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Thread started 01/23/08 6:45pm

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Who's gonna finally do a decent cover of a Prince song?

Has there even been an ok cover?
The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.

Remember there is only one destination and that place is U
All of it. Everything. Is U.
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Reply #1 posted 01/23/08 6:50pm

Tame

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Does this mean that George Benson could cover Prince? and I wouldn't mind hearing Prince sing, "I Just wanna hang around U"
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #2 posted 01/23/08 6:54pm

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2020 said:

Has there even been an ok cover?


Cindy Lauper's version of When U Were Mine is very good. I like it better than the original.
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Reply #3 posted 01/23/08 7:08pm

sexxydancer

Can't b done.no no no!
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Reply #4 posted 01/23/08 7:12pm

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I like Chaka Khan's version of "i feel for you"
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Reply #5 posted 01/23/08 7:19pm

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Alicia Keys How Come U Don't Call Me? and Chaka Khan Sign "peace" the Times are decent covers, I think. wink
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Reply #6 posted 01/23/08 7:23pm

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When I become famous I'm gonna do a sick nothing but piano version of adore and knock the socks off all you fams nod
chill..prince doesnt like men being front row, makes it hard to sing the ballads
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Reply #7 posted 01/23/08 7:27pm

xplnyrslf

Joni Mitchell should take a stab at it. wink Of course it would be too dramatic.
Really, it takes a woman.
Whitney? on her comeback....
Tina Turner.
Lil' Richard.
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Reply #8 posted 01/23/08 8:32pm

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xplnyrslf said:

Joni Mitchell should take a stab at it. wink Of course it would be too dramatic.
Really, it takes a woman.
Whitney? on her comeback....
Tina Turner.
Lil' Richard.



no, not Whitney.. she does too many covers already
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Reply #9 posted 01/23/08 8:33pm

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ToraToraDreams said:

I like Chaka Khan's version of "i feel for you"

probably the best!
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Reply #10 posted 01/23/08 8:40pm

Paris9748430

There have been a few Prince covers that I dug

1)Chaka Khan- I Feel 4 U
2)D'angelo- She's Always in My Hair
3)Alicia Keys- How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? I know she isn't exactly loved around here. But Alicia's version changed the way Prince performs the song. Before he used to just sing it alone at the piano. Now, he does it with the entire band.
4)George Clinton & The P-Funk All-Stars- Erotic City
JERKIN' EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!!!!!
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Reply #11 posted 01/23/08 8:47pm

kanoohead

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Buddy Miles' Baby I'm A Star is pretty good, though fairly similar to the original.
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Reply #12 posted 01/23/08 9:11pm

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cool Sinead's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" is the best cover of a Prince song. Chaka's "I Feel 4 U" is another. Alicia's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" is a decent cover. She updated it. music
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Reply #13 posted 01/23/08 9:22pm

xplnyrslf

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cool Sinead's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" is the best cover of a Prince song. Chaka's "I Feel 4 U" is another. Alicia's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" is a decent cover. She updated it. music


Any Sinead I hear, reminds me of the "tearing the pic of the Pope" on SNL.
Thank god I heard Prince sing this live. I no longer have any association of this great song with her. I don't actually hear ANY radioplay of her. She's persona non grata.
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Reply #14 posted 01/23/08 9:24pm

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I have a cover of I Wonder U on my website jak3music.com , but it was pretty experimental so I dunno if any of you guys would like it or not


jak3music.com
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Reply #15 posted 01/23/08 9:26pm

Flowerz

Maxwell? i dunno confuse .. if he did.. of what?
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Reply #16 posted 01/23/08 9:30pm

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chaka killed prince on sign of the times
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Reply #17 posted 01/23/08 10:19pm

Illustrator

xplnyrslf said:

mellow1 said:

cool Sinead's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" is the best cover of a Prince song. Chaka's "I Feel 4 U" is another. Alicia's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" is a decent cover. She updated it. music


Any Sinead I hear, reminds me of the "tearing the pic of the Pope" on SNL.
Thank god I heard Prince sing this live. I no longer have any association of this great song with her. I don't actually hear ANY radioplay of her. She's persona non grata.

You can't seperate the person from the music.
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Reply #18 posted 01/24/08 9:53am

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mirrorbestfriend said:

chaka killed prince on sign of the times


really? I was really hoping to like this remake but it just didnt measure up
The greatest live performer of our times was is and always will be Prince.

Remember there is only one destination and that place is U
All of it. Everything. Is U.
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Reply #19 posted 01/24/08 10:05am

Ellie

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Jade did a live cover of Do Me Baby a few years back. It's on some BET compilation album you can find on iTunes. I really like it.

Doesn't compare to the original of course but it's still pretty good.
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Reply #20 posted 01/24/08 10:30am

Dance

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Maxwell? i dunno confuse .. if he did.. of what?


NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
shake shake shake
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Reply #21 posted 01/24/08 10:44am

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Flowerz said:

Maxwell? i dunno confuse .. if he did.. of what?


it would b cool if maxwell took a try at a cover song cause he blazed it with "this woman's work" worship

darren hayes's version of i wish u heaven is cool as well cool
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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Reply #22 posted 01/24/08 10:54am

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Chaka Khan, Sinead O Connor, and Cyndi Lauper all recorded covers of Prince songs that were better than the originals.
“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.”
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Reply #23 posted 01/24/08 1:23pm

Flowerz

L4OATheOriginal said:

Flowerz said:

Maxwell? i dunno confuse .. if he did.. of what?


it would b cool if maxwell took a try at a cover song cause he blazed it with "this woman's work" worship

darren hayes's version of i wish u heaven is cool as well cool


i was gonna say one of Prince's falsettos with Maxwell, but i might get shot around here boxed
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Reply #24 posted 01/24/08 1:23pm

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xplnyrslf said:

mellow1 said:

cool Sinead's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U" is the best cover of a Prince song. Chaka's "I Feel 4 U" is another. Alicia's "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" is a decent cover. She updated it. music


Any Sinead I hear, reminds me of the "tearing the pic of the Pope" on SNL.
Thank god I heard Prince sing this live. I no longer have any association of this great song with her. I don't actually hear ANY radioplay of her. She's persona non grata.

cool She always seem to be strange too me. Tearing up the Pope picture was not right. I still like her cover of Prince's song. She has a great voice despite her weirdness. cool
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Reply #25 posted 01/24/08 2:26pm

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I covered 7 Prince songs so far. Pretty decent too. Unfortunally, I can't show you links or whatever. I don't want my ass sued.
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Reply #26 posted 01/24/08 3:02pm

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I can't believe eek no one has mentioned the Foo Fighters cover of Darling Nikki, that was the bomb! cool
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Reply #27 posted 01/24/08 3:07pm

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RenHoek said:

I can't believe eek no one has mentioned the Foo Fighters cover of Darling Nikki, that was the bomb! cool


havent hear dthat yet, would like to tho.
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Reply #28 posted 01/25/08 8:23am

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Alicia Keys How Come U Don't Call Me? and Chaka Khan Sign "peace" the Times are decent covers, I think. wink




I like that one nod
Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul
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Reply #29 posted 01/25/08 8:26am

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Flowerz said:

L4OATheOriginal said:



it would b cool if maxwell took a try at a cover song cause he blazed it with "this woman's work" worship

darren hayes's version of i wish u heaven is cool as well cool


i was gonna say one of Prince's falsettos with Maxwell, but i might get shot around here boxed



i'll cover u as long as u got my back as i take shots at those that think sinead did a xcellent job rolleyes
man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81
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