I love this so much-I've had it on repeat today. DIdn't he play all the instruments on this?

I will never get tired of this song.

still in my anti-'pr' mode...song's awesome, but i ain't gonna be listenin 2 it 4 quite some time...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I have definitely had to to that at times. There are periods where I have to send Purple Rain into hibernation.

purplegypsy said:

I like the uncut version. Shame it never got brought out offically. It has some more lyrics in it. It's fantastic.

Absolutely Heavenly

FunkMistress said:

Handclapz is much more into Young and Beautiful these days. Rock on Dansa

chickengrease said:

u wrong 4 that, chick-ennn!!!

purplegypsy said:

my fave Prince song probably.

no its The Revolution on it.

i have the bootleg version of the uncut demo version.
pretty much the same as the released.
same take & all...
just about 20seconds cut out of it with 3-4 more lines,

Joshy84au said:

I think it was a Solo performance by Prince, along with Darling Nikki and When Doves Cry. I have to check the liner notes again.

camille2002 said:

No need to check them...you're right!!

-SWANGgotmehummin

it...

Definetely...one of the most 'beautiful ones'

SWANG said:

right on family, right on.

This has 2 be one of the best P songs ever, it captures pure emotion! the music builds up... wow always leaves me a bit breathless...

Baby, Baby, Baby!

When he played it live in Copenhagen, I thought I was gonna die. Indeed on my top-three all time favourites and then to hear it live. Thank you

Yes, he was screaming that song like a b*'#\ in fact on the ONA tour (at least in Europe).

Definitely my all-time-favourite track from Prince! The screaming...incredible, especially live.
Luckily reanimated live since the Act II-Tour.

Oh God in London last year he was rolling round on the floor screeching his guts out. It was the undisputed highlight of an awesome performance. I don't know how he does it.

The beautiful One!! I watch Purple Rain all the time just for this scene.

From day one, when I heard this song, before I ever saw Purple Rain, The Beautiful Ones has been my favorite song of all time by Prince. And to this day, it still remains my fave, I never tire of it.

It's full of pure raw emotion, lyrically, and musically. And in the end, when it breaks down, and Prince goes into screaming, that screaming is not a gimmick to me, but a release of his anguish. Baby, I've got to know, is it him or is it me? Who among us has never felt like that? You want someone so much, and you watch them making a mistake with someone else. You want to scream out like Prince does in this song at the end, and you feel the sadness in his voice, the longing from the very beginning. This song has always meant something very special and personal to me, and I thank Prince for writing it.

...an incredible song of course...

has anyone heard the Mariah Carey cover of it...?

The first time I heard this song was the first time I heard a song describe my life at that moment so well. I was the narrator of that joint screaming, begging, pleading, and all I had to show for it was a smashed picture.

i love this song, the first time I heard it I was so touched!

PurpleJedi said:

I ahve, it's tolerable

I kinda favor the song too.

Love this song to bits - When he did it live in Manchester last year it was awesome - To such an extent he dropped the mic and ended up rolling on the stage - He covered up the fact he dropped it so well by rolling around doubt if many noticed it!

In my view this is what I love about prince and emotional rollercoaster of a song.

Loving it - Loving it - Loving it

i must of played the beautiful ones about 7 times today...i'm on a purple rain kick right now..i was on a dirty mind kick 4 bout a week

I was at a girls house last week. I was looking through her cd collection (pityfull). I saw a mariah carey cd with the 'beautiful ones' cover on it. As i had never heard this version before i listened to it. TERRIBLE. i continued to listen and sing along with the track. the girl comes into the the room and says "How do u know this song? its my favourite and u dont like mariah". so i told her that it was a cover and that it hasnt got shit on the origional. Later that day i burned her a copy of it onto cd and gave it as a present. i told her to listen closely to the dramatic ending.

She wasnt impressed.

How can someone prefer sisqo's passionless warblings over princes screams of pure tourment?

fucked up ho'