I was just listening to this song on my headphones and I swear I can hear a male voice in the far background singing along. Has anyone else noticed this?

Could this be a "guiding track" Prince recorded for Sheila to sing along to? I heard he does this but didn't think it would be in the final mix. Or is he actually singing background to add some bass to the vocals?

it's him.

yep, check out the other Sheila songs too
he's around

Man. I must have listened to that song 10,000 times in the last 20 years and I never noticed that before.

It's hard to hear...they match perfectly.

doeineffect said:

f'real? the brotha's voice stands out in the background like the mole on aaron neville's forehead, how can you miss it?

wow, what a coincedince, Ive listened to the song a thousand times to and never noticed P, I just heard in the car on the radio about fifteen minutes ago and was noticing Ps voice throughout most of the song

Is that his voice singing with Sheena Easton is Sugar Walls too?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I disagree...their voices almost blend together. I think it's hard to
hear him, but once you know he's there, that's when he stands out.
I didn't know it until Kasey Kasem told me....

Revolution said:[quote]

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I agree with Revolution. NOt sure when I first noticed it. But it's really easier to hear when you have headphones on (I used to listen to it on a walkman all the time back then!)

I remember Pops Escovedo saying in an interview that if you listen to it you can hear him on there.

I don't remember hearing him on other Sheila songs other than ones he's credited on (ie Love Bizarre, Yellow etc)

"Noon Rendezvous" definitely

Sheila's the best
and Prince is blessed
to have her as a friend

Jamzone333 said:

Same on Romance 1600 Live

I got MPGs of SNL finally... i'ts classic. . . esp Holly Rock. She gets very "morris day" at the end, screams out something like "Nee's Drawers!" andthey do a funky dance with some "hohens!" I asked her what she was saying when I met her last year but she said she couldn't tell me and smiled

The Love Bizarre perforamnce was funky but didnt' have the new parts in it yet that woudl debut later in Romance 1600 live with The Revolution and have been in her live performanes ever since

Snap said:

No doubt....

GaryMF said:

Yep!!!

R-1600 on DVD! Now I would pay good money for that! I hate my videotape got away from me.

I can hear Prince's vocal all over this song.Listen to the part where Sheila sings "True love is real scary",you can clearly hear Prince singing along with her.

Jamzone333 said:

and "Krush Groove", Ps voice is also all over third album, the one with"Koo Koo"

If you caught the NAACP awards earlier this year.... Sheila E sung The Glamorous Life. She was a bit off, but Prince was openly singing backup and it was clear that he was helping her get back on track. It sounded like the same blend as in the album.

Not that I'm faulting Sheila.. she's not really a singer and she was banging the hell out of the drums at the same time.

altavista said:

Unfortunately, my DVR box crashed and my recording of that is gone now, but I watched it like 3 times and I dont' remember her being "off". Sheila is not a singer like Patti, but she can definitely sing and has had her moments (Forever In My Life in SOTT movie).

I thought it was cool that Prince was openly singing his part which he did on the record.

I thought she stole show on that performance..... the same thing happened at Musicology NYC last night.

sitruk7 said:

yes.

4nowneway said:

Yep, yep!

4nowneway said:

What does Krush Groove have to do with anything? Esp her 3rd album? That was a self-titled album.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Exactly what I was thinking.

GoldiesParade said:

right? i remember hearing the song for the first time after getting into prince and thinkin, "daaaaamn, you can hear prince clear as a bell in the background there!" i didn't even need earphones to hear it, i picked up on his background vocal track straightaway.

CreamyThighs said:

I always thought so. Thanks for the confirmation.

I remember listening to the first The Time album.

I was going; "But that's Prince!"

"And THAT'S Prince too!"

"And there!"

It just never stopped.

I loved Prince's voice at the end of Boy's Club!

Hey! Hey boy! Get outa there!

I think Prince's voice overpowers her voice in Love Bizarre.