Myself and Lovebizzare have joined forces to ask the question;
Is 'Adore' one of Prince's finest moments, or is it just plain old bland?

Please say 'Yay' or 'Nay', accompanied with your reasons.

Thank U (as the man himself would say).
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[This message was edited Tue Feb 11 15:31:35 PST 2003 by Haystack]

It's a decent little song, are you just standing against it because everyone raves so much about it?

Neither. It's jsut an excellent song but not necessarily his best song or finest moment.

it's cool, but i agree...shouldn't really be gettin all the constant praise that it does.

lookin out 4 the rabid psycho-fam with a baseball bat, fixin 2 beat me 2 submission...

!!YAY!!

From the "When we be making love" point, it's one of the most pure soul performances I've ever heard him put down on record.

WatchThemFall said:

Absolutely not - I only ever judge things on how I see them myself. Other people's opinions don't sway me at all. It's just one of those Prince songs that I've never really cared for and seeing as lots of people seem to see it as one of Prince's finest, I just wondered how many other people see it in the same way as myself and lovebizzare do.

OK, I just popped this into my CD player...

It's one of his finest moments for sure!! Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Lyrically it's incredible. Imagines someone wrote this song for you! Prince layed that shit down so hard.

I Especially LOVEthis part...

"When we be making love, I only hear the sounds of heavenly angels crying above, tears of joy pourin down on us.
They know we need each other, they know you are my fix.
I know that you know I aint cheatin baby, they know this is serious, I aint fuckin just for kicks.
No, this confusion I got is crucial, crucial baby. You could say that I'm a terminal case. You could burn up my clothes and smash up my ride!"

That shit kicks my ass every single time!!!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

"They know you are my fix."---hey Sexy,I'm with you on this one as well...there's a reason for the praise.

What's not to like?

When he breaks out of that falsetto, you can almost hear him on bended knee, pleading. Its so sweet, funny and touching.

Yay.

But please, just play "VAREE IS LOVE" from the Ohio Players right after "Adore". See what happens.

This song has always struck me as rather silly. It would be interesting to know whether or not he meant for it to be taken seriously as an expression of love. His lyrics and vocals seem to suggest that the song is supposed to be sort of a parody of his love god image.

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[This message was edited Tue Feb 11 16:26:48 PST 2003 by PeterJL121]

PeterJL121 said:

I belive he has said he wrote it for Susannah.

someone asked in the Thread on the Importance of Wendy&Lisa why "Emanciapation" didn't capture the Fans&Critics with the Content of the Lyrics&Reason Being IMHO is that this Album captured all of that Better than anything that "Emanciapation" tried to do."Adore" was a Right on Time Song.it felt like The Cat was Feeling it.Arguably His Best Slow Jam Ever&it's because the People that dig this Cut truly felt the Message&Honesty in the Song.

mistermaxxx said:

Yeah and I also dug the organ! This song is the absolute ballad. Perhaps the most bangin ballad ever put on wax.It is my favorite song of all time! To all the people who find it isn't their cup of tea fine, but don't hate just because it gets so much praise!

Adore is his best ballad imo.

YAY! :wOOt: it's a very SEXY song.

Yay...it's pure poetry. I love it!

Adore is his best ballad and vocal performance ever.

YAY!

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

My sentiments exactly.

PeterJL121 said:

And I see what u're saying as well -- there is an aspect of kookiness to it -- but showing his humorous side is what I think makes it real, imo.

The lyrics, the lyrics...

Listen to it when you're falling in love. Good luck!

INSATIABLE said:

Anji said:

Yeah, I think you really get that song when you're totally in love.

Nay. It's outdone by nearly all the other songs on SOTT and nearly all the other love ballads in his catalog, in my opinion.

I liked this song until I heard the full album version. From then on I've loved it. The climax is just a glorious moment, truly heavenly. Its finale is reminiscent of Inner City Blues from What's Goin On in its degree of spiritual transcendence.

Moonbeam said:

you must be

IMHO, it's one of the best love songs ever made. From start to finish it's just outstanding. It seems so honest the way he sings the song. I wish that there was a way for this song to be commercially released. It hasn't aged at all and that's another reason why I love it so much. I've already decided to put this song in my wedding and I'm not even dating anyone that's how much I love it. A Yay from me.