to have an asthma attack

I Can't Make You Love Me

I think it's sad how bad Musicology turned out...he could've have put the word to way better use.

MsLegs said:

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