The debating goes on Can Prince have another "hit" song? I'd like to think that most of us hardcore fans could care less, the fact is that Prince has never stopped writing songs that could be "hits" on the radio. As has been said previously it's about the 2 and the 4. If the record label wants a songs to be a "hit" it will be. Here is the question for you- What Prince songs from 1995-now could have easily been radio hits if pushed right?

Sex in the summer
So Far, So Pleased

When U Love Somebody

I ain't sayin' it's my favorite song of this era, but it sure coulda been in the top 40. It's got that pop radio sound.

skywalker said:

Doozer said:

Xpertlover said:

Well contribute something Xpert lover other than your cutedontrequireathought cartoons. I know you can do it

SHE LOVES ME 4 ME
N.E.W.S "I FEEL COULD HAVE BEEN A BIGG COMMERCIAL HIT"
THE GOLD EXPERIENCE
UNTIL YOUR IN MY ARMS AGAIN(NEW POWER SOUL)
CRYSTAL BALL
THE TRUTH "WHICH PERSONALLY COULD HAVE SURPASSED PURPLE RAIN IF PROMOTED RIGHT"

Style
FAce Down
Come On
Undisputed
The One
The Holy River
Dinner with Delores
I Rock There4 I am
ManOwar
Right Back in your Arms
Jam of the Year
The entire Truth ALBUM

Prince had a right to be unhappy with the way EMI promoted Emancipation

I always thought Baby Knows could definitely have been a hit. Make a good video and use Sheryl Crow's popularity to push it.

One Nite Alone (the song)

Joint 2 Joint
White Mansion
The Greatest Romance
I Hate U
the One
Beautiful Strange
So Far So Pleased
Baby Knows
319
Now (edited)
18 & Over (could still be a hit)
Ripopgodazippa
Da Bang (alternative Rock)
Calholn Square
Dolphin
Dinner with Delores (masterpiece)
Somebody's Somebody
Emale
Damned if I do
2morrow (would have been a big hit )
Wasted Kisses
Mad Sex
Old Friends for Sale (original version lyrics)


and of course the LP should have been a hit...THE RAINBOW CHILDREN
Prince
(NPG Records)
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He may be out to take the Crown of Weird away from Michael Jackson, but Prince is nothing if not fascinating.

What makes him so much more than an entertaining freak is the sheer brilliance and startling originality of his new music on The Rainbow Children, a dramatic and evocative symphony of soul as fine as he's ever made. It came - direct from Paisley Park Studios in Minneapolis - with a sticker proclaiming a "controversial" new album. They're not lying.

The artist formerly known as an unpronounceable symbol appears to have dumped his greasy sex machine persona and donned the mantle of a devout Jehovah's Witness. Good Lord, what will he think of next?

Not once in The Rainbow Children's 14 tracks does Prince grunt and moan about being a Sexy Mother ..., although he can't resist a little steam in tracks like Mellow. Mostly, this appears to be a series of funky love letters to God in a new religion of Prince's own creation. Now that's controversial.

Loaded with biblical references, the record opens with a stylish, jazzy groove under a sinister electronic voice setting the stage for the tale of a magical world, kind of a digital Garden of Eden populated by the "Rainbow Children." It's deep, cryptic stuff - although thought-provoking all the same, touching on race relations, sexual roles and spirituality. The upshot is that all races, all religions need to come "together as one," as a massive gospel choir sings in the elaborate closing song, Last December.

Along the way, Prince is in fine form. He glides effortlessly from shades of James Brown to beautiful soul ballads to fantastical musical hybrids that defy comparison. The music here is bold, challenging and often wildly experimental. Production and musicianship is flawless. Standouts are too many to list. There are some bewildering and stunningly self-indulgent moments here and there, but it is never boring.

With The Rainbow Children, Prince reclaims his place as a peerless visionary of pop music - whatever goofy religion he chooses to follow. If he comes to your door wanting to talk about God, just pretend you're not home.

squirrelgrease said:

indeed.