LiveToTell86 said:

mblevels said:

Honestly, I don't understand this thread. I can understand people aren't fans of the covers he does, but the hits have made Prince big and are the reason he can still sell out stadiums and with that, the reason he still gives that many concerts. I really cannot understand why people are picking on every hit he has made, and I've seen almost all of them in this thread

You don't have to love every single hit and you can get bored of them. Madonna's first hit is "Holiday" and she performed it on almost all of her tours. I want her to retire it and never perform it again because it bores me. I can understand why some feel the same way about LGC or PR.

Fair point, but on bootlegs you can skip the songs and during a concert the audience usually goes crazy during the hits, so you can party anyway.

But I guess it was just that 1000th pessimistic thread on the org that bothered me... I sometimes feel some people in here should be grateful Prince still does concerts. With this fanbase, I would have stopped long time ago!

Never mind, just pretend I didn't say anything

[Edited 11/13/10 9:51am]

hhhhdmt said:

estelle81 said:

I hate this song soo much. I hated it after the first listen. Love the video so I just hit the 'mute' button when I watch it. If I had the power, I would erase that song from history. Yes, I hate it that much.

[Edited 11/12/10 21:17pm]

its one of his biggest hits. Without it, atwiad wouldnt be as good as album as it is

it's cute however not as funky as america, pop life, tambourine

estelle81 said:

hhhhdmt said:

its one of his biggest hits. Without it, atwiad wouldnt be as good as album as it is

The only song that saved that album was 'Pop Life'...and even it failed because ATWIAD is just awful. One day, when I have some money and time to waste, I'm going to buy the sheet music to 'Raspberry Beret' and some lighter fluid. I'm going to take it out into my backyard, douse it heavily with the lighter fluid, strike a match, set it on fire, and watch it burn slowly until nothing remains and then bury the ashes as deep as possible...yes, it's like that. I'd tell Prince to his face how much I hate the song. In fact, I hope he's reading this right now because I know he lurks on here.

lol damn girl ..don't burn my sheet music lol

mblevels said:

Honestly, I don't understand this thread. I can understand people aren't fans of the covers he does, but the hits have made Prince big and are the reason he can still sell out stadiums and with that, the reason he still gives that many concerts. I really cannot understand why people are picking on every hit he has made, and I've seen almost all of them in this thread

again if ur fed the same thing over and over wouldn't u get sick of hearing it all the time. as much music as in the vaults and other songs from his albums that are loved by fans, then he can drop a lot of those hits and play other songs

mblevels said:

LiveToTell86 said:

You don't have to love every single hit and you can get bored of them. Madonna's first hit is "Holiday" and she performed it on almost all of her tours. I want her to retire it and never perform it again because it bores me. I can understand why some feel the same way about LGC or PR.

Fair point, but on bootlegs you can skip the songs and during a concert the audience usually goes crazy during the hits, so you can party anyway.

But I guess it was just that 1000th pessimistic thread on the org that bothered me... I sometimes feel some people in here should be grateful Prince still does concerts. With this fanbase, I would have stopped long time ago!

Never mind, just pretend I didn't say anything

[Edited 11/13/10 9:51am]

yes on a bootleg u can do that but not while attending the concert. so what's the point of going 2 a concert if u want 2 hit skip all the time?

sean2003 said:

If you've seen Prince often enough to have lost the excitement of hearing some of the songs, you're extremely lucky.

Never thought of it that way, but tend to agree with you. I suppose it's our own fault for attending as many shows as possible and seeking out the boot recordings. Some fault does go to Prince though, for not promoting the new albums when he tours, dating back to the tours for Emancipation.

I wouldn't mind if he'd retire Sinead's hit ''Nothing Compares 2U''

eelco said:

I wouldn't mind if he'd retire Sinead's hit ''Nothing Compares 2U''

No! I've never seen Prince live and I need to hear Candy play it on sax.

DieLon said:

eelco said:

I wouldn't mind if he'd retire Sinead's hit ''Nothing Compares 2U''

No! I've never seen Prince live and I need to hear Candy play it on sax.

I'm afraid you're about 6 years late then.... Candy's out....

eelco said:

XxAxX said:

Trashcat said:

He should really quit playing Larry Graham/Sly & the Family Stone songs.

(except for the Stand!/Turn Me Loose mash up )

and play some of his lesser known catalog.

for example instead of everyday people? try "prettyman"!!!!

or TYFLMBMA? try wall of berlin!

thank you. that is all. i actually cannot think of any prince songs i would never want to hear him play again...

oh who am i trying to kid? he can play whatever the funk he likes.

it's :snow: ing here in minneapolis and i hear he's playing somewhere warm kinda wish i were there

eelco said:

DieLon said:

No! I've never seen Prince live and I need to hear Candy play it on sax.

I'm afraid you're about 6 years late then.... Candy's out....

Thats effin lame!

thedance said:

^^ really..

I see a quote by MJ is under your post, estelle...

and I understand why a MJ fan would hate on ATWIAD cuz it's not an easy accessive album - like for instance a MJ record,

are you joking, or seriously hating the ATWIAD album...

Tastes sure are different, I love the psycadelica of ATWIAD so much, a truly great album.

Imo..... a serious Prince fan can't/ wouldn't hate ATWIAD, wow it's such an excellent album......

[Edited 11/12/10 23:59pm]

I liked the MJ quote so I put it as my siggy about 7 months ago after reading his biography by Randy J. Taraborrelli. I didn't say I hated ATWIAD...just said it was an awful album because to me it is. It just doesn't flow well to me just like I don't think PE flows well. They're choppy albums with good songs that aren't cohesive but that's just my opinion. Out of all his 80s albums, this was his worst to me, just like C&D is his worst 90s album to me. Doesn't mean I hate them but doesn't mean I love them either. I can't hate albums that give me 'Pop Life', 'Condition of the Heart', and 'I Rock Therefore I Am' because I can listen to these three songs all day on repeat but the albums as a whole not soo much.

'Raspberry Beret' is just one of those songs that I didn't like from the first time I heard it. I feel the same way about Madonna's 'Ray of Light'; Michael Jackson's 'In The Closet', Britney Spears' 'Oops I Did It Again', and that awful Trey Songz 'The Neighbors Know My Name'. Everybody has a song or songs that they hate after first listen whether it's from their favorite artist or not and 'Raspberry Beret' is that song for me from Prince. Fanatics don't question their favorite artists; real fans do; and, ATWIAD was not a great album from the opinion of one serious Prince fan but like you said, 'Tastes sure are different' and like I always say 'Different strokes for different folks'. It's okay not to like everything your favorite artist puts out. In fact, it's actually healthy and sane.

L4OATheOriginal said:

hhhhdmt said:

its one of his biggest hits. Without it, atwiad wouldnt be as good as album as it is

it's cute however not as funky as america, pop life, tambourine

Seriously, you say you hate one song that happened to be a popular song and people make it seem like you just said you hated Jesus. It's just a song; there's nothing wrong with hating it. Just because a song is popular, doesn't mean it's the best thing since indoor plumbing. What's good isn't always popular and what's popular isn't always good. All just my

L4OATheOriginal said:

estelle81 said:

The only song that saved that album was 'Pop Life'...and even it failed because ATWIAD is just awful. One day, when I have some money and time to waste, I'm going to buy the sheet music to 'Raspberry Beret' and some lighter fluid. I'm going to take it out into my backyard, douse it heavily with the lighter fluid, strike a match, set it on fire, and watch it burn slowly until nothing remains and then bury the ashes as deep as possible...yes, it's like that. I'd tell Prince to his face how much I hate the song. In fact, I hope he's reading this right now because I know he lurks on here.

lol damn girl ..don't burn my sheet music lol

I'll buy you a copy of 'Purple Rain' sheet music if you want to have a bonfire with me.

estelle81 said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

it's cute however not as funky as america, pop life, tambourine

Seriously, you say you hate one song that happened to be a popular song and people make it seem like you just said you hated Jesus. It's just a song; there's nothing wrong with hating it. Just because a song is popular, doesn't mean it's the best thing since indoor plumbing. What's good isn't always popular and what's popular isn't always good. All just my

this i ca agree with

Vict0r said:

I don't think he should retire any song, just have more variations in the set lists.

Right On!!!

Swa said:

Cream.

estelle81 said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

it's cute however not as funky as america, pop life, tambourine

Seriously, you say you hate one song that happened to be a popular song and people make it seem like you just said you hated Jesus. It's just a song; there's nothing wrong with hating it. Just because a song is popular, doesn't mean it's the best thing since indoor plumbing. What's good isn't always popular and what's popular isn't always good. All just my

maybe the tour should be called welcome 2 the org don't u think?

estelle81 said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

lol damn girl ..don't burn my sheet music lol

I'll buy you a copy of 'Purple Rain' sheet music if you want to have a bonfire with me.

only if i'm allowed 2 hypnotize prince into never playing either song again and if he starts 2 remember the chords to these songs his feet starts 2 burn

Cream - can't stand it!

1999 - tired

Diamonds & Pearls - cheesy

I'm gonna go with NC2U. Although I thought he for once did

a killer version of it with Candy on the Musicology show, I don't

really enjoy the rollin out my #1 hit way he has of doing it.

I'd say Purple Rain, but that's just not gonna happen. Not in this life, anyway.

I myself would personally like to see 1999 go away. It was amazing before 2000, and now that all of that stuff has come and gone, 1999 really doesn't seem to "fit" anymore...or at least that's the way I feel anyway. Love the song, love the album, but it's time to put it away forever.

DJFreelan said:

I'd say Purple Rain, but that's just not gonna happen. Not in this life, anyway.

I myself would personally like to see 1999 go away. It was amazing before 2000, and now that all of that stuff has come and gone, 1999 really doesn't seem to "fit" anymore...or at least that's the way I feel anyway. Love the song, love the album, but it's time to put it away forever.

it went away during the gold experience and i loved it!!!

L4OATheOriginal said:

estelle81 said:

Seriously, you say you hate one song that happened to be a popular song and people make it seem like you just said you hated Jesus. It's just a song; there's nothing wrong with hating it. Just because a song is popular, doesn't mean it's the best thing since indoor plumbing. What's good isn't always popular and what's popular isn't always good. All just my

maybe the tour should be called welcome 2 the org don't u think?

Then Prince would probably have a moment like this at some point during the show:

I know he doesn't curse anymore but I can totally envision him doing this for some reason.

L4OATheOriginal said:

estelle81 said:

I'll buy you a copy of 'Purple Rain' sheet music if you want to have a bonfire with me.

only if i'm allowed 2 hypnotize prince into never playing either song again and if he starts 2 remember the chords to these songs his feet starts 2 burn

We couldn't dangle a clock in front of him because you know he doesn't think time is real. We'd have to find a beautiful girl or something because that has seemed to work on several occasions...remember Carmen Electra?

i could live w/out 'i feel 4 u'

estelle81 said:

L4OATheOriginal said:

only if i'm allowed 2 hypnotize prince into never playing either song again and if he starts 2 remember the chords to these songs his feet starts 2 burn

We couldn't dangle a clock in front of him because you know he doesn't think time is real. We'd have to find a beautiful girl or something because that has seemed to work on several occasions...remember Carmen Electra?

that's it i'm campaigning 4 him 2 do go go dancer!!