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Thread started 01/13/18 3:50am

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My Medallion

I hadn't listened to this song in aeons and had forgotten just how much I like it. It's a fun song with brilliant story telling and makes me smile like the Cheshire cat.

Prince was very witty in his humour and I think a video for this could've been great comedy.

What other songs do you think missed out on a good video to accompany it?

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Reply #1 posted 01/13/18 6:33am

ludwig

Just another song where prince "forgot" to give credit where it's due. I guess that is the reason why this npgmc track was never included in "The Chocoloate Invasion" or "The Slaughterhouse" album. He must have received a nice letter from Eric Burdon's lawyers.

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Reply #2 posted 01/13/18 6:52am

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ludwig said:



Just another song where prince "forgot" to give credit where it's due. I guess that is the reason why this npgmc track was never included in "The Chocoloate Invasion" or "The Slaughterhouse" album. He must have received a nice letter from Eric Burdon's lawyers.

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Have you ever seen the publishing credits for this track? How do you know the lift wasn’t credited?
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Reply #3 posted 01/13/18 11:09am

ludwig

TwiliteKid said:

Have you ever seen the publishing credits for this track? How do you know the lift wasn’t credited?

http://princevault.com/index.php?title=My_Medallion

".....but no writer's credits were given upon My Medallion's release."

Prince has a history of "forgetting" to give credit. That was not the first incident and not the last.

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Reply #4 posted 01/13/18 1:50pm

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ludwig said:

Just another song where prince "forgot" to give credit where it's due. I guess that is the reason why this npgmc track was never included in "The Chocoloate Invasion" or "The Slaughterhouse" album. He must have received a nice letter from Eric Burdon's lawyers.

[Edited 1/13/18 6:33am]

Cheers, I wasn't aware of any of that or familiar with this song. It's always good to learn but I still prefer My Medallion, biggrin

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Reply #5 posted 01/13/18 2:41pm

NorthC

I think both "songs", or rather "unfocused pieces of music that don't go anywhere" are shit.hmph!
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Reply #6 posted 01/13/18 2:57pm

dance4me3121

They don't sound alike to me
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Reply #7 posted 01/13/18 3:22pm

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NorthC said:

I think both "songs", or rather "unfocused pieces of music that don't go anywhere" are shit.hmph!

Haha, straight to the point, I like it!

There'll be songs you love that I hate and vice versa, different strokes for different folks.

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Reply #8 posted 01/13/18 10:00pm

ludwig

dance4me3121 said:

They don't sound alike to me [Edited 1/13/18 17:27pm]

The chorus is identical. It's obvious.

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Reply #9 posted 01/14/18 8:13am

TwiliteKid

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ludwig said:



TwiliteKid said:


Have you ever seen the publishing credits for this track? How do you know the lift wasn’t credited?

http://princevault.com/index.php?title=My_Medallion

".....but no writer's credits were given upon My Medallion's release."



Prince has a history of "forgetting" to give credit. That was not the first incident and not the last.

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That’s right - no credits were published on NPGMC. That doesn’t mean Eric Burden isn’t included in the actual filing. I am aware that Prince wasn’t always good about giving proper credit, but until we see the registration for this track, we can’t know if that’s the case here.
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Reply #10 posted 01/14/18 5:22pm

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TwiliteKid said:

ludwig said:



TwiliteKid said:


Have you ever seen the publishing credits for this track? How do you know the lift wasn’t credited?

http://princevault.com/index.php?title=My_Medallion

".....but no writer's credits were given upon My Medallion's release."



Prince has a history of "forgetting" to give credit. That was not the first incident and not the last.

[Edited 1/13/18 11:09am]



That’s right - no credits were published on NPGMC. That doesn’t mean Eric Burden isn’t included in the actual filing. I am aware that Prince wasn’t always good about giving proper credit, but until we see the registration for this track, we can’t know if that’s the case here.

I believe we have: ascap's database contained Prince's songs until some years ago. The song was included on the Tidal version on the album, though, so I doubt its removal from the original release was due to publishing issues. But who knows...
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Reply #11 posted 01/14/18 7:06pm

RJOrion

always loved this joint... one of P's greatest hiphop records...
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Reply #12 posted 01/15/18 8:33am

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RJOrion said:

always loved this joint... one of P's greatest hiphop records...

I'm with ya!

Got to say I'm now quite taken with this Eric Burdon tune too after listening to it a couple more times but keep singing,,, "I don't know why, I want that girl" over it, music music

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Reply #13 posted 01/15/18 10:35am

dance4me3121

InThisBedIDream said:



RJOrion said:


always loved this joint... one of P's greatest hiphop records...

I'm with ya!

Got to say I'm now quite taken with this Eric Burdon tune too after listening to it a couple more times but keep singing,,, "I don't know why, I want that girl" over it, music music


Is that what he's saying? I always thought he said "cheerwine,I want that girl".
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Reply #14 posted 01/15/18 10:58am

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dance4me3121 said:

InThisBedIDream said:

I'm with ya!

Got to say I'm now quite taken with this Eric Burdon tune too after listening to it a couple more times but keep singing,,, "I don't know why, I want that girl" over it, music music

Is that what he's saying? I always thought he said "cheerwine,I want that girl". [Edited 1/15/18 10:35am]

lol Sorry what I meant was I keep singing the line "I don't know why, I want that girl" from My Medallion over it.

I think he's singing "Spill that wine, look at that girl". I'm sure someone will educate us on it, biggrin

Have just looked up the lyrics and it's,,, "Spill the wine, take that pearl".

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Reply #15 posted 01/15/18 11:21am

RJOrion

he is definitely saying, "i dont know why...i want that girl.."...its crystal clear
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Reply #16 posted 01/15/18 11:26am

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RJOrion said:

he is definitely saying, "i dont know why...i want that girl.."...its crystal clear

Yea, on My Medallion.

I'm pretty sure dance4me was querying the lyrics in Spill the Wine.

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Reply #17 posted 01/15/18 11:29am

RJOrion

InThisBedIDream said:

RJOrion said:

he is definitely saying, "i dont know why...i want that girl.."...its crystal clear

Yea, on My Medallion.

I'm pretty sure dance4me was querying the lyrics in Spill the Wine.

oh my bad

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Reply #18 posted 01/15/18 11:30am

RJOrion

War is saying "spill the wine take that pearl' on their version...but im late, so....

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Reply #19 posted 01/15/18 11:38am

InThisBedIDrea
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RJOrion said:

InThisBedIDream said:

Yea, on My Medallion.

I'm pretty sure dance4me was querying the lyrics in Spill the Wine.

oh my bad

No biggie, biggrin

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