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Thread started 11/15/06 7:31am

wasitgood4u

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Is there a genealogy for "Gett Off"?

Boris, LB any1? any1? Beuller? Beuller?

I've "heard" an outtake called Glam Slam 91, which may postdate D&P, I don't know, but it seems that Gett Off was put together from elements of other songs, or in bits and pieces. NY1 know?

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"We've never been able to pull off a funk number"

"That's becuase we're soulless auttomatons"
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Reply #1 posted 11/15/06 8:46am

NouveauDance

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Yes you're right.

Gett Off was partly borne of Glam Slam '91 and Get off.
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Reply #2 posted 11/15/06 11:18am

BorisFishpaw

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Glam Slam '91 was recorded in October 1990. It was a weird remix-thing that used
the music from 'Love Machine' together with the chorus from 'Glam Slam'. The
lyrics were new, and later got re-used for 'Gett Off' in 1991. Apart from the
title, 'Gett Off' has nothing to do with the earlier 'Get Off' track that
surfaced on the NPG maxi-single (though there is a tiny sample of 'Get Off' used
at one point during 'Gett Off').

'Gett Off' was never originally intended for an album, and was recorded after
the Diamonds And Pearls album had already been finished. It was released as a
limited edition DJ 12" on June 7th 1991, and got such a positive response that
Prince decided to squeeze it onto Diamonds And Pearls by replacing the track
'Horny Pony'.
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Reply #3 posted 11/15/06 1:35pm

Illustrator

It's a bit of a red-neck song,
in that it's geneolgy tree is basically just a straight line.
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Reply #4 posted 11/16/06 12:46pm

wasitgood4u

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BorisFishpaw said:

Glam Slam '91 was recorded in October 1990. It was a weird remix-thing that used
the music from 'Love Machine' together with the chorus from 'Glam Slam'. The
lyrics were new, and later got re-used for 'Gett Off' in 1991. Apart from the
title, 'Gett Off' has nothing to do with the earlier 'Get Off' track that
surfaced on the NPG maxi-single (though there is a tiny sample of 'Get Off' used
at one point during 'Gett Off').

'Gett Off' was never originally intended for an album, and was recorded after
the Diamonds And Pearls album had already been finished. It was released as a
limited edition DJ 12" on June 7th 1991, and got such a positive response that
Prince decided to squeeze it onto Diamonds And Pearls by replacing the track
'Horny Pony'.


Cool. thanks!
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"That's becuase we're soulless auttomatons"
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