What popular or hit Prince song would you be just fine not hearing ever again for the rest of your life; and, conversely, what is one song that you could literally listen to every day and never get sick of it?

I rarely go to play any of the hits tbh, as they're all too overplayed.

Two classic tracks which never fail to give me the feels no matter how much I've heard them are Nothing Compares 2 U (the Prince/Rosie Gaines version) and Sign O The Times.

I might get roasted for this, but I am so over Purple Rain. Meanwhile I could listen to Strange Relationship on a loop all day.

Why play a song so much you get sick of it?

purplethunder3121 said:

Why play a song so much you get sick of it?

Am i sick of this song or not , ok i will play it another 5 times to make sure

[Edited 7/17/20 13:03pm]

DoctorMattFink said:

I might get roasted for this, but I am so over Purple Rain. Meanwhile I could listen to Strange Relationship on a loop all day.

If you do , tell them to do one.

The main time I hear the hits if I am listeining to his concerts. I don't respond to some of the hits the way I used to, but I don't have a negative reaction to any of them like pop songs in the past that I just couldn't stand them anymore due to being overplayed. And I have to admit, I always enjoy Purple Rain in concert because each time he does something a little different with it.

I felt the 'wear' live more than studio. I saw him live a couple of hundred times, and I got bored of particular songs or arrangements, particularly the Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret segue, the traditional version of Lets Go Crazy and Purple Rain.

That said, in the last concert I saw him (Private charity gig at the Koko London). when he did Purple Rain, I remember really enjoying it and thinking, this might be the last time I ever hear it. Weird.

Good topic!

I would prefer not to hear "Kiss" again.

I do not get sick of "The Love We Make."

RJOrion said:

im done with "Kiss" i could listen to "My Love Is Forever" every hour of every day [Edited 7/18/20 6:56am]

Agree 100% with MLIF.

the opposite of this is what Prince songs do you want to listen to? I started my own playlist of songs yesterday that I would enjoy at the moment (on Spotify). It goes something like this:

Slave

Northside

Irresistible Bitch

Iresisstible Bitch (vault version)

Sexual Suicide

Cloreen Baconskin

Crystal Ball

Acknowledge Me

Movie Star

What's My Name

Joy in Repetition

I Wonder U

Shockadelica

Rainbow Children

Tamborine

Dig U Better Dead

A Love Bizarre

If I Was Your Girlfriend

Sign O' The Times

DMSR

The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

Housequake

The Dance Electric (Andre Cymone released version)
She's Always in My Hair

Love Song

Pink Cashmere

Forever In My Life

Strange Relationship

It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night

Come

Pheremone

Musicology

Xpedition

Of course not but I don't listen to a "hits collection". I listen to Prince albums all the way through and some of them have hits and they're just part of the whole.

ColinFaconskin said:

I've always detested The Most Beautiful Girl in the World. Not keen on P when he goes all Liberace.

I couldn't stand the song when it came out, and although I like it slightly better now it will never be a favorite of mine.

Honestly, I can't think of not one.

SquirrelMeat said:

I felt the 'wear' live more than studio. I saw him live a couple of hundred times, and I got bored of particular songs or arrangements, particularly the Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret segue, the traditional version of Lets Go Crazy and Purple Rain.

That said, in the last concert I saw him (Private charity gig at the Koko London). when he did Purple Rain, I remember really enjoying it and thinking, this might be the last time I ever hear it. Weird.

I hear you. The trad arrangements of Take Me With U / Raspberry Beret for Hit N Run II in 2014 just did nothing for me and took away from the 3rdEyeGirl sound.

And at 21 Nights in London, on night 20, I found myself having no problem stepping out of the main arena to take a phone call during U Got The Look.

I'm sick of a few of them, but not too many. Kiss and Raspberry Beret are among the ones I'm sick of.