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Best Prince track?
Posted by Adman on 28 September 2009 - 9:07pm.
Prince – Peach: http://open.spotify.com/track/6pEjJfpxyHwLcvcWMqVyyd
I was rocking to the hits / b-sides in the car the other day... I'd almost forgotten this one - immense fun & very well executed, I'd say.
Any other faves from the the diminutive genius?
(Did try to post a video... but I think his 'people' must have had words with youtube...)
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If I Was Your Girlfriend
Many candidates
I'd pick "Alphabet St" - always a joy to hear
seconded
i was gonna put alphabet street, its impossible not to dance to that tune, it just increases the happiness of the world.
Lovesexy
I properly knew that album inside out. Halogen days! *Sigh*
Lovesexy Live, 1988
NEC, Birmingham
My all time fave gig
Lovesexy Live, 1988
NEC, Birmingham
My all time fave gig
Hey
I was there too! Still in my top 3 all-time greatest gigs.
Best song? Dunno, but "Mountains" is well up there.
And me!
...so that's the three of us and Simon Le Bon, who not only stood behind me but fetched up in the curry house we went to afterwards! I remember being so distracted by the whole spectacle that I never noticed the elevating piano (it was a piano wasn't it?)until Prince was about 20 feet off the ground.
Completely enveloping...truly brilliant...
It was a bed (of course!)
upon which P was cavorting with his muse of the time, Cat Glover :-)
I blame...
...the drugs
Spot on, Goosefat.
Spot on. Do we vote for the 7" or 12" version? I always think the 12" goes on just a little bit.
I may have to put it on now. And do a little bit of dancing. I hope no-one looks through the window.
Draw the curtains and enjoy!
,,,and then play The Cross
hmmm
in a car, or on an mp3 player when you're walking along or really loud in an empty hause I'd go for the 7" but on a dance floor its the 12" everytime.
I reckon you could either close the curtains or turn the tune up so loud that anyone who sees you will be too busy dancing along to judge you.
Also seeing someone through a window dancing to alphabet street would make my day if it happened to me. The world would be a better place if more people danced to alphabet street more often.
Right.
Windows opened. Prince going on. A wicked wellie will be shaken.
Done it.
No-one went past.
But I have joy in my heart, which is good for a Monday evening.
nice one for putting your dance steps
where your mouth is.
I'm truly touched to have had a part in creating such an event.
Girls and Boys
They loved to kiss on the steps of Versailles
Look-a-like rain Mama, Birds. Do. Fly.
Vous etre belle Mama, girls and boys.
Kristen Scott Thomas was in the video. Zut!
The Cross
from Sign O The Times. Epic!
You beat me to it
Here it is:
http://open.spotify.com/track/60vEugO8qAECUVj1KpiQaP
Marvellous!
Dearly beloved
it has to be Let's Go Crazy, don't know what this video is about but at least you can hear the song.
Best Of An Insanely Great Bunch
I want to be the only one you cook for...
http://open.spotify.com/track/48mst1FZWWd4NemlUH3eAz
Cook for?
Are you sure you're hearing it right? When was Prince interested in food? Great tune though.
Can't believe no one's mentioned..
Little Red Corvette yet. Avoid the extended mix from one of the early greatest hits packages - totally murders it.
I guess...
...I should have known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last. See you're the kind of person who believes in making out once, love 'em and leave 'em fast - WHAT A TUNE!!
Genius
Anything off Sign O The Times or Parade and many, many others but right now I'll go for Hot Thing. I saw that LoveSexy tour in Wembley when I was just a lad and it still stands out as one of the best shows I've ever seen.
Sign O' The Times and Parade - YES
They're the ones
Maybe I should just click the little arrow when I agree with someone's comment.
I've just realised that's what they're for.
Except I never look at them. Does anyone?
Where. To. Begin.
I thought mine would be Purple Rain forever, but I've heard and seen it performed to distraction.
For the jaw-dropping epiphany I experienced on hearing it on the radio for the first time, it has to be Sign O' The Times.
It will be something else tomorrow.
Erotic City
One of the best songs by anybody full stop. Brilliant brilliant briliant.
But otherwise everything from Dirty Mind to Lovesexy. I love them all. One of the best runs of creativity by any artist ever in my humble opinion.
'17 Days' which is also on the Hits/ B Sides comp
Hugely under rated. AMAZING bit of life affirming pop music that wipes the floor with most bands' A sides. A cliche yes but TRUE baby.
There can be no 'Best Prince Track'
but Raspberry Beret would have to be up there on the shortlist.
Agreed - Raspberry Beret
That was my first thought too but I wondered if it was too "poppy". There's not a wasted second in that song (a little like Denis Denis just perfection from start to finish).
Still one could easily list 30 perfect Prince songs.
No such thing as
'too poppy'; don't let the Prog Police tell you otherwise :-)
another vote for Raspberry Beret
Sexy
MF.
Peach
Always one of my favourites and often ignored in discussions of the Purple One's oeuvre
Ah OOO-ooo
Starfish & Coffee
My fave (at the moment) is Starfish & Coffee (from Sign O The Times).
I agree that Parade and Sign O The Times were his pinnacle. Both great albums.
Cold Shower
You're all a bunch of shameless sex-crazed rhythm slaves; you'd think Prince was obsessed with doing 'it' or something (oh, hang on....)
Anyway, the correct answer is, of course, 'Sometimes it Snows in April' (a song that suggests the wee man has a hitherto well-hidden fascination with Scottish weather patterns)
That's my favourite
of today. It will be something else tomorrow.
Prince - for all your musical needs...
Consider how good he would be perceived to be
if only he had exercised a little quality control in the past 15 years. There's enough good stuff on even his poorer albums to have released classic albums every two years or so. I suppose it comes down to whether the real fan wants only the really good tracks or all of his output. I gather that even with his prodigious output he has literally hundreds of unreleased tracks in the archives.
Somewhere out there in Google-land....
...is a fantastic 3 CD compilation of the 90s output called The Dawn Experience or Welcome To The Dawn or some such - pulls together all the great released material alongside some unreleased bits & pieces. Sequenced beautifully as well; it's brilliant.
Well hidden
Can't seem to turn up hide nor hair of it. Can anyone else find any mention of this?
My nominations
Although most of his post-1990 output has been gash I'm still a huge fan of the guy, and these must be my favourites of his, but in no particular order:
"When Doves Cry" (obviously)
"Paisley Park" (from "Around The World In A Day")
"Bob George" (from "The Black Album")
"Alexa De Paris" (gorgeous instrumental B-side of "Girls and Boys")
"Anotherloverholenyohead" (from "Parade")
"Sign O The Times"
"Erotic City" (B-side of "Let's Go Crazy")
"Purple Rain" (a classic)
For the record, my favourite albums of his in order are 1) "Parade", 2) "The Black Album", 3) "Purple Rain".
Think I'd go for Poplife off Paisley Park
Psychedelia and slap bass - what's not to like?
That would be my favourite as well
Also partial to Diamonds and Pearls
Incidentally...
...Does anyone remember the live set he did on Radio 1 at the Radio Theatre I believe around the time of his leaving Warner Brothers? I taped it and have converted it to MP3 and it is just sensational - a medley about fifteen minutes long which covers most of the bases, including a superb version of "Peach". Amazingly the beeb have never repeated it, and it wasn't filmed.
Yes, I remember that
He insisted on speaking through a voice-treatment gizmo a la Bob George and The Rainbow Children. The music was fab, though.
And around the same period he also commandeered the BBC Concert Hall for an impromptu live performance, during the Simon Beast show as I remember . Exciting and intriguing times.
Re-read my post...
...it was the concert I was talking about.
He didn't do an interview at that time but a few years later (around the time of his "Exodus" album) he wrapped his face in a scarf, called himself Tora Tora, and refused to speak to any reporters, preferring instead to whisper replies to band members and get them to pass his comments on. He was a complete tit, basically.
I do understand the name change thing though, but it still bewilders most non-fans when explained.
Yes, sorry
I was trying to edit my comment as you replied. Will do so now :-)
*Edit*
What it should have said was...
It was during the Simon Beast show, yadda yadda.
He also did a half-hour radio broadcast from his imaginary station (was it Radio 1800-New Funk?) He insisted on speaking through a voice-treatment gizmo a la Bob George and The Rainbow Children. The music was fab, though. Exciting and intriguing times.
Currently it is this
Prince – Housequake - LP Version: http://open.spotify.com/track/5xP9clzYBKZ6F3u2VZUaBJ
Currently it is this
Prince – Housequake - LP Version: http://open.spotify.com/track/5xP9clzYBKZ6F3u2VZUaBJ
THE BEAUTIFUL ONES.
From Purple Rain. I used to sing this one like a crazy person whilst travelling back to see a woman I was head over heals in love with. She was tearing me apart and I somehow knew it at the time and this track just summed it all up. Still gets me every time.
So did she want him?
Or did she want you?
Me in the end .....
But it didn't last.
Darling Tipper
The song that gave birth to the Parental Advisory stickers, and unintentionally sold millions of records to teenagers.
http://open.spotify.com/track/2WTjuyqBiqtTze4cNodSDd
Put me down for Peach
One of the few songs I'm still prepared to air-guitar my way around the living room to (curtains closed, doors locked and family away for the night, obviously).
While My Hohner Tele Gently Weeps
Skip to 3:30 for some serious air-guitar stuff.
when doves cry
is the outright winner for bargepole, with a mention in despatches for u got the look, and also latter day effort 'guitar'.
Agreed
Guitar was a return to form.
Good call.
Sheena Easton
Sugar Walls (written by the Purple One) also gets played a lot in my house. It's a superb little track. Youtube won't let me embed, but you can find it here:
Gett Off
...not the lumbering original (which is still pretty good), but the house style revamp. Sassy and the very definition of cool.
http://open.spotify.com/track/4T0o7Zqdw9tn0SmXEeryBF
Also wanted to mention
the duet he did with Nona Gaye - "Love Sign". It was on a 1994 album called 1-800 New Funk, and is a great lost single. No sign of it on Spotify or YouTube sadly...
It's also on
Crystal Ball, the 4CD retrospective compilation of various oddities and damned good tunes.
Prince Live
A clip from the Sign O' The Times concert (sort of) movie. I remember being blown away by the show in an 800-seat cinema in Oslo.
Housequake Live 1987
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A stomping version of The Cross from the LoveSexy tour.
11 The Cross - LoveSexy Tour Dortmund 1988
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And last but not least The Revolution.
Prince Lets Go Crazy / Purple Rain tour 1985
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Once you start...
...you can't stop.
There are too many gooduns.
For me Anotherloverholenyohead always jumps to mind as the one they shouldn't have missed off his greatest hits (even though, fair enough, it wasn't much of a hit!)
That Lovesexy film is one of my most-watched (was too young to go!) My cranky VHS taped of "Wired" on Channel 4 (anyone remember that) has finally been copied over onto DVD recently so I can keep it...
unbelievable gig.
Finally saw him at Earl's Court about 3 years later (for the Symbol album tour) and whilst amazing, wasn't close to the lovesexy show.
O2 shows in '07 (particularly the aftershow) were awesome too.
It's just great
that everyone's sharing the love for Prince; I thought I was a lone voice in the wilderness. It's when you see the myriad individual choices and tastes that you're reminded of what an astonishing artist he has been and continues to be. Cheers, y'all :-)
I second that emotion!
When I say I like Prince, I often get looks of bafflement... especially these days, but when he's good, he's the goddam best.
Reminds me of the scene in Shaun of the Dead, where they are deciding which records to throw at the zombies...
Purple Rain? No.
Batman soundtrack? Chuck it!
(There's a terrible clip on YouTube... not worth posting.)
Amazing
A thread where there's no curmudgeon saying 'well I think Prince is crap'. Brilliant.
Alphabet Street gets my vote, or I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man, or 17 Days...there are tons.
Love the Prince.
Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Or My Name Is Prince...
When You Were Mine
and please, this man is THE genius of pop without a doubt. He could dance, play, sing...do most anything. He saved the eighties for me. A bit like Dylan in his strangeness too...strangeness with humour - a great mix.
Purple Rain
Anything off that album especially The Beautiful Ones & Darling Nikki.
I also really like Slow Love & Adore from Sign 'O' The Times.
I've managed to see him four times. Lovesexy at Wembley in 88(?), The Nude Tour @ Wembley (89?), in Arnhem in 95 and at the O2 a couple of years back. One of the best live performers you will ever see.
Lovesexy
Is the CD still one long track to prevent track-skippage?
I cant believe..
That no-one has yet mentioned 'Sometimes It Snows In April' a haunting love song off of parade, in fact im off to listen to it now...
Oh and BTW, Nothing Compares 2 U is a pretty bloody good song as well. I heard the Skinhead O'Conner version on the radio last week and I forgotted how good it was.
Somewhere up there
GraemeThomson did cite SISIA - on Sept 29 I believe :-)
I cant believe..
That no-one has yet mentioned 'Sometimes It Snows In April' a haunting love song off of parade, in fact im off to listen to it now...
Oh and BTW, Nothing Compares 2 U is a pretty bloody good song as well. I heard the Skinhead O'Conner version on the radio last week and I forgotted how good it was.