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You are entitled your opinion, but of course he had a lot of great moments and masterworks after 1986. Maybe I would agree none after 2006, but 87-88 were awesome and so were 93-95...plenty of classic jams in there that are better than the song Mountains which I would give a 7.5 out of 10.

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Mountains is my all-time favorite Prince single, but he wrote plenty of equal-to or better-than material afterwards.

Doozer said:

Mountains is my all-time favorite Prince single,

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Yeah, it's Prince at the peak of his powers. Everything was in sync -- his talents, his contributions from band members, his passion, his ambition...

This song sort of sealed the deal for me. I had never heard anything like it before and have not really since. But I don't agree it was his last great moment.

I agree, it is a wonderful song, although I think he has done loads of other fantastic stuff since then. His style has changed several times though. Some people tend to select and pick what they like out of Prince's music, depending on their mood or personal taste while others (like myself) enjoy the variety of his musical styles !

Cloreen said:

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely "Mountains" but...



Come on now, you're exaggerating just a bit, don't you think?

Turn in your Prince card.

Cloreen said:

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I don't want to bring anyone's head down, I don't want to spoil the party here, but Prince has not written a great song since "Mountains" -- that's thirty years ago!

Cloreen said:

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I don't want to bring anyone's head down, I don't want to spoil the party here, but Prince has not written a great song since "Mountains" -- that's thirty years ago!
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I just listened to "Mountains" today and it is monumental. It is mighty. Majestic. MAGNIFICENT! What song since "Mountains" can you say that about? Sure Prince has written many, many fine songs over the past thirty years, but nothing has come close to the masterpiece that is "Mountains."
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"Mountains" - Prince's last masterwork.
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Yeah, "1+1+1=3" is great, "Face Down" is fantastic, "Sign O The Times" is out of this world, "Space" is superb, and "I Wish U Heaven" is wonderful, but Prince was never able to come close to "Mountains" in thirty years. (In all honesty, no musical artist has been able to come close to "Mountains".) It's time to finally admit that from 1986 onwards, Prince never wrote a song better than "Mountains."
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It's only mountains and the sea....
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Come on, sing along to Prince's best.

"There's nothing greater...."

You're entitled to your opinion. Entitled... but wrong.

I would like to draw attention to: Your deliberately troll like thread title... You could have used a title such as "The best Prince song EVER... Mountains". Just an odd thing for a fan to do... just sayin'.

Joy in repitition indeed.

Moderators? "On the one..."

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No. I'm pretty hard on Prince's later output, but I think songs like The Breakdown and Black Sweat were pretty great. I don't really get the point of posting such a definitive statement on something so subjective. What do you hope to achieve with this thread?

Noodled24 said:

RiotPaisley said:

Noodled24 said:

You're entitled to your opinion. Entitled... but wrong.

I would like to draw attention to: Your deliberately troll like thread title... You could have used a little such as "The best Prince song EVER... Mountains". Just an odd thing for a fan to do... just sayin'.

Joy in repitition indeed.

Moderators? "On the one..."

Nothing I have read by Cloreen indicated they are actually a Prince fan. Most of the posts I have seen have been super negative. Last great Prince song... Lol the next album had If I Was UR Girlfriend.

Exactly. Sign 'o' the Times is a gold mine of genius work.

Cloreen said:

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I don't want to bring anyone's head down, I don't want to spoil the party here, but Prince has not written a great song since "Mountains" -- that's thirty years ago!
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LMAO, your posts are getting more retarded each time I happen to see one.

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well my favourite musical period is the "Symbol" era.....so i will have to unfortunatley disagree with you.....

One of the most pretentious statements I've ever seen in my years on the Org.

gurl bye

CherryMoon57 said:

"And this is exactly why doves cry..''

Aerogram said:

One of the most pretentious statements I've ever seen in my years on the Org.

He's trolling. Even in these circumstances.

controversy99 said:

This thread is completely preposterous. Mountains is an ok song, but I've never understood the love it gets here. The song glides along in a sweet non-offensive kind of way, but it lacks any bite, urgency, or transcendence. Check this out ... Mountains was the first single where I thought Prince was slipping a bit. It was just so tame. Please, please, please can somebody explain to me what you like so much about this song? Lyrics, beat, guitars, vocals, arrangement, what is it?

For me - it's one of the rare times he talks to the band during a studio track. It's always been a joy to behold him playing bandleader on stage. It's kind of rare on records... Without knowing off the top of my head when/how the song was recorded his callouts for the girls to sing, and the guitars and drums gives the impression slash, creates the illusion that it's a live studio cut.

You say it's his last great moment, then go on to list other moments with synonyms about how great they also are.

Noodled24 said:

crack thread alert.....

No way, IIWYG beats this song in the ass, SOTT, AnnaStesia etc.