and tonight, we get off









Housequake

Sh... shut up already, damn!

Tell me who in this house know about the quake? (We do)
I mean really, really
If U know how 2 rock say "Yeah" (Yeah)
If U know how 2 party say "Oh yeah" (Oh yeah)
But if U ain't hip 2 the rare housequake ... shut up already, damn!

Housequake - Everybody jump up and down
Housequake - There's a brand new groove goin' round (Housequake)
In your funky town (Housequake)
And the kick drum is the fault

U gotta rock this mother, say (Housequake) ... uh
We gotta rock this mother, say (Housequake) ... uh, uh

We're gonna show U what 2 do
U put your foot down on the 2
U jump up on the 1
Now U're havin' fun
Huh, U're doin' ... the housequake
Hey

Question - Does anybody know about the quake? (Yeah!)
Bullshit!
U can't get off until U make the house shake
Now everybody clap your hands, come on
Let's jam y'all (Let's jam!)
Don't wait 4 your neighbor
Green eggs and ham
Doin' the housequake

There's a brand new groove goin' round
In your city, in your town
Housequake - And the kick drum is the fault

Housequake (Housequake)
Housequake - U gotta rock this mother (U gotta rock this mother)
Housequake
Housequake - U gotta rock this mother down, come on
Housequake {x2}

Now that U got it, let's do the twist
A little bit harder than they did in '66
A little bit faster than they did in '67
Twist little sister and go 2 heaven
Come on y'all, we got 2 jam before the police come
A groove this funky is on the run
Hey!

Shake your body till your neighbors stare at cha!
(Quake) {x6}

Housequake - Everybody, everybody jump up and down
Housequake - There's a brand new groove (groove) that's goin' around
Housequake - In this city, in this funky town
Housequake - And the saxophone is the fault, check it out

If U can't rock steady, shut up already
Damn, U got 2 get off if U know what I'm talking about
On the 1 y'all say "Housequake"
Top of your body, let me hear U shout, say
(Housequake) My Lord!
(Housequake) My Lord!
(Housequake) Bullshit, louder, say it!
(Housequake) Ooh-wee

Shock-a-lock-a boom!
What was that? Aftershock!
Everybody, everybody U gotta rock, U gotta rock, come on

We're gonna shake, we're gonna quake
Cuz we got the baddest groove that we could make
We on the 2, y'all, the drummer's gonna tap
We gonna sing it and rock this mother 2 the max
And that's a fact
Housequake - Come on, say it (Housequake)
Come on, U can't follow it
We got the baddest jam in the land
Everybody shut up, listen 2 the band

Housequake

Shut up already, damn!
© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP


[Edited 4/25/10 19:09pm]
[Edited 4/26/10 16:26pm]

Housequake: Enter Camille

JoeTyler said:

I would have released
SOTT
Housequake
Hot Thang
Strange Relationships
U Got the Look
Adore

and given each on a B side

6.19.1987 Stadion de Galgenwaard:Utrecht,Holland
set list coming soon










[Edited 4/13/10 11:47am]

3. Housequake
Housequake was recorded in October 1986. It was this track and the previously
recorded Shockadelica which inspired Prince to record an album of tracks
using speeded up vocals. He started the Camille album sessions later the
same month and completed it by the beginning of November. The album was
sequenced on November 5th and a single with Shockadelica on the A-side and
Housequake on the B-side was planned. Prince abandoned the idea for a separate
Camille album later in the month, deciding instead to expand the project into
a triple album entitled Crystal Ball. This would feature both regular and
speeded up vocal tracks using a combination of new songs, camille songs and
songs recorded for the earlier aborted Dream Factory project.

Housequake wasn't initially planned as a single, however, once the Sign O' The
Times album was released, the track started to get a lot of airplay. WB then
wanted to release it as a single and various extended versions and remixes
were made. By the time these were completed, they'd missed the boat as far as
a single release was concerned and the track ended up appearing on the B-Side
to U Got The Look. Only one of the remixes was officially released, the 7 Minute
Mo' Quake mix. An officially comissioned remix by Razormaid was rejected by
Prince and shelved, though this did subsequently appear on various DJ Mix albums.
[Edited 4/29/10 18:49pm]

OldFriends4Sale said:

I have always felt that the artwork for the record label is just about the coolest of almost any record.

Wow, good stuff!

Fantastic photos and love to read the reviews, thanks for posting OldFriends4Sale

You need to submit some comments! http://7Silhouetteproject.com/

7SilhouetteProject said:

Thanks I'm checking it out. Can you comment on anything Prince?

Come back Prince! we miss you.

Marrk said:

nah... old boy has grown up... glad hes not still doing Sign... thanks P for the memories

I played this tape until it fell apart. I have bought the CD at least 2 times and still have the album

awesome!

I really liked prince a lot up 2 Parade. But with the release of Sign o The Times, i was like.....this guy is amazing. It put me into another league as far as being an admirer of his music was concerned.

I had these pictures of Andre Cymone from 1987, other who have them do you have the same year?

The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

Dorothy was a waitress on the promenade
She worked the night shift
Dishwater blonde, tall and fine
She got a lot of tips

Well, earlier I'd been talkin' stuff in a violent room
Fightin' with lover's past
I needed someone with a quicker wit than mine
Dorothy was fast

Well, I ordered - "Yeah, let me get a fruit cocktail, I ain't 2 hungry"
Dorothy laughed
She said - "It sound like a real man 2 me (U're kinda cute)
U're kinda cute, U wanna take a bath?" (Do U wanna, do U wanna?) ... Bath?

Oh, I said - "Cool, but I'm leavin' my pants on (What U say?)
Cuz I'm kinda goin' with someone"
She said - "Sound like a real man 2 me
Mind if I turn on the radio?"

"Oh, my favorite song," she said
And it was Joni singing, "Help me, I think I'm falling"
(Drring) The phone rang and she said
"Whoever's calling can't be as cute as U"
Right then and there I knew I was through (Dorothy Parker was cool)

Well

My pants were wet, they came off
But she didn't see the movie cuz she hadn't read the book first
Instead she pretended she was blind
An affliction brought on by a witch's curse
Dorothy made me laugh (ha ha, ha ha)
I felt much better so I went back 2 the violent room
(Tell us what U did, what U did) Let me tell U what I did

I took another bubble bath with my pants on
All the fighting stopped
Next time I'll do it sooner
This is the ballad of Dorothy Parker
(Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker)
Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker

Well
Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker
Well
Oh

© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP

I love his jean jacket outfit from these concerts.
Ridiculous.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Yes, it's all from the same photoshoot.

Sheila just had the one drumkit and it was teal-blue (there was no peach kit).
The same blue kit was used on the Lovesexy tour too.

The reason the colors appear different on the various shots from the photo-
session is that Jeff Katz used different types of film. The weird color of the
album sleeve was achieved by using outdoor film for the indoor shots (plus
lighting). This gave the image it's bizarre yellowy-green color balance. Making
Sheila's blue kit and Prince's blue top look yellow, and making the floor and
Prince's face look green. This was all before the days of photoshop and color
manipulation.

OldFriends4Sale said:

This is my fave show ever. He was so ON that night!

Did not see this when I posted my Thread.., I love this whole period!!!!!

4. the Ballad of Dorothy Parker
The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker was recorded early March 1986 during the initial
Dream Factory sessions. It appeared on every incarnation of the Dream Factory
album until it was shelved. It also appeared on the subsequent Crystal Ball
album and survived when this was edited down from a triple to a double album
and released as Sign O' The Times in March 1987.

It was considered for a single release and an extended version was made
featuring a sax solo by Eric Leeds. Unfortunately, this version was never
released and is not circulating.

From Alex Hahn's "Possessed":
"The Ballad of Dorothy Parker, the first song recorded in his home studio, got its mid-range-dominated sound as the result of a technical glitch. While Prince and engineer Susan Rogers were working, a snowstorm caused a power outage. When the lights came back on and work resumed, the playbacks seemed to Rogers dull and murky; Prince, in a creative trance, did not notice, and Rogers was hesitant to interrupt the session. But when she checked the equipment after he went to bed, Rogers found that, as a result of the blackout, the soundboard had been running on half its recommended wattage, robbing "Dorothy Parker" of its high end and giving the song a distant and subdued feel. Learning of the problem the next day, Prince treated it as serendipity, deciding that the offbeat sound added character."
[Edited 4/29/10 18:50pm]

It
I think about IT baby all the time, all right
It feels so good IT must be a crime, all right
I wanna do IT baby every day, all right
In a bed, on the stairs, anywhere, all right

(Come on)

CHORUS:
I wanna do IT baby all the time, all right
Cuz when we do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right

I could be guilty 4 my honesty (All right)
But I've got 2 tell U what U mean 2 me, (All right) all right
With U, I swear I'm a maniac, all right
U see, IT ain't no joke, just a natural fact, all right (All right) (Come on)

CHORUS

(Doin' IT) IT {x3}
(Doin' IT)

(Come on) {x2}

I could be guilty 4 my honesty, all right
But I got 2, I got 2 tell U what U mean 2 me, yeah, all right

Yeah (Come on) Yeah, come on

I wanna do IT baby all the time, all right, yeah
Cuz when we do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right

With U, I swear I'm a maniac, all right, yeah (CHORUS)
U see, IT ain't no joke, just a natural fact, all right
All right

I wanna do U baby all the time, all right (Yeah ooh)
(U see, U make IT so good, IT's so divine, all right)
Cuz when U do IT girl, IT's so divine, all right

I'm gonna think about IT, I'm gonna think about IT, baby
All the time (Think about IT all the time)
Fuckin' on your mind now (Feels so good, must be a crime)

Doin' IT, doin' IT {x4}

(Come on) {x2}

(All right)
(IT feels so right, it must be a crime, all right)
(I wanna do IT, I wanna do IT, all right)
(All right)
(Cuz when we do IT, IT's so divine, all right)
(All right)
(Come on)

© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Prince & Wally Safford

For Love
4 love I have given U the very best, yeah
Any woman ever can
4 love I would follow U everywhere U go
My friends don't understand

I would tie U with a chain
If that would put U in the frame of mind I think's so cool
I want U so badly
Don't U know I'd gladly give my life 4 loving U

CHORUS:
4 love
Do most anything 4 love

Listen 2 me

4 love I would suffer kisses from another
If that was what turned U on
4 love I have done less and still felt the best
When I'm with U, nothing is wrong

I would tie U with a chain
If that would put U in the frame of mind I think's so cool
I want U so badly
Don't U know I'd gladly give my life 4 loving U

CHORUS

Do most anything 4 love (4 love)

Baby, come and take me, any way U make me
I'll be good and that's 4 sure
Baby, if U love me
I'm the one and only doctor that's got the cure

Baby, I would tie U with a chain
If that would put U in the frame of mind I think's so cool
I want U so badly
Don't U know I'd gladly give my life 4 loving U

4 love
I'll do most anything 4 love

4 love {x4}
I'd do, I'd do
Do, I'd do, I'd do
Looka here
I will do anything, anything 4 loving U
Uh, kaleidoscope of musical colors, ooh, hit me!
Sounds so good, uh
Mmm (Coca-cola) Ha ha
Yeah!
(What's that?)

4 love, 4 love, 4 love

Hang on, uh
I gotta go feed the dog
Oh, oh, oh, yeah! {mimic dog barks}
Good dog

© 1987 White Fox Publishing - ASCAP

JoeTyler said:

Interesting choices An executive at Warners has said that they wanted more time with this album.They wanted to release more singles throughout 1988.They felt that this was an album that could 'last' for a long time,but of course,Prince had other ideas.He quickly moved on the 'Black Album' and 'Lovesexy'.

These are the songs that I would have picked as the singles (in this order):

1) Sign O The Times (1987)
2) U Got The Look (summer '87)
3) Housequake (fall '87)
4) Adore (late '87)
5) It (spring 88)
6) I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (summer 88)

OldFriends4Sale said:

I remember this! It's the first issue of Controversy that I received

colm said:

Yep,this was Prince at his highest point,creatively.