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Post by staggerstag on Apr 1, 2020 0:10:32 GMT
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Prince followed up the Purple Rain monster soundtrack album with the psychedelia-tinged Around The World In A Day, which still went double platinum (owed in no small way to blind pre-orders purely on the strength of Purple Rain) despite the lack of commercial appeal that fuelled its mighty predecessor. The gatefold sleeve boasted only a peel-off sticker (of a kid clinging to an airborne balloon) telling you what you were buying and there was little promotion for the album. With the angry funk-driven Side Two opener ' America' in strong contention, let's enjoy instead the Side One title track opener, and have a little reminder of the first sounds that greeted many of those pre-order customers who had been expecting another Purple Rain bonanza...but, hey, that was Prince...and, well, the album is pretty damn good to my ears.  I'll do more as we go along and you feel free to jump in whenever...
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Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2020 0:39:43 GMT
Tag me when you get to P so I can post PlectrumElectrum. For now, tho...
Boom
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 1, 2020 1:49:55 GMT
P is yours, yes sir-ree. I always heard a bit of Darling Nikki in Boom - funky track.
C, and it's another title track, this time from the album which proceeded 1999, a bass-thumpin' stormer whose album version included a full recital of The Lord's Prayer which is worth a listen for full context of the song, but for now here's the radio version (note the edited clipped pronunciation of 'gay' in line 2 - Prince had previously used the word in the lead single Uptown from his previous album Dirty Mind, and this went unedited by the radio, but then Prince at the time didn't get a lot of radio play compared to Controversy) anyway, here's the radio version of Controversy with Prince already in full 1999 mode just a-rarin' to go. Put him in a shiny purple long coat and it could be "2000 zero zero..."
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Post by Admin on Apr 1, 2020 1:52:24 GMT
Speaking of Darling Nikki...
Darling Nikki
Cool thread, btw. Looking forward to hearing some Prince I haven't heard before. And there's a lot of that.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 1, 2020 12:09:19 GMT
E
From 1995's Gold Experience album, this is a riff-driven funk-rocker with the band in tight form. I don't think it was released as a single but fortunately there is an official video of it.
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Post by notoriousnobbi on Apr 1, 2020 12:31:56 GMT
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What to focus on between all the greats from
"Fixurlifeup" ? (I should do finally do that)
"Forever in My Life" ? (Oh, what nice bootleg from a Netherland club does exist here... )
A song I'm deeply in love with is "F amily Name"
from the sadly underappreciated "Rainbow Children"
In case You like this live version check out the album version, too!
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Apr 1, 2020 13:14:37 GMT
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Graffiti Bridge was both Prince's 12th studio album and the title of his second film, which ended up a critical and commercial flop after the hit that was Purple Rain. Still, the soundtrack was one of Prince's most consistent and varied, even if not among his absolute best.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 1, 2020 13:24:06 GMT
Digital Garden is the track I most remember from that album. Good live pick here, I was kinda unsure and was hoping someone would jump in with something. 'Free' is a classic ballad from 1999 album I love and there's also some other unheard F songs in the Vault that I can't lay my hands on, haha! notoriousnobbi |
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 1, 2020 13:29:49 GMT
Exciting soundtrack to a poor movie (to my eyes) Many good numbers, The Question of U, Joy In Repetition, Thieves in the Temple... Eva Yojimbo |
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 2, 2020 0:47:15 GMT
Hard To Get
Personnel - Andre Cymone, co-lead vox, bass; Dr. Fink & Gayle Chapman, keyboards; Bobby Z, drums; Dez Dickerson, guitar; and Prince, co-lead vox and assorted instruments, recorded in Colorado in July 1979.
He re-recorded it solo as multi-instrumentalist two years later in Minnesota.
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Post by millar70 on Apr 2, 2020 1:47:50 GMT
I Wish U Heaven.......maybe my favorite Prince song.
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Apr 2, 2020 3:58:01 GMT
J
This is a good letter to represent two completely opposite aspects of Prince's talent. The first is his unparalleled ability to combine unrestrained sexuality with feel-good pop hooks, like with Jack U Off from Controversy:
But he was also able to create moody, haunting, cryptic, and elusive songs like June (from much later in his career):
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Apr 2, 2020 4:02:32 GMT
BTW, the only letter I request is W.
That said, although B's already been done, I'd still like to post this track that has my favorite Prince guitar riff:
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 2, 2020 9:04:42 GMT
K c.1979 
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 2, 2020 9:50:33 GMT
L, 1994, re-invented as a rather less urgent version 4 years later for the sprawling Crystal Ball release. The blistering original is from Come and is all over in 3 or so minutes but there's a lot packed into here, at once scathing and inspiring, it's the sensational sound of Loose.
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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Apr 2, 2020 13:17:11 GMT
M
After 5 years of releasing experimental albums on his own NPG record label, Prince returned to the mainstream with Musicology in '04. The title track, a classic slab of funk, won the Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Performance, and the album remains among the most consistent of Prince's late period:
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Post by gbone on Apr 2, 2020 13:51:51 GMT
No Call U.
Recorded eight before 1999.
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Post by someguy on Apr 2, 2020 16:33:27 GMT
For O I will go with his cover of "One of Us". I like his version better than the Joan Osborne version.
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Post by staggerstag on Apr 2, 2020 18:51:14 GMT
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Post by Admin on Apr 3, 2020 21:53:29 GMT
Yay! Sorry, Purple Rain lovers.
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