JoeZeo said:

I would SO keep those songs...

I think Da, Da, Da is by far the worst but if I could knock off 12, I'd choose

1) Da, Da, Da
2) Courtin' Time
3) We Gets Up
4) I Can't Make U Love Me
5) Savior
6) The Plan
7) Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife
8) La, La, La (Means I Love U)
9) One Of Us
10) Betcha By Golly Wow!
11) Emancipation
12) White Mansion

and then rename the album "Conception".

As 4 me the ones i keep skipping are Holy River, Mr Happy, but i love Soul Sanctuary, Dreamin' about Cha, Sleep Around and.. Da, Da, Da..., it's real fun(sorry)!!!!!

kpowers said:

I like "Da, Da, Da" when Prince starts in -- I almost always skip ahead to that part and listen to the end. There's some cool lyrics in there, and I like some of the sounds toward the end.

"Courtin' Time" is pretty cool. It's fun and different. It is what it is.

"Mr. Happy" is probably the song I play least. I tend to skip "Dreamin' About U" also, it bores me. My faves are: "The Love We Make," "Saviour," "Holy River," "Human Body," and "Curious Child."

JoeZeo said:

I fucking LOVE White Mansion...no joke. I also love Sleep Around, In This Bed I Scream, Friend, Lover, are all great Prince songs. Emancipation as a whole is not one of my faves...but WM is one that I liked since day one. The worst on the set for me is Betcha By Golly. Emancipation, the song, was such a disappointment as well...what a waste and shitty sounding song that was supposed to represent such a huge moment in his life. The song is just plain boring.

Da Da Da has a good chorus, plus the music on it is good.

The title track gets my vote...seems extremely weak and boring, not a very good song to end a triple disc set with...

I though some you had made a mistake listing Mr. Happy as a track on Emancipation, but then I look at the CD and there it is! You see, I'm so used to skipping it whenever I play the album ( which isn't often) I had forgotten it was even on there. So I'd have to vote for Mr Happy too, though I have to add that "Get Yo Groove On" and "We Gets Up" are pretty fucking aweful. The titles alone make me cringe - "GETS"? FFS! There's nothing less hip than trying really really hard to appear hip e.g. christian rock.

Emancipation is a great album that shows both how diverse Prince's musical stylings are and how diverse a fan base he has. Some of the tracks you guys are talking about leaving off are, to me, the highlight of the album! Esp. FLSMW, this is possibly my favorite song of the 90's.

Anyway, for my money, the single worst track from the LP is "Style". But I agree the better question is which 12 would you eliminate to make a killer double LP... here's my suggestion:

1.Style
2.La La Means I Love You
3.Betcha By Golly Wow
4.White Mansion
5.Courtin' Time
6.Mr. Happy
7.Da Da Da
8.Emancipation
9.The Plan (really just a transition on this album, anyway)
10.We Gets Up
11.One Kiss At A Time
12.Soul Sanctuary

Of those 12 tracks, I probably can't stand only about 4... the rest are simply not the strongest (IMHO).

Oooh! I forgot about Style!!! That song BLOWS, especially when 1-800-NEW-FUNK used to stick me on hold FOREVER (back during the Crystal Ball fiasco), playing that shit song again and again and again and again and again on repeat. Did I mention again?

"Stlye...it's not respecting your fans and their money...Style, it's releasing the album at Best Buy first, fuck whoever ordered it online!"

SDNafka said:

Interesting thought -- Christians trying to appear hip by playing rock. I've often wondered about this myself. But maybe they are as hip as everyone else, just the message is different? Or is there a conflict between the style of music and the message -- is that what makes it appear not so hip? Hmm. But since most of Christian rock's intended audience are Christians, then maybe they only appear hip to other Christians; therefore, it doesn't matter if they don't appear hip to anyone else? Or are they not hip because we question their motives of using rock to reach an audience that otherwise wouldn't listen to their message? And if that were truely their motive, then wouldn't that also be unChristian?

oh well. nevermind me. please continue with the topic at hand...

my computer is a kickass song!!!!!


but i dont like mr. happy & courtin time.

thomas840 said:

I like how my thread changed from the worst song to the top 12 you would take out. ok here is my top 12
1. Da da daa
2. Da da daa
3. Da da daa
4. Da da daa
5. Da da daa
6. Da da daa
7. Da da daa
8. Da da daa
9. Da da daa
10. Da da daa
11. Da da daa
12. Da da daa

worst:courtin time

best:mr happy

"We Gets Up"

kpowers said:

I don't like that song either.I don't really care for any of the hip-hop sounding tracks on this album ("Face Down","Style","Da Da Da").

interesting that this the album we talk/discuss the most here

Snap said:

you bring up an interesting point, snap... i think what makes christian rock appear very unhip in a lot of people's eyes is that rock n' roll, by its nature, is about rebellion and non-conformity... so it's hard to be viewed as a bad ass when you're singing about how much love you god and religion...

Oh I just thought of one of my all-time worst Prince songs!

The Holy River.

Now I know this may come across as blasphemy for some fans because I know people love it. I just can't stand it though. I hate the drums, the lyrics, the melody, etc. Blech.

minneapolisgenius said:

Co sign

kanamit said:

minneapolisgenius said:

Let's make this a threesome. That song sucks my ass, my balls, and my balls' ass!

Nasalhair said:

I'm with you all...there are only 2 that I would say I like, and then 3 more that I don't hit skip on.

However, out of all that crap one song towers above the others in suckage...in the words of KingSausage:


Emancipation is hands down my least favorite album P ever did.

KingSausage said:

I kept reading lyrics from this song in other threads and, since I never listen to E-crap-cipation, I wasn't familiar with it. So last night I listen to it. Style is not stylish at all. SOME of the lyrics are sort of cool, but the song sucks.

kpowers said:

there are a lot of them where do you wnat to start...it would seem that finally the fair Price has learned that bigger is not always better with the size of his recent efforts Musicology and now 3121

DavidEye said:

you know when I first heard "face down" it didn't really catch my attention. Then when prince played the song in concert man it kicked butt!!!! so much energy, I was like yeah face down kicks ass!!!!!

Alexandernvrmind said:

I'll start at da da daa and end at da da daa.

KingSausage said:

kpowers said:

Worst songs, per disc

1. We Gets Up
2. Sex in the Summer
3. Da, Da, Da

Best songs, per disc

1. In This Bed I Scream
2. Savior
3. My Computer

Emancipation is a really plastic sounding album. Come and TGE sounded heavy.