So, Over the past month i decided to listen to some Bsides something i'd never really done before. SO i started off with The Hits/Bsides. It's probably one of my favorite discs and for the general population who b ough the collection probably just skipped over it. I'm 18 so this was the first time i was hearing any of these Bsides except for the classic Erotic City. I really dig la la la hee, scarlet pussy, irresistable bitch, she's always, feel u up, i love u in me, how come u don't call me anymore, and 17 days(and erotic city). The rest to me seems faily dececnt. It's just hard for me to imagine that these songs weren't placed on any albums given their awesomeness. U'd think they'd be alot crappier or more expiremental however they are some of his best work.

My question to u guys is if u had to rank the bsides on the greatest hits collection like a studio Prince album release where would u rank it? And are there any Bsides that are not on the collection that i should check out?

1. sign 2. PR 3. 1999 4. Bsides 5. Dirty Mind

Personally, my favorite B-sides (A sides as well) come from the "Around the World in a Day" album. I'm a fan of all of them but that's the group that I listen to the most. My other fav's would be "Irrestible Bitch", "Shockadelica", "17 Days", "Erotic City", "Scarlet Pussy" and "La,La, He, He". . You should do yourself a favor( no prince title pun inteaded) and seek out all the 12 inch vinyl releases from "Lets Work" to "Hot Thing" and the Lovesexy cd singles through the "Gett Off" cd singles. 90% of the bsides on the Hits are edits and if you enjoy the edits you'll definetly enjoy the longer 12" versions. Also, don't sleep on the extended or remixed Asides. Theres alot of Gold(no Prince title pun inteaded) to mine though with those. Enjoy ! You have a lot of excellent music to enjoy.

Peace

Big Chick

"Security Ensuring Thee"

Alexia de Paris

SuperSoulFighter said:

Ohmygod, Riocoolness, I feel so sorry 4 U that you had to hear LaLaLaHeHeHee on that Hits CD. That means you never heared the full 10 minute version?! Or the full version of Scarlet Pussy? You should beg, borrow or steal some of those old 12" records. Prince at his freaking BEST!!!

Wait? THERES MORE ? u mean theres like a 10 minute veresion of lalalahehehee? wtf? i don't have vinyl lol. . are there an cds i can get where i could find these versions?

riocoolnes said:

It's just hard for me to imagine that these songs weren't placed on any albums given their awesomeness.

In an alternate universe, the B-Sides were never B-Sides. This is my alternate universe, where Prince's career is exactly the same from 1978-1984, except that the B-Sides were album tracks from the current album or previous albums. The best B-Sides would be saved for future albums, and the lesser quality ones would have been on Huge Outtake releases. My 1987 album release for him as his "Manager" would be the Purple Rain follow up, and I've taken this from a project I've been working on...and I think I posted this somewhere else on this site, and nearly everybody hated it. Even though with a major album release every 3 years, his image stays fresh and in demand, instead of over saturating the market...and this album would be:

CD 1: 67:24
Crystal Ball 1028
Sign "O" The Times – 4:57
Play in the Sunshine – 5:05
U Got the Look – 3:47
If I Was Your Girlfriend – 5:01
Strange Relationship – 4:01
Kiss 3:46
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man 6:29
Around the World in a Day 3:28
Paisley Park 4:42
Condition of the Heart 6:48
Girls & Boys 5:29
Life Can Be So Nice 3:13

CD 2: 69:18
Erotic City 7:24
Irresistible Bitch 4:12
17 Days 3:55
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? 3:51
Another Lonely Christmas 4:52
Housequake 4:42
Dream Factory 2:38
Train 4:19
Rockhard In A Funky Place 4:30
Witness 4 The Prosecution 3:58
She's Always in My Hair 3:27
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker 4:01
In A Large Room With No Light 3:15
Starfish and Coffee 2:50
Slow Love 4:22
Forever in My Life 3:30
Old Friends 4 Sale 3:32

riocoolnes said:

And are there any Bsides that are not on the collection that i should check out?

There are maybe a dozen or more extended, long version B-sides

Some have never appeared on official cd

*10 tracks on the B-Sides cd are edits

[Edited 1/24/13 21:49pm]

Make sure you DON'T listen to Another Lonely Christmas until you're listening to the 12" version... that 7" edit is the most painful butcher-job of them all!

The best B-side that is strangeley absent from that set is Alexa De Paris (as is its A-Side, Mountains).

I sure do envy you, hearing this stuff for the first time!

[Edited 1/25/13 7:03am]

riocoolnes said:

SuperSoulFighter said:

Ohmygod, Riocoolness, I feel so sorry 4 U that you had to hear LaLaLaHeHeHee on that Hits CD. That means you never heared the full 10 minute version?! Or the full version of Scarlet Pussy? You should beg, borrow or steal some of those old 12" records. Prince at his freaking BEST!!!

Wait? THERES MORE ? u mean theres like a 10 minute veresion of lalalahehehee? wtf? i don't have vinyl lol. . are there an cds i can get where i could find these versions?

1980's

1.) Alexis de Paris (not included on the Bsides Hits)

2.) God (the Love Theme) instrumental

2.) Erotic City (extended)

3.) Another Lonely Christmas (extended)

4.) She's Always In My Hair (extended) 6:28

5.) Girl (extended)

6.) Hello (extended) 6:22

7.) Love or Money (extended) 6:51

8.) La La La He He Hee (extended) 10:47

9.) Shockadelica (long stroke) 6:11

10.) Scarlet Pussy (extended) 6:00

a.) Sexy Dancer (extended) 8:51

b.) Let's Work (extended)

c.) Drive Me Wild (extended)

d.) Paisley Park (extended)

e.) Raspberry Beret (extended) 6:42

f.) America (extended) 21:47

g.) Pop Life (extended) 9:07

h.) Mountains (extended)

i.) Anotherloverholenyohead (extended)

j.) Kiss (extended) 7:16

k.) Housequake 7:48

l.) U Got the Look (non -fade) 4:17

m.) Feel U Up 6:41

BigChick said:

Personally, my favorite B-sides (A sides as well) come from the "Around the World in a Day" album. I'm a fan of all of them but that's the group that I listen to the most. My other fav's would be "Irrestible Bitch", "Shockadelica", "17 Days", "Erotic City", "Scarlet Pussy" and "La,La, He, He". . You should do yourself a favor( no prince title pun inteaded) and seek out all the 12 inch vinyl releases from "Lets Work" to "Hot Thing" and the Lovesexy cd singles through the "Gett Off" cd singles. 90% of the bsides on the Hits are edits and if you enjoy the edits you'll definetly enjoy the longer 12" versions. Also, don't sleep on the extended or remixed Asides. Theres alot of Gold(no Prince title pun inteaded) to mine though with those. Enjoy ! You have a lot of excellent music to enjoy.

Peace

Big Chick

"Security Ensuring Thee"

ATWIAD (B sides) took a Prince album project to another level

riocoolnes said:

So, Over the past month i decided to listen to some Bsides something i'd never really done before. SO i started off with The Hits/Bsides. It's probably one of my favorite discs and for the general population who b ough the collection probably just skipped over it. I'm 18 so this was the first time i was hearing any of these Bsides except for the classic Erotic City. I really dig la la la hee, scarlet pussy, irresistable bitch, she's always, feel u up, i love u in me, how come u don't call me anymore, and 17 days(and erotic city). The rest to me seems faily dececnt. It's just hard for me to imagine that these songs weren't placed on any albums given their awesomeness. U'd think they'd be alot crappier or more expiremental however they are some of his best work.

My question to u guys is if u had to rank the bsides on the greatest hits collection like a studio Prince album release where would u rank it? And are there any Bsides that are not on the collection that i should check out?

1. sign 2. PR 3. 1999 4. Bsides 5. Dirty Mind

In most cases as far as the 1980's B sides, they had nothing to do with quality, I think it was just more about how it did/did not configure with the rest of the album and space

I think ATWIAD has the best and all of them could have worked 100% within the album

Purple Rain, the Bsides weren't featured in the movie so I understand them not being on the album/soundtrack, but outtakes like Possessed, God the love theme were in the movie

Parade was different, because it featured Bside and touches of outtakes in the film

after 1986 the amount per album dropped off

OldFriends4Sale said:

after 1986 the amount per album dropped off

I remember being slightly disappointed to see that the ICNTTPOYM single didn't have a brand-new song on the back. Especially considering everything that was going on at the time. Although come to think of it, Anotherlover was maybe the first offender in that category...

eyewishuheaven said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

after 1986 the amount per album dropped off

I remember being slightly disappointed to see that the ICNTTPOYM single didn't have a brand-new song on the back. Especially considering everything that was going on at the time. Although come to think of it, Anotherlover was maybe the first offender in that category...

True,

For Parade, it really didn't make sense 4 him not to release a 3rd B side, with all the outtakes from that album

Sign o the Times, it seems he didn't want to pull from any more DFactory cuts, the 2 B sides were unrelated cuts, He definately should have had a 3rd, but before the year was done yet the Black album was ready to go, I wonder if he didn't create another B side for SOTT because he was just ready for the period to be over and move on since he couldn't have his way with the Crystal Ball set

Lovesexy is another, that you can see the drop off, because Scarlett Pussy (which in my opinion sound like it could have been a SOTT piece (Sheila E 4th album outtake) feels like Shockadelica & La La La He He Hee.

I like Escape but a few other outtakes/Bsides would have been nice for that album. In my opinion a lot of those Batman songs/outtakes were already created probably during the Lovesexy period so he could have set out a few more B sides.

fabriziovenerandi said:

Alexia de Paris

An underrated gem for sure!

My LEAST favorite B-side (the turning point in his music IMO) is '200 Balloons'.

I have NEVER liked that song.

PurpleJedi said:

My LEAST favorite B-side (the turning point in his music IMO) is '200 Balloons'.

I have NEVER liked that song.

Totally agreed . thank god for batdance!!!!

My mind has been blown lol. wen i got the hits collection i thought i would not need to import controversy from the cd controversy and then i found out it's shorter on the hits version lol i got pissed. Btw just random questions how many other artists in general released bsides?

OldFriends4Sale said:

riocoolnes said:

Wait? THERES MORE ? u mean theres like a 10 minute veresion of lalalahehehee? wtf? i don't have vinyl lol. . are there an cds i can get where i could find these versions?

1980's

1.) Alexis de Paris (not included on the Bsides Hits)

2.) God (the Love Theme) instrumental

2.) Erotic City (extended)

3.) Another Lonely Christmas (extended)

4.) She's Always In My Hair (extended) 6:28

5.) Girl (extended)

6.) Hello (extended) 6:22

7.) Love or Money (extended) 6:51

8.) La La La He He Hee (extended) 10:47

9.) Shockadelica (long stroke) 6:11

10.) Scarlet Pussy (extended) 6:00

a.) Sexy Dancer (extended) 8:51

b.) Let's Work (extended)

c.) Drive Me Wild (extended)

d.) Paisley Park (extended)

e.) Raspberry Beret (extended) 6:42

f.) America (extended) 21:47

g.) Pop Life (extended) 9:07

h.) Mountains (extended)

i.) Anotherloverholenyohead (extended)

j.) Kiss (extended) 7:16

k.) Housequake 7:48

l.) U Got the Look (non -fade) 4:17

m.) Feel U Up 6:41

These 80s tracks are also essential:

Alphabet St. (This Is Not Music, This Is A Trip)

I Wish U Heaven (Pt 1, 2 & 3)

The Scandalous Sex Suite

Sex

Partyman (the Purple Party Mix) + 2 others

There's some cool stuff in the 90s too:

Get Off / The Lubricated Lady

Loveleft, Loveright

Horny Pony

Rock & Roll Is Alive

the entire Gett Off & Cream 12" singles

The Beautiful Experience

[Edited 1/25/13 11:37am]

[Edited 1/25/13 11:38am]

djThunderfunk said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

1980's

1.) Alexis de Paris (not included on the Bsides Hits)

2.) God (the Love Theme) instrumental

2.) Erotic City (extended)

3.) Another Lonely Christmas (extended)

4.) She's Always In My Hair (extended) 6:28

5.) Girl (extended)

6.) Hello (extended) 6:22

7.) Love or Money (extended) 6:51

8.) La La La He He Hee (extended) 10:47

9.) Shockadelica (long stroke) 6:11

10.) Scarlet Pussy (extended) 6:00

a.) Sexy Dancer (extended) 8:51

b.) Let's Work (extended)

c.) Drive Me Wild (extended)

d.) Paisley Park (extended)

e.) Raspberry Beret (extended) 6:42

f.) America (extended) 21:47

g.) Pop Life (extended) 9:07

h.) Mountains (extended)

i.) Anotherloverholenyohead (extended)

j.) Kiss (extended) 7:16

k.) Housequake 7:48

l.) U Got the Look (non -fade) 4:17

m.) Feel U Up 6:41

These 80s tracks are also essential:

Alphabet St. (This Is Not Music, This Is A Trip)

I Wish U Heaven (Pt 1, 2 & 3)

The Scandalous Sex Suite

Sex

Partyman (the Purple Party Mix) + 2 others

There's some cool stuff in the 90s too:

Get Off / The Lubricated Lady

Loveleft, Loveright

Horny Pony

Rock & Roll Is Alive

the entire Gett Off & Cream 12" singles

The Beautiful Experience

Yes, I was going by what I had on my work computer, brain is half functioning, I couldn't recall the Batman extensions outside of Feel U Up...

Hello (listening 2 it right now) is hot

riocoolnes said:

wen i got the hits collection i thought i would not need to import controversy from the cd controversy and then i found out it's shorter on the hits version lol i got pissed.

It's also slightly censored in the 7" version, I believe, as the word 'gay' appears to be clipped so short you can barely make it out (which, if true, is ridiculous, since it doesn't exactly take a poetry professor to see where that particular rhyme was going). Anybody feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on that one, though...

riocoolnes said:

So, Over the past month i decided to listen to some Bsides something i'd never really done before. SO i started off with The Hits/Bsides. It's probably one of my favorite discs and for the general population who b ough the collection probably just skipped over it. I'm 18 so this was the first time i was hearing any of these Bsides except for the classic Erotic City. I really dig la la la hee, scarlet pussy, irresistable bitch, she's always, feel u up, i love u in me, how come u don't call me anymore, and 17 days(and erotic city). The rest to me seems faily dececnt. It's just hard for me to imagine that these songs weren't placed on any albums given their awesomeness. U'd think they'd be alot crappier or more expiremental however they are some of his best work.

My question to u guys is if u had to rank the bsides on the greatest hits collection like a studio Prince album release where would u rank it? And are there any Bsides that are not on the collection that i should check out?

1. sign 2. PR 3. 1999 4. Bsides 5. Dirty Mind

wait til you hear the extended versions of some of these.

really some of his best work. and a fantastic collection, even as is.

PurpleJedi said:

My LEAST favorite B-side (the turning point in his music IMO) is '200 Balloons'.

I have NEVER liked that song.

Leave.. Now.

FunkyStrange said:

PurpleJedi said:

My LEAST favorite B-side (the turning point in his music IMO) is '200 Balloons'.

I have NEVER liked that song.

Leave.. Now.

PurpleJedi said:

My LEAST favorite B-side (the turning point in his music IMO) is '200 Balloons'.

I have NEVER liked that song.

I'm not crazy about it either. It's alright, but hasn't done much for me since the first 2 or 3 times I heard it.

errant said:

PurpleJedi said:

My LEAST favorite B-side (the turning point in his music IMO) is '200 Balloons'.

I have NEVER liked that song.

I'm not crazy about it either. It's alright, but hasn't done much for me since the first 2 or 3 times I heard it.

Funny enough...up until then, my least favorite had been "La la la, hee hee hee" ...but that one grew on my and I like it. In contrast, "200 Balloons" irks me as much now as it did the first time I heard it.

PurpleJedi said:

Funny enough...up until then, my least favorite had been "La la la, hee hee hee"

FragileUndertow said:

PurpleJedi said:

Funny enough...up until then, my least favorite had been "La la la, hee hee hee"

fabriziovenerandi said:

Alexia de Paris

Dont forget the Extended Version was released on cd single

OldFriends4Sale said:

riocoolnes said:

Wait? THERES MORE ? u mean theres like a 10 minute veresion of lalalahehehee? wtf? i don't have vinyl lol. . are there an cds i can get where i could find these versions?

1980's

1.) Alexis de Paris (not included on the Bsides Hits)

2.) God (the Love Theme) instrumental

2.) Erotic City (extended)

3.) Another Lonely Christmas (extended)

4.) She's Always In My Hair (extended) 6:28

5.) Girl (extended)

6.) Hello (extended) 6:22

7.) Love or Money (extended) 6:51

8.) La La La He He Hee (extended) 10:47

9.) Shockadelica (long stroke) 6:11

10.) Scarlet Pussy (extended) 6:00

a.) Sexy Dancer (extended) 8:51

b.) Let's Work (extended)

c.) Drive Me Wild (extended)

d.) Paisley Park (extended)

e.) Raspberry Beret (extended) 6:42

f.) America (extended) 21:47

g.) Pop Life (extended) 9:07

h.) Mountains (extended)

i.) Anotherloverholenyohead (extended)

j.) Kiss (extended) 7:16

k.) Housequake 7:48

l.) U Got the Look (non -fade) 4:17

m.) Feel U Up 6:41

Questions:

What is this list you're posting? It's certainly not complete.

U Got The Look (non-fade).... what?