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Thread started 08/24/07 5:58am

DaveDare79

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"Dark" or "So Dark" - which is better?

Dark from 1993's "Come" album?
So Dark from 1998's "Crystal Ball" album?

Same lyrics, different music.

I'm digging both right now, but probably if forced to choose it would be the "Come" version (a little less moody).
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Reply #1 posted 08/24/07 6:25am

Tame

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I guess I'd have to agree with the Come version, only because the Crystal ball version is a fraction slower...Sounds like different track overlay's or something...I don't know studio lingo, but the crystal version has more static.
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Reply #2 posted 08/24/07 6:44am

Tame

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Speaking of comparisons, I like the jazzier version of The most beautiful girl mixed in with 2morrow..versus the Radio style Gold, only for personal listening. My opinions could change if I was making a choice for the general public.
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Reply #3 posted 08/24/07 7:12am

1sexymf

I love So Dark on CB. It has a funkier groove and beat, and Prince's vocals are stronger.
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Reply #4 posted 08/24/07 7:16am

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So Dark. I could listen to that all day. The original is cool too though.
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Reply #5 posted 08/24/07 7:38am

NightGod

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Dark wins by a mile for me. I love the arrangement and it just hits certain emotional peaks that I feel So Dark doesn't.
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Reply #6 posted 08/24/07 8:23am

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I love "Dark" and it is far....far....FAR superior to "So Dark". "Dark" is a great sexy slow jam. "So Dark" is a shit hop sounding embarrasment.
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Reply #7 posted 08/24/07 8:41am

nurse

Dark gets my vote wink
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Reply #8 posted 08/24/07 9:09am

sexxydancer

I love these 2 equally! wink
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Reply #9 posted 08/24/07 9:27am

emilio319

So Dark
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Reply #10 posted 08/24/07 9:32am

KidaDynamite

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Well I've only heard "Dark" from the come album and I LOVE that version. Unfortunantly I don't have "Crystal Ball" so I didn't hear it! sad
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Reply #11 posted 08/24/07 10:07am

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vainandy said:

I love "Dark" and it is far....far....FAR superior to "So Dark". "Dark" is a great sexy slow jam. "So Dark" is a shit hop sounding embarrasment.


Agree 100%. Dark features a rockin' band, and really feels like it's happening now.

So Dark is a crime against humanity.

DaveDare79 said:

I'm digging both right now, but probably if forced to choose it would be the "Come" version (a little less moody).


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Reply #12 posted 08/24/07 11:24am

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michael b's intro speaks it all ...BAM! Dark!
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #13 posted 08/24/07 12:20pm

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NightGod said:

Dark wins by a mile for me. I love the arrangement and it just hits certain emotional peaks that I feel So Dark doesn't.



I agree 100%
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Reply #14 posted 08/24/07 12:50pm

uptown26

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DARK!! Def better than So Dark!
To GOD be the Glory!
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Reply #15 posted 08/24/07 1:06pm

Riverpoet31

I prefer Dark, it sounds more sober and sincere then the version on Crystal Ball.

The extra instrumentation on So Dark, 'glossyfies' the bleak lyrics about heartbreak on the original version.
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Reply #16 posted 08/24/07 1:49pm

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So Dark from CB.
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Reply #17 posted 08/24/07 5:32pm

BEAUGARDE

Dark seems so dark, So Dark on the other hand reminds alot of the remix of I Hate U, a little more commercial & less gloomy
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Reply #18 posted 08/25/07 1:45am

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DARK definetley by a whole 100 miles .. it has a great vibe an a great live/loose feel .. SO DARK is just too comercial an poppy . an kinda tacky . So Dark is what was bad about some of EMANCIPATION disc one an some of RAVE .. the beats are too basic built in keyboard beats an the whole sound loses its edge .. DARK is very much a kick arse song an impressive .. SO DARK isnt either.. its more like a cheap kareoke backing track version of DARK .
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Reply #19 posted 08/25/07 11:13am

bjt57

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Dark
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Reply #20 posted 08/25/07 1:02pm

squiggle

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theyre both amazin excited
sometimes i want 2 curse the ground u walk on
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Reply #21 posted 08/25/07 3:47pm

onenitealone

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Love both but prefer Dark. thumbs up!
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Reply #22 posted 08/25/07 3:56pm

jess555ja

I love both, but I'll go with Dark cool
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