SquirrelMeat said:

There is Phil, clear as day in black.

Christ!!

This is bigger than I thought!!!!

CowboyCatchphrase said:

I am gonna buy you some Q-Tips lolz

djThunderfunk said:

I always heard similarities in "Shortberry Strawcake" and Human League's "(Keep Feeling) Fascination".

Anyone else?

Compare the synth line at 1:06 of Shortberry Strawcake with the one at 0:49 of (Keep Feeling) Fascination (Extended), again, synth line only.

If you still don't hear it... send those Q-tips my friend.

(Hope you meant the cotton swabs & not the rapper!)

CowboyCatchphrase said:

To be honest I could take any artist and tie words and things together with any other artist. Someone using the words want and wanna does not seem like a coincidence since they are aften used words in speach and song titles. Please tell me how 2 songs one with "Want" in the title and another with "Wanna" in the title make them so alike? Do not get me wrong I love the Human League and of coarse I live the big Pman but the only ties between them is Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Sorry. Lead singers hair was not swept back on one side just watched the vid on Youtube.

eireboy34 said:

Point taken about want/wanna but still a bit of a coincidence don't ya think??

If you take the "want" issue alone I could agree with you but with all the other evidence being presented here, I really do think we have a case.

AsylumUtopia said:

eireboy34 said:

3. Hair. "Colorful people whose hair on one side is swept back"?? Ring a bell Paisley Parkers?? Yes! In the '80s Phil Oakey's hair "on one side was swept back". This look was later taken up by The Revolution.

There's a slight issue with this 'fact'. Phil's hair actually on one side was cut back, not swept.

But I guess that could've just been Prince trying to make his plagiarism less obvious, maybe he thought using swept rather than cut would dupe us into believing that this concept of dubious hair styling was his, and his alone.

Much like he says 'Celibate Mushroom Canopy' in Boom - clearly inspired by Lenny Henry's Celebrity Mushroom Canapé on Ready Steady Cook.

Lenny Henry is a big Prince fan. Coincidence? I think not.

Your analysis of the "cut" versus "swept" issue is spot on.

I'm not sure I get the Leny Henry/Human League connection, can you explain?

eireboy34 said:

I'm not sure I get the Leny Henry/Human League connection, can you explain?

Are you serious? - not just your question, your entire thread?

If you are then you can erase my previous post from your mind, because I thought we were just making shit up.

On the basis that you can't possibly be serious let's say Lenny is a big Human League fan too. That should be enough to concoct whatever theory is necessary to prove whatever it is you wish to be proven.

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AsylumUtopia said:

eireboy34 said:

I'm not sure I get the Leny Henry/Human League connection, can you explain?

Are you serious? - not just your question, your entire thread?

If you are then you can erase my previous post from your mind, because I thought we were just making shit up.

On the basis that you can't possibly be serious let's say Lenny is a big Human League fan too. That should be enough to concoct whatever theory is necessary to prove whatever it is you wish to be proven.

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Now I'm convinced......thanks for your argument

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i wouldn't put prince in human league um...league. they were much more successful than him.

not.

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BlackAdder7 said:

i wouldn't put prince in human league um...league. they were much more successful than him.

not.

[Edited 4/17/11 11:04am]

Interesting...you might be right

The Human League were and still are shit!...to compare Prince's musical output against The Human League in the past 30 years is laughable...

Joyinrepatition said:

The Human League were and still are shit!...to compare Prince's musical output against The Human League in the past 30 years is laughable...

Can you give solid evidence for this?

Nope!...can't be bothered to wiki their insignificance to the music industry, but i know what i know, you know...

Joyinrepatition said:

Nope!...can't be bothered to wiki their insignificance to the music industry, but i know what i know, you know...

?????????????????

no matter how much you bang on....there still shit!... listening to Prince.. ...i love it

Joyinrepatition said:

no matter how much you bang on....there still shit!... listening to Prince.. ...i love it

BlackAdder7 said:

i wouldn't put prince in human league um...league. they were much more successful than him.

not.

[Edited 4/17/11 11:04am]

This thread is out of my league.

This is the finest thread I have ever seen on this worthless bitch. An orger with a sense of humor? Badass.

steakfinger said:

This is the finest thread I have ever seen on this worthless bitch. An orger with a sense of humor? Badass.

Er, thanks for hijacking my thread...could we get back on to the debate on hair eswept/cuet back?

Thanks.