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Piano, Guitar, and Vocals... Which song... :
would you say displays the utmost talent in Prince's:
Try to name one song per skill, and why you feel it's his best display of that particular talent. Also, if you think there is a song that he has written and performed that diplays all of the above. : | |
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Vocals - christopher tracy's parade
Guitar - Rave Version of "She's Always In My Hair" Piano - Alexa de Paris Composer - Shy | |
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Vocals:One Song Each off the Top of My Head:"Adore".piano:I'd say"When Doves Cry" dig those Runs in the Song alot.Guitar"Bambi".All-Around Songs that Showcase it all"Crystal Ball".as the Composer with all things coming together"Lady Cab Driver". mistermaxxx | |
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Vocals--> "For You"
Piano Skills--> "Under The Cherry Moon" Guitar Skills--> "The Undertaker" or "Computer Blue" Composer Highlights--> "Soft and Wet" or "The Love We Make" Tina (~!~) | |
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LaVisHh said: :
would you say displays the utmost talent in Prince's:
Try to name one song per skill, and why you feel it's his best display of that particular talent. Also, if you think there is a song that he has written and performed that diplays all of the above. : Vocals: For You (the chords and harmony is amazing) Guitar Skills: Purple Rain-the Rave N2 The New Year Version (his feedback and wah-wah resonance was supurb) Piano Skills-Condition of the Heart (kinda like new-age classical music) Composer: Sign O The Times (just a very self-explanatory song that will never die...especially in this day in age) | |
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Vocals - Adore...nuff said!
Guitar - Joy In Repetition (It Aint Over NY version)...THAT'S the passion thats been missing far 2 long! Piano - One Nite Alone...one word-beautiful Composer - Sign O The Times...less is more | |
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NettieSmiles said: Piano Skills--> "Under The Cherry Moon"
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Vocals - A case of u (one nite alone album)
Guitar - Joy In Repetition (It Aint Over NY version) Piano - One Nite Alone Composer - Sign O The Times | |
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alexnevermind319 said: Vocals - christopher tracy's parade
Guitar - Rave Version of "She's Always In My Hair" Piano - Alexa de Paris Composer - Shy Alexa de Paris? Theres to much going on in that song for just a piano. I think you mean "Venus de Milo" | |
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LaVisHh said: :
would you say displays the utmost talent in Prince's:
Try to name one song per skill, and why you feel it's his best display of that particular talent. Also, if you think there is a song that he has written and performed that diplays all of the above. : off the top of my head... for GUITAR skills, look no further than the inventive, out-there, totally exciting lead-work on XPEDITION (last track of x-album). it's so good it makes me pee myself! i know he belts this kinda stuff out live (joy..., family name etc...) but as a recorded moment this one brings tears of joy to a grown mans eyes... COMPOSITIONAL skills, i do agree with the less is often more idea stated above, but sometimes big is great too - crystal ball is completely interesting and brilliant for 10 mins!!! loadsa great changes and playing... xenophobia is damn good too with loads of unusual changes and a nasty horn line... i also really dig forever in my life... VOCALS - adore... beautiful KEYS - i love you but i dont trust you anymore (which also has beautiful vox by P, and some nice guitar by ani di franco) | |
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vocals - adore
guitar - habibi or maybe rave small club piano - how come... just unique | |
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Piano: Under The Cherry Moon. Not per se his best playing
but whenever I think Prince and Piano in the same line I immediately hear that little flutter of keys he plays just as he mutters "and that's allright". That is so beautiful. Guitar: Joy In Repetition/Bambi from the Ona Tour. Just very very powerful. I like the way that guitar sounds as he plays it now. It sounds harder and more raw. Almost psychotic in places. It's harder than he ever played it. Composition: Crystal Ball, hands down. It's all there and it rocks funks jazzez gospels and bubbles with a ferocious stomp that makes you scared and delighted at the same time. I don't know who wrote the orchestration for the intro, if it was purely Clare Fisher's composition or wether it had some Princely influence, but that intro deserves a special mention here. Good god. Vocal: If I Was Your Girlfriend. Ok so the vocals are not his original ones and have been tampered with. But they are just so incredibly spaced out and deranged and they complement the song so incredibly well that I had to pick this one. And even these tampered vocals have different backingvox and change so dramatically toward the end. The final verses are spoken with such urgency and yearning it is simply incredible. Special mention for vocals goes to "Avalanche" which is an all-round brilliant piece of work. Great composition, great piano and amazing vocals. For me, Avalanche is the best song he did the last odd 7 or 8 years. What a performance! and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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Vocal-Adore
Guitar-The Ride (In Concert tv show version) Piano-How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore Composer-impossible to narrow down to just 1 | |
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Very nice posts... don't stop now!
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[*]Vocals - For You Album
[*]Guitar skills - When Doves Cry [*]Piano skills - One Nite Alone (Album!!!) [*]Ability as a Composer - Everything!!! Peace ... & Stay Funky ...
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Vocals - The Beautiful Ones (when he really starts screaming it sends shivvers down the back of my neck every time, such a contrast from the gentleness of his voice at the start of the song)
Guitar Skills - Batdance Piano Skills - How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore Composer - If I Was Your Girlfriend All-round - Question of U (and can I suggest another category - producer? I'd go for 'something in the water does not compute') ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Vocals - Avalanche (live or studio)... his voice is pure, flawless, stunning
Guitar skills - Q of U or Joy in Rep live... pretty much ANY version kicks ass, LOL Piano skills - When the Lights Go Down... feels improvised & loose, sounds SO good Ability as a Composer - Alexa de Paris... I just love how it's layered, the different places it goes, very nice All around - Adore... always a good choice, right? GREAT thread LaV | |
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wow...a very Difficult QUEStion...and a great one,too.
let's see... vocals:damn you (check out how effortlessly prince slides through the octaves on the part..."all i got to do is... psychedelic shouts..part on the last bridge...unbelievable vocal control!!!) piano:under the cherry moon (jazzy and TASTY. very SOLID. guitar:i could never take the place of your man (i can't explain it...every note just fits...nice tone,too) and one that showcases all fo his abilities? man...let me think about it for a bit longer... | |
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ok...here;s the rest of my picks
composer:beautiful ones (the album track he did everything) all around ability:beautiful ones again. | |
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Best Guitar - JiR, or maybe Last December
Best Vocal - Tambourine for it's vocal gymnastics, Avalanche for it's emotion and control, A Case of U ditto. Best Piano - The Max. Only joking, probably A Case of U. Composer - Pink Cashmere, Crystal Ball, or The Rainbow Children. All around - Pass, it's too difficult. Maybe Lovesexy. Kind of encapsulates his whole thang - sex, spirituality, funk, humour wildness. | |
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Guitar, Three Chains O' Gold.. -------------------------------------------------
MENACE TO SOBRIETY | |
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Vocal: Crucial
Guitar: Joy In Repetition (It ain't Over) Piano: Power Fantastic Composer: Calhoun Square, People Without, Pink Cashmere, Rainbow Children, The Ladder, too many to mention! 555-4444 you're on coffee talk. | |
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youngca said: wow...a very Difficult QUEStion...and a great one,too.
let's see... vocals:damn you (check out how effortlessly prince slides through the octaves on the part..."all i got to do is... psychedelic shouts..part on the last bridge...unbelievable vocal control!!!) Great choice!! | |
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vocals- Solo from Come just for the pain in his voice and the versatility in his range
guitar- Xpedition piano- Condition of the Heart composer- Avalanche, Everywhere, Love 2 the 9s, I Hate U, and tons from 1986... | |
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Any more? I'd really like to see if any of the songs presented set a trend... | |
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