#21

The last chorus of Kiss is fucking astounding in this respect.

3 Likes
#22

Not sure if he knocks Kanye off the top of my personal rankings so far. Will be close

#23

I went to a chinese restaurant once and it was shit. Prince is that restaurant. Because Prince is shit. :joy:

Boring indulgent noodling funk.

Wrote one good song and Sinead O Connor sang that so it doesn’t count.

1

3 Likes
#24

Post/username interface :wink:

2 Likes
#25

Prince introduced 2 whole generations of my family to the concept of masturbation through the lyrics of Darlin Nikki - for that alone he deserves a 10

Prince’s music, lyrics & style are absolutely formative for me in so many ways…it wasn’t until years later that I realised just how much he is both a soundtrack to and a kind of spirit guide to my sexual identity & sexual awakening as a teenager, absolutely priceless to have had that.

Just the greatest all round performer really - the guitar playing, the songwriting, the production, the voice. Vastly underrated as a lyric writer too;

“In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name” etc

great dancer as well

Maximum points on all fronts

Also think that Lovesexy is hugely underrated. As ‘continous play concept albums’ go it doesn’t get nearly the praise it deserves - every bit as good as What’s Going On? and Dark Side of the Moon and in many ways so, so much better. It’s so rich & thick with ideas it’s truly amazing.

Yes I like the Purple One

If he doesn’t top this list I’d be frankly amazed

13 Likes
#26

4/5. Clearly a genius and the highs are just amazing. But quite a lot of dross as well

1 Like
#27

I listened to his entire discography in 2014/15 and it was a slog after Love Symbol (albums following were painfully bad, samey and forgettable).

Since last week I’ve listened to everything up until Come (1994) then found a compilation on a Spotify - Anthology: 1995-2010 which is nice and digestible and serves him well.

#28

Also purple rain has the second best guitar solo of all time

1 Like
#29

In the words of the man himself (singing about… himself):

You’re so good
Baby there ain’t nobody better (Ain’t nobody better)
So you should
Never, ever go by the letter (Never ever)
You’re so cool (Cool)
Everything you do is success
Make the rules (Rules)
Then break them all 'cause you are the best

1 Like
#30

November Rain number 1? :wink:

#31

Fred durst’s live guitar solo

4 Likes
#32

5 for me, Clive. As mentioned above, that run of albums from Dirty Mind through to (and including) Sign o’ the Times is unbelievably good.

Still one of my greatest musical regrets is not going to his Glasgow gig in 2014 because I had an important exam the next day. Hard to console myself with my boundless knowledge of Central Asia

#33

probably the most talented musician of our time and his eccentricity was legendary. The ultimate artist.

Fiveeeeee

#34

If we can assume that I’ve posted this in response to anyone not scoring him 5 that’d be great thanks:

sketch-1559500661051
sketch-1559500661051.png896×720 208 KB

4 Likes
#35

Gave him a 5 and I don’t even think his music means much to me or speaks to me on any deep level. That’s how good he was

#36

Wish I could have gone back and given Stevie Wonder a 5 though as in my mind he is as good maybe even better from a talent and songwriting perspective

6 Likes
#37

Five out of five. He made the sublime seem effortless.

Hard to choose a favourite album. I went for Parade in the end because it feels a little under appreciated in his canon, even though it has Kiss, Girls & Boys, Mountains, Sometimes It Snows In April…tunes that any other artist would kill for.

1 Like
#38

The ‘I know I know I know I know times are changing’ bit in purple rain is alongside the ‘the highways jammed with broken heroes’ bit in born to run as the best bits in songs ever, and the biggest pops you can get in a karaoke bar

6 Likes
#39

In the pantheon of artists who on paper should be faves but I just don’t hear it Prince stands above all of them. I think being a product of the 80s doesn’t help - I just can’t stand that production. And people talk about him being funky but he was part of the decade that killed funk. I’ve heard nothing of his that can hold a candle to P-Funk, The Meters, the JBs or countless one single and done bands of the golden era.

I’m starting at a 3 for Raspberry Beret alone which I’ve always had a soft spot for. Gonna have another listen to some of his stuff to see if he can make his way out of the ‘fair play to you but not for me pal’ section of my mental cannon.

3 Likes
#40

Yeah, kind of similar here - never really connected with his music, but on the list as it stands from artists already covered there is no place for him anywhere below the first couple.

Edit: a long way of saying he is better than Bowie.

1 Like