1999
DMSR
Lady cab driver
Let's pretend we're married
Little Red Corvette
Delirious
Something in the water
Automatic
Free
All the critics love you in NY
International Lover

JoeTyler said:

So you just have been running the whole album lately huh?

KidaDynamite said:

Damn

LittleSmedley said:

That song is so 1982

DMSR

D.M.S.R.

Lady Cab Driver

and Free

But the entire album is great!

SoulAlive said:

same here

International lover forever!

At the moment, I'd have to go with Let's Pretend We're Married... but usually it's Little Red Corvette.

mplsmike said:

the whole album is
[Edited 9/10/07 7:13am]

The album version of "Little Red Corvette" is blah.

I was never a big fan of the track. Extended cut, I like.

For me top 3 on the "1999" album are:

1.Lady Cab Driver
2.Free
3.Something In The Water
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4.D.M.S.R
5.1999

I'm always gonna have some sort of "bond" with Little Red Corvette.
It kinda marked me taking my first step into officially becoming "one of Prince's people".

Every song has something I like about it, so it's hard to pick a favorite.

I'd say Automatic, but it gets stuck in my head REALLY EASY, so it kinda drives me nuts. Plus, there's his, ahem, sanity 2 consider when he wrote... brilliant, but the message is a bit... troubling.

It's a tie, I guess, between Little Red Corvette, Automatic & Let's Pretend We're Married.

Something in the Water.

Don't get me wrong, I love all of this album dearly, but SITW is the song where, no matter what I'm doing, I'll just sit the fuck down and listen.

Right now, "Free" I think is my favorite... which is kinda unusual, but then again, so is the whole idea of Prince and what he does.

There's just a hidden quality about it I can't put my finger on. Maybe cuz its message is slightly similar 2 Purple Rain...

AUTOMATIC

PurpleKnight said:

Yeah, it is. The last line says it all.
"I love u, I do, or else I wouldn't... go thru all the things I do." kinda makes me feel bad 4 him, but w/e. It's one of those songs that does just that. I'm not new to that whole spiel where he plays the guilty party.

I back him up 100%,

I love this album with my whole heart and as tough as it is, I'd have to go with Automatic. It may change in a month. Check with me then.

purplecam said:

haha...

Little Red Corvette has that "timeless" factor about it. I still love it after... okay, 7 months isn't that long.

Automatic tops my list nearly every time... but it gets stuck in my head and easily drives me crazy.

Let's Pretend We're Married also has that hypnotic attraction about it and that's what I'm crazy about it... plus, I dig the video.

Those are my top three right now.

LittleSmedley said:

YEAH!!

International Lover, at the moment...

it's so hilariously cheesy

Currently and always has been "Lady Cab Driver." I adore the music in this song and I especially love these lines:

"Lady, I'm so lonely
I know that's not the way 2 be
Don't want isolation, but the air, it makes me cold
Drive it, baby, drive it, drive this demon out of me

Take me 2 your mansion
Honey, let's go everywhere
Help me girl, I'm drownin', mass confusion in my head
Will U accept my tears 2 pay the fare?"

The sex part of the song ("this is for" etc. etc...) kind of embarrasses me now that I'm 35, but after that there's a part that totally sounds like it's from 777-9311, which I've never paid attention to in all these years, now I want to mix both of those songs right when LCD turns starts to sound like 777-9311.

I did a quick tally of what we have so far.

Does not compute is leading with 9 votes

Automatic is a close 2nd place with 7.

Lady Cab Driver has 6

Then
Little Red Corvette with 3
Let's Pretend we're married/International Lover with 2
1999/DMSR/Free with one each

Delirious & All the Critics were left out completely.

But anything can happen, I guess.
I still like "Delirious" a whole lot, but it doesn't win many awards with the other powerhouse tracks here.

For right now, Lady Cab Driver. Love the extended version.


Funny yesturday, Delirious was played on the radio. I've never heard this station ever play Delirious, they play lots of Prince but always, always the same songs over and over again. Got me wondering what's up, it's got to be something.

morningsong said:

The extended version of Delirious is pretty much repetitive of the original... but all the same, I dig it a whole lot. In fact, I think I heard it a while b4 I got the album... cuz I remember something like it, but I couldn't recognize it when I got to track 3.

I couldn't possibley choose! The whole thing is incredible!

I have never listened to any of the tracks on 1999 in isolation, if i hear one i gotta hear them all, its the perfect album. Having said that Does not compute gives me chills everytime.

I used to go to a friends room in college and put Something in the Water and play it over and over because I was going through that whole song in my actual life at the time and it is still my favorite song. In fact, I may have to buy 1999 again because I was going through my cds and could find my cd. I absolutely love that album and it would be the one that if I had to only have one cd by him on a island that I would choose.

Lady Cab Driver just for his funky guitar playing!