Wonder how you compare this to anything post - Gold Experience

For some reason this tune (besides Pussy Control) holds my interest. Don't think I've ever heard of him singing it live or giving it appreciation.

Rockability said:

Y'know I agree. This is one of my faves. I also like 319 (obviously). Shy has smooth vibe to it. Would be nice to see it live.

Great song and really unique in the Prince library. I specifically remember Scott Poulson-Bryant's Vibe review of "TGE" back in the day..he mentioned "Shy" and said (paraphrasing) that it was one of those instant classic Prince songs that are so good you can't get to the next song because you have to play it again and again. And yes, this one never shows up live though I do believe it was performed at one of the Paisley Park Fall 1995 parties.

love this song... the intro is the beginning of a good story

I hate this song. I never ripped it to my computer, so when I play the album on iTunes, I never even think about it.

I love this great song,

& I love the whole The Dawn boot, this boot puts the whole 1993-1995 material to justice= shows how great it was.....

I always loved how Prince channeled Sly Stone and Joni Mitchell in this tune. That's really something only he could do. The best part is that he sounds like himself all the while.

Great song, 'Cool dark skin in hot virgin white', I love The Gold experience!

don't understand why so many people always say they "hate" it.
it's a cool track. it was, together with 'we march' the only
track on the gold experience that i had not heard yet when the
album was released.

love the beginning, the high heels on the street becoming the
beat of the song etc.

it could have perhaps leaned a little bit more in the acoustic
joni direction for it to be a 5 star track. there is just some
tiny little thing that's off about the track yet whenever i
put it on to try and figure that out, i find myself just tapping
my foot along to the beat and humming along to that delicious
outro.

Seen him do it live several times at Paisley Park. Very nicely done!

Love this song..."At the top of the page he wrote, Shy...." One of my favorite Prince lines.

Dayclear said:

'Lips say won't but her body say might' ...just brilliant

ernestsewell said:

I read most of your comments and I have to say you have strange taste

that rhythm guitar is razor sharp. perfect lyrics. love it all.

tomds said:

You're welcome to say that. I LOVE the Gold Experience, but "Shy" is not a favorite at all. It seems a bit desperate as a song, I guess. The rest of the album.....spectacular. Even "We March" (which never gets love for some reason.)

And the blue you see isn't the blue I see, so "strange" is relative, eh?
[Edited 5/31/09 12:57pm]

ernestsewell said:

it's indeed relative.