LOVE IT!

I want to hear the extended version Questlove claims to have.

bluegangsta said:

I love the BSIDES version, a great song,sooo funky, but why does it sound so different from the Purple Rain album? wasn't it re-worked in that era?

Which version do you prefer? The earlier one is probably more interesting and experimental, but this is one of the few occasions when I actually prefer the later version (as found on "The B-sides"). I'm yet to hear a live version that I didn't like.

Yeah, it's not even close which version I prefer. Everything about the version released with Let's Pretend We're Married is better to me. Well, I guess you could make a case for the other version being funkier. But the seedy, sexy feel of the 4:11 version is missing from the other one and I prefer the vocals (both backing and lead) of the single version, too. That said, I can appreciate the longer version for what it is and I do listen to it.

bluegangsta said:

I want to hear the extended version Questlove claims to have.

He played it this past weekend.

bluegangsta said:

I want to hear the extended version Questlove claims to have.

DAMMIT! That guy.....

So, "nasty" is okeydoke when we"re talking about music? Irresistible is spelled wrong too.

sulls said:

purplepoppy said:

purplepoppy said:

So, "nasty" is okeydoke when we"re talking about music? Irresistible is spelled wrong too.

so is we"re

therer could be a thread like this for 98% of his songs...

I Love It

I there is a long version.

Irresistible Bitch is timeless to me. It's so funky and raw.

I it!

Was just jammin 2 the unreleased version earlier "turn it up!", crazy vocals n shizz. The b side is also slammin. Couldn't even imagine a version that doesn't fade during that funky "everybody, everybody dance..." part .

"Love the way you walk....Love the way talk...." Yeah, it's the jam!!

Love the two live versions that come to mind...

1. from the Purple Rain tour (this number is what made me kind of take notice of Prince in a remarkable way, and had me rewinding the VHS, nothing else, just that part of Bitch/Possessed)

2. The Act 1 arrangement in 1993. With all the horns and loops.

I think the studio b-side version is one of the sweetest wicked things he ever recorded.

roxy831 said:

"Love the way you walk....Love the way talk...." Yeah, it's the jam!!

'Hurt me.'

purplepolitician said:

ufoclub said:

Love the two live versions that come to mind...

1. from the Purple Rain tour (this number is what made me kind of take notice of Prince in a remarkable way, and had me rewinding the VHS, nothing else, just that part of Bitch/Possessed)

2. The Act 1 arrangement in 1993. With all the horns and loops.

I think the studio b-side version is one of the sweetest wicked things he ever recorded.

I was about to mention this. Just wished it was a bit longer

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The unreleased version in sequence with Feel U Up is brilliant, so raw and I just crack up at his vocals.

smokeverbs said:

The b-side version is CLASSIC, but I gotta say it's all about that demo.

Classic Prince

The demo is angry

The b-side is hurt

And the PR live version is just funky!

The demo is cool, but i have to go for the B-side version. Funky and song.

ufoclub said:

Love the two live versions that come to mind...

1. from the Purple Rain tour (this number is what made me kind of take notice of Prince in a remarkable way, and had me rewinding the VHS, nothing else, just that part of Bitch/Possessed)

2. The Act 1 arrangement in 1993. With all the horns and loops.

I think the studio b-side version is one of the sweetest wicked things he ever recorded.

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This was where I first heard Possessed and I wanted that song immediately. I recorded the audio of that VHS to a cassette and played it in my car non-stop for quite a while, especially Possessed. Years later, when I finally tracked down the full unreleased version, I was initially disappointed. I wanted that hard driving tempo like the live version. Eventually I warmed up to the other version but to me they're like two different songs.

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As for Irresistible Bitch, the '85 live version is probably my favorite. Starts out just Prince droppin the first verse over Wendy's guitar and then the band comes in strong behind him... then of course moving straight to Possessed...

I love it, never heard about an extended version before, didn't Questlove also recently comment on a different version of 17 Days, something about it not being healthy.