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America the beautiful

did prince ever perform the song 'America the Beautiful' on any bootleg recordings? i have a vague recollection of somebody talking about it once. any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks.
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Reply #1 posted 01/16/06 2:30pm

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3121 said:

did prince ever perform the song 'America the Beautiful' on any bootleg recordings? i have a vague recollection of somebody talking about it once. any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Prince references and quotes from the piece on 'America' on both the album and extended version:

America the Beautiful

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties [quoted on the Extended version]
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
[used on the original album recording]
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

I'm unaware that he's dome anymore than this, though.

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Reply #2 posted 01/16/06 3:41pm

3121

langebleu said:

3121 said:

did prince ever perform the song 'America the Beautiful' on any bootleg recordings? i have a vague recollection of somebody talking about it once. any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks.

Prince references and quotes from the piece on 'America' on both the album and extended version:

America the Beautiful

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties [quoted on the Extended version]
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
[used on the original album recording]
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

I'm unaware that he's dome anymore than this, though.

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[Edited 1/16/06 14:31pm]


interesting. i think i heard someone say he played it on a piano during a rehearsal though. perhaps around the time of purple rain. ? i cant recall what was said now.
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Reply #3 posted 01/16/06 4:56pm

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3121 said:

langebleu said:


Prince references and quotes from the piece on 'America' on both the album and extended version:

America the Beautiful

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties [quoted on the Extended version]
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
[used on the original album recording]
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

I'm unaware that he's dome anymore than this, though.

.
[Edited 1/16/06 14:31pm]


interesting. i think i heard someone say he played it on a piano during a rehearsal though. perhaps around the time of purple rain. ? i cant recall what was said now.


It's on a CD called: 'Let's Go Crazy' which contains a tour rehearsal from 1984.
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BananaCologne said:

3121 said:



interesting. i think i heard someone say he played it on a piano during a rehearsal though. perhaps around the time of purple rain. ? i cant recall what was said now.


It's on a CD called: 'Let's Go Crazy' which contains a tour rehearsal from 1984.

Ah ... thanks, Nana - it's also on Purple Rush Volume 1 (Disk 4)

The rehearsal is from October 1984
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