Originally posted by Da preacher
If I REALLY had to decide I would pick Sign 'o' the times as my favourite.
Waddaya mean flawed? It's a masterpiece!Purple Rain is so Mainstream, it's even more commecial than Rave UN2, Musicology and 3121. And that's saying A LOT! 😆
My dad LOVES emancipation btw.
Emancipation and Parade are his favourites.
Prince's worst is kamasutra imho, but then U could say it isn't a Prince-album but a NPG-orchestra album.
Purple Rain, though mainstream, is easily contender for one of his best albums.
Others might get underrated as a result, but still.
That said, I love Around the World in a Day lately. I think it caught a lot of underrating due to being post-Purple Rain.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Purple Rain, though mainstream, is easily contender for one of his best albums.Others might get underrated as a result, but still.
That said, I love Around the World in a Day lately. I think it caught a lot of underrating due to being post-Purple Rain.
-AC
Condition of the heart, Paisley Park and The Ladder are some gems.
I like it, more than Purple Rain. I don't really like purple rain all that much 2 be honest, It's good but I don't really listen to it.
Check out the Extended version of Raspberry Beret btw, that's some masterpiece.
I think it's on Ultimate.
Did anybody mention the rainbow Children, now that's alternative AND genious at the same time. Like parade but more Jazzy.
With the exception of the horror known as Wedding Feast.
It isn't my favourite but if U ask me which album I think is the best i'd have to say The rainbow children.
It's so different. Unlike anything I had EVER heard.
Rage Against The Machine - Maggie's Farm is a good one. Always has been one of my favorite Rage songs, easily my fav from Renegades.
Don't know if they quite qualify as "covers," but everything from John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things" album is superb. They are all songs that are written and originally performed by someone else, but Coltrane's versions surpass the originals on pretty much every track. Like I said though, not sure if they're quite "covers" or not cause the words are taken out of them, and the songs are stretched and even altered quite a bit. The original version of Summertime for instance was about 5 min long while Coltranes was a good 11 minutes long.
Originally posted by Da preacher
Condition of the heart, Paisley Park and The Ladder are some gems.
I like it, more than Purple Rain. I don't really like purple rain all that much 2 be honest, It's good but I don't really listen to it.Check out the Extended version of Raspberry Beret btw, that's some masterpiece.
I think it's on Ultimate.
Did anybody mention the rainbow Children, now that's alternative AND genious at the same time. Like parade but more Jazzy.
With the exception of the horror known as Wedding Feast.
It isn't my favourite but if U ask me which album I think is the best i'd have to say The rainbow children.
It's so different. Unlike anything I had EVER heard.
Also Pop Life, can't forget that.
Last December ranks up as one of my favourite Prince songs, but I think that and Musicology are his most...cohesive albums. Then again, I think we could go all day saying what we love about Prince.
Personally, I think 3121 is more brilliant than it's getting credit for. He seemed to try a modern style and do it better than anyone else doing it. I love it.
Bit off topic now though I believe.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Also Pop Life, can't forget that.Last December ranks up as one of my favourite Prince songs, but I think that and Musicology are his most...cohesive albums. Then again, I think we could go all day saying what we love about Prince.
Personally, I think 3121 is more brilliant than it's getting credit for. He seemed to try a modern style and do it better than anyone else doing it. I love it.
Bit off topic now though I believe.
-AC
The titletrack and The Word are Genious.
The new version of The Dance is 100x times better than the one on The Chocolate Invasion and Fury ROCKS!
I haven't really listened to any Prince. Just thought that would be necessary to mention.
Anyways, here how I would rate the songs on Renegades (I have the uncool one, without the two live songs):
1. Pistol Grip Pump (Volume 10)
2. Renegades of Funk (Afrika Bambaataa)
3. In My Eyes (Minor Threat)
4. Beautiful World (Devo)
5. I'm Housin (Epmd)
6. Microphone Fiend (Eric & Rakim)
7. Maggie's Farm (Bob Dylan)
8. How I Could Just Kill A Man (Cypress Hill)
9. Street Fighting Man (Rolling Stones)
10. Down On The Street (Stooges)
11. Kick Out The Jams (Mc5)
12. Ghost Of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen)
Originally posted by Da preacher
If I REALLY had to decide I would pick Sign 'o' the times as my favourite.
Waddaya mean flawed? It's a masterpiece!Purple Rain is so Mainstream, it's even more commecial than Rave UN2, Musicology and 3121. And that's saying A LOT! 😆
My dad LOVES emancipation btw.
Emancipation and Parade are his favourites.
Prince's worst is kamasutra imho, but then U could say it isn't a Prince-album but a NPG-orchestra album.
What's so special about It, Slow Love, Hot Thing, Forever In My Life & The Cross? Most of those songs are really bad tracks. However, there are some extremely well crafted songs like The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, Strange Relationship, Starfish and Coffee and Adore. The rest are good.
I don't understand? What's so bad about an album being mainstream? How does it lessen the quality of the album? Every track on Purple Rain is excellent. Pure 80's pop, and it didn't even come with a poorly made movie attached!
Originally posted by Kram3r
What's so special about It, Slow Love, Hot Thing, Forever In My Life & The Cross? Most of those songs are really bad tracks. However, there are some extremely well crafted songs like The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, Strange Relationship, Starfish and Coffee and Adore. The rest are good.I don't understand? What's so bad about an album being mainstream? How does it lessen the quality of the album? Every track on Purple Rain is excellent. Pure 80's pop, and it didn't even come with a poorly made movie attached!
Ur crazy!
Btw, Purple rain had a BIG movie.
Originally posted by Da preacher
Yeah, the Sign 'o' the times movie was crappy editing, I know. But the album rules.I'm Thinking maybe I love loveSexy more than Sign 'o' the Times.
lol
I never doubted the greatness of Sign O' The Times. I just think it's a little overrated because there are tracks on it that the album could do without. Lovesexy is gorgeous, truly blissful.
'Glam Slam thank you ma'dam you really made my day!'
Is there such a thing... Not if it's a single
Recording a cover song and releasing it as a sing, what's the point
it's already been done... You didn't come up with the concept, talentless hacks really.
I have to say the DJ Sammy cover of Don Henley's Boys Of Summer was horrible on two levels.
1. Cover Song As A Single
2. The Video That Was Done For It, Some guy driving along a beach side road on a sunny day. There was no research done on the song or clip.
Don Henley may as well have directed the original video himself. It was his idea to be floating in the air (strapped to back of a pickup truck).
Boys Of Summer is about lost youth, not happy summer time Pish.
Originally posted by knight
Recording a cover song and releasing it as a sing, what's the point
it's already been done... You didn't come up with the concept, talentless hacks really.
WTF? There are heaps of Talented people who do covers. The are many reasons why an artist would do a cover. Paying Tribute, Have a connection with the song or just plain liking it are valid reasons for covering songs. BTW, sometimes it's not up to the artist to release songs as singles.