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Thread started 08/29/02 10:45pm

TheBluePrince

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Days Of Wild and Caravan

Anyone notice a similarity between the beginning of Days of Wild (Prince) and Caravan by Duke Ellington...? It's almost indentical, it takes for a musician to hear it, or maybe not...? Try it, that's if any of you have Duke lying around, I sure hope so smile

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Reply #1 posted 08/30/02 12:03am

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TheBluePrince said:

Anyone notice a similarity between the beginning of Days of Wild (Prince) and Caravan by Duke Ellington...? It's almost indentical, it takes for a musician to hear it, or maybe not...? Try it, that's if any of you have Duke lying around, I sure hope so smile

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The similarity was pointed out in 1996 on alt.music.prince. I can hear the similarity, but Duke Ellington's melody is much broader and more interesting (IMHO) than the similar, much shorter, line in DoW.
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TheBluePrince said:

Anyone notice a similarity between the beginning of Days of Wild (Prince) and Caravan by Duke Ellington...? It's almost indentical, it takes for a musician to hear it, or maybe not...? Try it, that's if any of you have Duke lying around, I sure hope so smile

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The similarity was pointed out in 1996 on alt.music.prince. I can hear the similarity, but Duke Ellington's melody is much broader and more interesting (IMHO) than the similar, much shorter, line in DoW.


Yeah you're right. I just wondered if anyone else noticed.

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