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Reply #30 posted 07/22/15 5:15am

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Rainbow Children or Digital Garden

almost Planet Earth

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Reply #31 posted 07/22/15 5:45am

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jdcxc said:

U Know

Not sure if serious or jesting.

RIP sad
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Reply #32 posted 07/22/15 6:17am

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bluegangsta said:

datdude said:

BECAUSE OF it's lyrics

Suggesting a child with no father has no one to learn respect from? Not only mocking evolution, but completely misunderstanding it?

And the line about a child with no mother having a hard time showing love is just completely wrong. My mom died when I was very small and I grew up motherless. I don't have a difficult time showing love at all.

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Reply #33 posted 07/22/15 6:23am

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Rainbow Children or Digital Garden

almost Planet Earth

eek

Ok... That says it all... Now I understand...

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Reply #34 posted 07/22/15 6:29am

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feeluupp said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Rainbow Children or Digital Garden

almost Planet Earth

eek

Ok... That says it all... Now I understand...

Nothing to understand. No Revelation. I like the songs.

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Reply #35 posted 07/22/15 7:03am

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F.U.N.K. maybe?

I've liked plenty after but usually with some reservations.


:yeahthat:This track immediately sprang to mind. This is P at his weirdly, eclectic & funky best. Plus the funk goes on & on. Again shame the track was an internet only release that no one got to hear. Would've made a great album opener!!
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Reply #36 posted 07/22/15 7:16am

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Militant said:

bluegangsta said:

Suggesting a child with no father has no one to learn respect from? Not only mocking evolution, but completely misunderstanding it?

And the line about a child with no mother having a hard time showing love is just completely wrong. My mom died when I was very small and I grew up motherless. I don't have a difficult time showing love at all.

Double yep. It's a shame such a briliant song has such immature, simplistic and blatently incorrect lyrics. I don't mind being offended or challenged on my beliefs, but I still expected better from the guy who wrote some amazing socially-conscious songs/ albums. I'm in two minds when I listen to it.

[Edited 7/22/15 7:18am]

Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain.
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Reply #37 posted 07/22/15 7:16am

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jaawwnn said:

F.U.N.K. maybe?

I've liked plenty after but usually with some reservations.


:yeahthat:This track immediately sprang to mind. This is P at his weirdly, eclectic & funky best. Plus the funk goes on & on. Again shame the track was an internet only release that no one got to hear. Would've made a great album opener!!

Why didn't the emoticon work? sad That's what happens when you try & be 'down with the kids.'
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Reply #38 posted 07/22/15 10:39am

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NorthC said:

glamstar01 said:
BREAKDOWN
yeahthat

That one's pretty damn close, lasers be damned smile

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Reply #39 posted 07/22/15 10:54am

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feeluupp said:

eek

Ok... That says it all... Now I understand...

Nothing to understand. No Revelation. I like the songs.

Excellent song. smile

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Reply #40 posted 07/22/15 10:56am

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Quite a few people mention The Breakdown. Personally I can't stand this song, I find it melodramatic and grating with its plodding beat and all the distortion. I always skip this one.

My answer is Clouds by the way.
RIP Prince: thank U 4 a funky Time...
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Reply #41 posted 07/22/15 10:57am

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datdude said:

BECAUSE OF it's lyrics

Suggesting a child with no father has no one to learn respect from? Not only mocking evolution, but completely misunderstanding it?

wow, too much to unpack here. but you DO get the idea of parents modeling certain behaviors for children right? evolution has no explanation for morality by the way, you know one of the things that good parents teach. evolution is a "faith system" in itself. let me stop. can't believe i took it even this far. SMH

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Reply #42 posted 07/22/15 11:11am

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funkaholic1972 said:

Quite a few people mention The Breakdown. Personally I can't stand this song, I find it melodramatic and grating with its plodding beat and all the distortion. I always skip this one. My answer is Clouds by the way.

I agree. And the mastering of it makes it almost impossible to listen to - so pegged out and piercing that it ruins whatever might be there.

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I also co-sign with the votes for Groovy Potential - a very great and unexpected orphaned track.

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Reply #43 posted 07/22/15 11:33am

Freek99999

for me easily The Gold Standard

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Reply #44 posted 07/22/15 11:37am

SoulAlive

"I Hate U"

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Reply #45 posted 07/22/15 11:39am

KCOOLMUZIQ

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #46 posted 07/22/15 12:55pm

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:




LOL.
"Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
-Eugene Tackleberry
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Reply #47 posted 07/22/15 12:59pm

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Way Back Home

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Reply #48 posted 07/22/15 1:26pm

feeluupp

PLANET EARTH is a MASTERPIECE.

lol lol lol

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Reply #49 posted 07/22/15 2:05pm

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MendesCity said:



NorthC said:


glamstar01 said:
BREAKDOWN

yeahthat


That one's pretty damn close, lasers be damned smile


Yes, I know. I hate the muthafucking tapdance on Joint 2 Joint, but I still like the song. Sometimes Prince's state-of-the-art studio works against him.
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Reply #50 posted 07/22/15 2:14pm

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KeithyT said:



fabriziovenerandi said:


way back home



cool me too. Nearly sobbed when I first heard it. Like someone reaching into my chest and ripping into my heart. Beautiful and transcendental as far as I'm concerned.



Yes me to, thhis song had me almost shed a tear. Masterpiece

also groovey potential
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Reply #51 posted 07/22/15 2:57pm

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feeluupp said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Nothing to understand. No Revelation. I like the songs.

Excellent song. smile

Do U hear the lyrics first or the music? I still refuse to look at the lyrics, I still caught on the way it is sung I only hear certain lyrics, getting near the end where it picks up is majestic. some of the synth sounds are weak, which makes it an almost

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Reply #52 posted 07/22/15 7:02pm

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For me it'd have to be something off lotusflow3r. Boom, Crimson and Clover or Dreamer.

[EDIT] also co-sign: Last December

[Edited 7/22/15 19:03pm]

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Reply #53 posted 07/22/15 7:03pm

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getfunked said:

For me it'd have to be something off lotusflow3r. Boom, Crimson and Clover or Dreamer.

[EDIT] also co-sign: Last December

[Edited 7/22/15 19:03pm]

"Boom" is good, isn't it? i love that song so much.

and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #54 posted 07/22/15 7:30pm

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I would say "Somewhere Here On Earth".

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Reply #55 posted 07/22/15 9:56pm

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This might not be the last song he's made that I'd call a masterpiece, that would probably be This Could Be Us or the Breakdown (especially the arrangement he did in 2013 at Montreaux) but I'd say The Song Of The Heart from the Happy Feet soundtrack. I totally get why some people can't stand this song, but I finally heard it today on Apple Music (I was putting together a playlist to play at the Toys R Us I work at and I decided to give it a shot) and couldn't wipe a grin off my face after listening to it. It's just a fun song! It's everything about Prince that puts me in a good mood, great melodies, playful interjections from multiple vocalist, chipmunked vocals, showbiz horns, and a great message. It's hard not to love it. It kinda reminds me of Starfish and Coffee with a lot of its elements. It just has a lot more soul elements in it. Until now I only knew the song from its arrangement on Indigo Nights and even then, I always thought the song was fun enough. But yeah, the soundtrack version of it is great. Playful and self indulgent in a totally aware way. Perfect for a kids movie, and perfect for my work playlist (where it's snuggly between Starfish and Coffee along with other songs from musicals).
Purple is the color of my heart,
Bruised from you leaving me.
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Reply #56 posted 07/23/15 12:31am

dodger

I'd say Time and Way Back Home/affirmation III

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Reply #57 posted 07/23/15 3:01am

Rebeljuice

From an album I would say Time. But for a song that has never found a home on an album and whose first incarnation came way back in the 80s and still gets ripped to shreds in all its glory live, is Empty Room.

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Reply #58 posted 07/23/15 8:09am

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dannyd5050 said:

I would say "Somewhere Here On Earth".

Another good contenter

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Reply #59 posted 07/23/15 8:10am

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getfunked said:

For me it'd have to be something off lotusflow3r. Boom, Crimson and Clover or Dreamer.

[EDIT] also co-sign: Last December

[Edited 7/22/15 19:03pm]

I do like Boom and Dreamer, but they're missing that killer hoook for me.

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