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Thread started 11/23/07 7:50pm

liberation

America...21 minute version

How great is this tune!...it goes on for days and days, i can imagine Prince edited this song down and the band were playing it for 50 minutes biggrin

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Reply #1 posted 11/23/07 8:17pm

Volitan

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I hate America. And Tamborine. If they were replaced with anything else, Around the World..... would be almost perfect.

Maybe we can go to the movies and cry together
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Reply #2 posted 11/23/07 8:18pm

sexxydancer

It's 2 long. boxed

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Reply #3 posted 11/23/07 8:24pm

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i've never heard it.....

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Reply #4 posted 11/23/07 8:50pm

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Loved it!

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Reply #5 posted 11/23/07 8:56pm

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It's good but after 13 - 14 minutes it drags on yawn

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Reply #6 posted 11/23/07 9:06pm

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I like it

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Reply #7 posted 11/23/07 9:40pm

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liberation said:

How great is this tune!...it goes on for days and days, i can imagine Prince edited this song down and the band were playing it for 50 minutes biggrin




How eerie is that, I was just listening to America, I love it, Around the World in a Day is a fav of mine from that album as well

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Reply #8 posted 11/23/07 10:47pm

Flowerz

yeah.. around 15 minutes into it.. sounds like Prince is having rehearsal in the song with the percussions lol boxed lol

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Reply #9 posted 11/23/07 11:45pm

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What's more is the video. There is a longer version of the video out there but rarely seen. The longer version of the video was released on laser disc. Who remembers that?

Klick

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Reply #10 posted 11/24/07 12:12am

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klick2me said:

What's more is the video. There is a longer version of the video out there but rarely seen. The longer version of the video was released on laser disc. Who remembers that?

Klick


WHat kind of video was that? Never seen it.

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Reply #11 posted 11/24/07 4:11am

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Volitan said:

I hate America. And Tamborine. If they were replaced with anything else, Around the World..... would be almost perfect.


It's....Let me touch your body till your river's in motion...
America, I like it.

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U want me just as much as I want U, let's stop foolin' around.~Prince
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Reply #12 posted 11/24/07 4:16am

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HamsterHuey said:

klick2me said:

What's more is the video. There is a longer version of the video out there but rarely seen. The longer version of the video was released on laser disc. Who remembers that?

Klick


WHat kind of video was that? Never seen it.


Ah, Per Nilsen answered my question; the video clip for America is not a video of the actual album or extended version, but a live version played in France of 10 minutes or so.

Thank you, Mr Nilsen

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Reply #13 posted 11/24/07 4:28am

liberation

It's the 8 min live video from Nice, October 1985...see "An Honest Man" 1CD bootleg on Thunderball.
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Reply #14 posted 11/24/07 4:29am

colorblu

I love it. The beat, the message, and that sound speak volumes woot!

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Reply #15 posted 11/24/07 4:51am

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i love the song and LIKE the video, i like prince's guitar playing and the part when he throws records at the crowd.

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Reply #16 posted 11/24/07 5:07am

liberation

He hit one French kid in the face with a Mountains 7" sad

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Reply #17 posted 11/24/07 6:32am

quarterwit

I like it when he gets up on the drums.

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Reply #18 posted 11/24/07 7:25am

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liberation said:

He hit one French kid in the face with a Mountains 7" sad


The kid must have been asking for it.

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Reply #19 posted 11/24/07 7:39am

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Tame said:

Volitan said:

I hate America. And Tamborine. If they were replaced with anything else, Around the World..... would be almost perfect.


It's....Let me touch your body till your river's in motion...
America, I like it.


I would love to see the video- I don't remember ever seeing it back in the day! Somebody help me out!

No, Tame- it actually is "let me touch your body til your river's an ocean", although I thought it was your version too, for a long time.

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Reply #20 posted 11/24/07 8:42am

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the 12" of america is GREAT driving music if you're tooling around on country roads.

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Reply #21 posted 11/24/07 9:43am

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It starts getting trite after the 14 minute mark. Same goes for Love Bizzare. NOw I can normally listen to an opus of his not a problem. SOme of his longer songs like Crystal Ball, The War, Computer blue at least have interesting bits thrown in or change it up a bit as it goes along. I find when he gets into the Fraire a Jacque part it's pretty much time to stop the song.


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Reply #22 posted 11/24/07 9:45am

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klick2me said:

What's more is the video. There is a longer version of the video out there but rarely seen. The longer version of the video was released on laser disc. Who remembers that?

Klick


Now the video is a whole other topic. That version can go one forever and I would not tire of it. "Singing the soul sister!" headbang


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