No he didn't write it, and he didn't have any input into it either.
It's 100% Kate.

BorisFishpaw said:

actually i think i know he has input

I'm so glad they have worked together - albeit I don't think they've ever met in person, by all accounts they've just shipped tapes to each other.

Just wonder if they'd had a child, how talented would that kid be?? Insane.

I'm sure I read (from Michael Koppelmann?) that Prince was disappointed with The Sensual World with the exception of This Woman's Work which he liked.

It didn't have any Prince input, and doesn't even vaguely sound like it does either.

McD said:

I s'pose Kate's versions doesn't sound like P would have had any input, but Maxwell's unplugged version sure does have a P flavour, must b the

falsetto...

IMO Maxwell's version is far better than Kate's.

Scotsman1999 said:

They met in 1990 during P's Nude tour.

Cloudbuster said:

And she was invited to an aftershow. I think somewhere in 94/95. It was one in London.

HamsterHuey said:

It should have been at my house.

Cloudbuster said:

What would you say to her, though? Something like;

"Jeez Kate, you got FAT."

???

The Kate Bush influence on Prince stems from this album in 'Deeper Understanding'. This is about where she describes going to her computer like a friend. This is clearly a strong influence which Prince used in 'My Computer', and this is probably why he asked her to do vocals on his version.

The only song she did that was penned and duetted with Prince was 'Why Should I Love You?', a very Prince sounding track on 1993's The Red Shoes album, its a great song, almost sounds like it could have been taken off the Symbol album.

And I have to say 'The Sensual World' is such a great and dramatic song...if you haven't heard it go and listen to it!
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The only song she did that was penned and duetted with Prince was 'Why Should I Love You?', a very Prince sounding track on 1993's The Red Shoes album.

HamsterHuey said:

No, seriously. What would you talk to her about?

No he didn't write it, and he didn't have any input into it either.
It's 100% Kate.

HamsterHuey said:

Myself, obviously.

Cloudbuster said:

Yer so like me; we are never without a topic!

i know i'll get shot for this for this, but.... prince couldn't have written "this woman's work". like, he doesn't have it in him. same way kate doesn't have it in her to write a gem like "computer blue"


2 great artists.

2 different "roads"