Which four/five Prince songs are "musts" for the soundtrack of your life, and why?

I guess nearly all of his songs have a special place/significance to different points in my life. But for me, it's definitely (1) Let's Go Crazy: When I hear this, I'm 16 again. I'm young, insecure, growing up in a tiny Texas town and my greatest fear is that I'll never get out, never meet anyone who speaks a foreign language other than Spanish, see the world. I'm terrified my parents will never be able to afford to send me to college and I'll end up a sad, lonely, small town nothing. I remember sitting in the theatre watching Prince on the screen, listening to him belt out the words and feeling shivers of liberation and freedom down my spine. He was telling me to "Let's Go Crazy"...and take a chance on life on my own. Two weeks later I had applied for every scholarship I could get my hands on. I got three and could finally afford school.
(2) Pussy Control. It's a naughty, feminist thang, ya'all. (3) Endorphin Machine: This little ditty became me and my friends' anthem during our visit to Minnie for Xenophobia. We even shoe polished our rental car with our names, "TX Loves Prince", and "Endorphin Machine." It was bitch to get that polish off at 4 in the morning during our mad dash to the airport on our last night. And (4) Gotta have a love ballad. My most tender, loving, and erotic moments always have the man's voice playin' in the background. It's a toss up between Damn U, TMBGINTW, Case of U

How about you guys?

Why must we associate the music we listen to with the film industry? My life doesn't have a 'soundtrack', I just have songs I like to listen to. Sometimes I have silence I like to listen to, and sometimes I enjoy the silence with Depeche Mode or listen to the sounds of silence with Simon and Garfunkle. Why does TV control our lives? When was the last time someone made a good film? Would you like a Pepsi?

xitlai said:

Is it really naughty to be a feminist?

Is this song really feminist or a sexist view of feminist thought?

xitlai, how do you pronounce your name?

PrincPDC said:

Last really "good" film I saw was ...was...was...oh shit. Damn, now I know why I go to the artsy/fartsy foreign film places so much. This country's film industry bites. Shit, he's got a point. WTF, my question still remains the same...Soundtrack to your life...discuss...

PrincPDC said:

The adjective naughty applies to thang, not feminist. It's very possible to be both. A girl can't help but feel proud to be a woman and get off erotically at the same time when listening to this song.

2the9s said:

It's pronounced "Seetlahee" Thanks for askin' 9's

xitlai said:

Wow it sounds as cool as it looks!

My name is pronounced "twothenines," in case you were wondering. heh heh

2the9s said:

ROFL! My name means "the Eye of God" in Nahuatl (aka Aztec)

xitlai said:

Let's discuss that. How does one land such a nice name, and then, if you've heard it spoken often does it become a 'soundtrack' to your life and in that regard is it more positive than other names?

Eye buyin cotten herre..
so take off all ure wool..
eye am-gettin so hot- eye wanna take this wool off...

gonna get a little "cot" "cot" and a little bit of "cot" "cot"

xitlai said:

Let's dicuss the Aztec culture! I hear that they developed science that was increadibly advanced for it's time, and then proceeded to tell the people that 'the gods' had given them the knowledge. That was how they ruled. Almost sounds familiar...

PrincPDC said:

PrincPDC, Hey Man, Get your own thread! Just Kidding...that's actually cool that you'd want to discuss that. Technically, I've got two names. Both my parents are indigenous (native) but my mother was raised Catholic. I have my Aztec name that my father gave me and the Spanish, Christian name my Catholic mama stuck me with on my birth certificate. It's a pretty name, I'm not knocking it. But I grew up always being called by "Xitlai." As for Aztec culture, yes, it was a highly developed Native American culture, perhaps the most scientifically, technologically, and educationally advanced of all the indigenous cultures of the Americas. I think when the Spaniards first set eyes on Tenochtitlan (the Aztec capital) their first words were Oh Shit!. The city, home to more than 3 Million, had an architecture, infrastructure, water-management system, waste-management, market/commerce transport system, and literary class unlike any thing they had ever seen. Too bad they didn't have gunpower and a smallpox vaccine, too. Damn

PrincPDC said:

Let's get back on the topic of choice: soundtrack of your life...what Prince tunes are on it?

Okay, Okay! Man those Aztecs are pushy!

Automatic, Adore, Lovesexy, Gett Off, We Can Funk, Dark.

How many is that?

xitlai said:

Now that is a cool name.

The Beautiful Ones(affects every 18-yr-old single...)
Bob George(the darker side of me...)
Something In The Water(must be somethin the girls drink 2 get them so badd...)
Computer Blue(where is my lovelife? where has it gone?)
Strange Relationship(they're yo' best friend one day,they're yo worst enemy every other month...)
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man(been there b4...)

Housequake
It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night (my good moods...)

Do Me Baby
Electric Intercourse
I Wanna Be Your Lover (when i wanna...)

Ecnirp84

xitlai said:

I thought it was Nahuatl! My grandfathers ancestors to be sure...9s thanks for asking what I was thinking..

WOO HOO!

Great thread, i love your avatar xitlai!

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My name means "too much time on his hands" --

I love U but don't trust U...

I hate U...

Bambi...

Can ya'll figure out a story here?

I can't really pick Prince songs for this, but here are mine:

"Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima" - Krystof Penderecki

"Night on Bald Mountain" - Mussorgsky

"Verklarte Nacht" - Arnold Schoenberg

"Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" - Carl Orff

IceNine said:

I must listen to these songs and figure out what the heck you're talking about...

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

I think that you will find them stimulating and disturbing... much like me.

IceNine said:

Well, it seems Kazaa doesn't have these songs, Ice. What a pity.

BattierBeMyDaddy said:

Ahhh... that is because they are all from orchestral composers and are not songs. I don't imagine that you will be able to find them for download.

IceNine said:

Be fair, most people know this as 'Carmina Burana'

xenon said:

There are only small parts of "Carmina Burana" that I like... most of it sucks... but you are right, it is from "Carmina Burana" by Carl Orff.