This might be my favorite Prince song ever. But hearing it makes me sad because most of the world won't hear this genius song. This song just captures the Minneapolis sound so perfectly. And that rocking guitar! That amazing drumbeat.

one of my favorites, as well. i started a thread about it when i first got here. one of his best outtakes, for sure. where i got my username from.

purplepolitician said:

coolcat said:

I think it's among the best outtakes ever. I used to listen to is riding my bicycle and it made me go faster.
So much energy and funk.

coolcat said:

I agree,this song is HOT! It makes me sad that the world never got to hear it.

It!

KidaDynamite said:

Me too, especially the OOH OOH's!! I like nice, lengthy Prince songs.
Hey Dez, don't U like my band?

coolcat said:

Pray that it remains unheard, at least until Prince's philosophy towards his old music changes, as this is one track that would not escape the butcher's cleaver if it saw the light of day any time soon.

love the song...especially love the truly dark, sinister twist of it at the end; makes it so much more.

coolcat said:

Yes, absolutely!

When I'm listening to this walking on the street, it makes me start to strut along with a big cheesy grin.

It keeps people away if you know what I mean?

how come roodboi hasn't said anything about this yet?

Get's me hype. Nice up-tempo feel to dance to. This song is up there.

zsasz said:

I never heard of the song. I hear that the lyrics were far out !!

Are you going to get in the tub?
Or do I have to drag you?
Don't make me drag you.
I can be very cruel.
YEAH!

Love this song. Its in my top ten of unreleased music.

ToraToraDreams said:

One of the best (if not the best) circulating unreleased recordings by Prince, hands down. It's such a great song, imagine if Vanity 6 would have recorded this.

if i recall correctly -
"im sorry, but im just going to have to rape you"

just audible over the wierd distortion...so wierd, so great.

coolcat said:

Oh & that line about rape...so memorable!

viewaskew said:

its what makes the song so memorable to me...without the sinister edge it would just be another good prince song, great but another one in the crowd. the dodgy lyrics bring another level to the great music.

viewaskew said:

Yeah, I could do without that part of the song.

zsasz said:

i sorta agree with you. i'm certain prince was just fooling around with this part. that was his whole schtick back in the day, offending people, pushing people's buttons. this was just another (albeit rather extreme) case of that. rape is no laughing matter. my theory is this is why he's held onto it.

purplepolitician said:

The song was meant for Vanity, wasn't it? So the rape line, coming from a woman, would have different.
But his version? Shock value. He seemed to be all about shock value back then. He says all sorts of shit in his music.

ToraToraDreams said:

I've never heard this song before. But wow, I'm shocked!

Ta Da! It works.

This is a cut that I think P never had ANY intention on releasing. The "Don't make me rape u" line even on the 1999 album, would have definately been cut. And P never would have asked Dez shit let alone why was he tripping off of his band. No, P had no desire in releasing this song. Although I dig the groove and of course, the guitars, musically, it didn't fit on his 1999 album. It wasn't sophisticated enough. I always thought it sounded like a track that Vanity 6 could have done if he wanted them to have more of a rock sounding edge. Of course modifying the lyrics, but same title and melody. But it is one of my fave outtakes. But all of his 81-82 era outtakes are faves of mine.

wildgoldenhoney said:

Co-sign

purplepolitician said:

Totally. Its like an extreme version of the spoken word part in Lets Pretend We're Married. He got away with that, but when you bring up rape its too risky to release it. I also agree with zsasz, it does make the song memorable, but at the same time I wish there was an edited version that could have been released (maybe as a b-side) as its a very catchy song!

purplepolitician said:

Yeah, agreed. And it would have been a mistake to release the song as it is. But as Anotherloverholeinyohead said, an edited version as a B-side maybe would have been nice.