Which ones would you pick?

purplerabbithole said:

Which ones would you pick?

Very good question! Hmmm I would pick the following (I'm only doing officially released tracks cause in the world of Prince fans although something like Wonderful Ass for example is not known to most fans the people here mostly hold it in real high regard)

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I tried to balance it out - but frankly after the 80s there are whole albums that are underrated. Chocolate Invasion for example - the whole damn thing could be my 2000s list haha but I'll not harp on that any longer (for now). I think I'm getting a reputation around here...

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80s

Sister

Private Joy

All the Critics Love You in NY

Take Me W/ You

Condition of the Heart

New Position

Forever In My Life

Positivity

The Future

Electric Chair

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90s

Elephants and Flowers

Push

And God Created Woman

Come/Space

Superfunkycalifragisexy

Saviour

She Spoke to Me

Animal Kingdom

Silly Game

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2000s

Mellow

What Do U Want Me 2 Do

When Eye Lay My Hands on U

Underneath the Cream

Golden Parachute

3121

Planet Earth

Love Like Jazz

Here

Lavaux

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2010s

WhiteCaps

U Know

Like a Mack

This Could B Us

Hardrocklover

1000 X's & O's

June

Groovy Potential

When She Comes

Big City

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At this moment - imo of course. Could change any moment... better not look over it again or I'll edit it endlessly.

Don't feel bad by the lack of responses OP - it's just that the question requires some serious deliberation.

You know I wasn't aware the love for those two tracks were so strong! I agree with you on Dance On though - fantastic song that doesn't get the love it should. Also, I'd say the song Lovesexy is a personal favorite but I'll be damned if I ever hear it discussed by P fans locally.

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Also - say you had to pick a single song off SOTT what would you pick? I suppose the easy choice would be It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night, but I'm not so sure I love it very much compared to the rest of the album... Thoughts?

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Edit: also - I've love to know what your picks from the 90s are when you have a moment to add 'em

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I am going to do it as underrated by fans. Underrated by the general public would be hard to pen down.

80's

--Gotta Broken Heart again

--Free

--Tamborine (maybe Paisley Park---but I am not sure its really underrated)

--Temptation (the ending is a bit irritating so I assume its underrated as a song

--Trust (Batman)

--Positivity (love that song)

--another lonely christmas (don't know how underrated but I don't think I have seen it talked about)

--Sexuality

--Slow Love

--Automatic (not sure if it is that underrated but it is my favorite song from 1999)

90's

--Damn U

--Endorphine Machine

--Dolphin (the reincarnation stuff annoyed people but the song is just using reincarnation as a metaphor)

--Dionne (looove that song)

--Calhoun Square

--Other Side of the Pillow

--My Little Pill or Same December (tied..I am cheating I know)

--There is Lonely

--In this bed I scream

--Greatest Romance ever sold (I have seen it dogged on here but I think it is a gorgeous song)

(honorable mentions--3 chains of gold--its a flawed song but a valiant and ambitious effort)

2000's

--Glasscutter

--One night alone

--Pearls Before Swine

--Somewhere here on Earth (damn, that's a gorgeous song)

--Love (from 3121) (My 8 year old loves this song and I agree with her)

--Dreamer (I would picked Colonized Mind but the lyrics irk me)

--Satisfied (people have said this song is boring..What?)

--Muse to the Pharoah (i Don't believe the lyrics are anti-semitic like some people do)

--Incense and Candles

--mi amo corozon

2010's

--lavaux

--1000 hugs and kisses

--X's face

--June

--Breakdown

--Breakfast Can wait (except for the altered voice at the end, I love it)

--Black Muse (Revelation is my favorite recent song but it is not at all underrated here)

--When she Comes

--Look at me Look at you.

--Future Soul Song

Could change for me as well because I do agree with some of your choices as well.

26ten said:

purplerabbithole said:

Which ones would you pick?

Very good question! Hmmm I would pick the following (I'm only doing officially released tracks cause in the world of Prince fans although something like Wonderful Ass for example is not known to most fans the people here mostly hold it in real high regard)

.

I tried to balance it out - but frankly after the 80s there are whole albums that are underrated. Chocolate Invasion for example - the whole damn thing could be my 2000s list haha but I'll not harp on that any longer (for now). I think I'm getting a reputation around here...

.

80s

Sister

Private Joy

All the Critics Love You in NY

Take Me W/ You

Condition of the Heart

New Position

Forever In My Life

Positivity

The Future

Electric Chair

.

90s

Elephants and Flowers

Push

And God Created Woman

Come/Space

Superfunkycalifragisexy

Saviour

She Spoke to Me

Animal Kingdom

Silly Game

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2000s

Mellow

What Do U Want Me 2 Do

When Eye Lay My Hands on U

Underneath the Cream

Golden Parachute

3121

Planet Earth

Love Like Jazz

Here

Lavaux

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2010s

WhiteCaps

U Know

Like a Mack

This Could B Us

Hardrocklover

1000 X's & O's

June

Groovy Potential

When She Comes

Big City

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At this moment - imo of course. Could change any moment... better not look over it again or I'll edit it endlessly.

@gandorb - I really found I liked HitNRun Phase 1 and felt the same adding so many songs from it to my list haha (are they gonna come and get me for this?!). With that said I wasn't the biggest fan of Baby Knows but my opinions on some of these songs change faster than the seasons.

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@NorthC - I've been finding that Emancipation tracks have been some of my absolute favorites - Emale included. I wonder who he is talking about in that song?

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@PurpleRabbitHole - Mad props for adding Tamborine and Temptation to your lists - I can't believe I forget them both.

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Edit - oh my I just realized I made a totally ridiculous mistake in my list that is even worse due to my moniker here haha I must have been in a hurry that day or something. I put a 20ten track in my 2000's list instead of my 2010's list. The name of the freaking album is 20ten for god sake haha

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Edit - oh my I just realized I made a totally ridiculous mistake in my list that is even worse due to my moniker here haha I must have been in a hurry that day or something. I put a 20ten track in my 2000's list instead of my 2010's list. The name of the freaking album is 20ten for god sake haha

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Curious Child is beautiful but also I find the lyrics a bit creepy.

NorthC said:

Free is a good choice! From the 90s, I'd say Emancipation has some gorgeous songs that no one ever talks about, such as Curious Child, Soul Sanctuary, Emale...

rusty1 said:

gandorb said:

NorthC said:

It does and I'm afraid a lot of your choices aren't "underrated" at all, 26ten. Come on, everybody loves Forever In My Life and Positivity! I can't be bothered to make a top ten for every decade, but from the 1980s, Around the World In a Day and Do U Lie and Dance On hardly ever get mention in "best songs" lists. From the 2000s, All the Midnights In the World and Walk In the Sand are rarely celebrated, but I do like 'em.

Loveu North, one of the very few persons who shows some love for Do U Lie, such a beautiful song

80's

Annie Christian

I Wonder U

Vicky Waiting

Party Up

Sexuality

Take Me With You

Dance On

When 2 R In Love

Its Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

Forever In My Life

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90s

Cant Stop This Feelin I Got

Walk Dont Walk

Live 4 Love

Daddy Pop

SWeet Baby

The Flow

Letitgo

Shhh

Prettyman

Arrogance

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2000s

My Medallion

X's Face

Here

Everywhere

Count The Days

Silicon

One Kiss At A Time

Golden Parachute

Walk In Sand

Lavaux

Stare

Whitecaps

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I'm having a hard time coming up with 10 per decade. I don't know enough of his material from 2000-2014 to comment on the 2000s and 2010s. Here is what I have.

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1990s

Live 4 Love

Let's Have a Baby

Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife

Comeback

Sweet Baby

The One

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1980s

Anotherloverholenyohead

She's Always in My Hair

God

Well, i am not sure about 80's.. it is a well known era so i would move from 90's.

90's

Underrated single 4 sure 'The Greatest Romance Ever Sold'. And let me mention here a songs from that Rave Un2 Joy Fantastic that are veeeryyy underrated: 'Man 'O' War, 'PrettyMan', Eye Love U, But Eye don't Trust U anymore' & 'Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do.'

Song 'Come' from the album w/ the same name and transition to song 'Space'.

Stand-alone single 'The War'.

'Dinner 4 Dolores' & 'Dig U Better Dead'

'And God Created Women' smashing playful & soulful masterpiece.

'She Spoke to Me' (exteneded)'

'The Sacrifice of Victor' deserves a lot more attention, closing 4 one of P's best 90's album.

and i didn't even touched Emancipaton Or D&P album...

00's

'Supercute' is his most underrated single ever. It's his best song from eary 00's.

A bunch of songs from TRC, but to mention 'Digital Garden', 'Last December' & 'She loves me 4 me'. I was sad to acknowledge that he never played 'Digital Garden' live.

I think his LotusFlow3r is a masterpiece, but to mention stunning 'Colonized Mind'.

'The Dance' 3121 version.

10's

From 20Ten 'Future Soul Song'

'Revelation'

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