45. The riff at the end of "U Got The Look"
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 22:45 (eight years ago) link
46. The Pontiac Grand Prix front end on the cover.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 May 2016 22:46 (eight years ago) link
47. The emotional knottiness-unto-creepiness of "If I Was Your Girlfriend" and "Strange Relationship."
― one way street, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 23:14 (eight years ago) link
48. That weird pterodactyl shriek that Sheena Easton (?) does at one point in "UGTL"
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 May 2016 02:28 (eight years ago) link
49. "Step right this way, ladies"
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 May 2016 02:30 (eight years ago) link
50. The beyond genius "Dorothy Parker" drum programming
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 May 2016 02:31 (eight years ago) link
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, May 11, 2016 1
thought it was Prince himself
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 May 2016 02:31 (eight years ago) link
51. Prince's shades on the cover
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 12 May 2016 02:57 (eight years ago) link
Xpost It's been a minute since I watched it but I think in the video / SOTT film she looks at the camera and does it. It's also never sounded like his voice to me.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 May 2016 03:06 (eight years ago) link
Shit 49 s/b "Look at the bargains offered here, ladies" . Mods please correct!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 May 2016 03:08 (eight years ago) link
*over here
Sheesh. My memory's failing.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 May 2016 03:09 (eight years ago) link
They're not shades, they're glasses! As evidenced by the SOTT movie.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 12 May 2016 05:56 (eight years ago) link
52. The fact that "U Got the Look" is the only hit/single/song ever made to include the word heck-a-slammin'.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 12 May 2016 05:57 (eight years ago) link
53. for you naked i would dance a ballet
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 May 2016 06:03 (eight years ago) link
54. sometimes i trip on happy we could be....PLEEEEEE-HEEE-HEEE-HEEEEEEEASE!!!!
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 May 2016 06:04 (eight years ago) link
*how happy... and the way his vocals distort at the end of that phrase
― flappy bird, Thursday, 12 May 2016 06:05 (eight years ago) link
That was already at #15.
(xpost)
― Tuomas, Thursday, 12 May 2016 06:05 (eight years ago) link
55. I just hate 2 see an erection go 2 waste!
― PaulTMA, Thursday, 12 May 2016 08:35 (eight years ago) link
56. The 'Hot Thing' bass note being slightly out of tune.
― Supposed Former ILM Lurker (WeWantMiles), Thursday, 12 May 2016 09:03 (eight years ago) link
57. The self-aware melancholy in I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man.
― albvivertine, Thursday, 12 May 2016 09:10 (eight years ago) link
Xxpost Wrong album
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 12 May 2016 10:14 (eight years ago) link
58. How "Hot Thing" goes from synth menace to a sax breakdown.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 May 2016 12:27 (eight years ago) link
59. Play? No! PLAY! NOOOOO!
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Thursday, 12 May 2016 13:54 (eight years ago) link
Ok, in fairness, I haven't seen the movie in 20+ years.
But yes, you are correct. Another reason I thought they were cool, IIRC.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 12 May 2016 14:13 (eight years ago) link
60. How the record is noted for being one of Prince's finest, yet the form it eventually took was not Prince's original vision for it!
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 12 May 2016 23:26 (eight years ago) link
61. u got the look's baseball metaphor is the best since paradise by the dashboard light
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 12 May 2016 23:34 (eight years ago) link
62. The way everyone slags off 'Slow Love', even though it's absolutely magnificent.
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Thursday, 12 May 2016 23:38 (eight years ago) link
63. the nothing compares 2 u call back in adore
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 12 May 2016 23:40 (eight years ago) link
64. The encouraging way he says "Go on, Cynth" at 1:58 of Starfish and Coffee
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 12 May 2016 23:44 (eight years ago) link
65. Sheena Easton's "Oh please" in U Got the Look, which will be eternally cool
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 12 May 2016 23:45 (eight years ago) link
66. How this album basically introduced Camille. I remember how WEIRD it was to first hear that vocal effect on a Prince song the day I brought the album home (bought it the weekend of release). But this was Prince and he always aaaalways had something new up his sleeve then.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 13 May 2016 02:52 (eight years ago) link
67. the best use of factory presets on a record ever?
― flappy bird, Friday, 13 May 2016 05:15 (eight years ago) link
68. The literally phoned-in rap in "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night".
― Tuomas, Friday, 13 May 2016 07:02 (eight years ago) link
69. The Fairlight orchestral stab sound is one of the most memorable parts of the titular song, and yet the stab is heard only two times, towards the end of tune. It takes only about two seconds of the 5 minute song, but Prince sure knew how to use those two seconds most effectively.
― Tuomas, Friday, 13 May 2016 07:09 (eight years ago) link
70. The ending to 'Play In The Sunshine', which is not so much psychedelic as an utterly bizarre mess that somehow works!
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Friday, 13 May 2016 22:42 (eight years ago) link
This is one of the few consensus "best albums" that actually is his best album. It really encapsulates everything I love about Prince.
Including those glasses.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 13 May 2016 22:57 (eight years ago) link
71. "Mind if I turn on..." *drum fill* "...the radio?"
― But... could you imagine a formation in your lemonade? Ho! (Turrican), Friday, 13 May 2016 23:29 (eight years ago) link
72. That there are just enough songs on this that I forget a few and am pleasantly surprised when I remember them every now and then.
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 13 May 2016 23:41 (eight years ago) link
73. Side 3 is prob the best run of songs Prince ever did:
U GOT THE LOOKIF I WAS UR GIRLFRIENDSTRANGE RELATIONSHIPI COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN
― flappy bird, Sunday, 15 May 2016 23:23 (eight years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/65/38/98/65389838d91e18c556a6f280aab23df1.jpg
― MatthewK, Monday, 16 May 2016 00:49 (eight years ago) link
Glasses!
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 16 May 2016 03:00 (eight years ago) link
The sleeve art on the double LP was such a shock - we had "slick Prince" as the mental image, black and white crop top, 30s chic in Cherry Moon, and then suddenly SotT drops and we have neopsychedelic Prince, Cat (who?), peach'n'black, ashram robes, flokati vests and Haight-Ashbury glasses. That plus Camille knocked me for a loop. And Sheena "My Baby Takes the Morning Train" Easton? Where's the Revolution? WTF?
― MatthewK, Monday, 16 May 2016 03:38 (eight years ago) link
did people really think this was him?
http://img.cdandlp.com/2012/09/imgL/115554290-2.jpg
one of the great back-of-the-sleeve shots ever.
― piscesx, Monday, 16 May 2016 09:35 (eight years ago) link
According to Cat, some people did.
― RIP Skeletons in the Closet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 16 May 2016 11:36 (eight years ago) link
MatthewK totally OTM
Yah I remember folks thinking it was him :)
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 16 May 2016 12:17 (eight years ago) link
― flappy bird, Friday, May 13, 2016 6:15 AM (4 days ago)
― flappy bird, Monday, May 16, 2016 12:23 AM (Yesterday)
yesssssssss
― niels, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 11:43 (eight years ago) link
74. Those finger cymbal things that I want to call castanets but aren't, particularly on Strange Relationship
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 16:18 (eight years ago) link
Crotales iirc? Love the way he uses them. They are all over the atwiad LP.
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
was anyone else annoyed by this line in the p4k retrospective review of SOTT?
“Housequake” is, perhaps, the most obvious songs on the album, a funk jam that would have been a hit single if he’d allowed it to be released as such. But the care of the track’s construction belies any shallow analysis. It starts with a cartoony voice (maybe a Camille reference), a synthesized drum heavy with echo, then adds bass, keyboard stabs, and rhythm guitar. The synth drum and snare drum merge while there’s a double-beat on the kick. Live horns come it and the bass line moves as there’s both a synth bass keyboard and a live bass doing playing different lines. Various backing vocals float in and out with Prince doing his James Brown impersonation as singer/MC. Compared to the simple loops of your average club banger, “Housequake” is a symphony of syncopation. The beat moves even as it grooves.
wtf the drum machine couldn't be any more dry
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 17:05 (eight years ago) link
none more dry