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Reply #30 posted 08/26/11 4:34am

OldFriends4Sal
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ThrillUorKillU said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Yes, Apollonia has serious curves, but Vanity is more toned. Vanity is a serious feline women. Her overall form is perfect to me, Apollonia might have 'more hip' doesn't mean she has a better body

Nah, Vanity is not THAT curvy. Apples has more hips as you said that makes her more curvy. Reminds me of that show "Real Women Have Curves".. lol It's all good though, we all have our opinion. Ha!

Sorry I meant to say Apollonia has some serious curves.

But like i said, Vanity is toned. She looks in shape and she looks long too, with better legs. I'm a leg man

lol ok enough, this is turning into a Vanity vs Apollonia thread

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Reply #31 posted 08/26/11 4:57am

mimi02

OldFriends4Sale said:

ThrillUorKillU said:

Nah, Vanity is not THAT curvy. Apples has more hips as you said that makes her more curvy. Reminds me of that show "Real Women Have Curves".. lol It's all good though, we all have our opinion. Ha!

Sorry I meant to say Apollonia has some serious curves.

But like i said, Vanity is toned. She looks in shape and she looks long too, with better legs. I'm a leg man

lol ok enough, this is turning into a Vanity vs Apollonia thread

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I'm just glad that no one on here has tried to argue that Apollonia looks like Vanity. The more y'all point out the difference...the better.

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Reply #32 posted 08/26/11 5:10am

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falloff This is one of the funnier threads I've seen in a while....Congrats. lol

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Reply #33 posted 08/26/11 5:14am

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Reply #34 posted 08/26/11 5:47pm

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Reply #35 posted 08/26/11 5:59pm

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Vanity all the way.

And Brenda always looked like a really hooker.

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Reply #36 posted 08/26/11 8:09pm

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Released January 25, 1985
Lisa Coleman sing underneath Apollonia's voice when Prince recognized her 'weak' vocal skills
Recorded Sunset Sound, January 24, 1984


Take Me With U

I can't disguise the pounding of my heart
It beats so strong
It's in your eyes, what can I say
They turn me on

CHORUS:
I don't care where we go
I don't care what we do
I don't care pretty baby
Just take me with U

Come on and touch the place in me
That's calling out your name
We want each other oh so much
Why must we play this game?

Don't care where we go
I don't care what we do
I don't care pretty baby
Just take me with U

I don't care if we spend the night at your mansion
I don't care if we spend the night on the town
All I want is 2 spend the night 2gether
All I want is 2 spend the night in your arms

2 be around U is so-oh right
U're sheer perfection (Thank U)
Drive me crazy, drive me all night
Just don't break up the connection

CHORUS {x2}

Just take me with U
Won't U take me with U?
Honey, take me with U


© 1984 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Quick question...on the LP's lyric sheet, didn't the line I bolded above say "outrageous" instead of "out your"? I don't have the record in front of me to check. I remember when this came out, I was initially confused as to which he was saying, but it was easier to tell he was saying "callin' out your name", so that what I always stuck with.

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Reply #37 posted 08/26/11 8:11pm

alexnvrmnd777

OldFriends4Sale said:

ThrillUorKillU said:

Im not a big boob person either lol..Im just sayin she had more than Vanity. And you dont like Curves on your women bro?..WOW! I dont want a skinny stick.. lol

Yes, Vanity has serious curves, but Vanity is more toned. Vanity is a serious feline women. Her overall form is perfect to me, Apollonia might have 'more hip' doesn't mean she has a better body

To me, Apples had the better body, HANDS DOWN!!! Better titties and everything. But, I would want Vanity's attitude with Apollonia's body. Now, THAT would be the perfect match!!

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Reply #38 posted 08/28/11 6:00pm

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...Apollonia snaps out of it. Jill is
tugging at her arm, a puzzled look on
her face--

JILL
Here, fill this out -- I'll
have him call you.

Apollonia
I don't have a phone. When
will he be back?

JILL
Well...you can try tomorrow.

Apollonia
You can count on it.



Apollonia hands the card back to her --
Jill reads the name, address -- looks up
puzzled--

JILL
Apollonia??









BACKSTAGE
as Morris and The Time pass Prince on
their way to the stage--

MORRIS
Why don't you stay awhile, see
how it's done.

The Band Members bust up -- but Prince
ignores them, then--

MC
Ladies and gentlemen -- please
welcome The Time.

Joseph E. Ferraro ... First Avenue M.C.
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Reply #39 posted 09/07/11 10:31am

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SquirrelMeat said:

Vanity all the way.

And Brenda always looked like a really hooker.

lol they really did convey what Prince wanted 3 types of Male fantasies

Brenda was that biker dive bar hooker, Vanity was more of a dominitrix type(but Apollonia came across as a house wife that wanted to cut loose) and Susan was the submissive barely legal are U 18 yet? virginal fantasy

Apollonia failed 2 have command of that set

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Reply #40 posted 09/08/11 5:44am

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Blue Limousine

7:30 - he said that he'd be here by 6
It's lookin' dirty, I guess he's up 2 his old tricks
He likes 'em pretty, he likes 'em in their lingerie
It's such a pity, I bought a camisole 2 day ... boo hoo, boo hoo

7:30 and there's still no sign of my baby's blue limousine

7:31 - I planned 4 him 2 spend the night
We could've had some fun, pretty men, they never treat U right
They talk so dirty, they get U all worked up inside
It's your car, but everybody else always gets 2 drive

7:31 and there's still no sign of my baby's blue limousine

He's got a white one, he's got a yellow one
He's got a black one with a body obscene
Still no sign of my baby's blue limousine {x2}

7:32 - where can my baby be?
I must be a fool 2 let somebody do this 2 me
I can't stop him, wherever he parks his car is alright
But he'll be parkin' with a dent in the side if he stands me up 2 night

7:32 and there's still no U, my baby blue limousine
Baby blue limousine {x4}

He's got a white one, he's got a yellow one
He's got a black one with a body obscene
Still no sign of my baby's blue limousine

He treats U special like U're the only one
Then your girlfriend tells U that he's havin' big fun
Still no sign of my baby's blue limousine

He's so pretty, he's so nice
He'll make U feel like U're in a paradise
Still no sign of my baby's blue limousine {x2}

He like 'em pretty, he like big titties
He likes 'em in their lingerie
Still no sign of my baby's blue limousine

He's all black, he's all white
Everybody's gotta jam 2 night
Limousine {x2}
Still no sign of my baby's blue limousine {x2}

© 1984 Girlsongs Music - ASCAP

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Reply #41 posted 09/08/11 5:53am

SoulAlive

alexnvrmnd777 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Yes, Vanity has serious curves, but Vanity is more toned. Vanity is a serious feline women. Her overall form is perfect to me, Apollonia might have 'more hip' doesn't mean she has a better body

To me, Apples had the better body, HANDS DOWN!!! Better titties and everything. But, I would want Vanity's attitude with Apollonia's body. Now, THAT would be the perfect match!!

I think Vanity was prettier but the only problem was....she was flat-chested.The Lake Minnetonka scene might have been awkward with Vanity lol

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Reply #42 posted 09/08/11 3:41pm

Adisa

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That casting couch is a muthafucka, boy, I'm tellin' ya! lol

I'm sick and tired of the Prince fans being sick and tired of the Prince fans that are sick and tired!
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Reply #43 posted 09/08/11 4:36pm

Gohi

Not sure how anyone could say that Apollonia doesn't have a better body than Vanity.

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Reply #44 posted 09/09/11 5:42am

OldFriends4Sal
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Prince obviously did so ...

Let's please move beyond the Vanity vs Apollonia drama

this thread is about the PR era and Prince with the protege's the Time & Apollonia 6 not who has the bigger breasts

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Reply #45 posted 09/09/11 5:57am

JoeTyler

that blonde chick was not sexy at all... disbelief

tinkerbell
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Reply #46 posted 09/09/11 6:09am

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JoeTyler said:

that blonde chick was not sexy at all... disbelief

Her husband abviously thought she was...

But outside of the surface, I wish Prince would have done

more with Brenda. She had the edge and voice for a cool protege

Apollonia just couldn't carry it as a group. She did good in the movie but couldn't

follow Vanity's frontmanship

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Reply #47 posted 09/09/11 6:18am

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Apollonia 6 attending 1985 Oscars

Vanity hanging with Brenda & Apollonia at the Oscars

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Reply #48 posted 09/09/11 6:22am

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On 26th and 27th March 1983, during the 2nd leg of [Prince]'s "1999"-Tour, [Prince] spends two days at Hollywood Sunset Sound to work with [Morris Day] and [Jesse Johnson] on tracks for THE TIME's third album. This was the first time, that some members of band were involved in the production process. They cut Jungle love, My summertime thang and an impromptu jam entitled Cloreen bacon skin, which was only released by [Prince] on his 1998 [Crystal Ball] album. My summertime thang finally didn't make it on this release, but a re-recorded version surfaced on THE TIME's 1990 reunion album [Pandemonium].

On 4th October 1983, the new THE TIME line-up premiered live at First Avenue in Minneapolis. [Jerome Benton] introduced the show, enlisting the help of several bikini-clad models. He also did a soul-preacher routine, begging the audience for donations and passing a plate through the audience for their contributions to a charity fund. THE TIME played an 8-song set that includes two at this time previously unknown tracks - Jungle love and The bird.

"All jams by Morris Day, except 'Jungle love' written by Morris Day & Jesse Johnson" listed the songwriting credits on the album cover. However, Ice cream castles, Jungle love and The bird were registered as a collaboration by [Prince] (as Jamie Starr) with [Morris Day]. All other songs registered solely to [Prince] (as Jamie Starr). [Jesse Johnson] stated in an later interview, that he wrotes Jungle love and that he was removed from the credits when he decided to left THE TIME in June 1984. His claim is substantiated, because in May 1984, when the songs initially were registered to ASCAP, [Jesse Johnson] was listed together with [Prince] (as Jamie Starr) and [Morris Day] as co-writer of Jungle love and The bird, but his name was omitted in July 1984 by changing the songwriting credits on both songs.

JUNGLE LOVE

I - I've been watching U
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Said I, I'm a little dangerous
Girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

My jungle love, yeah
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Jungle love
Girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

U - U've got a pretty car
I think I wanna drive it (drive it)
I ain't playin', said I drive a little dangerous
Take U 2 my crib, rip U off ... huh! (Jungle love)

Look out, oh!
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Oh, jungle love, yeah
Girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

Come on baby, where's your guts?
U wanna make love or what?

I wanna take U 2 my cage
Lock U up and hide the key
U on..only get water, baby
Cuz if U're hungry, take a bite of me

Oh, jungle love, yes
Think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Hey, jungle love, mmm
Girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, jungle love, oh!
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Jungle love
Girl, I... I think I wanna, I think I wanna file my nails (Show ya)

Hey Jesse
N..now Jerome, yes!
Check it out!

Jungle love, yeah
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Oh, jungle love, yes
Mmm, girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

Oh, my jungle love, well
Mmm, I think I wanna, I think I wanna (know ya)
Jellybean, uh!
Yeah!

Jesse, gimme one of them sexy solos right here
Break it down, uh!
Yes! Huh
Whoa, eh, hah!
Get..get outta the way
Move over
Yeah

Oh, jungle love, that's right
Can't nobody fuck with me, uh
I got a bearskin rug
I got a fireplace 2
And I'm all the way wild, baby
Oh, the things I could do 2 U

Hey!
Jungle love {x3)
Yes, yes!

Ha ha!
Aah, that's it, that's it
Hold on
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Shit! Ha ha!

© 1984 Tionna Music - ASCAP

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Reply #49 posted 09/09/11 9:31am

alexnvrmnd777

OldFriends4Sale said:

Prince obviously did so ...

Let's please move beyond the Vanity vs Apollonia drama

this thread is about the PR era and Prince with the protege's the Time & Apollonia 6 not who has the bigger breasts

Is OF4S gonna have to choke a bitch??! Let's not make my main man, OF4S, mad y'all! He works too hard on these threads for it to turn into a titty show (though now that I say it, that doesn't sound too bad lol ) Sorry about the jackin', OF4S!

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Reply #50 posted 09/09/11 9:45am

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OldFriends4Sale said:

On 26th and 27th March 1983, during the 2nd leg of [Prince]'s "1999"-Tour, [Prince] spends two days at Hollywood Sunset Sound to work with [Morris Day] and [Jesse Johnson] on tracks for THE TIME's third album. This was the first time, that some members of band were involved in the production process. They cut Jungle love, My summertime thang and an impromptu jam entitled Cloreen bacon skin, which was only released by [Prince] on his 1998 [Crystal Ball] album. My summertime thang finally didn't make it on this release, but a re-recorded version surfaced on THE TIME's 1990 reunion album [Pandemonium].

On 4th October 1983, the new THE TIME line-up premiered live at First Avenue in Minneapolis. [Jerome Benton] introduced the show, enlisting the help of several bikini-clad models. He also did a soul-preacher routine, begging the audience for donations and passing a plate through the audience for their contributions to a charity fund. THE TIME played an 8-song set that includes two at this time previously unknown tracks - Jungle love and The bird.

"All jams by Morris Day, except 'Jungle love' written by Morris Day & Jesse Johnson" listed the songwriting credits on the album cover. However, Ice cream castles, Jungle love and The bird were registered as a collaboration by [Prince] (as Jamie Starr) with [Morris Day]. All other songs registered solely to [Prince] (as Jamie Starr). [Jesse Johnson] stated in an later interview, that he wrotes Jungle love and that he was removed from the credits when he decided to left THE TIME in June 1984. His claim is substantiated, because in May 1984, when the songs initially were registered to ASCAP, [Jesse Johnson] was listed together with [Prince] (as Jamie Starr) and [Morris Day] as co-writer of Jungle love and The bird, but his name was omitted in July 1984 by changing the songwriting credits on both songs.

JUNGLE LOVE

I - I've been watching U
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Said I, I'm a little dangerous
Girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

My jungle love, yeah
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Jungle love
Girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

U - U've got a pretty car
I think I wanna drive it (drive it)
I ain't playin', said I drive a little dangerous
Take U 2 my crib, rip U off ... huh! (Jungle love)

Look out, oh!
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Oh, jungle love, yeah
Girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

Come on baby, where's your guts?
U wanna make love or what?

I wanna take U 2 my cage
Lock U up and hide the key
U on..only get water, baby
Cuz if U're hungry, take a bite of me

Oh, jungle love, yes
Think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Hey, jungle love, mmm
Girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, jungle love, oh!
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Jungle love
Girl, I... I think I wanna, I think I wanna file my nails (Show ya)

Hey Jesse
N..now Jerome, yes!
Check it out!

Jungle love, yeah
I think I wanna know ya (know ya)
Oh, jungle love, yes
Mmm, girl, I'd love 2 show ya (show ya)

Oh, my jungle love, well
Mmm, I think I wanna, I think I wanna (know ya)
Jellybean, uh!
Yeah!

Jesse, gimme one of them sexy solos right here
Break it down, uh!
Yes! Huh
Whoa, eh, hah!
Get..get outta the way
Move over
Yeah

Oh, jungle love, that's right
Can't nobody fuck with me, uh
I got a bearskin rug
I got a fireplace 2
And I'm all the way wild, baby
Oh, the things I could do 2 U

Hey!
Jungle love {x3)
Yes, yes!

Ha ha!
Aah, that's it, that's it
Hold on
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Shit! Ha ha!

© 1984 Tionna Music - ASCAP

Is the movie version of Jungle Love circulating?

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Reply #51 posted 09/10/11 7:05am

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Vanity hanging with Brenda & Apollonia at the Oscars

Yum this looks like a still from a video clip!

Yes, at 19, I finally saw the Revolution, a legendary band. And I talked to Wendy!!! biggrin In addition to seeing Prince, I have now lived life. Thank you Purple People!!
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Reply #52 posted 09/10/11 8:43pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

Love this thread...Brings back so many memories...

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #53 posted 09/12/11 2:17pm

sferdin

I had the pleasure of meeting Apollonia a few months agoApollonia and I

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Reply #54 posted 09/12/11 2:29pm

DaveG

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lol ok enough, this is turning into a Vanity vs Apollonia thread

In that case... Vanity, every day.

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Reply #55 posted 09/13/11 5:42am

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sferdin said:

I had the pleasure of meeting Apollonia a few months ago

Apollonia and I

NICE, for a second I thought it was a pic from 1984. she still looks good

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Reply #56 posted 09/13/11 7:18am

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Capitalizing from the departure of Denise Matthew‘s Vanity 6 group just before filming of Purple Rain, the transition to Apollonia 6 was made and Blue Limousine was recorded by Prince as a replacement for Take Me With U as part of the debut album produced by The Starr Co.

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Reply #57 posted 09/13/11 7:23am

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Following the 1999 tour, Prince had started recording songs, including "Promise To Be True," "Vibrator," and "Sex Shooter," for an intended second Vanity 6 album. There were also numerous songs left over from sessions for their first album to choose from, including "I Need A Man," "Jealous Girl," "Moral Majority," "Pizza," and "Too Much." Prince had also recorded "No Call U" (known as "U Call Me" amongst fans) and "Extra Lovable" with Vanity singing lead. However, after participating in acting and singing sessions in preparation for Purple Rain, Vanity suddenly quit and left Prince's camp.

Although her romantic falling-out with Prince has often been attributed as the main reason for her sudden departure, more important was the fact that she was asking for more money than the producers were willing to pay her. She was fielding other offers, including a role in Martin Scorsese's planned The Last Temptation Of Christ, and she felt her role in Purple Rain was worth more than the producers seemed to think it was. "The movie was Prince's dream. He was bringing in everybody for very little money. You've got to pay people. You've got to be fair," said Vanity. "They wouldn't pay me enough money to go through with the crap I would have to go through. I don't do things like this free of charge. I didn't want to be stuck in the snow at 6 in the morning in some camper with no place to change clothes. Who needs that?"

Vanity 6 becomes Apollonia 6

The film was too far along in development to be substantially re-written. The problem was finding a substitute to fill the void left by Vanity's departure. After auditioning some 700 women in New York and Los Angeles, a 22-year-old model named Patricia Kotero was chosen for the female lead role. (---) She got the part and Prince suggested the name Apollonia, after a character in The Godfather. And so, Apollonia 6 rose from the ashes of the defunct Vanity 6.

"Sex Shooter" was the starting point of the Apollonia 6 album. Having previously cut the song with Vanity on lead vocals, Prince re-recorded the song with Apollonia in his home studio on a day off from filming Purple Rain. Work on the album continued after shooting in Minneapolis had been completed. Prince re-located to Los Angeles for recording sessions at Sunset Sound and to shoot some complimentary footage for the film.

Some of the first songs Prince recorded for the album in late December 1983 and early 1984 included "The Glamorous Life," "In A Spanish Villa," "Next Time Wipe The Lipstick Off Your Collar," "Oliver's House," and a song called "Blue Love." He also revamped the Vanity 6 outtake "Moral Majority" and recorded "17 Days" for possible use by Apollonia 6, to be sung by Brenda, the group's smoker (hence the lyric, "All I've got is two cigarettes and this broken heart of mine"). Work on their album continued throughout January and February 1984 alongside sessions for The Time's Ice Cream Castle and other recordings.

The first configuration of the album had the following track listing: "Take Me With U" / "Sex Shooter" / "Manic Monday" / "A Million Miles (I Love You)" / "Ooo She She Wa Wa" / "Some Kind Of Lover" / "In A Spanish Villa." By this time, in late February 1984, Prince had decided to withhold some of the songs he had initially intended for the group, instead planning them for an album with Sheila E. He also decided to keep "17 Days" for a single B-side ("When Doves Cry"). "The Glamorous Life" was written by Prince about Apollonia. "He used to make all these stupid jokes, 'You're the kind of chick who would wear a mink coat in the summertime.' To this day I don't have my own mink coat! When Sheila came into the scene, Prince took away the song from us and gave it to her. At that point it was like, 'Man, this is just not fair.' Since I was a newcomer, I kinda bit my tongue, but Susan and Brenda really let him have it."

Prince's duet with Apollonia, "Take Me With U," was planned as the album's lead-off single, and with "Manic Monday" and "Sex Shooter" as two other strong pop tunes and potential hits, the album was shaping up to become one of Prince's most commercial, pop-oriented side projects thus far. A month later, however, Prince changed his mind and reclaimed "Take Me With U" to use it on his Purple Rain album instead. It was the last track added to Purple Rain, and "Computer Blue," which had already been shortened a number of times, had to be edited one last time to accommodate for the song. Towards the end of the Sunset Sound sessions, Prince recorded "Blue Limousine" for Apollonia 6 as a replacement for "Take Me With U."

Back in Minneapolis after this nearly four-month long stay in Los Angeles, Prince cut "Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian" at the Eden Prairie (Flying Cloud Drive) warehouse he was using for rehearsals and recording sessions up until the Purple Rain tour. "Manic Monday" was still included on a Warner Bros. pre-release cassette tape of the Apollonia 6 album, but Prince pulled the song at last minute, replacing it with "Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian." He later gave "Manic Monday" to The Bangles, who scored a huge international hit with their own version of the song in 1986.


Lacking conviction

After Sheila E.'s The Glamorous Life and The Time's Ice Cream Castle, Apollonia 6 became the third Starr Company production in 1984 when it was released on October 1st. Though Prince's name doesn't appear anywhere on the record, it was clearly another sample of his undercover work, as he wrote, played and produced most of it. The songs on the album are attributed to Sheila E., members of Apollonia 6, and The Revolution. In reality, Prince was responsible for all of the songs, but he gave Lisa Coleman a co-writing credit on "A Million Miles (I Love You)," while Brenda Bennett received a co-credit on "Some Kind Of Lover."
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Apollonia 6 fade away

In view of how many first-rate songs Prince decided not to use on the Apollonia 6 album, including "Take Me With U," "Manic Monday," "The Glamorous Life," and "17 Days," it is obvious that Prince lost interest in the project somewhere along the line, instead turning his attention to Sheila E. and his next side project, The Family. Vanity was clearly a crucial inspiring force behind Prince's concept of a raunchy, sexy girl trio. For Apollonia, it was much more a case of playing a role, and she made it quite clear that her career goals did not necessarily include a future as one part of Apollonia 6. She never committed herself to anything beyond the Purple Rain film and an album with Apollonia 6. Consequently, the project lacked conviction and it is fairly evident that Prince's heart was not in the project.

There was talk of making videos for all the tracks on the album, and Apollonia claimed at the time, "Warners requested - no demanded - that we make a video for every song on the album." Apart from a video for "Sex Shooter," which was released as a single (also available in an extended version on maxi-single), nothing happened to the grandiose plans. With no second single, the project slowly faded away, perhaps not missed by too many.


With hindsight, Apollonia said in 1989, "Purple Rain was a success and Apollonia was a device for that concept, but there's no way that any woman could attain respectability travelling around the world in her undergarments."

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Reply #59 posted 09/13/11 5:42pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

OldFriends4Sale said:

Morris always look like, he did not want to be in or do this video to me...

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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