funkomatic said:

^Hit with an s in front!

I like Batdance,

also: Partyman and Scandalous would have been great as well on the Hits/ B-sides.....

something like this:

The Hits 1:

1. "When Doves Cry" – 3:48 (single edit)
2. "Pop Life" – 3:42
3. "Soft and Wet" – 3:03
4. "I Feel for You" – 3:25
5. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" – 3:48
6. "When You Were Mine" – 3:43
7. "Uptown" – 4:09 (single edit)
8. "Let's Go Crazy" – 4:39
9. "1999" – 3:37 (single edit)
10. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" – 3:40 (single edit)
11. "Batdance" - 4:06 (single edit)

12. "Adore" – 4:41 (live)
13. "Girls And Boys" - 5:29

14. "Alphabet St." – 5:39
15. "Sign "☮" the Times" – 3:43 (single edit)
16. "Thieves in the Temple" – 3:20
17. "Diamonds and Pearls" – 4:20 (single edit)
18. "Scandalous" - 4:12 (7" edit)
19. "7" – 5:09

Outtake: Pink Cashmere, Nothing Compares 2 U

The Hits 2:

1. "Controversy" – 3:35 (single edit)
2. "Dirty Mind" – 3:49 (single edit)
3. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" – 2:58 (single edit)
4. "Head" – 4:43
5. "Do Me, Baby" – 3:57 (single edit)
6. "Delirious" – 2:39 (single edit)
7. "Little Red Corvette" – 4:56
8. "I Would Die 4 U" – 2:57 (single edit)
9. "Raspberry Beret" – 3:32
10. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" – 3:46 (single edit)
11. "Kiss" – 3:46 (single edit)
12. "Peach" – 3:48 (previously unreleased)
13. "U Got the Look" – 3:47
14. "Sexy MF" – 5:26
15. "Gett Off" – 4:30
16. "Cream" – 4:13
17. "Anotherloverholenyohead" - 3:58
18. "Partyman" - 3:11

19. "Purple Rain" – 8:40

Outtake: The Pope

LiveToTell86 said:

Some more general complaints:

- a bit too many songs from his first 4 albums, a bit too less from 1985 - 1988.

That's always been my biggest issue too, I can't believe they chose those "unknown" pre-1999 songs over singles like "Girls & Boys" or "Mountains".

From The Hits 1-2 these are my least favs:

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad

Uptown

Adore

Pink Cashmere

Alphabet St.

I Wanna Be Your Lover

Do Me Baby

Pope

Really? Besides The Pope and Pink Cashmere, the others are all classic masterpieces!!!

funkomatic said:

"Pope" and "Peach" are absolutely forgettable.

Can't stand "La, la, la, he, he, hee" either, but I kinda like "Escape"!

I Feel For You

Escape

Horny Toad

Can't hate on "Pope" myself.

Really can't stand that "GLAAAM SLAAAM" shit on "Escape". It was okay on "Glam Slam", but the way that female voice sings it on "Escape" is beyond annoying. Then he even had to recycle it for that early version of "Gett Off" (i.e. "Glam Slam '90").

"GLAAAM SLAAAM".

Damn you, Prince.

This is easy. God (vocal) and Girl. Two songs that are embarrassing for me to listen to in front of other people. If I was trying to show people how amazing Prince can be, I wouldn't use either of these as examples.

Javi said:

funkomatic said:

"Pope" and "Peach" are absolutely forgettable.

Agree. Both. And also La, La, La, Shit, Shit, Shit and Escape

I love both La La La and Escape. I don't hate anything on that set. The short version of WDC and the fact that Mountains is missing is annoying.

thedance said:

funkomatic said:

^Hit with an s in front!

I like Batdance,

also: Partyman and Scandalous would have been great as well on the Hits/ B-sides.....

something like this:

The Hits 1:

1. "When Doves Cry" – 3:48 (single edit)
2. "Pop Life" – 3:42
3. "Soft and Wet" – 3:03
4. "I Feel for You" – 3:25
5. "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" – 3:48
6. "When You Were Mine" – 3:43
7. "Uptown" – 4:09 (single edit)
8. "Let's Go Crazy" – 4:39
9. "1999" – 3:37 (single edit)
10. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" – 3:40 (single edit)
11. "Batdance" - 4:06 (single edit)

12. "Adore" – 4:41 (live)
13. "Girls And Boys" - 5:29

14. "Alphabet St." – 5:39
15. "Sign "☮" the Times" – 3:43 (single edit)
16. "Thieves in the Temple" – 3:20
17. "Diamonds and Pearls" – 4:20 (single edit)
18. "Scandalous" - 4:12 (7" edit)
19. "7" – 5:09

Outtake: Pink Cashmere, Nothing Compares 2 U

The Hits 2:

1. "Controversy" – 3:35 (single edit)
2. "Dirty Mind" – 3:49 (single edit)
3. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" – 2:58 (single edit)
4. "Head" – 4:43
5. "Do Me, Baby" – 3:57 (single edit)
6. "Delirious" – 2:39 (single edit)
7. "Little Red Corvette" – 4:56
8. "I Would Die 4 U" – 2:57 (single edit)
9. "Raspberry Beret" – 3:32
10. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" – 3:46 (single edit)
11. "Kiss" – 3:46 (single edit)
12. "Peach" – 3:48 (previously unreleased)
13. "U Got the Look" – 3:47
14. "Sexy MF" – 5:26
15. "Gett Off" – 4:30
16. "Cream" – 4:13
17. "Anotherloverholenyohead" - 3:58
18. "Partyman" - 3:11

19. "Purple Rain" – 8:40

Outtake: The Pope

Batdance was left off because P didn't want to pay DC comics for the samples again.

funkomatic said:

Can't stand "La, la, la, he, he, hee" either, but I kinda like "Escape"!

That's the first time I've ever head that. Have u heard the long version?

For me, there were no "weak" songs on the Hits/BSides set.

It was "lacking" some his singles like Batdance, Partyman, Scandalous, Mountains, Anotherloverholeinyohead, Take Me With U, I Wish U Heaven, Love Bizarre, Girls and Boys, Insatiable, My Name Is Prince, New Power Generation and The Morning Papers. I think adding these singles would help make a better representation of his work up to the HITS/BSides release.

It's a pretty solid collection for a main stream audience. However, I would have preferred he remove a couple tracks instead of butchering down classics like "Adore", "If I was Your Girlfriend", '1999", "Do Me Baby", "When Doves Cry" & "I Wanna be Your Lover". Not hearing these full songs is as frustrating as a live Prince Sampler set...

I know there's limited space on a disk, but the full 12" versions of the B-sides would've been an improvement too.

[Edited 9/1/11 12:44pm]

daPrettyman said:

funkomatic said:

Can't stand "La, la, la, he, he, hee" either, but I kinda like "Escape"!

That's the first time I've ever head that. Have u heard the long version?

There's a long version!

aardvark15 said:

daPrettyman said:

That's the first time I've ever head that. Have u heard the long version?

There's a long version!

Like most of the 12" singles of the 80's the B sides were mostly extendid aswell

bigd74 said:

aardvark15 said:

There's a long version!

Like most of the 12" singles of the 80's the B sides were mostly extendid aswell

Am I allowed to ask for a link?

aardvark15 said:

bigd74 said:

Like most of the 12" singles of the 80's the B sides were mostly extendid aswell

Am I allowed to ask for a link?

for what exactly?

this is the best i can do

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...mes_(song)

[Edited 9/1/11 13:29pm]

bigd74 said:

aardvark15 said:

Am I allowed to ask for a link?

for what exactly?

Full version of Escape

aardvark15 said:

bigd74 said:

for what exactly?

Full version of Escape

aaah, when you asked about the long version you had highlighted La La La He He He from funkomatic's post, no there's no extendid Escape.

TikiColadas said:

For me, there were no "weak" songs on the Hits/BSides set.

It was "lacking" some his singles like Batdance, Partyman, Scandalous, Mountains, Anotherloverholeinyohead, Take Me With U, I Wish U Heaven, Love Bizarre, Girls and Boys, Insatiable, My Name Is Prince, New Power Generation and The Morning Papers. I think adding these singles would help make a better representation of his work up to the HITS/BSides release.

Did "The Morning Papers" chart? I know it didn't here in the States.

bigd74 said:

aardvark15 said:

Full version of Escape

aaah, when you asked about the long version you had highlighted La La La He He He from funkomatic's post, no there's no extendid Escape.

Is that sarcasm btw it was already highlighted

Shockdelica / Scarlet Pussy - always found this filler material / La, La, La, He, He, Hee / She's Always in my Hair / 17 Days / 200 Balloons

There are no weak songs on The Hits 1 and 2 except perhaps 'Peach'

Pope rocks!!

[Edited 9/1/11 14:20pm]

Pope is Poop. But some of you should be ashamed of yourselves for some of these suggestions. Oh the humanity!

Keep in mind that this collection was the first time most of the B-sides had been released on compact disc, before there were other digital options out there. I think they should have included all the non-album B-sides and the unique single edits of A-sides, then rounded it out with whatever unreleased material Prince was willing to put out. Having LP versions of songs wasn't particularly useful for those who already had those albums on CD.

TheFreakerFantastic said:

Shockdelica / Scarlet Pussy - always found this filler material / La, La, La, He, He, Hee / She's Always in my Hair / 17 Days / 200 Balloons

There are no weak songs on The Hits 1 and 2 except perhaps 'Peach'

Pope rocks!!

[Edited 9/1/11 14:20pm]

Uhm, what in the name of...

novabrkr said:

TheFreakerFantastic said:

Shockdelica / Scarlet Pussy - always found this filler material / La, La, La, He, He, Hee / She's Always in my Hair / 17 Days / 200 Balloons

There are no weak songs on The Hits 1 and 2 except perhaps 'Peach'

Pope rocks!!

[Edited 9/1/11 14:20pm]

Uhm, what in the name of...

I've never got into those songs, always found them too repetitive / dated.

aardvark15 said:

bigd74 said:

aaah, when you asked about the long version you had highlighted La La La He He He from funkomatic's post, no there's no extendid Escape.

Is that sarcasm btw it was already highlighted

no it's not sarcasm. didn't realise it was highlighted before, sorry.

bigd74 said:

aardvark15 said:

Is that sarcasm btw it was already highlighted

no it's not sarcasm. didn't realise it was highlighted before, sorry.

What's with the then?

aardvark15 said:

bigd74 said:

no it's not sarcasm. didn't realise it was highlighted before, sorry.

What's with the then?

it doesn't mean anything, it's just a smiley face with glasses on.

bigd74 said:

aardvark15 said:

Full version of Escape

aaah, when you asked about the long version you had highlighted La La La He He He from funkomatic's post, no there's no extendid Escape.

There is an extended Escape.

http://princevault.com/in..._Glam_Slam