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prince speeding up songs when playing them live what are everyone's feelings about this? originally, in my prince-fan infancy, i was a bit pissed off by it...i always thought housequake sounded too frenetic when played live (such as on the sott dvd, my first exposure to a live version of it). however, now i rarely listen to the studio version of housequake because i've listened to the sott soundtrack version (and other live versions) so much the original sounds like it's been slowed down. the same for many other songs, like play in the sunshine or the everlasting now (especially the latter...i love the live on leno version, have listened to it a million times, and now the original sounds very very slow to me). anyway, what was my point again? oh yeah....stay outta my booze! | |
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theghostoftonym said: what are everyone's feelings about this? originally, in my prince-fan infancy, i was a bit pissed off by it...i always thought housequake sounded too frenetic when played live (such as on the sott dvd, my first exposure to a live version of it). however, now i rarely listen to the studio version of housequake because i've listened to the sott soundtrack version (and other live versions) so much the original sounds like it's been slowed down. the same for many other songs, like play in the sunshine or the everlasting now (especially the latter...i love the live on leno version, have listened to it a million times, and now the original sounds very very slow to me). anyway, what was my point again? oh yeah....stay outta my booze!
It has a lot to do with keeping the audience's energy up. I like the way he sped up Musicology when he played it live. Also if u go to a club, u will notice the dj speeds up songs there too. | |
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Computer Blue, I Could Never Take The Place Of Ur Man are guilty f being sped up. but i dont really mind cuz it makes it sound more awesome  | |
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alphabet street sounds great sped up and the sound is tight!  | |
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When he did The Glamorous Life at the NAACP in 05 it was sped up and I think benefited from that. |
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I think the movie version of It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night is better than the album version "We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world." |
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One word: Fury.
The SNL version of that song rawked. Made the album version sound positively anemic by comparison. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Genesia said: One word: Fury.
The SNL version of that song rawked. Made the album version sound positively anemic by comparison. I never really noticed that one as being faster, unlike the other songs that have been mentioned in this topic. |
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leecaldon said: Genesia said: One word: Fury.
The SNL version of that song rawked. Made the album version sound positively anemic by comparison. I never really noticed that one as being faster, unlike the other songs that have been mentioned in this topic. Then you need to listen to both of them again. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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I think it's exciting to listen to faster versions of his songs. | |
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bboy87 said: I think the movie version of It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night is better than the album version
 It's a high energy performance. | |
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adorable2 said: theghostoftonym said: what are everyone's feelings about this? originally, in my prince-fan infancy, i was a bit pissed off by it...i always thought housequake sounded too frenetic when played live (such as on the sott dvd, my first exposure to a live version of it). however, now i rarely listen to the studio version of housequake because i've listened to the sott soundtrack version (and other live versions) so much the original sounds like it's been slowed down. the same for many other songs, like play in the sunshine or the everlasting now (especially the latter...i love the live on leno version, have listened to it a million times, and now the original sounds very very slow to me). anyway, what was my point again? oh yeah....stay outta my booze!
It has a lot to do with keeping the audience's energy up. I like the way he sped up Musicology when he played it live. Also if u go to a club, u will notice the dj speeds up songs there too. True -- I believe I read Alan Leeds saying something about this, especially during the Lovesexy tour -- listen to all those fast melodies -- it was all orchestrated like a rave party or something -- getting the audience worked up and on an emotional high | |
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At the 31st concert in Vegas he sang Purple Rain faster and he didn't seem to play it all the way through. Personally I LOVE that song and was very excited when he first started playing it. It didn't have the "feeling" to it. | |
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Genesia said: One word: Fury.
The SNL version of that song rawked. Made the album version sound positively anemic by comparison. I agree totally!   | |
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Genesia said: leecaldon said: I never really noticed that one as being faster, unlike the other songs that have been mentioned in this topic. Then you need to listen to both of them again. I just did. And they're the same tempo. You're mistaken. |
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leecaldon said: Genesia said: Then you need to listen to both of them again. I just did. And they're the same tempo. You're mistaken. The album version is played at 128 bpm. The SNL version is 140. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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[quote]Genesia said:[quote]One word: Fury.[quote]
oh yea. that performance was killer. i loved it! "So shall it be written, so shall it be sung..."  | |
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Nikkiluv said: At the 31st concert in Vegas he sang Purple Rain faster and he didn't seem to play it all the way through. Personally I LOVE that song and was very excited when he first started playing it. It didn't have the "feeling" to it.
He hasn't sung a full version of PR in a long ass time. Can't blame him really since he's played a gazillion times. "What kind of fuck ending is that?" | |
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When performing live, it is a tact that many artists have done over the years to make the music soudn fresh and alive. And as said above, to get the crowd worked up. I am MrVictor.... | |
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Genesia said: leecaldon said: I just did. And they're the same tempo. You're mistaken. The album version is played at 128 bpm. The SNL version is 140. You are mistaken. |
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leecaldon said: Genesia said: The album version is played at 128 bpm. The SNL version is 140. You are mistaken. However, the BRITS performance is faster, to the point of sounding rushed. Maybe it's that one you were thinking of? |
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