Has anyone ever heard this song? My mother has. She said it had this creepy vibe. Tell me anything you know about. I'm all eyes.

FarrahMoan said:

It's believed to be called 'Others Here With Us'.

It was recorded as part of Parade sessions and the outtake was leaked on early vinyl bootlegs.

Lyrics here:

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com...85.html#us

It's difficult to compare it to anything that Pribce has released, but it has a rhythmic drum beat to it, with some eerie sound effects.

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Also, the melody is very similar to the verses of All the Midnights in the World off Planet Earth.

A really creapy song indeed
Theres voices in the backgroung...some sound like there laughing, some crying

mplsmike said:

Yeah, exactly, really spooky. Love it!

"There's others here with us - I know" ...

I admit i love it to.....

This is absolutely one of my favorite unreleased Prince songs ever. Along with "Witness 4 the Prosecution" and "A Place in Heaven". This one's got a really interesting Halloween vibe to it that I could see playing over the closing credits of the movie "The Others."

zcofnnu said:

Yep its an absoloutely brilliant track and you're right Witness (all versions) is great too and might I add In all my dreams too!!

mplsmike said:

or screaming and dying!

Its indeed a scary sounding song, especially while listening to a bootleg casette with a bad sound quality

The lyrics mention suicide (of Bobby Z's uncle), feeling possesed by evil spirits. And the music with the screams and shouts and the eerie-sound effects emphasis those dark lyrics.

I think Prince considered this song 'too personal' to release it officially.

To me it seems Prince is always kind of affraid to release songs that are more dark and deal with the subject of dealing with innerdemons. A shame, but some of his best unreleased gems are in this vein: the original version of Crystal Ball, People Without (from the Paard van Troje-bootleg) and this song.

Also the fact that did release Shockedelica as a b-side and (at first) withdrew the Black album, gives me the feeling that Prince is often censoring himself when it comes to releasing darker, more complex material, and too often tries to present himself by official releasing that 'fits' the image he wants us to see.

A pity IMO, but he is not always honest in that sense.