Damn I almost can't believe it when people say they don't like a single song on 3121!!! I know everyone has different tastes, but for me "The Dance" is the single best song of the last decade Prince has done... how anyone couldn't at least agree its a good song despite not liking it is beyond me lol

Agree !!! (of course !!)

I have to agree!! On every Prince cd, I have found AT LEAST 3 great songs!!! I can't even fathom people saying they can't find at least 1 Prince is an amazing musician and continues to shine. Some of his songs aren't on my list of can't do without, but there is always a few diamonds in the rough!! And usually his live performances inhance the songs for me!!

Spinlight said:

Fenwick said:

Thanks my friend.

Of all the ones you listed, I consider The One, The Word, Black Sweat and 3121 to be OK, (I would upgrade 3121 to "very good" when performed live as it has the extra dose of energy the song needs), again my personal taste.

The others, not so much. All the fluff on Planet Earth the track took what could have been an interesting song and turned it into a carnival. It felt like they were trying to take a song half as good as All My Dreams and make a 2007 version of it.

The other tracks you listed on Planet Earth are actually dreadful to me. I can take The One You Wanna See in small doses, but the lyrics just destroy my ability to truly derive enjoyment from it.

I'm glad you agreed about "The One" because I think it gets a bad rap here on P.org. At least, I'd read long stretches of people saying how boring or monotonous it is. And it's funny because I hate the live version of "3121" cuz it's too fast. The studio (well, live studio) version has that steady, stank groove like other Power Trio collabs like "Peach", "What's My Name", and "Da Bang". (Albeit with little to no crazy solos like on WMN and DB.)

The track "Planet Earth", for me, revisits what I liked about songs like "Strays of the World", "Gold", "Crystal Ball", and "The Love We Make" in that it has that slow, haunting, epic feel to it. I wouldn't lump it with tracks like "Purple Rain", "The Ladder", or "Positivity" simply because it lacks key parts to those tracks' core. But it's still a solid track, I think, mainly because it elaborates on melodic and lyrical themes last seen (at that point) on TRC and I thought TRC lacked a real epic to it. Hell, I think "Planet Earth" borrows from things like "Open Book" and "Others Here With Us" too. But I really do just love the song a lot and it might all boil down to opinions.

I am always shocked by this!! I love this song!!!!!!! It's one of my favorites, of course I think it's alot better LIVE, but overall, I adore this song!!

MattyJam said:

Could somebody point me in the direction of the great song on 3121 and Musicology?

3121 - The Word

Musicology - What Do U Want Me To Do?

SquirrelMeat said:

Agree!

Rave? Title track, Tangerine, Wherever U go, Prettyman

NPS? The One, Come On,

TRC? Everlasting Now, Last December

Planet earth? Title Track, Chelsea Rogers

And the list goes on...always gold in them hills.

Even a turd like Goldnigga has a nice jam like "Johnny".

Can't believe no one's mentioned "Reflection" or "Somewhere Here On Earth". Those are 2 of his most heartfelt and evocative ballads of the past decade, maybe ever.

MattyJam said:

Could somebody point me in the direction of the great song on 3121 and Musicology?

yes....3121 ....great prince track......musicology....a million days....or what do you want me to do...

IMO 3121 and Musicology have a couple of decent tracks each, but no GREAT ones.

There's a few others like that too.

Nah, he stumbles at the first hurdle. Ain't no great songs on For You. A few good songs, yay, great songs, nay.

JoeTyler said:

scififilmnerd said:

Yes, every Prince album except The Rainbow Children. In my opinion there's not a single good song on there.

[Edited 9/2/10 6:00am]

The Work.Pt 1 !!!!!

Great songs on TRC:

The Rainbow Children

The Work Pt. 1

Everywhere

1+1+1 is 3

She Loves Me 4 Me

Family Name

The Everlasting Now

Efan said:

I think that used to be a given. (An old Rolling Stone article said something like, "Prince's chaff is better than most artists' wheat," which was easy for me to agree with at the time.) But I don't hear anything truly great on Planet Earth, MPLSound, or 20ten (some good things, sure, but not at the level of greatness). I hope that's not a trend that continues.

Planet Earth's great songs:

Planet Earth

Guitar

Somewhere Here on Earth

Future Baby Mama

MPLSound's great songs:

Dance 4 Me

U're Gonna C Me

Better with Time

Old School Company

No More Candy 4 U

20ten's great songs:

Compassion

Beginning Endlessly

Future Soul Song

Sticky Like Glue

Lavaux

NeoGeo24bit said:

Efan said:

I think that used to be a given. (An old Rolling Stone article said something like, "Prince's chaff is better than most artists' wheat," which was easy for me to agree with at the time.) But I don't hear anything truly great on Planet Earth, MPLSound, or 20ten (some good things, sure, but not at the level of greatness). I hope that's not a trend that continues.

Planet Earth's great songs:

Planet Earth

Guitar

Somewhere Here on Earth

Future Baby Mama

MPLSound's great songs:

Dance 4 Me

U're Gonna C Me

Better with Time

Old School Company

No More Candy 4 U

20ten's great songs:

Compassion

Beginning Endlessly

Future Soul Song

Sticky Like Glue

Lavaux

wouldnt agree with those choices...somewhere here on earth, chelsea rodgers, dance 4 me , ol school company and beginning endlessly , future soul song ...yes great songs....

scatwoman said:

Nah, he stumbles at the first hurdle. Ain't no great songs on For You. A few good songs, yay, great songs, nay.

For You...?

Soft and Wet

Crazy U

Just as Long as We're Together

LOVE them!

NouveauDance said:

scififilmnerd said:

Yes, every Prince album except The Rainbow Children. In my opinion there's not a single good song on there.

Not even Everlasting Now or Last December?

Let me see...

No.

I like The SAME December, though.

CallMeCarrie said:

scatwoman said:

Nah, he stumbles at the first hurdle. Ain't no great songs on For You. A few good songs, yay, great songs, nay.

For You...?

Soft and Wet

Crazy U

Just as Long as We're Together

LOVE them!

Good songs all three. Great songs? No.

This is really what makes Prince the greatest of all to me. I can honestly say that I like or love multiple songs of every album that he has released. And considering is prodigious output over the past 32 years, that is an umatched feat. Of course it's all subjective, but looking at the past 10 years alone I can point out great songs off each release. What makes him even more impressive is that the "great" songs off those album will differ based on the diverse musical tastes of different listeners, again making is accomplishments all the more fascinating to me. Some of my recent favs:

TRC - Last December, Everywhere, TRC

One Nite Alone - Objects in the Mirror, Have a Heart, U're Gonna C Me, Avalanche

Musicology - Marrying Kind, Reflection, A Million Days, Call My Name

3121 - 3121, Black Sweat, The Word, The Dance (prefer this version though both are great)

Planet Earth - SHOE, Planet Earth, FBM

Lotusflow3r - Colonized Mind, Dreamer, Back to the Lotus

MPLSound - U're Gonna C Me (love both versions), Better with Time, Dance 4 Me

20Ten - Act of God, Sticky Like Glue, Future Soul Song, Walk in Sand

I think some of these songs are among his career best. They are certainly better than some other artists' all-time best.

scatwoman said:

CallMeCarrie said:

For You...?

Soft and Wet

Crazy U

Just as Long as We're Together

LOVE them!

Good songs all three. Great songs? No.

To each her own, scat!

robinhood said:

1978 For You - Soft & Wet
1979 Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
1980 Dirty Mind - When U were Mine
1981 Controversy - Controversy
1982 1999 - D.M.S.R
1984 Purple Rain - When Doves Cry
1985 Around The World In A Day - Raspberry Beret
1986 Parade - Kiss
1987 Sign O' The Times - If I Was Your Girlfriend
1988 Lovesexy - Alphabet St
1989 Batman - Vicki Waiting
1990 Graffiti Bridge - Thieves in the Temple
1991 Diamonds and Pearls - Gett Off
1992 Symbol - 7
1994 Come - Dark
1994 The Black Album - Rock Hard Funky Place
1995 The Gold Experience - Dolphin
1996 Chaos and Disorder - Into the Light
1996 Emancipation - White Mansion
1998 Crystal Ball - She Gave Her Angels
1999 The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale - Sarah
1999 Rave Un(In)2 The Joy Fantastic - Man O' War
2001 The Rainbow Children - Rainbow Children
2003 N.E.W.S - NONE
2003 Xpectation - NONE
2004 Musicology - NONE
2004 C-NOTE - NONE
2004 The Chocolate Invasion - NONE
2004 The Slaughterhouse - NONE
2006 3121 - NONE (thX 2 crappy LP version of FURY)
2007 Planet Earth - NONE
2008 Indigo Nights - NONE
2009 Lotusflow3r - Dreamer
2009 MPLSoUND - NONE
2010 20TEN - Lavaux

As you can see, Master, 2002 - 2009 were difficult yrs to sallow.. but that's just me