FuNkeNsteiN said:

I don't know about the live version but I love this song so much

theodore said:

Crucial...

FuNkeNsteiN said:

If there's any song u dont like off SOTT, have another (few) listen.

theodore said:

I don't like Slow Love. I think it is boring

jess555ja said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

Hi FuNkeNsteiN

jess555ja said:

Hi there, Jess
I posted some pics on your new pic thread, go check 'em out

FuNkeNsteiN said:

theodore said:

You guys are making me

jess555ja said:

I adore Slow Love

theodore said:

I don't.

jess555ja said:

It's ok

I can barely stand Adore I like it but it's hard 4 me 2 listen 2 it




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FuNkeNsteiN said:

Because the album doesn't contain the live version. I assumed the question was aimed at the album versions of the songs.

coltrane3 said:

It's all about the strings on "Slow Love"

which I believe are by Clare "I know it's a girl's name, but i'm a fella. Look, i've even got a beard!" Fischer. I love his work.
but I agree with FuNkeNsteiN, the version on SOTT the movie is amazing.

coltrane3 said:

Well, the album version is kick-ass too

It pains me to say this - as there isn't one song on SOTT that I dislike, not in the slightest - but I'd probably pick either Hot Thing or The Cross.

I much prefer Hot Thing (Remix) to the album version.

FuNkeNsteiN said:

It is

Slow Love

At first few listens I would have said 4 Ever In My Life, but now there is not a song on there that I do'nt love.

"It," easily.

Raze said:

I say that now.

In the past, I didn't love YGTL, but after seeing it live....

I don't know why we even get into conversations like this. There are no good or bad songs, intrinsicly speaking. It's ALL subjective.

Adore and Slow Love are two of my absolute favorites on SOTT.

Why? Probably because I'm close to 60 years old and come from Chicago where we had the original Curtis Mayfield jams back in the day. Slow jams were a real artform back in the day so for someone like me I'm glad that tradition is regularly honored in P's music.

Part of Prince's genius is how he captures the vibes of the original masters like Curtis and James Brown but brings them contemprorary and puts his own stamp on them- styles, not songs (except for La La Means I Love You off Emancipation).

I've always thought of SOTT as Prince's "White Album" in the sense that like the Beatles who recorded a double album of 30 songs, each one in a completely different style and every one totally killer, P totally surprises us and ranges wide from Starfish and Coffee to The Cross to The Ballad of Dorothy Parker etc.

Then there's Housequake (you can't follow it!) and Gonna Be a Beautiful Night to rock us to the max.

The sequencing of disc 2 is a work of art in itself taking us through P's thoughts on relationships with If I was Your Girlfriend, Strange Relationship and I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man.

The title cut was gritty and gripping social commentary that you could dance to. Brilliant!

And then the slow jams that ya'll are raggin' on added a perfect balance to it all. Adore coming directly on the heels of the 9 minute homage to James Brown was a brilliant masterstroke.

That's my opinion anyway.

But it's just crazy to say bad song and good song in any objective sense.
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I could do without Beautiful Night as well. Don't get me wrong, it's great. But it's taking up 9 minutes that could be devoted to another great studio track or 2 (Crystal Ball, Rebirth, Witness, The Ball/Joy In Repetition, etc.)

Slow Love used to be one of my least favorites, but somewhere along the way I fell in love with it. It's still one of the weakest tracks on the album to me, but that speaks more to the extremely high standard of songs on that album.

I agree with the person who said that their are no really bad songs on the album, one of Prince's few albums where every song was good

What's more amazing to me are the people picking Adore as a song they don;t like.

When I went to college, (granted it was a black University). Adore was the # 1 slow jam of all time and # 2 was Do me baby

Not to make this a racial question or answer, but I would be willing to bet all those people who said Adore was their least favorite song on the SOTT's album were of the caucasian persuasion.

It has been my experience that my white friends who love prince are not really hip to Prince's roots as a slow jam king of the 80's and 90's. "international lover", Do me baby", "Adore", etc. More into him for his dance flavor and guitar work.

IT works both ways, my black friends can't really appreciate his guitar work and different musical styles other than R&B

DakutiusMaximus said:

I totally agree!!!