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Thread started 11/16/07 9:45am

Riverpoet31

All praise for "When U were mine"!

Right now i have When U were mine on repeat in my cd-player. And i am enjoying it so much!

Some observations / thoughts / feelings:
- Why didn't he release this as a single? it screams for it... lol
- That raw telecaster guitarsound is so splendid
- I hear a lot of delicious venom in Princes drumming on this track
- Those background vocals are just brilliant
- This song belongs in the top 10 of new wave-songs
- This song even belongs in a list of top-25 songs from the eighties.

This song is just so damn great, a real classic and probably belonging in the top 5 of essential Prince songs.
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Reply #1 posted 11/16/07 10:00am

Tame

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A classic Prince song.
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #2 posted 11/16/07 10:01am

roodboi

one of his best, from one of his best albums...nod
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Reply #3 posted 11/16/07 10:02am

darrenj

My fave!

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Reply #4 posted 11/16/07 3:50pm

DreamyPopRoyal
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When I heard this song for the first time, I was like "WoW!" When I finally decided to get the album, I had no idea it'd have a song like this. It was just so beautiful and it automatially became my favorite on the album.

It deserves much praise indeed nod

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had 2 run away... pride was 2 strong. It started raining, baby, the birds were gone
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Reply #5 posted 11/16/07 10:19pm

ToraToraDreams

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I loooove this song. I love it.
But, you know what always throws me off? How poppy and bright it sounds. Yet the lyrics and delivery are still so harsh and venemous. And its so matter of fact. God, I luvs it.
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Reply #6 posted 11/16/07 11:36pm

sexxydancer

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Reply #7 posted 11/16/07 11:36pm

sexxydancer

worship
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Reply #8 posted 11/17/07 4:49am

KoolEaze

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This is one of my all time favorite songs, by any artist, ever !

And I love how he´s changed it around over the decades. All versions sound different and yet great, and the details are fascinating . My favorite version is the one from that Aug.3., 1983 First Avenue show albeit it is a bit short but I LOVE the rawness of that version ( " I´ll kick his ass baby, you know I ain´t to yella.." lol )..and the guitar...wow...simple and effective, one of his catchiest songs and melodies ever, and great lyrics that a lot of folks can relate to...and that´s what makes this gem of a song so great.
" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?"
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Reply #9 posted 11/17/07 5:25am

killerdiller

Riverpoet31 said:


- Those background vocals are just brilliant


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Reply #10 posted 11/17/07 5:56am

midnightmover

Here's a 2007 performance of the song from one of Prince's contemporaries.

“The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
- Thomas Jefferson
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Reply #11 posted 11/17/07 5:58am

midnightmover

“The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
- Thomas Jefferson
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Reply #12 posted 11/17/07 11:13am

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one of myfav 2
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Reply #13 posted 11/17/07 11:55am

KidaDynamite

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Masterpiece!!! heart
surviving on the thought of loving you, it's just like the water
I ain't felt this way in years...
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Reply #14 posted 11/17/07 6:56pm

Rinluv

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KoolEaze said:

This is one of my all time favorite songs, by any artist, ever !

And I love how he´s changed it around over the decades. All versions sound different and yet great, and the details are fascinating . My favorite version is the one from that Aug.3., 1983 First Avenue show albeit it is a bit short but I LOVE the rawness of that version ( " I´ll kick his ass baby, you know I ain´t to yella.." lol )..and the guitar...wow...simple and effective, one of his catchiest songs and melodies ever, and great lyrics that a lot of folks can relate to...and that´s what makes this gem of a song so great.


I love the 1st Ave 83' version too. I listened to it today. And I never knew what the hell he was sayin' after he said "I know that U're going with another brotha".. I now know from reading your post that he said.."I'll kick his ass baby, U know I ain't 2 yella".. That's some funny shit lol
Some people think I'm kinda cute
But that don't compute when it comes 2 Y-O-U.
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Reply #15 posted 11/17/07 7:55pm

Maia7

Tame said:

A classic Prince song.


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heart it!
dove dove dove dove dove dove dove
sun
butterfly heart angel
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Reply #16 posted 11/17/07 10:24pm

Volitan

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Love it. When I first got Dirty Mind, it took a while to get into it as a whole. But I like "When You Were Mine" right away. The way that keyboard solo starts, even though it's only two notes, just has some kind of haunting quality to it....
Maybe we can go to the movies and cry together
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Reply #17 posted 11/17/07 10:32pm

AvramsDad

Even sweeter when you consider that it was a "demo". As was the rest of the Dirty Mind album. worship
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Reply #18 posted 11/18/07 1:26am

NWF

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Classic Prince! And it has that New Wave sound to it! love

Apparently Prince was inspired by The Beatles when he came up with this song.
NEW WAVE FOREVER: SLAVE TO THE WAVE FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE.
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Reply #19 posted 11/18/07 1:29am

missminky100

Love it. Have it as my ringtone

Couldn't believe it when he did on 21st...brilliant.
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Reply #20 posted 11/18/07 1:55am

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sweet tune! reminiscent of heady teenage lurve! heart
absolute gem!
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Reply #21 posted 11/18/07 8:25am

mrstonk

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Also have it as my ringtone, and was blown away when he played it on the last night.
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Reply #22 posted 11/18/07 12:10pm

KoolEaze

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Rinluv said:

KoolEaze said:

This is one of my all time favorite songs, by any artist, ever !

And I love how he´s changed it around over the decades. All versions sound different and yet great, and the details are fascinating . My favorite version is the one from that Aug.3., 1983 First Avenue show albeit it is a bit short but I LOVE the rawness of that version ( " I´ll kick his ass baby, you know I ain´t to yella.." lol )..and the guitar...wow...simple and effective, one of his catchiest songs and melodies ever, and great lyrics that a lot of folks can relate to...and that´s what makes this gem of a song so great.


I love the 1st Ave 83' version too. I listened to it today. And I never knew what the hell he was sayin' after he said "I know that U're going with another brotha".. I now know from reading your post that he said.."I'll kick his ass baby, U know I ain't 2 yella".. That's some funny shit lol



Yeah, he´s not "too yella", he can be real ghetto too and kick his rival´s ass. lol
I wonder if he had any problems not only for being black but also for not being "black" enough. He said in one interview that he used to be a pretty good fighter, and I heard it elsewhere , too.
" I´d rather be a stank ass hoe because I´m not stupid. Oh my goodness! I got more drugs! I´m always funny dude...I´m hilarious! Are we gonna smoke?"
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Reply #23 posted 11/19/07 12:51pm

Rinluv

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KoolEaze said:

Rinluv said:



I love the 1st Ave 83' version too. I listened to it today. And I never knew what the hell he was sayin' after he said "I know that U're going with another brotha".. I now know from reading your post that he said.."I'll kick his ass baby, U know I ain't 2 yella".. That's some funny shit lol



Yeah, he´s not "too yella", he can be real ghetto too and kick his rival´s ass. lol
I wonder if he had any problems not only for being black but also for not being "black" enough. He said in one interview that he used to be a pretty good fighter, and I heard it elsewhere , too.

Yeah, with Prince being Black and livin' in an mostly all white state. Also for guy with his size, you have to be tough. Otherwise you would be picked on all the time.
Some people think I'm kinda cute
But that don't compute when it comes 2 Y-O-U.
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Reply #24 posted 11/20/07 1:05pm

midnightmover

1983 performance of the song from Cyndi Lauper. WYWM starts at -4.50 but really catches fire a minute into the song when she suddenly starts singing an octave higher. From that point onwards she wrings every ounce of drama out of the lyric, and the audience is loving it. Prince would have loved it too.


[Edited 11/20/07 13:30pm]
“The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
- Thomas Jefferson
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Reply #25 posted 11/20/07 1:06pm

JoeTyler

Easily the best P song never released as a single.
tinkerbell
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Reply #26 posted 11/20/07 6:16pm

BobGeorge909

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midnightmover said:

Here's a 2007 performance of the song from one of Prince's contemporaries.





i always liked her version of the song....hits more on the melancholy aspect of the song.
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Reply #27 posted 11/21/07 12:34am

adubsounds

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My favourite Prince song at the moment.....

Infact the whole Dirty Mind album has ben played to death over the past couple of weeks. And the 21st show, final encore Wen U Were Mine i thought "can't get no better" and then like a punch from Adam West "POW".....Girls and Boys
Baby Eye Jus Can't Stand 2 C U Happy
More Than That I H8 2 C U Sad
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Reply #28 posted 11/21/07 2:06am

LadyLuvSexxy

eek I started to sing this about 4 hours ago. Like...outta nowhere without the slightest hesitation in knowing the words. Weirrrrrd. It's that good of a song. It's really one of my favorites. I gotta play it right now!! It's a fast song but it really calms me down for some reason.
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Reply #29 posted 11/21/07 5:08am

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sexxydancer said:

worship

Yeah me too.
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