this is worth revisiting since its "that" time of year...do u remember hearing the stories around this song?? i always play this one 4 the prince nubies, let them listen all the way thru, then hit em with, "u no, its supposed 2 b a TRUE story!" oh, how they freak!!
anybody no the REAL truth?? is it based on a true story??

AFAIK, no it isn't. s'fictional, from what i can tell.

I like the extended version a lot, but the released version is better.

love the screams on this one!!!

Does every version of that song have such shitty quality? I can hardly hear what the hell he's talking about. Something about sisters, pools, doctors, not paying the light bills, drinking banana daquiris, purple bananas, and bronzed dildos.

glamslamkid said:

huh? you must have one of them 3rd-hand, 20th-generation bootlegg copies or sumfin. the copy i've got is perfect...the lyrix ain't that hard to make out, man.

I love the song....always imagine a video in my head: Prince laying on a sofa in front of a huge fireplace in a dark baroque-style room, drinking a banana daiquiri and thinking of his lost love, so romantic!

Sirah

that song is fucking depressing. yet i'm playing the hell out of it and attempting to sing along...

LAST NIGHT...BEN ANUDER LONELY CRIMUUUUUSSS...DARLING(SOMETHING SOMETHING) SHOULDA BEEN THERRRRREEEEE!! (SOMETHING SOMETHING) I DREAM ABOUT, YOU ARE THE ONE WHO MAKES MY LOVE SHOUT, YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE I CARRRRREEEEE FOOOOORRRRR!!

Howcome she dies in the song, but in the chorus he sings like she's still alive?

glamslamkid said:

cuz of all them 'nana daiquiris he drank towards the end...:drunkassprance:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

yeah. the speech is a lil slurry. maybe that's why i can't make the lyrics out.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Well, until The Hits-B-Sides came out it was nearly impossible to get a clear version because everybody taped it from record.

glamslamkid said:

i meant in the song, not during the making of the song. but seriously, you can't understand what he's singin? odd...

Such a sad song but I love it! Wish I had a better quality version...

BTW -does anyone know when this was recorde? What year? Was it an outtake from a specific album?

for those of ya'll with the poopie-soundin copy of the song, there is a pristine copy of the extended version of the song in circulation...can't tell ya how/where to get it, so don't ask me.

Outtake!?... it was a B-Side!
And yeah, that means it WAS officially released, so go out and BUY it.

It was the B-side to 'I Would Die 4 U', and the regular 7" edit is included
on the still-available 'The Hits / The B-Sides' 3 CD set.
The full length version was only available on the 'I Would Die 4 U' 12",
so eBay or filesharing is the only way you're gonna get a copy of that one.

Maybe I'm warped, but I'm not sure why people find this song all that sad or depressing. I think Prince was trying to make a deliberately over-the-top song in all ways. I love the song, but the lyrics make me laugh. It's the way he sings them. I'm sure it's meant to be an ironic or tongue-in-cheek send-up of some of those over-wrought old 'songs about lovers dying', eg. 'Leader of the Pack' or 'Seasons in the Sun' by Terry Jacks. Especially the verse, 'Your father said it was pneumonia, Your mother said it was stress, But the doctor said u were dead And I, I say its senseless'

It's typical of Prince at that time. A fantastic, beautiful song, but you're never quite sure if he's taking the ...

BorisFishpaw said:

eBay is lame, and I'm not going to buy a package full of songs I already own just for one song. Filesharing's how I got the version I have, and it's pretty bad quality. I should probably look around the local wrecka stow's for the 12"....

meow85 said:

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It is on the back of "I Would Die For You" 12 inch version. Which I have. Put out in late 1984. Not sure when it was recorded. Check DMSR.

recorded in February,1984.

Thanks so much! I'd been wondering about that for a while.

laurarichardson said:

Remember when Prince put out B-sides like this one.. This song was such an xmas present when I flipped that record over and heard it for the first time...