tznekbsbfrvr said:

Yes. Im addicted to that song.
[Edited 1/27/07 15:34pm]

I'm glad he won a Golden Globe, and it isn't the end of the world if he didn't get nominated for an Oscar.

The song is brilliant for the film he wrote it for - period!!!

It's a childrens animated film, what did you expect???

I love the song anyway, its very positive and makes you move you feet!!

Se7enkisses said:

that song wasn't written for the movie. it was an outtake that he found under the vault next to the dust bunnies.

suomynona said:

prince that,s alright i still love u anyway don,t listen to these ass holes

suomynona said:

are you sure? cause the lyrics reference specifics within the film...

sosgemini said:

no, i'm not sure. but doesn't that sound like mayté singing background vox?

suomynona said:

No. This has all been covered before--when the song first came out. J7 confirmed it was written for the film and it is not Mayte on backup. I think the woman's name was Bria Fuentes or something. I will try to find the link to the thread when I get a minute...


Here is the link where Jseven says it's someone new (that would rule out Mayte):

http://www.prince.org/msg...4249?&pg=1 His reply is #10.


And here is a link to the thread where J7 states it was a new song written for Happy Feet specifically: http://www.housequake.com...ost1202605 (Third post down.) There is also discussion of who is the backup singer....


Now you can doubt J7 if you want and that's fine...but given his track record I believe him in both of these instances...



found the links edit
[Edited 1/29/07 11:21am]

jone70 said:

now that i think of it the film would not have qualified to be nominated for an oscar if it wasn't written specifically for the movie. they are hard nosed about it...remember a few years back when Moulan Rouge came out? Come What May won the Golden Globe but was disqualified for an Oscar.

jone70 said:

that's the first i've heard of this - shows how little i care about the song that i don't even care to read the info at the links. it still sounds like an awful emancipation throwaway track, imo.

ChimChimBadass said:

80's.....thats a good thing!!!!!

suomynona said:

Point being its fitting for the movie!!! Stalker

Shows u what the Oscar folks knows when it comes 2 musical talent: NOT MUCH!!!
I would not like to think the Academy!
[Edited 1/30/07 13:30pm]

NouveauDance said:

You are so absurd! And nuts if you don't think he deserves a Oscar nod! Be real, how many times can you think of a Golden Globe winner not even get nominated for the Oscar? It's just unfair and another snub at his Royal Badness. I know what happened. The committee felt it was just an okay song and wasn't good enough by their standards. Plus, they're like "hey, didn't we give him one back in '85' for that movie. Garbage! Better word for that is b-----t! Once again the Oscars show their disrespect for Prince by shutting him out of the Original Song category. It's been going on since 1985. 5 prime examples:
1.When Doves Cry and Purple Rain were not nominated which gave the award to Stevie Wonder's(who's great by the way)"I Just Called to Say I Love You".
2."Kiss" was not nominated for "Under the Cherry Moon" and this song was #1 all across the charts.
3.'89'.No nominations for the "Batman" soundtrack.
4.Where's the nod for "Graffiti Bridge".
5.Girl 6 was a horrible movie. Definitely Spike's worst. But don't punish Prince for that when he made 2 brilliant songs for the movie in "She Spoke to Me" and "Don't Talk to Strangers".

LoDog said:

huh?



otay...there have been some major "huh?" worthy posts but this one takes the cake...Girl6? Those songs werent even written for the movie. Batman songs? Good golly!!

look, the academy is screwy but to say they have it out for prince is just...ist just... huh?

LoDog said:

Marilyn Monroe
Madonna
Pia Zadora

maybe even mentioned in this very thread...



You CANNOT be serious. You think Graffiti Bridge should have been nominated for an Oscar?!? I don't know whether you mean the song or the film, but it doesn't even matter--put down the crack pipe. No way in hell that anything from GB should win any kind of award except a Razzie.

jone70 said:

Razzie Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1991 Nominated Razzie Award Worst Actor
Prince

Worst Director
Prince

Worst New Star
Ingrid Chavez

Worst Picture
Arnold Stiefel
Randy Phillips

Worst Screenplay
Prince

it lost that year to Worst Picture

Winners:


* Adventures of Ford Fairlane, The (1990) - Joel Silver (I); Steve Perry (I)
* Ghosts Can't Do It (1990) - Bo Derek

sosgemini said:

Awesome. Case closed.


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[Edited 1/30/07 17:09pm]

for a great article on the history of, ummm, errors in the Oscar Song category click here:

http://theenvelope.latime...-headlines

they actually mention the Purple Rain omission. great read!

suomynona said:

Having heard all of the nominated songs except the one in Cars, I can't complain about this either.