Till the end of time-Justin Timberlake



Slow Dance- Keri Hilson



Promise- Ciara



Do It To Me- Usher

These 4 were the most obvious Prince influenced songs....I think Usher and his choppy "Beautiful Ones" chords was the most dead on Prince imitation...he even sang in falsetto. lol
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prince did?

Electric feel - MGMT

prince-esque?

all of those videos posted dont sound anything like prince.




^
here is an example of "prince-esque"

minneapolisFunq said:

Total "Pop Life" rip off

In the last video I can kinda see why u say it is a "Pop Life" rip off. It kinda sounds like it!

No.

This would be more of a Pop Life ripoff. (seeing how it was actually sampled for the song.)



and aside from the musical backdrop i wouldnt really call either of these tracks "prince-esque"

I always thought this would be great song for Prince to cover, because it sounds like Prince ballad.

Yeah, that's the winner - brilliant song (with true emotion! that's the reason to make music).

lotusflw3r said:

Which one?

zaza said:

As good as Prince is, he couldn't beat that.

That track is perfection.

TyphoonTip said:

That's true. It's such a shame that Jeff died so young..

The king of Prince ripoffs:

Ready for the World, "Oh Sheila"
http://www.youtube.com/wa...bL2lMn34Oo
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TyphoonTip said:

That's a load of crap. Jeff Buckley sucks. Don't try to put that fucking peppermint patty Turkey head over Prince
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therat said:

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What about this?

d'angelo!
mgmt-electric feel
justin timberlake- until the end of time

All the videos in the OP are quite horrific, and not Prince-like in the slightest.

Try something from the Bar-Kay's 'Bangin' The Walls' album if you want some sound-a-like stuff that is still great on it's own.

My vote goes for the Jeff Buckley track. It's been one of my favorites for years. It always reminded me of a mix of Robert Plant and Prince. It's obvious that Plant was one of Buckley's influences in his vocals on many of his tracks. I also like his track "Forget Her".

cinnamongrl said:

Agree !! Read my post above, (I don't know yet how to post videos...)

zaza said:

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Wow, thanks for that Buckley track. I wouldn't have thought to hear such a song from him. Not a rip off but similar to Prince anyway.

My vote for best and most Prince-esque track goes to Laurnea - Infatuation. The beat, the sound, the vocals (harmonies as well as solo), screaming wah guitar, synths and content matter. It hits all things Princey.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...VybgdB09o4

Sander said:

You're welcome. I think more people should hear that JB song.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...o28zvM0Esg


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jethrouk said:

I edited it for you. [youtube] **youtube URL** [/youtube] is the code .. WITHOUT the "*"

MOST OF THEM mentioned are great

but promise by ciara is the best
she should have released that in the uk

and slow dance - keri hilson is really good, atleast they did say it was inspired by princes linn drum (however you spell it)

Oh Sheila - Ready for the World

Don't know if it would be considered the best, but does anyone remember a group called Natural Selection? They were a one hit wonder, late 80s or early 90s...can't for the life of me remember the name of the song but it was pretty dead on.

I dug it!