So what's your favorite performance on this song? The one found on The Undertaker, The Sacrifice of Victor, the Crystal Ball release, live at the Aladdin, or another performance? For me, it's the Sacrifice of Victor performance.

None of them. I just can't seem to get into this song at all.
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Yeah, that performance is SO funky!!

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I guess my favorite's can only be the versions I know, which are "Crystal Ball," and "Live at the Alladin."

I love this song...very sexy, and this song illuminates Prince's blues...I love it.

stay here brothas..stay here brothas....

The Undertaker

motherfunka said:

and live at the Alladin

I like the Love 4 One Another special (that's the version that appeared on the Crystal Ball album) and the Live At The Aladdin. I like his lyric change on that one.

SACRIFICE IS DA BOMB

The Aladdin version is great for the "I like to watch. Television." The face he makes is priceless.

I like all of them. He really wails on The Undertaker. And Crystal Ball was the first version I heard, so that's a sentimental favorite.

It's just a great song. I've never heard him do it poorly.

Aladdin

the Crystal Ball version. i like them all really

apart from "you got the time, i got the ride" being like my least favorite prince lyric ever :lameasfuck:, i kinda don't mind any of the versions , for the parts alone . i might say the version from live at the rex though . that whole show kicks so much anyways .

most any version of this song i've heard from the performances you mentioned
to about a dozen other ones from various shows have all been cool.

i always like this song, wether he stretches it into 10 minutes or wether he
just plays a condensed one.

of all the ones out there i still think that the one on The Undertaker is my
favorit though, simply because it was the first one i heard and it's the one
that builds up best imo.

I have a version from a set called "June 7th". Asolutely incredible version of the Ride! Alot more bluesy, alot more raw. Great guitar playing!

daPrettyman said:

hmmm...to each his own.....but i just bought this cd yesterday and for "the ride" alone it was worth it!!!! I mean i got pregnant and birthed a whole new funk! His name is supacalifunkalious!

"THE RIDE"-----
The SACRIFICE OF VICTOR PERFORMANCE is the best version EVER!!!!
The version on the CRYSTAL BALL CD SET is the second best version.
The third best version is the one on the "UNDERTAKER VIDEO."
Every other version that I have heard is always cool.....but they do not compare at all to the ones that I have mentioned right here.
I am sure that PRINCE himself would absolutely agree with me.
Nicky Tuzio
e-mail: tuztones@optimum.net
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daPrettyman said:

That just probably means you don't like blues. Hey everyone's different. I don't neccessarily like jazz either.

My favorite version out of the ones i've heard has to be The Undertaker.

for me, the sacrifice performance rules by far. It's one of my fav Prince moments of all time on guitar and one I always play for friends.