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Controversy song appreciation this is one funky jam that never once gets boring, who else loves it? | |
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Love it still the addition of the Our Father prayer added a level of danger to this opening somehow | |
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This is one of my all time favorite Prince songs. I could hear the main part of the song over and over for ten hours straight! | |
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I agree it never gets boring. It also has a nostalgic / good ol days / classic Prince kind of feel for me. | |
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Especially live this funky song is great! i love the version he did on the French Le grand journal show (check Prince canal Paris )a few years ago...with the heavy guitar Love4oneanother | |
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Paisley4u said:Especially live this funky song is great! i love the version he did on the French Le grand journal show (check Prince canal Paris )a few years ago...with the heavy guitar I love this song "What's the hurry 2 die without tryin?
If u could sell ur worries would anyone buy'em?" | |
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Co sign, its one of the prime reasons I am a Prince fan, this jam has it all, funk, bass, chicken scratch guitar, ass humping grooves, cool lyrics, falsetto and the Lords Prayer.
One of his first truly epic songs and now its 32 years old, it still does not sound dated. Why else does he play it most tours and shows and use this song as an opener.
Because its a classic!
Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name | |
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of course I love Controversy, it's a classic.. timeless. Prince 4Ever. | |
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When controversy hit australia way back when, I had never heard of prince .. I've been devoted ever since .. very profound effect on such a young boy and then you realize the lyrics which opened my mind and my potential .. and that funking beat and sharp keyboards drove me crazy .. still love it .. some people tell me I got great legs | |
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It has really held up well after all these years - one of the songs that defines what Prince's music is about. | |
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Where is Rdhull? | |
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Absolutely love it. He put the themes, and questions out there. I do love this sound and time period.
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Oh Yes, have to comment on this, "Controversy" just comes at you with full steam ahead and it just kicks ass all the way to the very end.......Just heard it yesterday on the radio and cranked it all the way up rolling down 680. My son also loves this song, he's only 20, but the first time he heard it about 3 or 4 years ago, I was playing the LP and he came running outta his room and was like "I can't believe he's saying "count your pussy"....well anyway he knows better now and still just loves this song almost as much as I do?..........
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It is what we call 'timeless classic'.
No one can create a song so good, that it still sounds fresh and new 32 years later.
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A PUNK PROPHET OF SEXUAL ANARCHY
I'm still frightened of Prince allured by the promise, alarmed by the chintzy crud of his live routine, partially assuaged by this new "Controversy". -NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS November 14, 1981
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Released September 2, 1981
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great info, you're a terrefic poster. Thanks. | |||
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This is hands down one of my top Prince songs and I hear something new every time I hear it and my favorite lines are probably going to be my signature line...
I can't understand human curiosity (Controversy) Was it good 4 U? Was I what U wanted me 2 be? (Controversy)
Summarizes a plethora of issues for me into one concise view point...so love Prince's insight. It's as if he knew me and wrote these lines just with me in mind. ...from the funk filled intro to the intropective body and the thoughts of personal emancipation & freedom to his last question, notes and the banging musical arrangement this song just does it for me...so appreciate this man's gifts Was it good 4 U?
Was I what U wanted me 2 B? If it's not alright...it will B Because...even when I lose...I win | |
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Am I black or white? Black. Am I straight or gay? Straight. Do I believe in me? Yes. Was I what you wanted me to be? Yes. Does your daddy cry? Yes. Do I believe in me? Yes. | |
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