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This is What it Sounds Like When Prince Turns 50

Written by SOHH Soul Rebel

Posted on June 10, 2008 10:00 AM

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Prince Rogers Nelson turned 50 this Saturday (June 7) and according to E! his purple majesty celebrated Friday by hitting up Teddy's, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with pals for drinks. On Saturday, his actual birthday, he stepped out with two young brunettes for the Lo Hi Fi party at Hollywood spot Green Door. My favorite music network VH1 Soul made a much bigger deal out of the event -- by holding a Prince marathon all weekend. So I figured I'd have a mini-marathon of my own in honor of the man who earned me my worst childhood spanking (Ma Dukes caught me reciting the lyrics to "Darling Nikki" -- I was 6).

Here goes my top 5 Prince music moments:

"When Doves Cry"

"I Would Die 4 You"


Beautiful Ones (click to hear)


"Adore"

"I Wanna Be Your Lover"

Obviously there are a ton of others worthy of mention but those are my faves -- What are yours??? Talk to me y'all!

28 Comments

Can't forget about 'Little Red Corvette'...used to bump that one when moms was sleeping

One more from purple Rain, Take Me With U and then there's Mountains, Pop Life, International Lover, 17 Days, Raspberry Beret, Erotic City... you know this is just about impossible to choose one track by dude, but you were only 6 when Purple Rain was poppin so... (brushes grey hairs in goatee.)

One more from purple Rain, Take Me With U and then there's Mountains, Pop Life, International Lover, 17 Days, Raspberry Beret, Erotic City... you know this is just about impossible to choose one track by dude, but you were only 6 when Purple Rain was poppin so... (brushes grey hairs in goatee.)

Kiss, If I Was UR Girlfriend, With U, Sign Of The Times, Party Man...

Erotic City..If I was your girlfriend.. doves cry.. man I could go on and on.

Happy (belated) Birthday Prince! Good post Rebel. Some of my fav Prince joints: Darling Nikki, Erotic City, 7, Kiss, Adore, Delirious, 17 Days, 200 Balloons, Alphabet Street, Pop Life, Soft and Wet, The Beautiful Ones...there's plenty more, but I'll stop now :)

Man where can I start, "Contraversy","Most Beautiful Girl In The World", "I'm Yours", "Baby I'm a Star", "Scandalous", "Adore", "Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife"... I'd be here all day naming 'em- Now that's what you call an artist!!! Written, Produced, and Arranged- who does that these days???

Your list is good, but I'd have to substitute some of them with my all time Prince favorites.
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Adore
Ballad of Dorothy Parker
Girlfriend
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Yes, I know they are all from the Sign O The Times album, but they are my favorites and that CD is off the chain. I think I need to go out and buy it as I only have the tape.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME AND PRINCE!! GEMINI'S ROCK!

I Wonder U
Under The Cherry Moon
Lady Cab Driver
Let's Go Crazy
U Got The Look....

The list can go on and on!

@ Soulful,

I never understood the fuss behind "Darling Nikki" people made it seem like the song was just vulgar, okay, he met the chick grassin' herself in a hotel lobby, went home with her & she put it on him.
that song is nothing in comaprison 2 what's being played 2day

5. Strange Relationship
4. Last Night I Spent Another Lonely Christmas
3. Anna Stesia
2. Lady Cab Driver
1. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
I could run down at least 50 tracks by Prince that are incredible. The single greatest artist of our lifetime, and as acknowledged as he is, he's still grossly unappreciated. Happy 50th, Prince. I hope you see 100.

Prince was that dude back in the day and is still.
1. Diamonds and Pearls
2. Adore
3. When Doves Cry
4. I Would Die For You
5. Let's Go Crazy

Dayum this man made nuff hits and I want to say thank you Prince for making that music that had all the teenage girls and young Ladies get there freak on from H.S. to the Real World. Happy Belated Birthday. Shyte I'm going to Party like it's 1999 for you Prince.

Prince was that dude back in the day and is still.
1. Diamonds and Pearls
2. Adore
3. When Doves Cry
4. I Would Die For You
5. Let's Go Crazy

Dayum this man made nuff hits and I want to say thank you Prince for making that music that had all the teenage girls and young Ladies get there freak on from H.S. to the Real World. Happy Belated Birthday. Shyte I'm going to Party like it's 1999 for you Prince.

Prince was that dude back in the day and is still.
1. Diamonds and Pearls
2. Adore
3. When Doves Cry
4. I Would Die For You
5. Let's Go Crazy

Dayum this man made nuff hits and I want to say thank you Prince for making that music that had all the teenage girls and young Ladies get there freak on from H.S. to the Real World. Happy Belated Birthday. Shyte I'm going to Party like it's 1999 for you Prince.

Prince is one of my favorite artists of all time there are so many songs to choose from me personally I love Purple Rain...Irresistable B*tch...Darling Nikki...Take Me With You...You Got the Look...How Come You Don't Call Me...Adore and the list goes on and on.....PURE MUSICAL GENIUS

Slow Love the best slow song of all time and im suprised no one mentioned it yet
Mountains
Nothing Compares to U
You need another lover
Pink Cashmere
The most beautiful girl in the world
Insatiable
Too many too mention
Shits on michael wacko any day of the week
Greatest R and B artist of all time then stevie then R. Kelly

Prince is just too much... you can't name a true best of list, cause he is one of the two best ever to do it.. but some of my faves:

Nothing Compares 2 U - Prince displayes his habit of killing songs he lets other people record

Baby I'm a Star - The "I know I'm that ish" song

Purple Rain - I still don't know exactly what Purple Rain is, but I cried at his "last hits ever" concert when he performed this...

The Most Beautiful Girl In the World - Cause i KNOW he was talking about me..lol

Foo Fighters "The Best of You" - performed at the Super Bowl a few years back..

The man is just ridiculous...and he's still get it..high heels and all!

What about...
And God Created A Woman
If I Was Ur Girlfriend...classic
D.M.S.R
International Lover
Why U Wanna Treat Me So Bad
Scandalous- on the Batman soundtrack
the man is a freak of nature when it come to music...i love prince

Wow 50!? He still looks amazing? Isn't it kind of unusual for a musician to look so healthy...just take a look at Michael Jackson. He looks fabulous!
My favorite Prince songs are Get Off, Purple Rain, When Doves Cry, and Cream. I think I've always liked Prince.

Here ya'll go top Prince songs,

Irresistible Bitch
Money Don't Matter
How come you don't call me
Sexy M.F.
Hot Thang
Another lover hole in head
She's always in my hair
Why you wanna treat me so bad
Condition of the heart.

Here ya'll go top Prince songs,

Irresistible Bitch
Money Don't Matter
How come you don't call me
Sexy M.F.
Hot Thang
Another lover hole in head
She's always in my hair
Why you wanna treat me so bad
Condition of the heart.

Adore

and then there is this gap...

Condition of the Heart
Ballad of Dorothy Parker
SHHHHHHH......(Forget Tevin)
P Control
Billyjack Bitch
I Hate U
Housequake
Gett Off
If I Was Your Girlfriend
Gold
Kiss
Scandalous

The whole Sign o the Times album, The whole Purple Rain album, the whole Diamonds & Pearls album....man dude has made hits like you wouldn't believe. I'm not even including the pre-Purple Rain years. I was just going for the less obvious songs, LOL.

a3willia I cant let you out do me lol!

What about
Do Me Baby
Love sign
Joy in Repetition
The whole For U album
Sexy Dancer (Long Version)
Bambi
Let it Go (so dope)
We can funk
And all that early shit wit the time,get it up,777-9311,Girl..
Thats the greatest artist since the forming of earth!


Prince is who Michael Jackson wanted to be, tried so badly to be and failed at being.


If you compare the catalogs, at face value, I could see how some may say that Michael held his own, but when you really start to break MJ's songs down, they are pop garbage and rarely have substance. That's not to say that MJ didn't break grounds as an artist, how could I take that away from him?


My daughter loves MJ, so I spend a lot of time listening to his music and after being subjected to one too many "THRILLERS" and "BEAT IT"s I began to see his music as goofy. Just listen for yourself and compare your favorite Prince songs to your favorite MJ songs and maybe you'll come to the same conclusion (music wise at least).


As far as looks go, I mean if MJ wasn't trying his best to look like the fairer skinned Prince, from hair to style, then he must have been trying to look like the woman that prince was trying to look like. And that's not a knock on either of them. I guess the blurred gender type of dress was par for the course during those times if you take a look at acts like Boy George, Wham, Eddie Murphy and on and on...


I just realized that I'm too hip hop. I turn everything into a battle. My bad...

I want to post my top 5 Prince Albums.

1. Sign 'O' The Times
2. Diamonds & Pearls
3. Purple Rain
4. Musicology
5. 1999

1)Scandalous
2)Diamonds & Pearls
3)You got the Look
4)Future Baby Mama
5)I Hate U

Prince is the ultimate entertainer. I caught a show at the Rio in Vegas. Prince is the shit x's 1,000,000!

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