I just discovered it earlier this week. It reminds me alot of All My Dreams from the Dream Factory. You can tell their from the same era.

I dig this tune quite a bit. It's funny 'cause the lyrics don't make much sense... but it's a good ethereal jam.

But it's funny, 'cause it's yet another one of those songs by Prince that could have been AWESOME... but falls just a bit short.

The lyrics could have been deeper... more definitive... but it's always fun when you find a "gem" that you missed when it was first released.

What are your opinions of this song?

I really like the song....and it got great reviews...every critic I read said it was one of the best moments of the album...
She had good company there....Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck play there too

great song.
I would never have thought that i would ever had said Prince and Lenny Henry's name in the same sentence.

I love ittttt! I was just playing this song and surfing the org now... good timing!

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/141003

This song has been discussed many times on here, and I have to tell you you are wrong on various points.

All My Dreams was recorded '85-'86. Why Should I Love You was recorded around '91-'93 and released on Kate's 'The Red Shoes' album, so they are not from the same era at all.

Prince did not write the song, Kate Bush did.

Kate asked Prince to add backing vocals onto the existing track, but instead Prince re-recorded various parts for the song and sent it back. It was a bit of a muddle, and it took Kate a long time to re-edit it back to her liking. Prince is credited with guitar, keyboard and backing vocals for the track.

metalorange said:

he just said it reminded him of All My dreams.
[Edited 1/15/06 9:19am]

This chapter says
"Put it out of your mind"
Mmm, give it time....

The fine purple
The purest gold
The red of the Sacred Heart
The grey of a ghost
The "L" of the lips are open
To the "O" of the Host
The "V" of the velvet

Of all of the people in the world
Why should I love you?
There's just something 'bout you
There's just something 'bout you
Of all the people in the world
Why should I love you?

Have you ever seen a picture
Of Jesus laughing?
Mmm, do you think
He had a beautiful smile?
A smile that healed

Of all the people in the world
Why should I love you?
There's just something 'bout you
There's just something 'bout you
Of all the people in the world
Why should I love you?
Of all the people in the world
Why should I love you?

The fine purple
The purest gold
The red of the Sacred Heart
The grey of a ghost
The "L" of the lips are open
To the "O" of the Host
The "V" of the velvet
The "E" of my eye
The eye in wonder
The eye that sees
The "I" that loves you

Of all the people in the world
Why should I love you?


nice lyrics.

muirdo said:

the place from where i copied and pasted it from would seem to have some lyrics short

Thanks for backing me up Muirdo! lol... But I did say they were from the same era... and maybe that's not true. But they do sound like they would be.

Love the tune...

THe lyric "The I that loves you"... kinda reminiscent of "Love me for what I r." ... from 200 Balloons. (1989)

This man has so much material to discuss, it's INSANE!

muirdo said:

Kind of interesting to compare with the lyrics to Pheromone:

L is 4 lust
O is 4 obsession
V is 4 the vast way u envelop my soul
This is crazy, this is crazy
I could die from the pheromone

Seemed like Prince sort of copied the idea from Kate!

metalorange said:

doubt it, did you forget about 'G-Spot' and how that's lyrically structured?

muirdo said:

Actually he said you could tell they were from the same era, which is not correct, since Prince didn't even write the song.
[Edited 1/15/06 11:04am]

metalorange said:

- Well, it wasn´t said that they are from the same era...but they could be. A reviewer said "it would fit on Parade" and it´s true IMO. And I have to agree with you...I thought it was written by Prince, but it´s a Kate song

Marrk said:

Good point. I've never really listened to G-spot that much, but I see what you mean:

"Prince G-spot lyrics"

"F" is 4 frustration
I'm looking 4 what isn't really there
"I" is instigation
I'm listening 2 the voice beneath my hair
"N" is 4 the naked body
And 4 what my naked eye can see

CHORUS:
G-spot, G-spot
Where, oh where can U be?

"A" is 4 America
And 4 the things U read in magazines
"L" is 4 location
I am a clock, the time is 9:15
"L" is 4 the lust we share
We want 2 know that infamous pleasure

CHORUS

"Y" is 4 my yearning
I'm burning into mystery

CHORUS

G-spot {x3}

Ooh yeah
Yeah, yeah
Oh, oh Lord

metalorange said:

it's kinda hard to figure what exactly prince is DOING in that recording, though it has his sound all over it.

More info on the song: http://www.lolife.com/blo...00062.html

(Also posted in the link above given by 'OceanofViolets')

NouveauDance said:

Wow...didn´t know this story...real cool, hehehe, although I still think the song sounds good with Prince´s input.