My head is spinning.. I just saw "Adore" somewhere...

:OMG:

Aerogram said:

That was me, Aerogram. Disc 2 is so outstanding that SOMETHING has to be bottom. The others I like better. Nothing against "Adore" at all.

Great topic, Tron. It's always much more fun to b & c about the negative things.

Since I don't own all of Prince's albums yet, (and those that I do I don't know all that well yet) I'll post what I can.

• Controversy - 'Ronnie Talk to Russia' because Prince was trying so hard to make an attempt at a social commentary and it sucks so blatantly.
  
• Purple Rain - 'Computer Blue.' It throws the flow of the album off. The beginning where Wendy & Lisa talk is just strange.
  
• Graffiti Bridge - 'Graffiti Bridge' - need I say more?
  
• Diamonds and Pearls - 'Three Chains of Gold.' One of those songs that intrigues me because it's so crappy. Too many different sounds in one song, and the begging in the middle... yuck.
  
• - 'Arrogance.' I think the beginning throws me off again, and it doesn't live up to the other songs on the album.
  
• Gold - 'I Hate U,' I tried to like it because everyone else likes it, I honestly did, but I just can't get into it

I also hate:

• Melody Cool - the beginning
  
• The Holy River - see above
  Betcha By Golly Wow - sappy to begin with, and even worse with the music.
  
• Dolphin - just too weird.
  
• Most of the sappy songs he did for Mayte, like Soul Sanctuary, Friend/Lover/blahblahblah
  
• Arms of Orion - yuck
  
• And that one that sounds like it's prepackaged for a Gap commercial, the title escapes me at the moment

Let me just say that I love "Cream!" It is my favorite song from Diamonds and Pearls. I actually love the lyrics, and the music is so sexified that it makes everything seem just a little bit sweeter when I hear it. I also adore the video. Although it somewhat resembles Paula Abdul's video for "Cold Hearted," it cooks up the cream that the song suggests quite well. Even the color of the single is appropriate- that sexy blue. To me, at least, "Cream" is 8). I still love y'all and respect your choices, though! I miss my kitties...

For You-In Love
Prince-Still Waiting
D.Mind-Gotta Broken Heart
Controversy-Ronnie talk to Russia
1999-Delerious(still like it though)
P.rain-(Computer Blue(still good)
ATWIAD-ATWIAD
Parade-Life can be so nice
SOTT-If I was your girlfriend(never got into this even if its a lot of peoples fave)
LoveSexy-When 2 R in love
Batman-Lemon Crush
Graffiti Bridge-Round and Round
Diamonds and Pearls-Jughead
Symbol-Arrogance
Gold Nigga-2gether
Come-Race
Black Album-Dead on it
Gold Exp.-We march
Chaos and Disorder-Right the wrong
Emancipation1-Courtin time
Emancipation2-Dreamin about you
Emancipation3-New world

Natsume said:

egad!

Natsume said:

For the record "3 Chains O' Gold" is on the album.

Moonbeam said:

This coming from the boy who tried to convince me there was redeemning traits to 'Chaos and Disorder'.

I burned out on 'Cream' when it was the super mega-hit. I never was able to get over that burn-out. Then, my 1st backpacking trip through Europe, I was doin it without headphones. It'd been 2 weeks since I'd heard ANY Prince song. Then at the Glastonbury festival what should my unlucky ears hear being blasted from a food vendor, but 'Cream'. The song was stuck in my head forever after that. I hated it. I wanted to cry. I wanted to hurt people. I've never been able to recover from the trauma...



ps...I miss you Ian!

meow!

For You : Baby
Prince : With You
Dirty Mind : gotta broken heart again
Controversy : Ronnie Talk To Russia
1999 : Free
Purple Rain : Take me with u ( worst song on a SUPER album)
ATWIAD : America (still like it though)
Parade : Venus De Milo (it's just filler)
Sign O' The Times : It's gonna be a beautiful Night
The Black Album : 2 Nigs United (because it don't fit on there)
LoveSexy : None this album is perfect
Batman : The Arms Of Orion (too schmaltzy)
Graffiti Bridge : Grafitti Bridge (i'm not counting the other artists)
Diamonds And Pearls : Jughead
Symbol : 3 Chains of Gold just plain bad
Come : Orgasm
The Gold Experience : We March (just don't like it)
Chaos and Disorder : Right the Wrong (love the other songs)
Emancipation : let's have a baby, da,da,da
New Power Soul : Freaks on This Side & push it up (the utter horror)
Rave Un2 : Everyday is a winding road (ugh)
The Rainbow Children : sheer perfection...
Ona : perfect, might be a bit longer though...just a bit

Yes, "Everyday is a Winding Chode" is wretched.

Some disturbing picks in here though-
Computer Blue
Dolphin
Sometimes it Snows in April
Private Joy
SM&S
IIWYG
The Cross
I Wish U Heaven

pretty much my personal best of...hmmpf!

just kidding! keep hatin'.

This is very interesting how wide our opinions are:

For You - Never listen to it. All of it.
Prince - With You
D.Mind - Sister
Controversy - Jack U Off
1999 - Delerious (still like it though)
P.rain - I Would Die 4 u (How to choose?)
ATWIAD - Condition of the Heart (Sorry)
Parade - Do U Lie
SOTT - Slow Love
LoveSexy - When 2 R in love (What is the problem with "Dance On"?)
Batman - Arms of Orion (No question) Trust also
Graffiti Bridge - Title track (There a lot of candidates here)
Diamonds and Pearls - Strollin' (Yeesh)
Symbol - 3 Chains of Gold (overblown and silly - Prince's take on "Bohemian Rhapsody")
Come - Solo/Orgasm
Black Album - When 2 r in Love (Can ya' tell I don't dig the ballads?)
Gold Exp.- Dolphin (corny)
Chaos and Disorder - I will
Emancipation1 - Courtin time
Emancipation2 - The Holy River
Emancipation3 - LaLaLa Means I Love U
Crystal Ball - I haven't listened to an unedited version of this since I chopped it up.
Exodus - Cherry, Cherry
New Power Soul : Funky Music
Rave Un2 : Silly Game
The Rainbow Children : Wedding Feast
One Nite Alone - So Young and Beautiful

One man's trash is another man's treasure.

i don't have all the albums. i guess i have the ones i like pretty much entirely... lovesexy, ATWIAD, TRC, controversy, etc.

OK i'm not crazy about "let's work" for some reason, and several have mentioned ATWIAD's title track - or "america," for that matter. yep yep a contradictory day... i'll think of more...

"For You" !!!Perfect not one song to bitch about
"Prince" hmmm Why you want to treat me so bad,, Boring,,, corny,,,
"Dirty Mind" Damn GOOD!!! but is Sister is kinda gross,,
"Controversy" Ronnie Talk to Russia knida corny
"1999" incredible!!!
"Purple Rain" amazing!!!
"Around The World In A Day" America cool track but not the best
"Parade" Love it!!! even with the out of key singing Love it!!!
"Sign O' The Times" well..."Sign O' The Times just dont like it sounds vocally and melody lazy
"Lovesexy" Positivity "scares the hell!!! out of me can't listen to it like demons are singing
"Batman" the future" melody and vocals are boring but rest is off the hook!!!
"Graffiti Bridge" well NPG"" NOT FEELING IT
"Diamonds And Pearls" Thunder Hated it,,,
"Symbol" it would not be fair to pick just one when half the CD SUCKED,,, sorry Prince but I will always luv u
"Gold Nigga" yuk!!!
"The Hits / The B-Sides" pope' yuk!
"Come" orgasm
"Black Album" dead on it but,, luv the CD!!
"Exodus" Fooley!!! yuk!
"The Gold Experience" P control" where the fuck was you trying to go with this Prince hated it.
"Girl 6" wow!!! Luv The fuck out of it!
"Chaos And Disorder" I Rock, Therefore I Am hated it,,
"Emancipation" We Gets Up,, me gets bored...yawnnn!! 2 Curious Child me gets scared!! 3
Da Da Da it gets corny
"Crystal Ball"Hide The Bone hide the song!! 2 Da Bang da bad yuk! 3 now you cant just pick one yuk!
"The Truth" there is truly a God!! cuz CD!!! WOW! Prince is blessed!!!
"Newpower Soul" why?... hated it
"The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale" my little pill frightening,,,
"Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic" Everyday Is A Winding Road larry fu*ked it up boo!!! but the Cd is one of my Favorites!!!
"The Rainbow Children" The Work too boy funk for me...
one nite alone luv it!

"3 Chains o' Gold" is one of my top 20 songs of all time.

I love 3 chains o' gold. So many people dislike this song. I think it's full of inspiration and the guitar solos kick ass! Just my opinion though..


dang
[This message was edited Thu Aug 22 12:03:44 PDT 2002 by CarrieLee]

NavahTheButterFly said:

OK, this is my first post, so please be gentle

I've been devoted to the guy for 20 years, and I can honestly say there are only two or three songs I've ever heard that have made me think 'Excuse me, a musical genius has out this on record!!!)

They are as follows...

Graffiti Bridge (the song, not the album) - What was he thinking. I remember the British Press were saying that this was the sucessor to Purple Rain (The song). I can only guess they hadn't actually heard it!!!

Orgasm (from Come) - What was the point ?

I can honestly say that every other song on all his 'official' albums, even the b-sides are quality.

Now, I haven't got much in the way of boots as the only real access I have is through the net (P2P file sharing) as the UK seem to have forgotten about him!!!

Rest assured, when he reaches these shores again, I will do my upmost to make sure everyone, and I mean everyone knows that the one, true, living, musical genius is well and truly alive, and he's still living in Funksville, Minneapolis!!!

Love

Peace

Be Wild

Howzabout I just say the NPS album

I agree with y'all for the most part..

EXCEPT FOR LEAST FAVORITE OFF "PRINCE" [1979]
HOW ARE YOU NOT FEELING "When We're Dancing Close And Slow"???

WTF That's like one of the highlights for me!

..i am surprized and disappointed to see 'with you' on so many lists...
this is one of the only songs i really really like off the second album...
i seriously think it's an example great songwriting...i love the line 'i guess my eyes can only see as far as you...' and the whole thing is perfectly constructed...
..ah well..again, i guess ev'rybody got they own ideas...
alls i know is i was shocked and extremely happy when he played it at the celebration...

"with you" is an okay song...but if p didn't make it so saccharine... the song sounds like a sappy hallmark card 2 me.


[This message was edited Thu Aug 22 14:24:12 PDT 2002 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

CinisterCee said:

i'm sayin!! that song's pretty hot...except 4 that one line...guess which one, i ain't gonna say...

rio said:

I would have loved to have seen that. I intend going to next years celebration on my honeymoon (if I can persuade my future wife)... Do you think if I asked the man himself he'd dedicate a song to me and my new wife...

If so, what would you recommend ???

rio said:

ARainbowChild said:

How about...

Let's pretend we're married...

Even thogh we will be...

I don't know how "quick" I could go through each album, but I have to say that anyone and everyone who picked anything but "Take me with u" from Purple Rain is on crack.

And do you really have a "least favorite" song from Graffiti Bridge, or are you people just picking the songs that least makes you want to commit hara-kiri with a Prince Moon Ear Wrap?

i skipped some albums due to lack of ownership, strong opinion, or because i seriously dislike at least half of the album:

Controversy- annie christian
1999- free
Purple Rain- take me with u
ATWIAD- condition of the heart. temptation rocks.
Parade- the french half
Black Album- cindy c - the second most dated thing besides ronnie
Lovesexy- please don't throw rotten tomatoes at me, but i only like Alphabet St. since I have this on The Hits/The B-sides, I never even listen to this album. ick. the cover still scares me,
Batman- arms of orion
Graffiti Bridge- poo.
Diamonds and Pearls- ok, jughead
Symbol- sweet baby, at least the other bad ones make me laugh.
Come- love it all
Chaos & Disorder- i rock, therefore i am - would you really play this in front of your friends?
Emancipation 1- hmmm...they all suck!
Emancipation 2- see above, for the most part
Emancipation 3- welcome to the dawn. i like the beat to da da da
The Truth- welcome to the yawn
Rave- undisputed. embarrasing.
Rainbow Children- wedding feast

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

There is maybe one line that I thought sounded corny at first listen, but that's honestly the way he felt, right?

I'm approximately the same age as Prince was when he recorded that album, and I really feel everything he says on it.

Aaron said:

I know. But to each his (or her) own, right?

I mean there's a lot of songs on here that I disagree with, but I do respect others rights to their own opinions (not to say anything against you, Aaron )

If you noticed, a big reason I dislike songs are based on their beginning. If I can't get into it within the first 5-10 seconds than the whole thing's a bust. Sucks, I know.

I also don't hold a great fondness for Adore, which will surely get peoples panties in a bunch... moreso than they already are, anyway.

lovemachine said:

Yeah you're right. I tend to get the and D&P albums mixed up a lot - once I went through the entire album and got very upset because I couldn't find Gett Off.

Sometimes I manage to amaze myself with my stupidity.

TRON said:

For You- "For You" is still silly
Prince- "Still Waiting"
Dirty Mind- "Gotta Broken Heart Again" yada yada yada
Controversy- "Ronnie Talk to Russia" irritating message, childish
1999- "Free", he has a piano but does not use it wisely here.
Purple Rain- "Purple Rain", personal; heard it too often,
ATWIAD- "Condition Of The Heart", moan moan moan
Parade- there is no down side to this album.
SOTT- there is no down side to thsi album
Black Album- "Dead On It", Prince never made a good rap song so he should shut up about the rap community.
Lovesexy- there is no down side to thsi album
Batman- "Lemon Crush" sooo stupid
Graffiti Bridge- title song...sappy indeed
Diamonds and Pearls- "Jughead", no expl needed
Symbol- "Sweet Baby" "and "Chains" and all that Nate said
B-Sides- "I Love U In Me" and they left of Or $, how silly is THAT
Come- "Loose!" another silly attempt to be hip that missfires
Gold- "Gold", silly stomper
Chaos & Disorder- "Into The Light" and "I will"yadayada
Emancipation "Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife" :boring:
The Truth- "3rd Eye", actually the entire concept of the album; about 12 years too late
Crystal Ball- :Strays Of The World" Some things are better left unreleased
NPS- "ooh Bee Doo" crap indeed
The Vault- "Old Friends 4 Sale" And some things are better left unrecorded
Rave- " Love U" and :Tangerine" and "Every Day"
High/NPGMC- Everything but "The Rebirth" rehearsal and maybe "Van Gogh" I am excluding the audio shows.
Rainbow Children- "She Loves Me" Cuz it is so damn disrespectful
ONA- ACTUALLY everything is flawed except Have A And ONA the song, but we have to single out two; "Young" for being plain stupid and "Avalanche" because of lyrical content. I am willing to debate the issues, but I just think the way Me'shell NdegeOcello handles these issues is way smarter.
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