Love the song and still to this day when I hear Prince sing those first notes my ears get happy So sad that such a lovely sounding song is hardly known Anyway, much love for the song and the music is great too.

I remember when this song came out in 1991

Love all 3 versions

I don't hate it but don't actively seek it out.

nursev said:

Love the song and still to this day when I hear Prince sing those first notes my ears get happy So sad that such a lovely sounding song is hardly known Anyway, much love for the song and the music is great too.

It's Nursey! I missed you!

Nursey, this is one of my favorite P songs, ever. I love it so much. He really worked his falsetto on Crucial, and I agree the music is great. It's a shame more people don't know about this song. It IS sad. Prince has so many hidden gems.

love, LOVE that song
prefer the version with the sax

FragileUndertow said:

I remember when this song came out in 1991

Love all 3 versions

oh during that time until about 95 I was doing my own thing and not following Prince lol-i gotta find those other two versions lol

TheEnglishGent said:

I don't hate it but don't actively seek it out.

its cool

MadamGoodnight said:

nursev said:

Love the song and still to this day when I hear Prince sing those first notes my ears get happy So sad that such a lovely sounding song is hardly known Anyway, much love for the song and the music is great too.

It's Nursey! I missed you!

Nursey, this is one of my favorite P songs, ever. I love it so much. He really worked his falsetto on Crucial, and I agree the music is great. It's a shame more people don't know about this song. It IS sad. Prince has so many hidden gems.

Goodie I missed u too yes his falsetto was killer on this one

nursev said:

oh during that time until about 95 I was doing my own thing and not following Prince lol-i gotta find those other two versions lol

There are 2 Unreleased versions

A Sax version

And a Guitar version <As i recall : Same as on Crystal Ball but un-edited

This has always been a favorite of mine. I was a bit disappointing when the edited version was released

FragileUndertow said:

nursev said:

oh during that time until about 95 I was doing my own thing and not following Prince lol-i gotta find those other two versions lol

There are 2 Unreleased versions

A Sax version

And a Guitar version <As i recall : Same as on Crystal Ball but un-edited

This has always been a favorite of mine. I was a bit disappointing when the edited version was released

Yes I remember now and a great orger let me hear them again-love the sax version.

Loved it since i first heard it in 1991

kae510 said:

Loved it since i first heard it in 1991

Same here.. but i was so disappointed when i heard the quality

Love it too, but I can't stand the mix on Crystal Ball. It would have been the weakest tune on SOTT though (behind It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night)

Dazza said:

KeithyT said:

It's all about the full unreleased guitar version for me. Ecstasy.

was there extra lyrics?

what if he were to have performed that on Billboard Awards?

he would probably make some new fans

instead he played FIXTHISCRAPPYSONGUP

3rdeyedude said:

bigd74 said:

Dazza said:

Love it too, but I can't stand the mix on Crystal Ball. It would have been the weakest tune on SOTT though (behind It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night)

Yeah plus we wouldn't have got Adore.

The sax version of Crucial is sublime, and it's arguably Eric Leeds' finest performance as a member of the Prince camp. I personally think Crucial is way better than Adore.

Optimus2 said:

KeithyT said:

It's all about the full unreleased guitar version for me. Ecstasy.

was there extra lyrics?

No I don't think so, just a longer guitar solo part to the outro (where the Crystal Ball released version fades out the unreleased one carries on), there might be some vocal ad-libbing right at the end? Anyone?

bluefish said:

bigd74 said:

Dazza said: Yeah plus we wouldn't have got Adore.

The sax version of Crucial is sublime, and it's arguably Eric Leeds' finest performance as a member of the Prince camp. I personally think Crucial is way better than Adore.

Yeah you'd better hide in that box for that comment!!!! Lol

It's too bad he and Miles never hammered out a studio version.