Takin a ball walk, takin a ball walk!

Who likes this ditty from the mostly meaningless New Power Generation maxi single from 1990? Obviously Prince wanted to update the song, redoing it for Diamonds and Squirrels. I certainly think that the original is a fun song with a jammin flow and beat. It's not much, but it does make your foot tap.

moderated yea for this brotha.

Takin' a ball walk?!?!

I think you mean "takin' her for a walk."

Anyway, I absolutely love this song. This and Loveleft, Loveright are two of my favorite b-side jams.

i think the only thing the two songs share is an almost identical name.

or are there elements in the composition that are the same? if so, the

similarities have never jumped out at me.

as far as yay or nay goes, this one is a big fat yay for me.

love the song. love, love, love it.

IstenSzek said:

i think the only thing the two songs share is an almost identical name.

or are there elements in the composition that are the same? if so, the

similarities have never jumped out at me.

as far as yay or nay goes, this one is a big fat yay for me.

love the song. love, love, love it.

The 7 note motif played on flute in 'Get Off' was played, I think on guitar, on some mixes of 'Gett Off'.

Side 2 of that 12" is so good it makes up for how bad side 1 is... in my not-so-humble opinon!

It's very simple, a little bit too simple.

But I loved it when I bought it.

Lovitt!!! Absolutely Lovitt!!! YEA!!!

GettOff- the song that got me hooked on Prince.
Purple Pump & Violet The Organ Grinder = OH YEAH!

2freaky4church1 said:

Takin a ball walk, takin a ball walk!

Who likes this ditty from the mostly meaningless New Power Generation maxi single from 1990? Obviously Prince wanted to update the song, redoing it for Diamonds and Squirrels. I certainly think that the original is a fun song with a jammin flow and beat. It's not much, but it does make your foot tap.

moderated yea for this brotha.

the Flutestramental and organ grinder are my favorite mixes. the original is still a jam tho.

I think the thread is about the early version of Get Off

This...

Not this...

I pretty much loathe all of those nineties remix b-sides. For the most part they sound horribly dated and trendy. Such a wasted opportunity. Instead of giving us crappy remixes done by outside producers he could have included all new b-sides as he did in the eighties.

How many actual new b-sides did we get in the nineties? Was "Rock and Roll is Alive! (and it Lives in Minneapolis)" the only one?

rialb said:

How many actual new b-sides did we get in the nineties? Was "Rock and Roll is Alive! (and it Lives in Minneapolis)" the only one?

Pretty much yes, I suppose the singles that had album tracks as b-sides don't really count. The rest were all remixes, or variations of the title track.

In the nineties, unique non-album songs:

Horny Pony

Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)

'Call The Law' later appeared on 'Gold Nigga' and there were the sample-based recordings, '2 Whom It May Concern' and 'On Sale Now!' The rest were versions (remixes, edits, versions etc) of songs feautured on existing albums, or previously-released B-sides.

langebleu said:

In the nineties, unique non-album songs:

Horny Pony

Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)

'Call The Law' later appeared on 'Gold Nigga' and there were the sample-based recordings, '2 Whom It May Concern' and 'On Sale Now!' The rest were versions (remixes, edits, versions etc) of songs feautured on existing albums, or previously-released B-sides.

Ah, I forgot about "Horny Pony." Well spotted.

[Edited 3/26/12 15:24pm]

langebleu said:

Horny Pony

'Call The Law'

Thanks for the reminder.

I think both Get off (not to be confused with Gett Off) and Love Left Love right and funky as hell.

kenkamken said:

On the positive tip, I'm equipped with a whip But I don't have to spank u 'cuz this is my shit! Get off, get off, get off baby I like the riff. I didn't especially like this when I first heard it, but it's somehow grown more impressive in the intervening years

"... this is my ship"

Yay!

and special mention to Loveleft Loveright also

langebleu said:

In the nineties, unique non-album songs:

Horny Pony

Rock 'N' Roll Is Alive! (And It Lives In Minneapolis)

'Call The Law'

the sample-based recordings, '2 Whom It May Concern' and 'On Sale Now!'

The rest were versions (remixes, edits, versions etc)

of songs feautured on existing albums, or previously-released B-sides.

sad

kenkamken said:

I think the thread is about the early version of Get Off

This...

Not this...

Nay.

I think it's one of the worst pieces of music that he has ever released, although I find some parts of it quite funny.

It's not an early version of "Gett Off". They're two different tracks. The unreleased track called "Glam Slam '91" contains some of the verses of "Gett Off" though.

I love Gett Off-its my workout jam

kenkamken said:

I think the thread is about the early version of Get Off

This...

Not this...

I think the basic track for those mixes was also used on '(Come Outside And) Play', My Tree, Positive Place and probably others (?) Good beat but well over used IMHO!

"Yo Prince slow it doooown!"

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kenkamken said:

^that makes more sense, thanx. I thought he was saying "I am quick with a whip" for the longest time.

Prince still might be quick with a whip

Gett Off one of my all time favs (the original)

Not my favourite. Its okay and has some funky parts, but those typical late 80s synth-guitar chord hits make it sound very dated.