lol, it did kind of inspire that level of "wtf"ness in me.
― ý never promýsed you a Weingarten (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
whatever track 3 is called is also a favorite...
Geir doesn't like blues-based music, film at 11, posts very much in character, etc., etc.
Meanwhile, "Let's Go Crazy," with the exception of the pre-chorus, consists entirely of a I-IV chord change. Whereas "Purple Rain" is incredibly harmonically complex.
But it sounds like gospel.
But it's not that Geir doesn't like "black people" music.
But a song that's just I-IV, over and over, is better than the complexity of "Purple Rain." Also, too.
― a mix of music (Lionel Ritchie) and kicks (my tongue) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Because this album is beloved by a coterie and I love Prince, I give it a chance every few months -- it's still mostly a dud.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyway, "Paisley Park" and "Raspberry Beret" are fantastic songs because they sound like something The Beatles might have done in 1967.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
And, no, "Purple Rain" is not complex. It has four chords. And that's it. And they are being repeated as an ostinato all the time with no build, not climax (other than some annoyingly improvised screaming, that is, but the climax shouldn't be in the performance, it should be in the melody).
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Propably still in my Top 5 but it could do with a good remastering/ fix up. If only to correct that pain in the arse lag between the left and right channels on Pop Life when you listen on headphones. I love it mind, full of brilliant tricks that you forget about like that stop-start-stop-start intro to America. Condition Of The Heart contains my favourite Prince lyric moment ever when the girl leaves him for 'a REAL prince.. from Arabia'. Anyone who doesn't get the warmth and the humour of the man after listening to this album is *nuts*.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Plenty of his albums before and since exude his warmth and humor.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I should have said upthread: maybe I'm tainted because I heard Parade first. ATWIAD, by contrast, was one of the LAST Prince albums I bought (2001? 2002?). I've written thousands of words in my rockcrit career defending unloved mutts, especially those released in the eighties, but this one, unfortunately, still sounds half-assed and nattering.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
This is my favorite Prince album.
― sharkless dick stick (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Parade is ironically the one I never liked much...although there are some amazing songs on it.
― ý never promýsed you a Weingarten (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
really the only Prince album I've ever heard that I went "uh, why?" was the one a few years ago with the song "Guitar" on it....
― ý never promýsed you a Weingarten (San Te), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I hear the title track and "Paisley Park" and think, well, okay, sitars and finger cymbals and Magical Mystery Tour -- so what?
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
The A side of this album is brilliant: the first tune is nice intro showcasing how he's changed his game, "Paisley Park" is one his most hearbreakingly beautiful pop songs, the ballad is good in the sort of pathetic-yet-credible way Prince can write ballad, "Raspberry Berret" is plenty fun, and "Tambourine" is a nice little funk workout. But the B side is kinda bad: "America" is musically nice but has dodgy lyrics, "Pop Life" isn't as great a pop song as the ones on side A, and the last two songs are just half-assed, formless attempts to make something "psychedelic". Prince should've just made the 20 minute version of "America" as the entire B side. Or at least replace the last two songs with "Girl" and "She's Always in My Hair". They're not the most perfect Prince songs, but they're certainly better than what's on the album.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 25 August 2010 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah: "Girl," "Hello," "She's Always in My Hair" pwn most of the album tracks.
― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Basically absolutely LOVE "Raspberry Beret" and "Paisley Park". Also quite fond of the title track and "Pop Life". Not quite as keen on the rest.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
honestly i only came around to "parade" as an album this year (before i would always listen to kiss, mountains, and maybe another lover and that's it).
― emotional radiohead whatever (Jordan), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
the title track is the only thing I don't like much on "Purple Rain"
O_O
Anyway, great album. I never latched onto Parade as strongly as this one, myself.
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
I understand nowlove is more important than sexI have to go now
I don't know when I'll return
goodbye
― chupacabra seeds (Abbbottt), Monday, 2 July 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
Prince's worst 80s record?
― to welcome jer.fairall, pie is served. (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
way better than Lovesexy imo. i might prefer it to Parade too but i know that's a minority opinion.
― abandon al ships (some dude), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
temptation is pretty embarrassing
― buh, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 03:49 (eleven years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 3 July 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
I just heard "Pop Life" somewhere the other week, it made me happy like it usually does. I think most of the detractory commentary above is fair, but for somebody's decade low-point to include "Pop Life," "Raspberry Beret," "Tamborine" and "Condition of the Heart" says more about the decade he had than the actual merits of the album. Even the title track is pretty cool.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 04:20 (eleven years ago) link
'raspberry beret' makes my shortlist of the best pop records of all time, easy.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
"Temptation" is amazing, imo, always gives me chills
― chupacabra seeds (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 05:01 (eleven years ago) link
i'm hard-pressed to think of any song called 'temptation' that isn't awesome!
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
I've voiced the identical sentiment about songs w/tambourines in the title!
― Race Against Rockism (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 3 July 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
Redirecting from this current sidebar: 'The Top' by the Cure: Classic or Dud?
imago— Definitely check out the b-sides from this album: 'She's Always In My Hair' (which is an absolutely classic song, full stop), 'Girl', and 'Hello.' There's also the twenty minute (no, really) version of 'America.'
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Saturday, 19 August 2017 17:43 (six years ago) link
Oh cool!
Yeah this was awesome. Didn't even falter in Side B, although I'm not sure the opener isn't my favourite track
― imago, Saturday, 19 August 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link