Any love for this song? I never understood the negativity towards this musical gem.

I've never understood why this song is so hated too. I like it, it's not really one I skip a lot.

It's a little cheesy, but so is a lot of the stuff that I groove to. LOVE IT!

A masterpiece. One of my favorite Prince ballads of all time, a sweet and catchy love song with amazing vocals and a classic ending. @org... fight me

I love Arms of Orion. To me the Arms of Orion are a reminder to lovers far from each other that their love will sustain them no matter how far away they are. "I'm drowning in a sea of tranquility" means that even though this separation is killing me I will be okay. The music may be sappy but the lyrics aren't. Having served in the military and been away from my loved ones I really connect with this song. Arms of Orion 4 life son! I love Lemon Crush as well, not one bad song on this album. Trust and Scandalous are the best songs here for sure. I have it ranked 17th best Prince album of all time.
Score:8/10

I like it

CharismaDove said:

A masterpiece. One of my favorite Prince ballads of all time, a sweet and catchy love song with amazing vocals and a classic ending. @org... fight me

It's a "quiet storm' "MasterPiece"!!

The lyrics are terrible. The music doesn't bother me, but the lyrics can eat a dick. Lyrically it's only slightly less cheesy than Grafitti Bridge the song. There are actually people out there who think Grafitti Bridge is a good song, so whatever floats your boat.

I have a question for KCOOLMUZIQ: Is there anything Prince has ever done/written that you do NOT like? It doesn't seem like it.

why waste time talking about this....

Love it!

Love it

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

CharismaDove said:

A masterpiece. One of my favorite Prince ballads of all time, a sweet and catchy love song with amazing vocals and a classic ending. @org... fight me

It's a "quiet storm' "MasterPiece"!!

Agreed. It's beautiful, musically, vocally, and lyrically. It may sound 'Disney', but I like how he went out and did something a little different than what he usually does. I've heard both this song and the classic B-Side "I Love U in Me" were inspired by Richard Marx... not sure if it's true though.

mikeyaddict said:

Was there a video for this? Can't remember seeing or having heard of it. It was a picture disc in the UK wasn't it?

I was always baffled why this song never had a video. Regardless of what orgers think about it, the song had a lot of commercial appeal and deserved a video if it was already a single. A relatively simple video with him and Sheena singing the song on a stage to each other... he was sexy as hell in 1989 with the long hair so the video would have worked .Some of his best singles never had videos.

CharismaDove said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

It's a "quiet storm' "MasterPiece"!!

Agreed. It's beautiful, musically, vocally, and lyrically. It may sound 'Disney', but I like how he went out and did something a little different than what he usually does. I've heard both this song and the classic B-Side "I Love U in Me" were inspired by Richard Marx... not sure if it's true though.

They played it ALL the time on the quiet storm stations. So it did pretty well, despite what others say on here.

steakfinger said:

The lyrics are terrible. The music doesn't bother me, but the lyrics can eat a dick. Lyrically it's only slightly less cheesy than Grafitti Bridge the song. There are actually people out there who think Grafitti Bridge is a good song, so whatever floats your boat.

Interestingly,Sheena Easton wrote all the lyrics.She presented the lyrics to Prince and he created the music.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

CharismaDove said:

agreed It's beautiful, musically, vocally, and lyrically. It may sound 'Disney', but I like how he went out and did something a little different than what he usually does. I've heard both this song and the classic B-Side "I Love U in Me" were inspired by Richard Marx... not sure if it's true though.

They played it ALL the time on the quiet storm stations. So it did pretty well, despite what others say on here.

If it had a video, it could have been a top-ten single imo.

CharismaDove said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

They played it ALL the time on the quiet storm stations. So it did pretty well, despite what others say on here.

If it had a video, it could have been a top-ten single imo.

True! But had already done 3 videos 4 the MEGA successful Batman project. U know how he gets bored with an album quickly. "Purple Rain" could have been more successful than "Thriller"! If would'have agreed to three more singles & a world tour.

Mj would have been pissed...

Recently saw Sheena in an episode of Highlander with Adrian Paul, on the Horror channel. So many cool people have guest starred in that TV series including Vanity, Joan Jett, Martin Kemp and Traci Lords. Sheena should have done some more acting. I also saw her in an episode of the Outer Limits where she played a singer. It was a standout performance.

You don't understand the negativity?

When 2 R in Love got close with its flirting with syrup and marshmallows. But it was only flirting, never actually poured the whole bottle -- just a dash here and there.

But with Arms of Orion, not only did the whole bottle of Aunt Jemimah gOt poured, along with miniature, multi-coloured mini-marshmallows, but then Prince just had to open a bottle of liquid chocolate to pour it all over the song -- along with shavings of frozen honey + assorted licorice and jellybeans.

It's the first Prince song where you can really muse about a warning for the diabetics. Heaps of sugar drowned in syrups of various kinds and half a candy store -- stuffed into a blender... and served.

This is why the Arms of Orion sucks.

it does -- it really does -- and always will- SUCK.

[Edited 5/18/15 14:44pm]

Aerogram said:

CharismaDove said:

mikeyaddict said:

Was there a video for this? Can't remember seeing or having heard of it. It was a picture disc in the UK wasn't it?

I was always baffled why this song never had a video. Regardless of what orgers think about it, the song had a lot of commercial appeal and deserved a video if it was already a single. A relatively simple video with him and Sheena singing the song on a stage to each other... he was sexy as hell in 1989 with the long hair so the video would have worked .Some of his best singles never had videos.

it had one of those compilation scene videos..i think only shown in europe

jungleluv said:

Recently saw Sheena in an episode of Highlander with Adrian Paul, on the Horror channel. So many cool people have guest starred in that TV series including Vanity, Joan Jett, Martin Kemp and Traci Lords. Sheena should have done some more acting. I also saw her in an episode of the Outer Limits where she played a singer. It was a standout performance.

I always thought she would have been perfect for the Mary role in 'Under The Cherry Moon'

SoulAlive said:

jungleluv said:

Recently saw Sheena in an episode of Highlander with Adrian Paul, on the Horror channel. So many cool people have guest starred in that TV series including Vanity, Joan Jett, Martin Kemp and Traci Lords. Sheena should have done some more acting. I also saw her in an episode of the Outer Limits where she played a singer. It was a standout performance.

I always thought she would have been perfect for the Mary role in 'Under The Cherry Moon'

She was in a couple of episodes of Miami Vice..

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

CharismaDove said:

If it had a video, it could have been a top-ten single imo.

True! But had already done 3 videos 4 the MEGA successful Batman project. U know how he gets bored with an album quickly. "Purple Rain" could have been more successful than "Thriller"! If would'have agreed to three more singles & a world tour.

Mj would have been pissed...

Good point. I guess it's easier to envision a music video in your head and wonder why it wasn't made than to actually spend money making one

But personally, I think it deserved one in place of Scandalous. I LOVE that song, especially the full suite, but it didn't need a video because it had very little chart potential (outside of the R&B chart). Orion deserved the video, imo. But oh well.

I don't really know about Prince outselling MJ, though. If extremely marketable albums with amazing promotion and multiple singles like half of Madonna and Mariah Carey's records, as well as huge albums by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zep, and Garth Brooks ALL weren't able to outsell Thriller or even really get close, then Prince with his shenanigans, shitty promotion, and questionable choices wouldn't even come close

BUT, if he participated in WATW (which in turn wouldn't have made his rep take a nosedive), and milked Purple Rain's music and hype until at least 1986, I think it might have sold an additional 10 million.