huh? wtf! applonia 6 & the sos band!? http://www.3121.com/blog/?p=129
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i like these frequent updates.

(as for the songs - wow, no kidding)

i love blue limousine!!!

BL & BL, sounding an awful bit alike, eh

Y'know, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis used to do quite a bit of work with the S.O.S. Band.

no matter tho, prince still acting like a bitter little brat
how many years ago was this???
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it's apollonia, not appollonia.

that's what you get for naming your acts ridiculous names.

Ummm... I don't get what it's suggesting. I saw this earlier but didn't comment because I didn't know what it was about!

suomynona said:

ha! i didn't even notice that
you'd think they'd know better

wildgoldenhoney said:

he's suggesting (once again (xcuse the pun)) that others have plagiarized him, to put it nicely

Snap said:

Oh, thanks! I just don't get things sometimes!

how about this one...??

Teena Marie's "Behind The Groove" (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related

Vanity 6's (Prince) "If a Girl Answers" (1982)

the opening beat, the opening vocals, AND the opening guitar riff!

touche' ole'
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Is he saying the SOS Band song is the same as Blue Limousine?! Sorry for being a bit slow....oh well...

I Love the SOS Band 'Just be good to me'

Funny, I was thinking yesterday how Manic Monday sounds a bit like 1999 - or is that just me?.. You know the first few lines of 1999 and the chorus of Manic Monday
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maybe prince should sue jimmy jam and terry lewis instead of his admirers.

suomynona said:

seriously, dude
get your priorities straight

maybe he'll get a c&d from the s.o.s. band for the snippet
woulda been more entertaining with a baby dancing, y'know
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neither of these songs r at all memorable 2 me..i haven't heard either till 2day, & the 4 seconds u get r ample thx!
i thought p didn't wanna b stuck in the 80's? i'm disappointed if this is about pinching music!
he's like a tiresome teenaga tht u just wanna ground! send him 2 his room right away & deprive him of the internet!

lottielooloo1968 said:

not a bad idea. if mtv killed the radio star, then rap and later the internet killed what made prince such a special artist.

withdraw his pocket money
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What was the name of that Journey song that has a similar chord structure to Purple Rain but came out before Purple Rain ? Or Laid Back´s dance hit White Horse, that came out before Erotic City and sounds like it influenced Prince to come up with Erotic City ? Or that song with Eddie Hazel that inspired Andre Cymone to write Do Me Baby, which then got claimed by Prince ? Or that Ohio Players song that reminds a lot of people of Computer Blue ( what´s it called again ? Hell ? )
If he really wants to reminisce about the 80s, he should bring back that old school MPLS funk, get rid of the horns, bring back Monte Moir and Dr.Fink etc. etc.
This is all getting a bit boring. But, I must admit, Borrowed Love DOES sound a bit like Blue Limousine. And a couple of Janet Jackson songs produced by Jimmy and Terry do indeed contain bits and pieces of famous Prince songs, especially on the Control album ( you can hear a melody that is very similar to Possessed in her song You Can Be Mine, and When I Think Of You etc. Also, MJB has a JimmyJam/Terry Lewis song that actually bites I Hate U soooo much that it came out years later than it was actually planned to be released.)

So, what it boils down to.....Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis steal a few melodies from Prince every now and then.But why mention this two decades later ?

I haven't been to 3121, yet this morning so I don't know what you are talking about...all I can think of is..."Baby we can do it take your time do it right..."

Hold up!!!!I know damn well HE does not want to start comparing "borrowed" similarities!

Little Richard

Sly

James Brown

Jimi Hendrix

Rick James

SexyBeautifulOne said:

That´s right, he was heavily influenced by these guys but I think the bottom line here is the actual melody, not the looks or musical style. Then again, there are also songs with melodies that rermind me of the people you mentioned.

I have been trying to figure this out since yesterday.I kind of get the Borrowed Love but Blue Limosine, no clue.

Very clever,Prince!

Snap said:

Seems to me he is simply noting an observation and doesnt seem to be bothered by it hence the Wink

Although it was many years ago, an artist or producer creating new music NOW may like that S.O.S song and want to sample it not knowing that the idea of that song originated from a song Prince produced. I wouldnt be surprised if its already been sampled. Either way, if you didnt know of the S.O.S band or Appollonia 6 or their music you know it now and may even go find some of their stuff. (you meaning the orgers that are not familiar with S.O.S. band/Appollonia 6, notice from this thread http://prince.org/msg/7/252877 alot of orgers are under 21 and may not be familiar with either group)

Some of you really need to relax and put on a happy face.

suomynona said:

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He has not sued anyone and you should be the last one to comment on this.

I am sure if he wanted to go after Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis he would have a long time ago and anyone that wanted to go after him should have done so a long time ago but, they all keep crying.

So everybody is even.

WisdomNLove said:

WORD 2 both things I bolded!

Jeffiner said:

Didnt Prince write manic monday for the bangles, because he had a thing for Sussanah Hoff?

that's a bit of a stretch.

A bit of similar melody but no more similar than Prince's "borrowed" melodies. Like:

Foreveryday In My Life People,
Cream a Gong
U2's "Guitar" In the USSR
Here Comes Santa Claus To All the Midnights in the World
Rhythm Love Nation

or the line "wherever you go whatever you do...I will be (right here waiting for you)" from the Richard Marx song.

Sometimes people come up with similar creations and it's not always stealing!
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He wants to borrow a





Stop playing games with me Princey. U know I'm not that smart

Christaro said:

Hell, if he doesn't...I might! Is that available in Detroit for New Year's Eve? Getting out of that, in the dress I just ordered, would be fierce!!

Jeffiner said:

u do know prince wrote manic monday dont you????? the structure of the songs are almost indentical, and if ya didnt know theres even aversion of prince and the gang doing there version of the song!!!! its great!!!!!

gotta catch an early train gotta be to work by nine, if i had an areoplain i still wouldnt make it on time, caue it takes me so long just to figure out what im gonna wear blame it on the train but the bus is already there,

great lyrics i listen to it every morning walking to the train station..... very appropriate!!!

laurarichardson said:

Too true on both accounts