I found this, bought it, even though I was broke. Very revealing of Prince's creative process, work ethic and his ability as a bandleader. Wendy and Lisa are on a couple of the tracks and it there is evidence of some of the dissension that eventually broke them apart. Prince sounds like a munchkin at some points, dropping the mysterious deep voice we hear at speeches. Hardly recognizable. For the most part the bands sound like kids playing, bickering and trying to work together. Several of these songs are fantastic but never widely released. Also, with all the talk on the boards lately, of how Prince was not an originator, I find it very interesting that the dance music he was experimenting with on this cd and on some of his later albums, seemed to provide a blueprint for techno (not that that's a compliment, I hate techno) in terms of sound use, rhythm and image.

I'll get my gloves if you bring on the love.

I just heard this song 4 the the 1st time the other day and I'm hooked. This song is on constant rotation, I especially love the part when he say's "I gotta make you undestand that's all I wanna do,damn my life I rather spend it all with you, I couldn't love you anymore I guess I hate you next CONFESS U BITCH" and the girl in the background goes "WHAT"! I crack the hell up off of that!
[Edited 9/5/07 0:03am]

KidaDynamite said:

Yeah, It's pretty funky, I've not heard the studio version, this is a rehearsal with a classical opening. the thing I love about Prince is that he has such a huge body of work that if I choose to, I can really find a gem like this somewhere. He's got a ton of stuff I've never heard, and I consider myself quite a fan.

The Sex Of It Rehearsal is from 1987

mplsmike said:

That sounds correct, The classical opening was something he probably wouldn't have used a couple years before and Boni Boyer's voice is there. Love or Money is there too, as well as Paisley Park, Temptation, An Honest Man. Brown Mark was playing some great bass on these tracks, suited Princes music to a T in that era.

Rehearsal - Nice : 27th October 1985

1. AN HONEST MAN 2. POP LIFE 3. TEMPTATION 4. PAISLEY PARK 5. LOVE OR $ - GO (Not Listed)

Studio Outtake

6. AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY

Rehearsal - Paisley Park : August / September 1987

7. THE SEX OF IT

mplsmike said:

thanks for the info

mozfonky said:

didnt he give it to Kid Creole?

Good song love the Prince version.

dont think im breaking rules but this is Kid Creole's version.
The music is the exact same as the Prince version.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=uIZ2d8nQoc4

mozfonky said:

So wait there is another version of this that prince has?

KidaDynamite said:

Yup the 30 minute rehearsals..they go through all kinds of takes

Kid Creole also had a remix for it

KidaDynamite said:

Well there is a studio version but there is also an outake of Prince rehearsing The Sex Of It with his band.He has everyone get a pen and he is reading the lyrics of the song out to them.About 43 minutes of everyone learning the song.Its a fascinating process to hear.
The same boot also has him doing the same with Baby Go-Go.

30 , 43 minutes

mplsmike said:

my appologies...Its Baby Go-Go lyrics he is reading out to them to learn.

muirdo said:

Cool!

muirdo said:

truthfully i dont remember how long it was, 30 min somethin like that
And i for got it was the Sex of it / Baby Go-Go Rehearsals

It's people like u who remind of all the cool $hit i got
i should give it a listen, its been a while

muirdo said:

Yes, it's the process that I find almost as interesting as the music and am left wondering who brought what parts to the music.

The version of,"GO" on this boot. Is it the same as the version that is a hidden track on THE WORK VOLUME 2??

Anyone...

NAMOR3000 said:

No

I think I only have the Kid Creole and the Prince version of his where its finished. I don't think I have any long rehearsal parts on the one i've heard/have access to.