^ Says the guy having hallucinogenic conversations with Prince...

Knock, knock - he ain't listening Dude

The integrity of this thread kind of went out the window when people starting suggesting "When You Were Mine" and "Little Red Corvette".... yeah, those songs are just crap. If you think those aren't worthy of love, wait 'til you get to "Poor Little Bastard"...

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(Ahem...)

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Anyway, I do somewhat like 'Adore' but I don't love it. The problem isn't so much the song itself, which is good enough, but maybe the falsetto-slow-jam R&B ballad style just isn't quite to my taste. The style just seems generic. Then again, sometimes when he does this style, it works for me, so I dunno, maybe it is the song. 'Adore' just doesn't float my boat as a melody, and his vocal isn't so great. (Some good lyrics, though.) I give it a 'pass' but I certainly don't love it.

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I agree with someone that "My Name is Prince" is fairly crap. (Then again, it isn't really a song that "everyone loves".) Not only is the lyric silly and pointlessly self-aggrandizing, the music is derivative and trend-chasing. Hell, he couldn't even get words to rhyme in the chorus ("funky" and "only" are not even a half-rhyme!).

214 said:

EmmaMcG said:

Guitarhero said:

I asked the same lol. Would MJ fans be saying the same , that they don't like Thriller , Billie Jean Etc. Not sure.

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LOL, funny you would mention that but I'm a big fan of Jacko but I really don't like Thriller, Billie Jean, Bad or pretty much any of his BIG hits.

Seems we Prince and MJ fans are a funny bunch.

ThePanther said:

The integrity of this thread kind of went out the window when people starting suggesting "When You Were Mine" and "Little Red Corvette".... yeah, those songs are just crap. If you think those aren't worthy of love, wait 'til you get to "Poor Little Bastard"...

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(Ahem...)

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Anyway, I do somewhat like 'Adore' but I don't love it. The problem isn't so much the song itself, which is good enough, but maybe the falsetto-slow-jam R&B ballad style just isn't quite to my taste. The style just seems generic. Then again, sometimes when he does this style, it works for me, so I dunno, maybe it is the song. 'Adore' just doesn't float my boat as a melody, and his vocal isn't so great. (Some good lyrics, though.) I give it a 'pass' but I certainly don't love it.

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I agree with someone that "My Name is Prince" is fairly crap. (Then again, it isn't really a song that "everyone loves".) Not only is the lyric silly and pointlessly self-aggrandizing, the music is derivative and trend-chasing. Hell, he couldn't even get words to rhyme in the chorus ("funky" and "only" are not even a half-rhyme!).

...Except that's the point... Stop shaming fans. Shut up already. damn

Great question.... for me it is most of the Diamonds and Pears singles! I am huge fan of Gett Off, Live4Love, Insatiable, and Thunder...but never really was able to get in to Diamonds and Pearls, Cream, Walk Don't Walk, and Willing and Able. (Although I do love the guitar only version of Cream that he did on VH1). I have tried and tried...especially with D&P and Cream...just don't feel them...but I am extremely happy with the amazing Symbol album that would soon follow!!!

EmmaMcG said:

214 said:

Great you're a Jackson fan, if you weren't how would you call him ah? No one that is a Jackson fan would call him jacko.

LOL. I have all his solo albums, a few Jackson 5 compilations and about 150 unreleased outtakes. And I have a photograph at home of him holding me in his arms when I was 2 or 3 years old. Fair enough, I don't remember that day but as you can imagine, the picture is something I used to brag about a lot when I was at school. I don't think it matters what I call him, I'm still a fan of (most of) his music.

Wow, what´s the background story to that picture?

By the way, a female colleague of mine met him at a supermarket in L.A around the time the Thriller album came out. She was spending her gap year in L.A back then and she wasn´t even a big fan but they chatted quite a bit and she said he was quite pleasant and down to earth.

KoolEaze said:

EmmaMcG said:

214 said:

Great you're a Jackson fan, if you weren't how would you call him ah? No one that is a Jackson fan would call him jacko.

LOL. I have all his solo albums, a few Jackson 5 compilations and about 150 unreleased outtakes. And I have a photograph at home of him holding me in his arms when I was 2 or 3 years old. Fair enough, I don't remember that day but as you can imagine, the picture is something I used to brag about a lot when I was at school. I don't think it matters what I call him, I'm still a fan of (most of) his music.

Like this...?

So that was you Emma ^^

deebee said:

Purple Rain...heard it that many times now so just skip it. But one song I really cannot stand would have to be The Most Beautiful Girl In The World.

dearmrman said:

Purple Rain...heard it that many times now so just skip it. But one song I really cannot stand would have to be The Most Beautiful Girl In The World.

TMBGITW. The first time I heard it I immediately disliked it. Still don´t understand how it becamse such a huge hit, especially in the UK.

I like the Mustang Mix though.

EmmaMcG said:

214 said:

Great you're a Jackson fan, if you weren't how would you call him ah? No one that is a Jackson fan would call him jacko.

LOL. I have all his solo albums, a few Jackson 5 compilations and about 150 unreleased outtakes. And I have a photograph at home of him holding me in his arms when I was 2 or 3 years old. Fair enough, I don't remember that day but as you can imagine, the picture is something I used to brag about a lot when I was at school. I don't think it matters what I call him, I'm still a fan of (most of) his music.

Jackson and Jackson 5 outtakes you mean? there are no such quantity of outtakes from MJ solo albums.

214 said:

I haven't listened Computer Blue, and wow is such a wonderful song, really awesome, the same with Baby I'm a Star and Delirious and LPWM. So happy to be a Prince fan.

Connected said:

EmmaMcG said:

Purple Rain. Not that I dislike it, but I always skip it or turn the TV off if the video comes on. Its just one of those songs I find overstays it's welcome. Nice guitar solo but when I seen Prince live a few years ago and he start playing it, I was disappointed. I had hoped he'd give it a rest.

The day Prince dies - U know the song they will play on the radio is Purple Rain.

Prince - the artist famously known for Purple Rain - where he won an Oscar, Grammy and had the No1 single and Album at the same time...passed today...

Dude will never stop playing this song - and I don't mind!

Difference - I remember when MJ passed - every radio station that day played back-to-back MJ...I mean every station back-to-back.

Prince will get a handful of plays - and 90% will be Purple Rain!

Well, then they don't know music and can go fuck themselves. For real.

214 said:

EmmaMcG said:

Guitarhero said: LOL, funny you would mention that but I'm a big fan of Jacko but I really don't like Thriller, Billie Jean, Bad or pretty much any of his BIG hits.

Great you're a Jackson fan, if you weren't how would you call him ah? No one that is a Jackson fan would call him jacko.

Exactly, over on MJJ Community, using the word Jacko is banned, its censored and you are given a warning with points, too many and you are banned for life.

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They also ban the word wacko and any link or story from TMZ, Dianne Diamonstein, Hard Copy and any other major gossip source.

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I agree about some of those big Thriller singles being overplayed like PR, but they are still good, Thriller is lugubrious though and I think MJ's best period was Bad/Dangerous rather than Thriller.

deebee said:

EmmaMcG said:

214 said: LOL. I have all his solo albums, a few Jackson 5 compilations and about 150 unreleased outtakes. And I have a photograph at home of him holding me in his arms when I was 2 or 3 years old. Fair enough, I don't remember that day but as you can imagine, the picture is something I used to brag about a lot when I was at school. I don't think it matters what I call him, I'm still a fan of (most of) his music.

Like this...?

Worst thing he could have done. That photo and act really shot what was left of his reputation down in pieces. Probably drugged out of his skull. Within a year Gavin Arvisio was doing his thing and Martin Gossipstein Bashir had his sathanic documentary out, with the soundcut and mixed coverage that portrayed MJ as the creepiest paedophile when in fact he was guilty of only being very naive and trusting and a bit feeble minded by this stage

Adorecream said:

deebee said:

Like this...?

Worst thing he could have done. That photo and act really shot what was left of his reputation down in pieces. Probably drugged out of his skull. Within a year Gavin Arvisio was doing his thing and Martin Gossipstein Bashir had his sathanic documentary out, with the soundcut and mixed coverage that portrayed MJ as the creepiest paedophile when in fact he was guilty of only being very naive and trusting and a bit feeble minded by this stage

Indeed, that was very stupid from him.

KoolEaze said:

dearmrman said:

Purple Rain...heard it that many times now so just skip it. But one song I really cannot stand would have to be The Most Beautiful Girl In The World.

TMBGITW. The first time I heard it I immediately disliked it. Still don´t understand how it becamse such a huge hit, especially in the UK.

I like the Mustang Mix though.

most beautiful girl mix from soul train is the only listenable version

214 said:

delirious26 said:

Here's my question: what's that one track (or two) that you're ashamed to say as a major fan that you really don't like as much as everyone else seems to?

For me it's "If I was your girlfriend". I'm sure it's brilliant, but I just can't jam to it, and it doesn't turn me on at all. Cool concept, though, of course.

How do you dare, for me is "17 Days" is jusat meh to me.

17 Days? THats damn near a sacrilege!

warning2all said:

Adore. Diamonds and Pearls. Disc 2 of Emancipation. Way Back Home.

THat might be the worst list on this thread . All of those are real Prince classics

FUNKYNESS said:

214 said:

How do you dare, for me is "17 Days" is jusat meh to me.

17 Days? THats damn near a sacrilege!

Yes, i know but i don't find anything special as everyone here in the org.

214 said:

SoulAlive said:

214 said:

I can't believe it, that song is The Masterpiece.

I realize that I am in the minority (lol) but that song just bores me.

I can't believe it.

KoolEaze said:

dearmrman said:

Purple Rain...heard it that many times now so just skip it. But one song I really cannot stand would have to be The Most Beautiful Girl In The World.

TMBGITW. The first time I heard it I immediately disliked it. Still don´t understand how it becamse such a huge hit, especially in the UK.

I like the Mustang Mix though.

It was quite strange because as you say it was Prince's only UK No1 and when he appeared on Top of the Pops to play it he performed the Mustang Mix Version of the song which probably confused a few people