Thursday, April 21, 2016

1958-2016

I thought the day that music died was May 11, 1981, but today it seemed like it died all over again.

My ten favorite songs by Prince:

1.  I Wanna Be Your Lover.

2.  Little Red Corvette.

3.  Soft & Wet.

4. Darling Nikki.

5. Let's Go Crazy.

6. Pop Life.

7. I Would Die 4 U.

8.  I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man.

9. 1999.

10.  Controversy.

RIP Purple one.


35 comments:

Yīshēng said...

I'm absolutely DEVASTATED!! By far, the best musician that EVER lived!!

Yīshēng said...

My favorite Prince songs are NO particular order:

1) Head (actually, this one IS my favorite, ROTFL!!)
2) Dirty Mind
3) Do Me Baby
4) Erotic City
5) Rasberry Beret
6) I Would Die 4 You.
7) When Doves Cry.
8) Adore
9) Pop Life
10) Little Red Corvette

And tomorrow my top 10 list will be different, LOL!!!

Yīshēng said...

You and those guitar players Field!!

field negro said...

HM to Do Me Baby.

Good list.

PilotX said...

What's wrong with guitar players? Ha!

I like doc's top 10.
Mine.
1. Dirty Mind
2. When You Were Mine
3. Delirous
4. Controversy
5. I could never take the place of your man
6. Little Red Corvette
7. Why you Wanna Treat Me So Bad
8. Sexuality
9. Baby I'm a Star
10. Money don't Matter 2Night

dinthebeast said...

I used to work in a warehouse in the 2000's, and the warehouse manager would play CDs when he was working with us. The first day the first thing he put on was a Prince compilation he had made himself. When I went over to see what was up, he said "If you don't like Prince, you'll probably hate it here." I told him that I would most likely do just fine, if the rest of it sounded that good. It did.

-Doug in Oakland

The Shadow Knows... said...

Oh the many songs, written, produced, and sang by Prince, my favorite is

When Doves Cry

How can you just leave me standing?
Alone in a world that's so cold?
Maybe I'm just to demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father to bold
Maybe you're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other
This is what it sounds like
When doves cry

ctrl+halt+del said...

1. Purple Rain
2. Erotic City
3. The Beautiful Ones
4. When Doves Cry
5. Partyman
6. Girls & Boys
7. Diamonds and Pearls
8. Money Don't Matter 2 Night
9. Sexy M.F.
10. Sign O' the Times

Lance Cockstrong said...

Excellent tribute to Prince on CNN by AC, Van Jones, and Don Lemon who you have relegated to House Negro status

Aardvark said...

Yisheng must be envious of people who are actually liked by people who aren't complete dumbasses.

Yīshēng said...

Roach is just jealous of people who are actually loved by their spouses, have impressive careers and normal sex lives.

Roach just needs a hug followed by a bitch slap upside the comb over head (interesting feat for a woman, btw).

Roach just needs to finish undergrad to feel " kind, smart, and im-potant".

Roach LOVES Yisheng which is why it's been stalking her for almost 10 years.


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Anonymous said...

What a shock. Yishengcow's fav song is called ''Head''. If she had spent more time studying instead of giving it she might be smart like Asians.

The Purple Cow said...

"Fuck Prince. He supported Republicans. One less house negro to worry about."

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field negro said...

Don'the worry PC, it is gone. Some days u just don't feel like dealing with the trolls.

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Yisheng said...

@7:01, just substitute the word "phimosis" for the word "head" in the chorus of the song so your boyfriend doesn't get too jealous.

anotherbozo said...

Other favorite songs by Prince:

Nothing Compares 2 U (sung by Sinead O'Connor)
Manic Monday (Bangles)
How Come You Don't Call Me (Alicia Keys)
I Feel for You (Chaka Khan)
When You Were Mine (Cyndi Lauper)

Did you know he wrote those too?

Yīshēng said...

Of course Anotherbozo I'm a TRUE Prince fan!

Here's my other top ten list:
1) Insatiable
2) If I was your girlfriend
3) Kiss
4) Darling Nikki
5) 1999
6) Controversy
7) Sugar Walls (Sheena Easton sang, written by Prince)
8) I wanna be your lover
9) Gett Off
10) How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore

Yīshēng said...

Beautiful ones too!

The Purple Cow said...

1. Purple Rain
2. Controversy
3. 1999
4. Cream
5. Little Red Corvette
6. Rasberry Beret
7. When Doves Cry
8. Pop Life
9. Head
10. Sometimes It Snows In April
11. Kiss
12. Uptown
13. Nothing Compares 2 U

The Purple Cow said...

14. Sign O' the Times

Anonymous said...

Rest in Peace forever Prince. Thank you for so much love. Glad I was around to enjoy his genius. Purple is my favorite color...

Joder La Resistencia said...

Ignorance knows no boundaries,huh purple cow? Least you get a D- for trying.

Lance Cockstrong said...
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Yīshēng said...

You know vulgar roach, to keep your comments from being deleted by Field, maybe you should stick to posts about me dominating Asians, in a Asian dominated field, ROTFL!!!

I just wish you had warned me that many Chinese don't take it well that a Black woman out performs them in the classroom AND in research, ROTFL!!!

The Purple Cow said...

Simon Price used to be a mate until we had a falling-out a couple of years ago. However he remains a brilliant writer, and this, his Prince obituary is magnificent.

http://thequietus.com/articles/20115-prince-obituary-by-simon-price

field negro said...

Great choices so far. Not a bad one in the bunch.

Anonymous said...

One of his best,Penetration,written by Prince for Miles Davis,performed by Miles and friends,check it out. Thanks for it all Prince!!!

Anonymous said...

I wasn't a big fan of Prince. I think he was overrated. RIP nevertheless.

Yīshēng said...

Scandalous, how could I forget that one.

Lt. Commander Johnson said...

Actually, tho I never was a fan of his lyrics, I did respect Prince as an excellent musician. Uncanny, even.

For that, I'll miss him.

ThatDeborahGirl said...

I loved him so much I named my daughter Cynthia Rose. Loved him so much I gave him a picture of her at a concert. He actually nodded thank you. It wasn't long after he had lost his own baby and I knew his heart was devastated.

I loved him so damned much I stopped in my tracks and my knees went week when I saw the news of his death on a TV screen before a job interview. I won't be getting that job, I don't think. I was far too distracted and no one will remember I was there.

I loved him and my heart is hurting.

Unknown said...

at least it wasn't Journey that OD'd

Josh said...

My favorite Prince song wasn't even sang by Prince. It's the Chris Cornell version of Sinead's version that Prince wrote, Nothing Compares 2 U. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUDRU9-HRk

And LMMFAO @ the new rule that you can't be black and not like Prince.

But let white people say there's some monolith in the black community, where even the moronic "bruvs" in the UK try to act gangsta, and dat's wacist.