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Thread started 06/20/17 5:38am

ChrisLacy1990

Appreciation Thread: “Scandalous!”

Tugging on women’s heartstrings as well as their bra straps was Prince’s style, and “Scandalous!” encapsulates that vibe perfectly. He proves his weight in vocal gold on this scorching bedroom ballad as his falsetto drips like slow ribbons of honey. Legend has it that honey was scraped off the mixing desk after recording the beautifully lush, 18-minute EP with Hollywood actress Kim Basinger (who portrayed Vicki Vale in Batman). “Scandalous!” bolted to #5 on the Billboard R&B chart in 1989, and continues to age gracefully with each passing decade.




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Reply #1 posted 06/20/17 7:12am

gandorb

Great song. I loved it when he would place it in a sequence in concert with two other of his best love/lust ballads. For Welcome to America, he did it with Insatiable and Adore and worked the crowd in a lather. On another tour, he paired it with Insatiable and Damn U. In both cases, Scandalous was a vital cog of the fantastic trio.
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Reply #2 posted 06/20/17 8:43am

TrivialPursuit

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The best thing about any of this is the guitar solo in "The Passion".

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #3 posted 06/20/17 8:58am

TheFman

This EP is what saved the batman-era for me, stunning!

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Reply #4 posted 06/20/17 9:06am

Astasheiks

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TrivialPursuit said:

The best thing about any of this is the guitar solo in "The Passion".

Coupled with when he Double The Vocals between 6:59 - 9:00!!! cool biggrin

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Reply #5 posted 06/20/17 6:35pm

Laydown

Cool EP,great guitar solo,great vocals,whats not to love.When 2 R In Love was released for the third time,The Black Album,Lovesexy and The Scandalous Sex Suite.The b side Sex was also given to a girl group,Lois Lane.

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Reply #6 posted 06/20/17 7:48pm

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Ever notice how the new version of Extraloveable makes a subtle reference to The Scandalous Sex Suite?
At the end it uses the exact synth sound and same 4 notes from Sex repeated as the sound of water draining from a tub fades. Prince even as-libs "Scandalous!" before that so you know it's intentional.
Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths...(Jeremiah 6:16) www.ancientfaithradio.com

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Reply #7 posted 06/20/17 8:05pm

JudasLChrist

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TrivialPursuit said:

The best thing about any of this is the guitar solo in "The Passion".

Hello!

I love the 12-inch. It's one of my favorite Prince records, and I feel like it really caps his 80s work.

When he passed this was one of the songs that I got stuck on. He was really having a moment in the studio with this, and it was just flowing through him like a river. A big, endless, divine river...

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Reply #8 posted 06/20/17 8:48pm

LBrent

Loved the 1989 Batman movie, largely in part to Tim Burton, Michael Keaton and definitely P's soundtrack.

The Scandalous Sex Suite in it's longest version is something I usually put on and allow to loop...It's been a deliciously wicked personal favourite of mine for 25+ years...

wink cool

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Reply #9 posted 06/21/17 4:58pm

AlgeriaTouchsh
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"you are my density"

i wish i'd never kissed your lips, bearded lady
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