Clouds (love the way the bass and drums kick in)

Plectrum Electrum (nice showcase for 3rdeyeGirl's skills)

Dreamer (Prince best hard rock number by far)

Lavaux (most 80s throwback track on 2010)

Act of God (political funk like back in the day "call it what you want except an act of God")

Black Sweat (classic minimalist groove with silly lyrics, club banger)

Somebody's Somebody (melancholy track that captures loneliness perfectly)

The Dance (darkly beautiful, the screams in the last 1:00 are vintage)

This Could Be Us (very modern R&B production for a Prince track)

Future Baby Mama (sweetly sappy ballad for the wifey types)

Starfish and Coffee.

Wonderful Ass I love that song

Da Bourgousie,

it is light and breezy enough to comfort you like a mother that says, "oh well, you've dropped your spaceship, but I've seen you build that so you can have a new spaceship once you've built it again"

[insert meme of Bryan Cranston's bruised crying face to his son with uppercase DA BOEURGEUASIE here]

Today it was Glam Slam & Love Sign.

was listening to "Clouds" today...Lianne LaHavas monologue near the end of the song takes on a whole new eerie meaning due to recent events:

Mr. Nelson, Mr. Nelson, can you hear my voice?
Sir, we know you're a little bit groggy
And you're probably going to find it hard to speak
But don't try to talk or process too much now
We just want to let you know that the medication you were given
Has put you in a suspended animation for quite some time
Well, in fact, about 45 years
But where you are now
Is a place that does not require time
That being said, you are completely safe
And we are here to help you

Comeback

I've just started to revisit the 1999 album after a long break and am finding new appreciation of his art on there, and am finding the coda lyrics to 'Let's Pretend We're Married' to be especially comforting. It's almost his personal manifesto -

Whatever you heard about me is true
I change the rules and do what I wanna do
I'm in love with God, he's the only way
'Cuz you and I know we gotta die some day
If you think I'm crazy, you're probably right
But I'm gonna have fun every motherfuckin' night
If you like 2 fight, you're a double-drag fool
I'm goin' 2 another life, how 'bout you?

Today it was the 20Ten album.

Purple Rain, Sometimes it snows...Take me with you and a couple of other ones with too many memories are still a no go.

RJOrion said:

"North" been playing N.E.W.S. and Come, almost exclusively, since 4/21/16... "Pheremone" sounds so new to me...and it sounds like the mother of the song, "3121"

Same for me... that intro, and saxophone. Also because he is gone, it is quite fitting, without the voice.

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"Crucial", "Storm", the For You & Prince albums

His cover of "A Case Of You" is doing it for me right now. I miss him so much. It still hurts so bad.

tish9311 said:

the song that has given me the most peace is Way Back Home

Thank you. I didn't know about this song and now I'm on the 6th listen. I really need to catch up with his albums. I love this song. It does give peace and a kind of hope I have been missing.

[Edited 5/31/16 15:44pm]

Soul santuary

White mansion

Black Sweat. That video was on the repeat every chance I got for at LEAST the first week, because its just so him.

And Funknroll was also on repeat. Also very Prince.

Last December and Affirmation III.

I Wanna Be Your Lover

4everinmylife said:

Have you been listening to a Prince song that feels/sounds different from before?
I was listening to Lotus Flow3r today & 'Back 2 the Lotus' 2.55 mins in (full blast in earphones) really comforted me for some strange reason & I was not expecting it. Couldn't stop listening to it. Cannot hear all Prince says in it, but the noise just felt unreal & like I was listening to his last guitar moments.
Also the words in 4ever...
So many things we can do in the new world
I can be your future lover
You can be my future girl!

(Looking forward to that!)

Still Will Stand All Time (Graffiti Bridge)

Way back Home

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