I love it!

W&L also do some kick-ass work there!

I love the intro too. The whole song is a gem.

I used to loop the intro to make the song last longer...it is indeed SUPERB

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as good as it is, it is on the same album as "kiss",no tower of power refrences please

The whole Parade album is a masterpiece!

I prefer the intro to Anotherloveholenyohead myself...

And the intro of the extended version of Mountain!!!!

"Hey u!!!"

goddamn guys, i thought i was the only one who was crazy about those flutes for the last 20 year, you guys are just selfish, just selfish.

r1ghteousone said:

My favorite song on that album.

And that yellow suit...

Genesia said:

that's also my favorite song. It's interesting how Prince approaches a song differently. I thought I would never get over how good Eric Leeds' part is during the live version in '86, then I witness and hear the guitar heavy version at Club 3121. Both equally a great treat.

wonder505 said:

The extended version of Anotherlover' just kicks my ass every time I hear it.

the intro to this song is the most head-bangy music prince has ever done, i think. and before everyone gets all spastic, i didn't say "best" or "heaviest"...it's just the easiest to to!

Yes, it's very nice!

so nice

sexxydancer said:

AGREED!!!!!

wonder505 said:

I haven't been to 3121 yet, but he played it at the Empire in May and I swear to God, if I'd had room to fall, I'd've been on the dayum floor.

The intro to Life Can Be So Nice is my ringtone.....

Oh -- and on the topic...

LCBSN is one of my all-time favorite, first-warmish-spring-day-open-the-sunroof-and-crank-it songs.

'scrambled eggs are so boring'.

The intro, the song, the album.....


I always gotta place it twice though, it's just that nice.

Genesia said:

i always open my windows and listen to parade on the first sunny warm day of spring. it's a yearly ritual.

Anx said:

Or driving down the motorway late at night in a convertible with the top down on a warm night, pure bliss.

Rico said:

Mountains has to be like the best driving song ever.

That song is the epitome of SUBLIME. I love listening to it several times and following a different instrument. The feelings of a new relationship where all the simple daily rituals collide with the lovely simple pleasures. The album itself is a brilliant, quirky, diverse, challenging and artfully funky masterpiece. The songwriting/composition is at a Princely high. When did he lose this type of introspection? I don't think that even P appreciates this album enough. It England it always ranks as one of the best ever on many polls.

When is WB gonna remaster this gem?

jdcxc said:

I love the album he could do no wrong in this period as far as I'm concerned, however, many americans, fans and journalists alike were turned off by the classical strings and I thought it was great, actually he may not have even composed the beginning of this song, that was possibly done mainly by Claire Fischer, at least on the winds. I love the funky, quirky use of all the instruments.

mozfonky said:

I still haven't found an album like Parade...it's a gem!
Europe loved it!
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yeah, well it is great, but americans have a pretty justifiable dislike of classical music because they have the perception of it being peopled by snobby individuals. It's pretty true, but really, rock musicians are probably worse in terms of arrogance and much worse in terms of self discipline generally. Being a musician who is eclectic like Prince and partially because of him, I have journeyed through different styles and I could not handle the snobbiness I found in classical music. The other musicians can be just as bad but their arrogance is based on something other than a superior "culture" or whatever.