Just a little hypothetical that popped into my head after listening to Shhh recently.

That would've been awesome and would've been a nice progression from the PR era.

Just different enough but commercial enough to be a big hit.

Thoughts?

thats a big hypothetical lol

i think i liked it being raspberry beret

What if I was 6'3, 200# and hung like a horse?

I think if it were 10 years between Purple Rain and The Gold Experience, WB would have dropped Prince long since and no one would have known who he was anymore.

Genesia said:

I think if it were 10 years between Purple Rain and The Gold Experience, WB would have dropped Prince long since and no one would have known who he was anymore.

But wasn't TGE ready in 1994 or so? That's 10 years.

Frankly, one wonders if the flips of UTCM and GB is what kept him in the public eye for a while, plus the name change after that.

Hmmm and here I thought it was a popular song on here.

But I admit to being a fan of mass popularity Prince in my hindsight mind, so following up PR with such a drastic cosmic shift doesn't play into that (AWTIAD).

But now that I know that Shhh is a piece of crap...

TrivialPursuit said:

Genesia said:

I think if it were 10 years between Purple Rain and The Gold Experience, WB would have dropped Prince long since and no one would have known who he was anymore.

But wasn't TGE ready in 1994 or so? That's 10 years.

Frankly, one wonders if the flips of UTCM and GB is what kept him in the public eye for a while, plus the name change after that.

Sorry - I worded that poorly.

What I meant to say is that if it had been 10 years between albums/hit songs (because if Shhh was a "comeback" hit after Purple Rain, it would mean none of the albums in between Purple Rain and Gold existed), Prince wouldn't have been with WB, anymore - and never would have been heard from again.

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RODSERLING said:

Trollin', trollin' we could have fun just trollin'... Shhh is a piece of crap, no wonder he gave this shit to a kid. And when he saw urban listeners were into that shit, he" covered" It.

You're the one trollin'. Settle your butt down. "Shhh" one of his best power ballads to date. It beats "Scandalous," and especially beats "Insatiable."

TrivialPursuit said:

"Shhh" one of his best power ballads to date. It beats "Scandalous," and especially beats "Insatiable."

these songs cannot be in the same category as "Shhh"-uddup-a-you-face

dance electric (the one with guitar) was his best bet for the pr sound part 2 .. roadhouse garden gspot would be good on pr2 electric intercourse possessed could have been a nice transition to around the world styles .. however raspberry beret pop life america are all solid pr style too and throw in kiss and why do u even need a comeback single when those are all stone cold classics .. shh was always pretty meh in my book

TrivialPursuit said:

What if I was 6'3, 200# and hung like a horse?

I thought you were!

SquirrelMeat said:

TrivialPursuit said:

What if I was 6'3, 200# and hung like a horse?

I thought you were!

In the right funhouse mirror...

CynicKill said:

TrivialPursuit said:

TrivialPursuit said:

EmmaMcG said:

TrivialPursuit said:

What if I was 6'3, 200# and hung like a horse?

I'd say if you were an inch taller and 20 pounds heavier you'd be my husband

No one likes a braggart, Emma. haha

I love ´Shhh´, but I dont think it would be a big hit. I love it mostly because of Prince and Michael B´s solos.

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It´s interesting that it was one of the few 90s songs that he played almost until the end. Maybe because it was his ´guitar moment´, or he really liked it.

Always liked Tevin's slow version better.