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Thread started 07/01/07 1:10pm

Savage

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Has Prince ever covered a David Bowie song?

I know he has covered The Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Joan Osbourne, Sheryl Crow etc.....but never heard him cover a Bowie song?
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Reply #1 posted 07/01/07 2:02pm

Anxiety

no, but he NEEDS to cover "win" from the young americans album before i have to sit down and write an angry letter!
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Reply #2 posted 07/01/07 2:10pm

MikeMatronik

I'd love to see Prince doing "Be My Wife" or "The Width of a Circle"

Prince doing "The Width of a Circle" love
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Reply #3 posted 07/01/07 2:19pm

luvsexy4all

"STAY" with all the crazy leads and congas
needs to be done
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Reply #4 posted 07/01/07 2:19pm

Anxiety

luvsexy4all said:

"STAY" with all the crazy leads and congas
needs to be done


i'd be a mess if that happened. nuts
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Reply #5 posted 07/01/07 2:21pm

MikeMatronik

Or "Neuköln" done with a Theramin?
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Reply #6 posted 07/01/07 2:23pm

Anxiety

MikeMatronik said:

Or "Neuköln" done with a Theramin?


could you imagine the funk faces prince would make if he tried to play a theramin? he'd bust a blood vessel!
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Reply #7 posted 07/01/07 2:24pm

luvsexy4all

Anxiety said:

luvsexy4all said:

"STAY" with all the crazy leads and congas
needs to be done


i'd be a mess if that happened. nuts



why.. dont you think he could pull it off?
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Reply #8 posted 07/01/07 2:24pm

Anxiety

luvsexy4all said:

Anxiety said:



i'd be a mess if that happened. nuts



why.. dont you think he could pull it off?


no, i'd be a mess from being so excited! excited
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Reply #9 posted 07/01/07 2:33pm

MikeMatronik

Anxiety said:

MikeMatronik said:

Or "Neuköln" done with a Theramin?


could you imagine the funk faces prince would make if he tried to play a theramin? he'd bust a blood vessel!


And then would segue into a dazzling performance of "The Motel"! headbang
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Reply #10 posted 07/01/07 2:36pm

happyhappy

he needs to cover Time.
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Reply #11 posted 07/01/07 2:41pm

luvsexy4all

Anxiety said:

luvsexy4all said:




why.. dont you think he could pull it off?


no, i'd be a mess from being so excited! excited




oh ok.... i thought u were saying IT would be a mess...freakin hot mess
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Reply #12 posted 07/01/07 2:43pm

Anxiety

luvsexy4all said:

Anxiety said:



no, i'd be a mess from being so excited! excited




oh ok.... i thought u were saying IT would be a mess...freakin hot mess


no, that would be ME. lol
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Reply #13 posted 07/01/07 3:16pm

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In a sense, he has. On his cut Scarlet Pussy. Listen to Bowie's Diamond Dog's albums intro and then listen to Scarlet Pussy.
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Reply #14 posted 07/01/07 3:17pm

wlcm2thdwn

I'd love to see Prince cover Bowie, since I think he got a lot of his androgyny from him! I think I spelled that wrong.
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Reply #15 posted 07/01/07 3:31pm

happyhappy

p.s.
he could also cover bowie's Magic Dance from the labyrinth.
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Reply #16 posted 07/01/07 5:45pm

fonkee

At the end of the track "I wanne melt with u", he sounds like Bowie ('Fame' period)
"Meeeeelting, meeeelting, meeeelting..."

At least 2 me smile
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Reply #17 posted 07/01/07 5:46pm

Anxiety

wlcm2thdwn said:

I'd love to see Prince cover Bowie, since I think he got a lot of his androgyny from him! I think I spelled that wrong.


i was gonna say that i see more of little richard's androgyny in prince, but then i remembered that david bowie is a HUGE little richard fan, so i guess they got their liquid eyeliner from the same well of inspiration. biggrin
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Reply #18 posted 07/01/07 6:03pm

NorthernLad

i dunno, Prince and Bowie are kinda from different planets. I'm not sure that merging them would work

i mean, can u imagine Bowie doing a Prince song? "Kiss", for instance, lol


One Bowie song that Prince could actually redeem is "Never Let Me Down." Imagine him singing that as a breezy, mid-tempo, in his falsetto.... would be nice.
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Reply #19 posted 07/01/07 6:06pm

Anxiety

NorthernLad said:

i dunno, Prince and Bowie are kinda from different planets. I'm not sure that merging them would work

i mean, can u imagine Bowie doing a Prince song? "Kiss", for instance, lol


One Bowie song that Prince could actually redeem is "Never Let Me Down." Imagine him singing that as a breezy, mid-tempo, in his falsetto.... would be nice.


i think it would be easier for prince to cover bowie than vice versa. it's difficult for anyone to cover prince, because his prince-bonics sound so silly coming out of anyone else's mouth unless they're part of the high heeled purple boot camp. MAYBE bowie could do justice to "nothing compares 2 u"? but i doubt it...
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Reply #20 posted 07/01/07 6:09pm

NorthernLad

Anxiety said:



prince-bonics



lol I love it! biggrin
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Reply #21 posted 07/01/07 6:30pm

jstar69

i've said it many times before...Prince needs to do Moonage Daydream - Princey would tear up the guitar on that track
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Reply #22 posted 07/01/07 6:31pm

Moonbeam

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jstar69 said:

i've said it many times before...Prince needs to do Moonage Daydream - Princey would tear up the guitar on that track


I would have a coronary right there. That's one of my all-time favorite songs and hearing Prince sing "I'll be a rock and rollin' bitch for you" would make me permanently happy!
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Reply #23 posted 07/01/07 6:43pm

happyhappy

Moonbeam said:

jstar69 said:

i've said it many times before...Prince needs to do Moonage Daydream - Princey would tear up the guitar on that track


I would have a coronary right there. That's one of my all-time favorite songs and hearing Prince sing "I'll be a rock and rollin' bitch for you" would make me permanently happy!



Moonage Daydream is soooo good. I think he could do Lady Grinning Soul justice too.
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Reply #24 posted 07/01/07 7:02pm

Raze

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NorthernLad said:

Anxiety said:



prince-bonics



lol I love it! biggrin




you've never heard that before? lol
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Reply #25 posted 07/01/07 7:56pm

MsLegs

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In a sense, he has. On his cut Scarlet Pussy. Listen to Bowie's Diamond Dog's albums intro and then listen to Scarlet Pussy.

nod
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Reply #26 posted 07/01/07 8:02pm

GangstaFam

Anxiety said:

i think it would be easier for prince to cover bowie than vice versa. it's difficult for anyone to cover prince, because his prince-bonics sound so silly coming out of anyone else's mouth unless they're part of the high heeled purple boot camp. MAYBE bowie could do justice to "nothing compares 2 u"? but i doubt it...

I could see Bowie doing some of Prince's more dramatic songs. Imagine something like...

The Question of U
Old Friends 4 Sale (either version)
Anna Stesia
Strange Relationship
Under the Cherry Moon

or something like that. I think he'd pull them off well.

"17 Days" would be hot just for the line 'all I've got is 2 cigarettes...'
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Reply #27 posted 07/01/07 8:02pm

GangstaFam

Anxiety said:

no, but he NEEDS to cover "win" from the young americans album before i have to sit down and write an angry letter!

I'm with you on that. It's one of my most favoritest songs ever. And I've always said that he'd do a killer "Somebody Up There Likes Me". nod
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Reply #28 posted 07/01/07 8:21pm

Raze

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GangstaFam said:


Old Friends 4 Sale (either version)





ooooh, good one. best one i've seen mentioned yet, either way.
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Reply #29 posted 07/01/07 8:45pm

ufoclub

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Dolphin's music sounds like a Bowie song.
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