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Thread started 01/16/18 10:06am

lonelyalien

Prince's Greatest Ballad?

I'd be interested to know what you think his greatest ballad is.

Mine is circle of armour.

[Edited 1/16/18 10:08am]

I'm just like everybody else I need love.....and water.
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Reply #1 posted 01/16/18 10:08am

soladeo1

My head says THE BEAUTIFUL ONES.

But my hearts says DO ME, BABY...

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Reply #2 posted 01/16/18 10:10am

PurpleSkipper5
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Adore is overrated.

So, The Beautiful Ones probably.
Scandalous is probably a good close second
Do Me, Baby is up there

Are we talking just love ballads?
Nothing Compares 2 U
.....but the rest are boring different, generic versions of the songs already mentioned
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Reply #3 posted 01/16/18 10:12am

PurpleSkipper5
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PurpleSkipper58 said:

Adore is overrated.

So, The Beautiful Ones probably.
Scandalous is probably a good close second
Do Me, Baby is up there

Are we talking just love ballads?
Nothing Compares 2 U
.....but the rest are boring different, generic versions of the songs already mentioned
[Edited 1/16/18 10:11am]

Also, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World

...but the rest range between meh and unlistenable and boring
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Reply #4 posted 01/16/18 10:17am

lonelyalien

PurpleSkipper58 said:

Nothing Compares 2 U .....but the rest are boring different, generic versions of the songs already mentioned [Edited 1/16/18 10:11am]

Do you like circle of armour? Such a beautiful theme.

I'm just like everybody else I need love.....and water.
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Reply #5 posted 01/16/18 10:53am

InThisBedIDrea
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Saviour.

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Reply #6 posted 01/16/18 11:19am

67Cadillac

"Purple Rain."

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Reply #7 posted 01/16/18 11:22am

KoolEaze

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The Beautiful Ones will always be my favorite Prince ballad.

There are many more great Prince ballads , but this one is my personal favorite.

Perfect lyrics, great instrumentation , amazing vocal delivery.

Just sheer perfection.

And all by himself.

" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?"
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Reply #8 posted 01/16/18 12:16pm

TrivialPursuit

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The Love We Make

Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking.
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Reply #9 posted 01/16/18 12:19pm

Stimpy

joy in repetition

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Reply #10 posted 01/16/18 12:31pm

purplerabbitho
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Damn U

Pink Cashmere

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Reply #11 posted 01/16/18 4:49pm

214

Adore and Purple Rain.

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Reply #12 posted 01/17/18 3:28am

ShaggyDog

soladeo1 said:

My head says THE BEAUTIFUL ONES.

But my hearts says DO ME, BABY...

For me my head says The Beautiful Ones

But my hot loins say Do Me Baby. That's a song so sexy that you can probably get pregnant just by listening to it.

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Reply #13 posted 01/17/18 7:50am

TheFman

The Beautiful Ones
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Scandalous

Crucial

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Reply #14 posted 01/17/18 8:43am

RJOrion

1. Condition Of The Heart
2. When 2 R In Love
3. Its Gonna Be Lonely
4. Adore
5. Insatiable
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Reply #15 posted 01/17/18 9:39am

carlacv

the beautiful ones

the most beautiful girl in the world

call my name

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Reply #16 posted 01/17/18 9:54am

lemoncrush

Purple Rain is obvious, but for the rest.

1) She Gave her Angels

2) Crucial

3) Free

4) The Beautiful Ones

5) Moonbeam Levels

Apologies to Gold, Adore, Diamonds and Pearls, Breakdown, the Ladder and Arms or Orion.

Several more I'm not mentioning, too. He was a master.

If it breaks when it bends, you better not put it in.
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Reply #17 posted 01/17/18 10:05am

stpaisios

its not possible to pick one...

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Reply #18 posted 01/17/18 10:07am

herb4

Not a huge fan of most of the ballads because they all sound the same to me but:

Damn U

Dreamin About U

Were the first 2 I thought of. Some of the other slower numbers I like I'm not sure constitute "ballads". Like...is "Way Back Home" or "Come Back" a ballad?

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Reply #19 posted 01/17/18 10:49am

Fiona01

eye Love U But eye Don't Trust U Anymore

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Reply #20 posted 01/17/18 11:34am

pdiddy2011

Pink Cashmere

Insatiable

Eye Hate U

Damn U

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Reply #21 posted 01/18/18 12:15am

Fiona01

Fiona01 said:

eye Love U But eye Don't Trust U Anymore

Surprised more people aren't mentioning this song.

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Reply #22 posted 01/18/18 12:26am

carlluv

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Adore
God created Woman
International Lover
Gigolos get lonely
Beautiful Ones
Joy in repetition
why in God's name do u wanna make me cry
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Reply #23 posted 01/18/18 1:09am

darkroman

When 2 R In Love comes to mind.

Only Prince can write a song that is both beautiful and a little dirty! (Well maybe a lot dirty) lol


smile smile


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Reply #24 posted 01/18/18 1:25am

DaveT

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Do Me Baby ... by a looooooong chalk!

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Reply #25 posted 01/19/18 8:38pm

SquirrelMeat

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So many greats, but if I had to pin it down, groove and lyrically, I'd have to pick one than strangely no one has picked...'The One'.

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Reply #26 posted 01/21/18 3:28pm

214

SquirrelMeat said:

So many greats, but if I had to pin it down, groove and lyrically, I'd have to pick one than strangely no one has picked...'The One'.

Really? I for one, think this is a the most pretentious thing He ever did, and a bad pretentious one.

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Reply #27 posted 01/21/18 5:09pm

LonelyStarfish

The Ladder or i love u in me
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Reply #28 posted 01/21/18 5:25pm

TheBigBang

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I switch back and forth between "Insatiable" and "Adore."

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Reply #29 posted 01/21/18 6:50pm

Adorecream

PurpleSkipper58 said:

Adore is overrated.

Oh hell naw!

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Adore is the greatest song in the history of music.

Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name
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