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Thread started 02/19/09 10:37pm

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These Prince songs would be perfect, if only...

    ... if only there were rock guitar solos on "The Love We Make" (I'd even take a Mike Scott take) and on "Mountains"

    ... if there were some cool saxophone on "Joy in Repetition"

    ... if there were a real sax on "Resolution" instead of the cheesy keyboard sax

    ... if there were real drums and instrumentation on most of NuPowerSoul

    ... if "Alexis de Paris" were sandwiched between "Venus de Milo" and "Mountains."

    ... if the distorted guitar on "Hot Thing" were mixed a little louder

    ... and lastly (for now), "Temptation" didn't have that weird God-Prince dialogue at the end. Totally ruins the song. rolleyes

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Reply #1 posted 02/19/09 10:40pm

miexedeyes

ThreadBare said:

[list]... if only there were rock guitar solos on "The Love We Make" (I'd even take a Mike Scott take) and on "Mountains"
... if there were some cool saxophone on "Joy in Repetition"

... if there were a real sax on "Resolution" instead of the cheesy keyboard sax

... if there were real drums and instrumentation on most of NuPowerSoul

... if "Alexis de Paris" were sandwiched between "Venus de Milo" and "Mountains."

... if the distorted guitar on "Hot Thing" were mixed a little louder

... and lastly (for now), "Temptation" didn't have that weird God-Prince dialogue at the end. Totally ruins the song. rolleyes
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Reply #2 posted 02/19/09 10:42pm

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if the latin jazz portion of any song in which it appears was excised.
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Reply #3 posted 02/19/09 10:49pm

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as i'm not a good enough fan i can't comment on those first ones but i'm totally with you on temptation, man!! headbang


pout the god dialogue should disappear period
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Reply #4 posted 02/19/09 10:56pm

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emm said:

as i'm not a good enough fan i can't comment on those first ones but i'm totally with you on temptation, man!! headbang


pout the god dialogue should disappear period



yeah. a whole other song might have been added without that lengthy outro. and there were a lot of good ones to pick from at the time.
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Reply #5 posted 02/19/09 11:00pm

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emm said:

as i'm not a good enough fan i can't comment on those first ones but i'm totally with you on temptation, man!! headbang


pout the god dialogue should disappear period


But, I wouldn't have minded it being a closing track unto itself.



    ... if "swimming in your love sea/swivel in your love seat" were clearer on "Lovesexy," if only to prevent the debate that persists all these years later


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Reply #6 posted 02/19/09 11:03pm

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I couldn't agree more with the thread starter about "Temptation". That dialogue just kills that song.

As far as my choices, I'd nix the rapping from
"2 the 9's".

"Acknowledge Me" should have faded out just before the second rap begins.

The rap in "Willing and Able" shouldn't be there. Now that I think of it, I could go on and on with how many great songs were ruined with corny raps. I even think "Alphabet Street" should have ended where it does in the video. (there's a few songs where the rapping worked, but not many).
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Reply #7 posted 02/20/09 12:00am

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if the latin jazz portion of any song in which it appears was excised.


Damned If I Do being a prime example.
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Reply #8 posted 02/20/09 1:06am

BoySimon
'Joy in Repetition' should be left alone, as should 'Hot Thing'... if you want the guitar mixed higher, get the 12".

'Resolution' would have been improved if they'd forgotten to press the record button.

Be specific about Nu Power Soul... Songs like Madsex, Shoobedo, That KC and the Sunshine band song towards the start of the album... haven't listened to it in ages, and Wasted Kisses are all pretty good as they stand. Oh, and Freaks on this side...

'Temptation' is magnificent. Leave it be. You can't blame 'Alexa de Paris' for not being between two songs... make a mix tape! And, leave 'The Love We Make' and 'Mountains' alone too... stop trying to ruin marvellous songs!

One Prince song that would have been perfect, if only... would be Purple Rain... if he'd left it in the vault, it would have served its purpose in inspiring his crossover into the mainstream without us actually having to have listened to it lol

ALSO - 'Take me with you' would be perfect if it didn't include singing by another person.

'The Family' would have been perfect if Prince had recorded the lyrics himself.

'America' would have been perfect if it didn't sound like 'Baby I'm A Star' at the beginning.
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Reply #9 posted 02/20/09 1:14am

vivid

ThreadBare said:

    ... if only there were rock guitar solos on "The Love We Make" (I'd even take a Mike Scott take) and on "Mountains"

    ... if there were some cool saxophone on "Joy in Repetition"

    ... if there were a real sax on "Resolution" instead of the cheesy keyboard sax

    ... if there were real drums and instrumentation on most of NuPowerSoul

    ... if "Alexis de Paris" were sandwiched between "Venus de Milo" and "Mountains."

    ... if the distorted guitar on "Hot Thing" were mixed a little louder

    ... and lastly (for now), "Temptation" didn't have that weird God-Prince dialogue at the end. Totally ruins the song. rolleyes

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Joy In Repetition could do with the guitar being louder - no sax please.

Mountains is perfect.

Love We Make is nowhere near.

It would take more than live drums to make New Power Soul 'perfect'

Temptation is cool
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Reply #10 posted 02/20/09 1:15am

iloveannie
America would be perfect if the chorus was different.

Any of his RnB would be perfect if he let someone else sing, record, write the material. There are so many greater artists in this field.

Bob George would be perfect if... oh, wait a minute, it is perfect.
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Reply #11 posted 02/20/09 1:18am

BoySimon
Really? America's chorus? I love the flag-waving innocence of the song, in that regard... it's why I can't listen to 'Free'. Such partisan-patriotism smacks of uninformed insecurity... and adds to Prince's charm... in a peverse way.
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Reply #12 posted 02/20/09 2:43am

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BoySimon said:

'Joy in Repetition' should be left alone.

Amen! No sax shake

The rap in "Willing and Able" shouldn't be there.

if "Alexis de Paris" were sandwiched between "Venus de Milo" and "Mountains."
Yup nod

Bob George would be perfect if... oh, wait a minute, it is perfect.

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Reply #13 posted 02/20/09 3:51am

thedoveoflove

ThreadBare said:

    ... if only there were rock guitar solos on "The Love We Make" (I'd even take a Mike Scott take) and on "Mountains"

    ... if there were some cool saxophone on "Joy in Repetition"

    ... if there were a real sax on "Resolution" instead of the cheesy keyboard sax

    ... if there were real drums and instrumentation on most of NuPowerSoul

    ... if "Alexis de Paris" were sandwiched between "Venus de Milo" and "Mountains."

    ... if the distorted guitar on "Hot Thing" were mixed a little louder




    ... and lastly (for now), "Temptation" didn't have that weird God-Prince dialogue at the end. Totally ruins the song. rolleyes

[Edited 2/19/09 22:51pm]


And any song u 3v3r r3cor3d3d would n3v3r b any wh3r3 n3ar p3rf3ct.

Psych3
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Reply #14 posted 02/20/09 4:21am

iloveannie

thedoveoflove said:

ThreadBare said:

    ... if only there were rock guitar solos on "The Love We Make" (I'd even take a Mike Scott take) and on "Mountains"

    ... if there were some cool saxophone on "Joy in Repetition"

    ... if there were a real sax on "Resolution" instead of the cheesy keyboard sax

    ... if there were real drums and instrumentation on most of NuPowerSoul

    ... if "Alexis de Paris" were sandwiched between "Venus de Milo" and "Mountains."

    ... if the distorted guitar on "Hot Thing" were mixed a little louder




    ... and lastly (for now), "Temptation" didn't have that weird God-Prince dialogue at the end. Totally ruins the song. rolleyes

[Edited 2/19/09 22:51pm]


And any song u 3v3r r3cor3d3d would n3v3r b any wh3r3 n3ar p3rf3ct.

Psych3
[Edited 2/20/09 3:51am]


That depends on the listeners perception of perfection. I woke up to perfection this morning. She couldn't be more beautiful if she tried.
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Reply #15 posted 02/20/09 4:32am

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ThreadBare said:


... if there were real drums and instrumentation on most of NuPowerSoul

Definately.

ThreadBare said:


... if "Alexis de Paris" were sandwiched between "Venus de Milo" and "Mountains."

That might be a bit overkill for me. I like the sequencing of Venus into Mountains (the whole LP is sequenced exceedingly well IMO)
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Reply #16 posted 02/20/09 6:14am

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...if 'The Truth' didn't have that hideous garbled scream "piece of piiiii-eye" at the end


...if Tony M had been born mute
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Reply #17 posted 02/20/09 6:18am

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phunkymunky said:

...if 'The Truth' didn't have that hideous garbled scream "piece of piiiii-eye" at the end


...if Tony M had been born mute



I love that life ain't no(mfmfmf) Piece of piiii-eye" part. Cuz' that's the truth. cool
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Reply #18 posted 02/20/09 4:39pm

ThreadBare

thedoveoflove said:

ThreadBare said:

    ... if only there were rock guitar solos on "The Love We Make" (I'd even take a Mike Scott take) and on "Mountains"

    ... if there were some cool saxophone on "Joy in Repetition"

    ... if there were a real sax on "Resolution" instead of the cheesy keyboard sax

    ... if there were real drums and instrumentation on most of NuPowerSoul

    ... if "Alexis de Paris" were sandwiched between "Venus de Milo" and "Mountains."

    ... if the distorted guitar on "Hot Thing" were mixed a little louder




    ... and lastly (for now), "Temptation" didn't have that weird God-Prince dialogue at the end. Totally ruins the song. rolleyes

[Edited 2/19/09 22:51pm]


And any song u 3v3r r3cor3d3d would n3v3r b any wh3r3 n3ar p3rf3ct.

Psych3
[Edited 2/20/09 3:51am]

I'd beg to differ, but I keep my business off this site.

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Reply #19 posted 02/20/09 4:40pm

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BoySimon said:

Really? America's chorus? I love the flag-waving innocence of the song, in that regard... it's why I can't listen to 'Free'. Such partisan-patriotism smacks of uninformed insecurity... and adds to Prince's charm... in a peverse way.

To Prince's naivete! woot!
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Reply #20 posted 02/20/09 4:42pm

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errant said:

if the latin jazz portion of any song in which it appears was excised.

Or any forced jazz moment, like "If I Was the Man in Your Life." That vamp is horrible. He should have rocked on out... disbelief
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Reply #21 posted 02/20/09 5:13pm

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"take me with u"

NO Apollonia
You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam!
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Reply #22 posted 02/21/09 1:11am

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Some of the tracks from the gold experiance are slightly over produced,I've heard different versions of shy & endorphin machine from the dawn experiance bootleg which are roar.should have been left alone!
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Reply #23 posted 02/21/09 1:44am

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Exodus would be perfect to me if it did not have the "scratching".
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams.

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Reply #24 posted 02/21/09 2:03am

freequeenC
hmm, interesting opinions. perhaps they'd matter if any of them came from the minds of people who have created perfect music, but i doubt it.
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Reply #25 posted 02/21/09 5:56am

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freequeenC said:

hmm, interesting opinions. perhaps they'd matter if any of them came from the minds of people who have created perfect music, but i doubt it.



Friend, "that would be perfect" merely speaks to musical and artistic preference. And, they matter because we who frequent this site discuss such things.

By and large, the overall thread speaks to appreciation of Prince's music. I'm sure he's not offended. If he is, I'm sure he'll get over it as soon as he's appropriately distracted.




"Ohmigosh, Prince! Look! What's that over there?!?"

See? All better.

Contribute or keep it moving.

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Reply #26 posted 02/21/09 6:06am

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freequeenC said:

hmm, interesting opinions. perhaps they'd matter if any of them came from the minds of people who have created perfect music, but i doubt it.



oh waaaah.
"does my cock look fat in these jeans?"
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Reply #27 posted 02/21/09 6:14am

jdcxc
Darth Vader removed from Rainbow Children

Kirstey Alley off of the Symbol album

Lovesexy tracked
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Reply #28 posted 02/21/09 1:58pm

LadyInWhite
Old friends 4 sale should have been left as it was, the new version makes no sense, the old one really did

Tangerine should have been longer and given another verse

All my dreams - the middle part should have been much clearer, and it should have been released

SHOE - the vocals are in the wrong range if you ask me
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