A Case of You

I've been listening to Prince's version alot here lately-very moving song His voice on this one is flawless-great version.

nurseV said:

I've been listening to Prince's version alot here lately-very moving song His voice on this one is flawless-great version.

Twinkly1 said:

nurseV said:

I've been listening to Prince's version alot here lately-very moving song His voice on this one is flawless-great version.

Just read the lyrics--this is moreso poetry than a true song--yes? No?

Everything about this song is beautiful!

u are my

I LOVE this song.... .

Gorgeous...

Absolutely Gorgeous!!!!!

It was only until very recently that I knew it was a cover of Joni Mitchell!


Prince seems to miss out the whole first verse as well


Favourite song on that album though!

mentalist said:

Absolutely Gorgeous!!!!!

It was only until very recently that I knew it was a cover of Joni Mitchell!


Prince seems to miss out the whole first verse as well


Favourite song on that album though!

This song is my absolute favorite Prince tune (even though it's not his, but Joni Mitchells).

Love the melody, the words, the feelings he puts into it, the sound of his voice, the harmonies...

I remember listening to it at a time where I was going through a lot of emotional stuff. Couldn't listen to it without crying, and yet I had to hear it over and over again. Just love the way music works like that...

wildgoldenhoney said:

mentalist said:

Absolutely Gorgeous!!!!!

It was only until very recently that I knew it was a cover of Joni Mitchell!


Prince seems to miss out the whole first verse as well


Favourite song on that album though!

I was gonna comment on something else but now that you mention it as a Joni Mitchell
song, I think I might have heard it. I think I have her CD somewhere.
If only I could find it in my very unorganized room.

I have only heard it a few times, when it was playing in the npgmusicclub..."A Cas of U," is very pretty.

Somebody just burned that entire cd for me, it is so beautiful!

It's from the Joni Mitchell album 'Blue' which is a great listen and I urge everyone to own, as well as the brilliant 'Ladies of the Canyon' which came just before.

I greatly prefer Joni's original. Prince's lyrical cuts remove so much from the song that it loses a great deal of meaning.

Tori Amos did a great version
But I love his live '83 version and his One Nite Alone version, but more than anything i love his his mellow guitar (instead of piano) version from 4 april 98's paisley Villanova Park version - 8 1/2 minutes of beauty - so, so mellow (that whole concert with Jimi's Machine Gun & Villanova Junction, was a total thing of beauty)

Beautiful...
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[Edited 6/12/08 9:30am]

The 1983 version is my favourite and (as I've posted before) was sufficiently different from the Joni original that by changing the lyrics it became his song, which he did on I Love U, But I Don't Trust U Anymore, with some adjustments.

Prince's 1st Ave 83 version is the best. I love the rehearsal verion to that performance also. It's great.

Oh yeah, this song is totally a masterpiece, 5 stars. It's ironic that I think the chorus refers to drinking a case of beer without passing out. I so envy those of you who have heard Prince sing other versions of this gem. Maybe someday I will too.

PRINCE picked the right verse choice during that 1983 first avenue performance. that part actually comes in the middle of the song. it shows you how he could do know wrong back then. the strumming of the quitar with the tone of voice that he used.....pure brillance

I love the way he sings this song. Simply stunnung.

ejnbmore said:

Oh yeah, this song is totally a masterpiece, 5 stars. It's ironic that I think the chorus refers to drinking a case of beer without passing out. I so envy those of you who have heard Prince sing other versions of this gem. Maybe someday I will too.

i just listened to this whrn sung it at first avenue that was a cool version, did he ever release it??

a most touhing song -

~~~~~~~ ~PASSION~ ~~~~~~~

redpumps said:

a most touhing song -

~~~~~~~ ~PASSION~ ~~~~~~~

Rinluv said:

"I drew a map of Canada
ooooh, Caaanaaaadaaaaa aaaaah..."


wow... I love this song
and I wanna say I knew
Prince covered this
but I'm not exactly sure

but I'm almost certain
that this is Prince's fav
Joni song right?

Rinluv said:

McD said:

I this song as well...I've only heard the ONA piano version, not any of P's live performances or Joni's original.

But back in '02 when I got ONA piano, this track was instantly my favorite on the disc; I played it over and over and over for WEEKS. Just couldn't get enough...so beautiful. Prince's voice was so great and the piano sounded absolutely breathtaking. I was (and still am) SO disappointed that it was only one verse!!! I want to hear P's FULL version on piano...that would be

My name is and am funky!

Y'all should check out the orchestral remake Joni made of "A Case of You" for her "Both Sides, Now" album. It is breathtakingly beautiful, wistful and definitive. That album is also worth checking out for the orchestral remake of the title song.