Aargh! I love it!

Is this his best "Alternate Version"? I think it just might be.

It certainly is up there with the extended version of La La La He He He.

muirdo said:

Every B-Side from the Sign O' The Times singles was funky. Not one rocker or ballad. Just pure funk.

I only had it on cassette.


Was this ever officialy available on cd?

I love this song. I play it more than the original. The way all of the band members trade off solos is incredible. It really shows how talented that band was.

I remember, after getting the 12", wondering why he never spliced both versions together to make one giant monster!
So, using the pause button on my RadioShack Clarinette 110 cassette deck, I did it myself, dammit!!!

Great! Now I gotta go find that mix tape

Prost!

doeineffect said:

I'm pretty sure it was all Prince except for Atlanta and Eric doing the trumpet and sax solos.

But, that band was indeed a great one!

Prost!

I never liked that song.


Real horns

Exactly. It sounds more like a "Part 2" rather than an entirely different version. I combined the two also. I'm thinking about combining the two versions of the "Batdance" 12 Inch together also.

Nikster said:

Unless there was a radio promo CD, no. CD Singles didn't really take off until 1988 I guess.

I bought the 'U Got The Look' cassette single last year. It was still wrapped in cellophane and never been played. After cleaning the heads on my cassette deck, I wired it up to my PC's soundcard and voila - it sounded perfect. I digitally removed what little hiss there was - I didn't use Dolby.

It sounds better than the album version on CD.

BinaryJustin said:

Did you use Dobly then?

(I just watched Spinal Tap.)

vainandy said:

I actually did that with a few of these "Part 2"-type counterparts back in the good ol' 80's

Alphabet St. w/ TINMTIAT (I especially liked this one!!!)
Batdance Batmix w/ VV Mix
Hot Thing Ext. w/ Dub

It's probably alot easier now then it was back then with a turntable and tape deck
Plus it would sound alot better

Prost!

I thought about doing it with "Hot Thing" because that dub is much better than vocal version, except it needs some vocals in it.

I also combined "Grace/777-9311" and "Private Joy/Orgasm".

You could probably do it with Tricky/Cloreen Bacon Skin/Irresistable Bitch, too!!!
That'd be a long-ass mix!

does anybody understand the sample after "Check it out" at 1:42-1:43. What is being said???? Love this mix

Throw in "Chocolate" and you've got a full fledged megamix.

And who the hell is gilbert????

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Think you're talking about the "Crazay" sample (Jesse Johnson & Sly duet)

ThreadBare said:

I've always wondered what the hell that was! Thanks for the erxplanation.

And yeah - this version is AMAZING. You really get to hear the beat in all its' glory.

BinaryJustin said:

I still play it lots! I am even playing it NOW...


PURRR

HamsterHuey said:

HamsterHuey said:

I am too thanks to a certain Dynasty cast member

wait... are you sure? I need to listen to "Crazay"

onenitealone said:

ufoclub said:

It sounds more like "music" to me

"music"?... a song by someone else?

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

ufoclub said:

no, the sample sounds like they are saying "music" and not "crazy".

ufoclub said:

Trust me. y'all. It's a sample of "Crazay."

Co-sign, ThreadBare. I was always amazed that Prince blatantly sampled that without credit (probably as a jab at Jesse, because that was on the album that Jesse named Shockadelica to get back at Prince before Prince released his Shockadelica song).

By the way, this sample of Crazay isn't saying "music", it's Sly Stone vocalizing on "Oo-Yeah". Check Jesse's song out to hear for yourself...

wahclavinet said:

Yeah, I always took it to be about jealousy, knowing how deeply influenced Prince was by Sly, and then a "rival" does a duet with him, a funky one at that...