I love Adore hands down; however, 319 is creeping up on my playlist. Was watching the movie "Showgirls" this weekend and one of the 2 stripper numbers was 319. Is Prince getting paid or WBs?

mzsadii,

Could you be any more random?

love,

Spirit

SpiritOtter said:

mzsadii,

Could you be any more random?

love,

Spirit

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OldFriends4Sale said:

SpiritOtter said:

Dear Prince.org,

Which is the BEST song?

1. Power Fantastic

2. If I Was Your Girlfriend

3. Adore

4. Purple Rain

And which is your FAVOURITE song?

love,

Spirit

1. Power Fantastic

2. Purple Rain

3. Adore

These 3 are some top best arrangements that came out of the Purple Music catalogue

Power Fantastic has that majestic electric effect with a touch more of meloncholy but the recording story behind it just makes me nervous. You are hearing each Revolution member on their instrument on this song as well as Purple Rain. This song actually made me cry when I first heard it.

PR, If you put aside the fact that he plays it at almost every concert, doesn't detract from it's majesty

I still remember when I first started hearing Purple Rain on the radio and it just chills me electrically

Adore, Prince's showmanship on technical and musical sounds individually just blows me away

oldfriends4sale,

I love your description of these songs.

Power Fantastic actually made you cry? What was the story behind PF?

Regading Adore, I find it interesting that you point out its technical, musical, prowess.

But, surely, what about Adore's soul?

love,

Spirit

IstenSzek said:

'If I was Ur Girlfriend'

Isten,

I am surprised that IIWYG only received 1 vote, overall.

It was going to be mine, before I changed it to the Adore.

Whilst I love IIWYG, I think it's possibly let down by the fact that it's live counterpart (from the SOTT movie) is even more majestic.

It was the same problem, although for entirely different reasons, which P had with DOW.

(Days of Wild).

love,

Spirit

SpiritOtter said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

1. Power Fantastic

2. Purple Rain

3. Adore

These 3 are some top best arrangements that came out of the Purple Music catalogue

Power Fantastic has that majestic electric effect with a touch more of meloncholy but the recording story behind it just makes me nervous. You are hearing each Revolution member on their instrument on this song as well as Purple Rain. This song actually made me cry when I first heard it.

PR, If you put aside the fact that he plays it at almost every concert, doesn't detract from it's majesty. I still remember when I first started hearing Purple Rain on the radio and it just chills me electrically

Adore, Prince's showmanship on technical and musical sounds individually just blows me away

oldfriends4sale,

I love your description of these songs.

Power Fantastic actually made you cry? What was the story behind PF?

Regading Adore, I find it interesting that you point out its technical, musical, prowess.

But, surely, what about Adore's soul?

love,

Spirit

Yeah it did. I could feel waves of something real when I 1st heard it and kept playing this over and over. It starts and ends and leaves you wanting more

By mid March(1985), with Susan Rogers still working out the studio's kinks, Prince without warning informed her that the Revolution was coming over to test the facility. They planned to record Power Fantastic, a song based on a composition by Lisa Coleman called Carousel. She was reluctant to share the idea- according to Rogers, she and Wendy may have been considering it for a solo project - but after weeks of Prince's cajoling, she had finally let him work with it. Using her chordal melody, he arranged a jazz-like piece full of somber majesty that evoked Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.

As the session began, Rogers discovered the studio was one pair of headphones short and concluded the only person who could spare them was herself. Since Prince was singing in the control room, the main speakers had to be shut off so that the playback would not be picked up by his microphone. Prince preferred to vocalize alone, but allowed Rogers to remain so she could monitor the song's progress. He sang in a corner of the room, his back turned away from her. As the band played, Rogers could hear nothing but Prince's falsetto vocal, disembodied from the rest of the song. It was one of the most intimate experiences of her career; she felt at the very center of artistic creation.

Even with Prince's last minute hatching of a new introduction, the band nailed Power Fantastic in one take. Eric Leeds, who played a lilting flute solo, walked out of the studio feeling goosebumps. "That's one of the greatest things we ever did," he remarked; no one disagreed.

Power Fantastic was to be one of the cornerstones of Prince's next project, the Dream Factory. For the moment, at least, he had decided to carry forward and even amplify the collaborative tenor of Parade. As work began, he let everyone stretch out a bit.

Prince vocals

Lisa on piano

Wendy on guitar

BrownMark on bass

Bobby Z on drums

Matt Fink on keys

Atlanta Bliss on trumpet

Eric Leeds on flute