Vanity 6 8.11.1982

The Starr Company presents Vanity 6

The Village Voice, Robert Christgau wrote, "All eight of these dumb, dancy little synth tunes get me off when I let my guard down, and most of them are funny, hooky, and raunchy at the same time


* Brenda Bennett(wife of Prince's lighting/stage manager)
* Vanity aka Denise Matthews (Prince's girlfriend)
* Susan Moonsie (Prince's exgirlfriend and highschool friend)

1. Nasty Girl
2. Wet Dream
3. Drive Me Wild
4. He's So Dull credit Dez Dickerson
5. If a Girl Answers [Don't Hang Up] credit Terry Lewis
6. Make-Up
7. Bite the Beat credit Jesse Johnson
8. 3 X 2 = 6











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[Edited 7/2/09 19:21pm]

in Purple Music, when Prince said
Don't need no cymbals, no saxophone
I just need 2 find me a style of my own
And I'm high, oh
enter the Vanity 6 group and the Times 2nd album "What Time Is It" we start to see a burst of creative energy out of Uptown as well as an explosion of unreleased music
The protege periods of 1981-1987 were very colorful and intruiging








[Edited 6/23/09 8:15am]

Great curveball of a record at the time. It further blurred the gender lines with Prince as a writer. Nasty Girl's beat is an undeniable masterpiece.

When this record first came out, I was like... "Vanity 6? But, there's only three of them." I didn't realize that Prince was throwing some math our way.

Vanity 6 - Drive Me Wild

[this 1st part reminds me of Little Red Corvettes comparison of Woman with a hot car]

Ooh, look at me, I'm a Cadillac
I'm a brand new convertible child
I've never been driven baby, U're the first
Come on baby, drive me wild ... ooh

Ooh, look at me, I'm a telephone
Whatever U want, just dial
Come on honey, please, it's so easy
Do it baby, drive me wild

CHORUS:
Come on baby, do it, drive me wild
Do it baby, drive me wild
Come on baby, do it, drive me wild
Do it baby, drive me wild

Ooh, look at me, I'm a radio
Call me up, make a request
I'll do anything, just name it
When I'm bad, baby, I'm the best

CHORUS

Ooh

Ooh, look at me, I'm a baby doll
Just pick me up and I'll smile
I may be young but I'm a whole lotta fun
Come on, baby, drive me wild

CHORUS

Ooh, do it, drive me wild
Come on baby, drive me wild
Ooh, do it, drive me wild
Come on baby, drive me wild
Drive me wild, drive me wild

© 1982 Girlsongs Music - ASCAP

squirrelgrease said:

There's a nod to Nasty Girl in the lyrics of this jam at about 4:05 in. I love this old-school cut by Mz Kilo.

NSFW lyrics.

Am I the only one who thinks that Susan was the hottest of them all?

squirrelgrease said:

boriquateddy said:

squirrelgrease said:

"When I met Vanity, I was at [night-club] First Avenue,
in the mezzanine area.
Before anyone even said a word, I felt a quickening in the air.
Within seconds, people started buzzing, "Vanity's here, Vanity's here."
I saw her coming through,
one of the most beautiful women you could ever lay eyes on,
packed into latex or whatever second skin,
looking exquisit."
-Albert Magnoli

Shango said:

IdentityCrisis said:

Shango said:

IdentityCrisis said:

Talk about awesomely rare. Thanks!

You're welcome

Make-Up

Blush
Eyeliner
Hush
See what U made me do?

Base
Mascara
Erase
I wanna look good 4 U

Comb
Hair
Don't care
I always comb my hair

Make-up
Make-up

Pink
Blue
Purple
I wanna make it good 4 U

Make-up {x4}

If I wear a dress
He will never call
So I'll wear much less
I guess I'll wear my camisole

Make-up {x4}

Smoke a cigarette
I'm not ready yet

Make-up
Make-up

Make-up
Smoke a cigarette
I'm not ready yet

© 1982 Girlsongs Music - ASCAP