When Doves Cry tops my list.

Also, Blue Limousine with that millisecond of fuzz.

Feel U Up...just nasty.

Beginning Endlessly. Sounds like no sound he's used yet.

You?

Pop Life comes to mind first, scandalous, When doves cry of course, do me baby..

Peach comes to mind. The Montreux 2009 performance in particular, that guitar intro takes me to another plane, everytime.

Soft and Wet - I love how infectious the beat is that starts off, and Prince just opens it right up with 'Hey! Lover! I got a sugarcane, that I wanna lose in you .. Baby, can you stand the pain?'

One Kiss at a Time - Do I need to even explain why? The quick build up dropping into Prince whispering 'Come 'ere baby, come and get your cum on'. Yes.

Crucial - A soft uptempo beat broken up by an extremely strong vocal that comes from thin air!

TMBITW - The build up. That is all.

InternationalLover82 said:

Pop Life comes to mind first, scandalous, When doves cry of course, do me baby..

That's what I was going to say

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united1878 said:

InternationalLover82 said:

Pop Life comes to mind first, scandalous, When doves cry of course, do me baby..

That's what I was going to say

it's hard to skip it when I hear it

Love the Drum intro on FURY!!!!! It just smacks it IMO!!!!

the Power Fantastic intro (haunting)

America

Condition of the Heart

Purple Rain & Computer Blue

Sexuality

I Wonder U (that chant laugh)

the original Strange Relationships with the middle eastern instruments

Obviously, the most popular is "Let's Go Crazy". That is immortal, and known the world over.

But my favorites are "Good Love" and "When Doves Cry".

The original full version intro to Joy In Repetition. Where the drum beat echos and then builds into the full rhythm.

I'd say When Doves Cry has one of the most original song intros by any artist ever

I'll throw my hat into the ring for Sometimes It Snows In April.

digitalelectric said:

When Doves Cry tops my list.

Also, Blue Limousine with that millisecond of fuzz.

Feel U Up...just nasty.

Beginning Endlessly. Sounds like no sound he's used yet.

You?

How can "Blue Limousine" count when the "millisecond" of fuzz u're referring to is the ending of "Sex Shooter?"

Either way, I agree with WDC. It is probably his most recognized intro for sure.

Controversy..wab...wup-wab

1999-the omniscient overseer of a sexed up purple Oz

Lets Go Crazy--the royal badness as sexed up purple preacher to the anything goes masses

same here, I think WDC. Great lick, timeless too.

soainst said:

same here, I think WDC. Great lick, timeless too.

I read that it's backwards. Is this true?

17 Days

xlr8r said:

soainst said:

same here, I think WDC. Great lick, timeless too.

I read that it's backwards. Is this true?

no.

shes always in my hair

Erotic City by far is the best besides 1999

Others :

DMSR

Take Mw With You (Basically every song on PR)

Rasberry Beret (Long video version)

Pop Life (Dance Version)

Soul Psychedlicide (Geroge Clinton Rap)

Laydown

Le Grind

Good Love

TheKid94 said:

shes always in my hair

Yeah, this is a great one 2 , there are so many songs of Princes that have great intro,it's hard

2 pick a fav!!

When Doves Cry would be 'the best' to me but he's done so many great ones.

1999 (not so much the album but the single version)

Take Me With U

Purple Rain (you know after the first chord what song it is)

Around The World In A Day (I always loved this)

Raspberry Beret

America (the-chewed-up-tape-intro)

Kiss

U Got The Look

Alphabet St (NO!)

Yeah, yeah stuck in the '80s but these all rule

"Lets Go Crazy" all damn day!

EPIC opening.

xlr8r said:

Controversy..wab...wup-wab

1999-the omniscient overseer of a sexed up purple Oz

Lets Go Crazy--the royal badness as sexed up purple preacher to the anything goes masses

I know exactly what you mean when you put that.

Some of my favs

When Doves Cry

Controversy

Do Me Baby

1999

Something In The Water

The Beautiful ones

She's Always In My Hair

Power Fantastic

Eye Hate U (the those drums)

Shhh (Same with the Drums)

Let's Go Crazy

Sexuality

Take Me With U

Im Yours

If I Was Your Girlfriend (that weird sound with the electric clap that I cant even describe but love it)

In A Large Room With No Light (Just crazy intro)

Old Friends 4 Sale

I Would Die 4 U (that Mmmm)

To name some but im sure theres more..

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