I've noticed Blue Light gets a lot of stick on prince.org, so I thought I'd show my appreciation for such a cool laid back track.

How can you not love a song that has these lyrics: "I'll be a hundred and seventeen, you'll be still saying baby not tonight."

'Close your eyes and count to ten, and when you open 'em -- I'll be standing naked with nothing but a smile on'

Love the reggae feel. Wish he dabbled a little more with that genre, like ska/funk. Gotta boom that bass though, in Blue Light.

I hate Blue Light,

it is totally crap!

Sorry, worst song on the album

somedays i quite like it, other days i think it's a rancid pile of dog spew. which pretty much sums up my opinion on that whole symbol era

Love the song

Mya said:

'Close your eyes and count to ten, and when you open 'em -- I'll be standing naked with nothing but a smile on'

Love this song and that ^ is my favorite part

Do I need the aborted seques to understand why there is a reggae song in the middle of this album? Does the storyline involve the members of the NPG making a trip straight from Egypt to Jamaica?

Meh, it's okay. Nothing too special, but I don't mind it on the album.

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Eye was playing this on the way 2 Malahide and had it on repeat ,then when i got back had the video on constant repeat 2....love it..

ecstasy said:

Mya said:

'Close your eyes and count to ten, and when you open 'em -- I'll be standing naked with nothing but a smile on'

Love this song and that ^ is my favorite part

I absolutely love 'Blue Light', it's one of my drunk-in-the-summer-sun jams

The beat is sexy, the lyrics are even better -- he brings that cheeky humour I love forward .. I don't understand the hate

it's not a bad song...kind of good but just not that powerful of a track.

It kind of reminds me of Strollin in how it is so laid back. I really did Strollin tho

Wouldn't say it's the highpoint of the album but far from nonsensical lowpoints like The Flow. Charming and sexy.

Love it, love the whole album!

eireboy34 said:

Sorry, worst song on the album

i think its the best on the album.

and why do people come to an appreciation thread to say they dont like it... maybe if this were a general discussion about the song. why bother?

It took me a few listens but I really like it now.

disn't Prince play Blue Light on Arsenio Hall (II) in 1993 ?

I can't believe why Prince picked the worst song,

Blue Light is truly awful....

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dyvrdown said:

eireboy34 said:

Sorry, worst song on the album

i think its the best on the album.

and why do people come to an appreciation thread to say they dont like it... maybe if this were a general discussion about the song. why bother?

It depends how you define "appreciate"....if you have a dictionary (and if you can read one!! ) you will see that the verb can also mean to "be aware of", with not necessarily a meaning of "value".

And in any case, where I come from, over here in Europe, we believe in freedom of speech and exchange of ideas.

That song is terrible.

Had this on in the car on the way to work today, Love it.

Oh, come on people. A thread about Blue Light ?! You got to be kiddin' me! This track is possibly the worst song Prince ever made in his entire carreer, I don't know what he was thinking back 1991/92. Totally doesn't fit the accompanying album (1992 Symbol) and let's be honest: it doesn't fit on any of his albums and should've just been an outtake and not any more than that. It's a total piece of s**t.

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cinnamonboy said:

Oh, come on people. A thread about Blue Light ?! You got to be kiddin' me! This track is possibly the worst song Prince ever made in his entire carreer, I don't know what he was thinking back 1991/92. Totally doesn't fit the accompanying album (1992 Symbol) and let's be honest: it doesn't fit on any of his albums and should've just been an outtake and not any more than that. It's a total piece of s**t.

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worst song ever? nah, compared to every single song on rave it's a masterpiece.

Love it

Goes to show we all have different tastes

nursev said:

it

Me too. You have such good taste.

eireboy34 said:

dyvrdown said:

i think its the best on the album.

and why do people come to an appreciation thread to say they dont like it... maybe if this were a general discussion about the song. why bother?

It depends how you define "appreciate"....if you have a dictionary (and if you can read one!! ) you will see that the verb can also mean to "be aware of", with not necessarily a meaning of "value".

And in any case, where I come from, over here in Europe, we believe in freedom of speech and exchange of ideas.

i know how to read, thank you. and i never said you couldnt say what you want, i was just wondering why you bothered. its like leaving a comment on a video on youtube of a song, saying you hate the artist.

dyvrdown said:

eireboy34 said:

It depends how you define "appreciate"....if you have a dictionary (and if you can read one!! ) you will see that the verb can also mean to "be aware of", with not necessarily a meaning of "value".

And in any case, where I come from, over here in Europe, we believe in freedom of speech and exchange of ideas.

i know how to read, thank you. and i never said you couldnt say what you want, i was just wondering why you bothered. its like leaving a comment on a video on youtube of a song, saying you hate the artist.

This is a discussion forum......check out the verb to "discuss" in that dictionary of yours!!!