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Thread started 05/29/09 2:40pm

FrankCapraMome
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What's Prince's earliest Hendrix-like tune?

When did we first start to see him really emulate Hendrix? "Let's Go Crazy" is a wah-heavy guitar freakout and there are some similar moments on 1999 but what was his first Hendrix like tune?

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Reply #1 posted 05/29/09 2:52pm

Anxiety	bambi? my mom used to have a hendrix bootleg called "high live and dirty" and some of the stuff i heard on that bootleg reminded me of "bambi". and yes, my mom bought bootlegs. i was corrupted at an early age.
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Reply #2 posted 05/29/09 3:14pm

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Def "Bambi".

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Reply #3 posted 05/29/09 3:23pm

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"I'm yours"...."bambie" is superior but I think "I'm yours" was the start

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Reply #4 posted 05/29/09 3:56pm

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I'll say Bambi too. Magnificent biggrin

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Reply #5 posted 05/29/09 4:02pm

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In the bridge section of Bambi, the melody line and riff P plays on the guitar is VERY similar to the melody line Hendrix played during the intro chorus to Purple Haze.

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Reply #6 posted 05/29/09 4:08pm

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nyse said:

"I'm yours"...."bambie" is superior but I think "I'm yours" was the start

Well "I'm Yours" was the first official release where P employed rock in a song but I always considered "I'm Yours" more akin to 70's styled MOR like REO Speedwagon, Boston, Journey, etc than Hendrix.

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Reply #7 posted 05/29/09 4:47pm

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Prince has always been heavily influenced by Hendrix, listen 2 some of the early Moonsound sessions. Most of the guitar work on those tapes is a mixture between the Hendrix and Santana styles.

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