This is a post about the song Girl. The b-side...Its a bouncy and feels like spring love.

The shocking thing to me at the time it was released was how he asked the girl to marry him.

Yes, he once quandried about getting married in The Beautiful Ones but that didnt seem as earnest or genuine as when he speaks about it in this song.

It took me aback because at the time the whole of his music was about free loving and such..not married life.

This song is underrated as a b-side and Ive read about people disliking it before. Maybe its the rubberband groove bass in it, or the simplistic manner of the music. Its sparse and almost like When Doves Cry in the manner that its his voice to the fore.

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[Edited 3/27/13 10:51am]

Was just jamming this night before last. 12" version of course.

Another Prince Classic.

dannyd5050 said:

12" version of course.

no doubt

Graycap23 said:

Another Prince Classic.

yeah but it always gets overshadowed by Shes Always In My Hair

I see them on the same design label

rdhull said:

Graycap23 said:

Another Prince Classic.

yeah but it always gets overshadowed by Shes Always In My Hair

I see them on the same design label

Yea girl is so so to me She's always in my hair is alot easier on the ears.

riocoolnes said:

rdhull said:

yeah but it always gets overshadowed by Shes Always In My Hair

I see them on the same design label

Yea girl is so so to me She's always in my hair is alot easier on the ears.

See?

Proof positive right here

no doubt Shes Always In My Hair is great..and thats because its a straight ahead rock song with a great guitar melody and traditional guitar solo

folks were craving that after the underwhelming ATWIAD failed to have the same power that Purple rain did

but if you think about it, Girl in its understaed little self is actually more easy on the ears..Hair is blasting in your face while Girl is pleasant and warm....

Have you ever played it backwards?

dannyd5050 said:

Have you ever played it backwards?

No..Im afraid to mess up my current technics turntable band..I heard it has Wendy talking or singing Girl

rdhull said:

dannyd5050 said:

Have you ever played it backwards?

No..Im afraid to mess up my current technics turntable band..I heard it has Wendy talking or singing Girl

Yep! Except she's saying "Boy..."....If you have a digital copy you can run it through Audacity and reverse it. That's what I did.

I looooooove the extended version of Girl. I actually hadn't heard it 'til about five years ago, when I tracked it down and bought it.

I love the inflection on the "Marry me" line. It's like he's baring his soul and trying to laugh it off but he just gets so overcome that he blurts it out. But he says it in a way that makes you think he's actually thought about it before - and that he wants to catch her off-guard with it. So that if she says "no," he can just laugh it off again.

I love it when he does "vulnerable."

rdhull said:

dannyd5050 said:

Have you ever played it backwards?

No..Im afraid to mess up my current technics turntable band..I heard it has Wendy talking or singing Girl

U need 1 of these:

A treat for my ears.

I especially love the beginning.

There isn't enough space on your screen to display all the '' emoticons I'd put in appreciation of said track.

LOVE GIRL, the sound the flow, the lyrics, the touch of nastiness, LOVE all 3 Bsides of this album project

Girl (3:51)

rel October 2, 1985

Initial tracking took place in Spring-Summer 1982 at Prince's Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA, along with several other tracks that would re-appear over the next several years. Prince remixed the track slightly in 1985 at an unknown location

(Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA, is likely). -PrinceVault

Girl (Extended Version)7:35min

Girl, U excite me so
Ooh wee baby, your body's like no other
Girl, it's U I gotta know
Ooh wee baby, I bet U're quite a lover
Ooh girl, I wanna take U home
Ooh wee baby, U're dreaming I scream inside U
I want U in the worst way
U make me...

Girl

Girl, won't U kiss me?
Ooh wee baby, my lips they want U so
Girl, how can U resist me?
The smell of animal lust is all, all over me
Oh girl, if I could hold your hand
I'd make U touch my body until U understand
I'm your man all night, all day
I want U in the worst way
U make me...

Caress the flower
Warm, warm
Bring it 2 the garden
The garden?
Be poetic
Tell me what it feels like
A sea of electricity?
Now that's wonderful
Talk 2 U? Talk 2 U?
What do U wanna hear?
If I was anything else I'd be the water in your bath, darling
Mmm

Girl G

irl, U excite me so
Ooh wee baby, my flesh is on fire
Girl

Girl, the way U play with it
Ooh wee baby, I think U desire me

Girl
Make a wish, baby
Anything
We'll make it come true
Me and U
I want U in the worst way
U make me...

Ooh girl
Girl

U like the dreaming I scream...

Girl, your lips are so wet (Girl)
Feel my hands, they're all sweaty (Girl)
I don't know, I... I guess U frighten me
Cuz I've never wanted anyone like this before
2 feel this way it's like, I don't know, it's like a sin
Cuz sometimes I feel bad
Sometimes I want U so much I can...
God, all I have 2 do is think about U and I can have an orgasm
That sounds funny, doesn't it? Ha ha
Marry me
Yeah that's right, marry me

Girl, don't U ever get lonely sometimes? (Girl)
Gir... girl, don't U ever...
Don't U ever want someone...
Don't U ever want someone just 2...
Don't U ever want someone just 2 talk 2?
Well, U can talk 2 me, baby
I'm... I'm a good listener
U know what?
U know what else?
U know what else I am?
U know what else I am, I am?
I'm a good kisser 2
Come here
Closer
Come here, closer
Closer
Come here, come here
Your ass is so tight
Shhhh
Come here, come here
That's it, right there
Hush
Darlin' I... I'll never...
(Don't talk)

{Backwards message is Wendy repeating lyrics using "boy"}

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com....html#girl

dannyd5050 said:

rdhull said:

No..Im afraid to mess up my current technics turntable band..I heard it has Wendy talking or singing Girl

Yep! Except she's saying "Boy..."....If you have a digital copy you can run it through Audacity and reverse it. That's what I did.

I used to love turning those silly records backward whenever I heard some gobbledygook. Not just to see what they actually said, but because I loved the way reversed percussion sounded.

Genesia said:

I looooooove the extended version of Girl. I actually hadn't heard it 'til about five years ago, when I tracked it down and bought it.

I love the inflection on the "Marry me" line. It's like he's baring his soul and trying to laugh it off but he just gets so overcome that he blurts it out. But he says it in a way that makes you think he's actually thought about it before - and that he wants to catch her off-guard with it. So that if she says "no," he can just laugh it off again.

I love it when he does "vulnerable."

Yeah thats what I mean. he was speaking not singing about marriage. His nose was wide open here. He was hooked. He was whipped. From Darling Nikki to marry me

he says that you can tell all about him by his music and songs. Well it appears that he was telling us the deal

OF COURSE IT WAS A BSIDE AND NOT ON AN ALBUM..wha ta pussy lol

Graycap23 said:

rdhull said:

No..Im afraid to mess up my current technics turntable band..I heard it has Wendy talking or singing Girl

U need 1 of these:

That ;looks amazing..and expensive hahahaha

NouveauDance said:

There isn't enough space on your screen to display all the '' emoticons I'd put in appreciation of said track.

Its underrated

hell if yall liaten to that live Charade song by D'angecopylo, you can hear traces of this vibe and high synth

rdhull said:

Graycap23 said:

U need 1 of these:

That ;looks amazing..and expensive hahahaha

But very nice..............I have the 3500.

EddieC said:

dannyd5050 said:

Yep! Except she's saying "Boy..."....If you have a digital copy you can run it through Audacity and reverse it. That's what I did.

I used to love turning those silly records backward whenever I heard some gobbledygook. Not just to see what they actually said, but because I loved the way reversed percussion sounded.

Folks don't realize the importance to being accepted as a rocker that backwards masking was to him and his career.

Just as much or moreso than Dirty Mind project.

rdhull said:

Genesia said:

I looooooove the extended version of Girl. I actually hadn't heard it 'til about five years ago, when I tracked it down and bought it.

I love the inflection on the "Marry me" line. It's like he's baring his soul and trying to laugh it off but he just gets so overcome that he blurts it out. But he says it in a way that makes you think he's actually thought about it before - and that he wants to catch her off-guard with it. So that if she says "no," he can just laugh it off again.

I love it when he does "vulnerable."

Yeah thats what I mean. he was speaking not singing about marriage. His nose was wide open here. He was hooked. He was whipped. From Darling Nikki to marry me

he says that you can tell all about him by his music and songs. Well it appears that he was telling us the deal

OF COURSE IT WAS A BSIDE AND NOT ON AN ALBUM..wha ta pussy lol

I still think that was his "happiest" period, musically. You know...like Picasso had his Blue Period after the suicide of a close friend, Prince had his Yellow Period (every day is a yellow day) with Susannah. Girl...Screams of Passion...Splash...Adore...Alexa de Paris. It was all sunshine and warm breezes during that time.

I was shocked with the line "your ass is so tight" !!!!

Genesia said:

rdhull said:

Yeah thats what I mean. he was speaking not singing about marriage. His nose was wide open here. He was hooked. He was whipped. From Darling Nikki to marry me

he says that you can tell all about him by his music and songs. Well it appears that he was telling us the deal

OF COURSE IT WAS A BSIDE AND NOT ON AN ALBUM..wha ta pussy lol

I still think that was his "happiest" period, musically. You know...like Picasso had his Blue Period after the suicide of a close friend, Prince had his Yellow Period (every day is a yellow day) with Susannah. Girl...Screams of Passion...Splash...Adore...Alexa de Paris. It was all sunshine and warm breezes during that time.

yeah..agreed wholeheartedly and the Picasso analogy is apt. This time meant so much to him that it caused him to write Wally when it all went away.

And it seems like the subsequbnet dallinaces did not have the same effect on the music as i did here at this time.

There is a reason Sheila E's Family Jam included the main players from 85-86 years.

Granted I mised the angry 1999 years, but Im about to give it up to Susannah and them for creating an era where anything is possible. I am selfish having wanted the one man mastabutory 1999 type of music. But I was young then and now realize the power of Large Room No Light compard to Lady Cab Driver (high Vainandy lol).

rdhull said:

Genesia said:

I looooooove the extended version of Girl. I actually hadn't heard it 'til about five years ago, when I tracked it down and bought it.

I love the inflection on the "Marry me" line. It's like he's baring his soul and trying to laugh it off but he just gets so overcome that he blurts it out. But he says it in a way that makes you think he's actually thought about it before - and that he wants to catch her off-guard with it. So that if she says "no," he can just laugh it off again.

I love it when he does "vulnerable."

Yeah thats what I mean. he was speaking not singing about marriage. His nose was wide open here. He was hooked. He was whipped. From Darling Nikki to marry me

he says that you can tell all about him by his music and songs. Well it appears that he was telling us the deal

OF COURSE IT WAS A BSIDE AND NOT ON AN ALBUM..wha ta pussy lol

I always think if All My Dreams lyrics when I hear/read the lyrics to Girl

A submarine valiantly conquers a virgin sea
A child is born, a child is born, will U marry me?

Marry me 2day and 2night we'll make love until the world stops turning
(I'm dreaming of a world)
(Wherein there shines the sun)
(Wherein there lay the stars)
(Wherein there lie the stones)
Gentle, but quickly

OldFriends4Sale said:

rdhull said:

Yeah thats what I mean. he was speaking not singing about marriage. His nose was wide open here. He was hooked. He was whipped. From Darling Nikki to marry me

he says that you can tell all about him by his music and songs. Well it appears that he was telling us the deal

OF COURSE IT WAS A BSIDE AND NOT ON AN ALBUM..wha ta pussy lol

I always think if All My Dreams lyrics when I hear/read the lyrics to Girl

A submarine valiantly conquers a virgin sea
A child is born, a child is born, will U marry me?

Marry me 2day and 2night we'll make love until the world stops turning
(I'm dreaming of a world)
(Wherein there shines the sun)
(Wherein there lay the stars)
(Wherein there lie the stones)
Gentle, but quickly

I see where you are coming from but A.M.D. seems like a Busby Berekely type of univeral theme and performance

Girl seems intimate and one on one. Like WDC.

rdhull said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I always think if All My Dreams lyrics when I hear/read the lyrics to Girl

A submarine valiantly conquers a virgin sea
A child is born, a child is born, will U marry me?

Marry me 2day and 2night we'll make love until the world stops turning
(I'm dreaming of a world)
(Wherein there shines the sun)
(Wherein there lay the stars)
(Wherein there lie the stones)
Gentle, but quickly

I see where you are coming from but A.M.D. seems like a Busby Berekely type of univeral theme and performance

Girl seems intimate and one on one. Like WDC.

All My Dreams has a total "20s/30s crooner singin' into a megaphone" vibe.

errant said:

Alright, but not really one I consider to be in the pantheon from that era.

See..underrated

I think it should be noted for it being one of the first personal themes of them all..that was not part of a specific project.