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Help me with a CD compilation for the casual Prince fan. You know the drill, someone comes up to you (knows you are a HUGE Prince fan) and wants you to make them a CD or two. They cheerfully add, "Make sure you put Purple Rain on it."
As a Prince fan, I have lost all objectivity to what songs are to be put on a collection like this. I mean, "batdance" was huge, but no self respecting Prince fan would put that on a CD over, say, "DMSR", right? "head" is huge among Prince fans-but does your average Josephine NEED to hear it? So what to do? Prince has a lot of different types of songs. A person who digs Ani, might like "Sometimes it Snows in April", yet they freak at the club for "pussy Control"--neither are straight up "hits". Again, what to do? I ask ya'll for help. Your mission: tracklist 2 80min CD's. Prince songs for the casual fan. What do you pick? [Edited 5/10/06 6:05am] "New Power slide...." |
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skywalker said: You know the drill, someone comes up to you (knows you are a HUGE Prince fan) and wants you to make them a CD or two. They cheerfully add, "Make sure you put Purple Rain on it."
As a Prince fan, I have lost all objectivity to what songs are to be put on a collection like this. I mean, "batdance" was huge, but no self respecting Prince fan would put that on a CD over, say, "DMSR", right? "head" is huge among Prince fans-but does your average Josephine NEED to hear it? So what to do? Prince has a lot of different types of songs. A person who digs Ani, might like "Sometimes it Snows in April", yet they freak at the club for "pussy Control"--neither are straight up "hits". Again, what to do? I ask ya'll for help. Your mission: tracklist 2 80min CD's. Prince songs for the casual fan. What do you pick? Soft & Wet I Wanna be Your Lover Dirty Mind Head Controversy 1999 (edit  )
Little Red Corvette ( A DMSR edit would be better than Delerious) Lets Go Crazy When Doves Cry I Would Die 4 U Purple Rain Raspberry Beret Pop Life Kiss Sign O The Times U Got The Look Adore or Housequake can end that CD II Alphabet St Batdance Thieves In The Temple (maybe) Cream Diamonds & Pearls 7 Sexy MF (edit) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World Letitgo (maybe) Betcha By Golly Wow ... (there are alot of hot others to put on this part like "Get Yo Groove On" "Somebody's Somebody" "New World" "La La Means I Love U" continuous Emanipation goodies, depends on the music they listen 2) Then u get to the NPG / Rave Era which is confusing.... The Greatest Romance So Far So Pleased The Work Pt. 1 Musicology Call My Name Black Sweat Te Amo or Love or Lolita Fury (good ending) Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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Thank you. Question: Do you feel obligated to put the songs in chronological order? I always try to kick off the CD's with "let's go crazy" and I ususally end with "purple Rain". "New Power slide...." |
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skywalker said: You know the drill, someone comes up to you (knows you are a HUGE Prince fan) and wants you to make them a CD or two. They cheerfully add, "Make sure you put Purple Rain on it."
As a Prince fan, I have lost all objectivity to what songs are to be put on a collection like this. I mean, "batdance" was huge, but no self respecting Prince fan would put that on a CD over, say, "DMSR", right? "head" is huge among Prince fans-but does your average Josephine NEED to hear it? So what to do? Prince has a lot of different types of songs. A person who digs Ani, might like "Sometimes it Snows in April", yet they freak at the club for "pussy Control"--neither are straight up "hits". Again, what to do? I ask ya'll for help. Your mission: tracklist 2 80min CD's. Prince songs for the casual fan. What do you pick? [Edited 5/10/06 6:05am] Just burn the Purple Rain album, and then add some "club" favorites like Kiss, Raspberry Beret, P Control, Gett Off, 1999, Sexy MF, and if there's still room, try The Most Beautiful... and if they really want it... Batdance. There's no need for the fan favorites to be on there. This person will either like or not like what they hear and if they want more, that's when you give them more. Give them the simplest, easiest to digest stuff first. | |
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shesjustababy82 said: skywalker said: You know the drill, someone comes up to you (knows you are a HUGE Prince fan) and wants you to make them a CD or two. They cheerfully add, "Make sure you put Purple Rain on it."
As a Prince fan, I have lost all objectivity to what songs are to be put on a collection like this. I mean, "batdance" was huge, but no self respecting Prince fan would put that on a CD over, say, "DMSR", right? "head" is huge among Prince fans-but does your average Josephine NEED to hear it? So what to do? Prince has a lot of different types of songs. A person who digs Ani, might like "Sometimes it Snows in April", yet they freak at the club for "pussy Control"--neither are straight up "hits". Again, what to do? I ask ya'll for help. Your mission: tracklist 2 80min CD's. Prince songs for the casual fan. What do you pick? [Edited 5/10/06 6:05am] Just burn the Purple Rain album, and then add some "club" favorites like Kiss, Raspberry Beret, P Control, Gett Off, 1999, Sexy MF, and if there's still room, try The Most Beautiful... and if they really want it... Batdance. There's no need for the fan favorites to be on there. This person will either like or not like what they hear and if they want more, that's when you give them more. Give them the simplest, easiest to digest stuff first. I forgot that you could also add: Little Red Corvette and Diamonds and Pearls... Otherwise, if you want 2 good CDs at 80 minutes, why don't you just burn The Hits 1 and 2??? | |
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Your mission: tracklist 2 80min CD's. Prince songs for the casual fan. What do you pick?
----- Here,s my top 150  You can get them all on 2!
(if you burn them as data that is.) 
001 - 4 the Tears in Your Eyes 002 - 5 Women 003 - 7 004 - 17 days 005 - 319 006 - 1999 007 - Adore 008 - Alphabet St. 009 - America 010 - Anna Stesia 011 - Anotherloverholenyohead 012 - Automatic 013 - Baby im a Star 014 - The Ballad of Dorothy Parker 015 - Bambi 016 - Batdance 017 - The Beautiful Ones 018 - Bob George 019 - Calhoun Square 020 - Call My Name 021 - Cindy C 022 - Cinnamon Girl 023 - Come 024 - Come On 025 - Computer Blue 026 - Controversy 027 - Cream 028 - The Cross 029 - Crucial 030 - Crystal Ball 031 - D.M.S.R 032 - Da Bang 033 - Darling Nikki 034 - Hide The Bone 035 - Delerious 036 - Diamonds and Pearls 037 - Dinner with Delores 038 - Dionne 039 - Dirty Mind 040 - Do me Baby 041 - Dolphin 042 - Dont Play me 043 - Electric Intercourse 044 - Endorphinemachine 045 - Erotic City 046 - Face Down 047 - Feel U Up 048 - Forever in my Life 049 - Free 050 - Get Off 051 - Girls & Boys 052 - Glam Slam 053 - Gold 054 - Gotta Stop (Messin About) 055 - Head 056 - Hello 057 - The Holy River 058 - Housequake 059 - How Come U Dont Call Me Anymore 060 - I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 061 - I Feel For You 062 - I Hate U 063 - I Like It There 064 - I Love U In Me 065 - I No 066 - I Wanna Be Your Lover 067 - I Wish U Heaven 068 - I Would Die 4 U 069 - If I Was Your Girlfriend 070 - Illusion Coma Pimp & Circumstance 071 - Im Yours 072 - Interactive 073 - International Lover 074 - Irresistible Bitch 075 - It 076 - Jack U Off 078 - Joint 2 Joint 079 - Joy In Repitition 080 - Kiss 081 - The Ladder 082 - Lady Cab Driver 083 - Le Grind 084 - Letitgo 085 - Lets Go Crazy 086 - Lets Pretend We're Married 087 - Lets Work 088 - Little Red Corvette 089 - Loose 090 - Money Dont Matter 2night 091 - The Morning Papaers 092 - The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 093 - Mountains 094 - Movie Star 095 - Musicology 096 - My Name Is Prince 097 - Now 098 - On The Couch 099 - Pussy Control 100 - Paisley Park 101 - Partyman 102 - Partyup 103 - Peach 104 - Pink Cashmere 105 - Pop Life 106 - Pope 107 - Nothing Compares 2 U 108 - Power Fantastic 109 - Prettyman 110 - Private Joy 111 - Purple Rain 112 - The Question Of U 113 - Rasperry Beret 114 - Ripopgodezippa 115 - Rockhard In A Funky Place 116 - Scarlet Pussy 117 - Sexual Suicide 118 - Sexuality 119 - Sexy Dancer 120 - Sexy MF 121 - Shhh 122 - Shockadelica 123 - Sign Of The Times 124 - Sister 125 - Slow Love 126 - Soft And Wet 127 - Somebodys Somebody 128 - Sometimes It Snows In April 129 - Space 130 - Starfish And Coffee 131 - Still Waiting 132 - Strange Relationship 133 - Style 134 - Superfunkycalifragisexy 135 - Take Me With U 136 - Tamborine 137 - Tangarine 138 - Thieves In The Temple 139 - Thunder 140 - Train 141 - The Truth 142 - U Got The Look 143 - Under The Cherry Moon 144 - Uptown 145 - What Do U Want Me 2 Do 146 - When 2 R In Love 147 - When Doves Cry 148 - When You Were Mine 149 - Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad 150 - Zannalee ----- IM basically just using this as an excuse to list my fav Prince songs 
oops missed three others - Its Gonna Be A Beautiful Night - The Ride - Days of Wild \o/\o/ ° The Breakdown = Best Prince song for 20 years | |
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I’d put “Raspberry Beret,” “Kiss,” “When Doves Cry,” “Let’s Go Crazy,” “Sign O The Times,” and maybe “Gett Off” or “Cream” on there, but I’d also make sure to include:
“DMSR” “Blue Light” “Sleep Around” “Peach” or “Baby Knows” – casual fans seem to really dig these two “Lolita” “Billy Jack Bitch” Either “Feel U Up” or “Shockadelica” “17 Days” And an older song or two. I recommend “Crazy You” and “Bambi.” Have fun and good luck! "She made me glad to be a man" | |
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I feel4 U
when U were mine With U Paisley Park Pop life Under the cherry moon Girls & boys Venus de Milo Do u lie ? The arms of Orion Partyman Trust The question of U Strollin' Willing and able Damn U Dark Gold Shy I hate U In this bed I scream Sex in the summer Let's have a baby Saviour The morning papers Blue light Style The other side of the pillow (live)... | |
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lefrenchfam said: I feel4 U
when U were mine With U Paisley Park Pop life Under the cherry moon Girls & boys Venus de Milo Do u lie ? The arms of Orion Partyman Trust The question of U Strollin' Willing and able Damn U Dark Gold Shy I hate U In this bed I scream Sex in the summer Let's have a baby Saviour The morning papers Blue light Style The other side of the pillow (live)... So you are gonna give a casual Prince fan no big hits and some damn near obscure songs? "New Power slide...." |
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Since they are a casual fan, give them the songs that they know but give them album and 12 Inch versions that they may not have heard of to keep it interesting.
Let's Go Crazy (12 Inch) Delirious (Bootleg Long Version) Little Red Corvette (12 Inch) U Got The Look (12 Inch) When Doves Cry (Album Version) Kiss (12 Inch) 1999 (Album Version) Batdance (Side Two version on the 12 Inch) I Would Die 4 U (12 Inch) Raspberry Beret (12 Inch) Get Off (12 Inch version that sounds like the original but is longer) Thieves In The Temple (12 Inch) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World ("Beautiful" the house version) Andy is a four letter word. | |
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I made this one for my boss and she loved it!!!
--Starfish and Coffee --Paisley Park --The Ballad of Dorothy Parker --Girls and Boys --Life Can Be So Nice --She's Always In My Hair (extended) --17 Days --When Doves Cry --Automatic --Something In The Water --Free --Pop Life --Strange Relationship --I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man --Raspberry Beret --The Beautiful Ones As for giving casual fans things they know..uh-uh. They need the obscure stuff to understand what thay've been missing for all these years! [Edited 5/10/06 23:05pm] | |
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AdmiralAdama said: I made this one for my boss and she loved it!!!
--Starfish and Coffee --Paisley Park --The Ballad of Dorothy Parker --Girls and Boys --Life Can Be So Nice --She's Always In My Hair (extended) --17 Days --When Doves Cry --Automatic --Something In The Water --Free --Pop Life --Strange Relationship --I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man --Raspberry Beret --The Beautiful Ones As for giving casual fans things they know..uh-uh. They need the obscure stuff to understand what thay've been missing for all these years! [Edited 5/10/06 23:05pm] I like it. It's not OUT THERE. But "new" material for the casual fan, who only knows the "hits". | |
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Erotic City (3:55)
Delirious (3:56) She's Always In My Hair (3:27) When We're Dancing Close And Slow (5:18) Jack U Off (3:12) Girls & Boys (5:30) The Beautiful Ones (5:15) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (6:31) Paisley Park (4:41) Starfish And Coffee (2:51) Vicki Waiting (4:47) Scandalous (6:15) Mountains (3:58) Forever In My Life (3:38) The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker (4:04) Trust (4:24) Anna Stesia (4:56) And if theyre partial to the funk... Le Grind (6:44) Feel U Up (3:44) Head (4:40) Let's Work (Dance Remix) (8:02) All The Critics Love U In New York (5:55) Baby I'm A Star (4:20) Shockadelica (3:30) Scarlet Pussy (4:18) Lady Cab Driver (8:25) Bob George (5:37) Superfunkycalifragisexy (5:56) Irresistible Bitch (4:11) Rockhard In A Funky Place (4:31) D.M.S.R. (8:05) |
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skywalker said: lefrenchfam said: I feel4 U
when U were mine With U Paisley Park Pop life Under the cherry moon Girls & boys Venus de Milo Do u lie ? The arms of Orion Partyman Trust The question of U Strollin' Willing and able Damn U Dark Gold Shy I hate U In this bed I scream Sex in the summer Let's have a baby Saviour The morning papers Blue light Style The other side of the pillow (live)... So you are gonna give a casual Prince fan no big hits and some damn near obscure songs? I think that those songs are easy 2 listen 2, and as everybody has already suggested all the big hits, U could pick some of the songs on my list 2 do something a bit different. | |
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Raspberry Beret (12")
She's Always In My Hair Alexa De Paris Pop Life (Dance Mix) 17 Days Lady Cab Driver International Lover When Doves Cry Kiss If I Was Your Girlfriend Strange Relationship Housequake Alphabet St. Scandalous (The Passion) Controversy Beautiful Ones 7 God (instrumental) Lets Go Crazy (12") Erotic City |
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The One
Sun, Moon & The Stars The Greatest Romance (Adam & Eve Mix) Underneath The Cream When The Lights Go Down Incense & Candles She Loves Me 4 Me Sensual Everafter Lovesign (Shock G's Remix) Most Beautiful Girl Silly Game Soul Sanctuary What Do Want Me To Do? Call My Name Eye Can't Make U Love Me Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother & Wife Somebody's Somebody Supercute Betcha By Golly Wow Lets Have a Baby On The Couch Goodbye |
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I think I'll make 2 slammin' Prince cds & Prince protege cd, THANX |
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