Okay, i like this jam but I never quite got what or who it was about. Somebody break it down for me, cuz as funky as it is, it make no sense! Also, I remember reading or hearing someone say that it was just Prince and Morris in the studio recording this lovable crap. True?


1, 2, 3, 4
Why you big, tossed-salad, hairdo-havin', long, tall, snaggly gold-toothed,
funkin' habit-formed, leather-wearin', beanpole-lookin', black...

Shit! Oh! Somebody bring me a piece of chicken!

What... what Tricky say? What Tricky say? Yakety-yak?
Yakety-yak. My ass, motherf**ker.
Oh, gimme some horns.

You can't f**k with that, look out!
We ain't gonna put no more instruments on this.
We ain't got time. We don't have ti... What time is it?
It's time for you to ... It's time for you to retire.
You're old, but wait, wait, wait!

Why you, and you?
You... you old, Michelin Man, fat, black...

Break now. Yes!

When I look in the mirror. I see your ugly face.
I just wanna run, in front of...
Wait, gimme some horns.

Now you go. You, you..., wait, wait, wait.
Let me... wait. You, you, you're just old.
That's all I know, you're just old and you're fat.
You know it too, don't you?
You know it, you're just fat and old.
Hit me! Uh! Yes! Yes!
That's right, yes!

Johnny, Johnny!
Don't you wish you could get on TV? On the one!
My man, say: "Johnny, Johnny!"

the hell is that about?!

KidaDynamite said:

told ya that shit doesn't make any sense...but its a helluva funky track tho

not to sound like a noob, but what track is that?

BobGeorge909 said:

the name of the song is TRICKY, i had a 45 once but its since been lost and i can't remember if it was a TIME release or a PRINCE release.

DesireeNevermind said:

I thought that's what it was...but I was just assuming And wanted to know for sure.

I recently got to hear this to,it was sent to me. I have not a clue to what it is about,but I laughed my ass off listening to it. Oh,and I thought it was Tricky that was with Prince,not Morris.

Aaaaahhhhh. The good old days of discovering B sides. Yeah Tricky was a B Side for a Time single, Ice Cream Castles , i believe. I always believed it was Morris on lead and Prince and others laughing in the back. Would love to know which of them played the drums.

DexterDayglo said:

THAT'S THE OTHER FUNNY THING...SOMETIMES I CAN'T TELL IF ITS MORRIS ON LEAD OR PRINCE ON LEAD

It's Prince using his so-called Tricky voice, Morris on drums.

For more info on how this song came to be; check out the Crystal Ball liner notes for Cloreen Baconskin.

The sample of the beat also got used for Soul Psychodelicide.
[Edited 10/18/08 14:05pm]

Its also a FUNKY THANG

From the Housequake discography;

“Cloreen Bacon Skin” was cut with Morris Day behind the drums and Prince on bass (playing with gloves on) and vocals. Lasting over 15 minutes, the track is a spontaneous funk jam, with Prince instructing Day and ad-libbing spoken lyrics in his “Jamie Starr” voice, in a style reminiscent of The Time B-side “Tricky” (which was also created from a Day/Prince jam).

The improvised lyrics concern a sexual dalliance with an extremely ugly woman; although the words are overtly sexist and course, they are also humorous and clearly delivered in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

According to Prince’s liner notes, the purpose of the session was to come up with a funky beat to layer instruments on. “Cloreen Bacon Skin” was recorded at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, in March 1983, during a 1999 tour stop, when Prince spent two days with Day and Jesse Johnson, working on tracks for The Time’s third album, which became Ice Cream Castle. The bass line of “Cloreen Bacon Skin” was borrowed for the 1983 remake of “Irresistible Bitch.”

DesireeNevermind said:

I've never even heard it.

Cheers HamsterPerson.I have just been reminiscing how i would always just feel that P was so generous with his music back in the day.

KidaDynamite said:

Do youself a favour and follow the hint
[Edited 10/18/08 14:27pm]

DexterDayglo said:

give one and I will.

DesireeNevermind said:

LSD?

LizaWoman08 said:

I knew you were gonna take it there what's wrong with ?

DesireeNevermind said:

It's Prince at one of his best and his worst moments...

Best: because it's just plain ol funky...

Worst: because it was an unjustified diss song...You can guess who he's talking about...Hint: it's his hero...
[Edited 10/18/08 15:36pm]

murph said:

his hero? current hero? as in the hero that helped bring him to that place where you don't vote and don't swear on record?

DesireeNevermind said:

Nah...his other hero...lol

murph said:

org note org note org note

murph said:

Are you talking about James Brown?

KidaDynamite said:

That's what I've been told...

KidaDynamite said:

you quick kida

dayum that's cold princey dissing the godfather of soul, who the eff princey think he is doing that?

there's a rumor its about george clinton but i think that's unsubstantiated

piepie1976 said:

NAH, CUZ HE COLLABORATED WITH GEORGE WELL AFTER, I STICK WITH THE JB RUMOR.
THIS IS FOR MORRIS & PRINCEY
don't u eva diss JB like that again ya hear? ungrateful little mofos!! I just know that was all Princey's idea. Morris guilty by association on that one.

murph said:

Have you been told why?

it means Prince has gone completely mad.

KidaDynamite said:

Huh?