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Thread started 05/12/04 6:51am

omnithanos

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Call My Name Vs. On the Couch

Who elce agrees that On the Couch is miles better?
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Reply #1 posted 05/12/04 7:13am

TheBluePrince

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Argggh! Tough one, but I have to go with Call My Name. It has that R&B feel that I grew up on, so it's personal opinion. On The Couch is more Bluesy, which is great. But the hook (chorus) on Call My Name

"I just can't stop writin' songs about ya, I love you so much.
I just can't wait to get my arms around ya, and feel your touch.
If I don't see ya real soon, baby girl I might go insaaaaane.
I know its only been 3 hours, but I love it when you call my name...
Honey won't you call...CALL...Call My Name (screams), Call, call my name."

My girl would wet her pants, if I said that to her. hmmm The ending of the song represents what I love about Prince. That raw emotion, that you can't help but to believe is real.

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Blue music
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Reply #2 posted 05/12/04 7:36am

yellagrey

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Call My Name...for sure lol
"If God one day struck me blind, your beauty I'd still see. LOVEs too weak to describe just what you mean to me."
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Reply #3 posted 05/12/04 7:54am

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On the Couch. Prince takes lyrical, sensual tension and melds the music to convey it perfectly. It's a musical lesson in restraint and tension in the model of the Aladdin version of "Gotta Broken Heart Again."

Call My Name is an entirely different kind of song, where Prince is just all a-gush about his wife. A sap-a-thon, if you will. Good song, though.

Really, all the two have in common are their ballad tempos.
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Reply #4 posted 05/12/04 7:58am

TheFrog

On the couch.

Blues & Soul, good premise, delicate piano. Just all round good.
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Reply #5 posted 05/12/04 8:03am

andykeen

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Call my name

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Reply #6 posted 05/12/04 8:13am

purplecam

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I'm more for Call My Name.
I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that
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Reply #7 posted 05/12/04 8:40am

Thirdeye

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On the couch
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Reply #8 posted 05/12/04 8:57am

thedoorkeeper

How is On The Couch "miles better" than Call My Name??
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Reply #9 posted 05/12/04 9:58am

Nothinbutjoy

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I'm more fond of "On the Couch"
I'm firmly planted in denial
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Reply #10 posted 05/12/04 10:12am

wyld1

omnithanos said:

Who elce agrees that On the Couch is miles better?


I like On the Couch, but Call my name is better.
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Reply #11 posted 05/12/04 11:04am

jtfolden

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Call My Name just seems soooo flat to me. He's done a dozen other songs just like this one.
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Reply #12 posted 05/12/04 12:36pm

Monnie

I like ON the couch couch and call my name both songs are great call
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Reply #13 posted 05/12/04 12:40pm

MendesCity

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Monnie said:

[color=indigo:fbbf42eb59]I like ON the couch[/color] couch[color=red:fbbf42eb59] and call my name both songs are great[/color] call


On the Couch, by a hair. Tho, Call My Name's obviously the better radio choice.
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Reply #14 posted 05/12/04 1:44pm

Jasziah

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"On The Couch" is.... dreamy, babe. yep
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Reply #15 posted 05/12/04 1:48pm

DigitalGardin

ON THE COUCH fo sho!
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Reply #16 posted 05/12/04 2:06pm

Universaluv

On the couch. Call my name is nice but a little too formulaic.
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Reply #17 posted 05/12/04 2:58pm

mkdagrizzley

Although I like both songs, On the Couch gets the nod from me. It's just really stripped down and you can feel Prince's semi-paranoia at the thought of his lover making him leave the bed. And I love the way the blusey church organ just simmers below the surface.
THIS IS NOT MUSIC, THIS IS A TRIP!
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Reply #18 posted 05/12/04 3:14pm

missfee

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call my name calls me to play it more than on the couch
I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince.
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Reply #19 posted 05/13/04 4:11am

omnithanos

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There ya go, Couch wins 12-5. Even my wife says it'd sound damn sexy if only Prince wasn't so funny on it. Call My Name just smells like an inferior Do Me Baby.
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