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Thread started 06/12/08 1:55pm

LinnLM1

The Time : ICE CREAM CASTLES

I know Prince played on The Time's first 2 albums but did he play on his one at all? I think he did not but not sure. And who wrote the great "My Drawers"?
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Reply #1 posted 06/12/08 8:21pm

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Man, I've written at least 3 threads about this song on here. Yeah, that's Prince playing everything on this track. And Prince wrote My Drawers as well. I heard that there is a demo of this song with Prince "guide" vocals on them. With an extra set of verses as well. Don't know how tru that is but that's what I heard. Love the song "Ice Cream Castles".
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Reply #2 posted 06/12/08 8:36pm

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What about The Bird and Jungle Love?

I think If the Kid Can't Make You Come is all Prince too--is that right?
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Reply #3 posted 06/12/08 10:22pm

LinnLM1

Efan said:

What about The Bird and Jungle Love?

I think If the Kid Can't Make You Come is all Prince too--is that right?


As per Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on BET circa 1986, those 2 songs are all Jesse Johnson.They talked about how Jimmy went from 4 track to 8 track to 16 track to 32 track etc as he recorded the songs.
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Reply #4 posted 06/13/08 9:20am

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LinnLM1 said:

Efan said:

What about The Bird and Jungle Love?

I think If the Kid Can't Make You Come is all Prince too--is that right?


As per Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on BET circa 1986, those 2 songs are all Jesse Johnson.They talked about how Jimmy went from 4 track to 8 track to 16 track to 32 track etc as he recorded the songs.

Jungle Love is Jesse's. If The Kid and The Bird is Prince's.
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Reply #5 posted 06/13/08 12:07pm

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Efan said:

What about The Bird and Jungle Love?

I think If the Kid Can't Make You Come is all Prince too--is that right?



Dealing strictly with the guitar playing for that track, that's Jesse based on his comment about it in a 1988 Guitar World article.
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Reply #6 posted 06/13/08 4:49pm

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kstrat said:

Efan said:

What about The Bird and Jungle Love?

I think If the Kid Can't Make You Come is all Prince too--is that right?



Dealing strictly with the guitar playing for that track, that's Jesse based on his comment about it in a 1988 Guitar World article.

Which track, kstrat?
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Reply #7 posted 06/13/08 8:42pm

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blackguitaristz said:

kstrat said:




Dealing strictly with the guitar playing for that track, that's Jesse based on his comment about it in a 1988 Guitar World article.

Which track, kstrat?




I'm sorry, my last post was referring strictly to "If The Kid Can't Make You Come". Just to paraphrase what was said, Jesse mentioned that what impressed Prince the most about his playing was his ability to plug straight into an amp and get a happening sound without effects, Just fingers on the strings. He mentioned that tune as an example of himself doing that type of playing.

If you recall we were on another thread a while back discussing "My Drawers". You hipped me to Prince playing on that track. A lot of folks seem to like that tune. Other than the guitar playing I personally never cared for the song itself.
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Reply #8 posted 06/13/08 9:43pm

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kstrat said:

blackguitaristz said:


Which track, kstrat?




I'm sorry, my last post was referring strictly to "If The Kid Can't Make You Come". Just to paraphase what was said, Jesse mentioned that that what impressed Prince the most about his playing was his ablity to plug straight into an amp and get a happening sound without effects, Just fingers on the strings. He mentioned that tune as an example of himself doing that type of playing.

If you recall we were on another hread a while back discussing "My Drawers". You hipped me to Prince playing on that track. A lot of folks seem to like that tune. Other than the guitar playing I personally never cared for the song itself.
[Edited 6/13/08 20:45pm]

I can dig it.
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Reply #9 posted 06/13/08 11:40pm

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kstrat said:

blackguitaristz said:


Which track, kstrat?




I'm sorry, my last post was referring strictly to "If The Kid Can't Make You Come". Just to paraphase what was said, Jesse mentioned that that what impressed Prince the most about his playing was his ablity to plug straight into an amp and get a happening sound without effects, Just fingers on the strings. He mentioned that tune as an example of himself doing that type of playing.

If you recall we were on another hread a while back discussing "My Drawers". You hipped me to Prince playing on that track. A lot of folks seem to like that tune. Other than the guitar playing I personally never cared for the song itself.
[Edited 6/13/08 20:45pm]


Idk if its me, but a portion of the synth line in My Drawers kinda sounds like part of the melody to If I Was Your Girlfriend.
chill..prince doesnt like men being front row, makes it hard to sing the ballads
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Reply #10 posted 06/14/08 12:12pm

lipstick

There is too much talking on this album and not enough songs. Some of it is just silly and childish. Ice Cream Castles is the best song. Their first album was their best one.
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Reply #11 posted 06/14/08 2:27pm

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Prince played a lot of the songs on that album. There were extra verses on at least 2 of the songs as I remember it.

I'll have to check my notes to know specifically.
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Reply #12 posted 06/14/08 3:51pm

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I thought Lisa had a hand in If The Kid Can't Make You Come and The Stick...no?
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Reply #13 posted 06/14/08 6:14pm

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sosgemini said:

I thought Lisa had a hand in If The Kid Can't Make You Come and The Stick...no?

I know Lisa co wrote The Stick.
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Reply #14 posted 06/16/08 2:31pm

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MajesticOne89 said:

kstrat said:





I'm sorry, my last post was referring strictly to "If The Kid Can't Make You Come". Just to paraphase what was said, Jesse mentioned that that what impressed Prince the most about his playing was his ablity to plug straight into an amp and get a happening sound without effects, Just fingers on the strings. He mentioned that tune as an example of himself doing that type of playing.

If you recall we were on another hread a while back discussing "My Drawers". You hipped me to Prince playing on that track. A lot of folks seem to like that tune. Other than the guitar playing I personally never cared for the song itself.
[Edited 6/13/08 20:45pm]


Idk if its me, but a portion of the synth line in My Drawers kinda sounds like part of the melody to If I Was Your Girlfriend.

I was thinking the same thing.
Some people think I'm kinda cute
But that don't compute when it comes 2 Y-O-U.
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Reply #15 posted 06/17/08 2:32pm

Rhastus

My least favorite Time album, but My Drawers Rules!!! cool
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Reply #16 posted 06/17/08 4:34pm

SoulAlive

The first Two Time albums are the best.'Ice Cream Castles' is just okay....my favorite song is "My Drawers".
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Reply #17 posted 06/17/08 7:52pm

violetblues

I usto play "my drawers" over and over, love the guitar work, loved it.
I think all the reviews i've read dogged that song when it was first released.
...But then again they dogged "the family" too.
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Reply #18 posted 06/19/08 1:05am

woogiebear

STRICTLY PRINCE & MORRIS DAY, WITH LIMITED INPUT FROM JESSE (JUNGLE LOVE) AND A "LIVE" BAND TRACK (THE BIRD)
cool cool cool cool cool cool cool
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Reply #19 posted 06/19/08 1:07am

woogiebear

AND THAT'S JESSE'S "B.B. KING-LIKE" SOLO ON "IF THE KID CAN'T MAKE YOU COME". HE DOES THE SAME ON "SOMETIMES I GET LONELY" FROM PANDEMONIUM.....
cool cool cool cool cool cool cool
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Reply #20 posted 06/19/08 2:42pm

DecaturStone

I have the studio version of the Bird not so much. sad I was wondering why they left Chocolate off the Ice Cream castles release? That would have been better on this album there were really not alot of songs on this release. I wish "the kid can't make you come" would have been left off. "The Kid ...." is tooooo long it dies down twice! This is a good album but two more songs would have done this release better.
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Reply #21 posted 07/01/08 12:14pm

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woogiebear said:

STRICTLY PRINCE & MORRIS DAY, WITH LIMITED INPUT FROM JESSE (JUNGLE LOVE) AND A "LIVE" BAND TRACK (THE BIRD)
cool cool cool cool cool cool cool



He had to have some hand in Jungle Love. He incorporated it in2 his demo for "You Turn Me Up" for Tamara And The Seen.
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