All of them that go a bit religious, all of them that go a lot religious.

Brings to mind that poor woman who gave Prince a sand-dollar and said that she wrote a 3rd verse for "Crazy You."

Gohi said:

I'll flip this. Aside from his changing cussing in his old songs, and butchering the fuck out of "DMSR" (which makes me cringe to no end), the one thing I disliked him changing way back in the 80s was the line in "Girls and Boys" from

He tried so hard not 2 go insane
Birds do fly, it looks like rain

to:

He tried so hard not 2 go koo koo
Birds do fly, do so do you

or whatever it was. It seemed corny as fuck.

on AOA: Instead of "I was born too late.....I should have been born on the Woodstock stage". Doing the math, why wouldn't he have said "soon", rhimed it with June or whatever?

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Not a biggie but every time I hear that line and sing with, I change it for him!

bigtimefan said:

on AOA: Instead of "I was born too late.....I should have been born on the Woodstock stage". Doing the math, why wouldn't he have said "soon", rhimed it with June or whatever?

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Not a biggie but every time I hear that line and sing with, I change it for him!

That was from June on Hitnrun Phase 1, not AOA!

FragileUndertow said:

No. but the one thing that comes to mind. change the Christ back to the Cross

Definitely. Didn't sound as good when he changed it.

CherryMoon57 said:

FragileUndertow said:

No. but the one thing that comes to mind. change the Christ back to the Cross

Definitely. Didn't sound as good when he changed it.

But "The Cross" is the definitive, recorded work. It's more or less THE song.

Whatever he changed live really doesn't matter, otherwise we'd be here all day with changes he made in concert.

A few changes in recorded songs for me:

Resolution: where he says "the main problem with Peo-ple" seems like he was trying to cram that word in, and it's such a simple word that it seems trite. Could he have fit "Society" or even "Americans"? Something to add a little bit of bit to this song - the premise is there, it's just too sugary overall.

As far as a verse, in Act Of God I would take out the verse about him making a million dollars and having to give half of it away. He started out great but then it became a bit of boasting in that verse.

yes.
there is a line in "style" where he says "style is mayte in the shower."
he should have used my name instead.

lemoncrush19 said:

yes.
there is a line in "style" where he says "style is mayte in the shower."
he should have used my name instead.

Wait! I think it would have sounded even better with mine!

CherryMoon57 said:

lemoncrush19 said:

yes.
there is a line in "style" where he says "style is mayte in the shower."
he should have used my name instead.

Wait! I think it would have sounded even better with mine!

thats exactly where s**t happened: both versions were 2 good 2 make a decision so he changed it 2 ...

There are two lines I’ve never liked.

“You say you want a leader but you can’t seem to make up your mind / I think you’d better close it / And let me guide you…”

Stop. ‘I think you’d better close your mind’? No. That is very bad advice. That’s never right.

(Mike Scott agrees with me here, actually: when he covered it, he changed this line to “I think you’d better blow your mind wide open and let me guide you” or something like that).

The second which I thought was weird the first time I heard it was “I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard / But I’m willing to give it another try.”

To me this is kind of… unromantically self-centred. Like zero introspection. “You’ve left, and it’s all completely your fault our relationship is over, but I’m inviting you back: I’m willing to overlook the fact you’re really impossible and really try and put up with all your bollocks, because I’m so awesome.”

And again, Sinead O’Connor agrees with me… she changed this line to ‘I know that living with me baby was sometimes hard.’

Voila.

[Edited 11/25/16 5:56am]

lemoncrush19 said:

CherryMoon57 said:

Wait! I think it would have sounded even better with mine!

thats exactly where s**t happened: both versions were 2 good 2 make a decision so he changed it 2 ...

If only...

TheEnglishGent said:

bigtimefan said:

on AOA: Instead of "I was born too late.....I should have been born on the Woodstock stage". Doing the math, why wouldn't he have said "soon", rhimed it with June or whatever?

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Not a biggie but every time I hear that line and sing with, I change it for him!

That was from June on Hitnrun Phase 1, not AOA!

You're right: Thanks! (I play the last 3 albums looped and just assumed it was AOA)

Only to put back all the cussing and bring back the rebel, daring Prince.

I find most of his lyrics being open-ended and at times having a double sense. This leads listeners to personal interpretation as well as letting the imagination run free. While I wouldn't change his original lyrics, I would add on to them on a repeat measure.