I listened to 1999 today the first listen in a long time and got to thinking how great LRC (the song and video) really is. That video really did wonders for Prince-visually it also made my day Anyway, just showing alittle for a great tune

My Favorite song anyway.

I love the (Dance Mix) version of it, I gotta go listen 2 it now, Thanx Nurse

I was into Prince since Dirty Mind, when I listened to a friend's cassette walkman while he was jamming to it in High School. So I bought the vinyl Dirty Mind and then Controversy LPs, enjoying the perfect blend of punk/new wave/funk - the genres that I mostly listened to at the time.

Then the 1999 LP came out. The first time that I heard Little Red Corvette was a turning point, or a no-going-back point for me concerning Prince. It was the perfect song. It was everything I could ever want in my auditory color palette.

I heard a story of a Johnny Cougar(his name back then) concert where Mellencamp came out during his set and played Little Red Corvette from a boom-box into the PA. He had a need to bring the song to the attention of as many people as possible. At his own damn concert.

The song is that good. A classic. A masterpiece.

Don't get me started on the 12" Dance Mix.

squirrelgrease said:

Dirty Mind is when I discovered Prince as well, the 1st. time I heard the Uptown and Dirty Mind tracks I was blown away.

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Brilliant song, I love it and the dance mix, Love watching him perform the song in the 1985 live video (Prince and the Revolution). I often have the song on repeat, its impossible to listen to just once.I love the lyrics, A body like yours ought to be in jail cuz its on the verge of being obscene, move over baby give me the keys.

I pointed this out in some other thread

So she had used condoms wrapers..

Enough gas is a metafore for "money" ?
So in other words she was a Prostitute
Prince is cheap


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It's a rockin KAreoke jam 4 sho

nurseV said:

Hey Nurse... great topic I put my hubby through the excruciating pain of watching the sign O times DVD yesterday he is not a Prince fan but... he likes "little red corvette", " purple rain" and "1999". So I told him Prince has many more hits (hello?).
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mplsmike said:

Used condoms in her pocket? Wasn't this song written about Vanity?

"Baby, have U got enough gas?" ? I think he was asking her if she had enough stamina to "do it all night" typical Prince line.

Great song! Loved it so much, I sampled it for my song.

I love that song. One of my favorite songs from prince.

probably the best use of metaphor in a pop song

EVER

its that good

The xtended version

once I play the dance mix it has to be put on repeat and then I have a hard time turning it off. love it.

squirrelgrease said:

I heard/read about this to. He wanted Prince to do co-lead vocals on Pink Houses, but I think Prince declined.

This is one of those Prince songs that not only doesn't sound like anything else he's done, but also doesn't sound like anything else anyone has done.

I would say it's his best song ever, but history would probably say that When Doves Cry is. That's OK - those 2 can share the title.

Great album, great song

This has been my favorite son since I first heard it in 1993.

HAVE A NICE DAY Y'ALL

AND THANKS

L.O.V.E.

LRC

LRC has a very special place in my heart. It was my introduction to Prince.
Was watching a music video channel and the VJ said they were about to play a song by a real up and coming talent that has the whole music industry buzzing.

They then played the LRC video and I was like "damn"!, "wtf"? and "omfg"!! all at once. The song was great and Prince was just so damn cool. I have been a fan since.

The song itself, is brilliant, and yes the 12 inch is just plain filthy.

Definitely be spinning it today at work.

With the possible exception of Dorothy Parker...the best lyrics he's ever written.

Yeah, I was pumping it on last saturday evening - the "dance mix" too. Needed something to get me in the right mood before a date, and it seemed to work

I remember when I first heard it on vinyl - this was ages ago, mind you - and how incredibly cool and warm the opening chords sounded through the headphones. I was literally mesmerized by the mood. Then the guitar break in the chorus! Let's not forget either that the version on the SOTT concert movie is a really great take on it too, especially the square-wavish synths instead of the OB-ish strings.

Good songh.
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Listening to both versions now.

Man, this song really takes you back to where you were when you first heard it!

I remember rocking this from a Realistic mono tape recorder after taping it off the radio through the air . . . strapped to the rack of my 10-speed bike riding around town.

Gemini77 said:

Yup! The extended dance mix is AWESOME.

.....VROOOOOM