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Reply #30 posted 02/13/16 2:19am

jaawwnn	databank said: FUNKYNESS said: It was actually released on a French compilation CD called Black Archives - Minneapolis Funk. That was actually a different, slightly shorter, edit. What's different about it Databank? Also I assume it's just a vinyl rip?
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Reply #31 posted 02/13/16 3:27am

peer1973	jaawwnn said: databank said: FUNKYNESS said: It was actually released on a French compilation CD called Black Archives - Minneapolis Funk. That was actually a different, slightly shorter, edit. What's different about it Databank? Also I assume it's just a vinyl rip? I think 15 sec early fade out Nothing more
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Reply #32 posted 02/14/16 4:35pm

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America

"America" was the final U.S. single off Prince and The Revolution's 1985 album, Around the World in a Day. The song is appreciative of the mid-1980s United States, condemning Communism, and worrying about nuclear war. The song begins as if it is a record being spun by a DJ. This leads into a guitar solo and a rising keyboard line. The main tune is standard rock and roll and fades out at 3:40.

Peace!

Aristocrats on a mountain climb
Makin' money, losin' time
Communism is just a word
But if the government turn over
It'll be the only word that's heard

CHORUS:
America, America
God shed His grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free

Little sister make minimum wage
Livin' in a one-room jungle monkey cage
Can't get over, she almost dead
She may not be in the black
But she happy she ain't in the red

CHORUS
America, America
God shed His grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free

Freedom - Love - Joy - Peace

Jimmy Nothing never went 2 school
They made him pledge allegiance
He said it wasn't cool
Nothin' made Jimmy proud
Now Jimmy live on a mushroom cloud

CHORUS {x2}
America, America
God shed His grace on thee
America, America
Keep the children free

Freedom - Love - Joy - Peace

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! (Oh Lord)
And the bomb go
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! (Oh Lord)
And the bomb go
Boom!

Teacher, why won't Jimmy pledge allegiance?

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Reply #33 posted 02/15/16 7:55am

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peer1973 said:
jaawwnn said:
What's different about it Databank? Also I assume it's just a vinyl rip?
I think 15 sec early fade out Nothing more

14 seconds to be exact. It seems it didn't fit in the CD lol

I don't have it unfortunately so I could never check myself but the info was corroborated by both Princevault (who likely got it from The Vault) and BorisFishPaw, so I see little reason to doubt it.

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