It's your call.

Classic killer tracks ! (my opinion...)

Classic. Average didn't happen until about 1991.

I think I Would Die 4 U is average and the only song on Purple Rain that is not above average. Baby I'm A Star is great.

squirrelgrease said:

Classic. Average didn't happen until about 1991.

I agree both Classic, and by 1991 you mean Jughead don't you?

I think "classic" is relative to the listener. For me, what makes a song "classic" is when it makes you feel the extact same way you felt the first time you heard it years before.

For me, these both are classic. I do still get the same level of intrigue and interest when I hear them now that I did then. That's not to say I want to hear them all the time. I actually steer clear of older material because I've heard it millions of times. I don't need to hear it again and again in 2010. But if it comes on in iTunes, so be it. It's classic and I'll listen.

Baby I'm A Star is one of my all time favorites. absolutely fantastic feel-good track. LOVE IT

They're classics to me.

PurpleColossus said:

squirrelgrease said:

Classic. Average didn't happen until about 1991.

I agree both Classic, and by 1991 you mean Jughead don't you?

I think she meant Diamonds & Pearls in general. Horribly so-so without Gett Off.

Classic definitely. I always listen to these two together, the way they are on the CD. Probably my two most listened to P songs, other than the long (but not hallway) version of Computer Blue.

Amazing, amazing classic songs.

Back in the day listening to Purple Rain the album on record... I always wasn't to into Take Me With U or Baby I'm a Star... they just seemed like quickly done boring tracks. Now of course I associate a lot of extraneous memories with them and performances of Baby I'm a Star were outstanding... but on the album back then... I thought they weren't that great.

They both rock my world beyond belief. Far from Average any day! My dad and I used to Jam out seriously to "Baby". I still do the "I Would Die 4 U" hand motions whenever I hear it I wish they still made awesome feel good music like that...

Classic tracks by far.

delirious26 said:

They both rock my world beyond belief. Far from Average any day! My dad and I used to Jam out seriously to "Baby". I still do the "I Would Die 4 U" hand motions whenever I hear it I wish they still made awesome feel good music like that...

I did the I Would Die 4 U hand motions at a party I went to on Friday night so I'm right there with you. If you're not up and dacing when these two songs come on something's wrong with your ears.

classic

squirrelgrease said:

Classic. Average didn't happen until about 1991.

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I think I understand what DigitalElectric is saying.

Its a subtle context, but yes, Ill say, comparatively with not only the other songs on Purple Rain, but against most of his other tunes from the classic period, those songs are average.

Though I would probably say Baby Im a Star is more so. Pumping with energy, and great performance...but still the song itself, is average.

I Would Die 4 U on the other hand has that very distinctive drum pattern and woosh sound.

So actually on second thought, ....perhaps Baby Im a Star is the only real "average" song of the two.

squirrelgrease said:

Classic. Average didn't happen until about 1991.

I would say 1990. Agree that they are total killers!

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VinnyM27 said:

squirrelgrease said:

Classic. Average didn't happen until about 1991.

I would say 1990. Agree that they are total killers!

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There are no average tracks on Graffiti Bridge except for Shake.

And let's not forget tracks like Slow Love, The Ladder, Free - all average.

But anyway, I would Die 4 U and Baby I'm Star are most definitely top notch

sexyfunkystrange said:

I think I understand what DigitalElectric is saying.

Its a subtle context, but yes, Ill say, comparatively with not only the other songs on Purple Rain, but against most of his other tunes from the classic period, those songs are average.

Though I would probably say Baby Im a Star is more so. Pumping with energy, and great performance...but still the song itself, is average.

I Would Die 4 U on the other hand has that very distinctive drum pattern and woosh sound.

So actually on second thought, ....perhaps Baby Im a Star is the only real "average" song of the two.

I get you.. .I mean the lyrics to Baby I'm A Star are a bit... strange. "Baby but I are..." Its like he just needed something to rhyme with star? bar? car? Far? And the way it's produced, the "star" after that part is pretty hidden in the track, but since we've all seen him punctuate it on stage and in the movie and what not, we know it's there.

But it's the energy of the song that gets u. So I still say classic.

Definitely classic. I was just listening to I Would Die 4 U and thinking about how interesting it is. It does not have much of a melody but somehow it is very exciting and the lyrics are great. It sounds dated yet still fresh when it comes on the radio for some reason.

Live on the PR tour this song was great as well with Wendy's rhythm guitar, Lisa's power chords and Sheila's conga and timbale solos.

Classics

I would die 4 u is one of my all time favourites

I Would Die 4 U is not average by a stretch... just the lyrics are cool.

ernestsewell said:

I think "classic" is relative to the listener. For me, what makes a song "classic" is when it makes you feel the extact same way you felt the first time you heard it years before.

PERFECTION ...

& the songs are 'Classic' ...

Two classics from a classic album..He should play them in unison again..

They are both classic, but I Would Die 4 U is the brilliant one among them. Baby I'm A Star is a very good track, but it's nowhere near as innovative, creative, breathtaking, unique and on-point as I Would Die 4 U.

delirious26 said:

They both rock my world beyond belief. Far from Average any day! My dad and I used to Jam out seriously to "Baby". I still do the "I Would Die 4 U" hand motions whenever I hear it I wish they still made awesome feel good music like that...

Who doesn't??

They are classics. And the live versions that actually got played on TV back in the day were classics in their own right. Nobody was doing live jams like back then,, the extended parts, the cues, timbale solos by Sheila, etc.

Just thinking about those times ..... you can't explain it.

These tracks are 100% classics,

I wonder why you are asking that silly question...

Everything from the albums 1980 to 1988 is classic.

(Maybe apart from Ronnie Talk To Russia.)