Musicology

Black Sweat

Future Baby Mama

BOOM!!

Crimson and clover

Wall of Berlin

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Black Sweat

here

Here On Earth

Fury from SNL.

Another vote for Colonize Mind hear

It's perfect

DREAMER

LOLITA

The Rainbow Children, wish the vader voice was gone though

3121 is my fave.

I can never choose one as "best" its too hard.

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Sweething said:

I can never choose one as "best" its too hard.

[Edited 8/8/10 21:39pm]

Jus' do it.

Toss up between:

The Everlasting Now

3121

F.U.N.K.

I love the musical production of Colonized Mind. It's Prince, Sonny T. and Michael B. sounding great.

But best track...

I say: Black Sweat

80's - Eye No, The WHOLE PR Album, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Adore, I Love U in Me...(I Could add 20 more lol)

90's - Dolphin or Gett OFF or Sexy M.F.

00's' - Rainbow Children or Colonized Mind

Normally I would have said Last December, but when I met Viv in London he said that that synth line in the chorus was annoying and I had to agree a tad little bit. Even if just a tad little bit.

That's why I choose Call My Name.

Other songs that are worth being mentioned are:

One Nite Alone

If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life

A Million Days

Love

The Word

The Dance

Future Baby Mama

Boom

Crimson And Clover (although it's a cover)
Dreamer

Here

Future Soul Song

Nikkie said:

I love the musical production of Colonized Mind. It's Prince, Sonny T. and Michael B. sounding great.

But best track...

I say: Black Sweat

It's not.

Dave1992 said:

Dave1992 said:

Nikkie said:

I love the musical production of Colonized Mind. It's Prince, Sonny T. and Michael B. sounding great.

But best track...

I say: Black Sweat

It's not.

Sorry, just had a look. It is. But that snare so doesn't sound like him, much more than Cora! And the bass playing is also too inhibited to be typically Sonny-like, but oh well

Number23 said:

Dave1992 said:

Normally I would have said Last December, but when I met Viv in London he said that that synth line in the chorus was annoying and I had to agree a tad little bit. Even if just a tad little bit.

That's why I choose Call My Name.

Other songs that are worth being mentioned are:

One Nite Alone

If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life

A Million Days

Love

The Word

The Dance

Future Baby Mama

Boom

Crimson And Clover (although it's a cover)
Dreamer

Here

Future Soul Song

Nice list, but Call My Name would have had more resonance with a more all-encompassing lyric in the chorus. Not every cunt writes songs! It's a bit too conservative musically for my tastes too, but the soaring choral melody saves it from gloop.

I think the chord progression is one of the most obviously beautiful sounding to create a perfect ballad and I always wondered why nobody nailed it like Prince did, before. Surely, the major7 scaling down has been played with quite often, but Prince just did what someone in the past 60 years had to do; it just HAD to be done. His singing is very, very on-point too and I do like that the lyrics are very personal, because you hardly get that anymore from him.

But what I love most about it is the arrangement. The slap bass inbetween, the grand piano with the slight reverb, details the backward notes at 0:17, the loud and relaxingly driving, but not intrusive sounding drums, the backing vocals, wah-wah guitar, the 70's sound keyboard deep in the mix, the "flutes", the bells, the glimmering synth strings in the chorus. Amazing. Give this song 20 listens and listen to one instrument only every time you hear it, if you think it's worth the time. I do think so. It's amazing.

Number23 said:

Black Sweat.

Black Sweat is amazing for what it is, a Princely return to his sound, cold, funky, timeless and still modern-sounding. But as we're talking about "song" here, I can't put this one. It's too simple for me to put it on par with Last December, Future Baby Mama, If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life, Here, ... which are perfect songs.

Black Sweat. Colonized Mind never did anything for me.

Black Sweat is amazing for what it is, a Princely return to his sound, cold, funky, timeless and still modern-sounding. But as we're talking about "song" here, I can't put this one. It's too simple for me to put it on par with Last December, Future Baby Mama, If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life, Here, ... which are perfect songs.

When Doves Cry is simple too. What's your point?

Dave1992 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Black Sweat. Colonized Mind never did anything for me.

Black Sweat is amazing for what it is, a Princely return to his sound, cold, funky, timeless and still modern-sounding. But as we're talking about "song" here, I can't put this one. It's too simple for me to put it on par with Last December, Future Baby Mama, If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life, Here, ... which are perfect songs.

When Doves Cry is simple too. What's your point?

That When Doves Cry is brilliant too, but I wouldn't put it above I Would Die 4 U, Purple Rain, Little Red Corvette, Sometimes It Snows In April, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Joy In Repetition, Mountains, Anotherloverholenyohead, Pop Life and some others.

Number23 said:

Dave1992 said:

I think the chord progression is one of the most obviously beautiful sounding to create a perfect ballad and I always wondered why nobody nailed it like Prince did, before. Surely, the major7 scaling down has been played with quite often, but Prince just did what someone in the past 60 years had to do; it just HAD to be done. His singing is very, very on-point too and I do like that the lyrics are very personal, because you hardly get that anymore from him.

But what I love most about it is the arrangement. The slap bass inbetween, the grand piano with the slight reverb, details the backward notes at 0:17, the loud and relaxingly driving, but not intrusive sounding drums, the backing vocals, wah-wah guitar, the 70's sound keyboard deep in the mix, the "flutes", the bells, the glimmering synth strings in the chorus. Amazing. Give this song 20 listens and listen to one instrument only every time you hear it, if you think it's worth the time. I do think so. It's amazing.

Oh aye, it's the work of a master craftsman and it's a shame some folk don't have the ears - or the musical vocabulary - to actually understand what Prince achieved here, but at the end of the day, Black Sweat just gives me that hiss of darkness and claustrophobia I like in Prince. I do have a lot of time for Call My Nmae, though. I'm sure it ticks all the boxes the man intended it to.

Fair enough - Black Sweat definitely is brilliant. Love the vocals and the drumbeat and that worm synth line.

(Still, I'm missing a flat-out, dirty, unhealthy, raw, almost Endorphinmachinesque scream at the "one, two, three" part )

I'm surprised at the love for Black Sweat - I think its decent but thats about it.

I'd say Colonized Mind or Sticky Like Glue

not surprised at the love for Black Sweat or Colonized Mind. depending on the day i'd vote for either. hard to choose just one from the last decade for me. BS was definitely an unexpected funky gem, and CM was deep, musical, and heartfelt. it definitely deserved more attention. Others i'd consider are:

Here - loved it at first listen and it just stuck with me

The Dance - aggravated by the screaming near the end at first but got over it real quick

Love/The Word - great production, well written, great hooks (i'm not put off by the spiritual stuff like many here seem to be)

She Loves Me for Me - shoulda been a hit (was TRC 2001?)

Dreamer/Wall of Berlin - don't ask him to "rock out" and then miss the gems where he does!!

colorblu said:

here

This song comes to mind, but it is a recent one, that might be why. But it does feel like classic Prince to me