3:51 through 5:13 in Days of Wild is absolutely astonishing..

When has Prince ever done something this funky yet energetic?

I mean, don't get me wrong, the whole song is great, but this part in particular I seem to play over and over..

Who else has noticed this?

It's fantastalicious, indeed.

always wonder why it was left off. it's not as good as the live versions, obviously, but was a pretty strong track. it's not like there isn't room on the album for it, and this was in the days when Prince wasn't afraid of cramming a disc full (or 3 partially full), even if he shouldn't have.

errant said:

i heard warners didn't like the explicit content.

WetDream said:

I don't think that can be right. The album pretty muuch kicks off with "Good morning ladies and gentlemen, boys and motherfucking girls..." on Pussy Control which also contains the "before she got dick in her drawers" line. There's nothing that much more explicit in Days Of Wild.

I think Prince held back this gem for his own reasons. Unfortunately the GOld Experience studio version has never seen the light of day on an official release.
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Nice.

... numbers

uh come on I counted how many times he cursed on there and it's only 11 times I mean I don't curse but

this was still the 90s and i think the warners rumour is true because of that and the fact its prince, they didn't want to market prince swearing so much on an album (combine all explicit tracks including days) and instead make him easier to market by trimming it.

of course it still could be wrong but its what i heard.

This song truly rocks and is about as irreverent as it gets.Its like he got to be the 300 pound linebacker knocking people right and left whoever ragged on him. This is the song I play when I really want to let someone have it, but can't so I crank up the tone and smirk.

Prince's Sarah

errant said:

Months before release, when NME previewed the album, track by track, they said it was the worst song on the album. Shortly thereafter, Prince removed it.

lspear76 said:

Well, I'll be a... I never heard that, or read the review - but here it is, in black and white:


New Music Express
August 3, 1995
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THE GOLD EXPERIENCE
Warner Bros.

1 PUSSY CONTROL - Starts like some electronic intergalactic war with rapid keyboards and a woman talking in Spanish. Then an introduction, "Good morning ladies, gentlemen, boys and motherf---ing girls," before breaking into a six-minute fast track of warped industrial rap with sex-overdose lyrics.

2 ENDORPHINEMACHINE - "There are over 500 experiences to choose from, here's a selection...". It opens with what sounds like a flick through the radio dial and then booms into a huge stadium friendly single with the lyric, "Prince is done with/Prince is done with".

3 SHHH - Continuing the sex theme, 'Shhh' begins with a dramatic intro then slows into a soulful, jazzy epic. "Sex is not what I think about/It's what I think about you," Symbol sings, before the song concludes with a huge orchestral sweep.

4 WE MARCH - Opens with Christmassy chimes then breaks into hard, raw funk as Symbol asks, "If this is the same avenue my ancestors fought to liberate/How come I can't even buy a piece of it if my credit is straight?"

5 DAYS OF WILD - Weakest track on the album. Prince is rapping. Meant to sound bad-assed but it sounds hollow.

6 TMBGITW - Massive spangly pop song and his worldwide number one. The first really stunning song on the LP.

7 DOLPHIN - Fast-beat pop with a chorus that sounds like a huge pepsi advert. Racy, singularly accessible track that will appeal to seven year pop kids as well as hardened fans. Catchiest song on the album, though the words are distinctly left field: "I'll die before you/I let you tell me how to swim/And I'll come back again as dolphin/Let me in, let me in/As my friend dolphin/As a dolphin".

8 NOW - Hard, raw funk with sharp blasts of brass, swells of organ and snatches of rap in places not unlike Public Enemy's 'Give It Up'.

9 319 - A 'Kiss'-like tease with layers and layers of vocal, snatches of horn, choppy funk guitar and scuzzy dirty keyboards. Another possible single.

10 SHY - The album's outstanding track. A stripped down rock ballad with sweet guitar breaks and washes of slide guitar, it ends with the sound of a car driving off into the distance. Symbol sings "The lips say no but the body says might/Looks like we are going to take the long way home tonight".

11 BILLY JACK BITCH - "Open letters are the only things that open wounds." A rolling, funky grove and possible club track (when remixed). Slick swathes of funk and ends with a big roaring laugh.

12 EYE HATE U - Opens with more radio-style voice-overs from a sexy-voiced woman who says, "You've accessed the hate experience. Do you wish to change your mind? Enjoy your experience." Leads into a schmaltzzy over the top ballad with ridiculous lover spurned lyrics and the memorable, "With her hands behind her back so I can tie her tight and give into the act".

13 GOLD - Appropriately big, pumping ballsy power rock ballad to end. Massive Purple Rain-esque sound, though the lyrics are uniquely cheesy and include the words, "There's a mountain and it is mighty high/You cannot see the top unless you fly".

Courtesy Prince In Print http://princetext.tripod.com/

the studio version of Days of Wild is no match for live renditions IMHO..the studio version sounds kinda boring and 'empty'