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There are so many good ones. I already have to change my answer: Erotic City How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore Love or $ "Love & honesty, peace & harmony" | |
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I love u in me...deserves a mention..but feel u up..long stroke...is my pick... | |
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I guess for me itsba toss up between shockadelica...its funky, fun, danceable, funny, sexy, perverse....its like all of the above... She'll make ya beg. ....and How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore. Great songwriting totally unconventional for the time period. Piano...check. bass drum...check. Xpress record and....GO. .....and United States of Division. Really...it doesn't get much better than this.....   ...aw hell I can't maintain....this song is as terrible as shockadelica is good. A true low point of a very good musicology period. | |
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Funny how everyone's picks are from the eighties. Makes you realise that decade was a golden age of b-sides and the output since has dwindled and died. | |
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Particularly since digital music makes b-sides obsolete and antiquated. | |
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Power Fantastic or 17 Days. | |
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BobGeorge909 said: I guess for me itsba toss up between shockadelica...its funky, fun, danceable, funny, sexy, perverse....its like all of the above... She'll make ya beg. ....and How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore. Great songwriting totally unconventional for the time period. Piano...check. bass drum...check. Xpress record and....GO. .....and United States of Division. Really...it doesn't get much better than this..... ...aw hell I can't maintain....this song is as terrible as shockadelica is good. A true low point of a very good musicology period.Ouch! I thought USoD was one of the best songs of the era. Sadly, I haven't listened to it in years because the only copy I have is on an old laptop. "Love & honesty, peace & harmony" | |
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Scarlet Pussy Feel u up Hello - Fresh Dance Mix Violet the Organ Grinder Another Lonely Christmas
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La, La, La, He, He, Hee (highly explosive) Shockadelica She's Always In My Hair
and I would say that Girl is up there too. From the first spin I thought it was very cool. "Hyperactive when I was small, Hyperactive now I'm grown, Hyperactive 'till I'm dead and gone"
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You just need to add 17 Days and you have a perfect list. Honourable mention to She's Always In My Hair, of course.
I also love Power Fantastic, but it wasn't actually a b-side even though it was included on the b-sides collection. Obviously, Prince knew it was dynamite and just wanted to get it out there one way or another. [Edited 12/27/13 4:11am] “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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Seventeen Days....and seventeen long nights...
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Based on number of plays, my list might look like--
1. Feel U Up (Long Stroke) 2. Erotic City (Dance Mix) 3. 17 Days 4. Hello (Extended Remix)
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WOW, never an easy question
Irresistable Bitch Love or $ Hello (extended) . . Erotic City Girl (extended) Alexis de Paris
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17 Days. The elastic bass line, the warm swells of keyboard, the light reggae rhythm guitar...it's not just my favorite b-side but one of my three or so favorite Prince songs in general. Of course Erotic City and She's Always In My Hair are great too.
My fave of the 90s is Violet the Organ Grinder, and my favorite of the 2000s is Magnificent. [Edited 12/27/13 5:48am] |
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cosign that | |
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Dogsinthetrees said: In alphabetical order:
La La La, He, He, Hee Scarlet Pussy Shockadelica
The LONG versions. That would be my top 3 as well. I also like She's Always in My Hair, but in that case, the longer version isn't better. It's those funk jams that work best when they're longer. A 3 minute pop song, however, doesn't improve when you make it 6 minutes. | |
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thedoorkeeper said: Funny how everyone's picks are from the eighties. Makes you realise that decade was a golden age of b-sides and the output since has dwindled and died. That's just because there's no more vinyl/CD singles these days. When Prince (or any other musician) just releases the occasional song on the net, there is no "A" or "B" sides. Having said that, I think Da Bourgeoisie is as much fun as those old b-sides. [Edited 12/28/13 9:20am] [Edited 12/28/13 9:26am] | |
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Agree with so many of these but surprised no one has mentioned I Wish U heaven pts 1,2 and 3 Remember putting that on my record player for the first time in high school and getting to the end of the traditional version and thinking this is just going to be 7 more minutes of strings and falsetto then came two dramatically different takes on the song. "Take this beat. I don't mind. Got plenty of others. They so fine." | |
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^I love that one too, but it's the A side! 
(on the 12" anyway.) [Edited 12/28/13 9:34am] | |
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She's Always in My Hair 17 Days, How Come U Don't Call Me, Alexa De Paris, God (instrumental) |
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[Edited 1/1/14 21:44pm] Goodnight, sweet Prince. | |
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Impossible 2 choose just one, I'm afraid, so I'll give U my top 5....
1. Erotic City 2. La,la,la,hee,hee,hee 3. 17 days 4. She's always in my hair 5. This is not music, this is a trip | |
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This one: | |
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. This is definitely my favorite B-side. I listened to this OVER and OVER and OVER back in the day. Hell, now that it's been planted in my purple brain, I'll probably throw it on when I get home. |
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Absolutely disgusting. This is what stopped Prince from being more popular. “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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What's the big deal with la la la, hee hee hee? It's funky, but I always saw it as pretty disposable.
P.S. Just listened to some b-sides the other day and I think SAIMH might have the edge over 17 Days which is maybe a bit too poppy in comparison. It's close though. [Edited 12/30/13 10:09am] “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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God - Incredible vocal performance. He's feeling something. She's Always In My Hair - Should have been on Around the World in A Day and a the first single. Erotic City - It became a hit anyway. I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think. |
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17 Days...the groove is so hypnotic! The best Prince B-side of all. | |
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