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Reply #30 posted 10/04/17 2:16pm

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leecaldon said:

Some live versions of Alphabet St?


Especially the acapellas fromo the Musicology Tour (Shark Tank).
But a banjo would sound better on so many BPM.

Well, there's this, but it's damn too short.

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #31 posted 10/04/17 2:20pm

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Astasheiks said:

Thats the one I was trying to think of. heehee

Got it exclaim

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The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #32 posted 10/04/17 2:35pm

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rasberry beret always kind of struck me as a bit country, right the wrong, he's done a few that i can't think of right now that had a touch of country.

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Reply #33 posted 10/04/17 2:37pm

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The One U Wanna C

So Far, So Pleased

Right The Wrong

Fury - could definitely be something by Jake Owen or in the newer country genre

Baby Knows - same as above

Guitar - the idea of a musician preferring his instrument over a chick, total country

TMBGITW

Purple Rain is a country song under all the pop vibes

[Edited 10/3/17 10:18am]

great list, the most beautiful girl in the world never struck me as anything other than 70's derived soul though.

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Reply #34 posted 10/04/17 3:16pm

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PeteSilas said:

TrivialPursuit said:

The One U Wanna C

So Far, So Pleased

Right The Wrong

Fury - could definitely be something by Jake Owen or in the newer country genre

Baby Knows - same as above

Guitar - the idea of a musician preferring his instrument over a chick, total country

TMBGITW

Purple Rain is a country song under all the pop vibes

great list, the most beautiful girl in the world never struck me as anything other than 70's derived soul though.


No doubt it is, but I always hear a steel guitar in it. Maybe with a violin (fiddle), too playing that main hook. But you're right, it sounds a lot like "Sweet Thing" from Chaka.

[Edited 10/4/17 15:17pm]

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Reply #35 posted 10/04/17 3:22pm

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TrivialPursuit said:

PeteSilas said:

great list, the most beautiful girl in the world never struck me as anything other than 70's derived soul though.


No doubt it is, but I always hear a steel guitar in it. Maybe with a violin (fiddle), too playing that main hook. But you're right, it sounds a lot like "Sweet Thing" from Chaka.

[Edited 10/4/17 15:17pm]

i cover that song, even though it's not a personal fave, i learned it because it's one of his biggest hits. you get some nuances when you go through it that you don't get just by listening to it. The amazing thing is, whatever style Prince seems to mimick, there are always those thick chords that give him his own sound, I have to think that had an impact on some of the black music of the last 30 years, he doesn't really get credit for as much as he did influence that particular style, in my opinion. also, as i'm sure you're aware, it's ironic that it's a similar title as the charlie rich classic the most beautiful girl.

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Reply #36 posted 10/04/17 7:05pm

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Shy..

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Reply #37 posted 10/05/17 7:00am

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Genesia said:

Also...When Doves Cry works pretty well as a bluegrass song.


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Actually you're quite right!

Dig if U will a 6/8 uptempoed Purple Rain chorus, kinda Bayou, with a southern fiddles and banjoes.
Rockabilly Elvis for the delivery.

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #38 posted 10/05/17 8:35am

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I mean to add "Dinner with Delores".

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Reply #39 posted 10/05/17 10:17am

Strive

Not Prince but Jesse Johnson - You Don't Love Me The Same is a legit country song
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Reply #40 posted 10/05/17 12:37pm

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Has Prince ever done a proper country song? Alphabet St live certainly wasn't it. It'll exist somewhere no doubt.



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Reply #41 posted 10/05/17 12:46pm

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From the Rolling Stone interview by Neal Karlen in 1990: "You can always renegociate a record contract. You just go in and say, you know, I think my next project will be a country & western album."
If Prince had just remembered this 5 years later, the whole slave thing would never have happened and we'd have the Prince equivalent of Dylan's Nashville Skyline!
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Reply #42 posted 10/05/17 6:43pm

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For me it's 'Shy' and 'I Wonder' mostly because of the vocal harmonies.

"A gust of southern wind came..."(I Wonder)

Shy? Not with that bass
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Reply #43 posted 10/06/17 3:01am

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coldasice said:

CherryMoon57 said:
For me it's 'Shy' and 'I Wonder' mostly because of the vocal harmonies. "A gust of southern wind came..."(I Wonder)
Shy? Not with that bass

I said the vocals (I meant it for both of the songs).

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Reply #44 posted 10/07/17 5:24am

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bonatoc said:

leecaldon said:

Some live versions of Alphabet St?


Especially the acapellas fromo the Musicology Tour (Shark Tank).
But a banjo would sound better on so many BPM.

Well, there's this, but it's damn too short.

Acoustic, no?

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Reply #45 posted 10/07/17 7:27am

jonnymon

Although written by Prince but preformed by The Time, "Shake" could easily be a country song.
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Reply #46 posted 10/07/17 5:51pm

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All My Old Biddies/Bitties from NPG Ahdio Show #6 is literally a (very short) country song with Prince getting booed
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Reply #47 posted 10/09/17 9:27am

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The muppets one of course!
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Reply #48 posted 10/10/17 1:59pm

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I always thought that The Holy River was Prince's contribution to country music
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Reply #49 posted 10/10/17 3:10pm

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Reply #50 posted 10/10/17 3:14pm

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ChadNPG69 said:

Courtin' Time ??

That's the one I was trying to think of! I thought it sounded country the first time I heard it...

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Reply #51 posted 10/10/17 4:58pm

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biffwashington said:

I always thought that The Holy River was Prince's contribution to country music

It sounds a little bit, indeed.

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Reply #52 posted 10/11/17 10:34am

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biffwashington said:

I always thought that The Holy River was Prince's contribution to country music

It sounds a little bit, indeed.



Man, some need to acquaint themselves with Country Music.
"The Holy River" lurks into Springsteen / Americana territories, but that doesn't make it country.

Country Music, in the vast majority, revolves around I, IV, and V chords,
with the melody using the 6th in addition of the major chord for variations:
if you're in C, your typical melody will go E-G-A-A-G-C, and will skip the 2nd and 7th (D and B), no matter what chord plays underneath.
Your basic chord progression will be C-C-C-C, F-F-F-F, C-C-G-G, C-C-C-C (altogether, back from the start!).

The bass has also a tendency of moving in 5ths, giving it a popular ball (polka) feeling.
It's also caracterized by repeated arpeggios (the Banjo-like pluckings) and specific orchestration.
This is pretty caricatural, but accurate.

Now go and get some Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris,
and you'll realize a "vibe" is the maximum amount of Country that Prince ever gave us.
Just like Metal.





[Edited 10/11/17 10:36am]

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #53 posted 10/11/17 12:16pm

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While i appreciate your overly technical analysis i still feel as though it sound like a country song to me. Having lived in Nashville for several years and seeing more live shows than i can shake a stick at. i think I can recognize a country song without being a theory major. In my vast collection, mostly R&B, Funk, Soul and 70's and 80's rock collection, resides Kenny Rogers, Johnny Cash ,Thomas Rhett and a few others. I think that I to am qualified to determine what sounds like country to me. Besides groups like Big & Rich and others have blown up the idea of what a country song is and what it technically should sound like
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Reply #54 posted 10/12/17 2:19am

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You're absolutely free to think what is Country Music and what isn't.

But I can see your point of view: "The Holy River" bends more towards "Jolene",
this kind of "unorthodox" Country standards.

On second thought, I can easily imagine it being covered by a Country artist.
And you're right, Country has come a long way, and has evolved.
Lines have blurred, and it's pretty hard to label something being more Folk-rock than Country-rock.

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #55 posted 10/12/17 7:34am

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So Blue

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Reply #56 posted 10/12/17 8:05am

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So Blue


Good catch!

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #57 posted 10/12/17 9:45am

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bonatoc said:

leecaldon said:

Some live versions of Alphabet St?


Especially the acapellas fromo the Musicology Tour (Shark Tank).
But a banjo would sound better on so many BPM.

Well, there's this, but it's damn too short.

Love the bit from Muppets Tonight!!

Monte Warden did a great country version of Take Me With U on Do Me Baby! Austin Does Prince.

https://www.discogs.com/V...ter/586350

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Reply #58 posted 10/12/17 9:53am

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He did give Kenny Rogers a song.

Also, LeAnne Rimes, Rodney Carrington & Dwight Yoakam have all covered Purple Rain.

That live clip of him joining Sheryl Crow onstage for Everyday Is A Winding Road is country-ish.


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Reply #59 posted 10/12/17 1:13pm

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djThunderfunk said:

bonatoc said:


Especially the acapellas fromo the Musicology Tour (Shark Tank).
But a banjo would sound better on so many BPM.

Well, there's this, but it's damn too short.

Love the bit from Muppets Tonight!!

Monte Warden did a great country version of Take Me With U on Do Me Baby! Austin Does Prince.

https://www.discogs.com/V...ter/586350

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