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Thread started 11/13/06 8:07am

funkyhead

Billy's Sun glasses-51 Minutes of raw, hard rockin' Purple rock.DAYUM!

Forget the pap of 51 hours, check out 51 mins of this Purple improv.Mmmmmm!.[hardcore purpleheadz remind me is this joint from '83, i forget?]
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Reply #1 posted 11/13/06 8:09am

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'nanners, don't look at this thread!!!! omfg

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Reply #2 posted 11/13/06 8:45am

funkyhead

just listened to the last 7 mins and it leasd to the rocked out inst version of Strange Relationship, with p shouting out the chords. so I gues it must be c86 then.
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Reply #3 posted 11/13/06 8:55am

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I've not heard that for years. Why is it called Billy's Sunglasses anyway? Did Prince call it that?
U been bamboozled, hoodwinked, took.
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Reply #4 posted 11/13/06 9:44am

funkyhead

JudasSmile said:

I've not heard that for years. Why is it called Billy's Sunglasses anyway? Did Prince call it that?

Think the story goes that Billy Sparx walked into the studio with..... some new sunglasses and it gave P an immediate idea to create a jam!
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Reply #5 posted 11/13/06 1:29pm

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Indeed nod
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Reply #6 posted 11/13/06 1:33pm

vinaysfunk

I know of Billy's Sun glasses from way back in 83. I am little confused did he play it recently live? or something? Or R U referring back to the single from way back in the day?
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Reply #7 posted 11/13/06 1:59pm

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funkyhead said:

just listened to the last 7 mins and it leasd to the rocked out inst version of Strange Relationship, with p shouting out the chords. so I gues it must be c86 then.


It's from 1984. Strange Relationship itself originates from 1982.
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Reply #8 posted 11/13/06 8:59pm

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funkyhead said:

Forget the pap of 51 hours, check out 51 mins of this Purple improv.Mmmmmm!.[hardcore purpleheadz remind me is this joint from '83, i forget?]


Ohhhh man, I love this song! Not so much the very beginning of it, but when the song changes up, right before Prince starts singing. sigh cloud9 This song is awesome!!
RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you.
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Reply #9 posted 11/13/06 9:00pm

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funkyhead said:

JudasSmile said:

I've not heard that for years. Why is it called Billy's Sunglasses anyway? Did Prince call it that?

Think the story goes that Billy Sparx walked into the studio with..... some new sunglasses and it gave P an immediate idea to create a jam!


Yup, that's the scoop. nod

Now I'm sitting here singing the song. Damn you, Prince! lol
RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you.
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Reply #10 posted 11/14/06 10:19am

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Billy where'd you get those sunglasses?
I'm an org elitist... totally unapproachable.

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Reply #11 posted 11/14/06 11:53am

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it's 51 minutes long!? eek i have a boot in which there's approx 8 minutes of the jam. the guitar solo is as incredible as any i've heard and the song is one of my favs. [Snip: DON'T - BananaCologne]
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Reply #12 posted 11/14/06 5:14pm

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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

'nanners, don't look at this thread!!!! omfg

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No.. no no nonononononono!


*rocks back and forth in corner mumbling*
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Reply #13 posted 11/14/06 6:21pm

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love
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Reply #14 posted 11/14/06 7:05pm

playme3121

so is this actually just a rehersal jam like "White Girls" or is it actually just a Extended version of a outtake. Im Confuzed.
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Reply #15 posted 11/15/06 1:51am

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playme3121 said:

so is this actually just a rehersal jam like "White Girls" or is it actually just a Extended version of a outtake. Im Confuzed.


It's a long jam with Prince noodling on the guitar for three quarters of an hour and mumbling 'Billy, where'd ya get yer glasses?.... They're the funkiest glasses I ever seen', over and over, topped off by a de-constructed run of Strange Relationship'.

And that's why we love it so. smile
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Reply #16 posted 11/15/06 9:55pm

JeriCurl

I finally found billy's sun glasses and blue limousine and vibrator and people without and small club(well I had this already, but what the hell!) lol
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Reply #17 posted 11/16/06 5:09pm

JeriCurl

lol
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