Its the sweeping melody...
Its the careful yet playful and nonchalant way Prince is singing the lyrics
Its the dramatic way the musical mood of the song is
Its the key changes
Its the simple yet effective lyrics
Its the way his voice goes up and down in the song
Its the way I play it over and over and love it more and more each time it plays.




There are other ballads of his that I love but this one tops the list for me.

"All I'm tryin' 2 say is that my psychedelic shouts..." Kills me every time.

Efan said:

yes.

that, and don't forget it's predecessor "like animals, just want to breed... etc."

It is a stellar performance. I like the video of it on 3 Chains O Gold too. tres classy.

One of his finest

CherrieMoonKisses said:

Key changes?

Damn U

Efan said:

My thoughts exactly!
The way his voice tumbles down is too cool.
I always have to listen to it more than once:

antoon said:

what
a
smooothie!!

CherrieMoonKisses said:

Have you seen it live at Earls Court (London) 1992?
Superb

dodger said:

I was there

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giotto said:

Lucky bastard!

I still watch that concert now - the part where he wears the chain mask playing guitar and sings bits of 'It' is probably the highlight for me.

One of my very faves from the album. Love it!

langebleu said:

yes, you know...the way the music keys change? Wonderful

dodger said:

OMG!! "It" is my fav offa SOTT...he combines that tune with "Damn U"??

Cloudbuster said:

me too!!

You should then listen to the bootleg Poor Little Bastard as it is very similar, but much more moving and superior in my opinion.

CherrieMoonKisses said:

No he combines "thieves in the temple" with "it" on the diamonds and pearls tour".

Damn U is one of my favourite Prince songs ever!

I love it! I could never get sick of this song.

Reply to 'y I luv DAMN U so much...'

He should have called it.
Why Do I Love You So Damn Much

god i love this song i have to put my player on repeat every time

Very good ballad...HOWEVER...it doesn't even touch "Adore" Just my three cents.

bkw said:

I think "Damn U" is one of the beautiful and best songs Prince ever made !

purple7 said:

And one of his most underrated and least talked about as well.

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I've always found it silly and insincere.

A lot of people here seem to dislike Slow Love, but Slow Love is twenty times better than this orchestral dirge.

BinaryJustin said:

Can't mess with the music and vocal delivery. After all that's where it's really at.

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BinaryJustin said:

"Sweet Baby" is the best ballad on the album...much more powerful, in my opinion.

Both 'Slow Love' and 'Damn U' are highly derivative musical pieces, particularly the orchestration, and some have even called those pieces successful pastiches of said style. That "big band" sound was all the rage in the late 20's, and kudos to Eric Leeds and co. for their efforts.

But, in the final analysis, I have to say I prefer 'Damn U'.

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giotto said:

Thanx, that's it ...