without googling, dunno, maybe Sheila E or Morris Day, will guess Sheila, know they met early

OnlyNDaUsa said:

runningbear said:

Which 2 musical artists does Prince paraphrase in songs he wrote? (disclaimer, making this stuff up as I go, there may be more examples of this)

James Brown "mother popcorn" Gett Off

Joni Mitchel "Help Me" Ballad of Dorothy parker

Yes, those were the two I was thinking of, well done

new Q, first time Prince used an alternative spelling in a song title, ok , maybe I am not sure of answer!

runningbear said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

James Brown "mother popcorn" Gett Off

Joni Mitchel "Help Me" Ballad of Dorothy parker

Yes, those were the two I was thinking of, well done

new Q, first time Prince used an alternative spelling in a song title, ok , maybe I am not sure of answer!

well there is "wanna" for Want to... but I think you mean 2s or Us


maybe Jack U Off

runningbear said:

without googling, dunno, maybe Sheila E or Morris Day, will guess Sheila, know they met early

no but you are close with Morris. Someone he knew for years.

(and some have fussed at me: I think she is confused. She said she met him at a concert in LA. His first concerts in LA were late 1979...)

OnlyNDaUsa said:

runningbear said:

Yes, those were the two I was thinking of, well done

new Q, first time Prince used an alternative spelling in a song title, ok , maybe I am not sure of answer!

well there is "wanna" for Want to... but I think you mean 2s or Us


maybe Jack U Off

yes, that is what I was thinking too, my trivia gone weak, will look later for your A to background vocals on Prince record

Here is a good one!


Who was the last musical influence Prince named on an album?

runningbear said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

well there is "wanna" for Want to... but I think you mean 2s or Us


maybe Jack U Off

yes, that is what I was thinking too, my trivia gone weak, will look later for your A to background vocals on Prince record

Andre Cymone sang a background on "Why do you wanna treat me so bad?"

Souce: Roling Stone 1985 interview

dance4me3121 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Here is a good one!


Who was the last musical influence Prince named on an album?

Richie Havers, in the song June on HitnRun Phase 1

Adorecream said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Here is a good one!


Who was the last musical influence Prince named on an album?

Richie Havers, in the song June on HitnRun Phase 1

someone on Phase II

OnlyNDaUsa said:

themend said:

pianoandmicrophone319 said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

someone on Phase II

Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder too.

yup...

themend said:

RJOrion said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

NorthC said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

James Brown "mother popcorn" Gett Off

Joni Mitchel "Help Me" Ballad of Dorothy parker

Sly,James (Brown of course) EWF, Chuck D and Jam Master Jay on Musicology. Christina Milian, Maxwell and Cee-Lo on Ol' Skool Company.

yeah but does he quote them in those songs?

themend said:

dance4me3121 said:

themend said:

Private joy and orgasm

I was talking about "The Max" and "Rave unto the joy fantastic"

oh yeah! I totaly forgot that...

Do you mind if I ask a question too?

1. Looking at his songs/albums in chronological order, which was the first full VERSE that was sung by Prince in his full chest voice?

2. And which was the first full SONG sung in chest voice (including falsetto harmonies above it)?

3. + (excluding falsetto harmonies above it)?

[Edited 2/12/17 7:24am]

runningbear said:

Yes, again, that is 2 artists, Jill and Prince who did With You

I want 3 artists including Prince , who did same song, other 2 artists worked with Prince

How Come U Don't Call Me AnyMore

Original Prince Produces version by Stephanie Mills, Prince than Alicia Keys

NorthC said:

^ Just from the top of my head, I think it was Controversy.

Yes, Controversy was the answer to #2 (first full song with chest voice, including falsetto harmonies). How about the first verse, and the first full song without dual chest/falsetto like Controversy?

GoldStandard said:

Do you mind if I ask a question too?

1. Looking at his songs/albums in chronological order, which was the first full VERSE that was sung by Prince in his full chest voice?

2. And which was the first full SONG sung in chest voice (including falsetto harmonies above it)?

3. + (excluding falsetto harmonies above it)?

[Edited 2/12/17 7:24am]

The answers were "Just As Long As We're Together", "Controversey", and then "Annie Christian".