LIST 200 - 29/04/16 (a Prince tribute)

Hello again,

I'll be perfectly honest - the plan had been to let the 200th List just pass by with a relatively anonymous general mix of things, just as the 100th had.  Those intentions were, of course, promptly superseded by the tragic breaking events of last Thursday - too late to change List 199 to a full tribute to Prince Rogers Nelson, but not this one.

As with the Bowie tribute of regrettably too few weeks back, I've tried to cover as many bases as possible.  There are personal favourite tracks from the entire span of Prince's recorded career - by turns direct, questioning, sly and funky, Controversy remains my absolute favourite.

I also thought it important to pay due regard to his generosity, that which led him to pass on absolutely nailed-on hits he wrote to other people - protégés or those otherwise associated with him - rather than score big with them himself.  Sheila E, The Time and Tevin Campbell are included on that basis.

Thrown in also are a few cover versions of varying degrees of reverence - Pansy Division, Space Cowboy (a track denied a high place in the UK charts only due to a format breach), Soulwax and a striking reading of Alphabet Street by the Jesus & Mary Chain - plus a couple of affectionate homages from Flairs and longtime obsessives/fans Ween.  I hope there's something for you all to enjoy here.

J xx



PRINCE – Controversy (1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AusOO7xJc60
 
THE JESUS & MARY CHAIN – Alphabet Street (1994)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuKqnjcMKXY
 
PRINCE – Black Sweat (2006)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeKl1UR3cww
 
SPACE COWBOY – I Would Die 4 U (2002)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDS7C6dCg4k  
 
PRINCE – Sometimes It Snows in April (1986)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGzXiK8_KU8
 
PANSY DIVISION – Jack You Off (1995)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCldJIWDH3Y
 
PRINCE – Soft and Wet (1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdPcE3HKR4g
 
WEEN – L.M.L.Y.P. (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kEGbjKh_Do
 
PRINCE – Baltimore (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cieZB0Ab7xk
 
SHEILA E – The Belle of St Mark (1984)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTRz2w83-pw
 
PRINCE – Daddy Pop (1991)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-9VpVL5xK4
 
THE TIME – Cool (1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDd2L_v7m8E
 
PRINCE – Paisley Park (1985)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2ImiUClorI
 
FLAIRS – Better than Prince (2008)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUIqR0IzJCY
 
PRINCE – Fixurlifeup (2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv3HEa5xdec
 
SOULWAX – Starfish and Coffee (1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj6DNArKwGE
 
PRINCE – Glam Slam (1988)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3L1dKaPE2w
 
TEVIN CAMPBELL – Round and Round (1990)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJuFW12PTm8
 
PRINCE – Sign O’ The Times (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfASW6ibR-8