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Thread started 09/22/09 12:59pm

DesireeNevermi
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PRINCE'S SADDEST SONGS

By sad, I mean somber music, depressing lyrics, tales of heartache, something that brings the pain or makes you think "this poor motherfucker." Maybe a song that makes you feel bad and you can't listen to it.
I generally don't find Prince songs to be all that sad, maybe a little lovelorn but not all out gloomy and miserable. What you got?

I'm thinking...


Purple Rain - sad lyrics, heartrending melody and a knee weakening falsetto at the end


Another Lonely Christmas - Somebody died right? Not so much sad as dull


Reflections - a sad song that perhaps wasn't meant to be sad?


17 Days - Funky and sad and depressing all at the same time.
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Reply #1 posted 09/22/09 1:08pm

ernestsewell

Another Lonely Christmas, while sad, is pure fiction, which negates a bit of the imposed emotion in it.

Purple Rain isn't sad, so much as it's reflective, regretful, hopeful, and apologetic.

What's sad is the message in "Strange Relationship", or "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man", "I Love U But I Don't Trust You Anymore", "Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do", "Sometimes It Snows In April", "There is Lonely"...
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Reply #2 posted 09/22/09 1:17pm

DesireeNevermi
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ernestsewell said:

Another Lonely Christmas, while sad, is pure fiction, which negates a bit of the imposed emotion in it.

Purple Rain isn't sad, so much as it's reflective, regretful, hopeful, and apologetic.

What's sad is the message in "Strange Relationship", or "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man", "I Love U But I Don't Trust You Anymore", "Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do", "Sometimes It Snows In April", "There is Lonely"...



hah! omg your siggy...but some asses are truly great.




anyway...strange relationship is definitely sad in that I think its one of few Prince songs that are really a confession and reflection into his disfunctionality (did I make a new word?). It's makes one sad for him.
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Reply #3 posted 09/22/09 2:13pm

ernestsewell

DesireeNevermind said:

hah! omg your siggy...but some asses are truly great

anyway...strange relationship is definitely sad in that I think its one of few Prince songs that are really a confession and reflection into his disfunctionality (did I make a new word?). It's makes one sad for him.


It was something I said in some thread, and Squirrelgrease thought I should add it, so I did. Might've been about Prince's assless pants or bikini days.
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Reply #4 posted 09/23/09 3:33am

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ernestsewell said:

Another Lonely Christmas, while sad, is pure fiction, which negates a bit of the imposed emotion in it.

Purple Rain isn't sad, so much as it's reflective, regretful, hopeful, and apologetic.

What's sad is the message in "Strange Relationship", or "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man", "I Love U But I Don't Trust You Anymore", "Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do", "Sometimes It Snows In April", "There is Lonely"...


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Reply #5 posted 09/23/09 3:41am

Dave1992

I Hate U is quite sad too.

Little Red Corvette, Condition Of The Heart, Nothing Compares 2 U, The Dance, Money Don't Matter 2night, When You Were Mine, The Love We Make, Dolphin, Shhh, Miss You, A Million Days, It's Gonna Be Lonely, The Beautiful Ones, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Do Yourself A Favor, ...


But the saddest of all probably has to be Sometimes It Snows In April.
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Reply #6 posted 09/23/09 3:47am

Dave1992

Listening to it right now, Venus De Milo is also very sad.
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Reply #7 posted 09/23/09 3:50am

Aelis

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Dave1992 said:

I Hate U is quite sad too.

Little Red Corvette, Condition Of The Heart, Nothing Compares 2 U, The Dance, Money Don't Matter 2night, When You Were Mine, The Love We Make, Dolphin, Shhh, Miss You, A Million Days, It's Gonna Be Lonely, The Beautiful Ones, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Do Yourself A Favor, ...


But the saddest of all probably has to be Sometimes It Snows In April.


nod I forgot about those. Condition Of The Heart, The Dance, I Hate U, If I Was Your Girlfriend ... definitely
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Reply #8 posted 09/23/09 4:15am

purpledoveuk

Anything on Newpowersoul as it marked the beginning of the end

I guess it depends where you are in life - Sonetimes It Snows In and April will be an obvious one but for me Arms of Orion and TMBGITW are far more sadd on a personal level because of where I was in life at the time.

Arms of Orion - my Gf had just left for uni and I was at a party without her when this came on.

TMBGITW - I had a mad crush on a girl who didn't know I wad alive, she eventually got interested around this time and the one of her friends told her something untrue about me and she cooled off to just about friends
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Reply #9 posted 09/23/09 4:33am

rgsince81

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How aboout WHY U WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD???/ That kinda sad considering??? broken
Pray Daily!!!!! RIP AMY WINEHOUSE Keep Calm, Carry on
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Reply #10 posted 09/23/09 4:34am

Aelis

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rgsince81 said:

How aboout WHY U WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD???/ That kinda sad considering??? broken


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Reply #11 posted 09/23/09 5:07am

MrMul

Comeback - in the context of what it is (allegedly) about, very sad
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Reply #12 posted 09/23/09 5:25am

purpledoveuk

MrMul said:

Comeback - in the context of what it is (allegedly) about, very sad



What album is that on?
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Reply #13 posted 09/23/09 5:31am

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purpledoveuk said:

MrMul said:

Comeback - in the context of what it is (allegedly) about, very sad



What album is that on?

The Truth
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Reply #14 posted 09/23/09 5:48am

Dayclear

Sometimes it snows in April
Condition of the heart
White Mansion
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Reply #15 posted 09/23/09 5:50am

tony50

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So long have I gazed into your eyes
Wondering what they'd look like on a new born child....

Let's Have A Baby from Emancipation. This line kills me when I think about what happened. He was in such an exciting place in his life.
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Reply #16 posted 09/23/09 6:02am

purpledoveuk

soulyacolia said:

purpledoveuk said:




What album is that on?

The Truth



Of course it is....I knew it rang a bell.

What's it allegedly about then...I meN I know it's obviously about death etcbutus it specificly about someone (his son?)
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Reply #17 posted 09/23/09 6:18am

zaza

Dave1992 said:

Listening to it right now, Venus De Milo is also very sad.

That's probably his most beautiful tune..it's happy and both sad at the time. Pure beauty. Btw, who is credited for playing those instruments? I don't remember if it's in the Parade booklet.. hmmm
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Reply #18 posted 09/23/09 6:30am

dance4me3121

Im surprised know one said Wasted Kisses or Old Friends 4 sale or GOODBYE.
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Reply #19 posted 09/23/09 6:45am

zaza

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Im surprised know one said Wasted Kisses or Old Friends 4 sale or GOODBYE.

I'm probably the only one who hate Wasted Kisses.. boxed

Oh..and Empty Room is VERY SAD. Lyrics makes me cry everytime I hear that song and the music itself is full of emotions..
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Reply #20 posted 09/23/09 7:24am

nyse

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I love u but i don't trust u anymore

I cant ' love U anymore

here on earth (4 PeRsOnAl ReAsOnS)

when doves cry

noon redezvous

sometimes it snows in april

I hear your voice

Slave

gotta broken heart again

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Reply #21 posted 09/23/09 7:26am

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hands down the saddest song has to be 'sex in summer' apparently that heartbeat thats on it is the heartbeat of his unborn son before he died
''now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical, a liberal, a fanatical criminal''
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Reply #22 posted 09/23/09 7:56am

DesireeNevermi
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Zinzi said:

hands down the saddest song has to be 'sex in summer' apparently that heartbeat thats on it is the heartbeat of his unborn son before he died



that's the only sad part of the song. If we didn't know that was the sonogram of his baby's heart beating, it'd be a pretty sweet song overall. sad
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Reply #23 posted 09/23/09 8:01am

DesireeNevermi
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when you look at the lyrics of LRC, it's kind of sad too. He's basically singing about getting played.
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Reply #24 posted 09/23/09 8:05am

nyse

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DesireeNevermind said:

when you look at the lyrics of LRC, it's kind of sad too. He's basically singing about getting played.


also "something in the water"
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Reply #25 posted 09/23/09 8:08am

MrMul

purpledoveuk said:

soulyacolia said:


The Truth



Of course it is....I knew it rang a bell.

What's it allegedly about then...I meN I know it's obviously about death etcbutus it specificly about someone (his son?)


It has been suggested that it is about his son. But I think its sad whoever it is about.
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Reply #26 posted 09/23/09 8:23am

DesireeNevermi
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nyse said:

DesireeNevermind said:

when you look at the lyrics of LRC, it's kind of sad too. He's basically singing about getting played.


also "something in the water"



oh hell yeah...that's one of the saddest.


Must be something in the water they drink
It's been the same with every girl I've had
Must be something in the water U drink
Why else would a woman wanna treat a man so bad?


I'd do anything 4 U, anything (Must be something in the water U drink)
Why don't U talk 2 me? (Must be something in the water U drink)
Tell me who u r (Must be something in the water U drink)
don't do this 2 me (Must be something in the water U drink)
please don't do this (Must be something in the water U drink)
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Reply #27 posted 09/23/09 8:24am

theRight1

So Blue. One of my favorites from the old days. wave heart ya Desiree!
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Reply #28 posted 09/23/09 8:36am

DesireeNevermi
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^ wave heart
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Reply #29 posted 09/23/09 8:42am

EmancipationLo
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"I love u but I don't trust u anymore"

Maybe the saddest love song ever by any artist.
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