# Why is Prince considered so great?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 2, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prince-considered-so-great/559216 "2010-11-02T15:28:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prince-considered-so-great/559216/81 "2010-11-04T12:42:15Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> Another Prince rock song - [“America”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyh_U32gbOo) from “Around the World In A Day.” If we’re accepting covers, there is also [“Crimson and Clover”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CVBxI3ZZkQ) from “LOtUSFlOW3R” and [“Whole Lotta Love”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD85BivXYBw).
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> Prince can _do_ straight-up rock; he doesn’t live there, though - he’s too funky. 🙂
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> I agree that Prince ranges through a whole lot of genres; I think the only genre I can’t think of a song for is country, and even then you might be able to fudge something.

Why hadn’t I heard that Crimson/Wild Thing cover? How fun is that? Great guitar work - the lead at around 2:40 is fabulous. (geek aside: Why is he miming with a Strat with a Floyd Rose locking tremolo? That’s not his style ;))

And Whole Lotta Love rocks - totally cool. Any questions about his mastery of guitar? 😃

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prince-considered-so-great/559216/82 "2010-11-04T23:34:29Z")

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[Prince and Rosie Gaines doing “Nothing Compares 2 U”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMqM4kzkCu0) for your viewing and listening pleasure. 🙂

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