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Thread started 04/02/07 9:50pm

GottaLetitgo

Question about Parade

I just thought of this today. I understand, of course, where the title of "Parade" comes from but why is it called "Parade"? Why is the album not just called "Under the Cherry Moon: The Original Soundtrack" like every other soundtrack album? I was wracking my brain trying to think of other soundtracks that were not simply named after the film they came from and couldn't think of a whole heck of a lot.

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Reply #1 posted 04/02/07 10:08pm

2the9s

It's all politics...

I hope that helps.
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Reply #2 posted 04/03/07 7:01am

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I suspect they were hedging their bets.
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Reply #3 posted 04/03/07 7:08am

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my theory is that....perhaps Prince was scared that the film would bomb (it was a risky project,after all) and so he wanted the soundtrack to stand on its own? By calling it 'Parade',it would be treated like a Prince album.If he had called it 'Under The Cherry Moon:Motion Picture Soundtrack',it would have been treated like a soundtrack.

nuts make any sense?
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Reply #4 posted 04/03/07 7:31am

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SoulAlive said:

my theory is that....perhaps Prince was scared that the film would bomb (it was a risky project,after all) and so he wanted the soundtrack to stand on its own? By calling it 'Parade',it would be treated like a Prince album.If he had called it 'Under The Cherry Moon:Motion Picture Soundtrack',it would have been treated like a soundtrack.

nuts make any sense?


Ummmm...what did you think I meant by "hedging their bets?" lol
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Reply #5 posted 04/03/07 9:20am

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Christopher Tracy's Parade-

Everyone come behold Christopher Tracy's Parade
The show will proceed, unless it should rain strawberry lemonade
Hopefully, that will not occur; the man above has been paid
Give what you can, all you can stand, and all of your life will be made

Everyone should come and dig Christopher Tracy's piano
The chord strikes, the devil no like, so he runs 2 his evil car

Everyone come behold Christopher Tracy's Parade
Goodness will guide us if love is inside us
Christopher Tracy's Parade (Christopher Tracy's Parade)
Christopher Tracy's Parade (Christopher Tracy's Parade)
Christopher Tracy's Parade.

I LOVED this song from the first moment I heard it, it is so upbeat!!It was soo different from anything else Prince had put out in the past!!
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Reply #6 posted 04/03/07 9:21am

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2the9s said:

It's all politics...

I hope that helps.



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Reply #7 posted 04/04/07 10:12pm

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Genesia said:

I suspect they were hedging their bets.


yup, from the getgo it was talked about as "Prince's next album will INCLUDE music from the motion picture", etc... like it was a normal album that just happened to have UTCM music on there, as well.
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Reply #8 posted 04/05/07 1:04am

SoulAlive

PaisleyPark5083 said:

Christopher Tracy's Parade-

Everyone come behold Christopher Tracy's Parade
The show will proceed, unless it should rain strawberry lemonade
Hopefully, that will not occur; the man above has been paid
Give what you can, all you can stand, and all of your life will be made

Everyone should come and dig Christopher Tracy's piano
The chord strikes, the devil no like, so he runs 2 his evil car

Everyone come behold Christopher Tracy's Parade
Goodness will guide us if love is inside us
Christopher Tracy's Parade (Christopher Tracy's Parade)
Christopher Tracy's Parade (Christopher Tracy's Parade)
Christopher Tracy's Parade.

I LOVED this song from the first moment I heard it, it is so upbeat!!It was soo different from anything else Prince had put out in the past!!



lol all these years,I thought he was saying "Our manager has been paid"
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