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Thread started 07/16/04 11:04am

newpowerboy

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What classic prince song you didn't like the first time you hear it?

If you got one, of course
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Reply #1 posted 07/16/04 11:08am

Trebor

Musicology, The Work part 1, Strange relationship, Purple rain gett off and erotic city. Not to mention xcogitate.
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Reply #2 posted 07/16/04 11:16am

FunkMistress

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"Crucial." The first time I heard it, I was like, "What the hell is the big deal?" It struck me as a generic ballad with sappy lyrics.

Then I heard it a few more times and it just hit me. I freakin LOVE this song to death. "I ain't sayin' you're better baby, but I ain't sayin' you're not!" Absolute classic.
CHICKENS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO COCAINE, SILKY HEN.
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Reply #3 posted 07/16/04 11:23am

Welcome2daRevo
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Purple Rain and KISS
CALL ME A DREAMER 2!
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Reply #4 posted 07/16/04 11:50am

namepeace

Most of them struck a chord instantly. I didn't really dig Delirious the first time I heard it.
Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016

Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder
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Reply #5 posted 07/16/04 12:01pm

Handclapsfinga
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"i would die 4 u" used to creep me out a bit.
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Reply #6 posted 07/16/04 12:10pm

Nasalhair

"Cream." I hated it and just felt it had nothing to offer. It took a while to grow on me.
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Reply #7 posted 07/16/04 12:30pm

gooeythehamste
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Condition Of The Heart irritated the hell out of me at first.
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Reply #8 posted 07/16/04 2:15pm

Bastian

money don't matter 2night. still don't like it actually.
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Reply #9 posted 07/16/04 2:30pm

MaquisVixen

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Honestly...

1.) Little Red Corvette
2.) Rasberry Beret
3.) Purple Rain
4.) 1999

Now theyre all my favorite---(Except Rasberry Beret....)
yay
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Reply #10 posted 07/16/04 2:46pm

gooeythehamste
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And I raised an eyebrow to the entire Lovesexy experience at first.

Rain is WHAT?
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Reply #11 posted 07/16/04 3:23pm

JonSnow

i HATED If I was your Girlfriend for the longest time. I thought it was a waste of space and a joke. When I heard it was the 2nd single from SOTT I about had a coronary. I remember very clearly calling my best friend - also a Prince fanatic - in disbelief. (We also got into a fight one time over the phone, because he said he bought the 45 and the B-side was called "Shockadelica", and He got mad because I didn't believe him and I insisted he was pulling my leg.... but I digress).

But of course I warmed up to it... to say the least. Now I consider it one of his finest achievements.

Of course, as a 14 or 15 year old when SOTT came out, I guess I didn't quite "get" it.
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Reply #12 posted 07/16/04 3:27pm

DarkKnight1

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Most of Parade threwme off until I listened several times. Now I realise how groundbreaking the sound really was.
(Insert something clever here)
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Reply #13 posted 07/16/04 4:16pm

PrettyMan72

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The song "It". It took awhile to grow on me. I think the last half of the song rocks with the computer drum rolls and the orchestra in the background. Some fans think this song is a filler on SOTT, but i like it.
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Reply #14 posted 07/16/04 5:19pm

purplesmoke

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Ballad of Dorthy Parker. I used to skip it and thought it was a boring song, but as I got older it grew on me.
"Did u love somebody
But got no love in return?
Did u understand the real meaning of love?
That it just is and never yearns"
...Prince
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Reply #15 posted 07/16/04 5:27pm

thesexofit

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"Rave onto the joy fantastic"- the song that is! Good early morning getting readt to go to work song- only in the mid morning though!(?)


"The holy river"- sounded great (title wise) but didn't like it at first-put it straight to walkmen anyway- gave it a 2nd chance "and then it hit me like a....." errrrr anyway, I was walking down the street and song and words got to me, just passing people normally in the street-quite touching actually, then I loved it.....possibally Prince's "deepest" song that I can realte too.....
[This message was edited Fri Jul 16 17:27:58 2004 by thesexofit]
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Reply #16 posted 07/16/04 6:11pm

Ramonachris

KISS. I was 13. The DJ announced that he was about to play the "new" PRINCE song. I immediately ran to get a blank tape and started recording. An hour (!) later, this weird "demo" came through the speakers. Just a guitar lick, a simple drum beat and a high voice. I was horrified. "What!!?" My Mom laughed. "What is he doing?," she said. "Turn up the bass." I did, thinking that would solve the problem. It didn't. The song didn't have a bass part. I played it over and over trying to get into it. I played it for my cousin. "It's so plain!," she said. I told her that I loved it, though I secretly thought that my hero had fallen. I was depressed. Until a few days later, when I heard it in a passing car. It hit me like a ton of bricks. "OH!" Genius! Weeks later EVERYONE was playing it. I anxiously awaited PARADE. I went through the entire experience again. "What?!!!"....."OH!" Unfortunately, years later, I'm still in the "What?"-stage with UNDER THE CHERRY MOON.
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Reply #17 posted 07/16/04 6:19pm

debbiedean2

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WHEN DOVES CRY wink
I'M NOT SHOUTING, JEEZ!
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Reply #18 posted 07/16/04 6:51pm

HisRoyalBadnes
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My name is Prince..I was kinda embarrassed of this song at first. now I play it loud in my car sometimes. I think its dramatic and loud.
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Reply #19 posted 07/16/04 6:52pm

chewymusic

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When I Would Die 4 U was out as a single, I would hear
it on the radio and.... barf
"Hyperactive when I was small, Hyperactive now I'm grown, Hyperactive 'till I'm dead and gone"
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"Midnight is where the day begins"
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Reply #20 posted 07/16/04 7:02pm

meow85

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Cream
The Ballad of Dorothy Parker
"A Watcher scoffs at gravity!"
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Reply #21 posted 07/16/04 7:02pm

Emancipation88

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I never liked purple rain in the beginning, and by the looks of it from these post I think the song is one that you have to let grow on you.
Worlds most beloved Orger

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Reply #22 posted 07/16/04 7:24pm

mellow1

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cool Diamonds & Pearls & The Most Beautiful Girl In The World I still really do not care for those songs. music
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Reply #23 posted 07/16/04 7:29pm

psykosoul

hmmm If I didn't like it then, chances are I probably still don't lol
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Reply #24 posted 07/16/04 8:07pm

Natsume

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The first time I heard Adore, I was not very impressed. Keep in mind that it had a LOT to live up to, since everyone on the org had been raving about it being the best love song EVER etc etc etc. But now I love it.
I mean, like, where is the sun?
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Reply #25 posted 07/16/04 8:16pm

MrSquiggle

Musicology, 3 Chains 'O' Gold, Partyup, Computer Blue, Paisley Park, Batdance and Let's Go Crazy.
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Reply #26 posted 07/16/04 8:29pm

forluvsxy

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When Doves Cry
Pink Cashmere
-- Just another Prince lovin, VW drivin, SuperMommy wannabe
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Reply #27 posted 07/16/04 8:34pm

Supernova

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None. The ones I didn't like after first hearing 'em are the ones I still don't like. biggrin


But "When Doves Cry" stunned me into ambivalence after I heard it the first few times. That's what blazing an entirely new trail feels like sometimes.
This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes.
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Reply #28 posted 07/16/04 9:21pm

Starmist7

I wasn't too fond of 'KISS'
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Reply #29 posted 07/16/04 11:53pm

4nowneway

'how come u dont call me anymore" a little boring the very first time, after that it got better and better , and the finger snap live in concert, classic.
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