to persuade them to become a prince fan or even listen to more prince

i would recommend to an

R&B fan - Crucial

Pop fan- Private joy

Rock fan - Computer blue

Alternative fan - Annie Christian

Radio Disney fan/teeny bopper -starfish and coffee

By unpopular you mean a something that wasn't a radio hit, correct?

or do you mean something that's not a fan favorite?


If by former, I would say Dreamer or Colonized mind--not pure genius, but the casual listener should be 'surprised' that's it's Prince since the casual listener normally thinks of "kiss" and "Little Red Corvette"
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TheVoid said:

correct

i'll assume u mean "non-hits" so i'll reply from that place. btw, i can't imagine an r&b fan not being a Prince fan, esp. if they're over 18. lol, but hey radio's sucked for a decade now right, so if they haven't heard

dolphin, the 1 u wanna C, dinner with delores, pheromone, for pop fans

dreamer, colonized mind, bambi, electric chair, fury for rockers (all well liked but not "hits" or singles)

alternative - loose, crystal ball, anne christian

datdude said:

non of my friends know about prince and they "claim" to be R&B fans but never have heard purple rain or adore thats why i like coming here because my friends dont appreciate music older then 1997 lol They think sisqo(thong song) is old school
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When You Were Mine
Dreamer
A Million Days
17 Days

All Day All Night
We Can Funk
Empty Room
The Beautiful Ones (it wasn't a radio hit, was it? I don't recall....)
Data Bank
Crystal Ball

The world is divided between the "Prince fans" and the Ugly/Sad people that don't know/like Prince...

I only trust/respect the first half...

Strange Relationship

The Beautiful Ones

Space


Empty Room


319


Come On


I Rock, Therefore I Am

I'd recommend, depends on the other's mood in fact

Beautiful ones : Montreux Version

The future

Dorothy Parker : live version on

When I lay my hands on U

I wanna melt with U

...

She's Always In My Hair (extended)

It may be popular among us fans, but those who only know Purple Rain and 1999 are clueless about this one.

And I have yet to introduce someone to this track and have them not ask for more.

StonedImmaculate said:

"She's Always In My Hair" is pretty well known among non-fans. Especially those that grew up in the 80s. It was the b-side to one of his biggest hits.

All Day, All Night

Gamillah(people really don't think Prince is jazz )

When I Lay My Hands On U (For the rock fans )

I Feel For You, Nothing Compares 2 U (for folks who don't know those are Prince's songs )


Ur Gonna C Me (ONA Piano-just because it will blow you away from it's beauty!)

i dunno if i'd classify them as "unpopular" but the kid i won over to the dark side with modern r&b crap (like you hear on the radio) from the last several albums practically gets a hard-on when we listen to Erotic City or She's Always In My Hair.

Don't Play Me.

Whenever I play this, non-Prince fans are shocked when I tell them it's Prince.
'I didn't know he did the acoustic thing!'

New Power Generation from the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack.Hell that whole album is greatly underrated.

shes always in my hair is such a gem.great song to play for non fans.

ychismb said:

Co-Sign

SUPRMAN said:

I have been listening to that while in the bathroom lately. LOL I have an iPod on a dock, with some small speakers, in my bathroom. I turn it on while doing whatever in there. I usually just shuffle, but I put on the GB soundtrack the other day. Takes me back to 1990 and walking over 2 miles to work a shit job at Arby's. (I had just moved back to Oklahoma from California.) I used to listen to GB on my walkman to and from. I'd walk home at like 2 a.m. and have that going in my ears. I really didn't like a lot of the songs on it. They seems just over done. It's taken me years to like a lot of stuff on there. I say that even more now because I know the original versions of "Can't Stop", and "We Can Funk". They're totally different songs to me. I think the album is stronger without The Time, George, Mavis, and Tevin's stuff on it. Play just the Prince songs, and it does even better.

I had forgotten that I edited together "New Power Generation", both parts, into one song and put that as track 2 for the album. I still like the message in "NPG", and the gems are "The Question of U", "Joy In Repetition", and "Still Would Stand All Time" of course.

ernestsewell said:

I don't know why, but I find that statement funny . "Yeah, I listen to the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack, but only while I'm taking a dump."

Poiple said:

hahah after I typed it I thought "Man, this is going to get a funny line from someone", and you're right. It reads funny. Somehow it's poetic that GB is related to taking a dump. LOL You know, I do shower, primp, clean, brush my cats, and cut my own hair in there.

If you can choose any tracks it's:
She's Always in my Hair
Erotic City
Bambi
Soft and Wet
Anotherlover...

and A Love Bizarre

Actually... my final answer...

You buy them Dirty Mind.
If they don't like Prince after hearing that, you've got no chance of convincing them!

I've given a bit more thought to this subject. I'll say the following:

Country fans: Still Waiting, Crazy You, Pearls B4 The Swine

Pop Fans: Standing At The Altar (Margie Cox), The One U Wanna C, Live 4 Love, Vavoom

R&B Fans: Baby, Dance 4 Me

Jazz: She Spoke 2 Me, When The Lights Go Down, Xpedition

Play Da,Da,Da with the Bass Up in a car at sunset! or Come On !

Dreamer2 said:

Da, Da, Da would make a non-P fan NEVER want 2 listen 2 him again.

daPrettyman said:

That's what all Prince fans say, that's why it's so good, every non-prince fan diggs it because it just does not sound like a prince record darling!



only "Pure" prince fan's hate the track ...which i think is funny ..