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Reply #30 posted 11/24/20 6:23am

funkbabyandthe
babysitters

WhisperingDandelions said:



funkbabyandthebabysitters said:


Lol I got my 90s playlist down to a cool 56 cool

SOTT Ultimate Single LP:


Side A: Original Album + 12'' Singles.


Side B: All Vault trax '86-87.


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Ultimate sequence! Also got Single LP Emancipation Ultimate tracklist that retains all 36 tracks+The War EP+CB98 on Side B if interested...

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I've found my equal in sequencing nerdery
I made a triple album of all CB and dream factory songs plus u got the look.
Its epic.
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Reply #31 posted 11/24/20 6:52am

OldFriends4Sal
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funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I LOVE Controversy. He had a lot going on there.

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I too think it was too short, it moved very fast

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Tick Tick Bang, I think is a song that feels very 'controversial' and could work

Most of the other songs are too 'simply' relationship songs, with no controversial edge like Private Joy and Do Me Baby

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And he should have released more B sides. The one released is also forgetable to me. Gotta Stop (Messin' About)

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The 'outtakes' we(I) haven't heard Rain/The Rain and U, Make U Mine, Heart Attack, Hump U, Lisa, Friction, Broken, Delivery Boy

Thats a good point. Considering the title, a few more wtf moments needed to be on there. But theccontroversy wasnt meant to be in the songs, it was just prince talking about perceptions of himself. The start of his self awareness maybe

What do you mean by 'the controversy wasn't meant to be in this song'?
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In my opinion, I think all the songs on that album were about controversy whether about him Controversy(public-private opinion) world views (Ronnie Talk 2 Russia) social-religious conspiracy -Annie Christian, sexual controversy (Masturbation is always controversial)-Do Me Baby

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But yes, the album also feels more self aware-introverted vs Dirty Mind that perception outwardly

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Reply #32 posted 11/24/20 6:55am

funkbabyandthe
babysitters
Ronnie... is prince in his Republican conservative phase.
Annie Christian is at least trying to engage with the outside world


I just meant the controversy wasnt about the songs being controversial but about prior controversy and how that affected prince..


Ie the title track

But point taken, the orgasm on DMB, sexuality,those are still kinda risque
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Reply #33 posted 11/24/20 7:53am

CAL3

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

this album has a lot of good stuff on it, but i find the order of songs a bit weird. ending with jack u off is also just a bit weird. i think if this was sequenced a bit differently, critics might have felt less like it was inconsistent or a bit too all over the place (in this sense, its actually the first proper 'prince' album, i.e. an album that goes everywhere rather than try to sound cohesive). having do me baby as the 3rd song sapped the energy in my view.

id have done it like this -
controversy
sexuality
jack u off
annie christian
ronnie talk to russia

private joy
lets work
do me baby


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Ending the album with “Do Me Baby” would not the ideal, but I agree that particular song feels misplaced in the CD sequencing (but not vinyl). I wouldn’t mind if “Do Me Baby” had been the penultimate track.
I’ve been informed that my opinion is worth less than those expressed by others here.
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