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Thread started 01/09/14 2:19am

Mandingo

Are there any Prince songs where Prince doesn't actually play any instruments in the song?

I am of course referring to studio recorded music. Obviously there are songs in concert when he just humps the mic and shit and his instruments just look on in jealousy lol

TMBGITW perhaps? hmmm

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Reply #1 posted 01/09/14 2:45am

Thibaut

interesting question, some songs he gave to others that they rerecorded yea but I'm guessing you mean on Prince albums

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Reply #2 posted 01/09/14 3:49am

Mandingo

Thibaut said:

interesting question, some songs he gave to others that they rerecorded yea but I'm guessing you mean on Prince albums

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Hi,

Yes indeed. I mean on Prince albums and/or singles

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Reply #3 posted 01/09/14 4:05am

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There's a whole album of them - MPLSound. It's all computer generated.

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Reply #4 posted 01/09/14 4:34am

Dave1992

Superconductor said:

There's a whole album of them - MPLSound. It's all computer generated.



Well... by Prince. So, actually, it's all done by him.


I guess there isn't. From the top of my head, I certainly can't think of any. In the studio, he usually did most of it by himself.

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Reply #5 posted 01/09/14 5:24am

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I can think of a few:

Power Fantastic

In A Large Room With No Light

Sometimes It Snows In April

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Reply #6 posted 01/09/14 5:42am

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Wasn't the extended 12 Inch version of I Would Die 4 U a live studio recording?

If that's the case then he probably didn't play any of the instruments as it's the Purple Rain tour version and he didn't play any instruments on that

Oh and Solo Prince doesn't play the Harp on it

And doesn't he just sing on Power Fantastic

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Reply #7 posted 01/09/14 6:21am

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chopingard said:

Wasn't the extended 12 Inch version of I Would Die 4 U a live studio recording?

If that's the case then he probably didn't play any of the instruments as it's the Purple Rain tour version and he didn't play any instruments on that

Oh and Solo Prince doesn't play the Harp on it

And doesn't he just sing on Power Fantastic

Solo was the one I thought of.

Good call on the IWD4U 12". Nice one.

I guess we could put For You and Second Coming on the list too.

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Reply #8 posted 01/09/14 6:31am

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The two segues on Rave...

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Reply #9 posted 01/09/14 6:38am

novabrkr

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There's a whole album of them - MPLSound. It's all computer generated.

I suppose this was meant to be funny. However, let's just make it clear to the rest of the orgers that the album isn't "all computer generated".

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Reply #10 posted 01/09/14 6:47am

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chewymusic said:

chopingard said:

Wasn't the extended 12 Inch version of I Would Die 4 U a live studio recording?

If that's the case then he probably didn't play any of the instruments as it's the Purple Rain tour version and he didn't play any instruments on that

Oh and Solo Prince doesn't play the Harp on it

And doesn't he just sing on Power Fantastic

Solo was the one I thought of.

Good call on the IWD4U 12". Nice one.

I guess we could put For You and Second Coming on the list too.

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Reply #11 posted 01/09/14 7:03am

Genesia

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For You.

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Reply #12 posted 01/09/14 7:16am

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TwiliteKid said:

I can think of a few:

Power Fantastic

In A Large Room With No Light

Sometimes It Snows In April

Prince played the guitar on Sometimes It Snow In April. That's not Wendy or Miko.

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Reply #13 posted 01/09/14 7:20am

Mandingo

If the videoes are to be believed he maybe didn't play on Damn U & 2 tyhe 9's

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Reply #14 posted 01/09/14 7:21am

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joyinrepetition said:

TwiliteKid said:

I can think of a few:

Power Fantastic

In A Large Room With No Light

Sometimes It Snows In April

Prince played the guitar on Sometimes It Snow In April. That's not Wendy or Miko.

I thought it was Prince and Wendy on guitar, Lisa Coleman on piano

same with 4 the Tears In Your Eyes

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Reply #15 posted 01/09/14 7:43am

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joyinrepetition said:

TwiliteKid said:

I can think of a few:

Power Fantastic

In A Large Room With No Light

Sometimes It Snows In April

Prince played the guitar on Sometimes It Snow In April. That's not Wendy or Miko.

I only hear one guitar, and I don't think it's Prince, but you may be right.

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Reply #16 posted 01/09/14 8:06am

Dave1992

TwiliteKid said:

joyinrepetition said:

Prince played the guitar on Sometimes It Snow In April. That's not Wendy or Miko.

I only hear one guitar, and I don't think it's Prince, but you may be right.



And I always thought it was Prince on piano and Wendy on guitar eek

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Reply #17 posted 01/09/14 8:59am

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Solo
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Reply #18 posted 01/09/14 9:09am

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Farfunknugin said:

Solo

yeah... now songs like For You do not count as that is not what the question really is. It really is (and correct me if i am mistaken) songs with instruments in them...

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Reply #19 posted 01/09/14 10:06am

DecaturStone

It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night ?

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Reply #20 posted 01/09/14 10:39am

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It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night ?

He plays the drums when he switched with Sheila

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Reply #21 posted 01/09/14 11:26am

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OldFriends4Sale said:

joyinrepetition said:

Prince played the guitar on Sometimes It Snow In April. That's not Wendy or Miko.

I thought it was Prince and Wendy on guitar, Lisa Coleman on piano

same with 4 the Tears In Your Eyes

Thought so too. Depends on the way it was recorded, I guess. If it was recorded "live", I think chances are that it is Prince playing the guitar, as Wendy woud have struggled to play and sing at the same time with the precision needed for a studio recording.

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Reply #22 posted 01/09/14 1:22pm

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paulludvig said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I thought it was Prince and Wendy on guitar, Lisa Coleman on piano

same with 4 the Tears In Your Eyes

Thought so too. Depends on the way it was recorded, I guess. If it was recorded "live", I think chances are that it is Prince playing the guitar, as Wendy woud have struggled to play and sing at the same time with the precision needed for a studio recording.

She doesn't seem to struggle in live performance, why would this rather simple song be a challenge?

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Reply #23 posted 01/09/14 2:02pm

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TwiliteKid said:

paulludvig said:

Thought so too. Depends on the way it was recorded, I guess. If it was recorded "live", I think chances are that it is Prince playing the guitar, as Wendy woud have struggled to play and sing at the same time with the precision needed for a studio recording.

She doesn't seem to struggle in live performance, why would this rather simple song be a challenge?

Early on Wendy wasn't as good as she is now 30 years later. Prince helped her a great deal. When Wendy played Alexa de Venus live at First Avenue while Prince was changing clothes, she was awful! Very choppy and unsure of herself compared to Prince's smooth instrumental on the B-side. Why do you think Miko was brought in? 30 years later Wendy is a very good player now i.e. Reflection duet with Prince on Tavis Smiley and Fury at the Brit Awards.

Now Prince has to work on smoothing out Donna Gratis. She's also a little stiff playing and lacks feeling.

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Reply #24 posted 01/09/14 2:26pm

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I think "Power Fantastic" may be the only one.

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Reply #25 posted 01/09/14 2:27pm

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novabrkr said:



Superconductor said:


There's a whole album of them - MPLSound. It's all computer generated.




I suppose this was meant to be funny. However, let's just make it clear to the rest of the orgers that the album isn't "all computer generated".



This was not meant as a joke. A computer is not a musical instrument. What musical instruments were played on this album?
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Reply #26 posted 01/09/14 2:28pm

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By the time they were recording music for Parade, Wendy was much more comfortable

To do Sometimes It Snows In April is nothing, She is the opening guitar for Computer Blue

Accoustic and Rhythm guitar she was good. If she could handle Controversy SISIApril or 4theTearsInYourEyes are easy.

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according to PrinceVault they have Prince, Lisa Coleman(piano) Wendy Melvoin(guitar)

They talked about a lot of pieces like these songs they were doing a lot with those 3 on basic piano guitar vocals

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And he didn't get rid of Wendy to replace with Mico. That relationship was about emotional/personal issues. Mico could never touch Wendy when it came to her creative connection with Prince. 2nd reason she was a woman and Mico a man.

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Reply #27 posted 01/09/14 2:41pm

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^I think Prince is always searching for that combination of finding musicians who will be his "yes men/women", but at the same time bring something fresh to the table. This is why he likes young musicians I think. They're naive and hungry enough to do whatever he says, but at the same time can hip him to a different perspective. Most of his musos only last in the band for two or three tours.

I think we sometimes over-estimate the input that his band members actually have - especially Wendy & Lisa (not that they didn't have an influence, of course)

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Reply #28 posted 01/09/14 4:33pm

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joyinrepetition said:



TwiliteKid said:




paulludvig said:



Thought so too. Depends on the way it was recorded, I guess. If it was recorded "live", I think chances are that it is Prince playing the guitar, as Wendy woud have struggled to play and sing at the same time with the precision needed for a studio recording.




She doesn't seem to struggle in live performance, why would this rather simple song be a challenge?



Early on Wendy wasn't as good as she is now 30 years later. Prince helped her a great deal. When Wendy played Alexa de Venus live at First Avenue while Prince was changing clothes, she was awful! Very choppy and unsure of herself compared to Prince's smooth instrumental on the B-side. Why do you think Miko was brought in? 30 years later Wendy is a very good player now i.e. Reflection duet with Prince on Tavis Smiley and Fury at the Brit Awards.



Now Prince has to work on smoothing out Donna Gratis. She's also a little stiff playing and lacks feeling.



Again, we're talking about a pretty simple song here. Even I can play a passable version, and I'm not very good. Alexa de Paris is a whole other ball game.
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Reply #29 posted 01/09/14 4:34pm

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Superconductor said:

novabrkr said:



Superconductor said:


There's a whole album of them - MPLSound. It's all computer generated.




I suppose this was meant to be funny. However, let's just make it clear to the rest of the orgers that the album isn't "all computer generated".



This was not meant as a joke. A computer is not a musical instrument. What musical instruments were played on this album?


Guitar, bass and synth?
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