Raspberry Fields Forever at #2 (also forgot to vote, would have gone DMSR for the top spot)
― AWeAreVEV0 (Spectrist), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
always makes me sad to see people saying "oh gee, I forgot about this"
― an excellent source of vitamins and minerals (WmC), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
going out for a while, last four to follow when i return later
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
I thought The Cross would be higher.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
xxp Makes me sad to say it! Honestly mistook the deadline for this weekend, somehow. Still, got pumped listening to 5 or 6 lps over the last few days.
― AWeAreVEV0 (Spectrist), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 16:54 (twelve years ago) link
7 probably the weakest thing on here so far...? the vocal harmonies are nice but this is one where the nonsensical lyrics really grate. and the finger cymbals. it has a pseudo-mysticism vibe that just doesn't work.
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
I elevated Uptown all the way to #3, just as well I did. 7 is awful.
meta: I presume noone minds me kicking off voting for the U2 poll while this one counts down? I doubt there's much overlap between the two.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:06 (twelve years ago) link
Kick it off.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
7 has a pretty massive hook, i feel like it's the forgotten big single (wiki says it peaked at...#7)
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
Love 7. It just barely missed out on my ballot, as did Uptown.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
I fell out of love with "7" a few years ago, dunno why. Probably just became less generally enamored of decent vocal harmonies and more interested in on-the-one dance beats. Prince's early funk stuff is still weirdly underrated, IMO - that includes stuff like What Time Is It?, too.
― foam injected axl rose (thewufs), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
oh my god "Let's Pretend We're Married" is a massive, shocking omission from my ballot― PAJAMARALLS? PAJAMALWAYS! (DJP), Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:07 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Don't worry. I got it.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't figured out why I still like "Cream" (which made my ballot); I'm still stuck on the fact that it sounded nothing like 1991 chartpop.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
(which is no reason to vote for it, I know)
Yeah, 1991 chartpop was pretty awesome sounding, so deviating from it wouldn't be an auto plus.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
I think Prince sort of lost his grip on the zeitgeist not too long after 1991 anyway - he made some not-half-bad New Jack Swing, but some of his other attempts to stay current between, say, 1991 and 1996 just sort of got it wrong. Or they ended up underselling his songs - overreliance on chugging jeep-beat drum loops is one of the things that makes a record like Emancipation a lot less dynamite than it ought to be.
― foam injected axl rose (thewufs), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
K, I just listened to Emancipation again and it's significantly more rhythmically diverse than I'd remembered. For a better example of jeep-beat fatigue, see Digital Underground, The Body-Hat Syndrome, which does work quite nicely in limited doses.
― foam injected axl rose (thewufs), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
I do think Emanciaption suffers heavily from not being what people assumed it would be; I think a good amount of the material stands on its own but I can see why someone looking for Sign O' The Times (3 disc edition) would be disappointed.
― PAJAMARALLS? PAJAMALWAYS! (DJP), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:22 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I referenced this on the voting thread but the biggest problem is he lost his way sonically. a lot of the 90s stuff just straight up doesn't SOUND good, the combinations of instruments + production gear come across as haphazard and lazy.
oddly I think he's largely rectified this in recent years. 2131 and Musicology in particular are both much more pleasing to the ear than a lot of his 90s stuff. (the problem now is that his songwriting has gotten lazier and his lyrics mostly insufferable since he's not interested in sex anymore)
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
see Digital Underground, The Body-Hat Syndrome,
aw. there is great stuff on this record! but it is way too long and overstuffed.
To be fair, I had no idea what to expect when I bought it for $6.99 in 2002. At the time it sounded quite dated. But era-specific production excesses/gimmicks don't irritate me the way they did 10 years ago, probably because my tastes are a fuck of a lot broader nowadays.
― foam injected axl rose (thewufs), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
^^xp to DJP
― foam injected axl rose (thewufs), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
I think Prince has the opposite problem nowadays, actually - lesser songs that might actually benefit from a little production gimmickry. It's easy enough to hear through "dated" production and get to the strong songs underneath with prolongued exposure. It's crazy, but I didn't even like Purple Rain much when I first bought it heading off to college in 2001 - all I heard was bad reverb on the drums.
― foam injected axl rose (thewufs), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
aw cmon who doesn't love a little gated reverb with their Linndrums!
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
Funny thing is, the drums sound exactly the same in concert recordings from '84 - did they use electronic pads or what? Records still shouldn't sound as if you're listening from the back row at the LA Coliseum. I guess they thought differently 25 years ago. But I guess people figured, hey, it worked for Phil Collins.
― foam injected axl rose (thewufs), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
hoping Bob George makes this list btw
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
'84... was he even using a live drummer at that point? I'd guess they used the actual Linn Drum tracks, with whatever drummer he had playing fills/percussion on top? I dunno though
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/838/32450726.jpg
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
44. Black Sweat (from 3121, 2006) - 128 points, 7 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K05K17JzAoE&feature=related
43. Money Don't Matter 2 Night (from Diamonds And Pearls, 1992) - 130 points, 7 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtjvnctg8eE
^^^^^^^ one of mine
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
think Prince has the opposite problem nowadays, actually - lesser songs that might actually benefit from a little production gimmickry.
Exactly my problem with Musicology and 3121. They sound -- too dry? crumbly? Luckily he's still singing like an MF.
He rectified this on Planet Earth, on which "Chelsea Rodgers" and "Lion of Judea" gave me exactly what I wanted from latter-day Prince. Too bad the rest of the album sucked.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
lol amazing Sign O' The Times pic up there
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
42. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (from The Gold Experience, 1995) - 133 points, 7 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8noCrJvvvA
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
Last one for today
41. Gett Off (from Diamonds And Pearls, 1992) - 138 points, 7 votes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6msW7wNh85E
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
42. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
guess I was wrong about no shitty songs showing up
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
:P
I'm one of its seven votes.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
what is there to like about this song? idgi
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
It's just light and sweet with a solid melody.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
It's totally classic.
― I'm A Genius, Too! (Jamie_ATP), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
OMG how can you hate The Most Beautiful Girl in the World? that melody...as one critic once quoted, it's like a smoother 90's Al Green. plus I love him doing that little riff in his low voice at the end.
this was the first track I voted to place!
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
Three of mine in that first ten: Black Sweat, Money Don't Matter 2 Night, The Most Beautiful Girl In The World. Cream and Hot Thing were in my 40, so I'm happy.
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:25 (twelve years ago) link
It's pretty music. Don't get the hate.
That said, man we're squeezing in a lot of '90s Prince up in here.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
OMG how can you hate The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
really easily...? I find the melody repetitive and the production cloying and goopy, the lyrics stupid beyond belief. "you're the reason god created a girl?" wtf does that even mean.
― No Broehner (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:27 (twelve years ago) link
There really are 23 positions in a one-night stand. I counted.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
One of my friends quipped that Prince wrote TMBFITW about himself, and I've never been able to get that interpretation quite out of the back of my mind.
― third-generation stripper (Eric H.), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:31 (twelve years ago) link
Uptown and especially Let's Pretend We're Married are way too low...LPWM is like top 3 for me...
― monogalomaniacal (Drugs A. Money), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:33 (twelve years ago) link
I do hate the keyboards on TMBGITW.
Eric, I had the same thought.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
I mostly stuck 80s Prince towards the top of my list,w/ a few exceptions
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 27 July 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
the Cross at 45 wtf
Someone stick on the SOTT vid when Sheila comes in on that tune, jesus
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 28 July 2011 00:08 (twelve years ago) link
re: collaborations, I totally forgot about this:
In 1989, Prince appeared on Madonna's studio album Like a Prayer, co-writing and singing the duet "Love Song" and playing electric guitar (uncredited) on the songs "Like a Prayer", "Keep It Together", and "Act of Contrition".
― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
WAHT prince plays guitar on "like a prayer"!?!?
― some dude, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't even notice that typo
I'd be more embarrassed had I not read that Zelda review, I don't think anything I am capable of writing could be as embarrassing as that
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
also I didn't know that re: Like A Prayer, wau
well it is wikipedia so I dunno, grain of salt
― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
No, it sounds right. That guitar tone sounds an awful lot like his.
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
there are references to Madonna confirming this in an interview floating around the internet, but I can't find the original source
― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
read a lot of the prince books and none of them mention that...?
― Crackle Box, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
i found a convo on prince.org that makes it sound like Prince played on a remix of "Like A Prayer" but not the album version and also has an unreleased cover of it
― some dude, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
If you want to hear Prince on the song Like A Prayer... you need to get ahold of the "Remixed Prayers" CD. The 12" Club Version has him on Keyboards & Guitar, and the 12" Extended Mix has him on Guitar, including the solo that they edited out of the LP Version. Act of Contrition is mainly made up of backwards parts of the Club Version. There is also a promo mix out there called "Dub Beats" which has instrumentation from Prince, and a sample from Bob George.
― some dude, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
Yes, Madonna herself mentions it in Paul Zollo's book of songwriter interviews.
― Anakin Ska Walker (AKA Skarth Vader) (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
Should have placed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGlVSMtB-Hg
― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGy0QRXvjgU
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 06:47 (twelve years ago) link
Anyone curious what 61-100 are? Was there a link that I missed? I'm wondering if there's anything since 1995 besides "Guitar," "Black Sweat" and "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" that made the top 100.
― Fastnbulbous, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
ctrl+f "scandalous"
:(
― brony james (k3vin k.), Sunday, 21 April 2013 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
Dorothy Parker is a funny song... it doesn't have anything to do with the actual Dorothy Parker, did he just like the sound of her name or something?― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, August 2, 2011 7:39 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI guess so - it's full of peculiar, slightly puzzling details like that - lyric's such a good fit for the wobbly, dreamy sound.― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, August 2, 2011 7:50 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Richard Nixon's Field of Warmth (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, August 2, 2011 7:39 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I guess so - it's full of peculiar, slightly puzzling details like that - lyric's such a good fit for the wobbly, dreamy sound.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Tuesday, August 2, 2011 7:50 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was lying in bed this morning and it finally struck me that it's her nickname.
― woof, Saturday, 23 April 2016 20:05 (eight years ago) link
we could do this again, probably get twice as many ballots
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Saturday, 23 April 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Nickname? Dot? Dottie?
― His Royal Blecchness (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 23 April 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
my hypothesis is that the waitress has been nicknamed dorothy parker - most likely by Prince, but perhaps by another patron of the place on the promenade - because she makes sharp/witty remarks to the customers, ie she's a real dorothy parker.
― woof, Saturday, 23 April 2016 23:01 (eight years ago) link
xxpost:
Yeah, it may be well worth running this poll again at some point in the future!
― WHERE'S JIM!? (Turrican), Sunday, 24 April 2016 09:36 (eight years ago) link
This one needs a redux imo.
― Get the point? Good, let's dance with nunchaku. (Eric H.), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
seconded
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 9 September 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
Firsted.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
When You Were Mine is nowadays my favorite Prince song. So glad it won this.
Controversy used to be my favorite Prince album and Dirty Mind a close second. I'm not sure anymore.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 18:43 (ten months ago) link
I think it would likely still win even if we redid the poll
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 19:06 (ten months ago) link