The best and the worst, and I'm not talking about songs he gave to people. I'm talking about someone kidnapping a Prince song and having their way with it. Most are bad, some are good and few are brilliant.

I really loved the techno version of When Doves Cry on the Romeo and Juliet Sndtrk. When I saw that scene in the movie, I was like "If church was like that, I'd be there EVERY Sunday!" And I'm not even Catholic anymore! Tori Amos does Purple Rain now and then and I really love her. She has a great ability to interpret other people's music. I think when people try to do it just like Prince, that's when they get into trouble.

I've heard people mention a techno or house album of Prince tunes: Can someone give me that title please? And I remember hearing about a jazz album that was covers of Prince tunes, anyone remember that one? I think When Doves Cry was in the title of that one, but I can't remember right now.

So what's your favorite version of a Prince song covered by another artist?

cyndi lauper's version of "when you were mine" kix ass....

micorison requesting radio silence...
[This message was edited Fri May 3 12:03:13 PDT 2002 by micorison]

I think the Jazz album is called "Bob Belden plays Prince".
Don't know of any techno album though...

Heavenly said:

I'm with you on this purchase. I have it to(or had it, it got stolen). It has a version of "The Question of You" on which is the way the song should've been done. As well as a version of "Kiss" that kills. The whole album is good. All covers of Prince tunes.

i have this compilation, and it's pretty damn niftee:

www.rexrecords.com/ifiwas...index.html

it has the cutest, funniest cover of "sexy dancer" on it! it's like a techno-ish version of it. can't quite describe it 2 ya'll, you'd have 2 listen 2 understand.

I found it, it's probobly not all techno though. This is called Party of the Times.

Track Listings
1. Dale Bozzio/I /Would For You - Missing Persons'Dal
2. Darling Nilkki - Stamos, Rebecca Ron
3. Head - Ice-T
4. Sign O' The Times - Heaven 17
5. Irresistible Bitch - Mellow Man Ace
6. Pop Life - Dead or Alive
7. U Got The Look - Numan, Gary
8. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Holoway, Loleatta
9. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man - Sigue Sigue Sputnik
10. Baby I'm A Star - Buddy Miles
11. 1999 - Adeva
12. Controversy - Information Society
13. Little Red Corvette - Meeks

Ask this question again once we've heard 0)+> cover versions of Prince's songs.

Haystack said:

True, but he isn't 0)+> anymore...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Oh yeah! I forgot about this one! Cyndi is great, she did Strawberry Fields on that John Lennon tribute recently.