I am listening to a Prince track called "Extra Loveable" a lot lately.

I'd like to know which album/era it is from?

Sounds like Revolution-era Prince.

Also, I love "You Gotta Shake Something" - 15 minute funk work-out. Which Prince era is that one from?

DaveDare79 said:

It's not on an official album. I think Extra Loveable is right between 1999 and Purple Rain. Dez is leaving the band (there's a line in Extra Loveable about that).
[Edited 8/20/06 9:17am]

I LOVE that song and can't for the life of me remember where I have it!

2the9s said:

Good discussion of this song on Google newsgroups.
http://groups.google.com/...953c283fca

I'm also really enjoying

"Do yourself a favour" and "Baby Go-Go" and "Purple Music"

All odd tracks I've never heard before.

2the9s said:

you probably filed it under "r" for "rape-songs"

DaveDare79 said:

U Gotta Shake Something is from 'The Flesh' sessions (very end of '85), but wasn't placed on the known config. of the album.

There was gonna be an album inbetween '1999' and 'Purple Rain' in 1983 - this should have been on it!

OMG - I looooove "ExtraLoveable!!" It was a single that Prince never released, but should have. That song kicks my ass. I listen to this song a lot, and never tire of it.

IstenSzek said:

I have it on "Right Eye".
Yeah, I dig it until that line....
("I'm sorry- I'm just going to have to rape U...")

Yweah, prince wrote it in 82 as an extra and it does include the line, "whatsa matter, don't you like my band". Apparently Dez had just discovered God at the same time and got sick of singing about incest and fellatio on stage. There was a Time song called 777 9311 (I may have the digits wrong) that was actually Dez's phone number at the time, another dig at him by Jamie Starr?

IstenSzek said:

"I'm just gonna have to rape you"

tane1976 said:

"777-9311" pre-dates Dez leaving the band. Dez allowed Prince to use his phone number for the song, but soon had to change his number when people started calling asking for Morris at all hours. The song did far better than anyone expected it to. He's told this story in a few interviews in the past.

JediMaster said:

Have you seen the video of on Youtube, its American Bandstand and starts with Dick Clark saying get outta here to Jerome whose valeting Morris. Its great

DaveDare79 said:

I only discovered this track about two weeks ago, and it's not been off my iPod since. Damn if it ain't funky. Prince shows some fantastic humour in it too: "Levi's new so you have to excuse him. He just bought a new car. He just bought a used car. Don't laugh". And "something for the white people" before breaking into a rock guitar solo. Love it!

tane1976 said:

No, I haven't. I'll have to check that out.

JediMaster said:

There is no video as such.