Best From Artist 48 - Prince

**paul** · May 26th, 2003, 02:45 AM

And no, I don't give a **** what he goes by now :lol:
I gotta give it to Mr. Controversy. I thought he was gay. Then I kept seeing him lined up with all kinds a hotties. I guess behind that diminutive stature lies a 12" personality. Then again, money and artistry work well for babes.
OK, enough of my bullshit. There are 3 songs that fell into the disco scene that worked for me. Since I rarely see Prince mentioned here, I think it's time we recognize :lol: My two runners up are better to me as stand alone songs. They are "Soft & Wet" and "Sexy Dancer." My top pick however is "I Wanna Be Your Lover." I happened to be in Hartford, Connecticut at the time when this song hit it's stride in the clubs. There was a club called the Hideaway that mixed the **** out of this song with "Just A Touch Of Love." The song is great and the mix made it memorable for me.

**efunk_adelic** · May 26th, 2003, 03:36 AM

Originally Written by paul

And no, I don't give a **** what he goes by now :lol:
My two runners up are better to me as stand alone songs. They are "Soft & Wet" and "Sexy Dancer." My top pick however is "I Wanna Be Your Lover." I happened to be in Hartford, Connecticut at the time when this song hit it's stride in the clubs. There was a club called the Hideaway that mixed the **** out of this song with "Just A Touch Of Love." The song is great and the mix made it memorable for me.

I love it when dj mixes are remembered. :D
There are so many songs from different decades that I like. None would make my top 30 list tho.
How bout:

Head
I Wanna Be Your Lover (LP)
Sexy Dancer
Let's Work
La La La, He He He
Kiss
Housequake
When Doves Cry
D.M.S.R.
Lady Cab Driver

**K-Bee** · May 26th, 2003, 03:40 AM

A lot of the pre-Purple Rain stuff really is great.
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Do me Baby
I Feel For You
Erotic City

of the more recent stuff, I enjoy:
Get Off
Sexy MF
Diamonds and Pearls (I just love Rosie Gaines voice)

**Com King** · May 26th, 2003, 04:52 AM

Kiss is my favourite track from Prince .

Does anyone know if it has been sampled in a house song? The french duo Kojak plays what sounds to me as a remix of this song in almost all their sets, and I would really like to have this song.

if you have any idea, you're welcome :)

Sexy dancer is my second favourite.

**discodoc** · May 26th, 2003, 02:48 PM

My favorite is the B-side to "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World," entitled "Beautiful." In reality, it is simply the House Remix of "TMBGITW."

**NickNack** · May 26th, 2003, 03:01 PM

Not my favorite artist by a long shot. I once offered a co-worker/musician all my promotional Prince lp's and 12"s. He was a BIG Prince fan and I thought he'd appreciate it. He recorded them and then gave them back, saying I might regret it one day if he kept them.

If he had, my regrets would be:

I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER
WHEN DOVES CRY

The rest is taking up space.

**Forrrce** · May 26th, 2003, 06:32 PM

I've never had (and never will have) Prince down as a genius, unlike many. I do rate the following:

'Controversy' (the best)
'Sexy Dancer'
'I Wanna Be Your Lover'
'Mountains'
'Games' (no way is that from 1978!)

+ a promo of 'Uptown' completes my Prince collection.

Marcio** · May 26th, 2003, 11:39 PM

The hypnotic and flawless Pop Life...

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**HustleBaby** · May 26th, 2003, 11:48 PM

During the 80's, Prince and Michael Jackson were these mega pop-star heartthrobs and Prince always got my vote. Here's several favorites from him:

Adore
The Beautiful Ones
Pop Life
1999
When Doves Cry
Raspberry Beret
Little Red Corvette
Kiss

Hey Paul this was a good one! I know that there are others that I can't recall at the moment. Btw, I never liked "I Wanna Be Your Lover" :x and it didn't help that my next door neighbor ran it in the hole everyday. Does anyone like The Time (Morris Day)? I heard that Prince and Morris grew up in the same Minneapolis area.

*DISCO DELIGHT*

**paul** · May 27th, 2003, 01:26 AM

Originally Written by HustleBaby

During the 80's, Prince and Michael Jackson were these mega pop-star heartthrobs and Prince always got my vote. Here's several favorites from him:

Adore
The Beautiful Ones
Pop Life
1999
When Doves Cry
Raspberry Beret
Little Red Corvette
Kiss

Hey Paul this was a good one! I know that there are others that I can't recall at the moment. Btw, I never liked "I Wanna Be Your Lover" :x and it didn't help that my next door neighbor ran it in the hole everyday. Does anyone like The Time (Morris Day)? I heard that Prince and Morris grew up in the same Minneapolis area.

*DISCO DELIGHT*

Hey Delight 8)
I'm glad you liked this week's artist.
You being a Prince fan, I'm there are songs like "Sexy M.F.", "I Would Die For You" and "When Doves Cry" that slip by you :)
As for Morris Day, I never got into his shtick. In fact his group along with Andre Cymone(sp) and those of that ilk seemed the antithesis of the macho disco image I was accustomed to. Regardless, there were at least a couple of Time songs I did like. One that I can remember was "Cool" or "I'm So Cool." I think you know the song.

**paul** · May 27th, 2003, 02:02 AM

Originally Written by NickNack

Not my favorite artist by a long shot. I once offered a co-worker/musician all my promotional Prince lp's and 12"s. He was a BIG Prince fan and I thought he'd appreciate it. He recorded them and then gave them back, saying I might regret it one day if he kept them.

If he had, my regrets would be:

I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER
WHEN DOVES CRY

The rest is taking up space.

Hey Nicky. I feel you man. Prince definitely has an over inflated view of himself that he makes no effort hiding. How much of "Under The Cherry Moon" could you stomach? :lol:
Anyway, with artist you loathe like this one, was it hard to get into mixing their songs?

**NickNack** · May 27th, 2003, 11:15 AM

Originally Written by paul

Hey Nicky. I feel you man. Prince definitely has an over inflated view of himself that he makes no effort hiding. How much of "Under The Cherry Moon" could you stomach? :lol:

The title means nothing to me as I have no idea what it sounds like. What does that tell you? :)

Anyway, with artist you loathe like this one, was it hard to get into mixing their songs?

"Loathe" is pretty strong but it wasn't any big deal playing his music because I simply didn't. The two Prince records that were on my turntable in any club I worked are the same two I mentioned. Nothing else worked for me and if the crowd wanted to hear him they knew to be somewhere else. That's not me just being cocky, a lot of Prince's music didn't 'fit' where I worked and I wasn't forcing it.

Side story

: As much as I ignored his music in the later years, when "I Wanna Be Your Lover" was given out promotionally I was one of the first making a stink of how Warner Bros. only gave it to a 'certain select few', like Larry Levan. I bitched until I got it, but not without a lot of grief. The person doing the distribution at the time looked me up and down when I was introduced in the WB office, approached me with that "And who are you?" attitude :x , along with, "And you work, where"? I was about ready to tell her to ram it when I guess she decided "enough" and gave me the damn vinyl. What a B----!

**paul** · May 27th, 2003, 11:56 AM

Interesting side story Nicky. That woman sounded like a real biatch. Now there's one that I would have loved to do a "Lady Cab Driver" on.

**markydefad** · May 27th, 2003, 03:40 PM

Geez, Nicky...

I'm surprised that Prince didn't rock your world!!!

I bought almost everything, I think!!!

Faves NOT mentioned yet:

"EROTIC CITY"
"GIRLS & BOYS" (from "Parade")
"WHEN YOU WERE MINE"
"JACK U OFF"
"LET'S GO CRAZY"
"U GOT THE LOOK" (with Sheena Easton)

And the previously mentioned:

"CONTROVERSY"
"WHEN DOVES CRY"
"CREAM"
"GETT OFF"
& lots more.

Also, he produced some excellent stuff for others. I'll mention Chaka Khan's "Come 2 My House" that I've been listening to recently. It's a shame nothing from this CD was a hit. It was certainly worthy!!!

**Robbie** · May 27th, 2003, 09:32 PM

My favorite Prince songs:

"Kiss"
"Delirious"
"I Would Die 4 U"
"U Got The Look"
"Controversy"

**Outsider** · May 27th, 2003, 10:15 PM

The only Prince song I like is "I Wanna Be Your Lover". :evil:

**HustleBaby** · May 28th, 2003, 12:38 AM

Paul

I wasn't a fan of The Time either. The only song I liked of theirs was "Cool". When I saw Purple Rain, I thought Morris Day and his sidekick Jerome were a bunch of clowns especially with that stupid song "The Bird".

As far as Prince's proteges there were:

Vanity 6
Apollonia
Sheena Easton
Sheila E
etc......

"Nasty Girl" and "The Glamorous Life" is off the hook!!! I just heard "TGL" on the radio and wanted to turn up the volume, but its late so I have my head sets on.

*DELIGHTFUL*

**paul** · May 28th, 2003, 02:08 AM

Hey Delight :)
Glamorous Life was probably my favorite of all the Prince/ protege songs.
Referencing another thread, was Vanity another one who later became born again?

**sirius** · May 31st, 2003, 04:52 AM

Dear Friends!
My faves are:
1)CONTROVERSY
2)LET´S WORK
3)LET´S PRETEND...
4)DIRTY MIND
5)SEXY DANCER

I also loved SHEILA E."A Love Bizarre"...
Cosmic Love & Kisses From SIRIUS & DARKTUNES...

**Nano** · June 1st, 2003, 01:44 AM

My favorite Prince song is "Orgasm" 8) Great vocals from the female lead... 8) 8) 8)

OK, now seriously, I was a big fan of his work until the mid-90s ("Emancipation" was a bit too much). Now I kinda lost connection with the petite genius. The other day I found he had released a "born again" record called The Rainbow Children (this I knew a year later, because it's been a time EMI does not bother with him in Argentina). Anyone heard it?

In the Eighties my favorite albums were "Parade", "Purple Rain" and "Sign of the times": there's no filler on them. But of course I knew The Little Prince (pun intended) from the old days. 8) The first song I heard was "I wanna be your lover" on a WEA compilation. On those years was my favorite, but now that I listened to those early albums in full I think "Do it all night" is a great disco track. But nobody here mentions it... :oops:

I remember the feeling of discovery when I purchased the CDs of albums like "Dirty mind" or "Controversy" and found the non-hit songs were not only disco, but also good rock and funk. Great material!