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Thread started 11/18/08 4:11am

HamsterHuey

Dream! Prince Agrees To Release New Outtake Album.

So there you have it; a Prince dream. I was sitting in a little French cafe in Minneapolis. It snowed. Prince and I were both wearing them thick snow boots and a huge coat with them fur lined hoodies.

In my dream he just listened while I went on a long monologue, carefully trying to express why I thought him sitting on his outtakes was a crime. How his life had been a journey, except one where he was the tourguide and we lapped up everything he had to say about the stuff we saw.

Except that we also saw/heard the outtakes, up to a certain year. Nothing to do about it. It is a fact, I said, just as the journeys he made were personal and we could not all follow him to the places it got him. Meaning his name change, his slavery and the digital garden. He seemed to dig my explanation of my dislike of his editng techniques. He told me he did not do certain stuff anymore and I retalliated by expanding on my journey-theme of his music, grabbing back the fact that these songs were part of our sould, even with the swear words and inappropriate themes.

His was looking down most time, but every now and then his Bambi eyes would look at me end he would frown a bit.

I wanted him to release a Work-In-Progress EP of Joy In Repetition, containing the original version, the new vocal, a live version and a remix.
And tried to tell him that his recording, shaping process was of much interest to fans and named the song Come and Witness 4 The Prosecution that stood out amongst these and went into a long explanation of how U Got The Look's many guises were the perfect example of his drive as a producer/arranger, even if it was in a dare.

And then I cursed. I did not apologise. I did apologise when I tried to explain to him why not all his re-workings of songs worked, like on Crystal Ball, the outtake collection. I used a rather graphic gesture, making him raise his eyebrows. I apologised and then he laughed.

When I described to him how I would make him pick his own single outtake album, from his earlier recording period up til ten songs, working on up, he smiled.
"How would I chose?" he said and I told him all the songs would have to have a special meaning, or lyrically or production-wise, telling a story of him as an all-round artist, spanning ten songs.

He then colloborated with me on a list, scribbled down on a coaster while he drank tea and I drank espresso. We had a discussion on the inclusion of the original Old Friends 4 Sale. He said 'No way', I tried to convey to him why the song was important, but he wasn't sure.

So I kept it in as a reserve. We could not agree on what version of An Honest Man to include; or the studio recording with The Revolution, the live recording he did with them in Paris with that wonderful Eric Leeds solo or the instrumental version with the lush Clare Fisher orchestrations. Again, we could not decide, so all three of the versions were still on the list.
And last we were discussing to include or Wonderfull Ass or Databank (with The Revolution) as album closer. He asked which I thought was funkier. I told him Databank. 'Databank it is', he then said.
We left off Old Friends 4 Sale.

I remember him agreeing on a Work-In-Progress EP, but forgot the title. But before he could take me to The Vault I woke up.

Bummer.

But the outtake list is still on my mind. Here's the tracklist;

Make It Through The Storm
Tick Tick Bang (demo)
Moonbeam Levels
Extra Loveable
Possessed
An Honest Man (undecided on version)
All My Dreams
In A Large Room With No Light
Joy In Repetition (original intro)
Databank

So what version of An Honest Man would fit best here?

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[Edited 11/18/08 4:42am]