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Should Prince cover...? What song should Prince cover? Let's not state the obvious: James Brown, George Clinton, Sly Stone, Stevie Wonder. Go for more off the wall ideas.
My suggestion is "The Stranger" by Billy Joel. Jazzy intro and outro. Great lead guitar line and I'd like to hear Prince's vocal take. Let the rain come down | |
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I honestly can't think of Prince covering anyone elses songs. I just see other artists covering what he has done. He's just too original for that.
But for the sake of this topic, I think he should cover the song Frontin' by Pharrell of the Neptunes because I know that Prince can sing a better falsetto and that he would do a great job with the instrumentation. I'm not a human, I'm a dove | |
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Pictures of U - The Cure
Carolyn's Fingers - Cocteau Twins Livin' on A Prayer - (Do it acoustic with some soul) Twist of Cain - Danzig Here comes Ur Man - The Pixies Let the Poison Spill - The Faint Coming Home - Cinderella Nessum Dorma (do it kind of like Aretha Franklin did) Un ultra te' - Eros Ramazotti Hot 4 Teacher - Van Halen Anything Goes - Cole Porter Learning 2 Fly - Tom Petty (and do it acoustic style) 3 Days - Janes addiction Pristine - Julian Cope My Girl Wants 2 Party all the time - Eddie Murphy | |
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How about some rock? All updated by Prince, of course:
"Primal Scream" -- Motley Crue "Time For Change" -- Motley Crue "Jamie's Crying" -- Van Halen "Eruption" -- Van Halen "Don't Cry" -- Guns N Roses "Pretty Tied Up" -- Guns N Roses "Civil War" -- Guns N Roses "Estranged" -- Guns N Roses "Nobody's Fool" -- Cinderella "Don't Know What Ya Got" -- Cinderella "She Shook Me" -- AC/DC "Sweet Emotion" -- Aerosmith "What It Takes" -- Aerosmith "Legs" -- ZZ Top "Spend My Life" -- Slaughter "Desperately" -- Slaughter "Women" -- Def Leppard "Rock Rock Til You Drop" -- Def Leppard "I Need You" -- Billy Squier "Catch My Fall" -- Billy Idol "To Be A Lover" -- by ? (perform it the way Idol did) "People So Strange" -- Tommy Lee "Body Architects" -- Tommy Lee "New Skin" -- Methods of Mayhem [Edited 12/14/04 21:49pm] | |
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Lover, You Should've Come Over - Jeff Buckley Life it ain't real funky unless you got that orgPop. | |
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Fool to cry/Stones | |
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"Sharkey's Day" -- Laurie Anderson
"Venus as a Boy" -- Bjork "Walking on Thin Ice" -- Yoko Ono "Spark" -- Tori Amos "The Reoccuring Dream" -- Joni Mitchell | |
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F R E E B I R D!
F R E E B I R D! F R E E B I R D! U should have let me down easy,
If u had no plans 2 please me! | |
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Billy Joel is a good one... I always think about a funk version of "Tell her about it", because I love the lyrics and hate the instrumental.
I even tried to do it myself, but my means are just too limited   "Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies -
tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I" | |
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KillaCal said: I honestly can't think of Prince covering anyone elses songs. I just see other artists covering what he has done. He's just too original for that.
But for the sake of this topic, I think he should cover the song Frontin' by Pharrell of the Neptunes because I know that Prince can sing a better falsetto and that he would do a great job with the instrumentation. Prince has done a number of covers. And and much as I love the guy I don't really care for a lot of them. The worst one of all is "Everyday is a Winding Road" by Sheryl Crow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I'll play it first and tell you what it is later. -Miles Davis- | |
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"Hot Pants" by Bobby Byrd
"I Know You Got Soul" by Bobby Byrd "Think" by Lyn Collins Ooh, little darlin' if you're
free 4 a couple of hours (Free 4 a couple of hours) If U ain't busy 4 the next 7 years (Next 7 years) Say, let's pretend we're married and go all night | |
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As I've mentioned before, I would like to hear Prince make an album of jazz standard tunes, with a group of real jazz musicians (not the NPG!). And he shouldn't play any instruments himself, only sing.
That I'd like to hear! | |
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"In the air 2nite" Phil colins
"clocks" coldplay Keenmeister |
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Love Will Keep Us Together - the Jimmy Scott & Flea version.
Victims - Culture Club Miguel  [Edited 12/15/04 8:50am] MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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I read somewhere Prince is a Cocteau Twins fan (Cocteaus' and The Sundays were playing over the PA when i saw him on the Nude tour).
I'd like to hear him do Everybody Here Wants You by Jeff Buckley. That sounds like a Prince song. Pictures Of You would be a good one, although i can't imagine anyone but The Cure doing it. Same for Julian Cope-although i bet he could do a great version of China Doll. How about Love Will Tear Us Apart, Joy Division.....including the dancing!!! "Prince don't hear Ravel when he wanna make love to his woman. He hears drums and shit." Miles Davis | |
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RealMusician said: As I've mentioned before, I would like to hear Prince make an album of jazz standard tunes, with a group of real jazz musicians (not the NPG!). And he shouldn't play any instruments himself, only sing.
That I'd like to hear! How about if Prince just stands at the back, watching? He's a multi-talented guy you know?  Life it ain't real funky unless you got that orgPop. | |
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KillaCal said: I honestly can't think of Prince covering anyone elses songs. I just see other artists covering what he has done. He's just too original for that.
But for the sake of this topic, I think he should cover the song Frontin' by Pharrell of the Neptunes because I know that Prince can sing a better falsetto and that he would do a great job with the instrumentation. 
Uhhh-- Betcha By Golly Wow Lalala Means I love U But i think he should redo Frontin' by Pharell-- and it would be a hit Down here in hell (with you)-- Von Hunt D' Angelo-- Shit Damn Motherfucker Untitled Brown Sugar Sade: By Your Side MJ: Cant Help It Dont Stop Til you Get Enough Isley Bros.: Between the Sheets GnR: Welcome 2 the Jungle (straight Instrumental)  Dynamic Savior Said: Also, do you think that ugly people are God's cruel joke on humanity (like the platypus and the heterosexual) or another form of population control? | |
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David Bowie - Somebody Up There Likes Me  | |
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"Hot Fun in the Summertime" - by Sly
With strings, etc. Could/would be gorgeous. | |
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I'm afraid I'm gonna have to go with the obvious ones
Maggot Brain-Funkadelic Maybe Your Baby-Stevie Thank You Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin-Sly Mother Popcorn-James Brown The Spank-James Brown Sing A Simple Song-Sly Who says a funk band can't play rock-Funkadelic give up the funk-Parliament Flashlight-parliament The Jam-GCS Hair-GCS | |
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cinnamonjo said: KillaCal said: I honestly can't think of Prince covering anyone elses songs. I just see other artists covering what he has done. He's just too original for that.
But for the sake of this topic, I think he should cover the song Frontin' by Pharrell of the Neptunes because I know that Prince can sing a better falsetto and that he would do a great job with the instrumentation.
Uhhh-- Betcha By Golly Wow Lalala Means I love U But i think he should redo Frontin' by Pharell-- and it would be a hit Down here in hell (with you)-- Von Hunt D' Angelo-- Shit Damn Motherfucker Untitled Brown Sugar Sade: By Your Side MJ: Cant Help It Dont Stop Til you Get Enough Isley Bros.: Between the Sheets GnR: Welcome 2 the Jungle (straight Instrumental) Thanks for reminding me I forgot about those songs. Physics has been on my mind lately.  I'm not a human, I'm a dove | |
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sabaisabai said: RealMusician said: As I've mentioned before, I would like to hear Prince make an album of jazz standard tunes, with a group of real jazz musicians (not the NPG!). And he shouldn't play any instruments himself, only sing.
That I'd like to hear! How about if Prince just stands at the back, watching? He's a multi-talented guy you know? "So if you don't mind, I would like to...watch" 
No, but seriously, I think Prince would be an excellent (and totally unique) jazz singer, but it would have to be in the right musical environment, which I don't think the NPG could provide (or Prince himself for that matter, as an instrumentalist). If there's any jazz musicians out there, you know what I'm talking about... | |
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"Flashlight-Parliament"
I've got Prince doing a version of this. Found it on Kazaa. "Prince don't hear Ravel when he wanna make love to his woman. He hears drums and shit." Miles Davis | |
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williammelvinhicks said: "Flashlight-Parliament"
I've got Prince doing a version of this. Found it on Kazaa. NO WAY. I gotta check it out. I love the original. I think that song is the funkiest of all songs. One Nation Under A Groove is the second. Miguel MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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AsianBomb777 said: Pristine - Julian Cope 
Excellent choice. I can almost hear the top C scream at the end. | |
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"Fantasy" Earth, Wind and Fire
"Beautiful" Christina Aguilera "Human Nature" MJ "Back In Black" AC/DC "I Touch Myself" The Divinyls CALL ME A DREAMER 2! |
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"Distant Lover" by Marvin Gaye, Everytime I hear the Live version I can imagine P singin this, screams and all. Every time I watch the other people news, I see a false picture of myself, another one of u. They try 2 tell us what we want, what 2 believe. Didn't that happen in the Garden, when somebody spoke 2 Eve? But I'm willin'.... | |
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Hot for Teacher is a good one
How bout: "Do Ya" - ELO "Mr. Blue Sky" - ELO "Red Mosquito" - Pearl Jam "You Male Me Feel Brand New" - Stylistics Let the rain come down | |
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MrSquiggle said: "Sharkey's Day" -- Laurie Anderson
"Venus as a Boy" -- Bjork "Walking on Thin Ice" -- Yoko Ono "Spark" -- Tori Amos "The Reoccuring Dream" -- Joni Mitchell Prince covering Bjork?? Can we say creepy?  If you will, so will I | |
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thekidsgirl said: MrSquiggle said: "Sharkey's Day" -- Laurie Anderson
"Venus as a Boy" -- Bjork "Walking on Thin Ice" -- Yoko Ono "Spark" -- Tori Amos "The Reoccuring Dream" -- Joni Mitchell Prince covering Bjork?? Can we say creepy? I know, eh! How could would it be... Somehow I can kinda picture him singing "He! Believes! In! A beauty! He's Venus as a Boy..." | |
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