therighteous1 said:

Free.

Hands down. That it replaced Moonbeam Levels is just twisting the knife.

I didn't know this. That's Fucking Ridiculous. Moonbeam is the Obvious choice. I had always imagined him adding Baby, Your a Trip into 1999 instead of Free, but Free has got to go

I've seen it mentioned with love before, but I'll have to say "Its gonna be a beautiful night" Its just such a long... drawn out song... with nothing interesting happening. and I like long jams, but I think its the only song I couldn't get into from Sign of The Times

Harlepolis said:

Thats hard! I'm trying to think of some, but I can't.

I don't care for "Temptation" that much even though its a good song, comparing to his recent stuff that is.

Forgot about this song..!

therighteous1 said:

Free.

Hands down. That it replaced Moonbeam Levels is just twisting the knife.

CO-SIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Runner-up . . . .

'Arms of Orion.' I know what he was thinking but with that being the result? He should have buried it.

CoolTarik1 said:

I've seen it mentioned with love before, but I'll have to say "Its gonna be a beautiful night" Its just such a long... drawn out song... with nothing interesting happening. and I like long jams, but I think its the only song I couldn't get into from Sign of The Times

Co-sign, but it's not his wackest or worst.

Ok, The answer is Arms of Orion. Now lock the thread.

Come on, people! So what if it's the obvious answer. That's what I liked about finding a Prince online community all those years ago - finding out I'm not alone in loving JIR and hating Arms of Orion!

The tag ending on "Temptation". I edited it out of my playlist. Nothing else sucks from the 80's.

Harlepolis said:

Thats hard! I'm trying to think of some, but I can't.

I don't care for "Temptation" that much even though its a good song, comparing to his recent stuff that is.

yeah. HATE Temptation. Its so wack with the Huey Lewis and the news horns.

Scarlett Pussy is lame as well.

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BTW thee drums in Tamborine is sublime....i just dont get some of you.

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Wildboy said:

paisleypark4 said:

IS U CRAAAZZY!?!?!

Wacky doesn't mean bad. Wacky just means Wacked. Both songs are classic, but very wacky.

I'd put his worst track of the 80's as 'I Love U in Me'

"When she's making love it's like SURGERY!"

No..."Wack" or "Whack" meant "bad" or better "corny"....Good Lawd we're so old.

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blumer said:

The 90's and 00's have tons of wackjuice to sift thru but he was so on fire in the 80's there's nothing as unbelievably bad as jughead or freaks on this side or a hundred other songs during these periods

I'd probably say Ronnie Talk 2 Russia since didn't age well but I still don't skip it when listening to Controversy.

HELLO -wacked!

Batdance. That was just stupid.

2 nigs United for west compton.

Alguy said:

Batdance. That was just stupid.

Stupid says #1.

one2vibe said:

2 nigs United for west compton.

Yeah, that one too

"Jack u off"

emesem said:

Wildboy said:

Co-sign, but it's not his wackest or worst.

I think a careful study of the live performance of this on the SOTT movie should change your minds

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I should cop the DVD, I do like the album a lot, its just that "Its Gonna Be..." never did much for me, on the album version. I'll check it out though.

i forgot about Beautiful night. My vote is for that one too. Never liked that one

Oh it's gotta be Annie Christian.

"Annie Christian Anti Christ, until you're crucified, I'll live my life in taxi cabs..."

Huh?

I get the whole anti Christ theme - as heavy handed as it is- but how is moving from taxi to taxi gonna keep him safe from the devil?

If the devil smells like I think he does, he's driving cab somewhere in Chicago, at best showers once a month, and tried to choke the life outa me and my fiancee last year.

Annie Christian, hairy fuck, until your taint is scrubbed, I'll live my life out of taxi cabs.

XNY said:

Oh it's gotta be Annie Christian.

"Annie Christian Anti Christ, until you're crucified, I'll live my life in taxi cabs..."

Huh?

I get the whole anti Christ theme - as heavy handed as it is- but how is moving from taxi to taxi gonna keep him safe from the devil?

If the devil smells like I think he does, he's driving cab somewhere in Chicago, at best showers once a month, and tried to choke the life outa me and my fiancee last year.

Annie Christian, hairy fuck, until your taint is scrubbed, I'll live my life out of taxi cabs.

X 6,272

I take back everything I said. Annie Christian is the worst song ever written by ANYONE!!!!

XNY said:

Oh it's gotta be Annie Christian.

"Annie Christian Anti Christ, until you're crucified, I'll live my life in taxi cabs..."

Huh?

I get the whole anti Christ theme - as heavy handed as it is- but how is moving from taxi to taxi gonna keep him safe from the devil?

If the devil smells like I think he does, he's driving cab somewhere in Chicago, at best showers once a month, and tried to choke the life outa me and my fiancee last year.

Annie Christian, hairy fuck, until your taint is scrubbed, I'll live my life out of taxi cabs.

I've always loved this song - musically and lyrically, but one man's meat etc.......

Its probably the most "anti-music" Prince has ever sounded and I love it for that. The main keyboard part is great, the discordant guitar adds to the melancholy and frustration and there's that lovely big synth at the end.

The lyrics are also some of the most socially aware he has written and whilst he was still quite young. Its punk in its attitude and intent - experimental and anti-establishment. I like the fact he "foresees" one of my favourite sections from the genius of comedy, Bill Hicks - its where Bill is talking about how "has anyone noticed how it always seems to be the good guys that get killed and the little demons get to run amock? John Lennon - assassinated.....Kennedy - assassinated......Reagan - wounded!" (She killed John Lennon, Shot him down cold, They tried to kill Reagan, Everyone says "Gun Control"!)

With regards to the "I'll live my life in taxi cabs" - well, in my view, all great art should get you thinking, regardless of whether you feel you understand the artist's intent - if it gets you thinking about it, then it has a certain merit! I don't think he suggests that it will "keep him safe from the devil". To me, it just suggests that his solution is to keep moving on (physically and spritually) or even just keep getting away from the madness. One could argue that this is not a very positive way to deal with evil (rather than getting involved and taking action to fight against it), but the song is fairly desperate in it's tone - in that, there is so much evil everywhere, things going on that are just senseless and seem beyond anyone's control, that Prince feels resigned to the fact that the best thing is just to try and keep out of its way.

It does also seem to be something that Prince may like to do - just get away from it all in a car as he's mentioned it in a few songs - the obvious one is Lady Cab Driver, where he just wants to get in a cab and get away from all his troubles (and, eventually, shag the cab driver lol - but what a great stress alleviator sex is!). And at the end of The Holy River (or is it the segue at the beginning of THR - can't remember, haven't had "Disc 2" on in quite some time), when he's on the phone, he's out "you know, I'm just driving" and something about "its as quiet as it gets". We've also been told that he'd go out in his car and listen back to a song he'd just created (Da Bang, for example). So, you know, I think he's just using one of his preferred forms of escapism and putting it in a song in a way that sounds both wistful and ambiguous.

With regard to his "wackest" song of the 80s.....hmmm, well that's a toughie because there really aren't many contenders! I'd probably have to say Arms of Orion - as someone said earlier, I got the intention with this, just don't think he quite pulled it off, its just never really settled with me. Although, if Graffiti Bridge (the song) was recorded in the 80s (I know it was released in 1990) it would easily have got my vote!

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Wildboy said:

paisleypark4 said:

IS U CRAAAZZY!?!?!

Wacky doesn't mean bad. Wacky just means Wacked. Both songs are classic, but very wacky.

I'd put his worst track of the 80's as 'I Love U in Me'

"When she's making love it's like SURGERY!"

You're right, "wacky" (Americans tend to spell it with an h - whacky) doesn't mean bad, it means "crazy" (lol - you can't say wacky means wacked - you can't use the same word to explain the word you're trying to define! That's like saying crazy means crazed! hehehe)

But, the OP didn't ask what is Prince's "w(h)ackiest" song (in other words, which is his most crazy), he asked what is Prince's "wackest" song and "wack" in American slang most definitely means bad.

Oh, "Ronnie" w/o a doubt. But I still love it and NEVER skip it. Dated? Sure... but it's still fun. The early 80s had a lot of great political songs (Regan will do that to you). You expected to hear it from hardcore leftwing bands like Dead Kennedy's or Black Flag or The Minutemen... but from Prince? Hell ya! It's wacky as hell, but wacky = good for this hombre.

There are many tracks I'm not fond of...but probably the one I can say I just flat out don't like is "Annie Christian." And it appears on probably the most uneven album of the 80s (it's between Controversy and Around the World in a Day)

=0P

NouveauDance said:

blumer said:

I'd probably say Ronnie Talk 2 Russia

I'll chip in with Lemon Crush.

BUT hey i totally luv that one!!

paisleypark4 said:

NouveauDance said:

I'll chip in with Lemon Crush.

"Crush! Crush! naaawwwww!!"

Is u crazy?

Im going to go with Arms Of Orion, So Blue, When Were Dancing Close And Slow, Condition Of The Heart, ..list goes on in this fashion...

hell.i luv those too!! what gives people??

First of all Freaks On This Side is a very good song, and Jughead is not. Secondly, a wacky song from the 80s... how about Rockhard In a Funky Place?!

Probably "La La La Hee hee hee" for me. It just makes me cringe. and I dont like dogs.

Scarlet pussy

I would have 2 say Bob George

emesem said:

Wildboy said:

Co-sign, but it's not his wackest or worst.

I think a careful study of the live performance of this on the SOTT movie should change your minds

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But that's not the version that made the album.