Purple Rain and The Love We Make are excellent songs, but through my Prince journey I've come to the conclusion that The Love We Make is, not only the new Purple Rain, but a stronger song than Purple Rain.

Purple Rain defined an era, it was Prince at his commercial peak. The Love We Make was part of a 3 disc album that didn't get nearly the attention it deserved. Purple Rain in general was a better album, perhaps because it was only 9 songs, but The Love We Make is so strong musically, so powerful, so filled with a message that to me it's his best rock ballad ever, even surpassing Purple Rain.

thank God i have a live version of this song but would love 2 hear more of this live over purple rain 4 sho

sacred is the prayer that asks 4 nothing

personally, i think there r many tracks from 'emancipation' that don't get the respect and love they deserve - 'friend, lover', 'somebody's somebody', 'let's have a baby', 'in this bed i scream'....

L4OATheOriginal said:

Did he ever play this live and when?

thedawnofanewera said:

yes he did february 14/15th at the filimore in san franciso 2004

L4OATheOriginal said:

I want to say he played it during the JOTY tour in Dallas (first show at Reunion).

as far as stadium anthems go i'm still surprised that he never
performed "gold" anymore or chose to replace purple rain with
it as the concert closer at least sometimes.

I agree that there are some nice songs on Emancipation that deserve a second listen-In This Bed I Scream, White Mansion, Somebody's Somebody, Face Down and of course the title track Emancipation-all are great tunes.

i don't know if i think it's BETTER than purple rain, but i do think it's definitely an underrated song of his and it could definitely benefit from a bit more love in his live line-up. i mean, if he can drag out "shhh" and "the one" from less popular albums and make them live staples, he can resurrect this song from emancipation.

The Love we make
Last december
Gold
these 3 songs would make great encores

rusty1 said:

imagine him performing all three of them

end of show, The Love We Make, encore 1 Last December, encore 2 Gold

Overall "The Love We Make" is a well-crafted and meaningful song, but that line about "wicked is the witch..." turns me off.
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All there is is "The Love we Make." You can't get anymore lovingly profound than that.

"Emancipation," is a great album.

daPrettyman said:

can't find a setlist 4 that show

IstenSzek said:

exactly i prefer hearing gold over purple rain anyday

L4OATheOriginal said:

It was a bad show. He even announced it was bad during the show. That's why he came back a month or 2 later.