I am preparing an extensive list of all the unreleased Madonna songs to send to Moonbeam.I came across some info on the song "By Alien Means",which is a Prince song that was offered to Madonna.I don't know if this info has been reported here before,so I am re-printing it here.This info comes from one of the Madonna fansites...


"By Alien Means"(1988)---Confirmed as written by Prince Rogers Nelson.Published by Controversy Music.Supposedly sent to Madonna after the Blonde Ambition Tour (1990).May or may not have been recorded by Madonna.There is a Prince demo cassette on file at the Library of Congress PAU-1-152-963.Bruce Baron recently listened to this track at the Washington DC Library of Congress,and he writes: "This is actually an unreleased Prince tune supposedly sent to Madonna for recording consideration.I do not recall the exact source of this rumour,but it has been around for years,and was supposedly inspired by the 1990 Blond Ambition Tour.It has never been established that Madonna actually recorded it with Prince or on her own.The Prince collectors usually have lots of bootleg unreleased tracks,but this one had never surfaced in the collector's market.Many are the demos he had sent to other female vocalists which he did quite often.Therefore I decided to request a listen at the copyright office to check it out.If this demo had been sent to me for consideration,it would be like the same feeling as receiving a totally "WRONG" piece of clothing as a birhtday gift from a relative."Thanks--it's neat".The song appears to be about asking young people not to commit suicide: "Explore the interplanetary space between your mind.Don't go out by alien means".
The instrumentation is a wild blend of guitars and percussion.Not much of a melody,but Prince in full form.His vocals are just as insane with multi-layered falsettos and voices.The date of creation on the registration is actually 1988,so this could not have been inspired by the 1990 BAT (not sure what he means by that!!).It could be possible that it originates circa the Prince/Madonna duet "Love Song" and was then sent to her later? How much truth there is to this story,we may never know,but this song did not make me think of Madonna when I heard it".



Have any of you heard this elusive track? I wanna know what it sounds like.

The line quoted seemed to be more about drugs/alcohol/other substances than about suicide, but maybe that's just my take. People without...


Can you just go to the Library of Congress and ask to listen to all Prince's unreleased copywrited songs? I guess I'm planning a trip to DC now...

booyah said:

It looks like you can! That guy Bruce Baron is a reporter for Goldmine Magazine and presumably,they do this stuff all the time (which is why their articles on bootlegs are so informative).I'm sure the folks at Uptown are hip to this practice,too;)

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[This message was edited Wed Feb 26 0:44:44 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]

1. Yes, you can go by the Library of Congress and listen to these tunes.

2. "BAT" refers to the Blonde Ambition Tour noted previously in the post.

Thanks, DavidEye! I hope that this song surfaces someday!

BAT 90 = Blond Ambition Tour

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Prince = all mixed up @ themix.united.net.kg

Questions:
What kind of room do you get to listen to these tunes in?
Do you use headphones?
Are you alone?
Hows this work?
When you make a request how long before you can hear it?
A limit to tunes you can request?
Lots of paperwork - yes - no?
One listen or unlimited?

ZaZa said:

They will keep a firm eye on u...Recording stuff is impossible..I think u get one listen... This Bruce guy mentioned this in one of his reports 2 the now defunct Madonna mailing list

BTW, Has anyone downloaded the supposed 'Love Song' demo from AudioGalaxy...It's pretty shitty quality, but is it real?

Thanx for reading.