Happy Tears

Happy Tears

Besides 'She Gave Her Angels' are there any songs that was known to be on the album? It's one of my favourite Prince songs ever and I'm really curious as to what the rest of the album would have sounded like.

Hundalasiliah!

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Reply #1 posted 10/16/13 9:41am

SuperSoulFight er	What album?
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Reply #2 posted 10/16/13 9:47am

Happy Tears. It was supposed to be an album of children's songs I believe and the song 'She Gave Her Angels' which I think is really beautiful was supposed to be on it. Then, I think it was cancelled when his kid died.

Hundalasiliah!

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Reply #3 posted 10/16/13 9:48am

There was supposed to be 8 songs on the album and it was to be released with a children's storybook.

Hundalasiliah!

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Reply #4 posted 10/16/13 10:17am

SuperSoulFight er	Uh, okay, now that you mention it, I remember Prince wanting to do a children's album at the birth of his child but I don't know if he ever made a whole album. I agree that She Gave Her Angels is a beautiful piece of music.
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Reply #5 posted 10/16/13 10:23am

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Fuck the funk - it's time to ditch the worn-out Vegas horns fills, pick up the geee-tar and finally ROCK THE MUTHA-FUCKER!! He hinted at this on Chaos, now it's time to step up and fully DELIVER!!
woot!

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Reply #6 posted 10/16/13 1:44pm

Javi	"Don't Talk 2 Strangers" and "Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do" are two beautiful songs that I interpret as "children songs", both of us are like messages from a father or a mother to a son. I love these songs, they show Prince's most sensitive side.
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Reply #7 posted 10/16/13 2:39pm

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I always thought She Gave Her Angels was supposed to be on Emancipation

She Believed in Fairytales and Princes, He Believed the voices coming from his stereo

If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me?

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Reply #8 posted 10/17/13 9:51am

Javi said:

"Don't Talk 2 Strangers" and "Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do" are two beautiful songs that I interpret as "children songs", both of us are like messages from a father or a mother to a son. I love these songs, they show Prince's most sensitive side.

Yeah, they're both beautiful songs. Don't Talk 2 Strangers was originally meant for a different movie to the one it appeared on, but I suppose it could have been considered for the album. Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do wouldn't have been recorded yet but it is a beautiful song none the less, my favourite from Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic.

Hundalasiliah!

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Reply #9 posted 10/17/13 9:54am

bigd74 said:

I always thought She Gave Her Angels was supposed to be on Emancipation

Apparently it was kept from Emancipation to be included on the Happy Tears album.

Hundalasiliah!

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Reply #10 posted 10/20/13 3:06pm

IstenSzek

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"be my mirror" (originally recorded for/during

the "i'll do anything" sessions) is the only other

song i can recall ever being mentioned in relation

to that project.

and true love lives on lollipops and crisps

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Reply #11 posted 10/22/13 10:29am

erik319

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I always presumed Starfish & Coffee (the remade version) was also for this project, as both were showcased on the child-friendly Muppets Tonight.

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Reply #12 posted 10/22/13 11:16am

Prince and Mayte: Happy Tears

With the pregnancy of Prince's then-wife Mayte Garcia, Prince was inspired to make and announce a children's music album called Happy Tears, credited to Prince and Mayte. The album was supposed to have been released on November/1996. The album was going to include a book of children's stories with it, also credited to Prince and Mayte. To promote the album, Prince guest-starred on the show Muppets Tonight, and performed the only song confirmed that would have been included on the album, "She Gave Her Angels", which remained unreleased until inclusion on the "Crystal Ball" set. The album was likely cancelled due to Prince's son's death one week after birth.

“And now I’d like 2 turn your heart
2 a tale of sheer delight
A song of adulation, love and fear
No one loved him better
No one better sacrificed
She gave her angels that summer night

Fate as she designed it
Took her from her man
Destiny and love don’t always go hand in hand
As the world lay waiting
Like an embryo in a womb
She gave her angels that night in June

She gave her angels 2 her man
Because her man had none
2 watch over him ’til he returned…
Her man, her lover, her son, her father
4 all these things he meant 2 her
She felt it right
She gave her angels that summer night”

prince (784) Animated Gif on Giphy

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Reply #13 posted 10/22/13 11:17am

http://www.princevault.co...appy_Tears

Happy Tears is a multimedia project announced on 1 April, 1996 during a press release focusing on Mayte's pregnancy.

The project was to be credited to " and Mayte", which would have marked the first release credited to both artists, and was planned to include an album of songs on CD, and accompanying children's storybook and a read-along cassette of the book's stories. At the time of the press release, eight songs were included on the album, along with three children's stories in the accompanying book, all featuring multi-racial characters.

While may have planned songs for a children's album in advance of Mayte's pregnancy, it is probable that the eight songs planned for the album were recorded in late February or March, 1996, between and Mayte's marriage and the announcement of her pregnancy.

The only song confirmed for the album was She Gave Her Angels (which was later released on Crystal Ball). It is also possible that the 1995 re-recording of Starfish And Coffee was planned for inclusion on the album, however; both tracks were lip-synched during 's appearance on The Muppets Tonight TV show recorded in September, 1996, which was planned to coincide with the project's release (the show was cancelled before 's appearance was aired, although it was later aired in several countries).

The project was cancelled when and Mayte's son died from complications caused by Pfeiffer Syndrome a week after his birth on 16 October, 1996.

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Reply #14 posted 10/22/13 11:18am

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Reply #15 posted 10/22/13 11:21am

OldFriends4Sal e	http://www.thedailyswarm....s-tonight/
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Reply #16 posted 10/22/13 11:37am

http://muppet.wikia.com/w..._as_Prince

Muppets Tonight
Air Date	September 13, 1997
Written by	Jennifer Barrow, Dick Blasucci, Paul Flaherty, Darin Henry, Jim Lewis, Bernie Keating, Kirk Thatcher and Patric Verrone
Director	Brian Henson

The Muppets' special guest (also known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince) visits the show, while Sal takes a correspondence course to become a bone doctor.

Elsewhere, in New York City, Statler and Waldorf look at a big screen advertisement for Muppets Tonight. Statler says that the show was ten times as big, while Waldorf says that it's too bad the show is one tenth as funny. When the pair try changing the channel, they have problems with a big remote.

Skit Highlights

Tales from the Vet – Holiday Party Home Video
Muppet Hoo-Haw (featuring the Hoo-Haw Ha Ha Ha Hayseed Band)
"Starfish and Coffee" sung by
Carl the Big Mean Bubble Guy
"She Gave Her Angels" sung by

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Reply #17 posted 11/26/13 10:58am

And now I'd like 2 turn your heart 2 a tale of sheer delight
A song of adulation, love and fear
No one loved him better, no one better sacrificed
She gave her angels that summer night

Fate as she designed it took her from her man
Destiny and love don't always go hand in hand (Hand in hand)
As the world lay waiting like an embryo in a womb
She gave her angels that night in June (She gave her angels)

She gave her angels 2 a man because her man had none
2 watch over him till she returned - her man, her lover, her son
Her father 4 all these things he meant 2 her, she felt it right
She gave her angels that summer night {x2}

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Reply #18 posted 11/27/13 1:49pm

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IstenSzek said:

"be my mirror" (originally recorded for/during

the "i'll do anything" sessions) is the only other

song i can recall ever being mentioned in relation

to that project.

I feel like A Place In Heaven was also mentioned, but maybe I'm having false memories about that.

"That's when stars collide. When there's space for what u want, and ur heart is open wide."

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Reply #19 posted 12/02/13 6:57am

SchlomoThaHomo said:

IstenSzek said:

"be my mirror" (originally recorded for/during

the "i'll do anything" sessions) is the only other

song i can recall ever being mentioned in relation

to that project.

I feel like A Place In Heaven was also mentioned, but maybe I'm having false memories about that.

Be My Mirror, She Gave Her Angels, A Place in Heaven and a rerecorded Starfish and Coffee... this sounds like it would have been a great album.

Hundalasiliah!

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Reply #20 posted 12/04/13 8:22am

nursev	Great muppets performance by him and who knows what kinda great music he couldve been inspired to make had that tragedy not happened-even sad now to discuss. Love some of those songs.
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Reply #21 posted 12/04/13 1:10pm

erik319

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thisisreece said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I feel like A Place In Heaven was also mentioned, but maybe I'm having false memories about that.

Be My Mirror, She Gave Her Angels, A Place in Heaven and a rerecorded Starfish and Coffee... this sounds like it would have been a great album.

A place in Heaven? On a children's album? eek

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