I was just wondering, which song you think is the worst song he ever wrote.

My opnion on ARMS OF ORION is this; i don't think it's overal that bad. If he had done it in another arrangement, or with another co-singer, it might sound quite ok.

I think the worst songs written ever by Prince is (sometimes)to be found in his collaborations :
THE BIG PUMP / PARADIGM (both with George Clinton)
HEY LOUIS LOUIS (with Louis Louis)
BLISS (with the Japanese popstar Kahoru Kohiruymaki)

SUPERHERO
PLAYER
GOODBYE
WITH THIS TEAR (my god! for Celine Dion for fucks sake! ) I think this isss the worst written song ever! (or is it just because Celine -of-whom-you'd-wish-she-sank-with-the-titanic- Dion throws all of her noise & testines all over it.. i don't know. Or maybe the same critic here; if re-arranged and sung by someone else.. it might've gotten somewhere.)

Prince rarely makes something I don't like but I think ARMS OF ORION is his poorest and spoils and otherwise floorless album (actually I ain't keen on Batdance either). But I'm glad he made them because I know other people enjoy / like / love them.
[This message was edited Fri Oct 24 6:10:14 PDT 2003 by CAMILLE4U]

this is the kind of song they play whilst you hold the phone...or shop at the wal mart .

I like this song

DavidEye said:

is is better than papa?

Arms of Orion, thats where I want to be!

I'd go with Cybersingle

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[This message was edited Fri Oct 24 6:14:56 PDT 2003 by jthad1129]

DavidEye said:

DAVIDEYE, you sissapoint me big time!

my god!!! shame on me
SISSAPOINT, what a nice new word huh!
well it hasn't got anything to do with 'sissy' though..



now as icome to think of it; MY LITTLE PILL is also i don't like at all. the same goes for "walk don't walk" (unfortunately)
shoot me.

It's not one of my favourite but I don't think it is the poorest song ever written by Prince.
IMO this award would be for "Tick Tick Bang"...

DOROTHYPARK said:

You know what i like about this song? It sounds like it was written for a musical.And i love musicals,so maybe that't why I'm so fond of it?...lol

I can't believe that we can have a thread about Prince's poor writing skills, and my thread on the N.E.W.S. project gets shut down in minutes I have seen bootleg threads last longer.

Ever heard the original of "Tick Tick Bang"?
Now that is (kind of) an example of how a good arrangement can do honor to a composition! I think the original with it's raw sound and echo is far more better than the released version on Graffiti Bridge.
Isn't that a composition from 1981 btw?

Arms of Orion is bad but its nowhere near as bad as Graffiti Bridge in my opinion. That one makes me .

Also who said Superhero and Goodbye? I like both of those...no award winners for sure...but good none-the-less.

queer greeting to you, and sorry for whappenend to your post.
I like N.E.W.S. when i hear in in an elevator. ANd recently,i heard it being used as background music for a documentary about car accidents and it's victims. Really. It had three different trax from this new CD. I was a bit surprised as i had the telly on while i was cooking.
I recognised the sound immediately. SO i picked it up again that night, and had a whole noe listen to it with headphones. Still for me it's like a second hand MADHOUSE album. I can't hear that new directions in garage music that much.

Arms of Orion is down there but I must say 18 & Over is my least favorite Prince song.

DOROTHYPARK said:

You're right, the original is from 1981-1982 and yes, I've listened to it.
I agree that this version is better, but I have to admit that I find the GB version the more "anti-music" tune ever released by P.
Obviously just my opinion.

I have somehow learned to live with it being on the Batman album.

Aw man, I like Paradigm. It's silly.

Arms of Oriion has always been my most disliked Prince song, and Graffiti Bridge is on that list, too...I can't listen to either of 'em or else I fall into a sugar coma.

No way is this his worst song.

Musically it is quite interesting - compared with other songs of his which are basically musically non-existant

and NO I am NOT going to list them
If you can't figure that out for yourself then what difference will me telling you which songs help ?

Syrupy and corny it is, but I like those types of songs

I like this song. My little pill is much worse.

Armos of orion is a very deliberate attempt to write a movie love song, and it succeeds well.

Graffiti Bridge is a horrible cheesy mess that is almost unforgivable. Jughead, now that sucked big time. Billy jack bitch, I Rock Therefore I Am, Poom Poom, Hot Wit U,are all tracks that i could live without. Cant listen to them at all.

OK so it ain't a great song, but there are so many worse:

Wedding feast
high
Scandalous
Life can be so nice
Insatiable
My little pill
Jughead
annie christian
international lover
when 2 r in love
tick tick bang
crucial
until your in my arms again
sex in the summer
mountains
saviour
face down
good love
man o'war
silly game


glad i got that off my chest...

phunkymunky said:

fuck me i like most of them
Arms of Orion is a nice song too.
i hate Solo

phunkymunky said:

phunkymunky said:

sinisterpentatonic said:

Upsettah!

My Little Pill is the 1 that springs 2 my mind. Certainly not The Arms of Orion and more 2 the point some of those cuts suggested by PhunkyMunkey!! I also like Player 2 DOROTHYPARK!!
[This message was edited Fri Oct 24 10:20:25 PDT 2003 by JDINTERACTIVE]

FunkMistress said:

"Can I speak to the Upsetter?
No, he's busy! Arranging his reggae: revolutionary poetry
that is taking over from the heads of government..."


Ahh I see I'm among good company! Good to know not everyone here is a knownot!

How dare you list "Bliss" and "Player?" Those are among his best outtakes!

I like "The Arms of Orion" as well. It's not even close to the worst on "Batman" in my opinion.

it would be, if it weren't for "right the wrong"... ...