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THE LINE appreciation This Unreleased song from i would say the Lovesexy era, is one of my faves. It could've fit well on the album. What does everybody think on here? BOB4theFUNK | |
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Always loved it. It's got a helluva funky groove and the Lovesexy "spirit". I don't think it would have worked on the album, but as a b-side it would have been great. Wasn't this intended for a Sheila E album? | |
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Always loved it. It's got a helluva funky groove and the Lovesexy "spirit". I don't think it would have worked on the album, but as a b-side it would have been great. Wasn't this intended for a Sheila E album? It was one of the early configurations for Lovesexy (or should I say an early possibility for the album)
There are 2 versions. one that is more mellow and feels like the Futue, and another that is wilder with a lot going on.
Cross the Line Go 2 School the garden I would tend your flowers How general would it B by works we speak Would taste so beautiful I'll lick your body from your head 2 your feet say the sings I want 2 hear your lover, your slave the way U B The reason U keep him your tongue your kind U love it Suck your man 2 understand I love U so 4 ever I will B your fantasy I know U R there Can U feel me? Cross the Line
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Cross The Line is an unreleased song by Ingrid Chavez, recorded with an improvised musical backing by Prince in mid-December 1987, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (shortly after cancelling the release of "The Black Album", ... Prince's music comprised of reversed synth and organ sounds following Ingrid Chavez's spoken part. Her vocals were later lifted and incorporated into Intermission, which (as a studio track played over the PA) opened the second half of Lovesexy Tour shows. Cross The Line remains unreleased, however. -PrinceVault
In the Distance, a Light shinesIn the Distance * excerpt from a poem by Ingrid Chavez
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I just read on wiki that the song was on an early confiquration of " lovesexy", In Jan of 1988.. " i wish u heaven" replaced it in Feb of 1988 BOB4theFUNK | |
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I am new to this song...I saw others mentioning it recently, so I gave it a listen. Upon my first listen, I didn't think that much of it. Although I could tell it was from the Lovesexy era, I was glad that it was not on the album. It didn't really grab me...it sounded interesting, and like some of his songs of the time, there was so much going on in it that I know it begged for further listening. I thought I would listen to again, but it wasn't pressing for me. But wouldn't u know it, like so many Prince songs, it got in my head after the first listen!!! Parts of the song started repeating in my head...like they chants that I originally didn't like... and once I played it a second time, it hooked me!! I am so thankful there are songs like this still out there for me to discover!! |
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Really should've come out even as a b-side from the album. | |
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I could see it working as a b-side., definitely!..(it would have worked as the B-side for Glam Slam or Lovesexy) |
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the wilder version could easily have been on the Black album | |
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Is there more than one version out there? I have the one that is 7m30s+... |
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yes 2 versions
1. more stripped, feels like the Future 7:36min 2. more colorful, busier 8:50min
Prince is singing more, Cat is shouting/chanting more, Sheila E on percussions
this 'poem' is from the song
Cross the Line Go 2 School the garden I would tend your flowers How general would it B by works we speak Would taste so beautiful I'll lick your body from your head 2 your feet say the sings I want 2 hear your lover, your slave the way U B The reason U keep him your tongue your kind U love it Suck your man 2 understand I love U so 4 ever I will B your fantasy I know U R there Can U feel me? Cross the Line | |
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Prince re-used Boni's singing as the introduction to Acknowlegde me released on Crystal Ball.
Prince also was intending for The Line to 'be released at a later date' according to the Crystal ball liner notes.
So...release it!
I love both versions but I like the full version much more. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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I've always found The Line pretty monotonous on its own, kind of like God is Alive. It needs to be part of a sequence for me not to skip it. It sounds incomplete to me. Cutting it from Lovesexy was a good call. | |
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Line #2 is much more... instruments, yelps, lyrics etc but it is too busy and could be focused better | |
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