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ohio players influence on Prince I was just listening to the Ohio Players greatest hits cd, and their sound compared to Prince made me feel that they had alot of influence on his music. There is a guitar break in one of their songs, which sounds like the guitar break in Darling Nikki. In their song o-h-i-o, there is a weird sound which is the same weird sound that opens Head....anyone else hear the same similarities? | |
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the weird sound in "O-H-I-O" ain't quite the same as the one in "head". one's a electronically-manipulated voice, the other's a weird synth effect. | |
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Handclapsfingasnapz said: the weird sound in "O-H-I-O" ain't quite the same as the one in "head". one's a electronically-manipulated voice, the other's a weird synth effect.
but they were an influence, weren't they? | |
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Yes, I have a version of "Skin Tight" that Prince covered and it's one of my favorite bootlegs!
BTW, "Sweet Sticky Thang" = Ohio Players! Not just a description of Cat! Never let me slip, cause if I slip, then I'm slippin | |
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purplerein said: I was just listening to the Ohio Players greatest hits cd, and their sound compared to Prince made me feel that they had alot of influence on his music. There is a guitar break in one of their songs, which sounds like the guitar break in Darling Nikki. In their song o-h-i-o, there is a weird sound which is the same weird sound that opens Head....anyone else hear the same similarities?
I've mentioned several times on this site about this. Even wrote a thread about it. The biggest, most obvious "influence" is P's song "Computer Blue", which is a direct bite from the Ohio Players "What The Hell" from their album "Fire". The riff is damn near plagerism! Also, check out "It's Your Night (Words of Love) from their "Skin Tight" album and then listen to P's "Condition Of The Heart". SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said: purplerein said: I was just listening to the Ohio Players greatest hits cd, and their sound compared to Prince made me feel that they had alot of influence on his music. There is a guitar break in one of their songs, which sounds like the guitar break in Darling Nikki. In their song o-h-i-o, there is a weird sound which is the same weird sound that opens Head....anyone else hear the same similarities?
I've mentioned several times on this site about this. Even wrote a thread about it. The biggest, most obvious "influence" is P's song "Computer Blue", which is a direct bite from the Ohio Players "What The Hell" from their album "Fire". The riff is damn near plagerism! Also, check out "It's Your Night (Words of Love) from their "Skin Tight" album and then listen to P's "Condition Of The Heart". I'll peep this out. Thanks. | |
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purplerein said: Handclapsfingasnapz said: the weird sound in "O-H-I-O" ain't quite the same as the one in "head". one's a electronically-manipulated voice, the other's a weird synth effect.
but they were an influence, weren't they? not really. | |
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blackguitaristz said: I've mentioned several times on this site about this. Even wrote a thread about it. The biggest, most obvious "influence" is P's song "Computer Blue", which is a direct bite from the Ohio Players "What The Hell" from their album "Fire". The riff is damn near plagerism! Also, check out "It's Your Night (Words of Love) from their "Skin Tight" album and then listen to P's "Condition Of The Heart". While we're talking about Condition of the Heart... You may also wanna peep the intro to Return to Forever's "Romantic Warrior"... [Edited 7/13/06 15:19pm]  " | |
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7teen said: Yes, I have a version of "Skin Tight" that Prince covered
 , dayum, that's most definitely something I wanna hearIt is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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This might be absolutely ridiculous, but I kind of remember when Carmen first came on the scene some magazine saying that her father was in the Ohio players.. anyone else see that? ...Anyone? The Hottest chip of them all - www.hotchip.co.uk - Get down with Prince
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FruitToAttractBears said: blackguitaristz said: I've mentioned several times on this site about this. Even wrote a thread about it. The biggest, most obvious "influence" is P's song "Computer Blue", which is a direct bite from the Ohio Players "What The Hell" from their album "Fire". The riff is damn near plagerism! Also, check out "It's Your Night (Words of Love) from their "Skin Tight" album and then listen to P's "Condition Of The Heart". While we're talking about Condition of the Heart... You may also wanna peep the intro to Return to Forever's "Romantic Warrior"... [Edited 7/13/06 15:19pm] Been hip to it! But good ear never the less! SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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Junie Morrison was a heavy influence on Prince. Junie was the leader of the Ohio Players in the early 70's before he left for a solo career, and later joined the P-funk army....
Junie was a "One Man Show" before Prince and as far as a multi-instrumentalist goes, he was one of the blueprint writers for that type of music to became the standard in Black music... any Prince fans...I advice you to check out the Junie Morrison solo albums on Westbound records, and also the Early Ohio Players, the westbound years.. Junie was an amazing cat, and really opened a door that Prince would later go through... | |
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Mrcoolidge said: Junie Morrison was a heavy influence on Prince. Junie was the leader of the Ohio Players in the early 70's before he left for a solo career, and later joined the P-funk army....
Junie was a "One Man Show" before Prince and as far as a multi-instrumentalist goes, he was one of the blueprint writers for that type of music to became the standard in Black music... any Prince fans...I advice you to check out the Junie Morrison solo albums on Westbound records, and also the Early Ohio Players, the westbound years.. Junie was an amazing cat, and really opened a door that Prince would later go through... Very true. Nice post. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said: FruitToAttractBears said: While we're talking about Condition of the Heart... You may also wanna peep the intro to Return to Forever's "Romantic Warrior"... [Edited 7/13/06 15:19pm] Been hip to it! But good ear never the less! I'm listening 2 these tracks right now. I can hear what u speak of in Romantic Warrior and Words of love. I don't hear what u speak of in "what the hell". I don't hear that at all sounding like Computer Blue. | |
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