I've heard a few orgers make reference to prince's alter ego 'camille' and that it features on the new album. Im a bit confused as to what this is and where and how lol. Anyone care to enlighten me?

pippa123 said:

it's an alter ego Prince created in the mid-80s.Camille uses a sped-up voice (listen to "If I Was Your Girlfriend","Housequake","Good Love",etc).That's Camille!

name checked in the b-side 'Shockadelica'

the beds on fire
your fate is sealed
and youre so tired
and the reason is Camille

He's doing a lil Camille on 3121.....

cool..... kinda strange and interesting.

why the name camille though i wonder?

Camille is a reference to Herculine Barbin, a french hemaphrodite.

Doesn't say it there, but one of his nicknames was Camille.

And you can understand why...HERCULINE?! Ew.

HA yes....i understand. kinda like apollonia, and nietzsche's apolline and dionysiac. when i first read that in my class i was like 'whattttt' apollonia? nietzsche? Yeahhhh...

so camille features in the track 3121 yeah?

don't u wanna comme 3121! wooooo

my bed is calling... goodnite and good luck orgers!

i dont hear camille on 3121..for me camille was always the dirty inner sexual side of prince let out...

3121 is a party song that doesnt fit the mold..i consider 3121 simply prince messing with his vocals (ala Rainbow Child)...

thoughts?

Yeah thats more legit, becuase he has the high voice and the mid voice and a low voice on that track, if you compare it to if i was your girlfriend like davideye said theres definately a difference.

sosgemini said:

right on.. Camille isn't just a sound, it's an personality..it's a attitude..

3121 is one of my favorite tracks on "3121" but it's not Camille..not that Prince didn't notice the Camille sound of the track, but it's more Camille flava than Camille

I think I may hear a little of the Spooky Electric voice in the song also.

IDEJJD said:

Exactly! Too many peeps just hear a high voice and say "Camille!" but there's really no true connection. Prince has gone out of his way to officially attribute songs to Camille when and where they should be...

pippa123 said:

I always figured Appolonia was named after Michael's Italian wife in The Godfather. With Prince's love of film and all the Italian influences(managers, film producers) in his life, it just made sense to me.

u2prnce said:

That's right.

I dont think theres any Camille on 3121. When was the last time Camille was seen or heard anyway?

Camille kinda scares me I think it was in the Lovesexy Live video where he goes all Camille in his big glasses etc?! Funny, but wierd!!