I have to skip 'Push & pull' from the 'Live at the Aladdin'DVD,every time I put it on,'cuz I think that Nikka Costa kills the song at the end!!Who does she think she is?Patti Labelle?Such a shame, 'cuz I love the song and the way Prince
plays his part on the background...

i have to agree, all that melisma is a bit much. okay, nikka, you're soulful. we get it. now stop.

It seemed to me like he urged her on to sing loud, but I agree. She ruined it. Tone it down a few notches for Pete's sake. I'd like to hear the Revolution play that song back in the day with maybe Sheila E. doing Costa's part.

digitalelectric said:

Wait a god damned minute. No you did NOT say "SHEILA E" doing Nikka's part. Nikka Costa is a SINGER. Sheila E is a mediocre studio vocalist AT BEST.


Put the kool-aid down.
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ButterscotchPimp said:

Yeah, you heard me. She'd provide backing vocals deep in the cut so you can hear Prince and his guitar more. Kind of like Erotic City.

digitalelectric said:

Good lord. Some of you are almost as bad as republicans.

It's NIKKA'S song. SHE wrote it.

Sheila herself would tell you that she's not a singer. She's an okay vocalist as long as there's effect on her voice. She couldn't hang with Nikka vocally anytime. EVER.

Stop the madness. Please.

I have to skip her performance too even though I like the song

It would have been cool if they had jammed out together to one

of her more up beat songs Like "Everybodys got their Something"

I hate when people (women usually) hold that note WAY too long like they are

channeling Mariah Carey or something!

I'd been listening to this song on Nikka's album since it came out, singing that exact harmony line, and thinking, "Hmm... that sounds kinda Prince-y....".
So, needless to say, I was quietly gratified when I heard this version with our boy singing the same line!


He must have heard me.... Must have!


(He'd be nothing without me, y'know.... Just an old guy walking around the streets of Minneapolis in a trench coat and girl's undies.....)

ButterscotchPimp said:

Co-sign. And further more the Revolution playing this song would blow chunks.

ButterscotchPimp said:

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They can't stop the madness. They don't like any sort of RnB singing or showing of emotion. Unless Prince is doing it. He is always screaming and yelling and it gets not a complaint on this board.

oh, stop it. i love nikka's album. i love her voice. i nearly had a conniption fit the first time i saw the video for "like a feather".

but her caterwauling got on my damn nerves on the vegas CD. if prince ever sang like daffy duck in an old looney tunes cartoon, he'd get on my nerves too.

I havent seen the performance. What was so bad about it again?

live and in person, the performance probably sounded just fine...it's probably the wonky sound editing on that DVD that makes her voice sound like an air raid siren.

I have to disagree...I love this track on the DVD - not only do you have Nikka really going for it at the end there, but it really shows Prince as an accomplished accompaniest with both guitar and voice (which is great considering what a hammering he gets for being an ego freak all the time). The opening of the track is really laid back and it builds up to the ending.

Who can blame Nikka? She was side bye side with Prince. He was accompanying her. This is a beautiful duet with intense feeling and funky soul. Thanks for reminding me to watch it again.

I think Nikka becomes an instrument toward the end of the song. There was so much powerful energy between Prince and her, she became a channel to this melody. Maybe she just felt totally absorbed in the moment and then unleashed this powerful surge of energy and force. She's a red head right? Her hair color looks natural to me. They say red heads can be the feistiest of the all. Anyway, Prince looked like he was enjoying it.

i'll do it. i always do it. i have seen nikka live, and she always blows that song out of the water. honey has a wonderful voice, and likes 2 it off. on the vegas dvd, however, it seemed 2 me like she held back. if she wooulda done her sh@t for real, prince would have plotzed. i can see it now, thext song would just be a jam because he'd be too busy smiling in amazement(now u no he luv a good voice). just go see her live if u can. you''ll see what i mean


love me,
fergie

I just wish she had sung it like it sounds on the album
guess Im boring but I like it simple not oversung and
Mariahish

thekidsgirl said:

i'm with ya.

I can't stand this song on her CD, but it's one of my fav songs on the Aladdin DVD. P handled the chorus wonderfully; forgive me for sounding partial, ('cause I love Nikka too) but I thought he sounded better than Nikka did on the chorus, and P's guitar part right before the song's tempo change is amazing.

I don't really have a prob with Nikka's boisterous finale, it's the song's tempo change in general that kinda brings it down for me; although the live version is more to my liking. I'm not too fond of the instrumental shift...

I would of loved for them to perform track 2 on her album (forgot the name) or "Like a Feather".
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jkj10 said:

Well I disagree that is my favorite song on the whole DVD and I like the whole DVD. Actually if you hear the original version or at least the one from her music video (It used to be posted on her web-site) she goes wild on that one and she is just singing with an acoustic guitar. I don't know I just love that song with her and Prince and the NPG. Hell I could put up with Vanilla Ice singing that song just to hear that guitar solo Prince lets loose.

Anyway you aren't the first I have heard voice their dis-pleasure with this song but I love it.

Peace

Off topic, but does anybody remember the name of track 2 on Nikka's album? It goes something like "You can choose the rain, but I'll choose the sun" in the chorus. That's a great song! I'd of loved them to do that one...

Kazama said:

It's "So Have I For You".....

It's one of the highlights of the DVD along with "Gotta Broken Heart Again" and "Whole lotta Love".

Aladdin schmaddin - Nikka RAWKS!!

whodknee said:

I agree 200%. The song is sublime in its live version! Nikka's voice is super-powerful! Prince adds a nice 2nd voice and guitar!

Love it! One of the highlights indeed!

As has been stated before, Nikka rocks -- especially, as was the case, on HER OWN SONGS. Sheesh.

Prince does a song live and differently than a studio version, the lot of you eat it up.

Nikka does a song of hers the way she wants live and folks think she's overshadowing Prince.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Co-signing your co-sign

ButterscotchPimp said:

Yeah that's it! Thanks!

ButterscotchPimp said:

This is where your persona comes in handy, BP