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Raspberry Beret appreciation thread The rain sounds so cool
When it hits the barn roof And the horses wonder who you are Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees And honey you fe-e-eel like a movie star This song's lyrics have got me all fuzzy inside today AND I haven't even put it on yet. 12" or just play the whole damn ATWIAD album. | |
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The whole damn album. | |
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marcdeondotcom said: The rain sounds so cool
When it hits the barn roof And the horses wonder who you are Thunder drowns out what the lightning sees And honey you fe-e-eel like a movie star This song's lyrics have got me all fuzzy inside today AND I haven't even put it on yet. 12" or just play the whole damn ATWIAD album. Play the whole album, holding your load till the end, then throw in the 12". The Normal Whores Club | |
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i like it when he squeels!
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violator said: That's the funny/cool thing about it. It's not one of my fave selections of the album. | |
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This song is so special to me. Like I've said before, I think I've been a Prince fan since birth. I was born on the release date of For You, and have loved his music since I can remember. When Raspberry Beret was released as a single I was seven years old and it was my favoritest song in the world. Of course I had no idea it was about a kid losing his virginity in a barn. All I knew was that I loved it with a passion. Back then there was a roller skating rink in Boston called Spinoff's, and they had an indoor waterfall and a huge video screen where they'd play music videos. (R.I.P. Spinoff's ) Anyway, I had my eighth birthday party there and they played the Raspberry Beret video twice on that huge screen! I nearly died of happiness.
Thanks for reminding me of a happy childhood moment! The Normal Whores Club | |
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FunkMistress said: This song is so special to me. Like I've said before, I think I've been a Prince fan since birth. I was born on the release date of For You, and have loved his music since I can remember. When Raspberry Beret was released as a single I was seven years old and it was my favoritest song in the world. Of course I had no idea it was about a kid losing his virginity in a barn. All I knew was that I loved it with a passion. Back then there was a roller skating rink in Boston called Spinoff's, and they had an indoor waterfall and a huge video screen where they'd play music videos. (R.I.P. Spinoff's ) Anyway, I had my eighth birthday party there and they played the Raspberry Beret video twice on that huge screen! I nearly died of happiness.
Thanks for reminding me of a happy childhood moment! @ "favoritest song..." That's a nice little story though , wish I got played Prince video's at my birdthay parties. | |
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r1ghteousone said: FunkMistress said: This song is so special to me. Like I've said before, I think I've been a Prince fan since birth. I was born on the release date of For You, and have loved his music since I can remember. When Raspberry Beret was released as a single I was seven years old and it was my favoritest song in the world. Of course I had no idea it was about a kid losing his virginity in a barn. All I knew was that I loved it with a passion. Back then there was a roller skating rink in Boston called Spinoff's, and they had an indoor waterfall and a huge video screen where they'd play music videos. (R.I.P. Spinoff's ) Anyway, I had my eighth birthday party there and they played the Raspberry Beret video twice on that huge screen! I nearly died of happiness.
Thanks for reminding me of a happy childhood moment! @ "favoritest song..." That's a nice little story though , wish I got played Prince video's at my birdthay parties. I was seven! I was trying to evoke the feelings of a second-grader. The Normal Whores Club | |
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marcdeondotcom said: violator said: That's the funny/cool thing about it. It's not one of my fave selections of the album. I never could get into this one. I've often wondered how popular it would have been had it never been a single. | |
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violator said: marcdeondotcom said: violator said: That's the funny/cool thing about it. It's not one of my fave selections of the album. I never could get into this one. I've often wondered how popular it would have been had it never been a single. Had it not been released and over-played so much, I have a feeling it would be even more popular...particularly amongst us fans. | |
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r1ghteousone said: violator said: marcdeondotcom said: violator said: That's the funny/cool thing about it. It's not one of my fave selections of the album. I never could get into this one. I've often wondered how popular it would have been had it never been a single. Had it not been released and over-played so much, I have a feeling it would be even more popular...particularly amongst us fans. You may be right. That definitely would have been better. | |
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Mr. McGee: "WHAT THE HELL DO U THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
Prince: "Me, I'm working my ass off, Mr. McGee". Mr McGee: "WORKING??? U call this work?? You're busy doing something close 2 nothing!" Prince: "Didn't you give me this exact same speech yesterday?" Mr. McGee; "Today is different, Prince. Today is different. Somehow." . [This message was edited Thu Dec 11 10:00:13 PST 2003 by giotto] "You don't frighten us, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person." | |
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giotto said: Mr. McGee: "WHAT THE HELL DO U THINK YOU'RE DOING?"
Prince: "Me, I'm working my ass off, Mr. McGee". Mr McGee: "WORKING??? U call this work?? You're busy doing something close 2 nothing!" Prince: "Didn't you give me this exact same speech yesterday?" Mr. McGee; "Today is different, Prince. Today is different. Somehow." "Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing? That's the Out door! Out door!" The Normal Whores Club | |
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giotto said: Mr. McGee; "Today is different, Prince. Today is different. Somehow."
..We've all had bosses like that havent we! I 'Raspberry Beret' its pure pop perfection. The beautiful strings, the catchy chorus, its full of colour and delight. I particularly love the 12" with the different percussion instruments being brought in. | |
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JDINTERACTIVE said: giotto said: Mr. McGee; "Today is different, Prince. Today is different. Somehow."
..We've all had bosses like that havent we! I 'Raspberry Beret' its pure pop perfection. The beautiful strings, the catchy chorus, its full of colour and delight. I particularly love the 12" with the different percussion instruments being brought in. stonewall classic pop song !!! , should'nt even b up 4 debate !!! | |
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It is in the top ten of all Prince songs. Disagree, and I kick your ass. All you others say Hell Yea!! | |
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I dig the strings, especially on the bridge, but it's not a song I seek out to play much.
` [This message was edited Thu Dec 11 13:29:27 PST 2003 by Supernova] This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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s'okay. i rarely play it but when i do, it's nice. | |
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Perfect storytelling in a song, which is a dying art (sadly with Prince too ).Definately one of my Faves. | |
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I used to love it, and thought it was a great follow-up to the many Purple Rain singles. It even came with "She's Always in my Hair" on the b-side.
After hearing it so many times I'm tired of it, and I'm surprised he seems to always play it live all the time, there's just so many other songs he could play, but I guess it's still a crowd pleaser. I think in another couple of years I'll appreciate it again, but now it's like hearing a great Beatles song.. I know it's great but I'm numb to feeling anything from it because I've literally heard it thousands of times...now Pop Life I'm still not sick of because it was hardly ever played... ______________________________________________
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r1ghteousone said: The whole damn album.
Alright. So I took your advice and played the whole damn thing. It's all about the song that follows Raspberry Beret. Tamborine has always been my favorite from the album and still is. Too funky | |
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A slice of perfect pop , bloody wonderful ,its also my sisters favourite Prince song (shes not a huge fan but she likes some of his stuff,shes had to,I play it so much lol) Check out Chocadelica , updated with Lotusflow3r and MPLSound album lyrics April 2nd 2009 :
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