I was just wondering which track you enjoy the most from the ONA Live boxed set. Since I dig the older Prince music scene more-so than his new stuff I would have to say that mine has to be Strange Relationship by far. The band is flawless and I think Prince does an excellant job on Vox. Lets hear your respones.

Mine has to be Dorothy Parker from the It Aint Over disc. I love this song live and I never heard this arrangement until I heard it at the aftershow that this cut was taken from. Priceless

Obviously Joy In Repetition

umm...anna stesia. Take me with U, When U were mine.TRC..I'm gonna stop cuz I'll just end up listing all of them!

'we do this..' oh..wait..'joy in repetition..'

i dunno..i like so many of the tracks...i can't choose one...

Only one songs it's hard but maybe I'll choose "joy in repetition".

The songs I listen the most r :

JOY IN REPETITION , RAINBOW CHILDREN , STRANGE RELATIONSHIP, DOROTHY PARKER, XENOPHOBIA...

funkbible said:

I would say that the version of "Strange Relationship" heard on the Indianapolis EP given to radio stations was far superior to the version heard on "ONA Live".

Sometimes the choices that were made on which versions to include on the set were curious to say the least.

This is entirely too easy...

Dorthy Parker...(it's the only song that he doesn't try to sound like Jimi Hendrix)

TBODP and JIR. But Xtraordinary is amazing, too! And Xenophobia.

"Other Side Of The Pillow" pops into my head first. . .love that song, and the sleazy dance and filthy nasty funky brass bit makes me very, very happy. "We Do This" is great too. . .really, I love almost the whole damn thing, except Anastesia, I can barely forgive him for doing what he's done to that song.

Doves,
Mel!ssa

funkbible said:

I can't help but agree with you on that one. When I heard the bass I thought to myself "you're killing me with that bass line". Then Prince said it and I knew I was right!

I'm gonna have to go with Peach. I'm suprised no1 elses has suggested this one.

Joy in Repetition
We Do This
Xenophobia

I think are the outstanding highlights. Having said that, I'll probably change my mind upon next listen.

BTW - Welcome back Org...Didn't miss it of course, but welcome back anyway..

Since no one has mentioned these two, I'll go with Family Name and The Everlasting Now. Incredible performances of two funky tracks.

But all that have mentioned are great too...except for Peach. For some reason it just seems a little too dragged out and repetitious to me.

It's really difficult to tell which track is my favorite
from a great set like this...
Anyway at this moment I would say "Xenophobia" and "2 Nigs United 4 West Compton"... but maybe tomorrow I would say others...

Xenofobia
Mellow
Strange Relationship
Anna Stesia
Joy In Repetition
Peach
Dorothy Parker

There's no way to do it as a set, must be by disk...

ONA - L! disk 1: Xenophobia

kickass groove, amazing guitar solo (the fast part) and I LOVE it when he says, "too bad..." during leader/follower



ONA - L! disk 2: Nothing Compares 2 U

great energy on this one, "hands up for love, y'all" is just SWEET, only bad thing is it's too short!



It Ain't Ovah: Joy in Repetition

simply amazing, but DP kicks MUCH ass too

one word...JOOOY!

i havent heard the rest of the set yet,only joy & the trax that were on the 5 trak ONA radio EP...

but seriously,could anything beat JoyInRepetition?
the guitar on this thing is incredible,& if u watch the vcd of the show i have & listen 2 the SB track,its wild!

one of his greatest moments of his career this is. . . .
my fave P track at the moment,& will be 4 a long time

Strange Relationship. Rhonda is killing me with that bass too! When I first got it, I played that song for about 4 hours straight.

Joy in Repetition, Peach, Xenophobia, Avalanche and Anna Stesia are great too.

Strange Relationship
Avalanche
The Other Side of the Pillow
Extraordinary
Sometimes it snows in April
Joy in Repetition
Peach
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker

In no particular order. These are just the songs that make me listen like a mf.

Oh.. and if anyone cares, my two favorite tracks from Xpectation are :

Xpand
Xemplify

Joy In Repetition just kills me! Adore is great!

"Everlasting Now!" What a phenomenal version! I think it's some of the funkiest Prince I've ever heard.

Well I love all of the songs, of course! But if I had to pick just one.. okay I'll pick two, that'll be, I WANNA B UR LOVER and EVERLASTING NOW (Cd2)

Probably at this point, Peach.

Followed closely by Xenophobia - one of the highlights of the tour.

Joy in Repetition

and Everlasting Now makes me wanna jump up and down!

Xenophobia, Other Side Of The Pillow, Avalanche, 1+1+1=3

Strange Relationship
Other Side of the pillow
Joy In Repetition
2 Nigs United 4 West Compton
Alphabet Street

lovemachine said:

Just for your information there are no 2 versions of Strange Relationship the EP and ONA Live set are exactly the same...
Check it out...

BTW Strange Relationship, Joy in Repetition & Dorothy Parker are definetly my first choices...

Xenophobia
Extraordinary
Avalanche
Joy In Repetition
Dorothy Parker

Muse 2 The Pharoah surprised me since the second part of it
sounds a lot harder than the album version, which is a lot
cooler. "and if the number 13...." damn. The guitar on this
is very good.

And "Anna Stesia" is cool too, altho the guitar sounds a
bit tamed in this version. It was wilder in other shows.
[This message was edited Mon Jan 6 4:56:07 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]

toratora69 said:

i agree with that.
then dorothy parker, rainbow children, 1+1+1, joy in repetition

i think the version of peach is better than any of the boots i have heard (ny, etc.)