Just put it on and listen...

I love this song! Though I wouldn't change it, sometimes I imagine what it would be like minus the screeching of Prince's voice at the end. But I guess it works as a kind of cry of desperation.

Just a very enchanting piece of music*

(dedicated 2 the one who loves to 'get blue'*)
*~sheknowwhoshebe~*

totally agree!!

I just love this song!!.. So powerfull!!

this is 1 of his greatest vocalperformances
ever.the whole song thru.
I would never want 2 B without the screeching.
cries of desperation.powerful!!
truly a masterpiece/peace manki

also great in Act 2, with the horn-arrangements!

dennis said:

Loved Sexy MF with the horn parts better as well. Especially during the that TV show, with George Clinton, The Crayons, Carmen Electra...what was that called?

TheJoker said:

Yes, the song is fabulous. BUT more importantly - you have Wham! in your signature!

Ah that takes me back...

This song never misses, never fails to satisfy I feel like such a swooning bitch everytime I hear it Where's my lighter?!

this is the performance (as seen in Purple Rain) that broke the camel's back, and caused me to dump motley crue and accept prince as my life for the next 8 years

I still think it's just about his very best

Rudy said:

The Beautiful Ones

its still at my favorite top 3 songs from prince.

One of his best - if only some of you could have heard what that sounded like in '84!! It just shat on everything else (as did the PR album).

probably my favourite slo jam.

watching the scene in PurpleRain almost drives me2 tears & gives me chills everytime.

it is nice on the ActII Germany show.
as is Irresistable Bitch: now if u think that i'm a fool,who'll go 4 any fuckin' line...

(YES)

CalhounSq said:

heheeh..make me wanna scream that last part too th9ough..

man those begginning and ending synth drones...damn man. Love it.

and the part where he screams "may not know where I'm goin baby yeaher" lol.

and "babby baby baby " at 3:55

Beautiful Ones

rdhull said:

yeah, it makes me wonder why anyone would even want to imagine what it would sound like without the screaming... that makes the song... it's a good song all the way through... but when he starts screaming and emotion starts bursting out, that's when the song becomes muthafuckin' great... :NOD:... that's when you really start to feel that shit...

it's like a james brown ballad... you can feel what he's saying in the lyrics, but when he just starts screaming "yaaahhh, baby", it speaks more about how he feels than any lyric in the world"...

that's the same feeling i get when i hear prince screaming "baby, baby, baby, listen to me"...

gotta break this one out now...

EllisDee said:

It made me take off what was playin and put rain on ..damn it lol. But yeah the screaming now that u mention it is james brownish but also John Lennonish ..the whole prinmal scream element that Lennon used a few times solo was something I kept reading about back then. Who can't resist when he breaks it down screamin his anguish and desire?

rdhull said:

yeah, it halfway reminds me of the james brown song "oh, baby don't you weep"...

oh baby don't you weep
aaahooohahahh baby
oh baby don't you weep
i believe if i scream a little bit louder, ya just might come back home, babe
aahhh ahhh ahhh yweaaah baby

then it also gives me the feel of "mother" by john lennon... either the full-lenght version or the live version... mama don't gooo, daddy come home...

love that shit...

damn you guys!!! I was tryin' to go a considerable amount of time without listen' to the "purple rain" album, but once I saw this thread I just had to put "the beautiful ones" on
and then "computer blue" came on, so now I'm listening to this non-stop, thanks a lot guys!!!


But, yes, the beatiful ones is a great song, one of his best ballads IMHO.

lovebizzare said:

Same shit happened to me..Computer Blue was next and you know you just cant be turnin that jam off.

rdhull said:

nice to know I'm not alone

dennis said:

You're sooo right. MMMH. 'the Beautiful Ones', Act2, in Paris.MMMH.

EllisDee said:

RD & EllisDee The song is already kicking your ass but when the screaming starts???!!! It just hits you in the gut, washes over you, just grabs a hold of yo ass & doesn't let go until that last lingering note fades out... fucking brilliant

"I beg you down on my knees... I WANT YOU!"

Hell yeah, damn straight!

ChocolateInvasion said:

If I may answer myself, it was called The Ryde Divine.

calldapplwondery83 said:

yeeeaaa-aaa-aaahhh, I waaant chooo!

baaaby, baaaby, baaaby, baaaby I WANT CHOOO!

hOOOWWW!



YES I DOOO!!!








had to swap "you" for "choo", MY BAD!
[This message was edited Thu Feb 20 6:58:34 PST 2003 by CalhounSq]

4 shame Sq, 4 shame...

good grief, eye hear him n my hear...

beggin u down on my knees...EYE WANT CHOO!
jumps on stage, over Sq's head!

XXcepshunal said:

My bad, it is "choo"!! Noted...

This song has been a fav ever since PR came out. Can yall remember seeing this in the movie for the very first time.

Hell, I was boo-hooing all over the place.

This song is so powerful and soulful, definitely one of P's greatest love songs.


If I wasn't at work, I'd be playing this with yall.



"The Beautiful Ones always smash the picture."

CalhounSq said:

know the 'choo!!!

anyway..."tbo" is the cut. i'd listen 2 it, but i'm still currently in my anti-pr mood...

How come nobody mentioned the guitar riffs at??