Ever since I joined the org., somebody always brings up who Prince should collaborate with. Rarely someone mentions who he did collaborate with. And hardly does anybody mention Clare's name. Think about it? Since ATWIAD when Prince discovered (or started using) the strings in his music, he went to the best. Clare Fischer. And its been an unbeleivable combo since. All the good songs that came out of this merger like Paisley Park, Pink Cashmere, and Glam Slam just to name a few shows how Prince's musical taste is always growing and expanding. Great combination! I'm glad he came up with this idea. Just think of all the great songs that probably wouldn't happened if he didn't. Keep it up P and C. Welcome 2 the dawn!

Clare Fischer work with Prince


Why the wlcm2thdwn ?

LoDog said:

Clare Fisher's Orchestra ain't on ATWIAD (it's Novi Novog & co. playing the strings) nor Glam Slam (the "strings" on this one are keyboards), but i think u're right. The Family, Parade, Jill Jones & Kama Sutra feature wonderful orchestral arrangments that perfectly fit with Prince's sound. Now u have 2 know that the 2 of 'em never met. Prince always sent his tapes 2 Fischer either as raw tapes (The Family, Parade) & later with keyboards indicating what the strings should play (the bootleg version of Pink Cashmere shows this) & Fischer sent them back with the orchestra added. Prince also sometimes used tapes sent by Fischer 4 one song, sampled them & reorganized them 4 use on a new song (such as in Batman, The Rainbow Children or N.E.W.S.) Eric Leeds also explained that Fischer's orchestral arrangements on Parade were strongly edited by prince because they were kinda too omnipresent: it would b fascinating 2 hear the album with full orchestral arrangements!!!

Anyway it's almost a shame that Prince didn't make more music with Fischer cuz they make sort of a perfect association!!!
[Edited 7/13/07 11:05am]

Clare Fischer is on "Te Amo Corazon"

I emailed him at the time, received a response from his wife about Te Amo... however, I can't remember exactly her response outside of her pleasant appreciation.

I love the collaboration between the two. It's very strange though that they've never met each other in real life till this very day. Their only contact is through mail. How weird is that?

His work with Clare Fisher (especially during the eighties) is among his best work IMO, and next to that, it has proven to be very influential.

The idea of mixing hard, often electronic beats with orchestral arrangements is a masterstroke in my opinion.

In the past other 'black' artists have used strings in their music, but often it was just a case off smoothening their sound, or going for bombast.

But what Prince achieved with Clare Fisher i still consider groundbreaking. It makes Parade such a special album, it lifted the songs on the family album, and it really paid off on Jill Jones' debut album. Especially the song 'Mia Bocca' is an example of a brilliant. groundbreaking arrangement.

When it comes to their partnership being influential, it was maybe even the case that Prince and Clare were about 10 years earlier then the rest of the popmusicians creating this kind of music.

In the nineties you had Massive attack using meanding orchestrations on their hit 'Unfinished sympathy' and later on came Bjork, combining electronic beats with orchestra.
And also in the rap / hip-hop world people were incorporating strings and classical elements into their music.

But. Prince and Clare Fisher were first a lot earlier, creating often brilliant music by mixing funk and pop with orchestra.

Riverpoet31 said:[is among his best work IMO, and next to that, it has proven to be very influential.

Prince and Clare Fisher were first a lot earlier, creating often brilliant music by mixing funk and pop with orchestra]

Totally agree...

Riverpoet31 said: