I just dont enjoy it much. I can see why critics rave about it, and maybe because it is very credible, that puts me off? LOL

Anyone else think its not that enjoyable? I like some of it, things like "you got the look", "starfish and coffee", but some of it is horrible. "It" must be one of his worst ever songs. "Hot thing" is too damn repetitive and cliche, and the last 3 tracks on disc 2 are pretty ropey aswell. "The cross" borders on genius and pretention. Whilst i like pretentious shit sometimes, lyrically the song reeks of something even Michael W Smith would laugh at.

Please tell me Iam not alone.

It truly must be the End Times.

thesexofit said:

Hopefully u r alone, Sign o the Times is the best Prince album ever made. The Cross is about the only religious song I make, the last four tracks of Sign sum everything that was god like about Prince, he stays true to all the diverse styles of music, yet makes them into something truly his own.

i love it

the movie is better though

Special delivery for thesexofit...

ropey?

GangstaFam said:

Poor in otherwords. Even "slow love" is something Barry Manilow writes in his sleep, but thats not the worst offender.

thesexofit said:

Sorry, not biting...

Maybe appearing on Dr Phil or Dr Keith or some other equally corny "look at me, notice me, i've got issues!" crap reality tv-show will get you the much needed attention i guess you seek.

But dumping on The Classic is just sad.


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I see the crackpipe has met your lips

get into the witness protection program while you still have a chance!

hot thing is fucking horrid terrible shit

Sdldawn said:

Absolutely NEVER! I fucking adore it's cold technical fierceness

FlamingRaindrop said:

None of you have said why you think its a classic. Heck, again, i can see why bitch ass critics love it (so diverse blah blah blah), and i dont hate on the album, but its no way near the top of my fav Prince albums list. And sorry, i still see "the cross" being embarrassing and waaay too melodramatic, "adore" just being a drag and "it" sounding like a demo a kid could conjure up.

I dont agree on most classic albums critics fawn over. But Prince fans are even worse. Shit like "1999" is so much more cohesive then "SOTT", which just doesn't gel very well.

Sdldawn said:

wow, its funny how opposite prince fans can be.

how can someone say that?

thesexofit said:

Have you read this?

GangstaFam said:

what is that

InsatiableCream said:

a great little part of this series of books...

http://33third.blogspot.com

GangstaFam said:

No. Does it do super duper analysis or something?

this post makes me laugh!

aww sign of the times is great.

jaynoonan said:

turn your speakers up.. its a fucking horrid song.

i know some of you cling to that shit like white on rice, but it is a terrible fucking song to me.. and i think clearly got away with that mundane shit. if he released it now, 90% would be doggin the shit out of it. no lie

the rest of the album? i fucking love it

I won't begin this post by bashing you upon the head as I am sure enough FAMS will take that up but you are free to your opinion and are brave for stating it as well despite the backlash you will inevitably receive. IMHO, I actuall have SOTT in third place of my favorite albums with Parade UTCM at number one and 1999 at number two. When I can think of some serious reasons for my placements I will return and respond but until then I will post and say adieu.

thesexofit said:

Yes. It's a fast, enjoyable read. You might like it.

UncleGrandpa said:

This is a fair comment (as was Sdldawn who admits to hating one of the songs)

Again, i dont hate on the album, but it just doesn't work for me. I have heard people love "slow love", and really, thats a track Paul Anka coulda done and people woulda laughed at it. Same with "the cross". Another track, as i said, Michael W Smith coulda done and people woulda laughed at it. But because its Prince, its amazing.

No song is ever truly original, but the songs i mentioned above just dont fit into Prince's sound very well.

Sdldawn said:

I don't see it.

Being a young teen, masturbatin' to "slow love" with eternity in front of you, etc., well, it's the tops!!

u should be slapped

GangstaFam said:

? Music critics piss me off to no end.

Octavius said:

Too late

Sdldawn said:

This was the funkiest, livelier club jams that never got played in the clubs, especially during its initial run. Knowing I was too young to be in dance clubs twenty years ago, I could only imagine this song filling the floor up with sweat, funk and stank for days, plus it's a classic stripper jam if ever there was such a list. The Leeds/Bliss horn section seals in the funk of this song as Prince's carnal lustful lyrics sets off the rockets. You don't have to like it but it is one of the flashier songs from SOTT, it deserves more praise.