I don't understand the hatred of Diamonds from some "fans". Daddy Pop, along with every song on there (including Jughead) are fantastic. LOVE DIAMOND AND PEARLS.

Landonfunkmonkey said:

Daddy Pop is often mentioned when people name songs they dislike or talk about their dislike for the classic,highly enjoyable album, Diamonds and Pearls. I think it's great. I love the heavy bassline and organ. I really like the guitar tone. Roise's great vocals. It's like an early 90's version of Sly and The Family Stone. I also have no problem with Tony M. So if you dislike it why?

I believe it to be a slight dig at MJ (self-dubbed king of pop).

"...I got grooves n grooves up on the shelf, deep purple concorde jams

i don't think u understand, whatever u can do, daddy can

The one and only, Daddy Pop..."

ShellyMcG said:

It's a decent song. I actually forgot what it sounded like so I had to go back to listen to it again. Which probably says it all really .

I really don't like the female vocalist he had during this era. I assume it's Rosie Gaines? But yeah, she has a very powerful voice, I'll give her that. But I could honestly do without her roaring all over the track.

My best guess as to why people don't like it is, it's kind of generic for a Prince pop tune. It's OK, but nothing special. Also, the Tony M. rap is a bit shouty and off-putting, in my opinion.

I like Rosie Gaines, but I always really missed Boni Boyer after SOTT.

Everything on 'Diamonds & Pearls' is overly commercial and produced on the album, and sounds of the era, which isn't great in general. I love "Strollin'" live, and the album track is great too, "Willing and Able" live is fantastic, and gives me hope of an SDE during this era. "Jughead" and "Daddy Pop" are both fun and listenable, but outside of that I don't find myself listening to any of the tracks on that album regularly. Almost like a "Purple Rain" effect, the commericiality of the project makes it hit differently for us long term fans of the music (40 years).

Daddy Pop was one of the songs that made me a Prince fan. Not because it´s a great song IMO, but I had a cassette tape that a friend recorded for me of Diamonds and Pearls and I remember I hated it (I was a metal guy), but only liked ´Gett Off´.

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I used to play the tape until it got to Gett Off, and I remembered I loved the musicianship on Daddy Pop, specially Michael B´s drumming in the end. Needless to say, the album grew on me, and I bought the Hits CD set, and....

It's pretty basic. It's also over-produced. It was the first song I edited Tony M. out of and it improved 100%. It's still just a 5 on my songometer for Prince music. But I don't feel the need to skip it. The end is better because it feels like a jam where a car finally takes off and just blazes down the highway. I wish the whole song had that feeling.

TrivialPursuit said:

It's pretty basic. It's also over-produced. It was the first song I edited Tony M. out of and it improved 100%. It's still just a 5 on my songometer for Prince music. But I don't feel the need to skip it. The end is better because it feels like a jam where a car finally takes off and just blazes down the highway. I wish the whole song had that feeling.

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YES!

Landonfunkmonkey said:

Daddy Pop is often mentioned when people name songs they dislike or talk about their dislike for the classic,highly enjoyable album, Diamonds and Pearls. I think it's great. I love the heavy bassline and organ. I really like the guitar tone. Roise's great vocals. It's like an early 90's version of Sly and The Family Stone. I also have no problem with Tony M. So if you dislike it why?

I like it and thinks it's a good song on a great album.
Back when it was released there were people comlpaining about the Rock Steady smaple being used when it was already used to death and bcame stale at that time because of a lot of Hip Hop artists and mix tapes from the late 80s and early 90s that already used it in a much better way. But I still loved the song back then.

nayroo2002 said:

I listened to this album today by coincidence. Daddy pop and Jug head are just not very good songs. Daddy pop is the better of the two, but neither is a song I'll look to listen to from that album.

I dig it. I love the whole D&P album. Even "Jughead". Granted that's my least favorite track. It was still peak time of my fanhood (1986 thru 1995) when I purchased it at 12am in West Hollywood. It was exciting.

RJOrion said:

I love Daddy Pop....and Jughead

And here I thought we were getting along.

TrivialPursuit said:

TrivialPursuit said:

RJOrion said:

TrivialPursuit said:

And here I thought we were getting along.

We're good...i just cant support your open disdain for the legendary Tony Mosley...

And I honestly take your support of him as a gentle trolling.

My new counter to rabid MJ fans is going to be "well, Prince is the King of Daddy Pop."

ShellyMcG said:

It's a decent song. I actually forgot what it sounded like so I had to go back to listen to it again. Which probably says it all really . I really don't like the female vocalist he had during this era. I assume it's Rosie Gaines? But yeah, she has a very powerful voice, I'll give her that. But I could honestly do without her roaring all over the track.

Have you ever checked out

"My Tender Heart"?

I'm not a fan of her style but that song Prince wrote for her I feel vindicated the entire Rosie Gaines experience to me. That and Powerline.

There's a video for "My Tender Heart" out there, too. One of my all-time favorite Prince songs. I see no Prince vocal version coming up so it's likely slept-on by the famzz.

WhisperingDandelions said:

Daddy Pop sounds like most of the RnB / Hip Hop tracks of the era. I wouldn't say Prince dumbed down, but he put a sheen on his music. It did the trick. Diamonds and Pearls was succesful.

I dislike the album. Comparing D&P to Parade or SOTT from 4-5 years ago...Sounds like a different artist.