you know the same soumnd is at the end of the song as well...

It's from an old 1960's SFX record (the title of the sample is "Barroom Brawl" or something like that...)
The sample is probably on the same record that has that Baby sample that was used in "Delirious" and that "Hey, that's my taxi!" sample that was used in "Lady Cab Driver"...

Neversin.

I wonder why I keep seeing people say that it is a clip of him being booed at the RS concert. It sounds nothing like booing at a concert. It sounds more like a bar room brawl or a boxing match.

PurpleCharm said:

Just wishful thinking on behalf of those people so that they can boast about it to there friends as if it's something really unique and cool...

Neversin.

Neversin said:

the lady cab driver guy yelling taxi taxi sounds a lot like prince but that baby on delirious i've seen and heard many times in many commercials

DOPEE said:

btw ignore my signature cuz it's geared towards the geniuses in the P&R forum.. i consider you a star around these parts

DOPEE said:

That's because it is Prince, the sample I'm talking about is at the end of "Lady Cab Driver" right before it segues into "All The Critics Love U In NY"... You hear this honking then there's this guy that shouts "Hey, that's my taxi!", that sample was used in alot of old 1960's movies, like the "The Sting" for example...

Neversin.

thank SOME1 posted this, i always wondered what the fuck that was. I always thought it was some horse race crowd sample...

Just noticed this thread http://www.prince.org/msg/7/108407 with a post of one of those wishful thinkers...

Neversin.

I remember reading a review or an interview that said that sample was from the Stones concert, I never thought it sounded like that, more like a horse race, but it was written that it was "inspired" by that concer or wa an actual sample. Maybe in a Rolling Stone interview or something.

cokeJonesin said:

The Sample is from the Spefx CD - ,(I don't recall which one), but when I worked at Tower Records we played some spefx cd's for halloween and I remember hearing this one. Incidently the sample on Pop Life was in reference to Big Chick his personal Body Guard who had a major coke problem hence the line "...what you putting in your nose...is that where all you money goes?" As well as the sound of thowing someone out

Regarding Neversin's comment about the Sting and Lady Cab Driver. YOU ARE CORRECT. I was watching it about 2 years ago and the minute I heard it, I said Lady Cab Driver without Prince's vo. They used it I think twice in the film eveything is the same including the horn honking.

WhenDovesCry2000 agrees and shares the light...

Its a wrestling match. You hear the bell ring, bodies falling and the crowd "pop".

Sounded like a boxing match to me.

It was a momment of silense for Prince's boss that passed away. U can hear his voice in the backround. My sister is a big Prince fan so this is what she told me.
[This message was edited Sun Aug 15 15:02:16 2004 by scandaloussex]

scandaloussex said:

Which Prince is she a fan of Rogers Nelson or Prince Charles???

Neversin said:

Thanks for the info Neversin. I remember watching the Sting and thinking it sounded just like the end of Lady Cab Driver, but I tried to convince myself that my mind was probably playing tricks on me! Realising that it was a sample now explains it ! Cheers.

PurpleCharm said:

Whatever the truth is, that's a much cooler story.

Are those samples on cd?

I never liked that interruption,it spoils the flow of the song,but I guess that was the intention ("life it ain't real funky unless it's got that pop").

heck, i just figured it was a sample from a chicago aftershow.

TheKid said:

Yes...
There was a limited CD box set in 1988 that had a vast collection of SFX from 1935 to 1975... It's a 25 CD box set, I can't recall the name of the set but it's out of print and fetches a heavy (and mean heavy as in $10.000+) price...

Neversin.

i always thought it sounded like a baseball game with someone up to bat and you hear that pop when they hit the ball and the crowd cheers. that's what it sounds like to me and i guess it would be appropriate being that baseball is supposed to be the all american past time.

I had heard the same rumors as PurpleCharm, that the sequence was a recording of the crowd booing Prince when he opened for the Stones in the early 80's. But I go with the majority opinion on this board.

CORRECT me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it a sample from the Rolling Stones concert in which got got boo'd and pelty with chicken parts?

I think the performance ended with "Rollem on Out" meaning bring in the headlining act?

AsianBomb777 said:

Did you actually read some of the previous posts??

Neversin.

It sounds like... 'throw the bum out". Which wouldn't make sense at a horse race or even a boxing match.

EverlastingNow said:

Don't get your pannies in a buntch

I always thought it was balloons poppin', people cheering, like in a carnival...

I think it was a recording of a roller coaster...

I always thought is was a baseball game when a home run is hit

"Life aint very funky...unless it's got that WOWWWW (imagine home run)


Anyway dats what I think