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Reply #30 posted 11/13/08 5:29am

Emma1

No such thing on this album..... biggrin
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Reply #31 posted 11/13/08 5:49am

kenlacam

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I dunno, I think Baby I'm A Star could give Take Me With U a run for it's money in the cornball stakes.

Yes, both of these songs are the weak.
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Reply #32 posted 11/13/08 6:20am

eireboy34

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You guys are all wrong!! The weakest track is I Would Die 4 U. Everything else is gold.



Have to agree, even though I like the song.

I LOVE Computer Blue, but I would put this in second place

Take me with U us magic.
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Reply #33 posted 11/13/08 6:49am

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easily it's Take Me With U.

not even close.
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Reply #34 posted 11/13/08 6:58am

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Take me with U.
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Reply #35 posted 11/13/08 7:03am

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I love every song from Purple Rain, but if I had to pick the weakest, then I choose Darlin' Nikki
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Reply #36 posted 11/13/08 7:04am

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Baby I'm A Star ; i never cared much for that 1
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Reply #37 posted 11/13/08 7:33am

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To tell yall the truth...Even tough it's only my opinion and it is one of the greatest song ever but I truely do detest "Purple Rain" the song! eek I always skip it...It's the same thing I do on Michael Jackson's Triller -I skip "Triller" eek ...They are some great songs but I just can't take listening to it and I don't know why! confused
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Reply #38 posted 11/13/08 9:36am

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Jeffiner said:

At a live performance, which would you prefer to hear... or which would the 'masses' prefer to hear? Even though 'Take me with U' might be the 'weakest track' on the album, people go crazy when he plays this live, so the song itself is good, or at least it's a good pop, singalong, dancealong, feel good song. I can't imagine nearly so many people singing along to 'Baby I'm a Star' or even 'Computer Blue' in the same way, or it affecting them in the same way. It's the whole 'Take me with U scene' from PR that pops into people's minds I think when they hear this, and brings back lots of good memories so... just a shame about Apples voice, yes!
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i would say that since he hardly does computer blue anymore people go nuts when they hear it. just alone on the purple rain tour when that beat kicks in, people go crazy.

the weakest track on the album 2 me is the beautiful ones ..i prefer electric intercourse over this one
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 #39 posted 11/13/08 9:38am

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Jeffiner said:

Dave1992 said:



I certainly had enough of Take Me With U. It surely is an amazing and catchy song (although still the weakest on Purple Rain), but I just can't listen to it anymore when he plays it live. Sure I'd rather whatch a live performance of Take Me With U than nothing at all, but it's been done to death somehow.


Is that when you pop off to the loo then? Yeah, I know what you mean, but nearly everyone still loves doing that "Take me with you" singing / shouting and pointing at Prince part when they're actually there .... wink lol


no u go 2 the loo when he starts doing purple rain but then it's the end of the concert so u leave when he starts 2 play it, get a head start on others crowding up the bathroom then u head 2 ur car 2 get a head start on the traffic nod
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 #40 posted 11/13/08 9:45am

emesem

Computer Blue for sure.

Appolonia's bad singing makes Take Me With You all the more endearing. Its a bit of pop perfection in its imperfectness. I wish Prince would remember that.
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Reply #41 posted 11/13/08 9:45am

Jeffiner

L4OATheOriginal said:

Jeffiner said:

At a live performance, which would you prefer to hear... or which would the 'masses' prefer to hear? Even though 'Take me with U' might be the 'weakest track' on the album, people go crazy when he plays this live, so the song itself is good, or at least it's a good pop, singalong, dancealong, feel good song. I can't imagine nearly so many people singing along to 'Baby I'm a Star' or even 'Computer Blue' in the same way, or it affecting them in the same way. It's the whole 'Take me with U scene' from PR that pops into people's minds I think when they hear this, and brings back lots of good memories so... just a shame about Apples voice, yes!
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i would say that since he hardly does computer blue anymore people go nuts when they hear it. just alone on the purple rain tour when that beat kicks in, people go crazy.

the weakest track on the album 2 me is the beautiful ones
..i prefer electric intercourse over this one


eek eek eek I love Electric Intercourse, but how you can say TBO's is the weakest track is beyond me.....
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Reply #42 posted 11/13/08 11:19am

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Jeffiner said:

L4OATheOriginal said:



i would say that since he hardly does computer blue anymore people go nuts when they hear it. just alone on the purple rain tour when that beat kicks in, people go crazy.

the weakest track on the album 2 me is the beautiful ones
..i prefer electric intercourse over this one


eek eek eek I love Electric Intercourse, but how you can say TBO's is the weakest track is beyond me.....


because of the repetive baby baby baby's in it nuts purple rain would b the other obvious one from me but that song is in a category all on its on in songs that make u want 2 err
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 #43 posted 11/13/08 11:38am

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crokey20 said:

You guys are all wrong!! The weakest track is I Would Die 4 U. Everything else is gold.



It looks like we're in the srious minority here...but I ditto U on this. BLEHHHH never at one point did I like this song.


and How this thread is being overrun with exclamation of Take Me With U being the weakest is astounding. It's a little piece of pop perfection. It's no grandiose song or opus, I know. As for apples vox being off...so what...so r Prince's sometimes in other songs....it's the way it's supposed to be. She never claimed to be Aretha Franklin or anything.
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Reply #44 posted 11/13/08 11:42am

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Hmm, this is tough.

Baby I'm a Star and Take Me With U are very danceable, singable pop songs. I can't resist that. lol

I almost agree with Purple Rain being the weakest, I almost always skip that one these days. Maybe because it was so overplayed, but even back in the day, I had to be in a certain 'mood' to listen to it all the way through.

His voice in The Beautiful Ones is awesome, love the falsetto with this song, but otherwise it's kind of dull.

I think I agree that I Would Die 4 U being the weakest track.
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Reply #45 posted 11/13/08 12:13pm

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Computer Blue
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Reply #46 posted 11/13/08 2:08pm

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I Would Die 4 U
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Reply #47 posted 11/13/08 2:42pm

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I swear some of u are tone deaf lol
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Reply #48 posted 11/13/08 3:35pm

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apples' singing on take me with u is awful, i agree and a bit distracting lol. especially the final "take me with uuuu, whoo hoo hoo!" headache lol. but the song itself is so brilliant (imo shrug), that can't even destroy it cool. i'd say computer blue is the "weakest", just cuz i've always felt it was too short. like an interlude, more than a song. an incomplete thought. the full versions do it more justice, but wouldn't fit on the album. maybe the 7 minute one. an awesome song overall though smile. just my twocents lurking lol
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Reply #49 posted 11/13/08 3:47pm

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Baby I'm a Star
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I would die 4 u. Its a toss up for me.
Cut those and Give me 17days and Erotic city
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Reply #50 posted 11/13/08 4:59pm

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Baby I'm a Star
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I would die 4 u. Its a toss up for me.
Cut those and Give me 17days and Erotic city


Ha! You literally took the words out of my mouth. I was about to say, "For me, it's a toss up between Baby, I'm A Star and I Would Die 4 U."

Having loved his piano version of I Would Die 4 U in London last summer, I'll have to go with Baby, I'm A Star. Which, in retrospect, makes it a strange choice for the Superbowl.
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Reply #51 posted 11/13/08 5:13pm

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ouch. Hurts to see people name Baby I'm A Star, I Would Die 4 U and Purple Rain in this thread.

Ethereal to exciting to tearbreaking in 15 mins or so.

I'd go with Darlin Nikki. But ultimately the least strong of the most perfect album.

In the 80s I would put the record on when my parents were out, pick up a 5 foot stick I'd stripped and pretend (embarrassingly badly) it was a microphone stand. I'd emerge 45 minutes later.
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Reply #52 posted 11/13/08 5:22pm

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kanoohead said:

ouch. Hurts to see people name Baby I'm A Star, I Would Die 4 U and Purple Rain in this thread.

Ethereal to exciting to tearbreaking in 15 mins or so.

I'd go with Darlin Nikki. But ultimately the least strong of the most perfect album.

In the 80s I would put the record on when my parents were out, pick up a 5 foot stick I'd stripped and pretend (embarrassingly badly) it was a microphone stand. I'd emerge 45 minutes later.

When did the stick emerge?



Oh Good Grief.....





Forget I just asked that please?
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Reply #53 posted 11/13/08 6:26pm

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Alej said:

hmmm

lawd, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY love Take Me with U but it's definitely the weakest.

And even being the weakest, it's amessing lol



awwww.

but have to agree
seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before music beret
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Reply #54 posted 11/13/08 6:32pm

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When Doves Cry (p.s. dont hit me)
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Reply #55 posted 11/13/08 6:36pm

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LizaWoman08 said:

When Doves Cry (p.s. dont hit me)



holding hand firmly in lap




j/k

thats what i love about being a prince fan, with so many songs- ppl have different opionions about them hug

it would be pretty boring discussions if we were all fammy about everything he did twocents


ps i hated the video 4 WDC 4 a verrrryyyyy looooonnnnggggg time boxed
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seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before music beret
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Reply #56 posted 11/13/08 6:46pm

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chillichocaholic said:

kanoohead said:

ouch. Hurts to see people name Baby I'm A Star, I Would Die 4 U and Purple Rain in this thread.

Ethereal to exciting to tearbreaking in 15 mins or so.

I'd go with Darlin Nikki. But ultimately the least strong of the most perfect album.

In the 80s I would put the record on when my parents were out, pick up a 5 foot stick I'd stripped and pretend (embarrassingly badly) it was a microphone stand. I'd emerge 45 minutes later.

When did the stick emerge?



Oh Good Grief.....





Forget I just asked that please?



No problem. The stick emerged during the PR solo. Who wouldn't find a stick emerge at such a time?


Let's move on.
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Reply #57 posted 11/13/08 7:10pm

FirstCircle

I think this whole album has been over-exposed for me. I rarely listen to it. But the track I listen to the least is Purple Rain. Every once in a blue moon I'll feel the urge to listen to that song specifically, but I almost always skip it if I'm listening to that album for whatever reason. I tend to skip I Will Die 4 U and Darling Nikki as well.
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Reply #58 posted 11/13/08 7:39pm

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I think I would die 4 U could have been a much more developed song, its really lacking IMO, its too short and the song is too great to be too short. I put that song on repeat like 5 times lol...only cause thats how long the song should really be.
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Reply #59 posted 11/13/08 7:47pm

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LizaWoman08 said:

When Doves Cry (p.s. dont hit me)


I knew someone was going to say it lol
chill..prince doesnt like men being front row, makes it hard to sing the ballads
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