I gotta say, I think "Love Thy Will Be Done" is one of Prince's best, most beautiful songs - lyrically beautiful, melodically beautiful - it's one of his greatest songs, and very underrated. I'm talking about the Martika version, not the bootleg sung by him. I do wish he released a "proper" version on a legit Prince album.

This morning I also listened to "Wonderful Ass" and "Rebirth of the Flesh" thought, damn, both KILLER songs that he never officially released. Why?? As much as I loved him, that was one of the things that infuriated me about him; why release "Betcha By Golly Wow" or "Strollin'" when he had so many other killer tracks in the vault. But, I respect that he followed his muse.

These are my P thoughts of the day.

It's my favourite Prince song / recording.

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The Prince vocal version is an interesting curio, but I'm convinced it's just a guide vocal for Martika (he sounds so close to her voice), as opposed to a proper Prince recording with him giving it his best shot.

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And I love the NPG version too, if maybe not quite as much. Yeah, even the singing!

Prinse sang in a concert he did in Aurtralia Love Thy Will Be Done. In my opinion it is the most beautiful song! Very deep...

McD said:

It's my favourite Prince song / recording.

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The Prince vocal version is an interesting curio, but I'm convinced it's just a guide vocal for Martika (he sounds so close to her voice), as opposed to a proper Prince recording with him giving it his best shot.

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And I love the NPG version too, if maybe not quite as much. Yeah, even the singing!

I think he gave it a great performance, it's even layered up in harmonies. He made it also sound intimate in tone, not projected or belted out.

I know folks aren't going to like this, but I not only like Prince's version, but I like the more rock oriented NPG Sonny vocal version.

Regarding "Rebirth Of The Flesh": While the studio version has never been released officially, a rehearsal was released in 2001 to the monthly NPGMC club members. To technically, all the Camille album has been released at this point.

I think it is. If I just heard the melody, harmonies, I'd love it on that alone. But then the lyrics on top it make it, for me, one of his very best. And I love P's, Martika's, and NPG's (my least fave of the three, though) versions. I just love this song!

Always loved this song. I also get the impression that his singing on the demo version is just there as a guide vocal for Maritka, and, as such, it's kind of subdued. There's a terrific live version from Paris in 1998 with him giving it a real gutsy vocal and screaming guitar. Not sure if I'm allowed to say where it is, but it's very easy to find via Google.

oh, easily. easily one of his best. sure.

In my top 10.

and I see all of your creations as one perfect complex
no one less beautiful or more special than the next...

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i would put it in one of those "top ten" also ...

i dont get sick of it .... unlike alot of Prince songs - perhaps due to the fact

i havnt heard it as much etc ...

yes. Amazing song! Listening to it is close to praying.

domainator2010 said:

yes. Amazing song! Listening to it is close to praying.

Actually it sounds like a beautiful prayer,this is not a love song in the context of a romantic sense, this song is beyond that; it speaks in a spiritual level.

switters said:

I gotta say, I think "Love Thy Will Be Done" is one of Prince's best, most beautiful songs - lyrically beautiful, melodically beautiful - it's one of his greatest songs, and very underrated. I'm talking about the Martika version, not the bootleg sung by him. I do wish he released a "proper" version on a legit Prince album.

This morning I also listened to "Wonderful Ass" and "Rebirth of the Flesh" thought, damn, both KILLER songs that he never officially released. Why?? As much as I loved him, that was one of the things that infuriated me about him; why release "Betcha By Golly Wow" or "Strollin'" when he had so many other killer tracks in the vault. But, I respect that he followed his muse.

These are my P thoughts of the day.

I could listen to 100 different versions of this song and would still be in love.

It's one of his best unrelased studio jems.

Absolutely.


After the emotional break-up of a long-term relationship, I fled to Hawaii (for work) for several months. One day, I listened to this song on repeat - all day - while standing in a corn field with a mountain on one side and the ocean on the other.

It's very soothing.

Askani said:

Absolutely.


After the emotional break-up of a long-term relationship, I fled to Hawaii (for work) for several months. One day, I listened to this song on repeat - all day - while standing in a corn field with a mountain on one side and the ocean on the other.

It's very soothing.

If any part of this is true, I am already looking to make up & break up with someone, just to have an excuse to do that.

TrivialPursuit said:

Askani said:

Absolutely.


After the emotional break-up of a long-term relationship, I fled to Hawaii (for work) for several months. One day, I listened to this song on repeat - all day - while standing in a corn field with a mountain on one side and the ocean on the other.

It's very soothing.

If any part of this is true, I am already looking to make up & break up with someone, just to have an excuse to do that.

You're kidding right?

TrivialPursuit said:

Askani said:

Absolutely.


After the emotional break-up of a long-term relationship, I fled to Hawaii (for work) for several months. One day, I listened to this song on repeat - all day - while standing in a corn field with a mountain on one side and the ocean on the other.

It's very soothing.

If any part of this is true, I am already looking to make up & break up with someone, just to have an excuse to do that.

It's all true. Get yourself a job that puts you on Kauai to hand-pollinate corn on a frequent basis as well.

I love it too! So beautiful and I love the way it builds.

For years I thought it was a straightforward love song... honestly I only found out that Prince wrote it since his passing. I tracked down his vocal version (thank you Youtube fairies) and suddenly woke up to the fact that it's about God and a devotional. Then when I went back and looked at the Martika video I wondered why I never clued on to the religious nature of the song in the first place 8s oh well, lol me...

Interestingly Baz Luhrman has said since Prince's passing that a re-worked version of this song was meant to be the theme for his film The Great Gatsby but it never ended up happening. Knowing what I know of the Great Gatsby I'm not sure how that would have quite worked unless it was intended to be 'heard' as a straightforward love song. Off topic but I can't imagine that Prince would have been terribly impressed that Lana Del Ray ended up with the theme song (Young and Beautiful) in his place since she can't sing live to save her life...

Askani said:

It's all true. Get yourself a job that puts you on Kauai to hand-pollinate corn on a frequent basis as well.

I'm already scouring Linkd and Monster. LOL

A masterpiece. Wish I had a higher quality version than the ones I have.

214 said:

captiveunicorn said:

I love it too! So beautiful and I love the way it builds.

For years I thought it was a straightforward love song... honestly I only found out that Prince wrote it since his passing. I tracked down his vocal version (thank you Youtube fairies) and suddenly woke up to the fact that it's about God and a devotional. Then when I went back and looked at the Martika video I wondered why I never clued on to the religious nature of the song in the first place 8s oh well, lol me...

Interestingly Baz Luhrman has said since Prince's passing that a re-worked version of this song was meant to be the theme for his film The Great Gatsby but it never ended up happening. Knowing what I know of the Great Gatsby I'm not sure how that would have quite worked unless it was intended to be 'heard' as a straightforward love song. Off topic but I can't imagine that Prince would have been terribly impressed that Lana Del Ray ended up with the theme song (Young and Beautiful) in his place since she can't sing live to save her life...

What does Lana have to do at all with Prince? i got lost there.

PurpleMusic07 said:

214 said:

Actually it sounds like a beautiful prayer,this is not a love song in the context of a romantic sense, this song is beyond that; it speaks in a spiritual level.

It IS a prayer, or rather it started out kind of that way. From what ive heard Martika wrote the basis of the lyrics and prince tweaked it and turned it into a full song. The album that thisi is on , Martika's Kitchen, is really solid.

Yes, I have a cassette of it somewhere. But the other songs on it are like, pop or dance or whatever (from what I remember - it's been at least a decade since I last heard it, and right now I don't even have a working cassette player!) - nothing else like Love.....

domainator2010 said:

214 said:

The version with the NPG from the Gold Experience era is incredible musically.

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