I'm looking for the best part of a Prince song. The 10 second or so part that makes you hit the rewind button and play it over and over and over again. It plays, you absolutely dig it, then you play that same part again.

Example:

"Sign O' The Times" -

"September my brother tried reefer for the very first time. Now he's doing horse...it's June" and then that wicked guitar lick. Absolutely Prince's greatest 10 seconds. A) his lyrics were never more sharp. B) that "...it's June" is absolutely devastating, and C) that guitar lick as punctuation at the end of the lyric is insanely biting and brilliant. Fantastic stuff.

or

"Can't Stop This Feeling I Got" -

- the coda, the fade out, the final ten seconds or so of this song is Prince's greatest groove he's ever laid down. Absolutely bad-ass bass line with a ripping guitar solo over it. It fades out so I always increase my volume up to ten (and then unfortunately I get that "Lay down your funky weapon" from the next song blasting out of my stereo). But that final 10 seconds at the end of "Can't Stop" with the groove and solo is amazing. (I wonder if there is a full version of this song that has the coda groove not fading out.)

Any favorite parts to Prince songs that just send you to heaven?

Purple Rain

Woo Hoo Ooo Hoo, Woo Hoo Ooo Hoo

Gives me goosebumps everytime.

DarkKnight1 said:

Cool. You dig the outro and I dig the intro (those bare chords give me the gosebumps).

the scream in beautiful one as it nears the end.....coool

2nd that!! Screams at the end of the Beautiful One's

"Don't worrrryyyy...I - Won't - huuurrt - U,

I Onnnnly waaant U...

2 have...

...some

.....funnnnn..."

that amazing synth solo in 'Head' - that's some crazy-assed chit!

2:13 into 'Empty Room' where Prince pleads desperately: "Baby, why did u leave me all alone?" followed by one of the bloody best guitar solos he's ever laid down. Actually, the entire song is a bloody gem!

For me, it's the segue between Kiss and Anotherloverholenyohead. Kills me everytime. I always have to listen to those songs together.

This has to be the easiest question ever asked.


ORGASM!!!!! from the COME CD.

I don't know if it's the greatest, but wow that Frankie segue between "Superfunkycaligragisexy" and "2 Nigs" on the Black Album might qualify as most badass.

"Squirrel Meat!" >uh< "Don't try it." "Cat, whass happenin baaabe..."

That funky Vicky Vale part of Batdance. You know, the part where all the blondes come out in the video.

Welcome2daRevolution said:

Oooh cosign! The song should have just been 6 minutes of that!

There's that Scandalous Sex Suite track, where he sings extra lines to the song. That line, Talk to me, Pretty Warm thing...That extra chorus kicks my ass, I have to keep going back and forth to it...

Cloreen said:

OH...MY...GOD! I know exactly the part you are talking about...I love, I love, I LOVE that part of the song!

The end of Reflection.

That part in God, where he goes, "ploop, ah ah..ahhha ahhh...and screams reallly loud.

Krystal666 said:

Excellent, I'm not alone in loving this brief, wild, groove.

Now everybody,
- put on your 'Graffiti Bridge' CD,
- cue up the last twenty-five seconds of "Can't Stop This Feeling I Got,"
- turn your volume up to 10
- and GO INSANE!

I like the ends of alot of his songs..

"Strange Relationship" "Yeah, Yeah.. funky!

"In this Bed I Scream" feedback..

"DMSR" the end chant

it goes on and on...


The beginning of "When Doves Cry" is perhaps the coolest 10 seconds ever recorded.. especially with headphones on.

The "LOVE MMEEE!!"'s at the end of Joy in Repetition

we're just a play in your master plan - now my lord I understand.....

The squelchy Hammond Organ crescendo in Glam Slam.

Man, I hope I don't screw this up, but the end of that track from 1999, I think it's DMSW, when some chick (Susannah?) starts screaming "Somebody help me! Please, somebody help me!" and that part is played directly over Prince acting as the party leader, calling everyone out to get down, unaware or unconcerned that someone is about to get raped.

Absolutely the most chilling moment Prince has ever recorded. Brilliant.

The electric guitar - synthesizer solo duet in Lady Cab Driver...

the part in I hate U where he goes into the guitar solo it's that wonderful melange of WTF and bang your head in what was otherwise a slightly generic falsetto pop ballad

the intro to let's go crazy

"Do u want him? Or do u want me? Coz I want u!"
- The Beautiful Ones

Gives me goosebumps that part.

The coda of "When 2 r in love"

The keyboard solo segueing into the guitar solo on "Get it up"

"When Doves Cry" beginning and guitar solo

"Crystal Ball" bass and guitar solo and the following strings

"Lady Cab Driver" guitar/synth battle

RnRHoF solo after he first looks over to Tom Petty, leans forward, opens his mouth and shakes his head

Acoustic guitar rhythm ass-kicking on "Forever in my life" (1987 rehearsal gig)

"I hate U" guitar solo

Blues coda of "Saviour" (longer than 10 sec, though)

Instrumental part of "TRC" (song) ...also longer of course

The middle break of "Controversy" on the Rhythm guitar... Too Funky

DarlingDiana said:

that bit, soooo that bit.

Baaaby baaby baaby listen to me! hooo!...usw

It makes my emotional insides go frantic.Joyous,torn up,speechless.
I Love it

Can't stop this feeling i've got, was a great bootleg, and it streams into We can funk, a gorgeous stripped back bitter sweet version,

The start of Christopher tracys parade, which is great.

Eye no
Welcome to the new power generation, the reason why my voice is so clear, is because theres no smack in my brain, hundalazillia!(the spelling is probably all to cock there but catch ma drift)
[Edited 3/30/06 1:52am]

The break on "Crucial" with the beginning of the guitar solo...
The beginning of "If I Was Your Girlfriend"... (not mean the organ intro)
The change of tonality near the 10:00 minute of "Come"...
The way in which "Lovesexy" is merged with "When 2 R In Love"...

These are first in my mind.

BoraBora said:

why thats just a lovely thing to say!

I think my favourite bits are when he pulls something out of a bag you were'nt expecting and even though you loved the song till that point, your musical heart fills up.