Please - recommendations for great Prince songwriting - thanks!

I met a songwriter tonight - influence is radiohead, REM etc...

So I asked her about Prince - but she is like 22yo.

Conversation went...

Do you know his music?

yes

Songwriting?

Not really...

Damn, I'm gonna make you a mixtape with princted lyrics!

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^ thanks for the suggestions! She is more folksy - singer/songwriter...on the acoustic guitar tip.

First song I thought of was "Kiss" demo - cos that will blow her mind!

Hope Prince comes to London ala Piano - reckon if I taker her, I'll be on a promise

First ones that come to mind are When Doves Cry, Dorothy Parker and Join In Repetition.

Muse 2 The Pharoah; Mellow; anything from The Truth.

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sulls said:

Luckily a lot of Prince's best songs lyrically are also some of his very best songs all round. The first ten that come to mind:

If I Was Your Girlfriend

When Doves Cry

The Ballad of Dorothy Parker

Joy in Repetition

Sometimes it Snows in April

Little Red Corvette

Annastesia

Family Name

When You Were Mine

She's Always in My Hair

The sweet irony of the lyrical quote offered to me as I entered this thread!

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NorthC said:

sulls said:

Muse 2 The Pharoah; Mellow; anything from The Truth.

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I don't think something those sloooow jaaamzzzz are what we're looking for nor that something as silly as Animal Kingdom is going to convince a newcomer of Prince's songwriting talent. And Connected, don't waste time making a mixtape, just give her an album to listen to. If Parade and Sign O 'the Times don't convince this lady, then Prince is not for her. [Edited 3/3/16 5:36am]

Come on, North. "Ain't no muthafuckin' piece of pie" is a lyricist's lyric

Howz about "Positivity"?

sulls said:

sulls said:

TheEnglishGent said:

The sweet irony of the lyrical quote offered to me as I entered this thread!

IIWYG, Sign O The Times, Reflection, Dark, Holy River, When Doves Cry just to name a few.

Are you ready for the touch that makes you go insane
Breast to lips to cheek to mane
I'll pull your hair, you'll feel no pain
Are you ready for the only forever we'll both obtain
The only joy in this forsaken game
You'll feel ashamed and ordained
When I lay my hands on you

^ Thanks All - much appreciated!

The more obscure the better!

Is she looking for inspiration and things she can play or are you just trying to convince her of his lyric writing? I think you originally said 'folk accoustic music' which made it difficult.Without the latter it's still difficult. So much and what to choose....

I like songs with questions like in Controversy.

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I just can't believe
All the things people say, controversy
Am I black or white?
Am I straight or gay? Controversy

Do I believe in God?
Do I believe in me?
Controversy, controversy
Controversy

I can't understand
Human curiosity, controversy
Was it good for you?
Was I what you wanted me to be?
Controversy

POLITICS - AMERICA

Aristocrats on a mountain climb
Making money, losing time
Communism is just a word
But if the government turn over
It'll be the only word that's heard

America, America
God shed his grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free

Little sister making minimum wage
Living in a 1-room jungle-monkey cage
Can't get over, she's almost dead
She may not be in the black
But she's happy she ain't in the red

-

SEXY - 3RD EYE AND SPACE

I imagine myself inside your bedroom
Oh I imagine myself in your sky
(U) U are the reason there's bass in my boom
(Oh u) U are the reason I'm high

If u and I were just ten feet closer
Then I'd make u understand
That everything I wanna do 2 your body, baby
I would do 2 your head
Then u'd be hip 2 the deep rush
Deeper than the boom of the bass
With every other flick of the pink plush
The closer we get 2 the space (The closer we get 2 the space)

FUN - ENDORPHINMACHINE

Tippy, tippy, tin my friend or shall we begin?
Step right up and I'll strap U in
Don't be shy, this won't hurt a bit
Unless of course U don't believe in it
As sure as the dippy dippy wave of my 'do
U'll believe in somethin' before this night is through
Press one 4 the money, press 2 4 the dream
And get ready 4 somethin' that U've never seen
The Endorphinmachine

SPIRITUAL - INTO THE LIGHT

From out of the darkness, before there was time
There came a sound that enters the mind
Through a door that's deep in your soul
Through every pore of your body it goes
And in a light too bright to behold
Is a truth more shiny than gold
And as sure as this candle burns
Every soul must return

Into the light, into the light

SADNESS - THERE IS LONELY

Is it me or did the room just get darker?
Is it me or did I just lay down and die?
Is this a dream or did the world just crumble at my very feet?
How in heaven will I ever be alright?

There is lonely and there is lonely
And then there is how I feel right now
Perhaps only Cain when he'd slain his brother
Could ever come close 2 knowing how ... yeah

Then there's Future soul song and the list could go on and on.........

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^ Controversy is just too funky! - definitely more slow, folksy, acoustic, "4 the Tears in Your Eyes"..."Reflection"..."Kiss demo" type stuff - good lyrics that translate to her style.

Like, I love "The Dance" - a fave of mine and slow - but I don't think it works....but maybe "wherever U go"?

I'd quite like to hear her do an acoustic "America" - I think the lyrics can be translated well - and she is from over the pond!

And she will go bananas for - "There Is Lonely"...there is a melancholia to her...something we share, but I like to come up for air rather than wallow too long!

The rest are superb!

Into The Light - is a new one on me!!!

Thank you!

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delirious26 said:

Are you ready for the touch that makes you go insane
Breast to lips to cheek to mane
I'll pull your hair, you'll feel no pain
Are you ready for the only forever we'll both obtain
The only joy in this forsaken game
You'll feel ashamed and ordained
When I lay my hands on you

Now that's some lyrics

Dope.

I love this in Montreux (and Eye love U) - but confess, never poured over these lyrics.

This is the thing...Sometimes I get lost in the music or the vibe or the performance - and I lose the lyrical conent because of the other aspects of the song.

Especially in the digital era where I don't get the vinyl and lyric sheet - I confess, I have most studio music since 2000 in digital form.

Fell out of studio Prince vinyl after Gold - although TRC would make space!

This is why this forum is invaluable - every time I think the Prince is there - you all show there is so much more... has has to share!

Ta!

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