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1. Do Me, Baby 2. I Would Die 4 U 3. Purple Rain 4. Pop Life 5. Sometimes It Snows In April 6. If I Was Your Girlfriend 7. Forever In My Life 8. I Hate U 9. P Control 10. I Love U In Me 11. Extra Lovable 12. I Can't Make U Love Me 13. Joint 2 Joint 14. 3121 15. Glam Slam 16. Love 17. Papa 18. Crystal Ball 19. Diamonds And Pearls 20. Joy In Repetion (there are more on my mind right now but i think these 20 songs are enough to prove he is a genius.) |
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MantuaPharoah said: Alright... of course there are the classics like Let's Go Crazy, Adore, Kiss, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, Doves, etc... but it's those unheralded songs that make you legendary to your hardcore followers.
Here's my top ten... not necessarily in order. 1. La la la, he he he Brilliant... and the story behind this song is even more BRILLANT. A challenge from Sheena Easton. Sweet! 2. God Created Woman Soulful. Pure art. A Picasso for the ears. 3. Girl I know some of you will object, but this is a fantabulous song. Hypnotizing. Lustful. Beautiful. 4. Gangster Glam I still rock to this when I'm in that mood. I don't need to be down with 50 cent and Jay Z or NWA... this is all I need to feel Gangsta! LOL 5. I Love U in Me No comment. Makes my list because of how taboo the song is/was. Simple. Sinful. Probably written in minutes. A hardcore fan classic! 6. Love 2 the 9's Amazing! "Could you stay awake for 14 hours listening to the grass grow, I ask thee?" The man is BRILLIANT! This song... it's entire composition... is EXTREMELY under-rated. 7. Come Back This song is on the Truth CD. Beautiful piece. Everytime I hear it, I think of my special ex'es that I've lost. Precious song... arguably his most precious. 8. The Screams of Passion Had Prince composed this song, and instead of Around the World in a Day, made a Purple Rain II type of CD, he'd have been more of a legend than he already is. Giving away this song is perhaps his biggest mistake, and not using to keep himself on the top of the charts was ludicrous. No disrespect to the Family or Paul Peterson who did a very nice job with the audibles, but had Prince sang this tune, it would have gone down as one of his classics in the same vein as When Doves Cry. 9. Into the Light Has he ever composed a more beautiful song? The piano intro alone is stunningly delicate and heavenly. 10. For You This is the first song on any Prince CD. If you've never heard it... you're doing yourself a disservice. BEAUTIFUL. Way ahead of his time... and I'm SHOCKED that this song doesn't get more recognition. No, it wasn't a hit, but the artistry and beauty of the voice is REDICULOUS! WHAT!!!!! Wow, what a special list... I'd go with (in no particular order): 1. Power Fantastic 2. Forever in my life 3. How come u don't call me anymore 4. Rockard in a funky place 5. Positivity 6. The one 7. Housequake 8. Days of wild 9. D.M.S.R. 10. Return of the flesh | |
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1. When Doves Cry
2. Purple Rain 3. The Beautiful Ones 4. If I Was Your Girlfriend 5. The Ballad of Dorothy Parker 6. Joint 2 Joint 7. I Rock, Therefore I Am 8. New Power Generation 9. Kiss 10. Gett Off 11. Alexa de Paris (the instrumental outtake) 12. Raspberry Beret | |
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iloveannie said: MantuaPharoah said: ...but the artistry and beauty of the voice is REDICULOUS!
Once again your genious proves itself rediculous. However to say that Prince's voice is worthy of mockery is surely an insult? Now go look up 'ridiculous' and come back and reword your post. Excuse me but... "Rediculous" here is used as a good thing. Kind of like when bad means good! It's a COMPLIMENT! Please refrain from accessing my posts in the future. The public is squeezin' you kiddo. You'd better kick ass on your next album or else! | |
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MantuaPharoah said: iloveannie said: Once again your genious proves itself rediculous. However to say that Prince's voice is worthy of mockery is surely an insult? Now go look up 'ridiculous' and come back and reword your post. Excuse me but... "Rediculous" here is used as a good thing. Kind of like when bad means good! It's a COMPLIMENT! Please refrain from accessing my posts in the future. Obviously sarkasm passes you by. I was taking the piss. In a nice gentle way mind you  No offence meant  | |
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MantuaPharoah said: iloveannie said: Once again your genious proves itself rediculous. However to say that Prince's voice is worthy of mockery is surely an insult? Now go look up 'ridiculous' and come back and reword your post. Excuse me but... "Rediculous" here is used as a good thing. Kind of like when bad means good! It's a COMPLIMENT! Please refrain from accessing my posts in the future. I get it now! REDICULOUS!!! It's one of the disarming spells from Harry Potter right? | |
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iloveannie said: MantuaPharoah said: Excuse me but... "Rediculous" here is used as a good thing. Kind of like when bad means good! It's a COMPLIMENT! Please refrain from accessing my posts in the future. I get it now! REDICULOUS!!! It's one of the disarming spells from Harry Potter right? tut tut no need for sarkasm or is it sarcasm? oh this is getting ridrediculous.. |
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iloveannie said: MantuaPharoah said: Excuse me but... "Rediculous" here is used as a good thing. Kind of like when bad means good! It's a COMPLIMENT! Please refrain from accessing my posts in the future. Obviously sarkasm passes you by. I was taking the piss. In a nice gentle way mind you No offence meant LOL... no worries. No offense to you either! lol... I wasn't sure what you were trying to say with your response... but hey, we're both fans of the man... that's all that matters. 
By the way... we spell sarcasm "sarcasm" here in the states, and we spell offense "offense". lol Get it together!
Tchauuuuu..... The public is squeezin' you kiddo. You'd better kick ass on your next album or else! | |
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the ballad of dorothy parker
god erotic city adore new position "Todo está bien chévere" Stevie | |
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When Doves Cry the music knows what your motives are when you are making it
listen to The Replacements - its good for the soul | |
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For You
Diamond & Pearls Ur Gonna C Me 1999 Controversy Lady Cab Driver Power Fantastic Truth The Word Private Joy God (Yes even with all the screams  )
The List Goes on  | |
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From the top of my head:
- I Wanna be your lover (perfect pop song with an irresistable instrumental part, uncommon to include in a "simple" "mainstream"pop song) - Sister (pushing the boundaries...) - Controversy (inventing a new sound) - When doves cry (no bass, Linn drum sound & effects) - Kiss & Sign "o" the times (how to make a perfect popsong almost without an arrangement) - If I was your girlfriend (the studio as an instrument) - The ballad of dorothy parker (chord progressions and interaction with rhythm) - Curious child (almost classical) - Something in the water (the coldness of that song) - The one (just because it's beautiful and because of the beauty of his voice) And so much more..... | |
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MantuaPharoah said: iloveannie said: Obviously sarkasm passes you by. I was taking the piss. In a nice gentle way mind you No offence meant LOL... no worries. No offense to you either! lol... I wasn't sure what you were trying to say with your response... but hey, we're both fans of the man... that's all that matters.
By the way... we spell sarcasm "sarcasm" here in the states, and we spell offense "offense". lol Get it together!
Tchauuuuu..... We spell sarcasm like that over here too. I was having a little joke again | |
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Anna Stesia
AnotherLoverLikeAHole The Question of U We Can Funk Let's Work there's tons more | |
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There are so many. But the one song that still blows me away is, La La, La, He, He, Hee.....pure genius!!!! “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a Communist.” Brazilian bishop Dom Hélder Câmara | |
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THere are several goood suggestions here. But geniuos - why? Bcause of his wide range. Here are some samples:
- North - 2 nigs united... - Joy in repetition - Housequake - SOTT - The Cross - Xhalation & Xpectation - Solo - Automatic - Life can B so Nice - Do U lie - Musicology - Adore - Sister - The Truth - Darling Nikky - 4U - Anna Stesia - Bambi | |
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I'm surprised nobody mentioned 7 from the symbol album - a better song with a better story behind how it was made than La la la, he he he - it's the first song I use when people ask my why Prince is a genius.
The story goes something like this - he was recording the symbol album with the NPG, he comes into the studio one day and tells them to wait a bit. He sits down and starts recording tracks. Doesn't stop to listen to what he's done so far between tracks, but instead just records track after track and when he's done, he has the song 7. [Edited 11/8/08 8:34am] |
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I don't think Prince has written a better song than 7. He went to a higher plane with that one. It exemplifies his genius because only he could do it, it's unlike anything else and it was extremely catchy at the same time. Even if you thought it was weird, you wanted to sing along. I usually play this to any Prince doubters to shut em up. Wasn't it written in some egyptian mode? Who the hell else would do that with a pop song? It's like his "Good Vibrations." [Edited 11/8/08 8:38am] | |
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piepie1976 said: I don't think Prince has written a better song than 7. He went to a higher plane with that one. It exemplifies his genius because only he could do it, it's unlike anything else and it was extremely catchy at the same time. Even if you thought it was weird, you wanted to sing along. I usually play this to any Prince doubters to shut em up. Wasn't it written in some egyptian mode? Who the hell else would do that with a pop song? It's like his "Good Vibrations."
[Edited 11/8/08 8:38am] Its not bad, but its weighed down in excessive voice dubs and over the top sound effects and it just sounds like the rest of symbol, Hideously overproduced 17 Years ago I made a commitment to Prince | |
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Controversy
1999 Automatic Lady Cab Driver Computer Blue When Doves Cry Purple Rain 17 Days Tambourine She's Always in My Hair Life Can Be So Nice Anotherloverholeinyohead Sign O the Times The Ballad of Dorothy Parker If I Was Your Girlfriend Dance On Le Grind Batdance Joy in Repetition I Hate U The Morning Papers Joint 2 Joint Family Name Black Sweat Guitar [Edited 11/8/08 18:18pm] JERKIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!! | |
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Automatic
Joy In Repetition The Question Of U Computer Blue Head Anna Stesia Shhh Days Of Wild those are just some | |
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I love the wall o' voices. the only effect i dont like on that song is the laughs at the beginning. kinda unnecessary
tane1976 said: piepie1976 said: I don't think Prince has written a better song than 7. He went to a higher plane with that one. It exemplifies his genius because only he could do it, it's unlike anything else and it was extremely catchy at the same time. Even if you thought it was weird, you wanted to sing along. I usually play this to any Prince doubters to shut em up. Wasn't it written in some egyptian mode? Who the hell else would do that with a pop song? It's like his "Good Vibrations."
[Edited 11/8/08 8:38am] Its not bad, but its weighed down in excessive voice dubs and over the top sound effects and it just sounds like the rest of symbol, Hideously overproduced | |
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Paris9748430 said: Controversy
1999 Automatic Lady Cab Driver Computer Blue When Doves Cry Purple Rain 17 Days Tambourine She's Always in My Hair Life Can Be So Nice Anotherloverholeinyohead Sign O the Times The Ballad of Dorothy Parker If I Was Your Girlfriend Dance On Le Grind Batdance Joy in Repetition I Hate U The Morning Papers Joint 2 Joint Family Name Black Sweat Guitar [Edited 11/8/08 18:18pm] One word y´all - YES A very good list indeed!  | |
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When Doves Cry and Sign 'o' the times especially comes to mind. So ahead of their time i mean look at sign o the times dude was talkin about important issues like aids before most other artists did | |
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Erika2k8 said: When Doves Cry and Sign 'o' the times especially comes to mind. So ahead of their time i mean look at sign o the times dude was talkin about important issues like aids before most other artists did
The funny thing about SoTT now is that lyrically it's lost its impact. | |
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tane1976 said: piepie1976 said: I don't think Prince has written a better song than 7. He went to a higher plane with that one. It exemplifies his genius because only he could do it, it's unlike anything else and it was extremely catchy at the same time. Even if you thought it was weird, you wanted to sing along. I usually play this to any Prince doubters to shut em up. Wasn't it written in some egyptian mode? Who the hell else would do that with a pop song? It's like his "Good Vibrations."
[Edited 11/8/08 8:38am] Its not bad, but its weighed down in excessive voice dubs and over the top sound effects and it just sounds like the rest of symbol, Hideously overproduced if i had a dollar 4 everytime someone claims they think a song is "overproduced" without them being a record producer themselves ..i would b a millionare by now 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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My list would be:
5 women Come The ride Damn You I hate you Now Gotta Be Beautiful Night Temptation We Can Funk What´s my name There are just too many to name. "When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all." | |
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When Doves Cry is magic... | |
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I'd choose the weird ones that don't sound like anything you've ever heard, like:
Life Can Be So Nice Tamborine Tick Tick Bang Lovesexy Love 2 the 9's Computer Blue/Darling Nikki/When Doves Cry I Wonder U BatDance as well as some of the amazing pop songs I Wanna Be Your Lover Kiss Little Red Corvette My Legacy
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Tame said: All of Prince's music deserves a certain kind of high register mark...
"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," was pure genius...It gave Prince reason to study, and write a 37 questionnaire that U just gotta hit...and It would also get him front row seats to the Miss America pageant"...Clever! I see, I was having a little fit at the moment I wrote this... U know that I love all of Prince's music...But He doesn't have to be a genius to be the star of my show... "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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