gotta be 'if i was your girlfriend' a Beautiful song.my personal favourite above everything else Prince ever made.

can someone tell me Camilles earliest appearance and how many songs are generally thought to be Camille?
are erotic city, Love or money or Feel U up Camille? they're credited to Prince but they ARE Camille.Aren't they?

I love Prince's alter-ego!

REPOST...

Question: how do you determine when it's Camille? I always thought "Camille" was a certain era for him, that the persona had a place in time & wasn't necessarily a "style" he'd revisit - am I wrong? Maybe I should think about this some more, lol...

I love Camille and I love that song it's great. That Camille voice and on Expert Lover oh my God. That song just like blows ya away. It's very trippy Expert Lover.

Natasha said:[quote]I love Camille and I love that song it's great. That Camille voice and on Expert Lover oh my God. That song just like blows ya away. It's very trippy Expert Lover. I forgot about Feel you up remember it was Fill you up? Oh Lord ! AAAHHH!!! Damn U! This man is doing the Nasty again got me thinking about sex. Prince and Camille are so bad wasn't it just the time period around 1987? Crystal Ball. Crystal Ball...
[This message was edited Sat Sep 21 4:00:01 PDT 2002 by Natasha]

another question about Camille - does he lay the track down first and then speed up his voice to fit it?

CalhounSq said:

When his voice is pitched higher, mostly songs recorded in 1986/87
examples: Shockadelica, Feel u up, dream factory, crystal ball, IF i was.., Scarlet Pussy, Rockhard in a funky place,

I vote 4 Shockadelica as the funkiest one.

I made a Camille-tape once!

'Come on' is a song in Camille-style.. it features the same high-pitched voice, a bit lower though than the 'real' Camille songs.

Favorite Camille song? hmm. "If I Was Your Girlfriend" probably. Although "Rebirth of the Flesh" is darn close.

He has many songs with the voice spead up like Erotic City, Love or Money, Dream Factory, Crystal Ball, one of the versions of Witness, Partyman, Good Man, Baby Knows, Come On, Lovesexy, and a few more. I imagine he uses this technique with backing vocals as well.

But as far as actual songs credited to Camille, all of them were from '86 as far as I know. They are: Rebirth of the Flesh, Housequake, If I Was Your Girlfriend, Strange Relationship, U Got The Look, Feel U Up, Good Love, Shockadelica, Rockhard In A Funky Place, and Scarlet Pussy. All of these except UGTL and SP were to be included on an aborted project entitled 'Camille'.

Nikkie said:

You mean @ the end of If I Was Your Girlfriend? Does that qualify the whole song as a Camille song? Huh, I NEVER knew that. Damn, I learned sumfin' today! Thanks Nikkie...

How do you guys know all this stuff? Do they break this down in those Per Nilson books or something?? LOL!

Did Camille record the Black album then? Since Prince did Lovesexy wouldn't you say his alter ego Camille recorded the Black album. Being a Gemini and having the good twin which is light and the bad or evil side dark? Also,it seems prince's Camille is the Sex Pig so to speak. He get's this little Devilish grin you know when he's Camille. Oh my God. Why do I have to Scream again? AHHH!!! It's so wonderful just thinking about the fruits of Camille's pleasure. Surely as Ingrid Chavez once said Heaven must be Near.

CalhounSq said:

It's during the whole song, his voice is pitched higher! Strange Relationship as well (I think... let's check... yes it is!)
And Housequake as well!
Check the Lyric sheets 4 Sign of the Times, it's written there: 'lead vocal by Camille'

Natasha said:

I think u really should listen to the pitch of his voice. On the Black Album, only Rockhard... is a Camille Song, it was originally intended 4 the Camille album If I remember correctly..

No, Camille did not record The Black Album. Although he did give Prince one of his songs to use. The Lovesexy tourbook explains the story in a little more detail. That makes it seem as though Camille is more than just a batch of songs and more of a mindset.

TRON said:

That's interesting! I don't own the tourbook, what does it say?

I guess my favorite Camille cuts would be:

If I Was Your Girlfriend

Rebirth of the Flesh

Feel U Up

TRON said:

digging out my Lovesexy tourbook

I forgot that one, Good Love! Is absolutely my favorite!!

TRON said:

I'm listening 2 the Black Album.. Le Grind definately sounds like a Camille song! Apart from the lead vocal.. it's in trademark Camille style!

just pointing out that Camille is supposedly Female (hence 'that girl' in the topic title).kind of adds a strange twist to certain songs if you think about it!
[This message was edited Sat Sep 21 4:15:55 PDT 2002 by Thecherryloon]

'Baby Knows' features a Camille-style voice as well.

Camille is not a female. He's a young boy. See my post above. It clearly states which songs are credited to Camille and which ones are not. I'll get back to y'all on the Lovesexy story.

Are you seriously implying Camille is Prince's girl side and she's a Lesbian? What about Camille saying I'm just Rockhard in a funky place or I just hate to see an erection go to waste? A girl can't have a penis. So is he a Transvestite? What are you implying with the Camille Fantasy? Prince being somebody's Girlfriend? Is this person a female or is this person a guy? What are you saying in your opinion what sex is Camille?

Natasha said:

Natasha

A smile is not an answer to my question Calhoun.

Isn't Last Heart a Camille song as well?

If you read what I posted you wouldn't have these questions Natasha.

shockadelica - "and the reason is Camille, shockadelica, the girl must be a witch, she got your..."

definately supposed to be a girl."i just hate to see an erection go to waste" could obviously be camille speaking to a man.

Very confusing.
[This message was edited Sat Sep 21 4:35:21 PDT 2002 by Thecherryloon]

Could the early "We Can Funk" version (not the George Clinton song on GB) B a Camille song, too? Besides the piched voice the instrumentation is quite similar to "If I Was Your Girlfriend" . . .

I really don't think Camille is a girl. Here's why.

If I was your girlfriend is - I think - a man singing to a girl how much he would like get as close to her as a girlfriend could: because as a boyfriend he could not ever get this close to her- on a level of understanding eachother..
A girl would not sing If I was your girlfriend, because she would already be a girl... right?

I think Prince would love to experience what it feels like 2 be a girl- and how he would relate 2 other girls, how he could get to know things about them he would never know being a man... but still he AND Camille are men.

I don't see the point 4 Prince in creating a lesbian female character.. (this would have 2 b the case if Camille were a girl- listening 2 lyrics in Fill me up, or Rockhard..)

No Camille is Definitely a guy Prince is saying in Rockhard he's in whore house and he's got an erection and he hates to see an erection go to waste that's his exact lyrics. He's definitely a guy in this song and personally I think Camille is a guy cause Prince is saying to his girlfriend if he was a girl she would be closer to him she would tell him things she would do things with him. No Camille is a Man and just Prince using a higher pitched voice. But granted Prince's Camille's lyrics are extremely sexual.

Natasha said:

And fill you up well a girl can't fill another girl up. So no Prince and Camille are definitely Male. Straight Males.