Was watching UTCM DVD yesterday and forgot how cool the Mountains video was! The band looked so at ease together. The song itself is a real fave of mine its so joyous and really really funky. As a DJ in the mid to late 80s I remember the double take some people did when I put the 12" version on , it really got them moving.

I've been kind of surprised he hasn't played this song on any of more recent tours. I mean, with lyrics like "Africa divided, hijack in the air..." seems like he would have dusted this one off.

This has always been one of my favorite P songs.

Xagain said:

maybe cause its a wendy and lisa song.....come to think of it, are the wendy and lisa songs the least played songs out of his catalog in concert?

sosgemini said:

did they write it?

clarityman said:

Wendy and Lisa wrote the music.

Prince wrote the lyrics.

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langebleu said:

I love EROICA! I didn't know Wendy and Lisa produced this song. Really?

jojofran said:

wendy and lisa ghost arranged a lot of what ended up on Parade....They would do the music. Or Prince would do the music and send it the girls while he was filming the movie.....Obviously some of it is Prince, and prince alone (Kiss, Venus)...but, I think this was the album that had the most wendy and lisa input..Which probably was why Prince felt he needed to go it alone...

sosgemini said:

Hmmmm. I have mad respect for dem' gurlz! I love their work! I just recently got my hands on EROICA. My brother let me "copy" it. I hated to copy the material as I am generally "against" it, but I just could not find the album anywhere!
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jojofran said:

boy, you can buy it on amazon..just last week orgerformerly bought their first three albums via amazon....



so go buy it!!! each of their albums have been reissues through out the years....only re-mix-n-carnation is out of print...

sosgemini said:

I guess I am really missing out. I would love to get my hands on some music, but I guess I hesitate cause of a bad experience with someone ripping me off on a website. I have yet to buy anything else over the internet. Trust me SOS, I'mma buy it when I see it! I need to get their other albums on CD, I still have them on tape. Question, didn't they collab with S E A L on "crazy"? I have a video with Wendy singing backround with S E A L on Saturday Night Live.

jojofran said:

umm..its my understanding that you can by Eroica *new* from amazon..yeah, you can but its an import and it will cost you 21bucks..but you can buy the other two albums at regular prices..


yes, wendy and lisa worked on seals first two cds..(and an excerpt from on of their film scores is sampled on "excerpt from" from his third cd)....their most involvement was on his second cd were they co-wrote four (i think) of the songs and played on the entire album....

sus was dating seal at the time....

sosgemini said:

S E A L III, is one of my favorites. Trevor Horn is a great producer. Thanx for the info.

sosgemini said:

This might explain it's conspicious absence from The Hits; it was a much bigger chart hit than many of the songs that made the cut.

I love this video. I love how he's sitting indian style shaking those maracas. Kinda wish i were a maraca.

Does anyone have an MP3 version of the Mountains 12" Mix, I have the vinyl but would love to play in my car when the sun is out!! the Kiss 12" would be great too!

Thanks

This is probably my favorite song on Parade. I've yet to get the UtCM DVD, so I didn't see the video until last week actually. VH1 Classic aired it, and I've since watched it about 153 times. Love that big fucking hat!

mmmm...Mountains. mmmmm..the eighties.

clarityman said:

I keep thinking how cool it would have been for him to launch into Mountains right after "7" in the show lineup

this song.... beautiful

Did Revolution members have something to do with the arrangement of "Purple Rain" also? Those strings sound an awful lot W&L.

This song is so happy. I love it! My second favorite song off Parade

The video is very nice I love when he hops up on the piano

CynicKill said:

Album liner notes:

"Strings on 'Take Me With U', Baby I'm A Star' & 'Purple Rain' by David Coleman - cello, Novi Novog - violin & viola, Suzie Katayama - cello - arranged by Lisa & Prince, conducted by Lisa & Wendy"

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langebleu said:

RIP David Coleman

CalhounSq said:

In rehearsal for the Musicology tour, they performed an Elephants & Flowers/Mountains medley. I don't think they ever played it at any shows though.

Is "Mountains" one of those too-difficult-to-play-live songs?

CynicKill said:

The Revolution played it during the reunion at the 1st Annual Family Jamm.

CynicKill said:

They performed it without any difficulty when I saw them in 1986.
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wdrew said:

DAMMIT!

langebleu said:

How many other songs did Wendy And Lisa write or co-write that they didn't get credit for?