Love2tha9s said:

100% correct!

And btw its really a "Homage" to Jimi, not a rip-off! Get it?
Jeez' really...
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which part of the song did u hear him say its a homage? He told u?

ass said:

the same place he told you he stole it.

no he didnt, THESE GUYS TOLD ME !!


http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related




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ass said:

nah c'mon...I mean everybody knows the riff from Vodoo Chile!

Lotusflower has been declared as a "pure" Rock album!
So er 1+1 = Not 3 but 2 as far as i know!

And if Prince "borrows", he doesn't do it in such a blatant way you know... If he "borrows" then he hides it much better, like in "Kiss" - thats indeed a rip-off song if you ask me...
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well, after listening to the album version I must concur that Prince has been listening to some Electric Ladyland lately

The songs are not actually that similar, but they have elements (particularly the intro) that are just unmistakable.

Whatever, I actually prefer this "borrowing from" the song rather than if he'd just covered it. That would have been dull.

It's a rip but it's a good rip. And I'm ok with that.

vinx98 said:

Why have you quoted my post?

vinx98 said:

He didn't sample anything from Voodoo Child, it just sounds similar. Nothing is directly lifted from the song, but it certainly was inspired by it.

yep I hear it too ..and in a good way ahahaa we all heard it at the same time your reaction is offended.My reaction is a tribute to each his own.

http://prince.org/msg/7/302810

vinx98 said:

It may be incredibly similar and using the same guitar sound but if you listen the riff is different.

If artists could be sued for doing stuff that sounds similar there'd be a lot less bands around.

sunlite said:

I think he always had the Jimi thing going on, visually & musically, I think he denied it before and is not so afraid to admit it now.

BTW I no longer think Dreamer sounds like fury, except for how the chords go up a minor third and then descend in the refrain.

It makes sense, too, as he's singing about MLK that he would reach back to a key song of the late 60's for inspiration.

remember when Larry G. and P threatened to sue Santana over some song???

business is business.

There are a couple of points in that song that are direct allusions to "Voodoo Child" and "Purple Haze", but the song as a whole is not a "rip off". In fact, Prince is pretty much doing, in this song, what Jimi used to do with classic blues licks. He incorporates bits of the classic licks into the song, but the overall tune is new. Rock musicians, especially guitarists, have been doing this since...oh, forever! Jimmy Page has publicly acknowledged that he couldn't even begin to name all the blues artists he's "borrowed" from, and the same is true of Clapton, Santana, Dylan, Van Halen, The Edge and just about every rock guitarist who has ever been given the status of "legend".

realm said:

I could be wrong, but I think that was some good-natured ribbing, not a real threat to sue (since Larry doesn't own that publishing anyway). P also busted Lenny's chops for "stealing" from him when he released "Again" (which was a re-write of P's "Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do"). Like I said, my memory on that may be faulty, but I don't think it was a serious threat.

The guitar at the end is making the hair stand up on my neck! Damn! Anyone else feelin me?

TwiliteKid said:

it was my way of telling you that you are wrong.

Spank86 said:

i want a new drug
ghostbusters

vinx98 said:

but that song actually used similar bass line, horn lines, melody, etc.

The details of Prince's song are different from Voodoo Child, even though the overall sound is similar.

If you want to talk lawsuit, Warrant should sue for the guitar part stealing the melody to...

"She's my Cherry Pie!"

vinx98 said:

Next time you get in a hurry to correct someone, you should make sure that you're correct yourself. My comment was in reference to previous poster's mention of Dylan stealing his songs. You can tell that by the fact that it's the post I quoted orignianlly (see how this internet message board thing works?)

Dreamer is just an excuse to rip into some guitar solos...sort of like "Fury"...they are both good songs but not especially original.

Ugot2shakesumthin said:

That's funny...I've only heard Jimi on the classic rock station and after checking out this video I'm heading to Amazon myself...I feel like I need to know more than Purple Haze, Watchtower and Voodoo Child...

personally, i thought it sounds like THE GODFATHER's entrance from the WWF/WWE....but what do i no....

TwiliteKid said:

ok well done

NDRU said:

i guess my point is that apart from the bassline I think those songs sound quite different, especially as you move to the verse and chorus - and they sued successfully! in dreamer, the intro is the same although the song is different. When I make music I have to credit every sample I use, even if it is 5 seconds long - I know prince doesnt use samples, but he has to credit hendrix for that riff. Just think, if hendrix didnt make that song, do you think he would use that riff?
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vinx98 said:

listen to the riffs again, carefully. The sound very very similar but they are not the same.

Spank86 said:

exactly, the actual notes are different.