Disc 2 off the Emancipation release.

adorable2 said:

Absolutely!

I Will
So Far, So Pleased
Extraordinary
Scandalous
Betcha By Golly Wow (yes, I'm serious )

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

Man... Tracks 8 & 9 are the only thing that saves Musicology from being an absolute "Prince-by-the-numbers-bore-fest' for me.

I have to admit that Rave is probably one of my favorite albums.Werever i go what ever i do (the last song) is awesome, i LOVE the greatest romance ever sold, tangerine is fun.I don't care that most people don't agree. There are only maybe two songs that i don't listen to on the album and that is alot for any cd.

2903dad said:

That's my favorite song on 3121 also.

jtfolden said:

That is mine and my man's song! I LOVE THAT SONG!

theodore said:

That is so my song when i'm mad at my man. Love that song

Joy in repetition
We Can Funk
Can't stop this feeling I got
Thieves in the temple
The Question of U
Elephants & Flowers
Still Would Stand All Time

Drop the other trax and U've got a genious LP

Come on
Wasted kisses
The one

Papa

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

jtfolden said:

I might enjoy them more if I had any clue where he was going with them. He's been sending me mixed signals over it.

He blends them together, which tells me that 9 is supposed to continue from 8. But the storylines make no sense together.

Is he storytelling with them? Or are they based on life experiences?

I mean, I think the songs are great, but I don't know where they fit in the whole scheme of things.

I don't think anything (except for track 10) boring on Musicology. It's got so much personality that I blew me away the last time I listened thru it.
I haven't done so in so long... but maybe this week will be the week cuz, according 2 a clip I got out of the newspaper, tomorrow is the 7th anniversy of when Prince took his name back. I figure what better way to celebrate his full freedom?

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

Does 1 always have 2 know what Prince's songs r about?

Crystal777Ball said:

Do you mean 'The Cross'?

Soft & Wet (For You)
Everlasting Now (Rainbow Children)
She Spoke 2 Me, Old Friends 4 Sale (The Vault)

The rest of the albums, I can't really consider weak cause there are lots of tracks on them that I love

thekidsgirl said:

Oh... now I get it.
I was like Black Day

thekidsgirl said:

Wasted Kisses, The One, Come On
from New Power Soul

Ok, I may catch heat for this:

Gett Off, Money Don't Matter 2Nite
from Diamonds and Pearls

It's got to "The One" -- very possibly the most underrated song of all time.

I always argue that if this track were included on "Musicology" or "3121" it would have won Grammys.

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

Yes, both songs are about Prince wanting a girl who is with someone else, and thinking he could be better for her...

The Marrying Kind is written to the guy she is currently with, claiming he will do his best to take the girl's attention :

"Tonight, she's gonna miss U at first
But then she'll get used 2 me
All of the tricks Eye would try
2 make her take this ring and make love 2 me"

...and If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life is written directly to the girl proclaiming how negative an influence her current man is and how much better he would be :

"If he's with another now U best believe the party's crackin
Ur getting played girl, U better get your mack on
and do onto others as they do onto U
U call me on the day that U and him r just 2 through

If Eye was the man in your life
Eye'd make U happy
Eye'd treat U right
Eye'd buy U flowers every single day
Eye'd Give U power
Eye'd do whatever U say "

I think the fact that he literally joined the songs together into a 'suite' of sorts is very interesting. Also, as an added dimension it sounds as though the first song is written prior to Prince and the girl hooking up but the second, directly to her, is more vague... it could very well take place in the same time frame OR it could take place after she's moved on to someone else given the line s:

"he don't deserve 2 say that he ever knew Ur name
much less he get 2 smell the perfume Eye gave U
please don't tell me that U all got down"

I've always wondered if this has something to do with Mayte in some manner given she moved on to another singer after they got divorced:

"Sure U know he got plenty lyrics, yeah, up his sleeve
and after he got what he want he just go up and leave "

..and this is turning into a rambling dissection.

jtfolden said:

I don't read it that way, personally. I think he uses "lyrics" to denote (no pun intended ) lines that have been written and rehearsed ahead of time. He's saying the guy is a player. He knows exactly what he's doing, he's done it before and he'll play by his script again.

Classi775 said:

nyquil32 said:

"The one" is why i listen to NPS - stunning vocals and emotion

i also like "dreaming about you" from emancipation

Well Theo, I think this would have been easier if you had suggested which albums you feel are the weakest since opinion varies quite a bit on that....that being said here's my

The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale

Jude418 said:

Agreed - probably the best example of a great Prince song on a weak album (the weakest of them all IMHO).

NightGod said:

OK - we should probably redefine "weakest album" - because D&P was one of Prince's most successful albums! Based on purely commercial terms (airplay, tour, sales, singles, videos - this album was huge).

When I think of weakest albums, a few immediately come to mind, such as NPS and C&D (keep in mind that even his weakest albums have their moments of brilliance, which is what this thread is about!)

paisley16 said:

2 me Prince's weakest albums r

For You
Graffiti Bridge
Newpower Soul
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic
Emancipation




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[Edited 5/15/07 17:35pm]

jtfolden said:

phew... okay, I'm gonna need to copy/paste this somewhere so I can digest it/look over it more. But thanx 4 the assessment, I really needed it.

its almost as dizzing as me trying to figure out how I truly feel about "Come".

Don't hate it, but not completely crazy about it.

NightGod said:

Okay, seriously...How can you consider it a weak album if you think like half of the tracks are 'great'?

theodore said:

A long time Prince fan, my girlfriend knowing i was a big prince fan bought this for mw as a surprise,.....amd as much as i wanted to keep it cause she baught it for me.....i couldnt, i bent the dam thing in my hands and stomped on it,.....it is the posterchild of bad prince music, NOTHING original about it, Stupid from one end the other,, I HATE the dam thing, and 1+1+1= crap version of erotic city, EVERYTHING is a crap version of a better Prince song

rant over