Prince (+ an uncredited Sheena Easton) - U Got The Look (1 Viewer)

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I'm endlessly fascinated by the unlikely trajectory of Sheena Easton, from somehow having a global #1 with the fairly drecky Morning Train to going toe-to-toe with Prince on this. What a career! And what a banger!

 
Morning Train is still an absolute banger! Her transformation to (temporary) US hit maker was a thrill though.

The charms of U Got The Look have definitely faded with time, but I still enjoy it.
 
Incidentally, Sheena Easton always largely passed me by but I had a bit of a moment to "The Lover In Me" album a couple of months ago, not expecting her voice to mesh so well with the R&B and funk production. In particular, I've fallen in love with "101", and while the wonderful Prince sound has a lot to do with it, the main reason is her voice- she absolutely soars on it. A total powerhouse moment.
 
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101 is absolutely incredible. Particularly this remix



GET IN A TAXI!
SUBWAY TRAIN! :disco:
 
Phenomenal.

Sheena is his best muse, I’d say. They just OOZE chemistry together.
 
Oh my gosh!

You think that you don't really fit in somewhere but then you stumble upon folks that are stanning 1-0-fucking-1!!! :disco:

I have been saying for some TWENTY YEARS that this is the greatest song that Prince wrote for sb else. Even fellow Purple adherents that I've come across in life don't know it. What joy to see it being rightly celebrated!

Completely agree that Sheena Easton's career trajectory is mental af. From 'Morning Train' (dreck but enjoyable) and 'For Your Eyes Only' (dreck but just plain dreck) to the certified bangers of 'Strut' (POUT! PUT IT OUT!), (Come Inside My) 'Sugar Walls', and 'The Lover in Me'! The absolutely deranged sexual fervour of '101' is something ELSE tho; a magnificently crescendoing climax on record. Prince couldn't have delivered it better himself. You better COME baby, SEE ABOUT ME! What a vocal! What a woman!! What the fuck happened to her career!

As for 'U Got the Look'... ofc it's as ten as tens get from the tennest album of Prince's career - and even then, it wouldn't trouble my Prince top ten. The entire 80s is his prime, but 86/87 is his absolute peak imo. I so wish I'd seen him touring in this era.

ETA: I'm not sure exactly when I got into Prince, but I feel like watching the 'U Got the Look' video on TV in my early teens might have played a big part - I have a vivid recollection of loving both the song and the sight of him bounding across the floor like some four-legged beast on HEAT in that extended intro. :D I figured that if he was as 'weird' as his reputation suggested at that time then maybe this kinda 'weird' was for me. I later went and bought The Hits/The B-Sides which proved me very, very right.
 
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Let’s face it, the best thing Sheena Easton ever did was give me my username…
 
Also, no mention so far of the magnificent but oft forgotten disco drama of DAYS LIKE THIS.

There will be DAYS LIKE THIS
There will be TIMES when you JUST CAN’T GO ON
There will be SECONDS of MINUTES
MINUTES of HOURS
That’s when you’ve got to be STRONG

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Add me to the chorus of acclaim for 101, particularly the Morales mix. My word, it's really something special :disco:
 
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I can very much take or leave Sheena on the whole though
 
For those still invested, let's celebrate the fact that the parent album has possibly the best singles run of ALL TIME (if you're a Prince fan)

10 Sign O The Times
10 If I Was Your Girlfriend
10 U Got The Look
08 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
10 Hot Thing


And to think this album also contains "Housequake", "Starship & Coffee", and what many consider to be his best ballad of all time "Adore" (I don't, but it comes close)
 
For those still invested, let's celebrate the fact that the parent album has possibly the best singles run of ALL TIME (if you're a Prince fan)

10 Sign O The Times
10 If I Was Your Girlfriend
10 U Got The Look
08 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
10 Hot Thing


And to think this album also contains "Housequake", "Starship & Coffee", and what many consider to be his best ballad of all time "Adore" (I don't, but it comes close)
AND The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
AND Strange Relationship
 
For those still invested, let's celebrate the fact that the parent album has possibly the best singles run of ALL TIME (if you're a Prince fan)

10 Sign O The Times
10 If I Was Your Girlfriend
10 U Got The Look
08 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
10 Hot Thing


And to think this album also contains "Housequake", "Starship & Coffee", and what many consider to be his best ballad of all time "Adore" (I don't, but it comes close)

No need for the 'if' there, funky!

Although I'd have 'I Could Never...' as a 9 and 'Hot Thing' as a 7 (it's my least fave track on the album). I'd have enjoyed 'Housequake' as a single instead. SHUT UP! ALREADY! DAMN.

Further 10s imo: 'Starfish and Coffee' (<3 for shouting this out, it's always been a massive fave of mine), 'It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night', 'The Ballad of Dorothy Parker', 'Forever in My Life'. I'm a harsh af rater and this album is seriously like 50% 10s wut.

What a record. The greatest ever imo. Whatta man!! Wild to think that The Black Album was effectively this same year and he was just coming off Parade (another masterpiece imo). And that tour is seriously the stuff my dreams are made of. I miss his presence every single day. :(

ETA: I struggle with the definition of ballad but surely 'Purple Rain' gets the nod? A personal fave Chez Spice is 'I Love U in Me' tho. :disco:
 
Also there are some days where I think Parade may be his VERY best. Albums rarely get stranger without getting worse. And it's all so immaculately SEQUENCED
 
Currently bathing in the cool waters of New Position - CLEARLY a central influence on Fatima al Qadiri's seminal Asiatisch album, as well as being very sexy, jaunty, chic :disco:
 
I had no idea we had so many moopy Prince fans. Maybe time for me to dust off a new TOP 100
 
I am not entirely sure if I understand what you're saying but I know I LOVE IT. :disco:

'Starfish and Coffee' is the most enchanting pop confection in the Purple Canon. If it is an autistic masterpiece too, then so be it!

I'm with you in that there's an argument for Parade as TOP DOG (I personally have it behind Sign 'O' the Times and Dirty Mind but it's right up there). Minimalist funk that's all off-kilter rhythms, whimsical brass sections, and dissonant chords dressed up in irresistible, sparkling panache? Yes plz. The unorthodox ingenuity of 'New Position' is the best thing on the album and might well trouble my Prince top ten!

ETA: Oh, my first sentence was in response to Penelope's rather delightful stream-of-consciousness barrage just there.
ETA2: I am ALWAYS happy to dust off my own Prince 100 as well!
 
I suppose Purple Rain is a ballad yes but as it is a 7 minute divine miracle that surpasses and transcends space and time I'm just going to ignore it in any sort of competition with other mortal songs, and maybe go with Diamonds & Pearls as my ballad of choice, with a special mention for Eye Hate U and Damn U. But the really underrated gem is Shhh. What a heap of sex that is.
 
I constantly flit between Purple Rain, SotT and D&P as my ultimate Prince album. The problem is the man made music that allows new things to be revealed every time you listen to his songs, so it all depends on my mood.

I also find The Love Symbol album to be VERY underrated. It lacks the otherwordly highs of the big albums but for a long album it has surprisingly little filler.
 
I constantly flit between Purple Rain, SotT and D&P as my ultimate Prince album. The problem is the man made music that allows new things to be revealed every time you listen to his songs, so it all depends on my mood.

I also find The Love Symbol album to be VERY underrated. It lacks the otherwordly highs of the big albums but for a long album it has surprisingly little filler.
Purple Rain, Parade and Sign O The Times for me, but I do find 1999 to really just be a load of silly old fun to chuck on any afternoon I like 😍
 
I think I started a general Prince thread a while back and hardly anyone participated :(

Dear @Ellie helps keep things going, however
 

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