Make a list of Prince's worse, you really don't like to hear,

10, in your horrible opinion.

Beware, attacking is allowed if you name songs like When Doves Cry or Crystal Ball, etc.

But keep it polite, and start the battle.

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1. "7"

2. Musiclogy

3. Sexy MF

4. The Flow

5. Ripopgodazippa

6. The Work Pt.1

7. New Power Generation

8. Blue Light

9. Live 4 Love

10. Gold

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Now attack me!

When We're Dancing Close and Slow

Lemon Crush

Life Can Be So Nice

It

The Cross

When 2 R In Love

Tick Tick Bang

Elephants and Flowers

The Flow

Shy

...and all of The Rainbow Children. Stuff after 2001 is so spotty, it'd be impossible to keep it to 10, so I stucked to everything before that. Also, "Jughead" is so universally hated, it's a waste of a spot to list it.

There are probably 10 really bad tracks on the vault discs from the diamonds and pearls box set in my attic that i've never heard.

TrivialPursuit said:

When We're Dancing Close and Slow

Lemon Crush

Life Can Be So Nice

It

The Cross

When 2 R In Love

Tick Tick Bang

Elephants and Flowers

The Flow

Shy

...and all of The Rainbow Children. Stuff after 2001 is so spotty, it'd be impossible to keep it to 10, so I stucked to everything before that. Also, "Jughead" is so universally hated, it's a waste of a spot to list it.

It's impossible for me to agree with these ones!

IM-POS-SI-BLE!

These are STUNNING tracks to my ears.

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WWDCAS has such a great warm and even nostalgic vibe, and for me tis could last even longer.

Lemon Crush is a crazy little fucker. I actually have a great love for the whole Batman album. All on there is great. Even Arms Of Orion.

Life Can Be So Nice... This track's abrupt end hurts me every time. I wish for more. Much much more!

The unPrincely wildness of this jam is beyond funky.

It always has been a total favourit for me from SOTT, together with Slow Love and Dorothy Parker.

The Cross is fine in the context of the whole album. I have to admid, i barely listen to that song alone.

W2AIL is a full masterpiece! Period! No arguments against accepted. )

Tick tick Bang (specially the orignal 81 version), and Elephants And Flowers are both so damn fresh. Both GB tracks are the better 'light' fun tracks on that album for me.

But I agree, The Flo and Shy... also not my cup of tea.

TRC album has overal sjuper good music, only those stupid lyrics fuck it all up for me.

I dislike religion when it's exposed in overdose, thus very undigestable.

But I never disliked 'Jughead.' I don't understand the hate for it. It's funky, but yet bit too sparse.

nayroo2002 said:

There are probably 10 really bad tracks on the vault discs from the diamonds and pearls box set in my attic that i've never heard.

Unfortunately I have to agree.

I tried them all several times.

Never understood what was going on in Prince's head at the time.

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I forgot to put the song 'Diamonds & Pearls' in my list.

I'm not a Rosie fan; too much, too loud, and too much of the same. Sorry.

Delirious

Pussy Control

Jack u off

Horny toad

Purple and Gold

Free

Fall in love tonight

Life can be so nice

Elephants and flowers

tick tick bang bang

Everybody loves me

all the midnights in the world.

Some of these lists have gotta be trolling holy shit. Pop Life is one of the greatest things anyone has ever committed to tape.

Vannormal said:

TrivialPursuit said:

When We're Dancing Close and Slow - mind numbing

Lemon Crush - stupid song

Life Can Be So Nice - utter noise

It - "Hot Thing" is IT's superior cousin

The Cross - Meh. The first half is cheesy

When 2 R In Love - Frankly, not his best ballad

Tick Tick Bang - the original yes, the GB version can fuck off

Elephants and Flowers - it's just shallow or empty in some fashion

The Flow

Shy

...and all of The Rainbow Children. Stuff after 2001 is so spotty, it'd be impossible to keep it to 10, so I stucked to everything before that. Also, "Jughead" is so universally hated, it's a waste of a spot to list it.

It's impossible for me to agree with these ones!

IM-POS-SI-BLE!

These are STUNNING tracks to my ears.

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Well, the great thing is no one has to agree with anyone.

But I'll add my reasons.

Elephants and Flowers is pure uplifting joy. Absolutely lovely track... perhaps if you hate it you haven't been there...


Boy is lonely on a burning hot summer night
He's looking for some action, he's looking for a fight
He's looking for a savior in a city full of fools
Maybe he just needs a good talker to give him a good talking to

lustmealways said:

Elephants and Flowers is pure uplifting joy. Absolutely lovely track... perhaps if you hate it you haven't been there...


Boy is lonely on a burning hot summer night
He's looking for some action, he's looking for a fight
He's looking for a savior in a city full of fools
Maybe he just needs a good talker to give him a good talking to

Sure. Whatever you say.

1. Purple Rain

2. Little Red Corvette

3. Raspberry Beret

4. Kiss

5. I Wanna Be Ur Lover

6. Around The World In a Day

7. Insatiable

8. Damn U

9. Call My Name

10. Let's Go Crazy

lustmealways said:

Elephants and Flowers is pure uplifting joy. Absolutely lovely track... perhaps if you hate it you haven't been there...


Boy is lonely on a burning hot summer night
He's looking for some action, he's looking for a fight
He's looking for a savior in a city full of fools
Maybe he just needs a good talker to give him a good talking to

Yuck, the omnipresent "Positive sentiment" take from the Prince community.

This is where the division in fans of "Free" comes in.

"Free" fans are like, wow, what a beautiful message/sentiment, how can you not abide, are you made of stone?

And the anti "Free" crowd are like..... wgaf the stupid message, the delivery/execution is corny and cheeseball. It could be the greatest lyrics ever but then you put them over some phoned-in nonsense...

for the record I love "Elephants and Flowers" tho. Though, uh, not for the lyrix.

And "It" is too gothed out to be considered a relative to "Hot Thing", gimme a break. "Hot Thing" is for the club, "It" is for isolated self-reflections and mental-breakdowns at 2AM. This thread granted insight into why it seems like 95% of the fanbase never seems to really "get" "It" if they take it as yet another generic dance track.

"Mountains" sucks, that's cutting to the core of any potential Worst 10 hot take since you all seem to love it. See "Free" rationale two pegs up.

Maybe if "Free" and "Mountains" were like those self-help motivation signs you'd hang around a hallway they'd be good, but as Prince tracks they're meh.

My list in no particular order:

When we're dancing close and slow
Life can be so nice
Graffiti Bridge
Daddy Pop
Get on the boat
Animal Kingdom
Dear Michaelangelo
Call the Law
Da, Da, Da
The Marrying kind

My list of songs I will skip every single time they come on. I listed in chronological order from 78-96

1. With You – corny and too country sounding

2. Ronnie Talk To Russia – corny and doesn’t fit with the album

3. Life Can Be So Nice – way too repetitive

4. It – Feels swampy and just trudges along

5. 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton – too manic & busy

6. The Arms of Orion – Not very catchy and kind of corny

7. Shake! – Corny and way too repetitive, doesn’t feel very inspired

8. Arrogance – Very lackluster and sounds like a throwaway

9. Right The Wrong- great message and theme but just corny and the music is corny

10. The 3 cover songs on Emancipation – why??? Just why???? Super corny!

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bigtallwall said:

My list of songs I will skip every single time they come on. I listed in chronological order from 78-96

1. With You – corny and too country sounding

2. Ronnie Talk To Russia – corny and doesn’t fit with the album

3. Life Can Be So Nice – way too repetitive

4. It – Feels swampy and just trudges along

5. 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton – too manic & busy

6. The Arms of Orion – Not very catchy and kind of corny

7. Shake! – Corny and way too repetitive, doesn’t feel very inspired

8. Arrogance – Very lackluster and sounds like a throwaway

9. Right The Wrong- great message and theme but just corny and the music is corny

10. The 3 cover songs on Emancipation – why??? Just why???? Super corny!

[Edited 12/10/24 7:46am]

"Big Tall Wall" is way worse than any of these songs.
Both versions!!

bigtallwall said:

bigtallwall said:

My list of songs I will skip every single time they come on. I listed in chronological order from 78-96

1. With You – corny and too country sounding

I actually like Jill's "For You" more. It feels more fleshed out, how it should sound. And sure it's country, but so is "Still Waiting," possibly "Gotta Broken Heart Again," and arguably "Purple Rain."

I count 5 songs pre-Emancipation that I almost always skip (only counting songs Prince chose to release himself under his own name, in chronological order):

Venus De Milo (instrumental orchestral music taking up the space of another brilliant 1986 Prince song)

Lemon Crush (his worst 80's song)

Graffiti Bridge (failing where The Arms Of Orion succeeded)

We March (so many much better songs could and should have been in it's place)

I Rock Therefore I Am (ugly noise)

WhisperingDandelions said:

And "It" is too gothed out to be considered a relative to "Hot Thing", gimme a break. "Hot Thing" is for the club, "It" is for isolated self-reflections and mental-breakdowns at 2AM. This thread granted insight into why it seems like 95% of the fanbase never seems to really "get" "It" if they take it as yet another generic dance track.

I love "IT" !

Vannormal said:

Make a list of Prince's worse, you really don't like to hear,

10, in your horrible opinion.

Beware, attacking is allowed if you name songs like When Doves Cry or Crystal Ball, etc.

But keep it polite, and start the battle.

-

1. "7"

2. Musiclogy

3. Sexy MF

4. The Flow

5. Ripopgodazippa

6. The Work Pt.1

7. New Power Generation

8. Blue Light

9. Live 4 Love

10. Gold

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Now attack me!

I don't get those choices, for the most part, when there's stuff like...

Baby Knows
Shut This Down
I Rock Therefore I Am
Da Da Da
77 Beverly Park
Hot Summer
Everyday Is A Winding Road
Daisy Chain
Graffiti Bridge
Everybody Loves Me

WhisperingDandelions said:

And "It" is too gothed out to be considered a relative to "Hot Thing", gimme a break. "Hot Thing" is for the club, "It" is for isolated self-reflections and mental-breakdowns at 2AM. This thread granted insight into why it seems like 95% of the fanbase never seems to really "get" "It" if they take it as yet another generic dance track.

You could probably take a break from being a Negative Nancy.

1. Free
2. Free
3. Free
4. Free
5. Free
6. Free
7. Free
8. Free
9. Free
10. Free

I'm still convinced some of the people here only like that song because it's by Prince. Y'all wouldn't give that shopping mall karaoke the time of day if anyone else had recorded it

guitarman81 said:

1. Purple Rain

2. Little Red Corvette

3. Raspberry Beret

4. Kiss

5. I Wanna Be Ur Lover

6. Around The World In a Day

7. Insatiable

8. Damn U

9. Call My Name

10. Let's Go Crazy

Dayumnnn, this is just crazy talk

[Edited 12/11/24 1:05am]

Vannormal said:

Make a list of Prince's worse, you really don't like to hear,

10, in your horrible opinion.

Beware, attacking is allowed if you name songs like When Doves Cry or Crystal Ball, etc.

But keep it polite, and start the battle.

-

1. "7"

2. Musiclogy

3. Sexy MF

4. The Flow

5. Ripopgodazippa

6. The Work Pt.1

7. New Power Generation

8. Blue Light

9. Live 4 Love

10. Gold

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Now attack me!

7 made the list?!

You must be lovin that Graffiti Bridge, play it on repeat and then reconsider this blasphemy

FrankieCoco1 said:

Baby I’m A Star Let’s Pretend We’re Married It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night When 2 R In Love Do U Lie? Pop Life Horny Toad Pink Cashmere Glam Slam Graffiti Bridge

Unbelievable!

Really?

These are all favorites of mine, no exception!

Even the cheesy "Grafitti Bridge".

Why "Do U Lie?"... it's just a genius pop gem.

And, "Let's Pretend We're Married"... why? Too long?