Hey guys, I believe in Christ and just had a friend dedicate his life to Christ and was wanting to put together a disc of good Prince spiritual songs. I'm no saint, but would like to help my friend and I think Prince has a good collection of songs that would edify and motivate him. Please help me come up with a disc to share with him. Thanks.

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8up said:

Hey guys, I believe in Christ and just had a friend dedicate his life to Christ and was wanting to put together a disc of good Prince spiritual songs. I'm no saint, but would like to help my friend and I think Prince has a good collection of songs that would edify and motivate him. Please help me come up with a disc to share with him. Thanks.

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God

4 The Tears In Ur Eyes

The Cross

The Love We Make

I Would Die 4 U

Everywere

The Last December

Beautiful, loved and blessed

Elephant and Flowers

I Wish U Heaven

Eye No

Optimus2 said:

8up said:

Hey guys, I believe in Christ and just had a friend dedicate his life to Christ and was wanting to put together a disc of good Prince spiritual songs. I'm no saint, but would like to help my friend and I think Prince has a good collection of songs that would edify and motivate him. Please help me come up with a disc to share with him. Thanks.

[Edited 5/15/13 18:16pm]

God

4 The Tears In Ur Eyes

The Cross

The Love We Make

I Would Die 4 U

Everywere

The Last December

Beautiful, loved and blessed

Elephant and Flowers

I Wish U Heaven

Eye No

I want to thank you for taking the time it took to make that lists because I love it. Again, thanks Optimus. Good stuff.

Sorry, but I want to get this out tomorrow, so I made this quick compiltation..

1. God

2. Anne Stesia

3. Eye Know

4. And God Created Woman

5. I Wish U Heaven

6. The Ladder

7. The Everlasting Now

8. Last December

9. The Holy River

10. The Word

11. The Lion of Judah

12. 4 The Tears In Your Eyes

Everywhere is another good choice along with the The Love We Make and The Cross. (How could I miss The Cross?) Think I'll redo it and put on The Cross...dumb me.

"Future Soul Song" I absolutely love, love this song!

SpiritOtter said:

Dolphin

I do like that song, but I'm not sure it's a Christian message. I do agree with the idea of karma, but the concept of "you reap what you sow" is more in keeping with the idea as oppossed to reincarnation. But thanks for the suggestion.

8up said:

SpiritOtter said:

Dolphin

I do like that song, but I'm not sure it's a Christian message. I do agree with the idea of karma, but the concept of "you reap what you sow" is more in keeping with the idea as oppossed to reincarnation. But thanks for the suggestion.

Ah, sorry, 8up, I misread the part where you wished for the songs to be Christian per se in message. Yes, Dolphin is more akin to more Eastern spirituality. How about the songs, Controversy and The Rainbow Children, perhaps as an extended opening or closing or bonus track? They are a little different to your usual "religious" song, I know, but quite funky nonetheless.

Spirit

Also, although not a Prince-penned track, Emancipation greatly benefitted from his cover of "One of Us".

Spirit

"The Love we Make" is an awesome song........very spiritual!

I find the songs in which spirituality is related to personal suffering and strength very interesting. Actually, that's the main side of spirituality in my opinion. Like someone said, religion is for those who believe in hell; spirituality is for those who have been there and who have escaped it or are trying to do it.

Prince reflects it powerfully in "Still Would Stand All Time", "Love... Thy Will Be Done" and "Lion Of Judah", for example.

Prince is one of the best composers of spiritual music of the last decades, something that is usually forgotten when only his sexual lyrics and attitudes are underlined.

Javi said:

I find the songs in which spirituality is related to personal suffering and strength very interesting. Actually, that's the main side of spirituality in my opinion. Like someone said, religion is for those who believe in hell; spirituality is for those who have been there and who have escaped it or are trying to do it.

Prince reflects it powerfully in "Still Would Stand All Time", "Love... Thy Will Be Done" and "Lion Of Judah", for example.

Prince is one of the best composers of spiritual music of the last decades, something that is usually forgotten when only his sexual lyrics and attitudes are underlined.

Thank you much for sharing and I agree with you. I love the struggle Prince has with this issue just like most who contemplate the afterlife. As a kid and I heard Controversy (around 1982) I was blown away by the Lord's prayer ( I still say the extra "for ever and ever amen" although it's not in the Bible when I say that prayer.) Again, thanks.

I like pretty much all his spiritual songs

god

dance electric

4 the tears in your eyes

the ladder

the cross

anna stesia

i wish u heaven

elephants and flowers

still would stand all time

love thy will be done

gold

into the light

the holy river

one of us

the love we make

strays of the world

welcome 2 the dawn

everywhere

last december

the word

lion of judah

colonized mind

future soul song

jillybean said:

Love, Thy Will Be Done is my very favorite. I know there's a Prince lead vocal version out there. I've never heard it but Martika's and Sonny T's are good. I prefer Martika's. Still Would Stand All Time is my second fave. My father hates Prince. Thinks he's a nasty freak who makes devil's music. One day, I put on Graffiti Bridge, and when SWSAT came on, my dad said, "what are you listening to? That is beautiful." What a nice gift for your friend!!

Prince has different sides, he certainly is (or was) a nasty freak who makes devil's music, but he is other things too, particularly a fantastic composer of spiritual music, but that isn't attractive to the mainstream and to a great part of the music buying public (and even to a part of his own fans), so that facet remains unknown to many.

timmie said:

god

dance electric

4 the tears in your eyes

the ladder

the cross

anna stesia

i wish u heaven

elephants and flowers

still would stand all time

love thy will be done

gold

into the light

the holy river

one of us

the love we make

strays of the world

welcome 2 the dawn

everywhere

last december

the word

lion of judah

colonized mind

future soul song

You put some work into this list and it's a great album. On my way to track it now. Thanks so much. I think Prince is so honest in his God songs unlike most Christian songs which never touch the evil part of humanity. It's been a long time since I've listened to Still Would Stand All Time and can't actually remember the lyrics. Graffiti Bridge music A+, movie D- . The live version of 4 the Tears In Your Eyes seems to be better than the studio version, is that the one on your list. I would also include I Know and The Everlasting Now. Don't you like those songs?