ewwwww! this sucks..its oooky! ugggh! its too slow and annnoying! prince thank u for saving it cuz this one is HORRIBLE. i aint even get thru the whole damn song..ughhhhh i am thoroly disappointed!

i luv that version !!!!!

tafnap said:

wow...are we talkin about the same version cuz i know of two now. one that sounds like the released version and one that doesnt and is slower

That's my fav. version

I'm the exact opposite.
I had a bootleg tape of this before GB came out and played it to death.
Heard the version on the GB album and thought 'What on earth have you done to that song? You've ruined it!'
Same goes for 'I Can't Stop...' and 'Databank'.

Yep the GB version of WCF suck big green donkey ya-ya`s. The original version with the Miko Weaver solo at the end rules. Its always in my top 10 fav P tunes list....

yonipuja said:

same here. that, for me, is when he started losing it.
how can you not love that distorted bass???

That original version of We Can Funk is straight nasty. The bass is frightening!! I still like the GB version, but certainly not as much as the original. The latter sounds to much like George Clinton just added fries and a shake to the original track, if you know what I mean.

Originally called "We Can Fuck" from the 1982 sessions are the bare bones tracks from "We Can Funk" from GB. The 1986 version is actually the remake and it is definetly far superior to the GB version in 1990. The bass and Miko's guitar are classic and the tone of the lyrics are haunting. The 1986 version rules.

I like the '86 version, but at the same time I really can't understand all the flak the released version gets.

joyinrepetition said:

Where exactly did you hear this version?

Moonwalkbjrain said:

You are crazy. This 86 slow funky grind that bleeds in from I can't stop this feeling I got is one of his best unreleased tracks.

We Can Funk the original version is 100 million times better than the crappy GB version.

the GB version is so lame sometimes i think that he ruined it on purpose for some reason.

I love the Graffiti Bridge version so much better
but different strokes I guess?

I like em both for different reasons, but I gotta say, I prefer the GB version because of it's climax and and the george clinton sub song "I'm testin' postiive for the funk"

What record is the 80's version of "We can Funk" on?

finally someone agrees with me!

pondwater its on take it to the bridge i think..either that one or rave un2 the joy fantastic 80s boot.
i heard from being...very persitent

jacktheimprovident said:

The one I got back in 1989 was on a booteg called chocolate box It was a whole complete album Prince didn't release.



Chocolate Box

Sign of the Times outtakes. Different versions of some of these have later been released.
The source material is not really very good and some of it is poor and distorted.

1. Moviestar
2. Heaven
3. Starfish & Coffee
4. Ballad of Dorothy Parker
5. Joy In Repitition
6. Pretty Face (This is really called data bank)
7. Girl Of My Dreams
8. I Can't Stop
9. We Can Fall (This is really called We can funk)
10. All Day All Night (this is where they get the title chocolate box, but he's really saying purple fox in this song.)
[Edited 7/3/05 2:43am]

isn't there like at least 6 or 7 versions of this?

yonipuja said:

HobbesLeCute said:

You don't? Strange. Could it be because the '86 version is more personal and dark, and the GB version is more Muppetized and technicolor? And don't even say you can't envision a group of Muppets singing that "Uh-oh uh-oh" part.

The GB version is a pale pale shadow of the original. Once you reduce a song to including lyrics like, "I'll gladly pee in anybody's cup," it becomes a joke.

Moonwalkbjrain said:

There are several versions of this outtake circulating, and some have the wrong speed, i.e they´re either a bit too slow or sped up.
Have you ever heard the version on the Dream Factory bootleg in excellent quality ? Maybe you should check that one out.
I don´t like the GB version, but the 1986 version is one of my favorite songs.

I read somewhere that it was also one of Chick Huntsberry´s favorite songs.

KoolEaze said:

see this is what i'm starting to think, i'm starting to think i got a fucked version. no i haven't heard to dream factory version (hint hint) i usually just type prince in the search and stuff comes up! like this one said we can funk unreleased 86. so i figure ooo this the right one! (hint hint) however if someone would like to (hint hint) spread the looove i'd greatly appreciate it! hint hint!

Moonwalkbjrain said:

share please, hint hint