Call My Name, Musicology & Dear Mr. Man

Seems I remember ppl round here gushing over A Million Days alot.

My personal favorite track is The Marrying Kind, but I'm sure thats much too
poppy and predictable to be on of those fan faves

PurpleKnight said:

Call My Name is a great song... i'm sorry u cannot see that.

Musicology is 2 funky! only Prince could do that.

dear Mr. Man is one of Prince's most mature songs.

PurpleKnight said:

As much as I really do like Musicology, I have to agree with the Jedi on this.

I can't think of a single track to counter your argument.

It's better than the rainbow children.

All the songs are good but not classic. Should have had more John Blackwell drumming though!

PurpleKnight said:

Well let's take a look at the "classic" song "mature" lyics

When Doves Cry: "Animals srike curius poses"

Alphabet St: "Yeah, Yeah, Yeeeaaah!

Let's Go Crazy: "I'm excited, i don't know why, maybe it's because, were all gonna die"

Anie Christian: "AC wanted, to be a big star, so she moved to Atlanta, and bought a blue car"

Sexuality "You don't need no money, u don't need no clothes"

great songs but MATURE LYRICS?? (with the eception of WDC)
[Edited 9/21/05 12:26pm]

zennabell said:

what makes you think it's better than The Rainbow Children?
That's an album with some truly great songs on it and with
a lot of stellar performances from Prince as well has his
band.

i agree, they are two totally different albums conceived in
two completely different mindsets. however Rainbow Children
is by means of songcraft, influence, instrumentation, sheer
energy, inventiveness, inspiration, daring and performance,
and last but not least cohesiveness (Musicology is nice but
it lacks a soul) The Rainbow Children beats Musicology.

looking back in hindsight, even Rave, how ever much we have
joked about it, is a better album than Musicology. Because
that one too has a more daring execution and some strive to
it. Musicology is filled with great tunes, instant grooves
that jam very nicely. But they're all so easy to forget.

I agree. The album is good as a whole, but the songs can't stand on their own. They're not up to a PRINCE standard of greatness, which lets face it, is higher than other artists.

GoldenGlove said:

This is one of the weakest arguments I've ever read at The Org.

When Doves Cry: You took one single sentence that wasn't even a part of the whole line. You just conveniently edited out the part where the line becomes meaningful.

Alphabet St.: This song isn't meant to be mature, it's meant to be fun. It's also incredibly original, in that "Alphabet St." isn't what it appears to mean when you hear the title. This is a terrible excuse to defend a serious political song like Dear Mr. Man. There's no fair lyrical comparison possible here.

Annie Christian: This song has very clever lyrics. "Annie Christian, Annie Christ. Until you're crucified, I'll live my life in taxi cabs." But did I ever say it was incredibly mature? Another silly example on your part.

Sexuality: Once again, I never mentioned this song as being mature. Another stupid example. And once again, comparing its lyrics to that of a political song about the state of the world is ridiculous.

These are all convenient examples to make it look like Prince has and always will be at the same level of maturity in his lyricism.

It's not true at all.

Sign 'O' The Times' lyrics are incredibly mature and thought provoking; ten times moreso than Dear Mr. Man.

Musicology, ICPC, The Marrying Kind, IIWTMIYL, WDYWM2D, Dear Mr Man.

All standouts in my book

I have to agree with The Golden Glove dude .....

Call My Name is a top class tune , i know a few non Prince fans who love that tune .

Musicology the single gets better everytime i hear it

& Reflection etc are some really decent tunes .

I will agree that it aint as strong as some ,it could actually do with a couple of The Chocolate Invasian tracks ..... this is a much stronger album with about 6 standout tracks from only 10 tunes BUT i would say that CMN & MUSICOLOGY are standouts IMO

Million Days, Call My Name, Cinnamon Girl, WDUWM2D, Reflection

PurpleKnight said:

U put up a good fight and i accept your point,... but i still disagree about Dear Mr. Man.

AlphabetST1977 said:

funky...

PurpleKnight said:

elaborate...

Musicology has no really weak songs, and also no stand out songs I agree.
Except for 'Reflection', it gives me that special [i]Prince feeling and
I always put it on Prince-compilation cd's I make for other people as the last song.

GoldenGlove said:

It's a joke. Look at Mario's sig.

I truly love Reflection. I may be alone, but that track really touches me because it's kind of like Prince coming to terms with getting older for the first time.

i really love the way it's so understated too. The way it ends is just brilliant.

Sometimes I just wanna go sit out on the stoop and play my guitar... watch all the cars go by....

I just love that.

PurpleKnight said:

Oh right... gotcha!

GoldenGlove said:

I have really grown to nearly despise this album. It's a fraud.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I feel the same way. It hasnt touched the inside of any cd player that I own in a year!

dreamfactory313 said:

I probably haven't listened to it for about as long

PurpleKnight said:

You're right about the fact there are no real stand out songs on the album.
Maybe I,C,P,C or WDUWM2D or Million Days stand out a little.

But it's a fact that it must be difficult after 28 years
and 20-something albums 2 put out something that
"doesn't sound like"or "reminds us of..."

WDUWM2D reminds people of Ballad Of DP
Million Days refers to Dolphin

The Stones also still sounds like The Stones and I could swear I've
heard their new song be4.But is that bad?

Paisley4u said:

But when a song just sounds like a boring, obvious retread of a past song, that's when it's definitely a problem.