how do Larry Graham and Doug E. Fresh fit in here
― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
or Maceo Parker
larry graham and maceo parker are definitely heroes that he came up listening to
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
yeah - that was more in response to dan than some dude
― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
some dude's OTM tho about Prince restricting himself to situations where he's firmly in control. and limiting himself to one-offs. he's not a collaborative guy, really.
― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
yeah Wendy & Lisa might be the only really really extensive truly collaborative relationship he's had
― Tal Bachman - Highness advocate (some dude), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
lol I didn't even know about Doug E. Fresh, some Prince fan I am
Maceo and Larry are givens but those collaborations happened several years after Diamonds and Pearls (and actually, same with Doug E Fresh now that I look it up), plus with Larry at least I don't know how much of that was tied to the conversion to being a Jehovah's Witness.
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
I think with Larry the music collab came first, then the conversion...?
― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
this also very OTM from everything I've read
― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Maceo and Larry are givens but those collaborations happened several years after Diamonds and Pearls
if we're talking pre-D&P yeah he wasn't interested in collaborating with anybody he didn't have control over
he did kick MJ's ass at ping pong tho
― you will always be wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 9 September 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
lovesexy is awesome; wtf @ you guys
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Friday, 9 September 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
welcome to ILX, Brad!
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
i think i said in the voting thread that i started listening to come because of all the prince action on ilx, and that record rules too, glad everyone can agree
― mutant slow drum (BradNelson), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
shakey's whole revive post outlined how little the world at large thinks of Lovesexy, don't act like it's just people here
― some dude, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
the world at large aren't music fanatics who pour over the minutiae of an artist's catalog, so yeah it's true that the most people don't think very much about Lovesexy
everyone who does should love it, tho, because it owns
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
i love it because i found a jukebox at a shitty college bar that would do the whole album for one play. i've always meant to pop back in and just ruin everyone's selections for an hour.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Friday, 9 September 2011 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
you may recall that this thread is the result of music fanatics pouring over the minutiae of Prince's catalog and deciding that the single was the only thing from Lovesexy worth holding up as one of his 50 best songs.
― some dude, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
lol 'pore over' i repeated your typo, now i really don't want to get any mental images of pouring anything over Prince's anything
― some dude, Friday, 9 September 2011 20:18 (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