i always and will forever love this song by prince and the revolution
i remember when my brother had the 12 inch record of this its was
the b/w of America the 21 minute version i get emotional when i hear
this song by i dont know why i think its the arangements of this song
that gets to me

creason120 said:

I love this song!

this song gives me chills im listening to it right now the edited version but i have the extended version of this song i was only 11 when this song came out and i love it when i first heard it and still love it

i fucking LOVE this song. It's such a "love" song. You know? It's so simple and stuff. I get emotional listening to it too.

I want u in the worst way u make me.....whew lawd oh prince why
he is the one that make me just love and appreciate real music
so much i wish this was an instrumental song well partially it is kinda almost close to the end of the extended version one
just beautiful

creason120 said:

Yeah...The best B' sides in the 80's.....

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Yeah...The best B' sides in the 80's.....[/quote]


So his best ever then?

Back when the b-sides were as shit-hot as the a-sides!

Yeah, these were a real treat. We didn't have to wait for the next album -- just had to wait for the next single. I bought each and every one:

17 Days... then Erotic City... then God... then Another Lonely Christmas... then She's Always In My Hair... then Hello... then Girl... then Love or $... then Alexa De Paris... then La La La He He Hee... then Shockadelica... then Escape... then Scarlet Pussy... then 200 Balloons... then Feel U Up... then Sex... and some others before and after. Not to mention the remixes and extended versions of the A-sides. (forgive me if i missed something inbetween -- US releases) And then there were the related artists: Andre Cymone, Jesse Johnson, Sheila E., Vanity, etc. and their remixes, extended versions, and B-sides.

awsome track!
recorded in 1982,updated(new vocal)in 1985.

wallysafford said:

really? i didn't know this. doesn't even sound like his '82 stuff, but neither did "How Come U Don't Call..." -- you're not thinking about the other "Girl" song he wrote for The Time, are you?



edit: anyway... anyone know how he was able to create the unique sound behind this song? what equipment or sounds did he use? very cool. fits well with the other ATWIAD psychedelia
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nope,the b-side to America single.

wallysafford said:

does this mean it's about Vanity, then?

wallysafford said:

Where you come from!

This is one of the recordings I sought out when I started to rebuild my Prince collection.

creason120 said:

Love it too .. the screams are wonderful. I wish it was on a CD single somewhere.

SquirrelMeat said:

huh?

you people are really making me feel old...

Snap said:

There are lots of things going on musically in this song. Lots of backwards stuff. The driving beat throughout the song sounds backwards. It's weird though because it's not a bass drum. I don't know what it is. It kind of sounds like one of the drum hits from Sheila's beginning of TOY BOX but in reverse.

Miguel

The b-side is so freakin classic. The selection of songs r brilliant. This is one of my favorite CD’s. The 2 songs AUTOMATIC and ESCAPE r ABSOLUTELY classic.
I started a thread about a week ago on the b-side. I’ve been playing this CD 4 the last month. I am totally hooked on everything on it. It’s an amazing collecting of outstanding songs. GIRL IS TOTALLY PRICELESS

I've been looking for the single love or $? Is it still around to buy?

destinyismine said:

I've been a Prince freak for life, but I'm fairly new to the whole "ebay" scene.
If you go on there, you could probably find just about ANYTHING that was ever released.

Go check it!

"HOW CAN U RESIST ME? THE SMELL OF ANIMAL LUST IS ALL OVER ME."

nayroo2002 said:

If you want to try something a little less risky, find a good used-record shop. Or next time you go to the big city, check one out -- all kinds of goodies!

vivid said:

Yeah...The best B' sides in the 80's.....[/quote]


So his best ever then? [/quote]
Yep....

Has anyone heard Felix da Housecat's track "Nitelife Funworld" where he rip's off the song "Girl"? I can't get mad because this is one of the coolest I read all the reviews and no one really seems to realize that he took the song...



From Wine-Journal.com:
"...and "Nitelife Funworld" recalls Prince circa 1999 (the album, not the year thank God.)"

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From Knight Ridder:
"Prince's genre-crossing legacy is ingrained in ``Nitelife Funworld,'' ``Nina'' and ``Neon Human.''"

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A new "Prince" is born.
Felix Stallings’ obsession with Prince is well documented. On this, the follow-up to 2001’s electroclash-defining ‘Kittenz And The Glitz’, he reprises Vanity 6 – the all-girl group seen in the 1984 Prince flick ‘Purple Rain’ – with his own girl group, Neon Fever. Given that none of them have a musical pedigree, ‘Devin Dazzle…’ could so easily have gone wrong. Instead it goes very, very right. ‘Devin Dazzle…’ encompasses DFA-like disco-punk (James Murphy guests on ‘What She Wants’) along with his more familiar ‘80s reference points, while ‘Watching Cars Go By’ and ‘Everyone Is Someone In LA’ are sizzling fusions of punk guitar, lady shouting and Felix’s light synth touch. Meanwhile, Tyrone Palmer, who sang on 1997’s ‘My Life Muzik’, delivers the album highlight, the mournful electro house of ‘Ready 2 Wear’. This Housecat has certainly got the look.

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Wow. I have to go back and listen to this one again. I always hated it and thought it was a slice of poo that wouldn't have fit on his album. It always seemed thin and amateurish to me and my gf, but now I'll have to go back to it and re listen.

What is it you like about it? Best B-side of the 1980s? How Come, 17 Days, Erotic City, and several others sort of put that idea to bed. They should have been A Sides, while Girl is best as a B-side, so that the die hards can enjoy it, but it doesn't pollute up an album. lol

Again, I'll re listen to it to see, so don't give me too much flack for having a different opinion! hahaha

"Annie Christian"
&
"Ronnie, Talk To Russia"
Should have been B' sides.....
To me, it didn't fit with the "Controversy" album....
Could've replace those two
with the extended version of "Let's Work".
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"GIRL, IF I COULD HOLD YOUR HAND...I'D MAKE U TOUCH MY BODY UNTIL U UNDERSTAND: I'M YOUR MAN."