For me, 'How come you don't call me anymore' is his best b-side record although 'She's always in my hair' is a very very close 2nd imo.

I also rank 'Another Lonely Christmas' right up there amongst his best b-side songs.

Lets say you....

Poll question: What is Prince's BEST B-Side Song?

Poll result (45 votes) How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore (1 votes) Vote She's Always In My Hair (8 votes) Vote Erotic City (19 votes) Vote 17 Days (11 votes) Vote Irresistible Bitch (1 votes) Vote Other (5 votes) Vote

not two of the best b-sides...
two of the best songs.



i'd still give the edge to erotic city though.

felt like it was the "R&B" track that Purple Rain so desperately needed, but then again, "When Doves Cry" strangely enough did the trick

it's one of my all-time favorite Prince songs; the line in the sand between one "age" of Prince into the next.

"Erotic City" I've grown to like more when I heard it it unedited (for time, that is)

belonged on that album...


>felt like it was the "R&B" track that Purple Rain so
>desperately needed, but then again, "When Doves Cry" strangely
>enough did the trick
>
>it's one of my all-time favorite Prince songs; the line in the
>sand between one "age" of Prince into the next.
>
>"Erotic City" I've grown to like more when I heard it it
>unedited (for time, that is)

was cold too..

used the sped up vocals on his records?

>used the sped up vocals on his records?


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>was cold too..

........but, Love Or $, was that hump. "Will our spirits rhyme" was my line. I remember playing that back a few times, when i heard it.


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.

>.

...................#hitmeonthnboxplez#.


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>

....long. Unless there's an import version that i haven't heard.

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after awhile (think it's around 12 minutes) but not to me because the groove is so cold I could rock with it for an hour.

>after awhile (think it's around 12 minutes) but not to me
>because the groove is so cold I could rock with it for an
>hour.

That's what i like best about Prince, i can rock to a Cloreen Baconskin and Lalalalaheee or even, I Wish you heaven.I like longness lol !!! Just seeing what form the groove is gonna take, is its own reward, for me.

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hits you up before then.

>hits you up before then.


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the thing you talk about is a fan-created bootleg. i have the 'When Doves Cry' 12 inch and the b-side is the short version of '17 Days' (see: http://www.discogs.com/Prince-And-The-Revolution-When-Doves-Cry/release/506272). there is no official 13 minute version of '17 Days'.

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Quite possibly "She's Always In My Hair". But it's a TOUGH choice 'cause "17 Days" and "Love or Money" are hands down some of his greatest b-sides (notice I say "some of his greatest"). Dude got way too many dope tunes that didn't make it on those albums..

I simply LOVE that track.

>I simply LOVE that track.
>


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>

...moon ? It's the instrumental that plays in the background, when him and "Mary" were dancing.


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movie too many times to count....

damn, it's been a minute, man lol !!! I haven't seen the movie in awhile. I'll look for a clip.....hold on..........

Edit: Here we go.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMDlgqpS8X8


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lyrics to the song? The music sounded good but I don't know if its worthy of being amongst his best b-side records.


>damn, it's been a minute, man lol !!! I haven't seen the
>movie in awhile. I'll look for a clip.....hold on..........
>
>Edit: Here we
>go.......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMDlgqpS8X8
>
>
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>
>"i'm talking about *Balls Deep*....In Love (c)Cleveland Jr.
>
>He was cultivating a fine nigga farm (c)Goldmind.
>
>R.I.P Jamie Hubley

were dope, but wasn't my favorite b-side though.

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which has all the Under the Cherry Moon movie music. I know the last time we actually found the cat that made it, but I don't think anyone actually found the music itself. WE ALL NEED THAT!!!
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from the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMDlgqpS8X8

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I didn't even know it was a B-Side

>I didn't even know it was a B-Side

that song in our high school talent show, it was kinda funny to me but the chicks were going wild lol...our principle was pissed like a mofo because he had no idea that song was so raunchy lol

I love u In Me, Another Lonely Christmas, Gotta stop Messin About, he was killin it I haven't broke it down to what I like the absolute best yet.

Girl is one of my fav's too

Man....Imagine if this was on SOTT.

Sheila & Eric went apeshit on this song.



Another Lonely Christmas (Most depressing Holiday song ever)
Moonbeam Levels
Electric Intercourse
Girl (The 7 Min version is dope)
Power Fantastic


Really just too many to name....

*smh*

......live goodness, such as 1983 circa performances of D.M.S.R. They putting in work lol !!!!!!!


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"Sexy Dancer" performances from like 1980... when Prince was wearing drawers and a trench coat on stage

>"Sexy Dancer" performances from like 1980... when Prince was
>wearing drawers and a trench coat on stage

......who had the balls to put these up. I'm like a kid in a candy store right now.

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Everytime I say that or hear "trench coat and drawers on" just cracks me up
Let alone the shit was crazy in 1980 but i would be damned that would still be crazy if done today.
Im always surprised these moist brothers walking around these days haven't taken it back to the rude boy look.

I think, but one of my favourite Prince songs of all time regardless of which side it was on. That said I love Erotic City, Irresistible Bitch, She's Always In My Hair, God, Scarlett Pussy, La La La He He Hee etc etc

might as well throw this in, as this post coincides with my new mix of B-Sides and Extended Versions *shameless self plug* :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbxNCwnyoCM

never forget the first time I heard this - simply stunning.

>

..........was so funky. I love when he just let it jam, for a minute.

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not that he's reputed to be anything else BUT it's really when it started showing on record (i.e. songs like "Hello")

and the "you've got 9 lives, IIIIIIIIIII'VE ONLY GOT ONE" is one of my favourite P screams :)

However, as has been previously said, "Love Or $" and "Girl" get my vote if I had to go beyond what's up there already.

I voted "Irresistible Bitch" for this poll though.


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2nd or 1a. all time fav Christmas songs just ever so slightly behind Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas."

I don't even know if you can call Prince's song a 'Christmas song'...at least not in the tradition of Xmas songs we're used to hearing lol

one of those Xmas songs that isn't really an Xmas song, lol...

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It's his funkiest record,
his darkest record,
his hardest record,
his best extended jam,
everything.

She's Always In My Hair always wins.

>It's his funkiest record,
>his darkest record,
>his hardest record,
>his best extended jam,
>everything.
>
>She's Always In My Hair always wins.

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...?!

it was just on disc 3 of that compilation w/several b-sides.

Ah yes... "previously unreleased".

(*Those* might need their own post.)

last 2+mins might be one of my top 5 all time moments of him on wax
something about that....u can tell he was in a zone doing it

there's others that jam but my personal fav would be that.

they both have fan-created/fake extended versions i like. the 'Housequake' one blends the album version w/the b-side to make a roughly 11 minute version of 'Housequake'.

love you girl" from Robin thicke?

i mean re-edits created by fans and circulated on the Internet and bootleg CDs.

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any love...

to me, that is definitely one of Prince's most soulful records. It had a very simple song structure but it was well executed in every aspect...songwriting/singing/production...

That was my favorite P b-side before Ms. Keys killed it. I used to perform it on piano back in the day, now I can't.

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his bside and 12 inch catalog alone kicks ass
i always wondered his method of operation as far as bsides
i know certain singles were designed for certain radio audiences (let's go/erotic) but did he record these songs with the sole intention of them becoming bsides?

but did he record these songs with
>the sole intention of them becoming bsides?
>

It seems like a lot of these jams were made in the current recordings of specific albums but he just had no room or they didn't fit the them of the album as a whole. But there's got to be some shit specifically for b sides like Scarlet Pussy. He knows good and well that (and La La La Hee hee hee) aint had no place on any planned album lol.

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I figured since they weren't released as singles they might
qualify... at least I thought Adore wasn't

*sigh* i'm old.

anyway, back in the wayback, singles...

there used to be these things called 'singles'. they were released by record labels to promote albums. the singles were actual vinyl records, cassettes, or CDs. up until the late 80s, these singles typically had 1 or 2 songs on them. the main song was often called the 'a-side' b/c it appeared on the a side of the vinyl record or cassette. that was the song the record label was using to promote the album on which the song also appeared. the other song or songs on the single were called the 'b-side' b/c they appeared on the b side of the vinyl record or cassette. these were used to encourage fans to buy the single in cases where the b-side song didn't appear on a current album. in cases where the b-side song also appeared on a current album, they were aimed at DJs who wouldn't otherwise play the song from the current album.

in this post we're discussing Prince songs that were originally available only on his singles, not his albums. most of them were compiled for the 1993 Hits/B-Sides album. ppl still consider them non-album tracks b/c they've only appeared on compilations like that and/or the Girl 6 soundtrack, which was basically another compilation of his past work. these songs didn't appear on his albums like Sign o' the Times or Purple Rain or Parade.

1 and 1 A on his b sides. then after that Erotic City,How come u don't call me anymore and Shockadelica.

everything else I'm cool with. take or leave. to me his B Side Prime and peak was 83-85

I cant make a choice about a clear cut number #1 but Shockadelica is in my top 5.

That has to be included in the poll.

no doubt dun dun

And as a B-side to Let's Go Crazy, how would Erotic City have sounded on Purple Rain? Where would it fit in the tracklist?

17 Days
She's Always in My Hair
Another Lonely Christmas
How Come U Don't Call me Anymore

I go with Erotic City, cause IMO, that is the funkiest song Prince ever laid down. And I remember back in the day when it came out. It was a force of nature. It got played so much on the radio you woulda thunk it was a single. Plus it banged so hard, the radio stations didn't even bother bleeping it out. Just played it straight up.

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I like both.