Great question, but don't be such a silly sausage.

EVERYONE should LOVE Strollin'; it's quite possibly one of Prince's most criminally underated songs. Even on your darkest day, it can't help but make you smile.

"Strollin', strollin', we can have fun just strollin'..."

See? Are you smiling yet?

Case closed.

love,

Spirit

But why shouldn't you like the songs? Who said you shouldn't?

If you do, then you do.

chocolate1 said:

But why shouldn't you like the songs? Who said you shouldn't?

If you do, then you do.

Yep!

And I dare anybody who wanna tell me I shouldn't like "Strollin'" and "Silly Game"

KingSausage said:

What Prince songs do you like but you know damn well you shouldn't. Here are some of mine: When You Love Somebody Sticky Like Glue Strolling' The Sun, the Moon and the Stars Undisputed Silly Game Push It Up

Stop the press!!! PUSH IT UP!? You better take your ass to church and pray on that.

High - This might be the corniest song ever recorded and maybe the shittiest concept Prince has ever devised, but I like it. "The horn goes beep...and the music in the Jeep goes.." Ha...love that part.

We March - Everyone hates it. I get it. I think I like it because my first experience hearing it was live at Paisley, and it was one of my first times there. It was the first song, and the conveyor belt brought him forward while he was holding his one-eyed bass upward with the furry guitar strap on and that signature pout. He looked like a total badass which made it easy ignore lines like, "The river that I drink from, will it be the same as your mammy?" WTF?!

Girl 6 - It's smooth, kind of jazzy, and I love the second time Prince sings "Looong as uuuu r neeear," when he gets real throaty with it. It may not be the most creative thing in the world when Prince does a standard R & B song, but I love how he does them.

Love Sign - Another standard R & B song, with a corny ass concept and even cornier video. Can you imagine if a gang banger actually threw up the "Love Sign" in the hood? They would shoot off his hand. I still love it and love Prince's vocal adlibs at the end. I got to see the just-finished video played in the Erotic City room at Glam Slam when I was 18 and thought it was cool as hell at the time. I guess I was blinded by hero worship.

Everybody Loves Me - I give full permission for anyone to punch me in the mouth for liking this. I heard it was originally written for Barney who rejected it to protect his artistic integrity.

The Rest Of My Life - It sounds like he rattled this one off in 10 minutes but who cares? It's fun.

Don't Talk 2 Strangers - These lyrics are a damn shame. I think the song is elevated by his vocals, though.

My Name Is Prince - This one is so bad it's actually kind of funny. For some reason I still get goosebumps when he says, "If u wanna play with me, u better learn the rules! Ow, my name is PRINCE!," and then immediately start cringing again. Funky fresh for the 90s? Pshh...

Hot Summer - The keyboards remind me of Cream, which makes me think that's why I like it, but then I remember that I don't really like Cream at all. So IDK why I like it. Listening to it right now and IDK how Prince is able to deliver some of these lyrics with a straight face .

According to the Org, I shouldn't like "No More Candy 4 U" and "Everybody Loves Me" but I do.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

KingSausage said:

What Prince songs do you like but you know damn well you shouldn't. Here are some of mine: When You Love Somebody Sticky Like Glue Strolling' The Sun, the Moon and the Stars Undisputed Silly Game Push It Up

Stop the press!!! PUSH IT UP!? You better take your ass to church and pray on that.

High - This might be the corniest song ever recorded and maybe the shittiest concept Prince has ever devised, but I like it. "The horn goes beep...and the music in the Jeep goes.." Ha...love that part.

We March - Everyone hates it. I get it. I think I like it because my first experience hearing it was live at Paisley, and it was one of my first times there. It was the first song, and the conveyor belt brought him forward while he was holding his one-eyed bass upward with the furry guitar strap on and that signature pout. He looked like a total badass which made it easy ignore lines like, "The river that I drink from, will it be the same as your mammy?" WTF?!

Girl 6 - It's smooth, kind of jazzy, and I love the second time Prince sings "Looong as uuuu r neeear," when he gets real throaty with it. It may not be the most creative thing in the world when Prince does a standard R & B song, but I love how he does them.

Love Sign - Another standard R & B song, with a corny ass concept and even cornier video. Can you imagine if a gang banger actually threw up the "Love Sign" in the hood? They would shoot off his hand. I still love it and love Prince's vocal adlibs at the end. I got to see the just-finished video played in the Erotic City room at Glam Slam when I was 18 and thought it was cool as hell at the time. I guess I was blinded by hero worship.

Everybody Loves Me - I give full permission for anyone to punch me in the mouth for liking this. I heard it was originally written for Barney who rejected it to protect his artistic integrity.

The Rest Of My Life - It sounds like he rattled this one off in 10 minutes but who cares? It's fun.

Don't Talk 2 Strangers - These lyrics are a damn shame. I think the song is elevated by his vocals, though.

My Name Is Prince - This one is so bad it's actually kind of funny. For some reason I still get goosebumps when he says, "If u wanna play with me, u better learn the rules! Ow, my name is PRINCE!," and then immediately start cringing again. Funky fresh for the 90s? Pshh...

Hot Summer - The keyboards remind me of Cream, which makes me think that's why I like it, but then I remember that I don't really like Cream at all. So IDK why I like it. Listening to it right now and IDK how Prince is able to deliver some of these lyrics with a straight face .

Oh God. Brilliant assessments, all of them. Thank you for making me literally laugh out loud.

Apparently 'We Gets Up' is terrible.

It probably is, but I've always liked it.

chocolate1 said:

But why shouldn't you like the songs? Who said you shouldn't?

If you do, then you do.

"because their all gonna laugh at you..."

"Tick Tick Bang".

I know it was supposed to be the song in "Grafitti Bridge" that turned everyone off in the "battle", but I liked it better than the movie's title track, which "won".

SpiritOtter said:

Great question, but don't be such a silly sausage.

EVERYONE should LOVE Strollin'; it's quite possibly one of Prince's most criminally underated songs. Even on your darkest day, it can't help but make you smile.

"Strollin', strollin', we can have fun just strollin'..."

See? Are you smiling yet?

Case closed.

love,

Spirit

ANYONE that doesn't love Strollin' should just watch the video clip over and over, and I can guarrantee you they'll end up liking it again.

Damn near half of em

HonestMan13 said:

chocolate1 said:

But why shouldn't you like the songs? Who said you shouldn't?

If you do, then you do.

"because their all gonna laugh at you..."

That's just silly.

Others can't tell you what to like...

That's what I hate about those "best song/worst song" threads.

Walk Don't Walk ... apparently. I find it quite pleasant and not trying too hard, which is a bit of a change for prince around then.

Song of the Heart - Attempting to musically re-do Starfish and Coffee, I think he nailed it but probably alone at this.

Get on the Boat - I dunno, I don't love it but I don't skip it (or quit before it maybe). It's something he's done on more than one occasion but I don't see why this one gets singled out so much. I think it's solid enough.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

My Name Is Prince - This one is so bad it's actually kind of funny. For some reason I still get goosebumps when he says, "If u wanna play with me, u better learn the rules! Ow, my name is PRINCE!," and then immediately start cringing again. Funky fresh for the 90s? Pshh...

I agree, My Name is Prince is full of charm. The fact that Prince is trying so hard to be tough, and he still fills the song with 'Ow!'s and Michael Jackson-esque mouth noises every damn bar... it's just bizarre.

ugh, the samples of his own songs, the cheesy piano chords, the horribly dated 90s sounds, tony m, prince's 'hard' voice... and the fact that it feels like prince had tons of preconceived ideas of what a 'tough' song sounds like, making it pretty unnatural, cliche and clumsy...

it's an absolute triumph that the song is still listenable. I always put it on the playlist when I listen to Symbol.

i think Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful is ok. I get the sense that some people here think that it's just a crappy version of something else (in which case, lemme know what that something else is plz), or maybe because it's part of a genre of music they've decided they don't like...

good thread

I think it's because the songs were released by Prince; if it was other artist, I wouldn't give a damn

Ronnie Talk to Russia

Lemon Crush

New Power Generation

Push

We Gets Up

Undisputed

The Sun, the Moon and the Stars

The 1 U Wanna C

4ever

Poom Poom (taht silly rap voice he buts on always makes me smile)

Good Love

Acknowledge Me

Hide The Bone

Rock and Roll Is Alive

Shockedelica

I Rock Therefore I Am

319

She Gave Her Angels

Undisputed

Let's Have A Baby

Space

Pheromone

Optimus2 said:

Poom Poom (taht silly rap voice he buts on always makes me smile)

Good Love

Acknowledge Me

Hide The Bone

Rock and Roll Is Alive

Shockedelica

I Rock Therefore I Am

319

She Gave Her Angels

Undisputed

Let's Have A Baby

Space

Pheromone

find me someone who dislikes Shockedelica, Space, Good Love and Hide the Bone.

jaawwnn said:

fusk said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

My Name Is Prince - This one is so bad it's actually kind of funny. For some reason I still get goosebumps when he says, "If u wanna play with me, u better learn the rules! Ow, my name is PRINCE!," and then immediately start cringing again. Funky fresh for the 90s? Pshh...

I agree, My Name is Prince is full of charm. The fact that Prince is trying so hard to be tough, and he still fills the song with 'Ow!'s and Michael Jackson-esque mouth noises every damn bar... it's just bizarre.

ugh, the samples of his own songs, the cheesy piano chords, the horribly dated 90s sounds, tony m, prince's 'hard' voice... and the fact that it feels like prince had tons of preconceived ideas of what a 'tough' song sounds like, making it pretty unnatural, cliche and clumsy...

it's an absolute triumph that the song is still listenable. I always put it on the playlist when I listen to Symbol.

There are so many things working against this song. So many dated (even at the time) and cliched elements. But it always has that bassline. That thundering, rolling, thumping, pounding,

beautiful bassline that swallows up every other element and takes it along for the ride. I've always loved this silly song.

"That's when eye've got u, that's when ur mine!" I admit it, he got me. I am his.

My Little Pill

Its so weird and odd...I love it even like it more than Had U

The Human Body

This cut I really dont like so much of the extended portion, however the arrangement and the way he sings it is hypnotizing to me. I get sad when there arent anymore lyrics to work on. Can you FREAK MY DEARLY!!!

Ronnie Talk To Russia

Dont say I didnt warn ya *POP *pop popopopoppp* I cant resist....

Trust & Lemon Crush

May be inda corny but those are two funk pop numbers I sing very loudly in the car with....while I give other drivers and people on the street the prince look

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CRUSH!

CRUSH

NNNNNNOOOOOO!!!!!

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KingSausage said:

jaawwnn said:

find me someone who dislikes Shockedelica, Space, Good Love and Hide the Bone.

I like Space but dislike the other three.

ha! I stand corrected. Didn't think it was possible to like prince and dislike Shockadelica

Ummm..I got '7' songs For You!

Da Bang!

Valentina!

Animal Kingdom!

Loose!

When U Love Somebody!

Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do!

Hypno'paradise!!

I LOVE ALL OF THESE SONGS SO MUCH!!!!!

THEY ARE SO GREAT!!

I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!

renfield said:

fusk said:

I agree, My Name is Prince is full of charm. The fact that Prince is trying so hard to be tough, and he still fills the song with 'Ow!'s and Michael Jackson-esque mouth noises every damn bar... it's just bizarre.

ugh, the samples of his own songs, the cheesy piano chords, the horribly dated 90s sounds, tony m, prince's 'hard' voice... and the fact that it feels like prince had tons of preconceived ideas of what a 'tough' song sounds like, making it pretty unnatural, cliche and clumsy...

it's an absolute triumph that the song is still listenable. I always put it on the playlist when I listen to Symbol.

There are so many things working against this song. So many dated (even at the time) and cliched elements. But it always has that bassline. That thundering, rolling, thumping, pounding,

beautiful bassline that swallows up every other element and takes it along for the ride. I've always loved this silly song.

"That's when eye've got u, that's when ur mine!" I admit it, he got me. I am his.

Yeah! The bassline is huge! The line that gets me is, 'when you hear my music, you be havin fun!' It's over the top. It's undeniable.

I know everyone will probably laugh but...

Purple and Gold- I think it is quite interesting after a couple of listens

Poom Poom- This is one of my favorites, Prince at his dirtiest

Rich Friends- Very catchy and fun

Dig U Better Dead- Not a very good song on not a very good album, but I enjoy it

SchlomoThaHomo said:

Can you imagine if a gang banger actually threw up the "Love Sign" in the hood? They would shoot off his hand.

My choice is: Te Amo Corazón

I love love love that song, even if it is cheesy.

mushmackalenta said:

Graffiti Bridge. I love it.

This pains me. No judgement, but this pains me.