"Delirious" was a good single choice, and at the time I thought it was a similar song to "Freezeframe". I just heard singles on the radio back then, never bought anything or reallynoticed much about the artists.

BUT

DMSR should have been a single. Maybe it should be a single now! Peeps love it.

funkpill said:

U right though, pill. He did turn it out. The 1999 performance was waaay better than Little Red Corvette. U could see he was already getting ready for Purple Rain.

blackguitaristz said:

I'm thinking that maybe "Let's Pretend...." was too fast and too New Wav-ish for black radio,and maybe it was too suggestive for pop radio? It didn't really take off,as a single.I think the more melodic "Automatic" would have been a better choice.

blackguitaristz said:

yup

funkpill said:

His aura had changed. He was still wearing the same shit but he had changed. I noticed it when I first saw it but I didn't know what it was. I didn't notice it when I saw him on that tour in L.A. and Long Beach. But I noticed it on that airing of Solid Gold. I think that's why Jill and Lisa wearing acting kinda weird and definately pissed. P was probably acting a fool backstage and shit cuz he knew he was really about to blow up and they may not have knew how to deal with P's coming fame. That shit happens, u know.

blackguitaristz said:

Indeed.

SoulAlive said:

Definately. Let's Pretend is a definate album filler and mood piece. Not a single at any stage. It was too white sounding for black radio but it wasn't written for the black audience anyway.

ufoclub said:

I loved that song by the J.Geils Band. That and Love Stinks. Those were bangin'.

ufoclub said:

funny, i was listening to a live or demo version of DMSR last night, and i was thinking abit about what BGZ was sayin, and i thought funk man, that is deadly, and i also think it would make a great single now, it was also amazing combined with 3121 at the aftershows in london

blackguitaristz said:

the 1999 video is IMHO still one of the most electrifying videos i have ever seen, and when you think it was made on a budget of probably 50 cent, it really brings it home, plus it show cased for what an amazing performer he is live.

blackguitaristz said:

J. Giles Band were pretty funky. How can you forget Flamethrower and Centerfold?

blackguitaristz said:

True.

MsLegs said:

what about their 1979 hit "Come Back"?

Looks like we may need a J.Geils Band appreciation thread,lol.

i remember the black radio station in my hometown being all over the 12" version of LRC. MAYDAY!!!!

dreamshaman32 said:

I ran a thread about the 12' version awhile back. To me, THAT'S the ONLY version!

blackguitaristz said:

You're correct. That's the only one that I recall to this day.

Good thread B..the "Solid Gold" crowd..lol.

"D.M.S.R" was all over R&B radio back then. The R&B stations by me played it more than the single "1999". That should have been the second single.

"Automatic" would have been a great third single. I still hear that song on college radio today. The New Wavers would have had a field day with that jam.

"Lady Cab Driver" would have been an excellent single for R&B radio..EDITED of course! (lol)

..that's one of things I love about that LP (plus 'S.O.T.T')..there's something for everybody.

SPYZFAN1 said:

blackguitaristz said:

I hear ya! That remix was ALL OVER the R&B stations in my area.It was extremely popular.These days,it's hard for me to listen to the regular version of that song.

SPYZFAN1 said:

Yep.

SoulAlive said:

Me too.

blackguitaristz said:

Cosign. Remix was tight.

i was just 6 when this came out but i remember my aunts(who were 13,16,18 and 20 respectivly)got this lp and played the hell out of it.d.m.s.r. especially..and it was on he radio alot then(and still now).but also i havent read any posts mentioning international lover.what a wonderful song.i do think he should have released automatic to dj's in dance clubs..the same with dmsr.

i was just 6 when this came out but i remember my aunts(who were 13,16,18 and 20 respectivly)got this lp and played the hell out of it.d.m.s.r. especially..and it was on he radio alot then(and still now).but also i havent read any posts mentioning international lover.what a wonderful song.i do think he should have released automatic to dj's in dance clubs..the same with dmsr.

khemseraph said:

I ran a thread about International Lover a long time ago on here. One of my all time fave ballads by P. His vocals are scary good on that song. Glad he decided to keep it instead of giving it to The Time like he at first planned.

one of the best threads in Music & More in a long, long time....

The "Little Red Corvette" 12 Inch was all over R&B radio in my area. Before the 12 Inch came out, R&B radio in my area was playing "1999", "D.M.S.R.", Lady Cab Driver", "Automatic", "International Lover", and "Free". They never played "Little Red Corvette" until the 12 Inch came out and that's the only version they played. As a matter of fact, even after the song went out of style and the stations would go back and play an old song every now and then, if they played "Little Red Corvette", it was always the 12 Inch. It was like this for years until CDs took over radio's format.

What pissed me off, is that the 12 Inch was so damn hard to find. That's the only 1980s Prince 12 Inch that I don't have on vinyl. None of the record stores in my area carried it. I even got on the phone and called every record store in town and had no luck. I finally got one of the record stores to order it for me. They told me it was an import from London and they would have to order it. When it came in and I got home, I was pissed. The import contained "Little Red Corvette" on one side and "Automatic" and "International Lover" on the other side. However, "Little Red Corvette" was the album version. I think releasing an album version on 12 Inch as pointless and I almost gave the import to a friend years later until I saw on the internet that it was worth $150. My import is in excellent condition too because I rarely played it since it was the album version. I never got the 12 Inch remix version until the CD age.
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blackguitaristz said:

I remember that thread. It's probably somewhere in the Org archives.

Whitnail said:

I agree. The 1999 video is the best out of all of his promos for that album. I love the Automatic video but it's too murky looking. The lighting is very hazy. I know that was intentional, but still. Same with Let's Pretend. I like how Dez plays keyboards on the video. I never really liked the video to Little Red for some reason. Good performance but it's something about it. The 1999 video was very sharp and crystal clear. Very colorful. I like how the camera angles up for many of the shots. It's a very cool look.

Can you believe that I have still never seen the "Let's Pretend We're Married" video?? It's soooo hard to find!