I'm hoping someday and I got my fingers crossed for a proper, domestic Dvd release of the classic Sign O The Times film.I'm hoping too that Prince and the company who owns the movie will approve for a Special Edition release.Prince's best album and band.Period!I think the film woud look great on Blu Ray.Peace!

I love this thread, especially the pics

LAtimesinc said:

I loved the Peach Angel/Cloud
is that the original?
[Edited 4/13/09 18:19pm]

OldFriends4Sale said:

no!

The fashion from this timeperiod (Lovesexy included) was just TOPS!

Whitnail said:

It's very nice indeed

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I totally agree,

when he started wearing Versace and name brand(yet expensive name brand)it looses something,

I love the looks from Puprle Rain - Lovesexy

Sheena Easton was probably 1 of the only persons outside of Prince's camp that I enjoyed his collaboration: Sugar Walls, U Got the Look, she was even the (DaRe) inspiration behind La La La He He Hee

























U Got The Look © 1987 Paisley Park Records
performed by Camille

Here we are folks, the dream we all dream of
Boy versus girl in the World Series of love
Tell me, have U got the look?
U walked in, I woke up
I've never seen a pretty girl look so tough
Baby, U got that look

Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback
Crucial, I think I wantcha

U've got the look, U've got the hook
Sho'nuff do be cookin' in my book
Your face is jammin', your body's heck-a-slammin'
If love is good, let's get 2 rammin'
U got the look, U got the look

Looka here
U got the look (U got the look)
U must'a took (U must'a took)
A whole hour just 2 make up your face, baby

Closin' time, ugly lights, everybody's inspected (Everybody's inspected)
But U are a natural beauty unaffected (Unaffected)
Did I say an hour? My face is red, I stand corrected (I stand corrected)

U've got the look (U've got the look)
U sho'nuff do be cookin' in my book (Slammin'!)
Your face is jammin', your body's heck-a-slammin'
If love is good, let's get 2 rammin'
U got the look, U got the look

There's no jokin' U
Well, here we are
Ladies and gentlemen, the dream we all dream of (Oh please!)
Boy versus girl in the World Series of love
Slammin'!

U walked in (I walked in), I woke up (U woke up)
I never seen such a pretty girl look so tough
Baby (Baby), U got that look (U got that look)
Yes U do (Yes U do)

Color U peach and black
Color me takin' aback, baby
Crucial, I think I wantcha


[Edited 4/14/09 20:38pm]

Always loved that coat that Prince is wearing

That one legged outfit is so damn fierce

Wouldve been in my late teens when SOTT came out. And mann was it farken good!
I was a well established fan by then, and this was the best to date.

Prince had never been to Australia at the time (and didnt till 92 ), so all we got to see was the movie in the cinemas.
I went to see it on my own, and was the only one in the theatre watching it! Farken loved it, and saw it I dont know how many times after that. Wouldve prefered it live though.

Oh yeh. I then painted my bedroom peach with the SOTT symbols in black on one side, and framed posters on the other. The chicks loved it.

His best album, tour and period.

bittersweet.....it's a time when HIS music somehow seeped to a "space" in my soul. Blessing vs. curse?.....for tonight, in this unguarded moment, it's only for me to decide.

OldFriends4Sale said:

That's not Lisa Coleman. And the pic is taken in Paris during the SOTT tour. afaik.

This is one of the main Prince albums that I really really really wish they'd digitally remaster. "Housequake" just doesn't have the same PUNCH that I seem to remember that it had back in the day, not compared to tracks produced today anyway. I would re-purchase his entire catalog (from The 80's through the mid 90's) if they would digitally remaster it from the master tapes. Guess I shouldn't be holding my breath, eh?

nurseV said:

.....talk about loving a song.....will always be my fav....

Whitnail said:

PEJ said:

I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

It was only last June when her old man ran away
She couldn't stop cryin' cuz she knew he was gone 2 stay
10:35 on a lonely Friday night
She was standin' by the bar ... mmm, she was lookin' alright, yeah
I asked her if she wanted 2 dance
And she said that all she wanted was a good man
And wanted 2 know if I thought I was qualified, yeah

And I said - "Baby, don't waste your time
I know what's on your mind
I may be qualified 4 a one night stand
But I could never take the place of your man"

It hurt me so bad when she told me with tears in her eyes
(Tears in her eyes)
He was all she ever had and now she wanted 2 die
He left her with a baby and another one on the way, yeah
She couldn't stop cryin' cuz she knew he was gone 2 stay, yeah

She asked me if we could be friends
And I said - "Oh honey, baby, that's a dead end
U know and I know that we wouldn't be satisfied, no"

And I said - "Baby, don't waste your time
I know what's on your mind
We wouldn't be satisfied (wouldn't be satisfied) with a one night stand
And I could never take the place of your man"










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[Edited 4/14/09 10:38am]

PEJ said:

It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night © 1987 Paisley Park Records

by Prince & the Revolution in Paris France
music co-written by Dr. Fink & Eric Leeds.

Susannah Melvoin: co-lead vocals on "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
Eric Leeds: All saxophones
Atlanta Bliss: All trumpets

Miko Weaver: Lead guitar on "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
Jill Jones: Co-lead vocals on "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
The Revolution: Performance of "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"

Greg Brooks, Wally Safford, Jerome Benton and "6000 wonderful Parisians": Backing vocals on "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"

Prince: All other vocals and instruments


Sheila E.:drums and "Transmississippirap" on "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night"
Sheila E's Transmississippi Rap is a Poem
by Edward Lear titled "The Table And The Chair"
A table and chair decide to take a walk but soon lose their way and are escorted home by a duck, a mouse, and a beetle.
Subject English poetry.


I.
Said the Table 2 the Chair
"U can hardly be aware
How I suffer from the heat
And from chilblains on my feet"
"If we took a little walk
We might have a little talk
Pray let us take the air"
Said the Table 2 the Chair
(Can't nobody fuck with us {repeat})

II.
Said the Chair unto the Table
"Now U know we are not able
How foolishly U talk
When U know we cannot walk"
Said the Table with a sigh
"It can do no harm 2 try
I've as many legs as U
Why can't we walk on 2?" (Say...)

III.
So they both went slowly down
And walked about the town
With a cheerful bumpy sound
As they toddled round and round
And everybody cried
As they hastened 2 their side
"See! The Table and the Chair
Have come 2 take the air"
(Paris, y'all, can't nobody...) (Say it y'all)

IV.
But in going down an alley
2 a castle in the valley
They completely lost their way
And wandered all the day
Till, 2 see them safely back
They paid a Ducky-quack
And a Beetle, and a Mouse
Who took them 2 their house

V.
When they whispered 2 each other
"O delightful little brother
What a lovely walk we've taken
Let us dine on Beans and Bacon"
So the Ducky, and the leetle (Say it, y'all)
Browny-Mousey and the Beetle
Dined, and danced upon their heads
Till they toddled 2 their beds

Good God, uh!






song lyrics
Drop out the horns

It's gonna be a beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
U got your world 2gether, everything's lookin' alright
2night there's no 2morrow, this is gonna be the one
(Alright Paris, we gonna see how funky U are)
2night we're gonna lose our sorrow, 2night we're gonna have some fun
(Are U ready? Come on, say it)

Oh wee oh, oh oh (Oh wee oh, oh oh)
It's gonna be a beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
Keep singin, y'all (Oh wee oh, oh oh)
It's gonna be a beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
Paris, clap your hands

Little boy got the notion, get some love 2night
U better get your rap in motion 4 she out of sight
Little girl at the party, maybe she'd like 2 dance
Ring around the rosie, pocket full of chance

Oh wee oh, oh oh! Sing it, y'all (Oh wee oh, oh oh)
It's gonna be a beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
(Oh wee oh, oh oh) Yeah
It's gonna be a beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
Guitars and drums, groove


They say that there's nothing better than sleeping on a rainy day
We could spend the night 2gether, come on (tell me) baby, what U say?

It's gonna be a beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
It's gonna be a beautiful, beautiful night

No time 4 politics, no, we don't wanna fight
Everybody get up, it's gonna be a beautiful night
No time 4 sorrow, this is gonna be the one
2night there's no 2morrow, 2night we're gonna have some fun

We are beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night

Oh wee oh! Say it (Oh wee oh, oh oh)
It's gonna be a beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night, oh
Relax y'all, yeah (Oh wee oh, oh oh)
It's gonna be a beautiful, it's gonna be a beautiful night
Just the drums, just the drums
Bobby

Everybody get way down, 2night we're gonna ball
2night we're gonna get the bomb, y'all - I'm talkin' about the Detroit crawl

Everybody in the west, everybody in the east
When I'm mad I'll get ya with my chicken grease - get with it

(One more!)

OldFriends4Sale said:

THIS THREAD IS FANTASTIC!!! But I don't have time to read it now. Must return tomorrow...

PDogz said:

Track down DJ Foefur's remaster and you'll be amazed by what he was able to do with this album! The sound is incredible and, yes, "Housequake" KNOCKS on Foefur's release.

I loved the "geek" look he rocked back then. Prince in acid wash??? So cool.

He's been too pretty and made up since then.

Prince's best image ever overall between his stage set and the themes of that album. I wish i didn't take that era for granted. he was on top of his game musically and performance wise. Prince still chose the wrong singles. I always thought ICNTTPOYM should've been the follow up single 2 Sign o' the times.. oh well.