What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
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Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
I don’t think RB is even in my top ten Prince songs.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
I wouldn't really describe either as rock n roll, more like pop songs. I love Raspberry Beret though, probably my favourite Prince song after Take Me With U and Pop Life.
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Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
"Let's Go Crazy" is loads better than either.
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Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
The real answer is My Generation isn't it?
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Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
Little Red Corvette is a better rock song, but Raspberry Beret is still pretty damned good.
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Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
Agree, although I do love RB.
Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
Not giving it much thought and def not a huge Prince fan, but top 10 Prince songs:
1. Purple Rain
2. Little Red Corvette
3. I Wanna Be Your Lover
4. Diamonds and Pearls
5. Kiss
6. Let's Go Crazy
7. I Would Die 4 U
8. When You Were Mine
9. 1999
10. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
10-20 would get Cream, 7, Raspberry Beret, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?, Uptown in some form.
1. Purple Rain
2. Little Red Corvette
3. I Wanna Be Your Lover
4. Diamonds and Pearls
5. Kiss
6. Let's Go Crazy
7. I Would Die 4 U
8. When You Were Mine
9. 1999
10. I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
10-20 would get Cream, 7, Raspberry Beret, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?, Uptown in some form.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
the greatest rock and roll song of all time is the girl reading this post
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
I do not like Prince.
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Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
and the Ramones. You are something else, that's for sure.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
I listen to the Ramones about once a year. Prince, never.
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Re: What is the greatest Rock and Roll song of all time?
Did I say that? It doesn't sound like me unless I was winding someone up. I do think their stuff sounds pretty samey, but I like them anyway. Another about "once a year" listen. Although No Control can sometimes get more than one per year.
edit: to clarify, I don't actually hate the Ramones, I just think they're too samey and I can't do it more than once a year. The big to-do around that many years ago was just because certain people were being aggressive both here and on FB and I wanted to fuck with them.
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