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Ultimate Escape Songs One of the reasons Prince is a great artist in my eyes is that he is able to create music that is so unlike anything on the radio that it takes you to another place. Another realm. He is blessed in that he can produce funk and pop and also paint fantasies (not just sexual) with music.
I started to get that sense after hearing Around the World in a Day (the production on Condition of the Heart and Paisley Park) but he did it on Parade (I Wonder U, Venus di Milo, Do U lie). Certain Prince tunes fit into that special category. As a musician you've either got to have nothing to lose or a lot of guts or both to record and release music like that. But I think this is what distinguishes him from being just another pop/rock star. The Beatles were great at this. (Eleanor Rigby,& the end of All you need is Love and others). Even Maroon 5 with their rendition of that song Pure Imagination from the Willy Wonka movie. Alot of those 60's songs had that escapist feel to them. (Perhaps inspired by a little cigaweed) Every now and then I've got to turn the radio off and escape with tunes like that and Prince is great at that. "If you wanted to buy a Sam Cooke album, where would you go?" | |
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Yes. On 3121, when Prince sings The word, I wanna go get saved.  [Edited 8/14/09 13:31pm] | |
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Dayclear said: Yes. On 3121, when Prince sings The word, I wanna go get saved.
[Edited 8/14/09 13:31pm] these are jolly good ones to get away from it all...especially if you like sitting in a garden. Pherognome Gnome More Candy 4 U Gnome - Bria Valente Eye Gnome Nineteen Ninety-Gnome Sometimes It's Gnomes In April Sign O The Gnomes Family Gnome When U Love Gnomebody My Gnome is Prince |
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Parts of The Parade album definitely made you feel like you were in the South of France.
A few other songs with that dreamy quality include: Old Friends 4 Sale Alexa de Paris Dionne Raspberry Baret Joy in Repetition Hallucination Rain Crystal Ball The Ballad of Dorothy Parker Space Computer Blue | |
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This is not music... this is a trip !
For You Annie Christian Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) Lady Cab Driver Computer Blue Darling Nikki Around The World In A Day (The Album) Christopher Tracy's Parade New Position I Wonder U Sign 'O' The Times The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker It The Cross Lovesexy (The Album) Batdance We Can Funk Thunder Love 2 The 9's Arrogance 3 Chains O' Gold Power Fantastic Papa Solo 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton The Exodus Has Begun Into The Light/I Will Crystal Ball Dream Factory Movie Star Da Bang Calhoun Square What's My Name An Honest Man Strays Of The World Welcome 2 The Dawn The Rainbow Children (The Album) N.E.W.S The Marrying Kind If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life Planet Earth From The Lotus... 77 Beverly Park ...Back To The Lotus I'll die in your arms under the cherry moon... | |
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I have a mix that a young cousin of mine enjoys a lot. You wouldn't think a Prince mix, especially with early songs, would be a natural for kids, but there's a lot of playfulness to be found. I'll try and remember a few that I have on there: "Starfish & Coffee" "Raspberry Beret" "Play In the Sunshine" "Paisley Park" "I Wish U Heaven" "Dolphin" "7" "Christopher Tracy's Parade" "Take Me With U" "Mountains"
And some other faves: "When 2 R In Love" "Alexa De Paris" "Venus De Milo" Also, I know he didn't perform these, but I thought he wrote them: "Icecream Castles in the Summertime" (I believe Morris Day co-wrote this one) "Screams of Passion" and "Desire" (The Family). "Be glad for what you had baby, what you've got..." | |
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Sorry. Lost you when you called Maroon 5 great. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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squirrelgrease said: Sorry. Lost you when you called Maroon 5 great.
Never called Maroon 5 great but I do dig their version of Pure Imagination "If you wanted to buy a Sam Cooke album, where would you go?" | |
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bettybop said: I have a mix that a young cousin of mine enjoys a lot. You wouldn't think a Prince mix, especially with early songs, would be a natural for kids, but there's a lot of playfulness to be found. I'll try and remember a few that I have on there: "Starfish & Coffee" "Raspberry Beret" "Play In the Sunshine" "Paisley Park" "I Wish U Heaven" "Dolphin" "7" "Christopher Tracy's Parade" "Take Me With U" "Mountains"
And some other faves: "When 2 R In Love" "Alexa De Paris" "Venus De Milo" Also, I know he didn't perform these, but I thought he wrote them: "Icecream Castles in the Summertime" (I believe Morris Day co-wrote this one) "Screams of Passion" and "Desire" (The Family). "I've always been a huge, huge, Prince fan. Studied the guy's music...Even to this day, no one in music to me has captured that sensibility where your mind goes to a different place. It was complex, it was three-dimensional the way he wrote." -Jamie Foxx It took me a second to figure out your quote bettybop...(I'm slow) I guess Jamie Foxx feels us. Most artists stick with the formula. Hook verse hook verse change. Same drum patches and effects and slang terms and images. They play it very safe. Prince is the real deal. He takes chances. He just expresses himself. It's abstract music. One of the main reasons I've listened to Prince all these years. "If you wanted to buy a Sam Cooke album, where would you go?" | |
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sgmusic said: bettybop said: I have a mix that a young cousin of mine enjoys a lot. You wouldn't think a Prince mix, especially with early songs, would be a natural for kids, but there's a lot of playfulness to be found. I'll try and remember a few that I have on there: "Starfish & Coffee" "Raspberry Beret" "Play In the Sunshine" "Paisley Park" "I Wish U Heaven" "Dolphin" "7" "Christopher Tracy's Parade" "Take Me With U" "Mountains"
And some other faves: "When 2 R In Love" "Alexa De Paris" "Venus De Milo" Also, I know he didn't perform these, but I thought he wrote them: "Icecream Castles in the Summertime" (I believe Morris Day co-wrote this one) "Screams of Passion" and "Desire" (The Family). "I've always been a huge, huge, Prince fan. Studied the guy's music...Even to this day, no one in music to me has captured that sensibility where your mind goes to a different place. It was complex, it was three-dimensional the way he wrote." -Jamie Foxx It took me a second to figure out your quote bettybop...(I'm slow) I guess Jamie Foxx feels us. Most artists stick with the formula. Hook verse hook verse change. Same drum patches and effects and slang terms and images. They play it very safe. Prince is the real deal. He takes chances. He just expresses himself. It's abstract music. One of the main reasons I've listened to Prince all these years.  "Be glad for what you had baby, what you've got..." | |
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Erotic City
the Belle of St Mark Noon Rendezvous the Walk Head Uptown Dirty Mind Dear Michaelangelo Love on a Blue Train Susannahs Pajamas Sexuality Screams of Passion (also the studio jam with the Revolution) Let's Work Let's Pretend We're Married Mia Bocca Condition of the Heart Mountains I Wonder U 11 Babydoll House the Ballad of Dorothy Parker Lady Cab Driver Bob George La La La He He Hee I Wish U Heaven If the Kid Can't Make U Come [Edited 8/25/09 10:54am] | |
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