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why did prince allow vanity 6 stuff on youtube

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Reply #1 posted 06/04/16 4:47pm

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That's what I would like to know as well as Sheila E, but yet its difficult to find The Time's material.

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Reply #2 posted 06/04/16 5:09pm

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DO/DID THEY GET ROYALTIES..MAYBE THE GIRLS NEEDED THE MONEY, NOT SURE?

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Reply #3 posted 06/04/16 5:15pm

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I remember a Jellybean Johnson interview where he said that the female proteges got speical treatment compared to them. But how would u explain why The Family which featured Susannah his fiancée wasn't allowed to use the name, and prior to his passing it was also difficult to find their songs on YT?

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Reply #4 posted 06/04/16 5:21pm

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Goddess4Real said:

I remember a Jellybean Johnson interview where he said that the female proteges got speical treatment compared to them. But how would u explain why The Family which featured Susannah his fiancée wasn't allowed to use the name, and prior to his passing it was also difficult to find their songs on YT?

Cuz u don't leave Princey razz lol

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Reply #5 posted 06/04/16 5:23pm

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GeniusLuv said:

Goddess4Real said:

I remember a Jellybean Johnson interview where he said that the female proteges got speical treatment compared to them. But how would u explain why The Family which featured Susannah his fiancée wasn't allowed to use the name, and prior to his passing it was also difficult to find their songs on YT?

Cuz u don't leave Princey razz lol

Well Vanity left him biggrin wink and he still used material that she recorded from Vibrator lol

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Reply #6 posted 06/04/16 5:32pm

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Goddess4Real said:

GeniusLuv said:

Cuz u don't leave Princey razz lol

Well Vanity left him biggrin wink and he still used material that she recorded from Vibrator lol

Ohhhhh Goddess come on now girl you and i (especially) know hisgirl Denise was special sexy kisses horny love love2 hug

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Reply #7 posted 06/04/16 5:37pm

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GeniusLuv said:

Goddess4Real said:

Well Vanity left him biggrin wink and he still used material that she recorded from Vibrator lol

Ohhhhh Goddess come on now girl you and i (especially) know hisgirl Denise was special sexy kisses horny love love2 hug

Oh yes the protype, the OG nod thumbs up!

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Reply #8 posted 06/04/16 5:41pm

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The question should be, why did he do a Hot Wit U...the NASTY GIRL remix...why did he need to do that? Hmmm eek rolleyes nutty

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Reply #9 posted 06/04/16 6:48pm

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GeniusLuv said:

The question should be, why did he do a Hot Wit U...the NASTY GIRL remix...why did he need to do that? Hmmm eek rolleyes nutty

Enough said biggrin

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Reply #10 posted 06/04/16 7:30pm

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eek Woah!

When was that? Who are those guys? Whats goin on there?

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Reply #11 posted 06/04/16 8:11pm

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GeniusLuv said:

eek Woah!

When was that? Who are those guys? Whats goin on there?

Prince B'day Party in NY hosted by Spike Lee https://twitter.com/serpa...th_replies biggrin

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Reply #12 posted 06/04/16 8:48pm

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cool Nice!

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Reply #13 posted 06/07/16 6:06pm

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Prince did not celebrate birthdays being a JW BUT Spike and Sway make the birthday celebration look like a good time

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Reply #14 posted 06/07/16 8:04pm

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I love that Prince did a NASTY GIRL REMIX woot! woot!

Wonder if Denise knew?? Did she get royalties of any kind?? Maybe it was done for a reason??

Just sayin' lol

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Reply #15 posted 06/08/16 5:49am

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Goddess4Real said:

I remember a Jellybean Johnson interview where he said that the female proteges got speical treatment compared to them. But how would u explain why The Family which featured Susannah his fiancée wasn't allowed to use the name, and prior to his passing it was also difficult to find their songs on YT?

Prince had moved on from that broad and married twice - why would he compromise business to let them use his Family name? He didnt owe her or anyone in the band anything.

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Reply #16 posted 06/08/16 8:49am

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Goddess4Real said:

I remember a Jellybean Johnson interview where he said that the female proteges got speical treatment compared to them. But how would u explain why The Family which featured Susannah his fiancée wasn't allowed to use the name, and prior to his passing it was also difficult to find their songs on YT?

BBP: So he did them a favor more or less, right?

Johnson: He did them a favor, more or less. But still it’s just—it’s just—all this shit is just so childish when you look back on it 35 years later. You’re like, “what the fuck was he doing?” Because you know what, man? He could have had all of us. We could have all been working for him; we could have all been making hits for him and everything and he would have made even more money. But his ego won’t let that happen. His ego cannot take that. He had all of us: every guy in the Time, with the exception of Jerome—and Jerome had his own record deal—every guy in the Time had a top 10 hit. Every one! Monte, Jesse, Jimmy and Terry sold over 100 million records. Morris, I—all of us—had Top Ten, Top Five records. Prince could have had all of us. Didn’t want to pay us; didn’t want to do it.

BBP: So you think it was a money issue, or was it an ego issue, or both?

Johnson: I think it’s ego and money. I think it was ego and money. Because he didn’t want us to become bigger than him. When I first toured, we first went on a major tour, we made $150 a week, dude.

BBP: (laughs) Really?

Johnson: Prince made millions. Those millions he took to make Purple Rain, he made that first tour, when he got the bonuses and shit, our bonus was $150. After three fucking months on the road! That’s all we made was $150 a week! That’s all we made! Morris made more: he paid Morris more because Morris was his alter-ego, as you said. The rest of us? That’s all we got! That includes Terry and Jimmy too.

BBP: But you know what’s interesting though, that movie would not have worked if it had not been for that tension, you know?

Johnson: Yeah. You’re right. He used that, like I said, he used that to his advantage. Because the automatic tension was there, because it had been there. He used it to his advantage. And I give him credit for that. I’m still famous today for Purple Rain. I still get a little bullshit check every two or three months for Purple Rain…but Purple Rain’s going to always be part of his life too, even though he tries to poo-poo and play all of this new shit like “Screwdriver” and all that. People come to concerts, they want to hear “Purple Rain” and that old shit. This recent shit, they don’t be wanting to hear his ass with that. But it takes him time to figure shit out. But then he’ll sit down at a piano and brag about how many hits he’s got, and kick his man offstage and just play the shit by himself. That’s the kind of shit he does.

BBP: So why do you think the women get treated better?

Johnson: This goes all the way back to Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, and how we used to get treated because of them. We played for Vanity 6 and we were in their band, we didn’t get but an extra $100 for doing that shit…and when we came to major cities like New York, L.A., he booted our asses off there. He kept them, made us play for them and wouldn’t let The Time play. Do you know what it’s like to have a major star—Quincy Jones, Sting—coming to see us, and we don’t play? You know what? You should buy the Original 7ven. There’s a DVD in the album Original 7ven. You should buy that, man and watch that.
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Reply #17 posted 06/08/16 3:59pm

morningsong

OldFriends4Sale said:

Goddess4Real said:

I remember a Jellybean Johnson interview where he said that the female proteges got speical treatment compared to them. But how would u explain why The Family which featured Susannah his fiancée wasn't allowed to use the name, and prior to his passing it was also difficult to find their songs on YT?

BBP: So he did them a favor more or less, right?

Johnson: He did them a favor, more or less. But still it’s just—it’s just—all this shit is just so childish when you look back on it 35 years later. You’re like, “what the fuck was he doing?” Because you know what, man? He could have had all of us. We could have all been working for him; we could have all been making hits for him and everything and he would have made even more money. But his ego won’t let that happen. His ego cannot take that. He had all of us: every guy in the Time, with the exception of Jerome—and Jerome had his own record deal—every guy in the Time had a top 10 hit. Every one! Monte, Jesse, Jimmy and Terry sold over 100 million records. Morris, I—all of us—had Top Ten, Top Five records. Prince could have had all of us. Didn’t want to pay us; didn’t want to do it.

BBP: So you think it was a money issue, or was it an ego issue, or both?

Johnson: I think it’s ego and money. I think it was ego and money. Because he didn’t want us to become bigger than him. When I first toured, we first went on a major tour, we made $150 a week, dude.

BBP: (laughs) Really?

Johnson: Prince made millions. Those millions he took to make Purple Rain, he made that first tour, when he got the bonuses and shit, our bonus was $150. After three fucking months on the road! That’s all we made was $150 a week! That’s all we made! Morris made more: he paid Morris more because Morris was his alter-ego, as you said. The rest of us? That’s all we got! That includes Terry and Jimmy too.

BBP: But you know what’s interesting though, that movie would not have worked if it had not been for that tension, you know?

Johnson: Yeah. You’re right. He used that, like I said, he used that to his advantage. Because the automatic tension was there, because it had been there. He used it to his advantage. And I give him credit for that. I’m still famous today for Purple Rain. I still get a little bullshit check every two or three months for Purple Rainbut Purple Rain’s going to always be part of his life too, even though he tries to poo-poo and play all of this new shit like “Screwdriver” and all that. People come to concerts, they want to hear “Purple Rain” and that old shit. This recent shit, they don’t be wanting to hear his ass with that. But it takes him time to figure shit out. But then he’ll sit down at a piano and brag about how many hits he’s got, and kick his man offstage and just play the shit by himself. That’s the kind of shit he does.

BBP: So why do you think the women get treated better?

Johnson: This goes all the way back to Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, and how we used to get treated because of them. We played for Vanity 6 and we were in their band, we didn’t get but an extra $100 for doing that shit…and when we came to major cities like New York, L.A., he booted our asses off there. He kept them, made us play for them and wouldn’t let The Time play. Do you know what it’s like to have a major star—Quincy Jones, Sting—coming to see us, and we don’t play? You know what? You should buy the Original 7ven. There’s a DVD in the album Original 7ven. You should buy that, man and watch that.


Well damn! eek
You think he's a little ticked?

He never answered that last question.

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Reply #18 posted 06/08/16 4:02pm

morningsong

Oh yeah. I'm curious how did all that work once Denise renounced "Vanity", did she still get any royalty checks? Did she send them back?

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Reply #19 posted 06/08/16 4:16pm

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OldFriends4Sale said:

Goddess4Real said:

I remember a Jellybean Johnson interview where he said that the female proteges got speical treatment compared to them. But how would u explain why The Family which featured Susannah his fiancée wasn't allowed to use the name, and prior to his passing it was also difficult to find their songs on YT?

BBP: So he did them a favor more or less, right?

Johnson: He did them a favor, more or less. But still it’s just—it’s just—all this shit is just so childish when you look back on it 35 years later. You’re like, “what the fuck was he doing?” Because you know what, man? He could have had all of us. We could have all been working for him; we could have all been making hits for him and everything and he would have made even more money. But his ego won’t let that happen. His ego cannot take that. He had all of us: every guy in the Time, with the exception of Jerome—and Jerome had his own record deal—every guy in the Time had a top 10 hit. Every one! Monte, Jesse, Jimmy and Terry sold over 100 million records. Morris, I—all of us—had Top Ten, Top Five records. Prince could have had all of us. Didn’t want to pay us; didn’t want to do it.

BBP: So you think it was a money issue, or was it an ego issue, or both?

Johnson: I think it’s ego and money. I think it was ego and money. Because he didn’t want us to become bigger than him. When I first toured, we first went on a major tour, we made $150 a week, dude.

BBP: (laughs) Really?

Johnson: Prince made millions. Those millions he took to make Purple Rain, he made that first tour, when he got the bonuses and shit, our bonus was $150. After three fucking months on the road! That’s all we made was $150 a week! That’s all we made! Morris made more: he paid Morris more because Morris was his alter-ego, as you said. The rest of us? That’s all we got! That includes Terry and Jimmy too.

BBP: But you know what’s interesting though, that movie would not have worked if it had not been for that tension, you know?

Johnson: Yeah. You’re right. He used that, like I said, he used that to his advantage. Because the automatic tension was there, because it had been there. He used it to his advantage. And I give him credit for that. I’m still famous today for Purple Rain. I still get a little bullshit check every two or three months for Purple Rain…but Purple Rain’s going to always be part of his life too, even though he tries to poo-poo and play all of this new shit like “Screwdriver” and all that. People come to concerts, they want to hear “Purple Rain” and that old shit. This recent shit, they don’t be wanting to hear his ass with that. But it takes him time to figure shit out. But then he’ll sit down at a piano and brag about how many hits he’s got, and kick his man offstage and just play the shit by himself. That’s the kind of shit he does.

BBP: So why do you think the women get treated better?

Johnson: This goes all the way back to Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, and how we used to get treated because of them. We played for Vanity 6 and we were in their band, we didn’t get but an extra $100 for doing that shit…and when we came to major cities like New York, L.A., he booted our asses off there. He kept them, made us play for them and wouldn’t let The Time play. Do you know what it’s like to have a major star—Quincy Jones, Sting—coming to see us, and we don’t play? You know what? You should buy the Original 7ven. There’s a DVD in the album Original 7ven. You should buy that, man and watch that.

Yuuuuuup that's the interview biggrin

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Reply #20 posted 06/08/16 4:19pm

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morningsong said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

BBP: So he did them a favor more or less, right?

Johnson: He did them a favor, more or less. But still it’s just—it’s just—all this shit is just so childish when you look back on it 35 years later. You’re like, “what the fuck was he doing?” Because you know what, man? He could have had all of us. We could have all been working for him; we could have all been making hits for him and everything and he would have made even more money. But his ego won’t let that happen. His ego cannot take that. He had all of us: every guy in the Time, with the exception of Jerome—and Jerome had his own record deal—every guy in the Time had a top 10 hit. Every one! Monte, Jesse, Jimmy and Terry sold over 100 million records. Morris, I—all of us—had Top Ten, Top Five records. Prince could have had all of us. Didn’t want to pay us; didn’t want to do it.

BBP: So you think it was a money issue, or was it an ego issue, or both?

Johnson: I think it’s ego and money. I think it was ego and money. Because he didn’t want us to become bigger than him. When I first toured, we first went on a major tour, we made $150 a week, dude.

BBP: (laughs) Really?

Johnson: Prince made millions. Those millions he took to make Purple Rain, he made that first tour, when he got the bonuses and shit, our bonus was $150. After three fucking months on the road! That’s all we made was $150 a week! That’s all we made! Morris made more: he paid Morris more because Morris was his alter-ego, as you said. The rest of us? That’s all we got! That includes Terry and Jimmy too.

BBP: But you know what’s interesting though, that movie would not have worked if it had not been for that tension, you know?

Johnson: Yeah. You’re right. He used that, like I said, he used that to his advantage. Because the automatic tension was there, because it had been there. He used it to his advantage. And I give him credit for that. I’m still famous today for Purple Rain. I still get a little bullshit check every two or three months for Purple Rainbut Purple Rain’s going to always be part of his life too, even though he tries to poo-poo and play all of this new shit like “Screwdriver” and all that. People come to concerts, they want to hear “Purple Rain” and that old shit. This recent shit, they don’t be wanting to hear his ass with that. But it takes him time to figure shit out. But then he’ll sit down at a piano and brag about how many hits he’s got, and kick his man offstage and just play the shit by himself. That’s the kind of shit he does.

BBP: So why do you think the women get treated better?

Johnson: This goes all the way back to Vanity 6, Apollonia 6, and how we used to get treated because of them. We played for Vanity 6 and we were in their band, we didn’t get but an extra $100 for doing that shit…and when we came to major cities like New York, L.A., he booted our asses off there. He kept them, made us play for them and wouldn’t let The Time play. Do you know what it’s like to have a major star—Quincy Jones, Sting—coming to see us, and we don’t play? You know what? You should buy the Original 7ven. There’s a DVD in the album Original 7ven. You should buy that, man and watch that.


Well damn! eek
You think he's a little ticked?

He never answered that last question.

Now that Prince is gone, I wonder if his views has changed eg. will he jump on the "I love Prince" bandwagon? It will be interesting hmmm

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Reply #21 posted 06/08/16 4:24pm

morningsong

Goddess4Real said:

morningsong said:


Well damn! eek
You think he's a little ticked?

He never answered that last question.

Now that Prince is gone, I wonder if his views has changed eg. will he jump on the "I love Prince" bandwagon? It will be interesting hmmm



Well The Time is available on Tidal so the royal checks should be getting better so I'm sure so will the views.

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Reply #22 posted 06/08/16 4:27pm

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morningsong said:

Goddess4Real said:

Now that Prince is gone, I wonder if his views has changed eg. will he jump on the "I love Prince" bandwagon? It will be interesting hmmm



Well The Time is available on Tidal so the royal checks should be getting better so I'm sure so will the views.

Also I read Vantiy 6 music is on Tidal as well wink

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Reply #23 posted 06/08/16 4:31pm

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morningsong said:



Well The Time is available on Tidal so the royal checks should be getting better so I'm sure so will the views.

Also I read Vantiy 6 music is on Tidal as well wink



Oh I have to check it out. I don't have that stuff anymore. I gave it all away when I converted. Of course I relapsed and stayed but it was too late to get my stuff back.

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Reply #24 posted 06/09/16 1:33pm

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I love that Prince did a NASTY GIRL REMIX woot! woot!

Wonder if Denise knew?? Did she get royalties of any kind?? Maybe it was done for a reason??

Just sayin' lol

I just saw the video today! I wonder too, if she knew. It was interesting hearing Prince sing "Nasty Girl". Who was the girl wrapping on there? It sounded like Eve.

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Reply #25 posted 06/09/16 11:13pm

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bananadance

purplegirl00 said:

GeniusLuv said:

I love that Prince did a NASTY GIRL REMIX woot! woot!

Wonder if Denise knew?? Did she get royalties of any kind?? Maybe it was done for a reason??

Just sayin' lol

I just saw the video today! I wonder too, if she knew. It was interesting hearing Prince sing "Nasty Girl". Who was the girl wrapping on there? It sounded like Eve.

Its ok but the original is the BEST! music bananadance and Vanity 6's live version from the Homecoming show in Mn is totally awesome cloud9 worship lockdance

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[Edited 6/9/16 23:15pm]

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Reply #26 posted 06/10/16 12:37am

morningsong

purplegirl00 said:



GeniusLuv said:


I love that Prince did a NASTY GIRL REMIX woot! woot!


Wonder if Denise knew?? Did she get royalties of any kind?? Maybe it was done for a reason??



Just sayin' lol




I just saw the video today! I wonder too, if she knew. It was interesting hearing Prince sing "Nasty Girl". Who was the girl wrapping on there? It sounded like Eve.



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Reply #27 posted 06/10/16 1:56am

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He didn't, it was taken down all the time. I suspect that The Time, as a band in print and available to purchase digitally, were taken down via automated processes but the Vanity 6 stuff weren't part of that and needed a manual submission of copyright.

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Reply #28 posted 06/10/16 12:33pm

purplegirl00

Goddess4Real said:


bananadance




purplegirl00 said:




GeniusLuv said:


I love that Prince did a NASTY GIRL REMIX woot! woot!


Wonder if Denise knew?? Did she get royalties of any kind?? Maybe it was done for a reason??



Just sayin' lol




I just saw the video today! I wonder too, if she knew. It was interesting hearing Prince sing "Nasty Girl". Who was the girl wrapping on there? It sounded like Eve.




Its ok but the original is the BEST! music bananadance and Vanity 6's live version from the Homecoming show in Mn is totally awesome cloud9 worship lockdance


[Edited 6/9/16 23:15pm]

[Edited 6/9/16 23:15pm]


I like her singing it best too, but him singing it, is still interesting. biggrin I want hear that Homecoming show!
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Reply #29 posted 06/10/16 6:21pm

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purplegirl00 said:

Goddess4Real said:

bananadance

Its ok but the original is the BEST! music bananadance and Vanity 6's live version from the Homecoming show in Mn is totally awesome cloud9 worship lockdance

[Edited 6/9/16 23:15pm]

[Edited 6/9/16 23:15pm]

I like her singing it best too, but him singing it, is still interesting. biggrin I want hear that Homecoming show! [Edited 6/10/16 12:36pm]

Its on YT (type Vanity 6 live) in all its funky glory biggrin they were awesome music worship

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