tane1976 said:

That's surprising to see.

I pick:
Graffiti Bridge, because it was the first real chink in Prince's armor.

honorable mention:

Poom Poom--no explanation necessary

Right Back Here in My Arms--I was expecting a lot from Emancipation, and to hear this song 2nd didn't fill me with confidence.

Diamonds & Pearls--I like it okay, but I felt Prince was going in the wrong direction here.

jone70 said:

OMG..you are soooo right about Peach.....you wanna know what's even worse? I saw Prince perform it live with Lenny Kravitz at the Palladium and you know what.....it still sucked!! At least Jughead is somewhat amusing.....

NDRU said:

Now this is a sensible post.

Anyone talking about Tambourine in the same vein should be stripped of their membership.

I think it's obvious it comes down to Jughead and Graffiti Bridge in the end. And if anyone actually bothered to listen to them they would decide Graffiti Bridge to be ther more offensive.

"Everybody's looking for Graffiti Bridge..."

NO THEY"RE NOT!! NO-ONE IS LOOKING FOR GRAFFITI BRIDGE! NO-ONE AT ALL!!!!! I would rather listen to an hour long rap by Tony M

pjcath said:

That's funny. Totally agree (especially with the sensible part...). At least Jughead isn't trying to be any more than what it is.

Milty said:

nah, you are just unbiased by preset reference perception set by exposure to past songs and melodies and genres heard since childhood.

I love Peach.

I hate "We March"

I hate "We Gets Up"

Kim69 said:

I hate everything about it...from the annoying loop of Kim Basinger's squeal (for lack of a better description) to the awful lyrics, esp: "Her hot pants can't hide her cheeks...She was pure every ounce, I was sure when her titties bounced. " BUT, amazingly, I actually like the version on ONA...Live. I think because the music is better (no KB loop) and he only makes one abstracted reference to the original lyrics:
"Uh oh, here she come, y'all
Wearing them gold hot pants again
I wanna talk, but I don't know
She's a, she's a peach"

definitely on crack..definitely.....

tane1976 said:

I much as Tony M's voice makes me wanna during this song...that music is COOL!

I hate...

The sugary sweet Diamonds and Pearls.

The pathetic chat-up line that is Could You Be The Most Beautiful Girl In The World??

Pink Cashmere is saccarine.

Gett Off is Prince proving he's a one man sex machine but it's completely dry and humourless, unlike it's counterpart Head which is te-he school-boy humour.

Cream is so overly sexual - Yes Prince we get the point. No need to shove it down our throats, so to spaek !

pepper7 said:

DiamondGirl said:

pepper7 said:

How can you hate those?
I don't love 'em, but they're all perfectly good songs.

Milty said:

ANIMAL KINGDOM! That is without a doub, hands down, the worst piece of shit I have ever heard come out the man.

It's thoughtless, and Stupid.!

MickG said:

CaptainJack said:

Well maybe hate's too strong a word but for me they are non-Prince songs.

They are contrived and fake.

The lyrics are full of false machoism and bravado.

They all sound too much like Prince is trying too hard to be something that he's not.

It's like he's portraying himself as this cool dude and really trying to impress his mates with the amount of girls he can chat-up.

There is so little of the real Prince in these songs.

It really is wam, bam thank-you mam...

La La La,He He Hee - hate,hate,hate this song.

pepper7 said:

Two of my favorites from 90-93... and all-time, too. wow. You really have never heard worse Prince songs than the ones you've mentioned? I really am just curious.

I mean, do you really find "Pink Cashmere" to be more saccharine than every one of his other ballads?

skip said:

Oh yeah I do.

He's got "I'm making you a coat of pink cashmere"...to rhyme with "I wanna always have you near" It's just oh what can I find to ryhme with "cashmere"....uh...oh...how about "near" !!!

That's what makes it fake. It doesn't ring true. You would NEVER talk like that in a conversation.

It's ryhme purely for the sake of ryhme.

It sounds very childish !!

I hate writing

pepper7 said:

I can relate at least to your reaction to the lyrics, then. I do remember feeling like they were contrived when I first heard it... I just think everything else about that track make it a classic, and I can forgive him for corny rhyming. The music swoons.

I must say that "I Love U in Me" contains one of my least favorite Prince lyrics of all time: "When we make love it's like surgery."



How disgusting is that? Always ruined the song for me completely. I just see a scalpel slicing skin, makes me cringe.

skip said:

Yes I definaetly agree with you on that one !

I absolutely love "I Love You In Me" but for years that line REALLY bothered me and I cringe everytime I hear it. But the rest of the song is great, especially the lines...

"I promised myself not to come until she does,
but she took both hands and a liar I was..."

These have to be one of Prince's best lines ever. It completely rolls off the tongue and is completely natural and heartfelt at the same time as being slightly funny !

I don't think you could get much more honesty than those two lines !

So when I hear lyrics like "Let a woman be a woman and a man be a man, if you want to baby here I am." I think they are completely devoid of any form of realness.

twister6 said:

Empty Room?

"Crazy Ass Bass in the Background?"

It's simply incredible that no one has mentioned the god-awful "3 Chains Of Gold" yet.

"Damned If I Do" is the worst song on EMANCIPATION.

"Condition Of The Heart" is excruciating, due to the howling lyrics.



He's also ruined songs with bad, bad lyrics -

"This will be the day, that you will be hear me say, that I will never run away...If I gave you Diamonds and Pearls, would you be a happy boy or a girl? If I could, I would give you the world." Lazy writing, and stupid nonsensical phrases. Makes me want to barf.

"I've seen The Future and it works. If there's life after, we will see. So I can't go...like a jerk." Like a soda jerk? Beef jerky? A--hole jerk? What does that mean?

DieselsDen said:

Oh man!
You just dissed 3 of his best songs!

Dolphin...not much I don't like but Dolphin never hit me right.