luvsexy4all said:

i think we can all agree arms of orion and jughead and everyday is a winding road r beyond dreadfull

I strongly agree on "Jughead" and "Everyday Is A Winding Road".

Not on "The Arms Of Orion".

Now we're not talking of one of the best P tracks, but I never understood why it is so hated.

It's simply a little pop tune (really nice, if you take it for what it is) composed for a soundtrack album.
I can understand it doesn't meet the musical xpectations of us P loyal-base fans (now but also then), but to me this doesn't qualify it as be so musically bad as it is judged here on the org.

Just my opinion.

How you dare to say IWDFU?

• Moonbeam Levels. I'm on and off about it. The melody has a lumpy quality to it that I can't stand.
• The entirety of The Gold Experience and . Those records were dated the moment they hit shelves. Prince is a softie and it's really cringey when he tried to play that macho angle in the 90's.

rainbowchild said:

I never liked Diamonds and Pearls. Too corny for me.

I liked it in 1991 but when I hear it these days,I cringe It hasn't really aged well at all.

Shockedelicus said:

• Moonbeam Levels. I'm on and off about it. The melody has a lumpy quality to it that I can't stand.
• The entirety of The Gold Experience and . Those records were dated the moment they hit shelves. Prince is a softie and it's really cringey when he tried to play that macho angle in the 90's.

Moonbeam Levels is a big step for Prince, production-wise.
In the pristine version, I mean those background vocals, the reversed shaker mixed right in the front, I can understand it didn't land on 1999, it was already a kind of sound closer to Purple Rain the album.
Don't ask me why, but I hear 1984 Prince singing on ML, not the same guy I hear on 1999.

I have a passion for the way Prince masters the ad lib art, he can repeat the same musical phrase, and add another wave of overdubs with each loop, it's still interesting, if not moving.
In terms of recording and mixing, the ad lib, the bridge, the coda...
Plus, it has that Kate Bush drama (à la Wuthering Heights, maybe less neurotic), Armageddon as a stage, a very feminine way to sing it, he's really trying to push his chest voice to the highest possible before it breaks into falsetto.

The ENTIRETY? Wow, hold on.

What about "Shhh"? It's arguably the best slow jam of the nineties.
I have a dozen of live versions and they're all different, and equally potent.
I have a thing for "Dolphin", it's the only, beautiful in a crazy unconscious way, song about his own paranoia. This is not the cynicism of "Dinner with Delores", this is the last message in a bottle to Warner Bros. "Endorphinmachine" and "Gold" are also too important to get the real Prince picture to be dismissed.

"The Morning Papers", "And God Created Woman", macho angle?

I dunno, the period is too important, this is the second act of Prince's career, it gave us The Sacrifice of Victor, Poor Goo, Lovesign and all that shit, from Poom Poom to Days Of Wild... Crazy times.

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BoraBora said:

I don't know if everyone loves them, but there are 2 P songs that I really dislike being probably in the minority of fans.....

a) Tick Tick Bang

A musical disgrace. Even the 1982 outtake is one of the worst of the era.

b) My Name Is Prince
Unbearable. Lyrics-wise something to shame about, musically a chaos fest in the name of mainstream.

These are the obvious two. But if I think well, probably there are others.

OMG two of my favorite songs from college. Seriously. Tick Tick Bang is top 20 for me. And my name is Prince is dope, especially considering the album its on.

Bohemian67 said:

Cool

Lady Cab driver

1999

Adore

Scandalous

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Not ashamed though. I think I have good taste

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Adore is probably the most beautiful song he's done in my opinion.

Without you there is no me

there is no me

without you there is no sea

there is no shore

love is 2 weak 2 define how much I adore you child.

WHOA!!

Scandalous, Adore and Insatiable equal pregnancy heh.

My songs that are beloved that I don't care that much for are:

Diamonds and Pearls

7

Greatest Romance

God

.

Can't stand it shreiking and groaning for de religious crap.

Sounds like he is having an orgasm.

really ellu, don't you like "7"?

Ok, but thats a hell of a great song imo........ and I love the video with Mayte deeply.

The ballads from Prince, like Adore, Scandalous & Insatiable... just breath taking imo.

Again, what a strange bunch of opinions here... right?

this ain't my fave thread because most songs mentioned are among my favorites...

I still couldn't help looking here, and writing.......

If I gave U diamonds and pearls

Would U be a happy boy or a girl?

Adore. Doesn't do a thing for me.

Sometimes It Snows...

Just could never vibe with it, no matter how many times I truly tried. God also comes to mind..

Some of you peeps are crazy Love this place.

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daingermouz2020 said:

There are quite a few. I can't name them all. I wanna be your lover ,1999,Delirious, All of Purple Rain except When Doves Cry, Boys & Girls,Mountains,U Got the Look,Hot Thang, The Cross, All of Lovesexy except Alphabet Street, All the Black Album except Cindy C, All of the Batman soundtrack except for Vicki Waiting & The Future,All Graffiti Bridge except Question of U & Joy in Repetition,Diamonds & Pearls, Cream, Sexy MF, 7, Continental, & Many more.

Do you like Prince? everything in Purple Rain except WDC. INCREDIBLE.

daingermouz2020 said:

There are quite a few. I can't name them all. I wanna be your lover ,1999,Delirious, All of Purple Rain except When Doves Cry, Boys & Girls,Mountains,U Got the Look,Hot Thang, The Cross, All of Lovesexy except Alphabet Street, All the Black Album except Cindy C, All of the Batman soundtrack except for Vicki Waiting & The Future,All Graffiti Bridge except Question of U & Joy in Repetition,Diamonds & Pearls, Cream, Sexy MF, 7, Continental, & Many more.

^ fail, you are not a Prince fan.. sorry to tell you. You gotta be a weird, crazy newbie.....

Boys & Girls is not a Prince song..

I have to add to this:

I honestly dislike "The Cross". There's just something missing from it. It starts way too soft, and without a remaster, it's just difficult to even listen to. I like that he rocks out, but it's just missing.....something.

I am not a fan of the drummy-last part of "God (instrumental)". It starts great, but the overt drum fills take away from the whole thing. And frankly, the squawking in "God" is just as annoying. I still cringe with tinge of embarrassment when I hear him "blooop pop oooyyeeeee aaahhhhhh" in "God".

"Purple Rain"...and pretty much all of the songs off the soundtrack. Heard it so much as a kid that I can't listen to it now....Was never crazy about "Scandlous" or "Insatiable"..."Rasberry Beret"...and I'm going to add "U Got The Look". Like the video but hate the song.

^ bwahaha..............

Batdance. I just don't "get it". Besides the guitar solo, where are the good parts in that song?

I'm pretty convinced the song went no.1 off of the Batman movie hype alone.

SPYZFAN1 said:

"Purple Rain"...and pretty much all of the songs off the soundtrack. Heard it so much as a kid that I can't listen to it now....Was never crazy about "Scandlous" or "Insatiable"..."Rasberry Beret"...and I'm going to add "U Got The Look". Like the video but hate the song.

whaaaaat?

This thread has turned into the Absurdities thread

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U Got The Look is not my cup of tea.

I don't like Purple Rain album is overrated as hell, in fact i don't like that much Prince's music, i don't know what i'm doing here whatsoever.

my shocking confession: I think Purple Rain is a great album,but 1999 is superior in every way

SoulAlive said:

my shocking confession: I think Purple Rain is a great album,but 1999 is superior in every way

Why?

214 said:

SoulAlive said:

my shocking confession: I think Purple Rain is a great album,but 1999 is superior in every way

Why?

It has more funk on it ("DMSR","Lady Cab Driver") and I just think it's a more adventurous album.