I was thinking of putting together a compilation of all the shamelessly tuneful, slightly loopy tracks, which kind of constitute a small sub genre. The kind of things I'm thinking of are:


Private Joy
Starfish and Coffee
Dionne
All the Midnights in the World

Personally, these are all some of my favourites. I like it when Prince does something slightly mad.

Does any one have any other suggestions?

I'm not sure this is exactly what you are looking for as the kookiness in your examples was heavily supported by the lyrics, but musically I'd consider P Control quite "different", just because of that synth line and the crazy falsetto in the chorus.


A more fitting song in your list would be Tambourine, in my opinion.

Did Prince ever record Manic Monday for himself, I wonder. I'm sure he did but has a Prince demo of that song ever surfaced? That would be in line with my thinking.

why is private joy "kooky"?

pjcath said:

He sure did and it's on various boots.

da bang
pearls before the swine
young and beautiful
horny toad
sarah
courtin time
tangerine

are any of those along the lines of what you're looking for?

ps: i love your rimbaud avatar

joyinrepetition said:

sorry that's apollonia 6 ur thinking of

L4OATheOriginal said:

it's a duet with prince.

IstenSzek said:

Isten's right.

Prince & Apollonia duet.

"Dance On."

IstenSzek said:

Yes, definitely Pearls Before the Swine and Young and Beautiful.

I was also thinking My Computer, which is kind of a sad song and not really that much fun but still a bit left field.

I love my Rimbaud avatar too...