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Thread started 07/06/07 3:38pm

HismajestysSec
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Purple Rain

I still think that this song is his best of all time! Anyone else agree?
Top Five Prince Albums
1. Lovesexy
2. SOT
3. Purple Rain
4. Around The World In A Day
5. Symbol
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Reply #1 posted 07/06/07 3:42pm

mynameisnotsus
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HismajestysSecondComing said:

I still think that this song is his best of all time! Anyone else agree?


Best live song probably. I know lots of people who aren't fans at all who love that song
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Reply #2 posted 07/06/07 3:45pm

HismajestysSec
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mynameisnotsusan said:

HismajestysSecondComing said:

I still think that this song is his best of all time! Anyone else agree?


Best live song probably. I know lots of people who aren't fans at all who love that song


Exactly, Prince fans think it isn't cool to show props to this song, Fact of the matter is that this is still best Prince's best known and best loved song by non-Prince fans IMO.
Top Five Prince Albums
1. Lovesexy
2. SOT
3. Purple Rain
4. Around The World In A Day
5. Symbol
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Reply #3 posted 07/06/07 3:56pm

MissMe

mynameisnotsusan said:

HismajestysSecondComing said:

I still think that this song is his best of all time! Anyone else agree?


Best live song probably. I know lots of people who aren't fans at all who love that song



The Beautiful Ones is pure sex live too.
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Reply #4 posted 07/06/07 3:58pm

HismajestysSec
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Once of his best songs definately. Just listened to this today and it blew me away. Such Raw Emotion, beats The Dance any day!
Top Five Prince Albums
1. Lovesexy
2. SOT
3. Purple Rain
4. Around The World In A Day
5. Symbol
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Reply #5 posted 07/06/07 4:20pm

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it skyrocketed him to fame. the song, the film, the album..... its the song he's mostly associated with.
"So shall it be written, so shall it be sung..." whistle
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Reply #6 posted 07/06/07 4:20pm

wlcm2thdwn

It is definetly my favorite, as I look at all of Prince's videos thru the years and hear all of his songs nothing touches me like when I hear that intro music, gives me chills. smile
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Reply #7 posted 07/06/07 4:52pm

Rhondab

didn't like it in 1984



still think it sucks...shrug
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Reply #8 posted 07/06/07 9:57pm

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mynameisnotsusan said:

HismajestysSecondComing said:

I still think that this song is his best of all time! Anyone else agree?


Best live song probably. I know lots of people who aren't fans at all who love that song


And i kno lots of fans who hate the song
chill..prince doesnt like men being front row, makes it hard to sing the ballads
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Reply #9 posted 07/06/07 9:58pm

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Rhondab said:

didn't like it in 1984



still think it sucks...shrug


lmfao here's one lol
chill..prince doesnt like men being front row, makes it hard to sing the ballads
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Reply #10 posted 07/06/07 10:00pm

MajesticOne89

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HismajestysSecondComing said:

mynameisnotsusan said:



Best live song probably. I know lots of people who aren't fans at all who love that song


Exactly, Prince fans think it isn't cool to show props to this song, Fact of the matter is that this is still best Prince's best known and best loved song by non-Prince fans IMO.


idk why, but i think every legendary artist like prince, has a majority of fans that hav some sort of gene where they're supposed hate the mainstream/pop music lol
chill..prince doesnt like men being front row, makes it hard to sing the ballads
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Reply #11 posted 07/06/07 10:17pm

mynameisnotsus
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MajesticOne89 said:

mynameisnotsusan said:



Best live song probably. I know lots of people who aren't fans at all who love that song


And i kno lots of fans who hate the song


We'll I guess a comparison would be like a Led Zeppelin fan saying their favourite song was Stairway To Heaven. I've passed through my hatred/boredom of the song to a respect/awe for it again. I rarely play the Purple Rain album version but there are several other live versions that I'll play now and again that I love.
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Reply #12 posted 07/06/07 10:20pm

Imago

Amazing song.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song.

Though I like alot of his live versions better than the one on Purple Rain.
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Reply #13 posted 07/06/07 10:29pm

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I rarely play the Purple Rain album version but there are several other live versions that I'll play now and again that I love.[/quote]

I'm the exact same way
chill..prince doesnt like men being front row, makes it hard to sing the ballads
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Reply #14 posted 07/06/07 10:34pm

Purplestar88

I love Purple Rain! It's a beautiful song.
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Reply #15 posted 07/06/07 10:47pm

WonderU

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Sorry but you're no Prince fan if you don't like this song..there I said it.
Prince may be the purple Yoda, but Wendy & Lisa and Eric Leeds also sit on the Jedi Council.
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Reply #16 posted 07/07/07 5:02am

wlcm2thdwn

It holds special meaning for me because Purple rain was my first Prince concert, it's a classic biggrin
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Reply #17 posted 07/07/07 5:31am

purplesweat

HismajestysSecondComing said:

I still think that this song is his best of all time! Anyone else agree?

nod

Although he has other classics too - but this is his Iconic song. love
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Reply #18 posted 07/07/07 7:48am

Rhondab

WonderU said:

Sorry but you're no Prince fan if you don't like this song..there I said it.



that's about the dumbest bs....

why would a person have to like a song because anybody else does....popularity doesn't make a song good or even great.

Didn't like it then and still don't.
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Reply #19 posted 07/07/07 7:57am

PurpleCharm

I never cared too much for PR.
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Reply #20 posted 07/07/07 8:04am

Imago

Rhondab said:

WonderU said:

Sorry but you're no Prince fan if you don't like this song..there I said it.



that's about the dumbest bs....

why would a person have to like a song because anybody else does....popularity doesn't make a song good or even great.

Didn't like it then and still don't.

omfg


You are sooooo not a Prince fan!
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Reply #21 posted 07/07/07 9:37am

Rhondab

Imago said:

Rhondab said:




that's about the dumbest bs....

why would a person have to like a song because anybody else does....popularity doesn't make a song good or even great.

Didn't like it then and still don't.

omfg


You are sooooo not a Prince fan!



lol Stop trying to start stuff.
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Reply #22 posted 07/07/07 10:36am

WonderU

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Rhondab said:

WonderU said:

Sorry but you're no Prince fan if you don't like this song..there I said it.



that's about the dumbest bs....

why would a person have to like a song because anybody else does....popularity doesn't make a song good or even great.

Didn't like it then and still don't.



I agree....that is some dumb bs...but I won't hold it against you. biggrin

Who mentioned popularity anyway??? Whether you get it or not, that is Prince's anthem and always will be.
Prince may be the purple Yoda, but Wendy & Lisa and Eric Leeds also sit on the Jedi Council.
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Reply #23 posted 07/07/07 10:44am

ThreadBare

WonderU said:

Rhondab said:




that's about the dumbest bs....

why would a person have to like a song because anybody else does....popularity doesn't make a song good or even great.

Didn't like it then and still don't.



I agree....that is some dumb bs...but I won't hold it against you. biggrin

Who mentioned popularity anyway??? Whether you get it or not, that is Prince's anthem and always will be.



No, that's where you're wrong: Arms of Orion is Prince's anthem. Folks just haven't caught on yet...
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Reply #24 posted 07/07/07 11:20am

Rhondab

WonderU said:

Rhondab said:




that's about the dumbest bs....

why would a person have to like a song because anybody else does....popularity doesn't make a song good or even great.

Didn't like it then and still don't.



I agree....that is some dumb bs...but I won't hold it against you. biggrin

Who mentioned popularity anyway??? Whether you get it or not, that is Prince's anthem and always will be.


so you agree that your statement was some dumb bs thumbs up! We are definitely on the same page then. smile


This wasn't about it being an anthem but his best song. If this was about it being his "anthem", I'd agree.

Popularity has been mentioned throughout the thread.
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Reply #25 posted 07/07/07 2:55pm

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Purple Rain was and still is a great song. Not his best, but perfectly captured the essence of the movie and soundtrack. It is an American anthem now and still holds its place in American culture. P can still bring the house down with it live. I think a lot of the songs on Purple Rain have suffered a backlash in P's fan community because of their mainstream popularity... The songs were genius but I'm just tired of hearing them.
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Reply #26 posted 07/07/07 3:11pm

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i used to not like it,but it grew on me smile so i now like it
"we make our heroes in America only to destroy them"
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Reply #27 posted 07/07/07 6:23pm

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Listen I don't know about best or worst but Purple Rain is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard.

On opening night 1984 one of the life changing events in my life was seeing 400 people crying and swaying to Prince playing Purple Rain.

My grandmother who was 68 years old sung Purple Rain until the day she died in 1992. It was one of her favorite songs.
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Reply #28 posted 07/07/07 7:12pm

NightwalkerDNB

muleFunk said:

Listen I don't know about best or worst but Purple Rain is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard.

On opening night 1984 one of the life changing events in my life was seeing 400 people crying and swaying to Prince playing Purple Rain.

My grandmother who was 68 years old sung Purple Rain until the day she died in 1992. It was one of her favorite songs.


everything you just said summed it up for me too... i dont like kissing peoples bums but i cant explain it into words just how good it was when i heard him play it live for the first time. that was something else razz
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Reply #29 posted 07/07/07 7:15pm

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i dont like it neutral
cream.
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