Saturday, October 4, 2008

Prince Rogers Nelson

Here's a single artist mix I never wanted to do. How do I narrow down decades of work that has influenced musicians, deejays and pop culture alike? I mean, the man did write "Manic Monday" for the Bangles. Well, this mix has been in the making for years. There has been a CD box set and a Greatest Hits disc but I always enjoyed the deep album cuts and the live [unauthorised] releases.
I remember years ago I put together a cassette entitled "B-sides and Bootlegs". I distributed it to all my deejay friends and most of them played tracks in da clubs they worked at. What an honour it was! My favourite Prince songs are usually based on how I feel at the time. So, at the time I compiled, these were my most loved tracks.



[listen]



01 Ballad of Dorothy Parker
02 Still Waiting
03 Condition of the Heart
04 Money Don't Matter 2 Night
05 So Blue
06 17 Days
07 Anotherloverholenyohead
08 Beautiful Ones
09 Temptation
10 Another Lonely Christmas
11 GOD
12 How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
13 International Lover
14 While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Live]
15 Diamonds & Pearls [Live]
16 Morning Papers [Live]
17 Future Baby Mama
18 Whole Lotta Love [Live]
19 Free
20 Other Side of the Pillow