tollyc said:

Doozer said:

Fury live on SNL in 2006.

my dope as well.

every album has at least one contender

Fury live on SNL was absolutely a masterpiece, if that counts.

Love off 3121 might also qualify... I think it gets overlooked because it wasn't a single and was in the middle of a period people don't pay much attention to, but it I remember it being held in very high esteem at the time and it still plays just as well imo.

Sticky Like Glue might be close... I'd prefer it without the rap and think that probably keeps it just below "masterpiece" level.

When the Lights Go Down is definitely a masterpiece and was crazy to find on what initially seemed like a throwaway album.

I think it partly depends on the definition of "masterpiece"... how many songs by any popular artists in any decade are masterpieces. It feels to me like a wildly disproportionate # of "masterpieces" usually come from a very small number of great artists during fairly brief peak periods (e.g. The Beatles in the mid-to-late 60s... Stevie and Joni in the early to mid-70s... Steely Dan in the mid-to-late 70s, including Gaucho which I think was 1980... MJ in the late 70s-early 80s + gems mixed with less consistent work on Bad and Dangerous... TTD from in the late 80s-early 90s, P from 82-91 - I like his best songs on GB and D&P enough that I don't draw a line at 88 for him like many do, although I feel he was less consistent after that... maybe Outkast in the early 2000s). The Stones and Dylan are great, but probably a bit more scattered, which is interesting. And, I know I'm not in agreement with critics lists here, but I would personally include Duran Duran's first two albums + Astronaut on my list. And I'm obviously missing other great artists on that list... I just threw in people who popped into my head. Doesn't mean I think other musicians and their peaks don't belong on that sort of list.

Point being, I guess, in my view there just aren't that many masterpieces for anyone outside of a small number of elite artists scoring in bunches at their absolute peaks. Obv some artists with lesser catalogs hit a bullseye now and then, but I think that's a pretty small % compared to the giants.

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steakfinger said:

datdude said:

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

Sorry, evolution DOES explain morality. Every single bit of it.

And of course, evolution is NOT a faith system. Crucially, it's a scientific theory based on overwhelming evidence. And P does seem to completely misunderstand what evolution is in the song anyway.

When Doves Scream.

bonatoc said:

Doozer said:

Fury live on SNL in 2006.

my dope as well.

Yeah, that was a great performance that made me smile from ear to ear!

Bonatoc SELF-SNIP

[Edited 7/29/15 15:45pm]

funkaholic1972 said:

bonatoc said:

my dope as well.

Yeah, that was a great performance that made me smile from ear to ear!

Heck, the album version pales in comparison.

I think I'm going to replace it with this one. The 2006 SNL Fury is high placed on my personal "Telecaster on Fire Moments" list.

Plus, the lyrics, this whole "he's got another band" story was just meant for live.
Just when you thought the ol' DirtyMind-1999-Lovesexy stabbed synth riffs couldn't be mashed up once more, here comes Skipper to surprise.
On the album, they sound like a reprise, a pastiche.
Live, they're just hysterical. The ultra-compression from the broadcast airing
makes the whole shit pump up to 11.

From time to time, Skipper manages to write tongue-in-cheek cryptic autobiographic stuff, and that sometimes gives masterpieces : "Big White Mansion" and "My Computer" come to mind.

I want to say "Time".

The hypnotic pattern, the duet, the double bass,
even though these are familiar ingredients,
there's this ever-resolving tension that goes throughout,
it's just up par with the best get-laid R'n'B grooves.

It's also a song I find myself humming regularly since I first heard it.

It's got a twist, this je-ne-sais-quoi.

"Time" reached the top 10 in some parallel universe where MP3 didn't kill the records stars.

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Bonatoc SELF-SNIP

"Te Amo Corazon" is a musical masterpiece IMO. It might not be the latest masterpiece, but I think it outshines any other lesser, newer masterpieces musically.

Time off the AOA album may or may not be a "masterpiece", and it surely has its flaws here and there but it is one of my favorite Prince songs of the last two decades. It is in no way comparable to If I Was Your Girlfriend, neither lyricswise or musically....however, it has a vibe that reminds me a lot of the movie version of said song. Both songs are very laid back, honest, mellow and sensual , sung by a vulnerable protagonist. And I love the bassline toward the end and Andy´s raspy voice. I wish the lyrics were a little more relatable for the Average Joe who does not spend his time on tours in hotel rooms, for lack of better words, but they are still better than most of his other more recent song lyrics.

So, for me , it is definitely the song Time.

Not necessarily when it comes to techniques or writing but as far as memorable , feelgood, touching vibe goes.

Identity said:

feeluupp said:

People have been misreading this thread wrong... It said MASTERPIECE.

!!!

It's true... Just look at the songs people have been posting... Calling them a MASTERPEICE.

KoolEaze said:

Time off the AOA album may or may not be a "masterpiece", and it surely has its flaws here and there but it is one of my favorite Prince songs of the last two decades. It is in no way comparable to If I Was Your Girlfriend, neither lyricswise or musically....however, it has a vibe that reminds me a lot of the movie version of said song. Both songs are very laid back, honest, mellow and sensual , sung by a vulnerable protagonist. And I love the bassline toward the end and Andy´s raspy voice. I wish the lyrics were a little more relatable for the Average Joe who does not spend his time on tours in hotel rooms, for lack of better words, but they are still better than most of his other more recent song lyrics.

So, for me , it is definitely the song Time.

Not necessarily when it comes to techniques or writing but as far as memorable , feelgood, touching vibe goes.

Exactly.

RodeoSchro said:

"Te Amo Corazon" is a musical masterpiece IMO. It might not be the latest masterpiece, but I think it outshines any other lesser, newer masterpieces musically.

"A man's gloom is another man's glory", I guess.

To me, "Te Amo Corazon" is amongst the worst sappy aspartam-frosted goo he ever put to record.
That said, it fits its "exclusive first-class transatlantic" ambition very well.

This music seems to be intended for a bored Goldman Sachs trader doing JFK-LHR with his Dre Beats on, sipping low-quality white piss from a plastic cup, looking at the clouds and thinking: "What a great Chardonnay".

Freaks On This Side was his last masterpiece.

bonatoc said:

funkaholic1972 said:

Yeah, that was a great performance that made me smile from ear to ear!

Heck, the album version pales in comparison.

I think I'm going to replace it with this one. The 2006 SNL Fury is high placed on my personal "Telecaster on Fire Moments" list.

Plus, the lyrics, this whole "he's got another band" story was just meant for live.
Just when you thought the ol' DirtyMind-1999-Lovesexy stabbed synth riffs couldn't be mashed up once more, here comes Skipper to surprise.
On the album, they sound like a reprise, a pastiche.
Live, they're just hysterical. The ultra-compression from the broadcast airing
makes the whole shit pump up to 11.

From time to time, Skipper manages to write tongue-in-cheek cryptic autobiographic stuff, and that sometimes gives masterpieces : "Big White Mansion" and "My Computer" come to mind.

I was really disappointed with the studio version, it just sounds shit and corny compared to the live version which rocks much fiercer.

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

Freaks On This Side was his last masterpiece.

...

3121

Close this thread.... People on here don't know what a PRINCE MASTERPIECE is.

Purple & Gold, duh.

funkaholic1972 said:

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

Freaks On This Side was his last masterpiece.

...

Yea... This thread is deff a TROLL THREAD now...

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Way Back Home tbh

Quite a bit of AOA felt like a masterpiece to me. The Gold Standard, Way Back Home and Time stand out to me above the others, with This Could B Us not far behind. I had this album on high rotation for months.

.

PlectrumElectrum -- not so much.

bonatoc said:

RodeoSchro said:

"Te Amo Corazon" is a musical masterpiece IMO. It might not be the latest masterpiece, but I think it outshines any other lesser, newer masterpieces musically.

"A man's gloom is another man's glory", I guess.

To me, "Te Amo Corazon" is amongst the worst sappy aspartam-frosted goo he ever put to record.
That said, it fits its "exclusive first-class transatlantic" ambition very well.

This music seems to be intended for a bored Goldman Sachs trader doing JFK-LHR with his Dre Beats on, sipping low-quality white piss from a plastic cup, looking at the clouds and thinking: "What a great Chardonnay".

I guess you don't play guitar or piano.

RodeoSchro said:

bonatoc said:

"A man's gloom is another man's glory", I guess.

To me, "Te Amo Corazon" is amongst the worst sappy aspartam-frosted goo he ever put to record.
That said, it fits its "exclusive first-class transatlantic" ambition very well.

This music seems to be intended for a bored Goldman Sachs trader doing JFK-LHR with his Dre Beats on, sipping low-quality white piss from a plastic cup, looking at the clouds and thinking: "What a great Chardonnay".

I guess you don't play guitar or piano.

I do, actually.

I don't think this song is a particular display of Prince's musicianship...
Everything about it is so boring. It's like Prince thinks he's found this extraordinary new chord progression. There's useless emphasis, and the melody, well, sucks.
And that whiny voice of his... No, really, I can't.

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Forgot about the latest masterpiece - a tune I can't get out of my head when I put it on and like to listen to on repeat:
Ol' Skool Company