the pearls have it.wonder how this might've faired in the pre-MJ-is-cancelled era or even before prince died.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 30 November 2019 00:41 (four years ago) link
"I Hate U" is my favorite post-80s Prince song, I think.
It's absolute genius.
Dangerous is dreadful, right down to the horrible rococo cover art. Black Or White is like a six-year-old's idea of a rock song.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Saturday, 30 November 2019 02:51 (four years ago) link
I suspect an American vs Brit divide
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 November 2019 02:53 (four years ago) link
Dangerous shits all over this album, and i am a huge Prince stan
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Saturday, 30 November 2019 03:13 (four years ago) link
Mj has been, in my mind, a paedophile since around the time dangerous came out. I voted how I voted because I dont like that album
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 30 November 2019 06:52 (four years ago) link
Wait WTF
I'm one of those weirdos who actually likes Diamonds and Pearls. I've been convinced MJ was a pedo for at least a decade. These results are still bullshit.
― thewufs, Sunday, 1 December 2019 04:58 (four years ago) link
I feel like everyone who voted for D&P forgot what "Jughead" sounds like
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:59 (four years ago) link
nah, it's just that Dangerous is THAT BAD
― Οὖτις, Monday, 2 December 2019 21:00 (four years ago) link
Except... it isn't
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Monday, 2 December 2019 21:11 (four years ago) link
It does have filler but the highs are pretty damn high
― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Monday, 2 December 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
― brigadier pudding (DJP),
And "Push." And "Live 4 Love."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 2 December 2019 21:26 (four years ago) link
aw cmon, "thunder" "strollin" "Get off" "Insatiable" and "willing and able" are all tops and i could listen to "money don't matter" all dayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmGVAu9lk6I
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 December 2019 21:52 (four years ago) link
I EVEN LIKE "JUGHEAD." Dangerous is still a way better record. It's improved with age, too.
― thewufs, Sunday, 8 December 2019 06:24 (four years ago) link
Love Symbol > Dangerous > Diamonds & Pearls
I dunno if I'm ever gonna listen Michael Jackson again, but objectively speaking Dangerous is better than D&P, though obviously both are very uneven. "Cream" is one of Prince's best singles, but so is "Who Is It" with MJ, and the other good songs on Dangerous are just of higher caliber than the other good songs on D&P.
― Tuomas, Monday, 9 December 2019 09:08 (four years ago) link
Tuomas completely otm
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 December 2019 11:18 (four years ago) link
I dunno if I'm ever gonna listen Michael Jackson again
I do.
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Monday, 9 December 2019 13:16 (four years ago) link
yeah, except that part
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 December 2019 13:20 (four years ago) link
We never polled Diamonds And Pearls? Seems unlikely but..
― piscesx, Friday, 20 October 2023 15:21 (six months ago) link
I get how D&P could beat Dangerous in many respects, but it's the wrong outcome
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Friday, 20 October 2023 15:38 (six months ago) link
I stand by everything I originally wrote on this thread
― the new drip king (DJP), Friday, 20 October 2023 16:18 (six months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJWVUrLAjyA
― piscesx, Friday, 20 October 2023 16:27 (six months ago) link
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ISSSSSS IT
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 October 2023 18:05 (six months ago) link
IS IT A FRIEND OF MIIIIIIIIIIIINE
This is freakin’ great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2M2FnDdB1I
― piscesx, Monday, 23 October 2023 18:26 (six months ago) link
Love that 'Daddy Pop' 12" mix, esp the vocal ride-out
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Monday, 23 October 2023 18:51 (six months ago) link
That part when Prince slides into the crowd at the end of the Arsenio Hall appearance is the greatest moment of either campaign
― Road House: Songs and Stories (Master of Treacle), Monday, 23 October 2023 19:01 (six months ago) link
the title track to "diamonds and pearls" is so lame, maybe his worst song?
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 23 October 2023 19:38 (six months ago) link
i've always liked it! *shrug*
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Monday, 23 October 2023 19:45 (six months ago) link
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, October 23, 2023 3:38 PM (
I know what you mean. Listening to it as an album track in '91 before it became a single, its concession to contemporary R&B sounded like a surrender ("Isn't Mint Condition doing this better?!"). But he needed to reclaim his R&B fanbase, and it worked. And I'm a sucker for guitar solos that are in essence the main melody line.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 October 2023 19:49 (six months ago) link
in other words: I never say, "Lemme play 'Diamonds and Pearls'!" But when I catch it at CVS or on quiet storm I dig it!
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 October 2023 19:50 (six months ago) link
it's all about "The Morning Papers"
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Monday, 23 October 2023 19:51 (six months ago) link
"Diamonds and Pearls" is certainly one of the worst songs on The Hits 1 & 2. It moves from merely mediocre to true misfire territory when it gets to the trumpet fanfare into the "D to the I to the A to the M" bridge.
― Dwigt Rortugal (Eric H.), Monday, 23 October 2023 19:56 (six months ago) link
I love D&P the track too.
― nashwan, Monday, 23 October 2023 20:07 (six months ago) link
I'm kind of with Alfred - I never think to put it on by itself, but if I ever listen to the album or just a survey of Prince's hits that covers that era, I let it play and enjoy it.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 24 October 2023 03:09 (six months ago) link
Creamsha-boogie-bop
― real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 24 October 2023 03:27 (six months ago) link
The outtakes are excellent pop-inflected R&B jams in the mode of "Daddy Pop" and the live stuff (mostly) smokes.
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 October 2023 19:16 (six months ago) link
Yeah, except for "Jughead," the Glam Slam show is really good. (I'm only streaming this, so I haven't seen the additional live material that's on the Blu-ray.) And the three discs of vault items are a great listen.
The album was already mastered well, so the first disc feels redundant if you already have it. The second disc isn't so hot - I never really liked the remixes or B-sides featured on there, especially the ones that heavily feature Tony M, and the single edits feel superfluous.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 28 October 2023 19:50 (six months ago) link
I still love the House-style mix of Gett Off, the first time i heard it was on Pete Tong's Friday night Radio 1 show and straight after he played the Disco Fever edit of De La Soul's 'Rollerskating Jam..'. Man THAT was an incredible 15 minutes of radio. It's enough to make me nostalgic for the early 90's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bi-xdXFsqk
― piscesx, Saturday, 28 October 2023 23:06 (six months ago) link
The only "Gett Off" is "Gett Off (House Style)."
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 9 November 2023 16:22 (six months ago) link
yes.
― piscesx, Friday, 10 November 2023 01:21 (six months ago) link
Fuck, having a good sounding version of prince’s “open book” demo is quite frankly a deeply moving moment
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 01:57 (five months ago) link
A marvelous reappraisal by Matos: https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2023/10/27/digging-for-diamonds-and-pearls-in-princes-expanded-reissue
― stuffing your suit pockets with cold, stale chicken tende (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 02:16 (five months ago) link
Yeah “Open Book” is definitely the standout of the vault tracks on the SDE of D&P’s…. I’d say the vocals on his demos are some of his best…
― X-Prince Protégé (sonnyboy), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 10:58 (five months ago) link
Nice that matos singles out willing & able. He’s right that it’s the best track on the album. It seems like the original small group version of it isn’t on here though which is odd to me. It’s even better than the released take imo
― realistic pillow (Jon not Jon), Friday, 15 December 2023 04:09 (four months ago) link
That video is incredible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Apk2Qr9yVc
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 15 December 2023 11:32 (four months ago) link
Nice... was expecting Bela Lugosi's Dead to kick in
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Friday, 15 December 2023 13:44 (four months ago) link
“alice through the looking glass” blew my mind, wtf
― ivy., Sunday, 24 December 2023 16:15 (four months ago) link
the live show is obv incredible but in particular i lost my shit when he quoted “it” in the middle of “thieves in the temple”
― ivy., Sunday, 24 December 2023 17:07 (four months ago) link
Yes!
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 December 2023 17:23 (four months ago) link