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"When 2 R In Love" is probably thee greatest song in the history of all the galaxies.

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That one was good, but every other Prince slow song gets the instant skip button on my CD player. I don't buy Prince albums to help me get to sleep. I like to groove and move. Slow tune comes up on a Prince CD...I immedately reach over and hit that skip button.

blacksignparade said:

. . I keep reading posts about how people love all these love songs Prince puts out there. I just assume they are all the women and girls that frequent this forum. . As a straight man who is also married these slow songs do absolutely nothing for me. But even when i was single i couldn't get into them. I loved his funky, rock and quirky songs about sex, love and relationships. . I'm talking about songs like Do Me Baby, Slow Love, Scandalous, When 2 R In Love, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World, Sometimes It Snows In April,songs of that ilk. I can't listen to them. . Are all the men out there of similar frame of mind or am i on an island here? . .

I used to feel that way when I was in my teens and much of this music first came out, but I find the ballads hit me much deeper as I get older.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I sort of feel like it has to do with what was your gateway into Prince.

If the rock stuff got you into Prince I don't see you digging it. But if you enjoyed any R&B and especially soul music before him I don't see how you can't.

YES!!! And i got a 27 year old daughter to prove it LOL. She gave me a beautiful granddaughter now 7 years old, all of this would not be possible if Prince did not write, compose and stuck his whole foot in a slow jam called "Adore".

WhisperingDandelions said:

airth said:

There are a few I love. It's usually because of either the vocal or the arrangement which are somewhat unusual in a way.

Here's a sample;

Open Book

Condition Of The Heart

Gotta Broken Heart Again

How Come U Dont Call Me Anymore

Adore

Dionne

I Love U But I Dont Trust You Anymore

There are a few more but that's the jist of it.

WeepyEyedWhiteGirl said:

Many of my male friends who are Prince fans seemed to view his slow songs as "set the mood" songs. The women dug it, so the men played into Prince's romantic delivery. Plus, Prince had a unique way of conveying sensual, romantic, freaky, nasty stuff in a way that wasn't vulgar.

As my brother always told me..."Prince gets the girls panties wet...the rest is up to you!" In my high school days (early 90s) we made mix tapes. The Prince one was called "The Prince Poonani Getter" NEVER failed.

You are on an island.

mynameisnotsusan said:

Iamtheorg said:

I throw my boxers at the speaker during some of them.

I like listening to them, but I'm not sure what you mean when you ask if they "do" something for me. I've never had a woman in my life who thought Prince was anything but creepy, so I can't say his love songs have helped me get any booty, either. In fact, I asked a girl to dance with me in my teen days when the next slow song came on. She said yes. I went up to the DJ and requested a Prince ballad. When they song started I went over to her and she refused to dance because it was Prince and he was creepy. Oh well.

steakfinger said: