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Prince's "rock" songs I'm trying to school someone on another board about Prince. This guy has very cursory knowledge of P and claims The Artist Currently Known As doesn't play "rock".
Can y'all help me put together a list of Prince's rock songs (YouTube or audio clips would be a bonus). |
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Zannalee
Bambi I'm Yours Endorphinmachine Da Bang | |
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i like it there
chaos and disorder fury bambi da bang sister live lovesexy tour the best of you from superbowl peach endorphin machine last december i could never take the place of your man why you wanna treat me so bad family name-funk rocker prince have milion songs that incorporate rock elements but most of these songs i mention are rock,hard rock | |
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Interactive
319 'The Undertaker' session Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? Electric Chair | |
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electric chair is more fusion of dance and rock.
319 rock hm | |
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thebanishedone said: electric chair is more fusion of dance and rock.
319 rock hm  well fuck me up the ass and call me a bitch! | |
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nonnedasdy u r right about underttaker sessions and why you wanna treat me so bad but the other two are not real rock | |
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"Sister"
"Bambi" "I'm Yours" because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." | |
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TEMPTATION
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theodore said: TEMPTATION
Temptation is blues. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Trying not to repeat any:
What's My Name Let's Go Crazy Days of Wild Instrumental (from the first NPG Ahdio show) Computer Blue Darling Nikki The Cross You Hard to Get We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: theodore said: TEMPTATION
Temptation is blues.  | |
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Genesia said: Trying not to repeat any:
What's My Name Let's Go Crazy Days of Wild Instrumental (from the first NPG Ahdio show) Computer Blue Darling Nikki The Cross You Hard to Get  | |
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Let's Go Crazy
Fury Peach Chaos And Disorder Da Bang I Like It There Endorphinmachine Electric Chair Computer Blue Zannalee Papa Sister Bambi I'm Yours Temptation The Cross Dolphin 3 Chains O' Gold Burn this!  | |
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p can't rock, he is junk, never heard a good song by him, i hope he makes something worth rocking 2 one day!!! | |
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jasmine69 said: p can't rock, he is junk, never heard a good song by him, i hope he makes something worth rocking 2 one day!!!
 Sweet pajama jelly...I can't breathe!!! | |
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well, this is not as easy as people think. you have to understand the relative meaning of rocking to people that like Rock music. You know, it needs to give them the urge to pick up a guitar and chug a heavy chord, like AC/DC or Sabbath etc. Prince's guitar sound is often somewhat weak and processed for a rock fan. If tryig to find an album cut, it will be tough. oldies like Bambi are "ok" but still lack some beef in the guitar sound, and his vocals would ruin it for most rock. Closest I think as a song, not necessarily guitar solo is Darling Nikki. This conclusion I came to when a rock fan friend came to a Prince concert really only wanting to ear Darling Nikki. Others maybe Peach for it's 70s Bolan style rock, Why you wanna treat me so bad, cause it's good two nice chords that you can just keep chugging away on, The Cross because it has such an 80s Simple Minds/U2 vibe and Let's go crazy, at the very least for the classic overdone rock screeching ending. | |
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machinegun said: well, this is not as easy as people think. you have to understand the relative meaning of rocking to people that like Rock music. You know, it needs to give them the urge to pick up a guitar and chug a heavy chord, like AC/DC or Sabbath etc. Prince's guitar sound is often somewhat weak and processed for a rock fan. If tryig to find an album cut, it will be tough. oldies like Bambi are "ok" but still lack some beef in the guitar sound, and his vocals would ruin it for most rock. Closest I think as a song, not necessarily guitar solo is Darling Nikki. This conclusion I came to when a rock fan friend came to a Prince concert really only wanting to ear Darling Nikki. Others maybe Peach for it's 70s Bolan style rock, Why you wanna treat me so bad, cause it's good two nice chords that you can just keep chugging away on, The Cross because it has such an 80s Simple Minds/U2 vibe and Let's go crazy, at the very least for the classic overdone rock screeching ending.
I agree about his recordings. It's been different at his live performances over the years, though. In fact, I'd say the current arrangements of most of the stuff he's playing in concert right now would be considered rock. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: machinegun said: well, this is not as easy as people think. you have to understand the relative meaning of rocking to people that like Rock music. You know, it needs to give them the urge to pick up a guitar and chug a heavy chord, like AC/DC or Sabbath etc. Prince's guitar sound is often somewhat weak and processed for a rock fan. If tryig to find an album cut, it will be tough. oldies like Bambi are "ok" but still lack some beef in the guitar sound, and his vocals would ruin it for most rock. Closest I think as a song, not necessarily guitar solo is Darling Nikki. This conclusion I came to when a rock fan friend came to a Prince concert really only wanting to ear Darling Nikki. Others maybe Peach for it's 70s Bolan style rock, Why you wanna treat me so bad, cause it's good two nice chords that you can just keep chugging away on, The Cross because it has such an 80s Simple Minds/U2 vibe and Let's go crazy, at the very least for the classic overdone rock screeching ending.
I agree about his recordings. It's been different at his live performances over the years, though. In fact, I'd say the current arrangements of most of the stuff he's playing in concert right now would be considered rock. yeah, live he defintely gets closer at times. Fury on SNL rocked pretty hard, though his soloing live still tends to follow a minor or major scale with those wierd and wonderful prince notes and phrasing. Rarely a classic Rock/blues scale like Angus Young or Gary Moore may unleash. Again leaves classic rockers confused I feel. Even a blues number like The Ryde on Sacrifice of Victor video - and I just adore that performance - any other rock guitarist would probably have kept it classic blues pentatonic scale, but Prince hits those unexpected notes throughout. | |
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All I will say is u must have I'm Yours and Electric Chair! | |
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machinegun what the fuck are you talking about???
prince plays blues scale in many of his solos(example purple rain) every guitar playewr in rock music play pentatonic scale/ but its boring to play only pentatonic.so prince plays other scales,modes i AGREE THAT prince sound can be proceseed but that aint the caSE these days. prince is fusion of styles but when he rocks he rocks realy hard. tell me that ending section of family name isnt rock at its hardest. | |
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thebanishedone said: machinegun what the fuck are you talking about???
prince plays blues scale in many of his solos(example purple rain) every guitar playewr in rock music play pentatonic scale/ but its boring to play only pentatonic.so prince plays other scales,modes i AGREE THAT prince sound can be proceseed but that aint the caSE these days. prince is fusion of styles but when he rocks he rocks realy hard. tell me that ending section of family name isnt rock at its hardest. true and perhaps Prince's many other scales and modes can be a distraction? I certainly enjoy them and Family Name rocks for a few seconds, but I would not give that song to a rock fan and expect to convert them. They would have years and years of rock shredding as their frame of reference. From our Prince perspective he's rocking, from a rock fans perspective, he's usually not. | |
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I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man | |
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I'm going to a soul weekender in Birmingham tomorrow, and ppl there consider everything Prince does to be rock
A Prince song would clear the floor there, even if it didn't have a guitar on it... | |
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LittleSmedley said: I'm going to a soul weekender in Birmingham tomorrow, and ppl there consider everything Prince does to be rock
A Prince song would clear the floor there, even if it didn't have a guitar on it... Prince's music is always that way. The funk and R&B crowd think he sold out to be rock and the rock crowd feel he's more funk and R&B then anything. Then the crowd that likes the punk funk and soul hate how he gets all jazzy nowadays... | |
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those scales a distraction????
c'mon man so that means steve vai,satriani they dont play rock music because they use modes combinated with pentatonic. do you know how boring is to play only pentatonic. don't get me wrong angus young is great but there is much more about guitar then pentatonic. and one more thing if prince wants he can rock harder then everyone. but (hard) rock is only one aspect of his interest. | |
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thebanishedone said: those scales a distraction????
c'mon man so that means steve vai,satriani they dont play rock music because they use modes combinated with pentatonic. do you know how boring is to play only pentatonic. don't get me wrong angus young is great but there is much more about guitar then pentatonic. and one more thing if prince wants he can rock harder then everyone. but (hard) rock is only one aspect of his interest. OK, next time I go to a Rock concert I'll be screaming Prince can rock harder than EVERYONE and wait to get my head kicked in  | |
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examples of prince rocking hard
bambi underttaker rehearsal family name ending sister live lovesexy tour lets go crazy lovesexy tour i like it there peach computer blue interactive best of you endorphinmachine alternate version you(rebels project) slave to the system punk version with sonny t on vox why you wanna treat me so bad any live version annie christian live anotherloverholeinyourhead live 2007 u got the look live 1987 digital garden who knows live from club vega ... | |
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Send him a clip of Prince shredding it up at the Superbowl, and tell him ta kiss my fanny  If you will, so will I | |
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dont let me tell you how shocked were r'n'b music
lovers to go and see young prince combined songs from the first two albums giving them heavier rock edge. have you heard i wanna be your lover live from atlanta 1980 (supporting rick james)??? that version of i wanna be your lover is full of distorted rock leads and noises by prince and dez and untill these days still remains the best version of the song to my ears. | |
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