Post by staggerstag on Sept 13, 2019 23:14:00 GMT
As compiled by The Guardian. Even attempting a countdown is audacity itself.
www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/12/prince-50-greatest-singles-ranked
Even as a long time Prince fan, there are one or two entries on the list that I haven't heard - Prince was such a prolific writer and at times in his career it was nigh on impossible to keep track with what was being released and by what medium (remember the exclusive Planet Earth album released only in the Mail On Sunday in 2000-and something?)
Are there any songs, perhaps not released as singles, which you think were worthy of a single release?
To name two or three, I think 'When You Were Mine' (Dirty Mind 1981) 'Private Joy' (Controversy 1982) and 'Dolphin' (Gold 1995) were top contenders but I also like that as personal favourites they haven't been disturbed from their natural habitat and context of the albums they're on.
I wouldn't place 'Head' as high as #14, nor 'Dirty Mind' as low as #28. I would also - But what's the point? With this amount of quality output you can't put rating numbers beside his songs. They were all so damned diverse.
www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/12/prince-50-greatest-singles-ranked
Even as a long time Prince fan, there are one or two entries on the list that I haven't heard - Prince was such a prolific writer and at times in his career it was nigh on impossible to keep track with what was being released and by what medium (remember the exclusive Planet Earth album released only in the Mail On Sunday in 2000-and something?)
Are there any songs, perhaps not released as singles, which you think were worthy of a single release?
To name two or three, I think 'When You Were Mine' (Dirty Mind 1981) 'Private Joy' (Controversy 1982) and 'Dolphin' (Gold 1995) were top contenders but I also like that as personal favourites they haven't been disturbed from their natural habitat and context of the albums they're on.
I wouldn't place 'Head' as high as #14, nor 'Dirty Mind' as low as #28. I would also - But what's the point? With this amount of quality output you can't put rating numbers beside his songs. They were all so damned diverse.
