GIVE IT THE F@CK UP for "I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF UR MAN" from the SIgn of the Times Concert Movie.

GOT DAYUM, that shit is even better than the song is on the album.

The stupid ass look Kat gives our boy on stage cracks my shit up, but the song is jammin.

THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF HIS VERY VERY BEST POP SONGS.


Also, do U think that the song title is in any way, shape, or form, a desperate plea for Prince to "out" his homosexual feelings?



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Wally, what am I gonna do?

Doozer said:

whenever i've had relationship troubles, i've always asked the same question. wally truly is a sage when it comes to matters of the heart, you know.

"I Could Never..." is one of my all-time favorite Prince songs, but I haven't seen the SOTT concert!

I think I could never take the place of your man is the DEFINITIVE prince pop-rock song. he's made some good ones since then, but so many of them feel like ersatz recyclings of it.

theVelvetRoper said:

If you love the song you'll absolutely adore the live version.

Anxiety said:

thank you....

AsianBomb777 said:GOT DAYUM, that shit is even better than the song is on the album.

You're absolutely right, the live version kicks ass!! I remember watching the SOTT-Movie at cinema together with only a handful of others, so we asked the technician to play it at full volume.....what a blast! Especially the guitar-solo on ICNTTPOYM.....

I think they could have done a better job,soundwise,on the guitar piece in the middle,but hey,it still kicks ass!!
'Though after hearing about the dubbing stuff on the SOTT movie (vocals,take a good look..)I'm looking with different eyes to it these days,and I feel a bit like I been had.Who's gonna prove to me now,that they didn't dub the whole thing?I thought for many years that the film was shot in Rotterdam,so I was glad I was there,but now I've read some different opinions on the whole project..To me the movie has lost his magic a bit,'cuz I can't stand the fact that P hasn't been completely honest with us on this one...If the sound wasn't good,why release it?Did he really have one opportunity to shoot this movie?
Again:Take a good look at Hot Thing,It's gonna be a beautiful night e.g.They dubbed his voice,and now it looks like he's lipsynching!!!...
A great song it is,indeed...

One of my favorite segments of this concert movie.

By the way, I watched the movie on cable one of the times they've shown it recently. And it looks like some of the footage is slightly different from the vhs tape that came out way back when. For instance the crowd shots are different, some of the camera angles of Prince dancing seem different. Also there's a portion during "Housequake" (I believe) where his voice looks badly out of sync with the lyrics of the song. I know a lot of this was re-created on the Paisley soundstage but on the vhs tape it didn't seem quite so obvious.

Forgive me if this has been discussed before. Just point me to the thread and I'll read the comments there.

Love thise song....I too have never seen the SOTT....will as soon as possible.
Thanks.....

theVelvetRoper said:

I love the way he teases the audience during the breakdown.

theVelvetRoper said:

Same here! Gosh I check all my local music shops regularly
but that sucka is hard to find

thekidsgirl said:

Try eBay. That's where I got my current copy.

FunkMistress said:

I believe it's on Showtime and Black Starz this month.

But then again, there's rumor of it being released on DVD sometime this month, as well...

Anxiety said:

Yes, clearly Wally was the Buddha figure of the film.

But what the hell, ICNTTPOYM rocks out...CD or live version, take your pick.

Yes, I can't even listen it from the cd anymore after hearing it live from the concertmovie.

Heh, I made a thread about the same thing a couple months back. The studio version is probably one of his most overrated songs, but the movie version is fucking hot.

Actually, as much as I love the album, I think pretty much all of the songs in the movie are better than their original counterparts. But ICNTTPOYM especially.

HobbesLeCute said:

Agreed.

Even the brilliant "If I was Ur Girlfriend" Sounds better on the movie.

Shit, I wish that thing would go to DVD and the album would be reissued as a remaster (sans Doug E Fresh and Larry G ofcourse)

Yes I give it up for him totally. I just got this DVD for Christmas and his performance is amazing on all of it, especially this song. It is so easy to relate to the lyrics....

"...all she wanted was a good man..."

I know tons of us ladies can relate to that!