One Kiss at a Time vs. Dancing with the Big Boys

Song:  One Kiss at a Time
Album:  Emancipation
Year:  1996

Come here, baby
Come and get your come on

The opening couplet from this sexy slow burn lays it on the line quickly.  In true Prince fashion, this is not so much a celebration of the woman as it is a celebration of Prince's skill as a lover.  I'm fairly sure oral sex is implied in at least one line, suggesting a level of maturity in the 16 years that have elapsed since 1980's Head.  Yep.  Prince is gonna do you and he's gonna do you good if he doesn't say so himself.  You cannot resist his stare.  He is the Pablo Picasso of getting it on.

Verdict:  3.5/5 stars

Would I sing it at karaoke?  I'd need to practice my falsetto, or have a helium balloon handy.

Song:  Dancing with the Big Boys
Album:  Tonight
Year:  1984

There are too many people, too much belief
(Dancing with the big boys)
Where there's trouble there's poetry
(Dancing with the big boys)
Your family is a football team
(Big boys)

A David Bowie / Iggy Pop collab in which they slam together cast-off snippets to create a mélange of word diarrhea set to a rather uninteresting beat.  Somehow it's better then it has any right to be, but only just by a hair.  While I enjoyed this album upon it's release, it's just hitting me now that it was tracks like this one that probably sent me to Bowie's back catalog to discover (or re-discover) something truly artistic and engaging.

Verdict:  2/5 stars

Would I sing it at karaoke?  It would be a waste of my mic time

Winner:  One Kiss at a Time

Running Score:  Bowie 17, Prince 10