rdhull said:

nursev said:

rdhull said: Well okay so what makes you say it's a sellout-people loved it and it was successful.

It seemd written to be easy middle of the road catching folks. Thise syrupy lyrics? Goawd. Its as if late 80's Lionel Ritchie wrote them. Plus iirc , Frank Dileo was his manager then, making Prince work the album like Prince was a 9 to 5 everyday Joe, doing Olympics opening, radio, etc. hahah no enimga shit anymore, just get out there and sell this "pleasing" record to "get a hit on the charts boy!" I mean I remeber watching that Special Olympics show and seeing Prince thinking "wtf? How da hell is HE on there?" And the music..oh how uninspiring and SAFE.

Who cares if people loved it? Of course they did. It was shoved down their throats.

I totally agree with you.

But I think this album inspired a whole heap of people to like his music that otherwise would have not.

pepper7 said:

rdhull said:

It seemd written to be easy middle of the road catching folks. Thise syrupy lyrics? Goawd. Its as if late 80's Lionel Ritchie wrote them. Plus iirc , Frank Dileo was his manager then, making Prince work the album like Prince was a 9 to 5 everyday Joe, doing Olympics opening, radio, etc. hahah no enimga shit anymore, just get out there and sell this "pleasing" record to "get a hit on the charts boy!" I mean I remeber watching that Special Olympics show and seeing Prince thinking "wtf? How da hell is HE on there?" And the music..oh how uninspiring and SAFE.

Who cares if people loved it? Of course they did. It was shoved down their throats.

I totally agree with you.

But I think this album inspired a whole heap of people to like his music that otherwise would have not.

yay! A bunch of suburban soccer moms added to the bandwagon

rdhull said:

pepper7 said:

I totally agree with you.

But I think this album inspired a whole heap of people to like his music that otherwise would have not.

yay! A bunch of suburban soccer moms added to the bandwagon

Hahah I totally agree with you!

rdhull said:

ZiggmanZoo said:

"Who cares if people loved it? Of course they did. It was shoved down their throats." Wow that's a lot of disrespect for a very good song. It's a catchy love pop song and it was a huge success. It may not be innovative or groundbreaking but it showed and still does, what a good songwriter Prince is!

It is not a gpood song. Prince does not mix well with an Aretha Franklin style voice.

Yall like it, fine. But look at where you hear the song. In grocery stores and such. Cream is a much better song even tbhough thats also an "easy" one lol.

These songs were not very inspired. They were created to appeal to a pop audience with no danger to the songs etc. You're okay with that? Cool lol.

The song and project was sooooo simple safe that Prince had to show his ass out of his pants at the MTV awards to give the project and his profile that good ol purple spice again.

Oh come on, artists dont need to be pushing boundaries for the song to be good and it is very possible for a song that was meant to be succesful to be good. The melody is great, the production simple, but solid, and theres nothing wrong with the lyrics. I mean really, just because the song wasnt "dangerous" doesnt mean its bad.

Now that being said I agree that the album as a whole was very very bland, and incredibly disapointing. But songs like Diamonds and Pearls, Insatiable, Money Don't Matter 2 Night, Cream, and Gett Off are quality songs that could have made 80's albums easily. But then again, its all subjective.

EDIT: Its kinda funny that your complaining that Prince actually did some promotion, if he did more of that in the 80's he would be much more remembered today.

[Edited 9/18/11 19:11pm]

rdhull said:

Emancipation89 said:

I love this song!!!

What turns u on more than Diamonds n Pearls?!?!!???!?

Tight pussy new shoes and a warm place to shit. Definitely not schlock.

Those things will likely to get saggy and cold eventually. Diamonds are forever...

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

D&P the song.. is a Prince classic.

I this too.

I only started appreciating Diamonds and Pearls, I've never listened to it as much as I have been recently

I love the contrast of Prince's deep vocals with the syrupy sweet melody and lyrics

I don't know, out of no-where this song has decided to enthral me and I can't stop listening!

Sorry, can't stand this track - way too overproduced and schmaltzy!!!

Love the song and the video.

My wife who is not a Prince fan, is however a big fan of this song