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Reply #150 posted 01/17/17 11:20am

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How about FunkNRoll AOA version? It's a modern, upbeat, catchy, party track and has hit written all over it. It may serve to remind people of songs like Kiss and 1999, the kind of party songs that the general public loved and came to expect from Prince. A song like Way Back Home is more of a fan favourite than single material imo. It's quite sombre and reflective, and the general public generally don't go for that kind of thing, at least in terms of chart hits. I personally think FunkNRoll AOA version is a far better choice and could've been a massive hit if promoted properly and given a video when the album first came out.

[Edited 1/17/17 11:23am]

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Reply #151 posted 01/17/17 2:29pm

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MattyJam said:

How about FunkNRoll AOA version? It's a modern, upbeat, catchy, party track and has hit written all over it. It may serve to remind people of songs like Kiss and 1999, the kind of party songs that the general public loved and came to expect from Prince. A song like Way Back Home is more of a fan favourite than single material imo. It's quite sombre and reflective, and the general public generally don't go for that kind of thing, at least in terms of chart hits. I personally think FunkNRoll AOA version is a far better choice and could've been a massive hit if promoted properly and given a video when the album first came out.

[Edited 1/17/17 11:23am]


Funknroll has received a lot of attention from the start of the campaign, and it is now number 15 in our list out of 89 songs! Now why does the intro of this song remind me so much of Roger Glover & Guests - Love Is All (1974)???


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Reply #152 posted 01/17/17 2:58pm

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After a very active day on FB, this is what the top 10 looks like:

1. Nothing Compares 2 U
2. Way Back Home
3. Paisley Park
4. Purple Rain
5. 1000 X's and 0's
6. Sign O' The Times
7. 7
8. Hardrocklover
9. The Beautiful Ones

10. Free Urself

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Reply #153 posted 01/18/17 2:26am

CherryMoon57

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Anyone knows if tracks from the Hits/B-Sides are available in the UK (as download), and if not why not?

It only seems to be available in the US or Canada. sad

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Reply #154 posted 01/18/17 3:22am

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MattyJam said:

How about FunkNRoll AOA version? It's a modern, upbeat, catchy, party track and has hit written all over it. It may serve to remind people of songs like Kiss and 1999, the kind of party songs that the general public loved and came to expect from Prince. A song like Way Back Home is more of a fan favourite than single material imo. It's quite sombre and reflective, and the general public generally don't go for that kind of thing, at least in terms of chart hits. I personally think FunkNRoll AOA version is a far better choice and could've been a massive hit if promoted properly and given a video when the album first came out.

[Edited 1/17/17 11:23am]

In FNR, the problem is that Prince's voice is unrecognizable to uninitiated ears. At first listening, the song is terrible.

Way Back Home is, I think, single material. Makes me think of Rihanna in the chorus !

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Reply #155 posted 01/18/17 4:21am

CherryMoon57

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RODSERLING said:

MattyJam said:

How about FunkNRoll AOA version? It's a modern, upbeat, catchy, party track and has hit written all over it. It may serve to remind people of songs like Kiss and 1999, the kind of party songs that the general public loved and came to expect from Prince. A song like Way Back Home is more of a fan favourite than single material imo. It's quite sombre and reflective, and the general public generally don't go for that kind of thing, at least in terms of chart hits. I personally think FunkNRoll AOA version is a far better choice and could've been a massive hit if promoted properly and given a video when the album first came out.

[Edited 1/17/17 11:23am]

In FNR, the problem is that Prince's voice is unrecognizable to uninitiated ears. At first listening, the song is terrible.

Way Back Home is, I think, single material. Makes me think of Rihanna in the chorus !

It's not that bad smile I'm not so keen on the AOA version but the Plectrumelectrum version (with 3rdEyeGirl) is really cool! cool

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Reply #156 posted 01/18/17 4:34am

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Any members of The Orange Park out there? We need a German speaker to post an announcement on their website to let their members know about our campaign. Please message us privately and we will let you know what information & links need to be posted.

Thank You πŸ’œ

http://www.prince-web.de/

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Reply #157 posted 01/19/17 2:17am

CherryMoon57

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Current top 10 :

1. Way Back Home
2. Nothing Compares 2 U
3. Purple Rain
4. Paisley Park
5. 1000 X's and 0's
6. Sign O' The Times
7. 7
8. Free
9. The Beautiful Ones
10. Hardrocklover


Please feel free to share, like and retweet your favourite songs from amongst our Facebook and Twitter 'picks of the day' as a percentage of it is taken into account.

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Reply #158 posted 01/19/17 5:15am

Dibblekins

Hmmmph is all I have to say on the current top three!

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Reply #159 posted 01/19/17 2:42pm

LadyLayla

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Dibblekins said:

CherryMoon57 said:

'Empty Room' (from 'C-Note') is another one of these poignant amazing songs (like 'The Love We Make') that are unavailable to officially download - at least not anymore: it was made temporarily available in 2015 but only through the NPGMC, so was never eligible for the charts. I personnally think it even deserves its own release!


Electric Intercourse is great too, let's hope it will be included. smile

[Edited 1/17/17 2:36am]

Agree with you on all counts, Cherry...Prince really did march to the beat of his own drum, didn't he? Amazing songs never having a chance to soar in the public domain...I believe him when he said that, to him, the success was just having made the song - not seeing it in the charts. Of course, for us mere mortals, it matters that others should hear his magnificence!

I'm an 'Empty Room" person myself. A song that sends chills! My other one is 'One Night Alone'...goosebumps!

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Reply #160 posted 01/20/17 1:48am

CherryMoon57

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LadyLayla said:

Dibblekins said:

Agree with you on all counts, Cherry...Prince really did march to the beat of his own drum, didn't he? Amazing songs never having a chance to soar in the public domain...I believe him when he said that, to him, the success was just having made the song - not seeing it in the charts. Of course, for us mere mortals, it matters that others should hear his magnificence!

I'm an 'Empty Room" person myself. A song that sends chills! My other one is 'One Night Alone'...goosebumps!


I absolutely heart this track, especially the piano part in the middle. cool

I very much doubt this would be a charts favourite but I sure enjoy listening to it in the quiet privacy of my own space...

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Reply #161 posted 01/20/17 5:37am

Moonbeam

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May I ask how the songs are being ranked?

Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you!
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Reply #162 posted 01/20/17 6:05am

darkroman

Why is there an obsession with charts?

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No one is bothered with charts anymore. They were devised by retail so they could have an indiction of what product to buy in.

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Retail does work like that anymore and less and less physical product is contributing to the charts.

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By trying to manipulate the charts with a cmpaign like this muddies the waters and proves even further the charts are irrelevant.

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neutral neutral neutral

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Reply #163 posted 01/20/17 10:24am

CherryMoon57

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Moonbeam said:

May I ask how the songs are being ranked?



This first stage is only meant to give us an indication of what the most popular songs are amongst the early participants and is based on a point system.


When a song is suggested for the first time, it is entered on the list (using Excel) and allocated an initial point. It then gets another point each time it is suggested by another participant. When the song fits the criteria (ours and the Official Charts) or when it has at least 5 points (meaning the minimum level of interest has been reached) and it fits the criteria, it gets to be highlighted on our Facebook and Twitter pages as a 'Pick of the Day'. From that β€˜highlight’ more points are attributed towards the title as follows:

  • 10% of the number of likes (rounded up to the nearest tens),
  • 1 point per β€˜share’ or β€˜re-tweet’
  • 1 point per comment mentioning an interest in the proposed title
  • These extra points are only added over a period of 24 hours

For example β€˜Way Back Home’ initially got 17 votes and scored 16 extra points from the FB highlight and another 16 from the Twitter highlight, amounting to a total of 49 points. β€˜Nothing Compares 2 U’ initially obtained 12 votes, and scored 30 extra points on a FB highlight and 5 points on the Twitter highlight, amounting to 47 points.

This not only gives me a chance to verify the interest for a song but also helps me comparing how the most popular songs rank against each other.

As said above, this is is only designed to guide us in our choice of the final 4 for the poll and we reserve the right to leave some songs aside if they do not correspond to one or more of the criteria (including that of the Official Charts).

I hope this answers your question and helps you understand the scoring sytem better. Please feel free to comment or even bring your own suggestions. smile

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Reply #164 posted 01/21/17 3:55pm

CherryMoon57

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You know the campaign has started reaching 'wider audiences' when 'When Doves Fly' and 'I Adore U' start appearing in the list of suggestions. eek lol

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Reply #165 posted 01/22/17 4:10pm

CherryMoon57

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Just a reminder that you only have *9 days left* to post your song suggestions. You can do this either by posting a comment on here or on our Facebook / Twitter pages.

*MANY THANKS* to all of our very active participants and to anyone who has been contributing in their own way (y'all know who you are πŸ’œ) thumbs up!

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Reply #166 posted 01/22/17 4:43pm

Dibblekins

Thanks for all of your hard work, Cherry.

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Reply #167 posted 01/25/17 3:17am

CherryMoon57

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Dibblekins said:

Thanks for all of your hard work, Cherry.

Thank you Dibblekins! πŸ’œ hug πŸ’œ

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Reply #168 posted 01/25/17 3:24am

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The time has come to get this ball rolling... Please share this πŸ‘‡ all you can & see how far it goes! Come on y'all let's get ready for April! 2614.pngβ˜”οΈ1f338.png🌸


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Reply #169 posted 01/26/17 6:49am

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Quick recap of all the suggested songs to date (in order of popularity), those with the same colour have the same amount of points:


Way Back Home
Nothing Compares 2 U
Free Urself
Purple Rain
The Beautiful Ones
Adore
Paisley Park
RocknRoll Love Affair
1000 X's and 0's
Sign O' The Times
7
Free
Forever In My Life
The Ladder
Hardrocklover
Mountains
When Doves Cry
Let's Go Crazy
Diamonds & Pearls
Moonbeam Levels
D.M.S.R.
Funknroll
Kiss
When You Were Mine
Black Muse
Get Off
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Little Red Corvette
My Name Is Prince
Stare
Starfish And Coffee
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
1999
Ain't About To Stop
Anotherlove
Batdance
Breakdown
Cream
Do Me Baby
I Would Die 4 U
Joy In Repetition
Private Joy
Scandalous
The Question of U
Anotherloverholenyohead
Baby I'm A Star
Baltimore
Big City
Black Sweat
Condition of The Heart
Days of Wild (Live)
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
Lady Cab Driver
Money Don't Matter 2 Night
Raspberry Beret
The Morning Papers
The X's Face
Thieves In The Temple
U Got The Look
Uptown
With You
All The Critics Love U In New York
Alphabet Street
And God Created Woman
Automatic
Baby Knows
Colonized Mind
Continental
Controversy
Darling Nikki
Delirious
Electric Intercourse
Erotic City
Fallinlove2nite
Girls & Boys
I Feel For You
I Love U In Me
I Wanna Be Your Lover
It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night
June
Let's Work
Like A Mack
Live 4 Love
My Love Is 4 Ever
Pink Cashmere
Pop Life
Revelation
Screwdriver
Slow Love
Sticky Like Glue
Still Waiting
Strange Relationship
Strollin'
Take Me With You
The Arms of Orion
The Gold Standard
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
U know
What If (with 3rdEyeGirl)
When 2 R In Love
Xtraloveable
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Reply #170 posted 01/29/17 5:28am

CherryMoon57

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The song pick of the day today is 'Let's Go Crazy'. Please remember that you have until Tuesday 31st January to send us your votes/suggestions for the song you would like Prince4Everyone to support and try to make it enter the charts (worldwide) in April.

The winning song will then be purchased/downloaded/streamed by everyone supporting this campaign prior to the charts coinciding with 21/4 all over the World.




Note: Should 'Let's Go Crazy' be the selected song, we will confirm which version is to be downloaded (i.e. original album, Deluxe edition or 4Ever), depending on which one is the most widely available when the campaign goes 'live'.

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Reply #171 posted 01/30/17 6:49am

Latin

Thank you for your continued dedication to this noble effort CherryMoon57.
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Reply #172 posted 01/30/17 2:38pm

CherryMoon57

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Latin said:

Thank you for your continued dedication to this noble effort CherryMoon57.

Thank you for your continued support Latin! smile

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Reply #173 posted 01/30/17 3:09pm

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Final reminder!


Tomorrow (Tuesday 31st January) is the final day for sending your choices/suggestions for our April campaign.

You can do so either in a comment in this thread or under the post at the top of our Facebook page or on our Twitter wall (see all links in our signature below).
After this, a selection process will take place through a poll - published on 4th February - which will include 4 songs from the top 10

(the 10 most popular songs amongst our participants).


Thank you!



So far, the top 10 songs are:

Way Back Home

Nothing Compares 2 U

Purple Rain

The Beautiful Ones

Free Urself

Adore

Paisley Park

Rocknroll Love Affair

Let's Go Crazy

Forever In My Life



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Reply #174 posted 01/30/17 5:23pm

luvgirl

CherryMoon57 said:

Final reminder!



Tomorrow (Tuesday 31st January) is the final day for sending your choices/suggestions for our April campaign.

You can do so either in a comment in this thread or under the post at the top of our Facebook page or on our Twitter wall (see all links in our signature below).
After this, a selection process will take place through a poll - published on 4th February - which will include 4 songs from the top 10


(the 10 most popular songs amongst our participants).



Thank you!




So far, the top 10 songs are:

Way Back Home


Nothing Compares 2 U


Purple Rain


The Beautiful Ones


Free Urself


Adore


Paisley Park


Rocknroll Love Affair


Let's Go Crazy


Forever In My Life




grouphug


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I choose Free Urself!!
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Reply #175 posted 01/30/17 5:37pm

CherryMoon57

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^Great choice, thank you luvgirl!

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Reply #176 posted 02/02/17 3:25am

CherryMoon57

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[Edited 2/2/17 3:30am]

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Reply #177 posted 02/02/17 3:32am

CherryMoon57

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Below is the final tracks list sorted by number of votes and minus those that aren't available for download (please let me know if you see one that I have missed).

Two final polls - consisting of 4 tracks picked amongst the top 10 - will be published on February 4th. One on Twitter and another on Facebook (using an independent website, the link will be posted here too).

Many thanks to all of those that have participated, commented, shared and positively contributed towards Prince4Everyone. Y'all have been fantastic!!! πŸ’œ πŸ’œ πŸ’œ

Purple Rain 70
Way Back Home 55
Nothing Compares 2 U 49
The Beautiful Ones 41
Free Urself 41
Forever In My Life 37
Adore 29
Paisley Park 26
Let's Go Crazy 24
RocknRoll Love Affair 24
1000 X's and 0's 21
Sign O' The Times 16
7 14
Free 13
The Ladder 11
Mountains 10
When Doves Cry 10
Hardrocklover 10
Black Muse 9
Diamonds & Pearls 8
Moonbeam Levels 6
D.M.S.R. 5
Funknroll 5
Kiss 5
When You Were Mine 5
If I Was Your Girlfriend 5
I Would Die 4 U 5
Get Off 4
Little Red Corvette 4
My Name Is Prince 4
Stare 4
Starfish And Coffee 4
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker 4
Joy In Repetition 4
1999 4
Ain't About To Stop 3
Anotherlove 3
Batdance 3
Breakdown 3
Cream 3
Do Me Baby 3
Private Joy 3
Scandalous 3
The Question of U 3
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 3
Big City 3
Erotic City 3
Anotherloverholenyohead 2
Baby I'm A Star 2
Baltimore 2
Black Sweat 2
Condition of The Heart 2
Days of Wild (Live) 2
Lady Cab Driver 2
Money Don't Matter 2 Night 2
Raspberry Beret 2
The Morning Papers 2
The X's Face 2
Thieves In The Temple 2
U Got The Look 2
Uptown 2
With You 2
All The Critics Love U In New York 2
Alphabet Street 2
June 2
Xtraloveable 2
And God Created Woman 1
Automatic 1
Baby Knows 1
Colonized Mind 1
Continental 1
Controversy 1
Darling Nikki 1
Delirious 1
Electric Intercourse 1
Fallinlove2nite 1
Girls & Boys 1
I Feel For You 1
I Love U In Me 1
I Wanna Be Your Lover 1
It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night 1
Let's Work 1
Like A Mack 1
Live 4 Love 1
My Love Is 4 Ever 1
Pink Cashmere 1
Pop Life 1
Revelation 1
Screwdriver 1
Slow Love 1
Sticky Like Glue 1
Still Waiting 1
Strange Relationship 1
Strollin' 1
Take Me With You 1
The Arms of Orion 1
The Gold Standard 1
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 1
U know 1
What If (with 3rdEyeGirl) 1
When 2 R In Love 1
When We're Dancing Close and Slow 1
Groovy Potential 1
Total: 697

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Reply #178 posted 02/02/17 4:20am

RODSERLING

My thoughts :


Way Back Home 55
The Beautiful Ones 41
Forever In My Life 37
Adore 29

The others tracks already charted. Everybody already knows Purple Rain.

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ADORE is way too long, and the short version is a butchered one.

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Reply #179 posted 02/02/17 5:25am

Spayne

RODSERLING said:

My thoughts :


Way Back Home 55
The Beautiful Ones 41
Forever In My Life 37
Adore 29

The others tracks already charted. Everybody already knows Purple Rain.

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ADORE is way too long, and the short version is a butchered one.

Going by the announcement that Prince's music is appearing on streaming sites from Feb 12 (but only Warner Bros music for the timebeing) and if we want to take advantage of the streaming availability then I think it should be a Warner release.

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Purple Rain

Nothing Compares 2 U

The Beautiful Ones (which quite a few people have covered recently e.g. Beyonce)

Forever In My Life

etc.

etc.

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