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Thread started 01/05/08 6:36pm

vman4639

Habibi Wikipedia

Just screwing around, I wanted to find out more about the Prince song Habibi. I heard rumors it was based on Hendrix / Machine gun - or it was also the name of one of his guitars?

Anyway, I went to Wikipedia and it mentions an Arab translation and a song by System 7 - no mention of Prince.

So - is someone here in the know? Feel like setting the Wikipedia record straight?

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Reply #1 posted 01/05/08 9:07pm

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I think that is a name for one of Prince's guitar's, why? I don't know.
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Reply #2 posted 01/05/08 9:32pm

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Habibi is a blue-purple Symbol guitar with a tremolo bar.
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Reply #3 posted 01/06/08 7:17am

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vman4639 said:

Just screwing around, I wanted to find out more about the Prince song Habibi. I heard rumors it was based on Hendrix / Machine gun - or it was also the name of one of his guitars?

Anyway, I went to Wikipedia and it mentions an Arab translation and a song by System 7 - no mention of Prince.

So - is someone here in the know? Feel like setting the Wikipedia record straight?

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Habibi was the intrumental guitar jam released on the npgmc download club thing that went on. Towards the end you can hear Prince mumbling and half singing some of "Machine Gun". But I don't know if it's really a true cover of the song.
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Reply #4 posted 01/06/08 9:04am

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Why does this song get talked about so much???
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Reply #5 posted 01/06/08 9:25am

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I think that is a name for one of Prince's guitar's, why? I don't know.

Maybe he named it Habibi cuz thats an arabic word meaning "my beloved".
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