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Thread started 08/14/11 9:29am

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Prince's Purple Rain -vs- MJ's Thriller



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Reply #1 posted 08/14/11 9:31am

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It's cuz all hell will break loose
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Reply #2 posted 08/14/11 9:33am

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NO.

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Reply #3 posted 08/14/11 9:44am

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Bad Idea

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Reply #4 posted 08/14/11 9:47am

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It should be 1999 vs Thriller. Seeing how they came out the same year/

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Reply #5 posted 08/14/11 10:09am

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You wanna play rough?! Okay............................................Both. lol

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Reply #6 posted 08/14/11 11:15am

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Ice Cream.Castles vs Victory would be a good thread.
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Reply #7 posted 08/14/11 11:20am

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Purple Rain.

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Reply #8 posted 08/14/11 11:22am

TylerHippie

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Purple Rain

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Reply #9 posted 08/14/11 11:48am

smoothcriminal
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Let's Go Crazy vs. Wanna Be Startin' Something

Take Me With You vs. Baby Be Mine

The Beautiful Ones vs. The Girl Is Mine

Computer Blue vs. Thriller

Darling Nikki vs. Beat It

When Doves Cry vs. Billie Jean

I Would Die 4 U vs. Human Nature

Baby I'm A Star vs. P.Y.T.

Purple Rain vs. The Lady In My Life

Each have four wins each and there's one tie. So it's equal for me!

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Reply #10 posted 08/14/11 11:50am

Gunsnhalen

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Let's Go Crazy vs. Wanna Be Startin' Something

Take Me With You vs. Baby Be Mine

The Beautiful Ones vs. The Girl Is Mine

Computer Blue vs. Thriller

Darling Nikki vs. Beat It

When Doves Cry vs. Billie Jean

I Would Die 4 U vs. Human Nature

Baby I'm A Star vs. P.Y.T.

Purple Rain vs. The Lady In My Life

Each have four wins each and there's one tie. So it's equal for me!

you say the lady in my life is better then purple rain =0 scandel lol

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Reply #11 posted 08/14/11 11:52am

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Gunsnhalen said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Let's Go Crazy vs. Wanna Be Startin' Something

Take Me With You vs. Baby Be Mine

The Beautiful Ones vs. The Girl Is Mine

Computer Blue vs. Thriller

Darling Nikki vs. Beat It

When Doves Cry vs. Billie Jean

I Would Die 4 U vs. Human Nature

Baby I'm A Star vs. P.Y.T.

Purple Rain vs. The Lady In My Life

Each have four wins each and there's one tie. So it's equal for me!

you say the lady in my life is better then purple rain =0 scandel lol

Purple Rain is ok to me. I've never thought it was great. Just ok.

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Reply #12 posted 08/14/11 12:07pm

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Let's Go Crazy vs. Wanna Be Startin' Something

Take Me With You vs. Baby Be Mine

The Beautiful Ones vs. The Girl Is Mine

Computer Blue vs. Thriller

Darling Nikki vs. Beat It

When Doves Cry vs. Billie Jean

I Would Die 4 U vs. Human Nature

Baby I'm A Star vs. P.Y.T.

Purple Rain vs. The Lady In My Life

This wasn't very hard for me.

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Reply #13 posted 08/14/11 12:20pm

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I like Thriller, but imo Purple Rain is the winner.

Just like........ Sign O' The Times is better than Bad.

If you take the 3 biggest hits from Purple Rain vs Thriller:

I take When Doves Cry over Billie Jean

Let's Go Crazy over Beat It

Purple Rain over Thriller

ps. I really like Michael Jackson's output in the 80's, those 2 80's albums are his strongest,

but "artistically" they are rated too high, and no, I am not joking....... wink

Prince's 80's output, those 10 brilliant Prince albums, that body of work is way more impressive.

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Reply #14 posted 08/14/11 12:22pm

TylerHippie

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It should be 1999 vs Thriller.

Purple Rain vs Thriller

I Would Die 4 U vs PYT Tie*

Baby I'm A Star vs Wanna Be Starting Someting

When Dove's Cry vs Billie Jean

The Beautiful Ones vs The Lady In My Life Tie*

Let's Go Crazy vs Beat It

Take Me With U vs Baby Be Mine

You can't really compare "Computer Blue" or "Darling Nikki" to "Human Nature" and "The Girl Is Mine". But if I had to choose, I'll go with "Computer Blue" and "Darling Nikki".

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Reply #15 posted 08/14/11 12:22pm

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thedance said:

I like Thriller, but imo Purple Rain is the winner.

Just like........ Sign O' The Times is better than Bad.

If you take the 3 biggest hits from Purple Rain vs Thriller:

I take When Doves Cry over Billie Jean

Let's Go Crazy over Beat It

Purple Rain over Thriller

ps. I really like Michael Jackson's output in the 80's, those 2 80's albums are his strongest,

but "artistically" they are rated too high, and no, I am not joking....... wink

Prince's 80's output, those 10 brilliant Prince albums, that body of work is way more impressive.

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I'd actually take Billie Jean over When Doves Cry.

And those albums deserve all the praise they get artistically. razz They're brilliant albums.

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Reply #16 posted 08/14/11 12:35pm

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TylerHippie said:

It should be 1999 vs Thriller. Seeing how they came out the same year/

^ 1999 vs Thriller

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I agree: and imo "1999" is still the winner,

this Prince album is way more funky than Thriller.

I am not talking recordsales, but the "artistically" values. wink

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Reply #17 posted 08/14/11 12:37pm

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thedance said:

TylerHippie said:

It should be 1999 vs Thriller. Seeing how they came out the same year/

^ 1999 vs Thriller

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I agree: and imo "1999" is still the winner,

this Prince album is way more funky than Thriller.

I am not talking recordsales, but the "artistically" values. wink

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Exactly! Nothing on Thriller can touch "Lady Cab Driver" IMO.

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Reply #18 posted 08/14/11 12:41pm

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please stop it!

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Reply #19 posted 08/14/11 12:45pm

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SoulAlive said:

please stop it!

This. These threads are fucking stupid and flooding the forums. So unless you assholes want Luv4U to come thru with her banhammer on your parades, STFU. It is NOT a competition and anyone turning it into some American Idol bullshit can fuck right off!

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Reply #20 posted 08/14/11 12:50pm

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I Would Die 4 U vs. Human Nature

Baby I'm A Star vs. P.Y.T.

Imo P.Y.T. is such an infectious little groove and Human Nature was executed so well, especially that falsetto. I Would Die 4 U is one my most favorite Prince songs, but, it lacks the atmosphere that gives Human Nature its 'magic.' Baby I'm a Star is a cool song, but, P.Y.T. sounds a lot less muddled. It sounds, clean, fun, and it has a good energy about it. BIAS (lol) lacks that even if it's an decent song.

Wanna Be Startin' Something is a song that I think you can either like or hate, but I do like the how the call & response was executed at the end of the song.

I do agree that this should be about 1999 v. Thriller though, but it can work either way though...

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Reply #21 posted 08/14/11 1:48pm

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smoothcriminal12 said:

Let's Go Crazy vs. Wanna Be Startin' Something

Take Me With You vs. Baby Be Mine

The Beautiful Ones vs. The Girl Is Mine

Computer Blue vs. Thriller

Darling Nikki vs. Beat It

When Doves Cry vs. Billie Jean

I Would Die 4 U vs. Human Nature

Baby I'm A Star vs. P.Y.T.

Purple Rain vs. The Lady In My Life

Clearly, Purple Rain wins but Thriller gives it a good run for its money. Human Nature will always be my favorite MJ song. biggrin

The song Thriller is only good for its music video otherwise I always found it to be pointless and dumb. The Girl Is Mine is that corny mess that Michael loved to record and it would later completely fuck up his 90's work.

Lets Go Crazy, Baby I'ma Star, Darling Nikki, When Doves Cry, Beautiful Ones and Purple Rain are the reasons why I even became a Prince fan.... those songs are iconic, innovative and just awesome. It boggles my mind how one man came up with all that then when you look at his entire body of work. Musical genius. cool I don't know which one I love more between LGC & BIAS, my 2 ultimates from His Purple Highness. razz

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Reply #22 posted 08/14/11 3:48pm

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Purple Rain. Thriller isn't really that special to me.

Good music makes me happy.
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Reply #23 posted 08/14/11 3:49pm

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TylerHippie said:

It should be 1999 vs Thriller.

Purple Rain vs Thriller

I Would Die 4 U vs PYT Tie*

Baby I'm A Star vs Wanna Be Starting Someting

When Dove's Cry vs Billie Jean

The Beautiful Ones vs The Lady In My Life Tie*

Let's Go Crazy vs Beat It

Take Me With U vs Baby Be Mine

You can't really compare "Computer Blue" or "Darling Nikki" to "Human Nature" and "The Girl Is Mine". But if I had to choose, I'll go with "Computer Blue" and "Darling Nikki".

Purple Rain was honestly not that great. I love When DOves Cry and the beautiful ones, but Darling NIkki and Computer Blue? Thos songs are whack. You all are just too afraid to admit it. This was Prince's best selling album, but damn did Thriller blow it out of the water and over the moon. I used to hesitate when it came to listening to Thriller in its entirety because I thought it was a bunch of hype and I already heard basically all the songs here and there. But when I listened to the album from start to finish and realized how cohesive and strong the beats and lyrics were, I could not go back to listening to Purple Rain after that. I hit REPEAT.

"I took another bubble bath, with my pants on. All the fighting stopped. Next time I’ll do it sooner.”
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Reply #24 posted 08/14/11 3:51pm

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Spinlight said:

SoulAlive said:

please stop it!

This. These threads are fucking stupid and flooding the forums. So unless you assholes want Luv4U to come thru with her banhammer on your parades, STFU. It is NOT a competition and anyone turning it into some American Idol bullshit can fuck right off!

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Reply #25 posted 08/14/11 3:52pm

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bunnyscotcooper said:

TylerHippie said:

It should be 1999 vs Thriller.

Purple Rain vs Thriller

I Would Die 4 U vs PYT Tie*

Baby I'm A Star vs Wanna Be Starting Someting

When Dove's Cry vs Billie Jean

The Beautiful Ones vs The Lady In My Life Tie*

Let's Go Crazy vs Beat It

Take Me With U vs Baby Be Mine

You can't really compare "Computer Blue" or "Darling Nikki" to "Human Nature" and "The Girl Is Mine". But if I had to choose, I'll go with "Computer Blue" and "Darling Nikki".

Purple Rain was honestly not that great. I love When DOves Cry and the beautiful ones, but Darling NIkki and Computer Blue? Thos songs are whack. You all are just too afraid to admit it. This was Prince's best selling album, but damn did Thriller blow it out of the water and over the moon. I used to hesitate when it came to listening to Thriller in its entirety because I thought it was a bunch of hype and I already heard basically all the songs here and there. But when I listened to the album from start to finish and realized how cohesive and strong the beats and lyrics were, I could not go back to listening to Purple Rain after that. I hit REPEAT.

Why you single me out? ahaha Purple Rain isn't my cup of tea either, but I'll take it over Thriller.

I dig "Computer Blue", "Darling Nikki" is so-so to me.

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Reply #26 posted 08/14/11 3:54pm

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Wow BunnyS., not to understand: Darling Nikki and Computer Blue!!!!! (you can't be much of a Prince-fan?)..

surely those are better than the overhyped and much too played Billie Jean.....

Those 2 songs: Darling Nikki and Computer Blue are like magic to me.... music

Ps. I love Thriller the album is great, Purple Rain is just better for me...

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Reply #27 posted 08/14/11 3:55pm

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SoulAlive said:

please stop it!

This. These threads are fucking stupid and flooding the forums. So unless you assholes want Luv4U to come thru with her banhammer on your parades, STFU. It is NOT a competition and anyone turning it into some American Idol bullshit can fuck right off!

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Reply #28 posted 08/14/11 3:57pm

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Please, no more! shake I can't take it! faint

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Reply #29 posted 08/14/11 3:59pm

Timmy84

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Please, no more! shake I can't take it! faint

I'll tell you this, if I see another Madonna album or MJ album versus anything Prince or anybody did, I'm going postal. evillol johnwoo uzi

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