Sorry... but it's time for me to rant!

Everybody Loves Me

To call Everybody Loves Me a "joke" of a song is a monumental understatement. I think it's the worst song Prince has ever written. It should be the theme song at Chuck E. Cheese. In fact, I think that even the Chucky E. Cheese people would turn this piece of steaming feces down, and kick Prince the fuck out of the corporate offices for suggesting that they play this song for kids.

Even the Oompa Loompas from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory wouldn't sing this piece of shit. They'd tell Willie Wonka to suck their little midget orange dicks, and walk the fuck off the job.

The song makes me sick to my stomach. It's a shame because while the music isn't terrible... the words, and the fact that they're coming from Prince, and not say... Barney the Purple Dinosaur... suck!

The Jerrys Kids Telethon people wouldn't even play this shit!

This song sounds like a birthday celebration song for a child that was abandoned and left on a doorstep.

I love the guy's music. I've been a fan for almost 30 years. But I have no idea what the fuck Prince was high on when he wrote this song, rehearsed it, and eventually decided to spew into the world. No wonder the fucking album was free! This song de-valued the entire project, and not even Target would touch it!

Fuck Target. Not even K-mart would release this shit. Fucking "Dollar World" even told Prince to get back in the car and leave.

Like Jerome said in Purple Rain... "That was fucked up what you did, man. Morris doesn't like it and neither does Ronald McDonald.

This song sucks on epic levels! Prince must have been trying to throw his 30+ year legacy down the toilet in 4 minutes and 7 seconds.

If this was the first song that I had ever heard from Prince, I would have saved SO MUCH MONEY over the years on attending concerts and buying every album (released and otherwise) that I could get my hands on.

Imagine this song as the closer in the Purple Rain movie instead of Baby I'm a Star. Billy Sparks would have gotten up on stage, kicked Prince's ass, and BEGGED all those people to please come back in!

I just chalk this bullshit up as a senior moment. It's like Prince had a spell of Alzheimers and thought he was the love child of Elton John and Tiny Tim.

This sounds like a Wierd Al Yankovic song... AFTER Wierd Al changed the lyrics!

Prince, hook me up with some of that shit you were smokin' when you thought this was a good idea. What's it called??

Pineapple Express??

WHAT THE FUCK????????

[Edited 7/25/10 7:16am]

maybe Prince was joking around with this track, i dont know

its not my cup of tea either, but i still respect his right to record what he wants

i guess if we dont like it we can always skip it and listen to the other songs ?

and on the other hand you could say-its kind of rocky horror show. It'd fit in that album/show perfectly-and rocky horror is massive-has a huge cult following

i like it-though the lyrics are pure cheeze-my first listen and i could just see Tim Curry in his basque doing this tune

one things for sure-it made you write a heck of a lot of words

OK, you copied your post from another thread, which generally results in a swift and brutal locking of the thread. But I will try to save this thread by taking it in a direction that's both worthwhile and pithy.

If you have small kids, and you want them to listen to Prince, then "ELM" is going to be one of your favorite songs. I'm not justifying its inclusion, or even existence, but I know the drill.

Most people hate "Wedding Feast". But when it came out, my kids were 8 and 6. They LOVED it. They begged me to play it every time we got in the car. Which, of course, I did. And, of course, I also played other songs from that CD.

Being kids, they immediately became Prince fans. My daughter (the 6-year-old) became a BIG fan, learned his music, and that came in handy when she got onstage and sang some songs with Prince at the San Antonio and Houston Musicology shows.

So you never know. "Everybody Loves Me" might be hooking a few kids here and there, and sustaining the legacy in your family.

Apparently you need to listen to the song and understand the meaning of it. Let's hear your music.

MantuaPharoah said:

Sorry... but it's time for me to rant!

Everybody Loves Me

To call Everybody Loves Me a "joke" of a song is a monumental understatement. I think it's the worst song Prince has ever written. It should be the theme song at Chuck E. Cheese. In fact, I think that even the Chucky E. Cheese people would turn this piece of steaming feces down, and kick Prince the fuck out of the corporate offices for suggesting that they play this song for kids.

Even the Oompa Loompas from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory wouldn't sing this piece of shit. They'd tell Willie Wonka to suck their little midget orange dicks, and walk the fuck off the job.

The song makes me sick to my stomach. It's a shame because while the music isn't terrible... the words, and the fact that they're coming from Prince, and not say... Barney the Purple Dinosaur... suck!

The Jerrys Kids Telethon people wouldn't even play this shit!

This song sounds like a birthday celebration song for a child that was abandoned and left on a doorstep.

I love the guy's music. I've been a fan for almost 30 years. But I have no idea what the fuck Prince was high on when he wrote this song, rehearsed it, and eventually decided to spew into the world. No wonder the fucking album was free! This song de-valued the entire project, and not even Target would touch it!

Fuck Target. Not even K-mart would release this shit. Fucking "Dollar World" even told Prince to get back in the car and leave.

Like Jerome said in Purple Rain... "That was fucked up what you did, man. Morris doesn't like it and neither does Ronald McDonald.

This song sucks on epic levels! Prince must have been trying to throw his 30+ year legacy down the toilet in 4 minutes and 7 seconds.

If this was the first song that I had ever heard from Prince, I would have saved SO MUCH MONEY over the years on attending concerts and buying every album (released and otherwise) that I could get my hands on.

Imagine this song as the closer in the Purple Rain movie instead of Baby I'm a Star. Billy Sparks would have gotten up on stage, kicked Prince's ass, and BEGGED all those people to please come back in!

I just chalk this bullshit up as a senior moment. It's like Prince had a spell of Alzheimers and thought he was the love child of Elton John and Tiny Tim.

This sounds like a Wierd Al Yankovic song... AFTER Wierd Al changed the lyrics!

Prince, hook me up with some of that shit you were smokin' when you thought this was a good idea. What's it called??

Pineapple Express??

WHAT THE FUCK????????

[Edited 7/25/10 7:16am]

I agree with everything U just said. It shows a lack of someone challenging themself. We all know Prince could write, compose and perform songs like this with 2 hands behind his back and a blindfold so we feel cheated and quite frankly insulted that he'd share this crap and try 2 pass it off as art...art with a capital 'F' .

I do not like all Prince songs, never have and never will BUT I respect the work, creativity, consideration of one's audience and artistry yhat go in2 them. Lately, quite frankly, Prince has been releasing songs I think he wrote whilst having a crap or something. He shoulda flushed the paper he wrote songs like that on with the crap..

I HATE the song Anna Stesia BUT I love the thought and work that went in2 it..

Prince is having a laugh.

MantuaPharoah said:

Like Jerome said in Purple Rain... "That was fucked up what you did, man. Morris doesn't like it and neither does Ronald McDonald.

robinhood said:

maybe Prince was joking around with this track, i dont know

its not my cup of tea either, but i still respect his right to record what he wants

i guess if we dont like it we can always skip it and listen to the other songs ?

LOL, if you're listening to the CD, then you have to skip 68 tracks to get to the next song!

MantuaPharoah said:

Sorry... but it's time for me to rant!

This song bugged me until I let it play through a couple of times. It's a campy, fun, new-waveish song, that doesn't really hit you that way until the second half. The 'plinky' keys and tone of voices in the choruses show that it's not a serious thing. Try just letting it play without thinking about it and quit being so crabby, then maybe you can enjoy it too.

Dear MantuaPahroah,

Thank you for putting in the time to write about what a monumental turd this track is.

This is without a doubt the worst Prince track in history. And the day I heard the Peach and Black Podcast guys give this a positive review was the day I knew I'd NEVER listen to them again. The fact that the some people on the Prince online community can even fool themselves for a second into saying this is anything but the worst just goes to show you how much stock you should put into the opinions of the people here.

This isn't just bad, it's the worst ever.

Half of me thinks he was being Ironic and was trying to make a Joke Song like 'Movie Star' or 'Pretty Man' but that the Joke didn't have a punchline and the whole song just falls flat on it's face. But I really think he released this seriously. WTF Prince. Senior moment

wow, someone's on the way to an ulcer!! personally I love the song, its fun, bouncy, cheery and so positive. come on man, it is cheesy, it is stupid, but I love it!! You need to drop all that bile and hatred man, really its u up. If you don't like, don't listen to it - like u said there's 30 plus years of other stuff to put a smile on ur face. Its an amazing song in my opinion tho.

Purpracer2 said:

Apparently you need to listen to the song and understand the meaning of it. Let's hear your music.

That's right, the Org rules clearly state that you may not give opinions on Prince's music until you write, perform, record & produce your own music.... Oh, wait! No they don't!

Good, 'cuz I can't carry a tune...

That said, I keep thinking he should have saved this tune for Happy Feet 2, but then again, Song Of The Heart was much better than Everybody Loves Me.

Purpracer2 said:

Apparently you need to listen to the song and understand the meaning of it. Let's hear your music.

That's right, the Org rules clearly state that you may not give opinions on Prince's music until you write, perform, record & produce your own music.... Oh, wait! No they don't!

Good, 'cuz I can't carry a tune...

That said, I keep thinking he should have saved this tune for Happy Feet 2, but then again, Song Of The Heart was much better than Everybody Loves Me.

Sorry for the double post!

[Edited 7/25/10 9:23am]

I completly agree,

Sesame Street ONLY and ALWAYS plays good music. The music is always cool clever and cute, something ELM is not. Starfish and Coffee and Raspberry Beret were played on ST for that very reason.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't any of you try to justify ELM by trying to drag my beloved Sesame Street though the mud.

Thank you.

[Edited 7/25/10 10:28am]

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robinhood said:

maybe Prince was joking around with this track, i dont know

its not my cup of tea either, but i still respect his right to record what he wants

i guess if we dont like it we can always skip it and listen to the other songs ?

Or you could write a really hilarious song on the org about how much it sucked. Thanks, man!

Prince has what is known as, in some parts, a "sense of humour". A light hearted, fun song put at the end of a light hearted, fun little album.

The OP must have spent ages typing his rant. Couldn't that time have been better spent?

The rule I follow when I don't like a song is simple:

I don't listen to it again.

RodeoSchro said:

OK, you copied your post from another thread, which generally results in a swift and brutal locking of the thread. But I will try to save this thread by taking it in a direction that's both worthwhile and pithy.

If you have small kids, and you want them to listen to Prince, then "ELM" is going to be one of your favorite songs. I'm not justifying its inclusion, or even existence, but I know the drill.

Most people hate "Wedding Feast". But when it came out, my kids were 8 and 6. They LOVED it. They begged me to play it every time we got in the car. Which, of course, I did. And, of course, I also played other songs from that CD.

Being kids, they immediately became Prince fans. My daughter (the 6-year-old) became a BIG fan, learned his music, and that came in handy when she got onstage and sang some songs with Prince at the San Antonio and Houston Musicology shows.

So you never know. "Everybody Loves Me" might be hooking a few kids here and there, and sustaining the legacy in your family.

Now I want to hear this song just to see if itr will get the whole CD past my 8 year old. She love ATWIAD because of Paisley Park and Rasberry Beret.

zaza said:

It sounds like from Controversy b-side. Nothing wrong with it.

zaza, good running into you on a thread!

Agree with zaza.

Just fun. 1981 fun.

It's not worth getting upset about a cheeky, amusing and catchy Prince song just because it's not "When Doves Cry" is it?

[Edited 7/25/10 10:53am]

Deadflow3r said:

zaza said:

It sounds like from Controversy b-side. Nothing wrong with it.

Talk about getting it out your chest.

I still haven't really warmed up to it so I kinda feel the anger lol

And you're right, I don't even think Richard O'Brien would've included this in "Rocky Horror"...because Prince wouldn't let him change the lyrics.

It's more than "Time Warp", y'all know?

"Sciennnnnce fictioooooooon, double featuuuuuuuure... "

Deadflow3r said:

RodeoSchro said:

OK, you copied your post from another thread, which generally results in a swift and brutal locking of the thread. But I will try to save this thread by taking it in a direction that's both worthwhile and pithy.

If you have small kids, and you want them to listen to Prince, then "ELM" is going to be one of your favorite songs. I'm not justifying its inclusion, or even existence, but I know the drill.

Most people hate "Wedding Feast". But when it came out, my kids were 8 and 6. They LOVED it. They begged me to play it every time we got in the car. Which, of course, I did. And, of course, I also played other songs from that CD.

Being kids, they immediately became Prince fans. My daughter (the 6-year-old) became a BIG fan, learned his music, and that came in handy when she got onstage and sang some songs with Prince at the San Antonio and Houston Musicology shows.

So you never know. "Everybody Loves Me" might be hooking a few kids here and there, and sustaining the legacy in your family.

Now I want to hear this song just to see if itr will get the whole CD past my 8 year old. She love ATWIAD because of Paisley Park and Rasberry Beret.

Over a couple of days, I let the whole CD play once or twice while playing board/card games with my 10 yr old grandson, who usually gives me grief about Prince. I didn't even say anything about it being a new Prince CD when it came on, but he quickly started bouncing around in his seat without really paying attention. After a couple of plays, he was even singing along in parts on different songs, including ELM. Even his dad (my son) seemed to like it, which is unusual because he is pretty much only interested in P's guitar playing, especially the live stuff.

It's nice to be able to play an entire CD when a youngster (or oldster) is with you and not have to worry about it being inappropriate. I was giving my son crap the other day because of the hiphop/rap stuff they've allowed the little ones to listen to as they're growing up. And of course he had to throw back the 'yeah, well remember the Prince stuff I heard when I was young'.

BUT, IT'S DIFFERENT, SON!!!

Serena said:

Deadflow3r said:

Now I want to hear this song just to see if itr will get the whole CD past my 8 year old. She love ATWIAD because of Paisley Park and Rasberry Beret.

Over a couple of days, I let the whole CD play once or twice while playing board/card games with my 10 yr old grandson, who usually gives me grief about Prince. I didn't even say anything about it being a new Prince CD when it came on, but he quickly started bouncing around in his seat without really paying attention. After a couple of plays, he was even singing along in parts on different songs, including ELM. Even his dad (my son) seemed to like it, which is unusual because he is pretty much only interested in P's guitar playing, especially the live stuff.

It's nice to be able to play an entire CD when a youngster (or oldster) is with you and not have to worry about it being inappropriate. I was giving my son crap the other day because of the hiphop/rap stuff they've allowed the little ones to listen to as they're growing up. And of course he had to throw back the 'yeah, well remember the Prince stuff I heard when I was young'.

BUT, IT'S DIFFERENT, SON!!!

The weird thing is that some of his dirtiest songs had some of the best kid-friendly beats. The one that comes to mind "Jack u off". perfect sing along song , wrong lyrics

I think the fact that song is ironic in arrangement, lyric, and production is cool... It's the one crazy unique attitude track on the album.

It doesn't fit with the normal philosophy of a "Prince" song. But it sure shows more of his creative muscle.

A compilation of songs like this (that don't exactly fit the "Prince" brand mold) might include for starters:

"Ronnie Talk to Russia"

"Wedding Feast"

"Arrogance"

"3 Chains of Gold"

"Tick Tick Bang" (Bridge version)

"Graffiti Bridge"

"Do U Lie"

"Right the Wrong"(just for the western voice)

ufoclub said:

I think the fact that song is ironic in arrangement, lyric, and production is cool... It's the one crazy unique attitude track on the album.

It doesn't fit with the normal philosophy of a "Prince" song. But it sure shows more of his creative muscle.

A compilation of songs like this (that don't exactly fit the "Prince" brand mold) might include for starters:

"Ronnie Talk to Russia"

"Wedding Feast"

"Arrogance"

"3 Chains of Gold"

"Tick Tick Bang" (Bridge version)

"Graffiti Bridge"

"Do U Lie"

"Right the Wrong"(just for the western voice)

Agreed. When Prince is being obviously simplistic/childlike/or naive some people can't stand it. I think it's fun.

djThunderfunk said:

Purpracer2 said:

Apparently you need to listen to the song and understand the meaning of it. Let's hear your music.

That's right, the Org rules clearly state that you may not give opinions on Prince's music until you write, perform, record & produce your own music.... Oh, wait! No they don't!

Good, 'cuz I can't carry a tune...

That said, I keep thinking he should have saved this tune for Happy Feet 2, but then again, Song Of The Heart was much better than Everybody Loves Me.

Sorry for the double post!

[Edited 7/25/10 9:23am]

Funny how a song about Love calls for people to spew such hate. Hmmm?