I absolutely love the piano playing and I'm totally sold !!

Beautiful lyrics... beautiful voice ... beautiful piano .... what else does a girl want...?

Well, you can't give Prince credit for the lyrics. Props go to Joni Mitchell for that. And the song would be even better if he didn't skip the first couple of verses.

pplrain said:

another case plz?..

oh this is one of my favourites..i'd love to know who he's thinking of as he sings this..
i feel this song is especially close to his heart, knowing joni m inspired him as he started out in his career.

the various performances/versions, i dunno which one i prefer - i love em all!

i melt each time
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A brilliant cover. His voice is incredible. Shows off his genius arrangement skills and turns a folk ballad into a gospel vocal showcase. He really knows how to deconstruct the core of any great song. I would love to hear him do a standards album (along with blues and acoustic jazz albums).

Yeah I know it is Joni's song... she sings it beautifully.... however Prince does a marvelous job dahling...!

lottielooloo1968 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a bunch of gals... one for each word...

pplrain said:

on the one nite alone - piano and voice cd cover, it says the song is dedicated to his father, john l. nelson. it sounds right, with these lyrics especially :
"Part of u pours out of me from time 2 time in these lines
U're in my blood like holy wine..."

a sweet ode to his pops, with (as someone already stated ) joni's tune . well, half of it, at least .

purplepolitician said:

Thanks.. my bad. I edit my dirty mind (sorry Prince!)... it is sweet indeed and touching

Amessing song.

I prefer the 1983 version though

I really, really love this song, especially the 1st Avenue version! And I always equate it with this pic....



Oh but I love his piano playing too....
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i perfer the 83 1st ave version of the case of u wit prince on guitar its more hippie 2 me the piano versions never did anything 4 me

I've only heard the ONA piano version.

Just curious, how many versions do exist; year, instrument, live/studie, etc. Does someone have that information? Seems relevant as this is not the first time I hear this song being praised on the org...



I loooove the song too, one of my top favourites!


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I like it, I heard two version of it. ONA and one on web... many years ago, now I can´t find it...

Love the ONA piano track

I like it, but don't love it. He mumbles half of it and drops several lines of lyric. I prefers Joni's.

I don't know what version I have but it has a lot of piano in it and I love it!

PicassoFace said:

I always figured that Prince skips the first verse because it is too personal, and therefore should only be sung by Joni. It describes an interaction and moment in time that Prince wasn’t a party to. It would be like someone else singing Comeback. It just wouldn’t be right. I suspect that Prince is very sincere in what he sings, so skipping that first verse is appropriate.

purplepolitician said:

that's really lovely.

Love it!