I love Prince.
I have mostly terrible taste in music but my long-standing, top volume devotion to Prince is my one musical saving grace. His Royal Badness has rescued me in many a social situation, after I mistakenly think a party can handle the raw power of “Teenage Dream” and when I am trying to sleep at night after spending day 324 in a row listening to a playlist entitled “Call Me Maybe 4 EVA.” Prince is an incredibly prolific artist and it’s been pointed out there is a Prince song (or entire album) that has gotten a Crasstalker through every fragment of life, so trying to pick just one favorite song really isn’t enough space to capture the full range of wonderful that is Prince the artist.
So, today’s QOTD is name your favorite Prince songs, albums, years, quotes etc. No parameters. No rules. Today we worship freely, openly, and if you have the privacy, nakedly, at the alter of Prince.
To get the ball rolling here are my Top 10 (OK,10-ish) Favorite Prince Songs of All Time (so far):
1. Cream
2. When You Were Mine
3. Dirty Mind/U Got The Look
4. Do Me Baby/Controversy
5. Nothing Compares 2 U/New Position
6. Alphabet St./Sign ‘O’ the Times
7. Play in the Sunshine/Let’s Go Crazy
8. Raspberry Beret/Pop Life
9. When Doves Cry/Controversy
10. If I Was Your Girlfriend/Let’s Work
If the world would just stop producing Britney hits that I get sucked into for months, I could happily listen to that playlist for the rest of my life. It covers all my bases, from working and thoughtful to sexy times (LOTS of sexy times) to curled up in a ball of pain, sobbing under the duvet.
Your turn! Tell the class your favorite Prince!
While your thinking, here is the amazing “Prince Basketball” sketch from the late, great Chappelle’s Show. Fun Fact: I was at the taping of this episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaKHR6oe52Q
