i'm sure this has probably been done before, but...

I want to make a compilation for myself of the 18 definitive, fan favorite, BEST OF PRINCE.

Please list your top 10 "greatest" prince songs, in order if at all possible. I'm going to track them, and give 10 points to a #1, and 1 point to a #10, and so forth. Then I can tally the totals and we can see what songs the die-hard Prince fans on this forum choose as the GREATEST.

Thanks in advance

My list:

1. Anna Stesia
2. When Doves Cry
3. Joy In Repetition
4. Little Red Corvette
5. Purple Rain
6. Sometimes It Snows In April
7. If I Was Your Girlfriend
8. Last December
9. And God Created Woman
10. It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

It's hard to put them in any sort of consistent order, but here's what it would look like today.

1 Purple Rain
2 Anotherloverholeinyohead
3 Pop Life
4 I Wish U Heaven
5 Starfish & Coffee
6 Alexa De Paris
7 The Cross
8 I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
9 Sometimes it Snows in April
10 Joy in Repetition

1. Sexy Dancer 12" version
2. Joy in Repetition
3. Let's Work
4. Lady Cab Driver
5. A Love Bizarre
6. DMSR
7. Private Joy
8. Vicki Waiting
9. We Can Funk
10.The Ballad of Dorothy Parker

my choice for today...

1. One Song
2. Adore
3. Days of Wild
4. Last December
5. Conditions of the Heart
6. Welcome 2 the Dawn
7. The Holy River
8. Somebody's Somebody
9. Free
10. Purple Rain

1. Anna Stesia
2. Last December
3. Holy River
4. When Doves Cry
5. Into the Light
6. Purple Rain
7. Joy in Repetition
8. Adore
9. If I was your Girlfriend
10. Uptown

1. Joy In Repetition
2. Willing And Able
3. Computer Blue
4. Anotherloverholeinyohead
5. Life Can Be So Nice
6. Condition of the Heart
7. And God Created Woman
8. Something In The Water
9. We Can Funk
10. The Question Of U

1. When Doves Cry
2. Always In My Hair
3. Erotic City
4. If I was Your Girlfriend
5. Adore
6. Gett Off
7. Love Bizarre
8. Purple Rain
9. DMSR
10.Partyman
11. Wedding Feast

"it goes to eleven" - Spinal Tap said it!

chickengrease said:

u...u just the absolute ish, chick-ennn...

mine (not in order and at the moment):

1. dmsr
2. sexy dancer (12")
3. kiss
4. partyup
5. extra lovable
6. let's work (12")
7. head
8. bambi
9. housequake
10. it's gonna be lonely




flame-broiled edit.
[This message was edited Tue Feb 25 12:47:15 PST 2003 by Handclapsfingasnapz]

In no particular order

She's Always In...

Purple Rain

Vicki Waiting

If I Was Your Girlfriend

Bambi (Live)

ICNTTPOYM

Beautiful Ones

I Wish U Heaven

Joy In Repetition

We Can Funk

1-Anna Stesia
2-When doves cry
3-Purple rain
4-Sign "o" the times
5-The ballad of Dorothy Parker
6-Joy in repetition
7-Bambi
8-If I was your girlfriend
9-The beautiful ones
10-She's always in my hair

don't forget:
Rock Hard in A Funky Place!

01) If I Was Your Girlfriend;
02) When Doves Cry;
03) Head
04) How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?;
05) Irresistible Bitch;
06) Adore;
07) When You Were Mine;
08) Scandalous;
09) Erotic City
10) Forever In My Life

1. When U Were Mine
2. The Cross
3. Anna Stesia
4. Purple Rain
5. Kiss (one of the all time perfect pop songs)
6. Sign O' The Times
7. If I Was Your Girlfriend
8. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore
9. Nothing Compares 2 U (although he's still not recorded a definitive version of it)
10. Still Would Stand All Time (live Small club)

1. No (The most exciting song!!!)
2. I Would Die 4 U (the keyboard line is amazing)
3. Life Can Be So Nice (Just how the Bass matches w/lyrics)
4. AnotherLoverHolenYoHead (Pumps me up)
5. Kiss (its one of the best constructed pop songs)
6. Mountains (I said! So Many! Mountains! And The Sea)(damn)
7. I Wish You Heaven (title captures mood,best i've seen)
8. Xenophobia (The right amount of weirness, pumps u up)
9. Diamonds and Pearls (come on, we all sing it, one of the most beautiful melodies)
10. The Rainbow Children (What can I say)

These things change though.
I based these songs on how much they "pump" me up. I stop what I'm doing when they come on.
[This message was edited Tue Feb 25 15:30:51 PST 2003 by Jem]

1. Mountains
2. Strange Relationship
3. Lets Go Crazy
4. Computer Blue (long vers)
5. Superfunkycalifrgisexi
6. Love Bizarre
7. Erotic City
8. Irresistable Bitch
9. Gold
10 Everlasting Now

...from the top of my head...will change in a matter of minutes.

In no particular order:

Raspberry Beret (12")
Pop Life
Adore
Alphabet St.
Eye No
And God Created Woman
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Expert Lover
Joy In Repetition
I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man (concert)

Honorable Mention:

Kiss
She's Always In My Hair
International Lover
Lady Cab Driver
Dark
7
Money Don't Matter 2Night
When You Were Mine

Jem said:

That's why I like Jem!!!

namepeace said:

No, No

seriously, its a killer song. u know he wrote it and many other songs based around playing them live. this is because you know everyone will clap their hands and stomp their feet, say No and say Yes. thats why Prince is a genius.

In no particular order...

-The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
-If I Was Your Girlfriend
-17 Days
-She's Always In My Hair
-Joy In Repitition
-When Doves Cry (in spite of it's popularity...it's still dope)
-Mountains
-The Beautiful Ones
-Something In The Water Does Not Compute
And the song Prince fans give me the funny look on when I tell them...
-All The Critics Luv U In New York (that bass line, groove and erratic feel of the song is AMAZING!)

No order, these are my personal favorite

We Can Funk
Computer Blue
Joy In Repetition
Private Joy
Lady Cab Driver
Erotic City
The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (might get stabbed for this)
The Beautiful Ones
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Uptown

If those above ever get to played out:
When Doves Cry
Irresistible Bitch
I Wonder U
Kiss
Get Off
Positivity
OMG; it is so hard to choose, I can go on and on! I guess I am bad...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

No flame-broiling! Ya gotz ta keep it greasy...deep fried.

1. Purple Rain
2. When U Were Mine
3. Do Me Baby
4. We Can Funk 86 version
5. Wonderful Ass 83 version
6. Private Joy
7. Let's Pretend Were Married
8. She Loves Me For Me
9. The Morning Papers
10.Strange Relationship 84 version w/ electric guitar

hope that helps Lord Snow

deaglestarr said:

it does indeed. and I am no Lord.

Hum, that'd be 2day's list:

1.Temptation
2.AnnaStesia
3.IfIWasYourGirlfriend
4.Now
5.Joint2Joint
6.Solo
7.AnnieChristian
8.CrystalBall
9.TheBeautifulOnes
10.Positivity

-

Its hard, but today I'd probably go with:

1.Bambi
2.Lets go crazy
3.I would die 4 u
4.Dirty Mind
5.Uptown
6.Raspberry Beret
7.Head
8.Strange Relationship
9.Housequake
10.Sexuality..

Okay its really hard, I can't make a 10top... if you had a millions of children would you be able to make a top10? no, right?

1-anna stesia
2-sometimes it snows in april
3-if i was your girlfriend
4-joy in repetition
5-when doves cry
6-god created woman
7-last december
8-little red corvette
9-purple rain
10-its gonna be a beautiful night

Off the top of my head with no real planning:


1. The Truth
2. Bambi
3. Let's Go Crazy
4. If I Was Your Girlfriend
5. Sometimes It Snows In April
6. Sexy MF
7. Partyman
8. Come
9. Sign O' The Times
10.Automatic

Glad to help

The Rainbow Children

Controversy

Purple Rain

If I Was Your Girlfriend

When Doves Cry

Sign O' The Times

We Can Funk

Sometimes It Snows In April

Joy In Repetition

Anna Stesia

1. If I Was Your Girlfriend
2. Mountains
3. When Doves Cry
4. We Can Funk
5. I Hate U
6. Adore
7. The Greatest Romance
8. Kiss
9. She's Always in My Hair
10. The Holy River

1. When Doves Cry
2. 1999
3. Sign Of The Times
4. Kiss
5. Sexy MF
6. Pop Life
7. If I Was Your Girlfriend
8. Cream
9. Purple Rain
10. Dolphin