The screaming at the end of Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) is crazy in a good way.

When Prince screams it gives me chills.

iGene said:

Man, I've written several threads about Prince screaming on this and damn near the whole 1999 album. That's his scream tour de force album right there. Prince is straight up possessed during the recording of this album and he couldn't play that shit off either. Some of the best screams in pop history are all found on the 1999 album. And the cold part about it is that as lunatic sounding as he was, at the same time his hollering was all gospel based. Anybody that has listened to true old time gospel knows of what I speak. Nobody could out sing or out holler or out scream o.g. gospel singers. And that's where Prince got all of that from. That's what was so mind blowing about Prince; Nobody in pop music in the early 80's was doing what Prince was doing. The 1999 album is loaded with gospel overtones. Musically too. International Lover, Free, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, (b-side) Delirious, are all gospel flavored tracks. And his vocal phrasing on those tracks are all rooted in gospel styled singing. Even the "Party!" part at the end of 1999 was church like. I know he hollered a lot on the Purple Rain album i.e. The Beautiful Ones, God, When Doves Cry. But to me, it didn't have the same conviction as his screams on the 1999 album. Like I said, the 1999 album is his scream tour de force. He mixed old time gospel with new wave funk rock all combined with a madness lunacy.

Prince screams are like the x-factor in so many of his songs. When he screams, it's like he's tapping into somethin primal and spontaneous that gives his music that extra flair. Something in the Water is a great example. When Doves Cry is not complete without the scream toward the end of Wendy's guitar solo, and We Can Funk is just climaxes to a crescendo with the scream at the end. There are so many others...Do Me Baby, Darling Nikki, Computer Blue...the list goes on. Great topic!

Housequake2K2 said:

Oh, uh,...that's not Wendy playing the lead guitar on the studio version of When Doves Cry. That's Prince.

Screams of passion

I would have loved to have recorded the yelp he must have given when Mayte proclaimed on the Tommy Lee documentary on VH-1, "Tommy, I wants some ass tonight." or whatever nonsense it was she said.

Imago said:

Yeah, I saw that...I think Prince was through with Mayte. I don't think Prince hangs on to stuff, emotionally. Or he stores it somewhere else. I don't doubt that it was different with Mayte, being that they have a bond that will be there forever, because of the lost of their child. That's deeper than anything else that can go down in a relationship. But other than that, I think Prince, by the time she got with Tommy, Prince had moved on.

iGene said:

Love this thread...not sure if this qualifies as 'scream' but I do love Gotta Broken Heart Again for Live at the Aladdin DVD... I just keep rewindin'this mutha'...send shivers down my spine...orgasmic!!!!!1

My favorite screams are in the song NOW!
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strangerelationship said:

I watch this over and over too. I love the way he sings this song,Love watching him perform it, I wish I was there that night, He's funkin amazing.

The amazing thing to me is how it isn't just random screaming. He actually holds a note through the scream and can sing right out of it.

I've never heard anyone do it quite the way he does.

Great topic iGene. Prince's bleeding heart is such a tender thing...Prince's screaming is from somewhere 2 somewhere...and I can hear the Holy Spirit right there. Bless his heart...sometimes Prince seems so lonely. I hug him from here.

The screams at the end of We Can Funk (released version) are out of this world....

The screams on do me baby was one of his first and best screams. Private joy also had that trademark passionate screams. The controversy album was when he started to get comfortable with his singing style and sound at the same time.

The Beautiful Ones ALWAYS gets me

*~goosebumps~*

The screams are intense and placed well.

love2loveUbaby said:

FuNkeNsteiN said:

blackguitaristz said:

DAMN. Right on.

Also, no one has mentioned that in that bombastic conclusion 2 the song "Planet Earth", from the 5:00 until the end, there is a scream or 2 in there that sounds IDENTICAL 2 the "Something in the Water (Does Not Compute)" screams. He either recreated them perfectly or sampled them.
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iGene said:

Forever in my live/IT from the SOTT soundtrack is great.

Giovanni777 said:

Honey, we've discussed this before. That's because hardly anyone has made it all the way to the end of Planet Earth without "next"ing the track.

Genesia said:

Listen, Sweetheart... I don't care what anyone does... that song (and the "climax") is pure Princely build-up and release. From the 5:00 mark forward, it stands up 2 any impassioned Prince finales EVER.

Much love,

G

DANGEROUSx said:

Me too. I LOVE when Prince screams in his songs. I'm a dude and when he screams, it drives me nuts, in a good way. If I'm exercising and I play a song where he screams, it makes me want to work out even harder. I hope the next CD has Prince screaming like a looney tune on it!

iGene said:

I really love that song.

I Absolutely it !
This is '1' of Prince's Many
Wonderful signature styles

Giovanni777 said:

Yeah, I noticed that too. Me, not saying Prince can't holler anymore, but I do think he sampled the scream from "Something In the Water".