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The Reverend is sleeping on "When We're Dancing Close And Slow" and "It's Gonna Be Lonely."
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― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Sunday, 25 March 2007 23:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Someone here encouraged me to try Prince's "Dirty Mind" album. I can't remember what thread it was.
So I tried Dirty Mind (from 1980) and I really loved the last three tracks on that especially. There's about twice on that album when I get a Beatles feeling, it's weird, but I gotta credit the man, cause that's cool!
I found the "1999" album at the store today (last time I heard that whole thing was 1985, though I never owned it, I confess) but I'm dying to have "Controversy" now. Though I swear I used to have the cassette of that and tried it before.
The self titled '79 album is only good for "I Wanna Be Your Lover" & "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad" both of which I could play about 500 times and never get tired of them.
I haven't actually heard his proper first album.
I saw Wendy & Lisa speak on that MTV thing on the extras on the 2nd DVD of the double DVD of Purple Rain and I gotta tell you those girls...I don't give a shit whether they are lesbians or not those girls turn me on from the minute they hit the screen. They are the shit.
But about the Purple Rain album...now seriously he never got better than that, did he? Come on admit it!!! I was 13 when that came out and I love it every bit as much now as I did then. No way in hell Prince could be any better than that. Impossible.
― Bimble, Saturday, 5 January 2008 23:46 (sixteen years ago) link
Controversy is kind of a bizarre album, even as far as Prince goes. Lots of insane ranting and misguided politicking, but it has "Do Me Baby" and "Jack U Off" and the title track, so entirely worth it of course.
For You has "Soft & Wet", which is a great-in-its-own-right trial run for "I Wanna Be Your Lover", a couple sublime proto-Babyface ballads, and a bunch of mucking around trying to find his sound.
If we did this poll today, I'd change my vote to Dirty Mind.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 6 January 2008 02:58 (sixteen years ago) link
"Private Joy" is awesome on Controversy.
― Davey D, Sunday, 6 January 2008 03:25 (sixteen years ago) link
RONNIE TALK TO RUSSIA BEFORE ITZ TOO LATE
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, 6 January 2008 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
oh my god I think I was a virgin until I heard Controversy. I don't understand what happiness this album is causing my ears. I'm in terrible awe.
― Bimble, Sunday, 6 January 2008 03:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Can someone explain why this album is so brilliant a person can barely speak about it?
― Bimble, Sunday, 6 January 2008 03:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I think I'm going to put Controversy on the stereo right now.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 6 January 2008 03:36 (sixteen years ago) link
The self titled '79 album is only good for "I Wanna Be Your Lover" & "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad"
"Sexy Dancer" says hi.
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 6 January 2008 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link
But I still don't have the first album! I feel so incomplete!
― Bimble, Sunday, 6 January 2008 05:06 (sixteen years ago) link
Did anyone buy the Japanese enhanced CD version of this? I can't make mix CDs with these songs because they are so faint, but I read somewhere that I could never take the place was a radio edit. Thanks for any opinions
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 01:05 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry, sign of the times. thks
Wasn't the "Black Album" so much cooler back when it was still a bootleg?
― Lee626, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, alot of its aura in retrospect seems to have come from its being a boot--i find its production (or lack thereof) hard to listen to
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
So had he just pretty much given up on the U.S. at this point? According to wiki re: 20Ten:
As of April 2011, no plans for a U.S. release have even been announced.
― 'what are you, the Hymen Protection League of America?' (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
The Black Album is one of my favourites actually, I was totally repelled by the production the first time I heard it too. How did Parade beat 1999 in this poll?
also, lol at someone thinking Bob George is about Bobby George the darts player. :D
― historyyy (prettylikealaindelon), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 12:10 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxpost: i "acquired" that sign o' the times and it's bizarre. sound is much fuller than the original issue, BUT there's all these different mixes on the thing some of which i don't like as much as the original.just purchased a new Japanese issue of dirty mind though that sounds awesome
― Marquis de Sade (outdoor_miner), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 13:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Prince is playing 21 shows at the LA Forum starting this Thursday. Tickets are inexpensive ($25 each!). Snagged some this morning!
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
danggg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
21 shows?!?
― Hey Look More Than Five Years Has Passed And You Have A C (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
there's only 3 shows guys
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
April 14, 21 and 22
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
The first press release was kinda mangled as it implied that all 21 shows would be at the Forum, but Quoting from here
Pop star Prince is planning to perform 21 shows of his "Welcome 2 America Live" tour in Los Angeles, Live Nation said Monday.Three shows have been announced -- April 14, 21 and 22 will take place at the Los Angeles Forum.The dates and locations of the additional concerts will be announced later, the concerts' promoters said."In an effort to make the show affordable for all of his fans, Prince has declared that roughly 85 percent of all tickets will be available at $25, inclusive of all service fees," Live Nation said in a news release. "Prince has taken a different approach with his concerts, announcing shows a matter of days before they happen, but the fans have come out in full force and shown their support."
Three shows have been announced -- April 14, 21 and 22 will take place at the Los Angeles Forum.
The dates and locations of the additional concerts will be announced later, the concerts' promoters said.
"In an effort to make the show affordable for all of his fans, Prince has declared that roughly 85 percent of all tickets will be available at $25, inclusive of all service fees," Live Nation said in a news release. "Prince has taken a different approach with his concerts, announcing shows a matter of days before they happen, but the fans have come out in full force and shown their support."
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 01:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Then Play Long finally gets to Prince, at last: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/prince-lovesexy.html
― agincourtgirl, Thursday, 26 February 2015 14:19 (nine years ago) link
1. Parade2. Sign O The Times3. 1999Three amazing albums – I can’t think of any artist/band with a stronger top 3 profile.
Three amazing albums – I can’t think of any artist/band with a stronger top 3 profile.
I love Prince but 1) these aren't necessarily his best 3 albums for me and 2)Stevie Wonder's - Talking Book- Innervision- Songs in the key of life
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 26 February 2015 14:53 (nine years ago) link
It's two of his three best, though (third being Purple Rain instead of 1999)
― DJP, Thursday, 26 February 2015 15:43 (nine years ago) link
my top 3 rn would prob be purple, dirty, parade
― a date with density (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 26 February 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
Calling Parade a top 3 Prince is like calling Secret Life of Plants one of Stevie's top 3.
― Eric H., Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:11 (nine years ago) link
Jon Lewis on the money, Eric H. off the money.
― Ad Strawmanem (Old Lunch), Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
I sometimes think Parade might be my favorite, and then I think, wait, that can't possibly be right, and then I listen to it again and think, yeah, it might be my favorite.
― Ad Strawmanem (Old Lunch), Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Gah, I always conflate the tracklists of Parade and Around the World in my head. Parade isn't bad. But it's definitely the swing position of any Prince top 3, two slots of which have to go to Purple Rain and Sign o' the Times and fuiud.
― Eric H., Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
I'd opt for 1999 tho.
― Eric H., Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:29 (nine years ago) link
Don't get me wrong, I love Parade too (and Kiss is my favourite song by anybody ever on some days !) but I don't think it would make my top 3 since, yeah, Purple Rain is difficult to put aside...
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:36 (nine years ago) link
I don't know why SotT isn't top 3 for me. It should be. It just isn't. Top 5, sure. Maybe I like Prince better at single-LP length.
― a date with density (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:37 (nine years ago) link
This isn't to be contrarian, but I like For You the best of any of his albums.
― 3×5, Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
SotT is special since it has less smash hits than most other Prince 80s albums (and the title track is far from a favourite) but it's the whole thing that is great.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:42 (nine years ago) link
SotT had 3 US top ten hits, which puts it ahead of:
1999Around the World in a DayParadeLovesexyBatman
― DJP, Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link
oh OK, I hadn't checked how it charted, it just felt less "hit singles" than most other albums.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:58 (nine years ago) link
also: "Hot Thing," "If I Was Your Girlfriend," and "Adore" got massive R&B play.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 February 2015 16:59 (nine years ago) link
Didn't realized until looking just now that each album from 1999 --> The Gold Experience had at least one top 10 hit. (Well, it was Come that broke the string, but "Most Beautiful Girl in the World" was already a top 10 hit prior.)
― Eric H., Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:00 (nine years ago) link
to me there's no hit as big/good (since I've never really liked SotT the song) as : when you were mine, 1999, little red corvette, purple rain, when doves cry, raspberry beret, kiss, alphabet street, etc.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
"U Got the Look" is a fucking steamroller.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:06 (nine years ago) link
I feel like I'm still just learning about SotT. It's been a slow grower. And I've never quite been able to get over the hump of its lackluster first track in the way I can with Song In The Key Of Life.
― Ad Strawmanem (Old Lunch), Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
yes it's great of course. as are many (all !) of the other songs on the album.but, for instance, if you consider the tracklisting of "The very best of Prince" (90s tracks not included) :
1. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" 2. "1999" 3. "Little Red Corvette" 4. "When Doves Cry" 5. "Let's Go Crazy" 6. "Purple Rain" 7. "I Would Die 4 U" 8. "Raspberry Beret" 9. "Kiss" 10. "Sign o' the Times" 11. "U Got the Look" 12. "Alphabet St."
well, for me, the tracks from SotT would rank the lowest.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
I don't know why I always mistakenly think "The Beautiful Ones" was a single. Probably because it effing should've been.
― Ad Strawmanem (Old Lunch), Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Also, "Girlfriend" is a serious contender for my absolutely #1 favorite Prince single OAT.
― Eric H., Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
i thought the sample at the beginning of "lovesexy" was delia? doesn't sound anything like roger limb's stuff to my ears!
― rushomancy, Thursday, 26 February 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
ok, nvm, it is roger limb- just mis-credited a lot of places
― rushomancy, Thursday, 26 February 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
that's a bbc radiophonic sample? ha cool
― a date with density (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Talking of samples,
There's a bit of a ruckus noise on "Pop Life", near the end then the music comes back in.
The exact same noise is used on Chris Hill's "Rentasanta" from 1975 or so.
Any ideas what it's from?
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 February 2015 23:21 (nine years ago) link