Thread started 04/21/21 1:54pm2freaky4church 1 |
LA Times rates his 85 singles best to worst. All you others say Hell Yea!! |
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Reply #1 posted 04/21/21 1:59pm
2freaky4church 1 |
Worst song is Hardrocklover. amen.
next to last is Arms of Orion! No doubt. All you others say Hell Yea!! |
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Reply #2 posted 04/21/21 2:05pm
2freaky4church 1 |
Now I am mad, Peach number 83! Peach is good tune. All you others say Hell Yea!! |
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Reply #3 posted 04/21/21 2:12pm
OnlyNDaUsa
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Love the #1. Susan Rogers said releasing it as a single was her idea. She seems to think the world must have not been ready. "Keep on shilling for Big Pharm!" |
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Reply #5 posted 04/21/21 2:31pm
Genesia |
I disagree with almost everything on this list. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. |
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Reply #6 posted 04/21/21 2:40pm
langebleu moderator |
ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. |
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Reply #7 posted 04/21/21 2:46pm
LILpoundCAKE |
Genesia said:
I disagree with almost everything on this list.
I scrolled till about halfway before my eyes rolled so far back into my head I couldn't read anymore
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Reply #8 posted 04/21/21 3:14pm
Genesia |
LILpoundCAKE said:
Genesia said:
I disagree with almost everything on this list.
I scrolled till about halfway before my eyes rolled so far back into my head I couldn't read anymore
We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. |
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Reply #9 posted 04/21/21 3:43pm
sro100 |
2freaky4church1 said:
Supercute was no single?
I had the CD single. |
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Reply #10 posted 04/21/21 3:44pm
TrivialPursuit
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2freaky4church1 said:
Worst song is Hardrocklover. amen.
next to last is "The Arms of Orion!" No doubt.
You all have hatred in your 🖤🖤🖤.
Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. |
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Reply #11 posted 04/21/21 4:15pm
herb4 |
Hardrock lover is awesome. WIthout looking at the list, I'd say his worst singles were from Emancipation. |
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Reply #12 posted 04/21/21 4:21pm
bonatoc |
LILpoundCAKE said:
Genesia said:
I disagree with almost everything on this list.
I scrolled till about halfway before my eyes rolled so far back into my head I couldn't read anymore
My eyes widened at the atrocious opening gif. I'm not sure I can scroll down any further.
Pure clickbait shit. One line per song a review does not maketh.
[Edited 4/21/21 16:24pm] The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams |
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Reply #15 posted 04/21/21 6:51pm
TheKid94 |
"53. “Dance 4 Me” (2009) Recycling the iconic drum-machine beat from “When Doves Cry,” Prince addresses a “funky congregation” in this highlight from the throwback-minded “MPLSound,” which he sold exclusively at Target."
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In what way does this song recycle the beat from WDC?
Also, how can they mention Cinnamon Girl with out it's messge, that alone deserves a higher ranking. |
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Reply #16 posted 04/21/21 7:37pm
SoulAlive |
“If I Was Your Girlfriend” is a great song....but is it really his best single?! LOL
“When Doves Cry” should be at the top of the list. |
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Reply #17 posted 04/21/21 8:21pm
joyinrepetitio n |
This list is trash. True Prince-ologist know better than to take this list with a grain of salt. __________________________________________________
2 words falling between the drops and the moans of his condition |
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Reply #18 posted 04/21/21 11:04pm
ForceofNature |
Don't agrre with 100 percent of this, but it was an entertaining read and it is all opinions so hey just glad people are still talking Prince [Edited 4/21/21 23:38pm] |
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Reply #19 posted 04/21/21 11:05pm
ForceofNature |
joyinrepetition said:
This list is trash. True Prince-ologist know better than to take this list with a grain of salt.
It is just someone having fun talking about Prince subjectively in a list format, it's all good lol [Edited 4/21/21 23:23pm] |
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Reply #20 posted 04/22/21 12:16am
luv4u Moderatormoderator |
Genesia said:
LILpoundCAKE said:
I scrolled till about halfway before my eyes rolled so far back into my head I couldn't read anymore
Me too
Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture!
REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince
"I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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Reply #21 posted 04/22/21 2:36am
SantanaMaitrey a |
bonatoc said:
LILpoundCAKE said:
Genesia said:
I disagree with almost everything on this list.
I scrolled till about halfway before my eyes rolled so far back into my head I couldn't read anymore
My eyes widened at the atrocious opening gif. I'm not sure I can scroll down any further.
Pure clickbait shit. One line per song a review does not maketh.
[Edited 4/21/21 16:24pm] If you're going to put 85 songs in one article, you're going to have to keep it short. Apart from the fact that I think Thieves In the Temple is way too low and Breakfat Can Wait should be #85, I like this list. If you take any of this seriously, you're a bigger fool than I am. |
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Reply #22 posted 04/22/21 2:54am
fredmagnus
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RJOrion said:
stupid list with stupid rankings
THIS. |
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Reply #23 posted 04/22/21 3:58am
thebanishedone |
TheKid94 said:
"53. “Dance 4 Me” (2009) Recycling the iconic drum-machine beat from “When Doves Cry,” Prince addresses a “funky congregation” in this highlight from the throwback-minded “MPLSound,” which he sold exclusively at Target."
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In what way does this song recycle the beat from WDC?
Also, how can they mention Cinnamon Girl with out it's messge, that alone deserves a higher ranking.
it don't .it's just a usual "hey i'm a journalist and a smart ass bullshit " |
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Reply #24 posted 04/22/21 5:20am
Thibaut
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TheKid94 said:
"53. “Dance 4 Me” (2009) Recycling the iconic drum-machine beat from “When Doves Cry,” Prince addresses a “funky congregation” in this highlight from the throwback-minded “MPLSound,” which he sold exclusively at Target."
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In what way does this song recycle the beat from WDC?
Also, how can they mention Cinnamon Girl with out it's messge, that alone deserves a higher ranking.
Chocolate Box has drums that sound veyr similar to WDC.
The writer must be confusing the two songs.
In any case Hardrock Lover is a great song and it is BS to rank it as his worst single. |
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Reply #25 posted 04/22/21 7:55am
Vannormal
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That is the worst artwork EVER !
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"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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Reply #26 posted 04/22/21 8:00am
Vannormal
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Uhm,
"Cream" on N°22,
and songs like ''Pink Cashmere'',
The Truth'',
''This COuld B Us'', and
''Insatiable''
somewher at the end (72-76) ?!
- "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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Reply #27 posted 04/22/21 8:08am
sexton |
cooldayla said:
Well they got #1 right
They certainly did.
It's funny that some are complaining that the list is 100% wrong or "If I Was Your Girlfriend" was not his best single, but in the poll here from a few years ago, orgers voted for exactly the same #1 song: https://prince.org/msg/7/440853
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Reply #28 posted 04/22/21 8:19am
Empress |
sexton said:
cooldayla said:
Well they got #1 right
They certainly did.
It's funny that some are complaining that the list is 100% wrong or "If I Was Your Girlfriend" was not his best single, but in the poll here from a few years ago, orgers voted for exactly the same #1 song: https://prince.org/msg/7/440853
Yes, they did get #1 correct, but the rest of the list is a joke. |
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Reply #29 posted 04/22/21 11:52am
herb4 |
Lists like this are just click bait. I mean....define "best". The wisest? The best song on the record? The one with the most commercial appeal? The one that represents the album the best? The one that will bounce in the clubs? The most mainstream?
TBH, I didn't realize he'd released several of the songs on that list as singles so at least that much was interesting but the whole thing reads like one person deciding what songs they like and then arranging them in a way as to generate the most discussion by being controversial and edgy through listing them in some sort of a subjective order.
Pretty dumb. We could do our own list here and everyone would have a different one.
And any list like this that doesn't have "When Doves Cry" number one doesn't understand the nature of singles and what they are (were) for. That track blew up the fucking radio, vaulted Prince to the next level into superstardom and singular status, sold the movie and stopped people in thier fucking tracks. It was the kind of song that made you remember where you were the first time you heard it back when all you had was the radio and night clubs and had the added benefit of a positively killer b-side.
You immediately wanted to hear it again. It carved its way into your soul like a god damned lightning strike. |
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