Ok first post here...I have been lurking for like 7 years (kinda creepy I know) so I figured it was about time I made a post.

Here's the premise...We all know Prince's catalogue has suffered some with inconsistency with the glut of material he has published (in my opinion), ok not until after he peaked in 1987. But he never stopped trying to put out as much material as he did during that time even if it wasn’t as frequently amazing as it was up to that point.
I was thinking what a GREAT album Prince could have made if he had combined the best of Musicology/3121. Now I know this could be said for almost every stage of his career post Sign O' The Times, which I think would be great topics too! Think how great an album Graffiti Bridge paired with the best song of D&P's woulda been? Maybe I wouldn’t have had to skip Jughead so many times in my life!

I like 3121 a lot, in the end there isn't a true skipper in the album. Even upon first listen TAC which I didn’t like as a single made a lot a sense and was appreciated by myself in the whole of the album. But even though I like pretty much all the songs some are a lot weaker than some of the other extremely strong songs on the album. Some of the weaker for me being, TAC, BLAB, Get on the Boat, and Black Sweat. And after a day of listening to 3121 I went back and listened to (after a long time!) Musicology all the way through. Its a lot better album than I originally remember. But it suffers to a much greater degree what make 3121 not a great Prince album. And I thought man what if the man just waited 24 months and edited out some of the stinkers like Life 'O' the Party and some of the weaker songs like BLAB off these two albums and released a truly great album that lived up to the proclamation that both these albums received: a true return to form for the once mighty Prince.

I decided to go ahead with this thought and play it out as a playlist on my ipod:
These are the rules 6 songs from 3121 and 6 from musicology. This was hard for me I like 3121 better but some like Musicology better. I tried to arrange the songs in a manner that flowed well and include songs that "worked" well together and for the most part they are my favorites. Even though The Dance is a fantastic song I didn’t think it fit as well as some other songs so in my fantasy world it would just have to be one of Princes classic killer B-sides. Here’s my play list:

1- 3121
2- Cinnamon Girl
3- Lolita
4- The Marry Kind
5- Love
6- Fury
7- Call My Name
8- A Million Days
9- The Word
10- If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life
11- Satisfied
12- Musicology

I found that this mix really made me love these songs a lot more especially the songs from Musicology. It made those songs seem more relevant for whatever reason. I would like to see if this works for other people and what there mixes would be!

...up next Emancipation paired down to 12 songs LOL!

Here’s my play list:

1- 3121
2- Cinnamon Girl
3- Lolita
4- The Marry Kind
5- Love
6- Fury
7- Call My Name
8- A Million Days
9- The Word
10- If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life
11- Satisfied
12- Musicology

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That woulda been a heckuva record but for the absence of 'Black Sweat". Not that you care but

3121
Lolita
A Million Days
Love
Satisfied
Cinammon Girl
Black Sweat
Musicology
Call My name
Fury
The Word
Te Amo Corozon
Get On the Boat

Yes, I was also thinking about this and made a playlist on my Ipod.

My perfect 3121/Musicology:

1) 3121
2) Lolita
3) A Million Days
4) Black Sweat
5) Call My Name
6) Cinnamon Girl
7) What Do U Want Me 2 Do?
8) Fury
9) The Word
10) The Dance
11) On The Couch
12) Reflection

3121
Lolita
A Million Days
Call My Name
Black Sweat
GlassCutter
What do U Want me 2 Do?
Love
Satisfied
Fury
The Word
Te Amo Corazon
Dear Mr Man
Reflection

the perfect 3121/Musicology compilation...

3121
Lolita
Te Amo Corazon
Black Sweat
Incense & Candles
Love
Satisfied
Fury
The Word
BL&B
The Dance
Get on the boat.

interesting combinations.
I see only 1 person has included Dear Mr Man in their playlist,i think its the best track on Musicology.
But its also interesting to see that 2 people have included What Do You Want Me To Do.....i think that is the weakest track on Musicology.
[Edited 4/4/06 6:08am]

I'd make the mash up a two disc set:

Disc 1

Musicology
Illusion Coma Pimp & Circumstance
A Million days
Lif O the Party
Cinnamon Girl
What do you want me to do
the Marrying Kind
If Eye was the man in ur life
On the Couch
Dear Mr Man
Reflection


Disc 2

3121
Lolita
Te Amo Corazon
Black Sweat
Incense And Candles
Love
Satisfied
Fury
The Word
Beautiful, Loved And Blessed
The Dance
Get On The Boat

SquirrelMeat said:

Whne did remixes become mashups? I like remixes better. Mashups sounds like mashed potatoes for infants.