Hypothetically if he ever did a covers album of say 10 songs what should they be ?

Here's mine....

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
David Bowie - Hereos
Elton John - Your Song
Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
The Who - My Generation
James Brown - Sex machine
Michael Jackson - Man in the mirror
Blur - Song 2
Seal - Killer
Terence trent Darby - Let her down easy

What do you think ?

Tell us yours for a bit of fun

No covers!!!

wazza said:

Personally I can't see any of these being covered by Prince. SMells Like teen Spirit I actually don't like it when he covers others material as I haven't heard any that I have liked.

I'd really,really,really prefer a Prince album as opposed 2 covers.

if he did a bowie song, i'd MUCH prefer he cover "win" from the "young americans" album. i think that song is perfectly suited for prince's voice and style.

I always thought Prince should've done a covers album as part of his deal to
get out of his WB contract back in '94/'95 rather than putting them on his
regular albums (like Emancipation & Rave). It would have been a good way of
delivering an album without giving away any of his own songs.

superspaceboy said:

I did like Best of You from the SB though

babooshleeky said:

OK...the SB covers were really good. And his guitar solo during While My Guitar Gently Weeps is simply outstanding. But his covers of Betcha By Golly WOW, One of us, La La La means I love you, Everyday is a winding road, and the clincher for me is his version of Case of You. I didn't like any of these.

NOT SAYING THAT PRINCE SHOULD DO ANY COVERS BUT ANYTHING HE SINGS WILL BE GREAT.

Prince can sing anything, and like we saw at the Super Bowl, he can pull of covers just as if they were his own songs.

But one song I would l o v e to hear him sing is "You Could Have It So Much Better" by Franz Ferdiand, only because when Prince talks/sings at the same time(you get what I'm saying?) his voice is all deep, which I think would be perfect for the song. The idea just kinda came to me.

I'm Every Woman

wazza said:

I feel like 3 Chains O Gold already accomplished this!

I'd like to hear

A Day in The Life
Voodoo Chile
Mothership Connection

many others, of course!

Vic Chestnut - Supernatural
Pet Shop Boys - Home and Dry
Brooks and Dunn - Mariah
Whrestless Heart - Bluest Eyes in Texas (in the style of I love U in me)
Peter Murphy - I'll fall on Your Knife
John Mellancamp - Pink Houses
Indigo Girls - Tried to be True (performed like Fury)
10,000 maniacs - Verdi Cries
Pearl Jam - Black
Jeffrey Osborn - The Woo Woo song

I'd like him to do covers of everything ever written by Full Force & Samantha Fox.
That way, if they still sound like shit,
I'd know that I wasn't imagining things the first time around.

As long as Bowies Moonage Daydream is covered I wouldnt care what else....that track is just waiting for Prince.....

i wouldn't mind a decent covers album ala Joan Osbourne's How Sweet It Is from 2002. She did a whole bunch of Motown and 70s soul covers.

Not that Prince has to do all soul covers. I'd be cool if he did out of the way stuff like Bowie or even a Springsteen song. Of course, I'm dying to hear The Foo's The Best Of You. I wonder what he'd do with a Parliament track?

Milty said:

Personally I would love to hear him redo your pudding song.





here/hear edit
[Edited 2/21/07 18:37pm]

Imago said:

ahahahaah i had the best time that night! that was prolly my finest hour if i do say so myself.