Vannormal said:

BartVanHemelen said:

The only thing that stands out to me about that song is the horns. The vocals are good though and the song works well in the context of the album. No matter who wrote it, it's a good but not great song.

The song's a turkey whichever way you carve it up

It's grown on me a lot over time. It's an acquired taste. Whoever wrote the line "you can see the race car driver" made the whole song work for me.

Wolfie87 said:

Her version is on a scale of 1 to 10 a .5...and in POINT 5. lol....

rusty1 said:

this song sounds a lot better to me on the SOTT SDE remaster. all of a sudden there were many more things going on to my ears and it became much more interesting.

I read the tweet and then scrolled down and got a way better laugh from reading the Vegan quandry post by @MarcWills2 who was getting frustrated with people asking what do Vegans eat and then the post by @FabvLMusic demanding that people not compare apples to oranges. I was going to reply with "this is an apple: (i'd insert an apple in this space that wasn't so bold if there was one)

and this is an orange: " but I can't remember my password.

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GustavoRibas said:

luv4u said:

Please provide link

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https://www.princevault.c...=Slow_Love

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"The song was longtime thought to be co-written by Carole Davis, whom Prince met in 1984, but in fact it is essentially a sole-composition by Davis, who wrote the lyrics and music and did the vocal arrangement. Prince only helped to rewrite and re-arrange the bridge."

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But at the same time, they still didnt update the info on the album page. Ok, they are not an official site and not 100% accurate, but they are one of the greatest online databases when it comes to recording dates, credits, etc

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So PrinceVault just took her word for it? Don't get me wrong -- I believe her story is probably true. But I'm wondering if the people who maintain PrinceVault have any criteria or standards of proof when updating the site in a way that disagrees with official credits.

I feel like I could turn into a Karen over Carole Davis and that is really not like me at all.

rusty1 said:

Lots of post death character assassination going on .

For those of you who think Crucial should have been on the album instead of Slow Love, don't you think Crucial is too similar to Adore?

LILpoundCAKE said:

this song sounds a lot better to me on the SOTT SDE remaster. all of a sudden there were many more things going on to my ears and it became much more interesting.

Agreed! It is still far from my favorite SOTT song, but the remaster did give it a dash of life.

lurker316 said:

lurker316 said:

lurker316 said:

Great song by Carole Davis, elevating to a new level by Prince.

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His vocal on the version in the Sign movie is one of THE single greatest ballad performances of his career. The little twists he puts on the melody are absolutely sublime.

LoveGalore said:

lurker316 said:

For those of you who think Crucial should have been on the album instead of Slow Love, don't you think Crucial is too similar to Adore?

Maybe as a concept. But Crucial is a rock ballad epic. Adore is an old school rnb slow jam. They are actually miles apart beyond being a single word title and also love songs.

...You put "Shhh" and "Loose" in the "rock" category, too, don't you?

The superior sax version has no "rock" elements and is basically the same song only with a superior sax solo, so, can "Crucial" really be considered "rock"?

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And the people who critique "Slow Love" as overwrought or over generic are really missing the point... It's supposed to be that. It's trying to be one of those schmaltzy big grandiose (often white-penned, oddly enough), kind of MOR almost plastic straighfforward throwback orchestral love ballads, like a Dionne Warwick/Burt Bacharat collab.

It is absolutely an important aspect of what contributes to SOTT being a brilliant kaleidescopic shmorgisborg of Prince's diversity, far more so than a more obviously "better", earnest and genuinely more passionate loverman "Crucial" would do (which "Adore" already does at the proper placement for that kind of climax, plus vinyl runtimes etc.).

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RODSERLING said:

Slow Love is the only clunker of the album. I never understood the appealing of that song for Prince. If Prince rewrote the lyrics and the bridge, then his co-credit is well deserved. It's not like Slow Love was a worldwide hit like When Doves Cry. It's a song nobody ever cared.

The live version is where its at...he really lets his voice shine

paisleypark4 said:

RODSERLING said:

paisleypark4 said:

The live version is where its at...he really lets his voice shine

The live version in the movie is something else, of course. Prince with his usual talent of performer can turn a dull song into a great performance.

Agree. Never got into the song until I saw the movie and was like oh...let me rewind that..

Heard this quite a few times . . .

Morris Day wrote Partyup (music only?)
Andre wrote Do Me, Baby (music only?)

David Coleman wrote Around The World In A Day
Carole wrote Slow Love
Sandra St. Victor wrote Soul Sanctuary

U Know wholly sampled Mila J.

Etc.

I don't mind if Prince didn't write all of the songs on his albums. I don't see it as a big issue.

Se7en said:

Heard this quite a few times . . .

Morris Day wrote Partyup (music only?)
Andre wrote Do Me, Baby (music only?)

David Coleman wrote Around The World In A Day
Carole wrote Slow Love
Sandra St. Victor wrote Soul Sanctuary

U Know wholly sampled Mila J.

Etc.

I don't mind if Prince didn't write all of the songs on his albums. I don't see it as a big issue.

I don't mind either, but I do wish he would have given proper credit where it's deserved.

This might make for an interesting spinoff topic: what are all the songs Prince supposedly took from other people without giving them credit? (I wouldn't count any of the songs Wendy and Lisa claim to have written if the song was credited to Prince & The Revolution, because that gives them credit, albeit ambigously.)