Hey,I am listening to Hello now and I think its better than Pop Life. What b sides in zour opinion are better than the actual single it was supporting?

^hmm I don't agree, Pop Life is classic Prince music imo....

but here are a few of mine:

I Love U In Me better than The Arms Of Orion
Housequake better than U Got The Look

I've been listening to "hello" all week and I'm not sure it's better,but I listen to it way more than I do "pop life".O and it has to be the xtended version.Same with "LaLaLa/HeHeHe"...But "She's Always In My Hair" would be my choice
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better than.not sure on that-but equal to the a side-or very nearly at least

la la la hee hee hee/sott

kiss/love or $

and wasn't 17 days a b side ? now there's a tune

polkadotbliss said:

Yes, but to When Doves Cry... a hard act to follow!

I'm cheating here, but I'll say: Escape 12" is better than the extended version of Glam Slam!

lol-em' yeah-i have to concede Doves beats 17 days-man both craackers though

17 Days is better than When Doves Cry
She's Always In My Hair is better than
Alexa De Paris is better than Mountains
Erotic City is only slightly better than Let's Go Crazy (just for the funkiness of it)
Shockadelica is borderline better than If I Was Your Girlfriend

ernestsewell said:

This is blasphemy you speak sir

Wildboy said:

I don't really know...I never really owned that many singles. Although I always loved, "How Come You Don't Call me." I can't remember what the A-side was.

She's Always In My Hair is 100xtimes better than Raspberry Beret.
I Love U In Me - Arms Of Orion

Tame said:

1999

Rinluv said:

Erotic City better then Let's Go Crazy
Irresistible Bitch better then Let's Pretend....

Wildboy said:

Im with you

La,la,la,he,he,hee was better than Sign O' the Times(they didn't even bother to remix it or extend it).
Same deal as above with Shockadelica & If I Was Your Girlfriend(this could've been an erotic playground in the right mixers hands especially with Sheila E and Cat being around for that time).

hard question 4 me

because the b-side (in my opinion) always tell another side of the story
or just another story, and it's hard to compare, when the style of music might just be so much different. Especially since we are dealing with the Purple High years example When Doves Cry musically is so much different from 17 Days
1999 is so much different from How Come U Don't Call Me

Escape is an extension of Escape

1999 How Come U Don't Call Me
(Delirious?) Horny Toad
Let's Go Crazy Erotic City
I Would Die 4 U Another Lonely Christmas
When Doves Cry 17 Days
Purple Rain God(the Dance Electric)
Raspberry Beret She's Always In My Hair
America Girl
Pop Life Hello
Kiss Love or Money
Mountains Alexa de Paris
Another Lover (?)
Sign o the Times La La La He He Hee
If I Was Your Girlfriend Shockadelica
I Wish U Heaven Scarlet Pussy
Glam Slam Escape
Party Man Feel U Up
the Future Electic Chair
Batdance 200 Balloons
Arms of Orion I Love U in Me

SavonOsco said:

Thanks for preventing me from going through a box...

Anotherlover had "Boys and Girls" so it doesnt really count, Like I could never...and "Hot Thang"

SavonOsco said:

And "Take Me With U" had "Baby I'm A Star"

Rinluv said:

I agree with all of the above, ESPECIALLY Irresistible Bitch. And what's funny is back in the day we finally got KDAY to play it and they did...with "Bitch" edited out. (This is before songs were formally edited by the studios for radio.) Anyway, IB sounded very natural, unlike that horrible radio edit of Sexy MF. All that hollerin'? Please...

Even the radio edit of Erotic City was better than that.

polkadotbliss said:

I agree with you re: better than? Definitely equal to:

Kiss/Love or $ (I wore both of them out.)
When Doves Cry/17 Days (Both just slammin tunes.)

SOTT has definite edge over La La La Hee Hee Hee. Though I love both songs.

God is better than Purple Rain. <---- I'm JOKING. I do like God but mainly for the Prince-playing-with-knobs-in-the-studio-aspect and yes, for the words, which are simple but true (to me).

Some I like some I hate.....toughy

Wildboy said:

I agree with you, Wildboy. Shockadelica sounds to me like other songs of his, with those other songs being better.

'On Sale Now!' > 'Somebody's Somebody'.













j/k

I 'Somebody's Somebody'. And 'On sale Now!' is probably the most shameless, self-publicising thing P has ever done. Ridiculous.

How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore is better than 1999. 1999 is a classic but it doesn't send chills down my spine, the b-side does.

onenitealone said:

On Sale Now cracks me up. Why is it wrong to promote your own material? You're right though, it's not better than "Somebody's somebody".

djdaffy1227 said:

Bloody hell, I should think so too. SS is one of my favourite tracks on 'Emancipation'.

And there's nothing wrong with it, just... I always thought P was a bit more cooler than that. He's so goofy, sometimes.