Dorothy Parker is great, yes. The rest is a pure waste of time.

Mutiny said:

You know, I've never even listened to this.

I think I got a few tracks into the first disc of ONA Live when I first got it, since which it's never graced my CD player.

Aftershock said:

I dont find C&D that bad. Actually, it has good songs: Dinner with Delores, Zanalee, I Rock therefore...Not his best, but not his nadir.

Mutiny said:

wow, i never thought about it that way, but you're kinda right....except i think the version of 'joy in repetition' on there is pretty amazing. other than that and DP, it's a lot of twaddle and i can't even listen to the stuff with musiq.

TRC, not because of of the Bea Arthur voice, but for the average sound. Nothing stands out. 1+1+1=3 is highly overrated in this place.
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DarkKnight1 said:

alright, i've heard many variations on what that voice sounds like...but bea arthur? i'm keeping that one.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I think that the rest of the Golden Girls contributed to the Wedding Feast.
Listen closely.....

DarkKnight1 said:

sophia was singin bass, wasn't she?

PurpleBilly said:

Come on. It wasn't that Prince covered one of Sheryl's biggest hits, it was that he covered it so spectacularly badly

NouveauDance said:

same goes for "betcha by golly wow" and "la la means i love you".

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Blanche was bass. Fuck, I guess Ive blown my cover on the Golden Girls.

Easy. The Rainbow Children.

It is a great album.... for me to poop on.

or to set a drink on.

DarkKnight1 said:

I sorry, I just have never gotten into For You. It just doesn't do it for me. I only like one song off of it, and that's Soft and Wet.

CherrieMoonKisses said:

I couldn't agree with you more. I've tried and TRIED to appreciate this album and I'm just not feelin' it. There are exactly 3 songs that I like out of 36 and the rest bore me to no end.

Diamonds and Pearls (I love Walk Don't Walk, Cream, and Money Don't Matter 2Nite, but the rest is just very forgettable).


Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. For a long time I truly tried to like the album, and it has its moments (Strange But True, Manowar), but ultimately it's definitely my least favorite Prince album - Just about every song is a clunker, and the superslick production, weak guest stars, and general lack of inspiration (Every Day is a Winding Road?) stop this one dead in its tracks.
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"The Truth". It's stripped down and dull, dull, dull. Hell, I feel like he's going to break out singing "Kumbaya" at any moment.

NouveauDance said:

Oh good, I'm not alone! Though I got through the whole thing at least once, I'm no more fond of it than you!

Dirty Mind-I love the look and attitude, and I like watching old footage of it and videos from a historical viewpoint. But the music itself is very bland and downright boring. And I can't defend Sister. It's just embarrassing. I tell someone I like P and they're like "U know he fucks his sis, right" and I can't respond because I can't defend it. But that's not why I don't like the album, I just don't see what the fuss is all about musicallly.

You do know Sister was a very tongue in cheek song don't you?

Man,ám I the only one who likes D&P here?
I don't consider it 2 be his most inspired album
but it's a solid P-album,kind off an compilation
of what Prince stands 4.Just a great pop album.

Don't like NPS,Rave...that much,thoug
every P-album always has some good stuff on it.
Haven't listened 2 NEWS that much so I really
can't say what I think about that one.

NouveauDance said:

I know that, and it's actually humorous. But try explaining that to the non-fans who think he's just an odd sex freak who don't understand his humor. I can't defend it.

Paisley4u said:

I love Diamonds and Pearls. There are like 5 of us on the planet who like it.

doctamario said:

Why do you need to defend it?

I would have to say that LOVESEXY is the worst, although, Anna Stesia is very cool. Iwould also like to say very bad (VILE) things about TRC,NPS,COME, and CHAOS AND DISORDER but theres not enough time. Well maybe just a sec (PISSSSS,BLOOD, SHIT and PUKE) are better than that crap. It saddens me when I think about how far his song writing skills have fallen.

HE WAS THE BEST I'D EVER HEARD AND THE BEST I EVER SAW.

Zelaira said:

Hands down, Chaos and Disorder. Its a crappy album.

doctamario said:

5 million!!

MUSICOLOGY is by far the weakest overall album he's ever put out. Aside from the title track, there isn't ANYTHING else on the album I look forward to hearing. Boring melodies, awful beats, and re-hashed ideas. After many years being a Prince fan and looking forward to all his new releases, I couldn't believe it when I heard MUSICOLOGY! Nor could I believe how wildly wrong the critics were about how good it was.

I've never had that problem with "Sister" but I have had a similar problem with the "Parade" album. I know tons of people that used to be into Prince heavily but this album drove them away for good because it had classical music on it. I hear from people all the time...."Does Prince still do that nerdy classical shit?" I have no problem with people saying that because it pissed me off when he did it also. I simply respond by saying "He still does every now and then and he's even done dull accoustical stuff and tired ass rap since then. I agree that he lost his damn mind after "Purple Rain" but he still puts out jams every now and then when he wants to".

I've found that if you agree with something the non-fans are saying, don't be afraid to tell them. It shows them that even though you are a Prince fan, you are still an individual yourself with your own tastes and dislikes instead of just what Prince's are.

I have three P albums that I just cannot stand:


The Rainbow Children-I know this album has it's backers but I just don't get it. I have listened to it numerous times, tried to figure out what the hell was going on in his purple brain and...nada. It's pretentious, the jazz is decidely unjazzy, and it lacks creativity on all levels. I truly though the man had lost it after this one.


NewPowerSoul-I don't care what people say about this being an NPG project, the buck stops with the man poorly drawn on the cover. It sounds like the work of someone who crammed the night before to be exactly like Prince. They studied every album, tried to diagnose the funk, and then when the big exam came, they fell asleep through it. This is Designer Imposter Prince.

And my least least favorite:

Chaos and Disorder-This one because I hate the whole tone of it. It just reeks or contract filler and, wheras I kind of understand P. wanting to say "f--k you" to the label that I felt wronged him, he didn't have to say it to the fans too. Ugly stuff that should have remained in the vault. Contains one of his worst songs ever, "Right the Wrong", which, incidentally, didn't get righted and stayed very, very wrong.