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Reply #30 posted 10/07/22 10:13am

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Why does everyone like Gold ?

It sound so generic.

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Reply #31 posted 10/07/22 10:18am

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"The Ladder" has the Prince Scream (TM)

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #32 posted 10/07/22 11:03am

RJOrion

paisleyparkgirl said:

Why does everyone like Gold ?


It sound so generic.



I dont like it at all...im one of the few people that doent like The Gold Experience Lp...except for Shy, Shhh, and Dolphin...i dig those 3 and thats it...sometimes i can tolerate TMBGITW, but nah..
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Reply #33 posted 10/07/22 11:21am

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RJOrion said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Why does everyone like Gold ?

It sound so generic.

I dont like it at all...im one of the few people that doent like The Gold Experience Lp...except for Shy, Shhh, and Dolphin...i dig those 3 and thats it...sometimes i can tolerate TMBGITW, but nah..

Butt, try "Shy", "Shhh", "Dolphin", & "Gold" on a mini playlist.

It's a '95 Guitar-Gasm!

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #34 posted 10/07/22 12:26pm

LoveGalore

If Big City had it's way of being a perfect capstone to his career, Gold is a perfect capstone to his tenure with WB. And that's certainly how the prince canon could consider it since TGE is the last main continuity album of the WB Era.

Gold is basically the Purple Rain 2 we always wanted, a decade after the first one, and wrapped in just as much brouhaha. It's epic.
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Reply #35 posted 10/07/22 5:37pm

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While 'Purple Rain' is the well-known 'famous' track and also horrendously overplayed, is it the better song?

I'd say probably not. 'The Ladder' is much more interesting, both musically and lyrically.

Throw a 5 minute guitar solo on The Ladder and it would kill PR in an instant

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Reply #36 posted 10/07/22 7:19pm

LoveGalore

fragglerock said:

While 'Purple Rain' is the well-known 'famous' track and also horrendously overplayed, is it the better song?


I'd say probably not. 'The Ladder' is much more interesting, both musically and lyrically.



Throw a 5 minute guitar solo on The Ladder and it would kill PR in an instant



What makes The Ladder more interesting lyrically?

I'm also curious why it's more interesting musically considering it is the same groove throughout with no solos or key changes or anything.
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Reply #37 posted 10/08/22 12:47am

dodger07

paisleyparkgirl said:

Why does everyone like Gold ?


It sound so generic.



Stop it
You’re clearly not an official member of the New Power Generation
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Reply #38 posted 10/08/22 3:15am

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paisleyparkgirl said:

Why does everyone like Gold ?

It sound so generic.

A 90s order of "Purple Rain" with extra cheese.

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Reply #39 posted 10/08/22 3:24am

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LoveGalore said:

fragglerock said:

While 'Purple Rain' is the well-known 'famous' track and also horrendously overplayed, is it the better song?

I'd say probably not. 'The Ladder' is much more interesting, both musically and lyrically.

Throw a 5 minute guitar solo on The Ladder and it would kill PR in an instant

What makes The Ladder more interesting lyrically? I'm also curious why it's more interesting musically considering it is the same groove throughout with no solos or key changes or anything.

whoah, whoah, "The Ladder" is not the track on trial here. You PR apologists justify your pick for once in this thread.


I like how you highlight "lyrically" when PR has like five lines total when you omit all repetition/variants of "Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain blah blah Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain"... are there significant key shifts in PR anyway? What is this, modal jazz class? PR is a bland, by-the-numbers power ballad (had a teen rock phase, are power ballads really that beloved of a subgenre?) even if it runs through every key in the alphabet.

[Edited 10/8/22 3:50am]

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Reply #40 posted 10/08/22 5:45am

LoveGalore

WhisperingDandelions said:



LoveGalore said:


fragglerock said:

While 'Purple Rain' is the well-known 'famous' track and also horrendously overplayed, is it the better song?


I'd say probably not. 'The Ladder' is much more interesting, both musically and lyrically.



Throw a 5 minute guitar solo on The Ladder and it would kill PR in an instant



What makes The Ladder more interesting lyrically? I'm also curious why it's more interesting musically considering it is the same groove throughout with no solos or key changes or anything.

whoah, whoah, "The Ladder" is not the track on trial here. You PR apologists justify your pick for once in this thread.



I like how you highlight "lyrically" when PR has like five lines total when you omit all repetition/variants of "Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain blah blah Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain"... are there significant key shifts in PR anyway? What is this, modal jazz class? PR is a bland, by-the-numbers power ballad (had a teen rock phase, are power ballads really that beloved of a subgenre?) even if it runs through every key in the alphabet.

[Edited 10/8/22 3:50am]



Tsk tsk.

Can't answer a straight up question with a straight up answer? The Ladder IS on trial because you redactionistas are tryna rewrite history. The never was and never will be a time where The Ladder is superior to Purple Rain. And that's final!!!!
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Reply #41 posted 10/08/22 5:59am

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dodger07 said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Why does everyone like Gold ?


It sound so generic.



Stop it
You’re clearly not an official member of the New Power Generation

lol lol
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Reply #42 posted 10/08/22 5:59am

RJOrion

I was never a big fan of either song...i always felt like 'The Ladder' was the immediate sequel to 'Purple Rain'...to me, both songs kinda drag on too long...but the vocal performance on Purple Rain is superior IMO...and thats what separates them...
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Reply #43 posted 10/08/22 9:51am

SoulAlive

my shocking confession: I was never a huge fan of the song "Purple Rain" boxed and yeah,I know it's one of Prince's signature songs and all,but I was never that crazy about it.Big arena rock ballads have always bored me.

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Reply #44 posted 10/08/22 4:26pm

rockford

Neither are objectively very good.
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Reply #45 posted 10/08/22 5:30pm

LoveGalore

rockford said:

Neither are objectively very good.


Huh? If I were you, I'd stick with the subjective. Objectively, they are both two of the most popular songs to ever exist.

Art can really only meaningfully be discussed subjectively because feelings and opinions are what give life to art at all...
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Reply #46 posted 10/10/22 7:57pm

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LoveGalore said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

whoah, whoah, "The Ladder" is not the track on trial here. You PR apologists justify your pick for once in this thread.


I like how you highlight "lyrically" when PR has like five lines total when you omit all repetition/variants of "Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain blah blah Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain"... are there significant key shifts in PR anyway? What is this, modal jazz class? PR is a bland, by-the-numbers power ballad (had a teen rock phase, are power ballads really that beloved of a subgenre?) even if it runs through every key in the alphabet.

[Edited 10/8/22 3:50am]

Tsk tsk. Can't answer a straight up question with a straight up answer? The Ladder IS on trial because you redactionistas are tryna rewrite history. The never was and never will be a time where The Ladder is superior to Purple Rain. And that's final!!!!

ha dude, there was an answer: PR lyrics are super generic. "The Ladder" may be slightly vague/cryptic, but that's part of the intrigue, the lyrics are infinitely more interesting because of the style, and I'm probably the least religious on the org. PR is like madlibs/plug-in sentiment with most of lyrics taken up by repeating "Purple Rain" infinitely. At least "The Ladder" has lyrics, "Purple Rain" has like three lines outside the title.

I covered the backing tracks, too, PR is very standard power ballad structure, which is actually a generic genre by design to begin with. Only on the org are "power ballads" spoken of like serialism or classical impressionism, like he conquered the creme de la creme of art.

Maybe "The Ladder" seems less emotionally resonant to some because he sings the verses in that flat, Madonna/Ingrid Chavez "Justify Your Love" borderline spoken word style, but again this makes it more unique than by-the-numbers power ballad with by-the-numbers sentiment. It gives it a more all-encompassing build whereas the build of PR is based purely on the guitar solos.

[Edited 10/10/22 20:04pm]

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Reply #47 posted 10/10/22 8:01pm

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SoulAlive said:

my shocking confession: I was never a huge fan of the song "Purple Rain" boxed and yeah,I know it's one of Prince's signature songs and all,but I was never that crazy about it.Big arena rock ballads have always bored me.

It's for the big arena rock crowd,


But as a former big arena rock fan who got into Prince for the rawk, even then, ehhhh, it's a standard power ballad. He didn't re-invent the wheel or anything with that. His sparse Linn drum/synth experiments are wayyy more something to break out the shield to stan than "Purple Rain" of all vibes....

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Reply #48 posted 10/11/22 4:18am

LoveGalore

WhisperingDandelions said:



LoveGalore said:


WhisperingDandelions said:


whoah, whoah, "The Ladder" is not the track on trial here. You PR apologists justify your pick for once in this thread.



I like how you highlight "lyrically" when PR has like five lines total when you omit all repetition/variants of "Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain blah blah Purple Rain Purple Rain Purple Rain"... are there significant key shifts in PR anyway? What is this, modal jazz class? PR is a bland, by-the-numbers power ballad (had a teen rock phase, are power ballads really that beloved of a subgenre?) even if it runs through every key in the alphabet.


[Edited 10/8/22 3:50am]



Tsk tsk. Can't answer a straight up question with a straight up answer? The Ladder IS on trial because you redactionistas are tryna rewrite history. The never was and never will be a time where The Ladder is superior to Purple Rain. And that's final!!!!

ha dude, there was an answer: PR lyrics are super generic. "The Ladder" may be slightly vague/cryptic, but that's part of the intrigue, the lyrics are infinitely more interesting because of the style, and I'm probably the least religious on the org. PR is like madlibs/plug-in sentiment with most of lyrics taken up by repeating "Purple Rain" infinitely. At least "The Ladder" has lyrics, "Purple Rain" has like three lines outside the title.

I covered the backing tracks, too, PR is very standard power ballad structure, which is actually a generic genre by design to begin with. Only on the org are "power ballads" spoken of like serialism or classical impressionism, like he conquered the creme de la creme of art.

Maybe "The Ladder" seems less emotionally resonant to some because he sings the verses in that flat, Madonna/Ingrid Chavez "Justify Your Love" borderline spoken word style, but again this makes it more unique than by-the-numbers power ballad with by-the-numbers sentiment. It gives it a more all-encompassing build whereas the build of PR is based purely on the guitar solos.

[Edited 10/10/22 20:04pm]



I don't think there's anything standard about Purple Rain and you can always tell a P-cynic by their opinions of that song. It's as if liking it makes you a sycophant or that your taste doesn't elevate beyond the standard of the standard.

Let's not pretend that songs need to be complex or whatever the opposite of standard is to be good. There's a reason why standards are... THE STANDARD! Nobody needs to say Purple Rain is the cream of the same crop The Ladder is part of - but I'm glad someone does when threads like this crawl forth from the congealed artistic fatigue of the org.

Btw, The Ladder doesn't have anymore lyrics than Purple Rain does. Two verses and an endless parade of the chorus. I think you're griping about some psychosomatic issues rather than what is reality.
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Reply #49 posted 10/11/22 5:15am

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paisleyparkgirl said:

Why does everyone like Gold ?

It sound so generic.



I don't like it. The music is derviative and the lyrics are trite.

In fact, "All that glitters ain't gold" might be the most trite lyric Prince has ever put into a song. If it was a throw-away line in the middle of a verse I could ignore it, but it's the center piece of the chorus.





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Reply #50 posted 10/11/22 5:36am

LoveGalore

lurker316 said:



paisleyparkgirl said:


Why does everyone like Gold ?


It sound so generic.





I don't like it. The music is derviative and the lyrics are trite.

In fact, "All that glitters ain't gold" might be the most trite lyric Prince has ever put into a song. If it was a throw-away line in the middle of a verse I could ignore it, but it's the center piece of the chorus.







Now you know damn well all music is derivative. Prince built a career on derivatively synthesizing his inspirations. Does it create something brand new? I don't think so.


One might say they find nothing exciting in Gold (and Purple Rain, etc) but thats cool. It's just... Prince didn't reinvent any wheels though one COULD say he did for drum machines what Jimi did for strats.
[Edited 10/11/22 5:37am]
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Reply #51 posted 10/11/22 5:57am

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LoveGalore said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

ha dude, there was an answer: PR lyrics are super generic. "The Ladder" may be slightly vague/cryptic, but that's part of the intrigue, the lyrics are infinitely more interesting because of the style, and I'm probably the least religious on the org. PR is like madlibs/plug-in sentiment with most of lyrics taken up by repeating "Purple Rain" infinitely. At least "The Ladder" has lyrics, "Purple Rain" has like three lines outside the title.

I covered the backing tracks, too, PR is very standard power ballad structure, which is actually a generic genre by design to begin with. Only on the org are "power ballads" spoken of like serialism or classical impressionism, like he conquered the creme de la creme of art.

Maybe "The Ladder" seems less emotionally resonant to some because he sings the verses in that flat, Madonna/Ingrid Chavez "Justify Your Love" borderline spoken word style, but again this makes it more unique than by-the-numbers power ballad with by-the-numbers sentiment. It gives it a more all-encompassing build whereas the build of PR is based purely on the guitar solos.

[Edited 10/10/22 20:04pm]

I don't think there's anything standard about Purple Rain and you can always tell a P-cynic by their opinions of that song. It's as if liking it makes you a sycophant or that your taste doesn't elevate beyond the standard of the standard. Let's not pretend that songs need to be complex or whatever the opposite of standard is to be good. There's a reason why standards are... THE STANDARD! Nobody needs to say Purple Rain is the cream of the same crop The Ladder is part of - but I'm glad someone does when threads like this crawl forth from the congealed artistic fatigue of the org. Btw, The Ladder doesn't have anymore lyrics than Purple Rain does. Two verses and an endless parade of the chorus. I think you're griping about some psychosomatic issues rather than what is reality.


...You were literally whining about lack of key changes in "The Ladder" like three posts ago, now you're the musical everyman Joe Six Pack?

LoveGalore said:

What makes The Ladder more interesting lyrically? I'm also curious why it's more interesting musically considering it is the same groove throughout with no solos or key changes or anything.

You were even castigating it for being "the same groove throughout", of all things to critique a Prince song of being. Oh no, not the same groove throughout!


And no, Not "a standard", or "the standard", "a standard power. ballad.", sir, as in: generic and standard endemic to the subgenre of rock'n'roll power ballads as a whole. as in, not really even on the same level as say an "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" or "November Rain" or various Journey songs, one of which he admitted to biting... you know, actual power ballad "standards" by your construed definition. I think even that Aerosmith track from that 90s movie is probably a superior (as in, not quite so standard, as in not so quite generic) power ballad.

Never mind getting into the truly great, next level power ballads by a metal band like Lacuna Coil.

"Purple Rain" is a paint-by-numbers generic, plain power ballad to someone who made the rounds with some rock records back in the day and really couldn't even articulate what exactly is a key change anyway. I literally asked you if your post implied PR had one, but now you're defender of the common music man, k.


And you still haven't explained in your various posts why you find "Purple Rain" better than "The Ladder" other than key changes--does it even have a key change?--and now this tirade about standards and cynics and whatever means you're trying to declare one song in the Prince library of thousands as some be-all, end-all fan statement of statements.

It really sounds like you're the one who has ascribed all sorts of psychological baggage into this one single song in a library of thousands and what a fan's opinion on it does or does not say about them macrocosmically... But I do passionately me love "Little Red Corvette" and "When Doves Cry" because those actually surpass/exceed/excel their respective genres.



But anyway, because we both know you're gonna ignore all that blather: "The Ladder" lyrics:

[Verse 1]
Once upon a time in the land of Sin-a-plenty
There lived a king who didn't deserve to be
He knew not where he came from nor where he was going
He never once said thank you, never please
Now this king he had a subject named Electra
Who loved him with a passion uncontested
For him each day she had a smile
But it didn't matter
The king was looking for the ladder

[Chorus]
Everybody's looking for the ladder
Everybody wants salvation of the soul
The steps you take are no easy road
But the reward is great
For those who want to go

[Verse 2]
A feeling of self-worth (Everybody's looking)
Will caress you (For the answers)
The size of the whole wide world will decrease (How the story started)
(And how it will end)
The love of God's creation will undress you
And time spent alone my friend, will cease

[Chorus]
Everybody's looking for the answers
How the story started and how it will end
What's the use in half a story, half a dream?
You have to climb all of the steps in between, yeah yeah
I say everybody, everybody's looking for the ladder
Everybody wants salvation of the soul
The steps you take are no easy road (It's not that easy)
The reward is great for those who want to go
(I do!)
Oh everybody, yeah, everybody's looking for the answers
Everybody wanna know how the story started and how it will end
What's the use in half a story, half of a dream?
You gotta climb, you gotta climb all of the steps in between
Everybody, everybody's looking for that ladder
Everybody wants salvation of the soul (Oh salvation)
The steps you take are no easy road and, uh, that's for sure
The reward is great, is great for those who wanna go, those who wanna go
Everybody (Everybody's looking for the answers)
Everybody wants an answer (Oh yeah)
They wanna know how the story started
How it will end, what it would be like every day?
What's the use in half a story, half of a dream?
You have to climb all of the steps in between


"Purple Rain" lyrics after hitting FIND&REPLACE on all repetition of the title:

[[Verse 1]
I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing

[Pre-Chorus]
I only wanted to see you
Laughing in the

[Chorus]
I only want to see you
Bathing in the

[Verse 2]
I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey
Baby, I could never steal you from another

[Pre-Chorus]
It's such a shame our friendship had to end

[Chorus]
I only want to see you
Underneath the

[Verse 3]
Honey, I know, I know
I know times are changing
It's time we all reach out
For something new, that means you, too
You say you want a leader
But you can't seem to make up your mind

[Pre-Chorus]
I think you better close it
And let me guide you to the

[Chorus]
,
, , wooo!
If you know what I'm singing about up here
Come on, raise your hand
,
I only want to see you
Only want to see you in the

man it really repeats a lot of other stuff with slight variations, too. total madlibs lyrics.


And I don't even care about lyrics as a significant marker of song quality, just like the musical elitist key changes critique: you brought the lyrics up.

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Reply #52 posted 10/11/22 6:07am

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LoveGalore said:

Prince didn't reinvent any wheels though one COULD say he did for drum machines what Jimi did for strats. [Edited 10/11/22 5:37am]

yes, and we do.


he "didn't reinvent any wheels" except the wheel he reinvented. solid take. Literally all of R&B and pop is synths and drum machines and electronic sounds and raunch now.

He actually exceeds Jimi because starting a strat-led rock band today is like starting a New Orleans jazz band. It might as well be what Bix Beiderbecke did for the cornet as far as gen-Z is concerned. but they do know their drum machines, synthsizers and electronic tapestries...

[Edited 10/11/22 6:11am]

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Reply #53 posted 10/11/22 6:16am

LoveGalore

WhisperingDandelions said:



LoveGalore said:


Prince didn't reinvent any wheels though one COULD say he did for drum machines what Jimi did for strats. [Edited 10/11/22 5:37am]

yes, and we do.



he "didn't reinvent any wheels" except the wheel he reinvented. solid take. Literally all of R&B is synths and drum machines and electronic sounds now.

He actually exceeds Jimi because starting a strat-led rock band today is like starting a New Orleans jazz band. It might as well be what Bix Beiderbecke did for the cornet as far as gen-Z is concerned. but they do know their drum machines, synthsizers and electronic tapestries...

[Edited 10/11/22 6:10am]


Ever seen the home studio monolith that exists now? Everyone is a home producer with a laptop that makes Prince's sounds. But we weren't talking about solely what you quoted, were we? Anyone can take something out of context and then take the "solid" piss.

The point was about song arrangements and composition and your definition of the bog standard. Btw, if you think Purple Rain is the standard, you're pretty much destroying the dreams of that home producer complex because there hasn't been a Purple Rain since.
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Reply #54 posted 10/11/22 6:18am

LoveGalore

WhisperingDandelions said:



LoveGalore said:


WhisperingDandelions said:


ha dude, there was an answer: PR lyrics are super generic. "The Ladder" may be slightly vague/cryptic, but that's part of the intrigue, the lyrics are infinitely more interesting because of the style, and I'm probably the least religious on the org. PR is like madlibs/plug-in sentiment with most of lyrics taken up by repeating "Purple Rain" infinitely. At least "The Ladder" has lyrics, "Purple Rain" has like three lines outside the title.

I covered the backing tracks, too, PR is very standard power ballad structure, which is actually a generic genre by design to begin with. Only on the org are "power ballads" spoken of like serialism or classical impressionism, like he conquered the creme de la creme of art.

Maybe "The Ladder" seems less emotionally resonant to some because he sings the verses in that flat, Madonna/Ingrid Chavez "Justify Your Love" borderline spoken word style, but again this makes it more unique than by-the-numbers power ballad with by-the-numbers sentiment. It gives it a more all-encompassing build whereas the build of PR is based purely on the guitar solos.


[Edited 10/10/22 20:04pm]



I don't think there's anything standard about Purple Rain and you can always tell a P-cynic by their opinions of that song. It's as if liking it makes you a sycophant or that your taste doesn't elevate beyond the standard of the standard. Let's not pretend that songs need to be complex or whatever the opposite of standard is to be good. There's a reason why standards are... THE STANDARD! Nobody needs to say Purple Rain is the cream of the same crop The Ladder is part of - but I'm glad someone does when threads like this crawl forth from the congealed artistic fatigue of the org. Btw, The Ladder doesn't have anymore lyrics than Purple Rain does. Two verses and an endless parade of the chorus. I think you're griping about some psychosomatic issues rather than what is reality.


...You were literally whining about lack of key changes in "The Ladder" like three posts ago, now you're the musical everyman Joe Six Pack?




LoveGalore said:


What makes The Ladder more interesting lyrically? I'm also curious why it's more interesting musically considering it is the same groove throughout with no solos or key changes or anything.

You were even castigating it for being "the same groove throughout", of all things to critique a Prince song of being. Oh no, not the same groove throughout!



And no, Not "a standard", or "the standard", "a standard power. ballad.", sir, as in: generic and standard endemic to the subgenre of rock'n'roll power ballads as a whole. as in, not really even on the same level as say an "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" or "November Rain" or various Journey songs, one of which he admitted to biting... you know, actual power ballad "standards" by your construed definition. I think even that Aerosmith track from that 90s movie is probably a superior (as in, not quite so standard, as in not so quite generic) power ballad.

Never mind getting into the truly great, next level power ballads by a metal band like Lacuna Coil.

"Purple Rain" is a paint-by-numbers generic, plain power ballad to someone who made the rounds with some rock records back in the day and really couldn't even articulate what exactly is a key change anyway. I literally asked you if your post implied PR had one, but now you're defender of the common music man, k.



And you still haven't explained in your various posts why you find "Purple Rain" better than "The Ladder" other than key changes--does it even have a key change?--and now this tirade about standards and cynics and whatever means you're trying to declare one song in the Prince library of thousands as some be-all, end-all fan statement of statements.

It really sounds like you're the one who has ascribed all sorts of psychological baggage into this one single song in a library of thousands and what a fan's opinion on it does or does not say about them macrocosmically... But I do passionately me love "Little Red Corvette" and "When Doves Cry" because those actually surpass/exceed/excel their respective genres.




But anyway, because we both know you're gonna ignore all that blather: "The Ladder" lyrics:


[Verse 1]
Once upon a time in the land of Sin-a-plenty
There lived a king who didn't deserve to be
He knew not where he came from nor where he was going
He never once said thank you, never please
Now this king he had a subject named Electra
Who loved him with a passion uncontested
For him each day she had a smile
But it didn't matter
The king was looking for the ladder

[Chorus]
Everybody's looking for the ladder
Everybody wants salvation of the soul
The steps you take are no easy road
But the reward is great
For those who want to go

[Verse 2]
A feeling of self-worth (Everybody's looking)
Will caress you (For the answers)
The size of the whole wide world will decrease (How the story started)
(And how it will end)
The love of God's creation will undress you
And time spent alone my friend, will cease

[Chorus]
Everybody's looking for the answers
How the story started and how it will end
What's the use in half a story, half a dream?
You have to climb all of the steps in between, yeah yeah
I say everybody, everybody's looking for the ladder
Everybody wants salvation of the soul
The steps you take are no easy road (It's not that easy)
The reward is great for those who want to go
(I do!)
Oh everybody, yeah, everybody's looking for the answers
Everybody wanna know how the story started and how it will end
What's the use in half a story, half of a dream?
You gotta climb, you gotta climb all of the steps in between
Everybody, everybody's looking for that ladder
Everybody wants salvation of the soul (Oh salvation)
The steps you take are no easy road and, uh, that's for sure
The reward is great, is great for those who wanna go, those who wanna go
Everybody (Everybody's looking for the answers)
Everybody wants an answer (Oh yeah)
They wanna know how the story started
How it will end, what it would be like every day?
What's the use in half a story, half of a dream?
You have to climb all of the steps in between



"Purple Rain" lyrics after hitting FIND&REPLACE on all repetition of the title:


[[Verse 1]
I never meant to cause you any sorrow
I never meant to cause you any pain
I only wanted one time to see you laughing

[Pre-Chorus]
I only wanted to see you
Laughing in the

[Chorus]
I only want to see you
Bathing in the

[Verse 2]
I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey
Baby, I could never steal you from another

[Pre-Chorus]
It's such a shame our friendship had to end

[Chorus]
I only want to see you
Underneath the

[Verse 3]
Honey, I know, I know
I know times are changing
It's time we all reach out
For something new, that means you, too
You say you want a leader
But you can't seem to make up your mind

[Pre-Chorus]
I think you better close it
And let me guide you to the

[Chorus]
,
, , wooo!
If you know what I'm singing about up here
Come on, raise your hand
,
I only want to see you
Only want to see you in the



man it really repeats a lot of other stuff with slight variations, too. total madlibs lyrics.



And I don't even care about lyrics as a significant marker of song quality, just like the musical elitist key changes critique: you brought the lyrics up.



Listen, like I told Ian, I don't get down with these long, masturbatory diatribes. I appreciate you can distill your feelings down to such a point, but you're way way more aggressive than I am.

I don't care. If you don't like purple rain, go ahead on. You get all the cool kid cred.
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Reply #55 posted 10/11/22 6:25am

WhisperingDand
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LoveGalore said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

man it really repeats a lot of other stuff with slight variations, too. total madlibs lyrics.


And I don't even care about lyrics as a significant marker of song quality, just like the musical elitist key changes critique: you brought the lyrics up.

Listen, like I told Ian, I don't get down with these long, masturbatory diatribes. I appreciate you can distill your feelings down to such a point, but you're way way more aggressive than I am. I don't care. If you don't like purple rain, go ahead on. You get all the cool kid cred.

oooookay...


just one tl;dr (and all I've been asking since reply #1, actually all OP asked originally):

Why do you (LoveGalore) think "Purple Rain" is superior to "The Ladder"?


















(I really want to ask who or what "Ian" is supposed to mean, too, but just focus on the top half if this part is too excessively overwhelming... movie reference? Bill Hicks? "shit, Ian it's a Spalding?")

[Edited 10/11/22 6:28am]

[Edited 10/11/22 6:30am]

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Reply #56 posted 10/11/22 6:40am

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LoveGalore said:

lurker316 said:



I don't like it. The music is derviative and the lyrics are trite.

In fact, "All that glitters ain't gold" might be the most trite lyric Prince has ever put into a song. If it was a throw-away line in the middle of a verse I could ignore it, but it's the center piece of the chorus.





Now you know damn well all music is derivative. Prince built a career on derivatively synthesizing his inspirations. Does it create something brand new? I don't think so. One might say they find nothing exciting in Gold (and Purple Rain, etc) but thats cool. It's just... Prince didn't reinvent any wheels though one COULD say he did for drum machines what Jimi did for strats. [Edited 10/11/22 5:37am]



Yes, all music is derivative to a degree. In other words, some songs are more derivate, while other songs are less. Gold would be a song that was the more end of the spectrum. Most of prince's best songs were less derviative and more originiality.

Besides, even if were to excuse the music, the lyrics are trite.

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Reply #57 posted 10/11/22 6:44am

LoveGalore

WhisperingDandelions said:



LoveGalore said:


WhisperingDandelions said:




man it really repeats a lot of other stuff with slight variations, too. total madlibs lyrics.



And I don't even care about lyrics as a significant marker of song quality, just like the musical elitist key changes critique: you brought the lyrics up.



Listen, like I told Ian, I don't get down with these long, masturbatory diatribes. I appreciate you can distill your feelings down to such a point, but you're way way more aggressive than I am. I don't care. If you don't like purple rain, go ahead on. You get all the cool kid cred.


oooookay...



just one tl;dr (and all I've been asking since reply #1, actually all OP asked originally):


Why do you (LoveGalore) think "Purple Rain" is superior to "The Ladder"?



















(I really want to ask who or what "Ian" is supposed to mean, too, but just focus on the top half if this part is too excessively overwhelming... movie reference? Bill Hicks? "shit, Ian it's a Spalding?")


[Edited 10/11/22 6:28am]

[Edited 10/11/22 6:30am]



Ian, the one who refused to grant Prince any queer points because all men dress on panties and lavender. Obtuse, defiant, and super, super aggressive.

I think The Ladder is corny, especially in comparison to a song like Purple Rain. You don't KNOW Purple Rain is what it is until you hear it. It starts out one thing and builds up to glorious effect. Literally an equally cryptic lyric as The Ladder, except The Ladder isn't guitar-driven, it isn't live, it wasn't pored over by Prince, and it became a largely forgotten song to most folks. Important to culture? Well yeah, duh. But boring. I don't think anyone knows what a purple rain is anymore than they know what a ladder is. The music is what matters here.

The Ladder reveals itself in the first few bars and literally never changes. The Ladder is really driven by the vocal performances therein from both P and the girls.
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Reply #58 posted 10/11/22 8:05am

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LoveGalore said:

WhisperingDandelions said:



LoveGalore said:


WhisperingDandelions said:




man it really repeats a lot of other stuff with slight variations, too. total madlibs lyrics.



And I don't even care about lyrics as a significant marker of song quality, just like the musical elitist key changes critique: you brought the lyrics up.



Listen, like I told Ian, I don't get down with these long, masturbatory diatribes. I appreciate you can distill your feelings down to such a point, but you're way way more aggressive than I am. I don't care. If you don't like purple rain, go ahead on. You get all the cool kid cred.


oooookay...



just one tl;dr (and all I've been asking since reply #1, actually all OP asked originally):


Why do you (LoveGalore) think "Purple Rain" is superior to "The Ladder"?



















(I really want to ask who or what "Ian" is supposed to mean, too, but just focus on the top half if this part is too excessively overwhelming... movie reference? Bill Hicks? "shit, Ian it's a Spalding?")


[Edited 10/11/22 6:28am]

[Edited 10/11/22 6:30am]



Ian, the one who refused to grant Prince any queer points because all men dress on panties and lavender. Obtuse, defiant, and super, super aggressive.


LOL...IanRG was defending Prince's masculinity by any means necessary in that thread...classic org moments
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Reply #59 posted 10/11/22 10:38am

jazzz

LoveGalore said:

WhisperingDandelions said:



LoveGalore said:


WhisperingDandelions said:




man it really repeats a lot of other stuff with slight variations, too. total madlibs lyrics.



And I don't even care about lyrics as a significant marker of song quality, just like the musical elitist key changes critique: you brought the lyrics up.



Listen, like I told Ian, I don't get down with these long, masturbatory diatribes. I appreciate you can distill your feelings down to such a point, but you're way way more aggressive than I am. I don't care. If you don't like purple rain, go ahead on. You get all the cool kid cred.


oooookay...



just one tl;dr (and all I've been asking since reply #1, actually all OP asked originally):


Why do you (LoveGalore) think "Purple Rain" is superior to "The Ladder"?



















(I really want to ask who or what "Ian" is supposed to mean, too, but just focus on the top half if this part is too excessively overwhelming... movie reference? Bill Hicks? "shit, Ian it's a Spalding?")


[Edited 10/11/22 6:28am]

[Edited 10/11/22 6:30am]



Ian, the one who refused to grant Prince any queer points because all men dress on panties and lavender. Obtuse, defiant, and super, super aggressive.

I think The Ladder is corny, especially in comparison to a song like Purple Rain. You don't KNOW Purple Rain is what it is until you hear it. It starts out one thing and builds up to glorious effect. Literally an equally cryptic lyric as The Ladder, except The Ladder isn't guitar-driven, it isn't live, it wasn't pored over by Prince, and it became a largely forgotten song to most folks. Important to culture? Well yeah, duh. But boring. I don't think anyone knows what a purple rain is anymore than they know what a ladder is. The music is what matters here.

The Ladder reveals itself in the first few bars and literally never changes. The Ladder is really driven by the vocal performances therein from both P and the girls.

.
If The Ladder is a corny song, how could Prince perform it live like he did on the Lovesexy rehearsal video?
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