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Friday Not-At-All-Random 20
Hey, kids, sorry for the lack of posts here lately- I’ve been pretty swamped with work.
However, I should be back later tonight with an exciting update on the insane anti-gay group known as the Article 8 Alliance! Until then, enjoy this setlist I made of BRAD’S 20 FAVORITE PRINCE SONGS:
“Listen up, cobagz! Brad’s been super-busy! So let him get some work done while I freak your eardrums!”
-I Wanna Be Your Lover
-When You Were Mine (his best early song, IMO- it sounds like the Cars with sex appeal)
-Do Me, Baby
-Little Red Corvette
-1999
-When Doves Cry (the single weirdest song ever to reach #1 on the Billboard charts- pretty much a drum machine and a simple keyboard riff. There isn’t even a bass line.)
-Let’s Go Crazy
-Purple Rain
-Raspberry Beret
-Kiss
-Sign O’ the Times
-U Got the Look
-Adore (gorgerous soul ballad that shoulda been released as a single… direct inspiration for Beck’s masterpiece “Debra”)
-Alphabet Street
-Thieves in the Temple
-Gett Off
-Cream
-7
-Sexy MF
-P-Control
Songs I hated to leave off: “Head,” “Soft & Wet,” “Dirty Mind,” “If I Was Your Girlfriend,” “Money Don’t Matter 2 Nite.”
Anonymous said,
February 17, 2006 at 20:40
To prove what a badass Prince is (was), here’s another 20 kickass songs from Prince’s golden pre-symbol era:
-Controversy
-Delirious
-Take Me With U
-Darling Nikki
-Erotic City
-Pop Life
-Around The World In A Day
-Christopher Tracy’s Parade
-Anotherloverholeinyohead
-Sometimes It Snows In April
-Play In The Sunshine
-Starfish And Coffee
-The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
-I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
-Eye Know
-When 2 R In Love
-I Wish U Heaven
-Joy In Repitition
-The Question Of U
-Love 2 The 9′s
Brad R. said,
February 17, 2006 at 20:42
Oh shit! I really really hated leaving off “Delerious” and “Play in the Sunshine” too. Ditto “Pop Life.” The guy was just an amazing songwriter- and that’s not even counting the hits he wrote for other people (“Manic Monday,” “Nothing Compares 2 U”)
Brad R. said,
February 17, 2006 at 20:43
Oh, and another classic off Sign O’ the Times: “The Cross.”
s.z. said,
February 17, 2006 at 20:45
Brad, I hope the exciting Article 8 Alliance update involves further tales of their people being threatend by dusty furniture. I live for stories like that.
Brad R. said,
February 17, 2006 at 20:46
SZ- this one involves terrifying tales of seedy gay book stores.
GuinnessGuy said,
February 17, 2006 at 20:53
The fact that Prince was/is so insanely talented that he could write a hit pop number without a bass line singlehandedly proves the existance of God (though my personal favorite is “Little Red Corvette”)
Steve M. said,
February 17, 2006 at 20:55
My list would include “Peach,” “Money Doesn’t Matter 2 Night,” and “Let’s Pretend We’re Married,” but I’d be quite happy with your list (or Anonymous’s).
Brad R. said,
February 17, 2006 at 20:55
“LRC” has that bad-ass guitar solo and the “HEE-hee-hee!” at the end, but I personally think “Kiss” is his overall catchiest song.
Brad R. said,
February 17, 2006 at 20:56
Oh yeah, “Peach” was killer too…
Singularity said,
February 17, 2006 at 21:06
Condition of the Heart
Paisley Park
Bob George (which is petty much just a bassline, a counterpoint to When DOves Cry)
The list goes on and on…
Mommy… Why does everybody have a bomb?
Lucy said,
February 17, 2006 at 21:08
SZ- this one involves terrifying tales of seedy gay book stores.Oh my god, it’s official (for the millionth time): Anti-gay groups exist only as a cover for sub rosa gay activity. At least, I hope this is to be your thesis. It sounds like quite promising source material!
Ron Mexico said,
February 17, 2006 at 21:10
What, no mention of “Housequake”?
Shut up, already, damn!
mags said,
February 17, 2006 at 21:19
Oh, I love La Petit Prince, and I totally agree with you: “Adore” is an awesome song. J’adore “Adore”!
I’d add one more to that: “I Hate U” is just genius in highlighting the extremes in emotions you feel toward the one you lovehate.
I don’t know what album it’s on – you’d have to download (you know, “file share”) it.
Mal de mer said,
February 17, 2006 at 21:36
Did you know…if you slap them really hard, you can actually hear what it sounds like, when doves cry.
Brad R. said,
February 17, 2006 at 21:37
Did you know…if you slap them really hard, you can actually hear what it sounds like, when doves cry.
Evil bastard.
teh l4m3 said,
February 17, 2006 at 21:44
Sometimes I’m just like your mother. She’s never satisfied, either.
Marsupial said,
February 17, 2006 at 21:48
When You Were Mine (his best early song, IMO- it sounds like the Cars with sex appeal)
Cyndi Lauper did a pretty good version (IMHO) of WYWM way back when. Very cool of her not to change the pronouns to feminine.
Oh, FTLOG said,
February 17, 2006 at 21:58
“Did you know…if you slap them really hard, you can actually hear what it sounds like, when doves cry.”
Geez! Why don’tcha just pull their wings off while you’re at it.
tsk. tsk. tsk.
e said,
February 17, 2006 at 22:29
Let’s Work
Chris Moorehead said,
February 17, 2006 at 22:35
Cindy Lauper also did a cover of the Brains’ “Money Changes Everything” – for a pop singer, she was pretty adventurous.
Bill S said,
February 17, 2006 at 22:39
Oh, if I was even remotely capable of switching teams, Cyndi would be somewhere at the top of my list.
lj said,
February 17, 2006 at 22:57
Whoa!!!
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Mrs Tilton said,
February 18, 2006 at 0:42
I’m hardly a fan of The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, but still, I’m a bit chafed that you’d rank ‘Cream’ so low. I mean, I hate the guy, I really do, yet still recognise that song as a masterwork.
Marq said,
February 18, 2006 at 8:22
I swear to Gawd, I was only down on my knees to get a better look at that guy’s super-ornate belt buckle. No, really!
Drew said,
February 18, 2006 at 17:46
“I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man” is bad ass. As are “Delirious” (one of the weirder songs ever to hit top 10?) and “Pop Life”.
Henry Holland said,
February 18, 2006 at 22:57
Best lyrics ever, in the history of lyrics:
You’ve got the look, you’ve got the hook
U sho’nuf do be cookin’ in my book
Your face is jammin’
Your body’s heck-a-slammin’
If love is good, let’s get 2 rammin’
U got the look, u got the look
I still remember Prince being the opening act on a Stones/J. Geils/George Thoroughgood bill at the LA Coliseum in 1981. He hadn’t had any pop hits yet and he came out in a silver jockstrap, platform boots and a purple coat. The amount of racist and homophobic abuse by all the drunken Stones fans was frightening–Prince almost got whacked by a Jack Daniels bottle and Bill Graham came out and berated the audience for it. “Any more of that shit and I’m cancelling the show”. People knew he was serious.
Prince got the last laugh 3 years later when Purple Rain blew up.
Bill S said,
February 19, 2006 at 0:54
Whuh? JAGGER has fans who are homophobic and racist? That’s just sad for so many reasons. Do they even “get” him? No wonder they didn’t get Prince.
“U Got the Look” was also the raciest song Sheena Easton ever sang, except for “Sugar Walls”-which was also written by Prince.
Anybody ever hear “The Screams of Passion” by The Family? (They also recorded the original version of “Nothing Compares 2 U”, though I think Sinead’s is better.)
jim said,
March 27, 2006 at 9:40
I like Prince in Rare mode like “Temptation” or “Tamborine”
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