one of my favorite Prince songs...but i notice it gets a lot of hate on here.why is that? its dope!

serious question, i would like serious replies please

I love it.

Musically, nice and cold. Lyrically, nice and warm.

If you like it, then who cares what others think?

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I remember listening to SOTT on its release day and the first thing I thought when I heard "IT" was that is was Prince ripping himself off. This was When Doves Cry with a hard on....and not in a good way.

It's a great song, there's no filler tracks on SOTT

TheDigitalGardener said:

I love it.

Musically, nice and cold. Lyrically, nice and warm.

If you like it, then who cares what others think?

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im going to like it regardless. but i see it getting an extreme amt of hate on here, like i see ppl say it is the only song that shouldve been left off SOTT, so it really makes me wonder why others feel like that

SquirrelMeat said:

I remember listening to SOTT on its release day and the first thing I thought when I heard "IT" was that is was Prince ripping himself off. This was When Doves Cry with a hard on....and not in a good way.

i've never noticed the similarity, but i see what youre saying...the drum beat is similiar, but lyrically and vocally totally different.

I love this song from the album

and.... Live it is great together with (at the end of) Thieves In The Temple.

From the Diamonds And Pearls tour 1992...

I absolutely love the song since the first time I heard it. I can't understand why so many people here dislike the song.

Think about "IT", think about "IT" baby... Fucking on your mind, feels so good must be a crime!

Come on, top that!

I love this song! I like the hard,pulsing beat and the naughty lyrics.Prince at his best!

I love it,no hate here.

Great song, great album, one of few albums by ANY artist I can listen to from start to finish.

I love "It". The song that is.

I It

thenewposition said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

I love it.

Musically, nice and cold. Lyrically, nice and warm.

If you like it, then who cares what others think?

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im going to like it regardless. but i see it getting an extreme amt of hate on here, like i see ppl say it is the only song that shouldve been left off SOTT, so it really makes me wonder why others feel like that

there will always be haters.

Yeah, I'm one of those people whose always liked "It".

I never understood how most here don't and think it's skip-worthy.

I love IT too!! As kind of an outsider on the org, I notice there are a lot of haters on lots of stuff. It F'in Rocks Though!!! SOTT rocks in general. <3 Prince!!!

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I don't get why everybody likes 'It'

But seriously, I like 'It', it's is a great track, but it think it could have sounded better with a different arrangement maybe.

Maybe too simple? Maybe it's place is already taken by Hot Thing? Dunno, personally I love it. Claustrophic and totally Prince.

BTW, I'm never coming back into this thread because of that damn Pennywise gif!

joyinrepetition said:

I absolutely love the song since the first time I heard it. I can't understand why so many people here dislike the song.

Think about "IT", think about "IT" baby... Fucking on your mind, feels so good must be a crime!

Come on, top that!

same here, it's unadulterated carnal lust. one of my fave tracks off any album. love the way the vocals break off for the bassy drum pattern. it's as if he's saying "enough talking about IT, now let's fuck!!" the way he uses the gospel type backing vocals on the live version on sott dvd is pure genius. the little fella's unique way of fusing sexuality and spirituality that lovesexy took to another level.

this song is great, gritty & dutty his vocal indicate he must have been carressing himself during the recording, he got the sound effect just right

IT is hot! What's not to like? It's totally atomospheric, and has a great beat and vocals.

thenewposition said:

one of my favorite Prince songs...but i notice it gets a lot of hate on here.why is that? its dope!

serious question, i would like serious replies please

I love the song now, and I'm kinda shocked that so many people picked it as the worst SOTT song. But, I actually didn't start liking "It" until about a week ago. I would guess the reason people don't like "It" is because it sounds strange, the music is repetitive (and slightly annoying) and it probably goes on a little too long.

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I love It.

It's sparse, minimalist, and dark. I just love it.

Have always loved it, its one of my favorite tracks on disc 1.

SagsWay2low said:

I love It.

It's sparse, minimalist, and dark. I just love it.

Genesia said:

I love the song, but I can imagine people feeling otherwise...

The lead singing is pretty strained & exaggerated - so if you're not "on that ride," if you don't relate to that, then the singing would be pretty annoying.

Same thing with the drums, perhaps.

Just a guess.

You have to relate to something, to love it.

The stronger the content, the more you could love OR hate it.

For me, when I listened to the record I was disappointed after the inventive music and arrangement of SOTT, Housequake, Dorothy Parker... "It" just didn't sound cool. It was not funky, not really spooky, kind of basic, and had a cheesy beat structure and sound.

I like it better now because of the intrumental parts at the end, the solo, etc...believe it or not, the Joffrey Ballet performance made me like these parts more, 'cause it showed me how it could be seen as kind of epic and dramatic with the gongs.

But what I wrote above was definitely my opinion in 1987.