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Reply #60 posted 04/14/09 3:27pm

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PDogz said:

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.


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.

Thanks for the tip. I've located "All Mixed Up", is that what you were referring to?

EDIT: Okay, I just located something else that I believe is exactly what you were referring to. It appears this DJ Foefur has been a busy bee. Thanks again.

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Reply #61 posted 04/14/09 8:33pm

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Reply #62 posted 04/14/09 8:35pm

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sro100 said:

Well, I was at the Rupert's show where he did it live.

is that in minnieapolis?



Ruperts the infamous spot where he & Cat went to try out the Black Album.
...where he met Ingrid Chavez
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Reply #65 posted 04/14/09 9:01pm

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This song (and Sheila's & Cat's look) are straight up SOTT vibe
the guitar sounds like(Kiss Sign of the Times and an overall SOTT guitar) Even the lyrics are similar 2 Sign of the Times in subject. I love this video and song, and it's a great representation of the Sign o the Time (protege) era
Sheila was a really good album.







Koo Koo © 1987 Paisley Park Records

Come see Koo Koo man
Doing very worst he can
See him spend his lonely dime
Things design the Koo Koo time

CHORUS:
Koo Koo, Koo Koo
Koo Koo, Koo Koo

Everybody, come see Koo Koo girl
She can't resist the Koo Koo world
2 young 2 know better, 2 old 2 refuse
First she had an abortion, now she's got the blues (She got the blues)
Yes

CHORUS

Come and dig the Koo Koo war
Rumor has, it got started cuz our leaders got bored
New toys with a laser teach children 2 kill
Who knows when they're older, maybe they will
Nothing gained, paradise lost
Koo Koo's the trip and death is the cost
It's your world... 4 a little while
Peace, mother, brother, peace of mind
We got 2 love one another all the time
Cuz a kiss on the lips is better than a knife in the back
Can U get 2 that or is your blue train runnin' on a Koo Koo track?
U're 2 laxed, 2 lazy 2 dig all the facts
What it is y'all? We need a new plan, new plan of attack
Everybody jam, we've got the knack
Let's party y'all, let's party y'all
Cuz a kiss on the lips is better than a knife in the back
Now everybody say it

Koo Koo, Koo Koo
Koo Koo

It's your world (Your world)
4 a little while

© 1987 Girlsongs / Sister Fate Music - ASCAP





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Reply #67 posted 04/15/09 6:07am

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OldFriends4Sale said:




I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man
(movie version..)
It was only last June when her old man ran away

....
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"

At least I wouldn't wink
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Reply #68 posted 04/15/09 6:59am

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OldFriends4Sale said:

Dayclear said:



Now that was a good show
I loved the intro of the band, how they went crazy 4 Dr Fink Sheila & Eric Leeds
Strange Relationships was my favorite song 4 that night



March 21. 1987
1st Avenue
"Sign'O'TheTimes" Open Rehearsal
1.Intro ...and 4 those of U on valium, my name is Prince...
2.Housequake
3.Girls & Boys
4.Slow Love
5.Hot Thing
6.Now's The Time

7.Strange Relationship:
http://www.dailymotion.co...r_creation

8.Forever In My Life
9.Kiss:
10.It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night http://www.dailymotion.co...766e657874
10.It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night







Strange Relationship
© 1987 Controversy Music

Wendy Melvoin: tambourine & congas on "Strange Relationship"
Lisa Coleman: sitar & wooden flute on "Strange Relationship"


Strange Relationship

I guess U know me well, I don't like winter
But I seem 2 get a kick out of doing U cold
Oh, what the hell, U always surrender
What's this strange relationship that we hold on 2?

CHORUS:
Baby, I just can't stand 2 see U happy
More than that, I hate 2 see U sad
Honey, if U left me I just might do something rash
What's this strange relationship ..ship ..ship ..ship?

I came and took your love, I took your body
I took the self-respect U ever had
I took U 4 a ride and baby, I'm sorry
The more U love me, sugar, the more it makes me mad

Cuz baby, I just can't stand 2 see U happy
More than that, I hate 2 see U sad
Honey, if U left me I just might do something rash
What's this strange relationship ..ship ..ship ..ship?

Oh yeah

Isn't it a shame this ain't a movie?
Then U could rewrite my every line
I'll take all the blame, yo baby, I'm sorry
But I didn't like the way U were, so I had 2 make U mine

CHORUS

Yeah
Mmm, my strange relationship
Can't live with cha, can't live without cha
What it's all about, do U know?
Whoa yeah
Don't U think we got some strange relationship?
I think U and I got a ... strange relationship
What's this strange relationship?


"Strange Relationship" is a song from Prince's 1987 double album, Sign o' the Times. A live performance of the song was released as a digital single, made available on Prince's website on 26 March 2005.

Strange Relationship" has a long history. The song was actually recorded by Prince in 1982, during a highly prolific period in Prince's recording career, but remained in the vault for several years. The song was reworked in 1985 with input by Wendy and Lisa, giving it an unusual Indian sound, and was slated for the ill-fated 1986 Dream Factory project. After the disbanding of The Revolution, the Dream Factory project was shelved, but Prince retained "Strange Relationship" and reworked it once again for his Camille album. Camille was canceled, but most of the tracks, including "Strange Relationship" were absorbed into a 3-LP opus called Crystal Ball, due for a late 1986 release. Warner Bros. forced Prince to trim the album from 3 to 2 LPs which became Sign o' the Times, and "Strange Relationship" finally saw an official release. The released version dropped most of the Eastern influence, placing the sitar and wood flute deep into the mix.



PRINCE TALKS Around the World era 1985 Interview
Article publication date: 4.26.1985

Prince is fiddling with the tape deck inside the T-Bird.
On low volume comes his unreleased "Old Friends 4 Sale,"
an arrow-to-the-heart rock ballad about trust and loss.
Unlike "Positively 4th Street" -- which Bob Dylan reputedly named after a nearby Minneapolis block --
the lyrics are sad, not bitter.
"I don't know too much about Dylan," says Prince,
"but I respect him a lot. 'All Along the Watchtower' is my favorite of his.
I heard it first from Jimi Hendrix."

"Old Friends 4 Sale" ends, and on comes "Strange Relationships,"
and as-yet-unreleased dance tune.
"Is it too much?" asks Prince about playing his own songs in his own car.
"Not long ago I was driving around L.A. with [a well-known rock star],
and all he did was play his own stuff over and over. If it gets too much, just tell me."
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Reply #69 posted 04/15/09 7:26am

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OldFriends4Sale said:


This is my favorite Prince pic of all time!! I just love it!!

You guys, this thread is so wondeful!

SOTT is in my top 3 Prince albums (along with 1999 and Lovesexy). What an incredible piece of work!!!

It was the summer before 8th grade when I bought this on cassette. I remember reading in the liner notes that there was a sitar on "Strange Relationship" and I remembered being worried because I thought of all the sitar-heavy Beatles tracks, which I was none too fond of. Turns out "Strange Relationship" is my favorite Prince song of all time. Oh my goodness what an amazing adventure it was experiencing this album. "Forever In My Life," "Adore," "Starfish and Coffee," "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man," "The Cross," "If I Was U'r Girlfriend," and the marvelous title track. There truly wasn't a single song I would ff through - I loved every bit of 'both' albums.

And the movie!!!! And "4 Those of U on Valium"! What a great time to be a Prince fan. And I still feel that way, too!!
"She made me glad to be a man"
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Reply #70 posted 04/15/09 12:07pm

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La La La He He Hee (made on a bet with Sheena Easton) has got to be one of his hottest jams (and the extended version just blows everything out of the water.
The double kick drumset sound was very distintive to the SOTT era



La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Extended Version)© 1987 Paisley Park Records


I am a dog outside your door
I have been there since a quarter 2 4
U are a cat looking intense
I bite your leg in self-defense

Get out my tree grinnin' at me
Licking your tail like it's cream
Strokin' your whiskers, causing a scene
That's not the way 2 me (the way 2 me)

CHORUS:
And the doggies say 2 the kitty
La, la, la, he, he, hee
I want U, U want me
Oh, how sexy it will be
If we ever get 2gether in my tree

Hey little pussy, U sure look sweet
Knockin' me off of my 4 feet
Sure do wish dogs could climb (I wish, I wish)
Then we could have a funky good time

Why U wink at me? I don't really see
Nasty little cat up, up in a tree
Is it really worth the one night of fun?
U've got 9 lives, I've only got one!

Be cool Rover
Don't bite nobody... ha ha ha ha ha!
Rover, get your ass over here and sit down... ha ha ha ha ha!

Rover, U got 2 get over
Rover, U got 2 get...
Rover, U got 2 get over
Rover, U got 2 get...

La, la, la, he, he, hee
I want U, U want me
Oh, how sexy it will be
If we ever get 2gether in my tree
In my tree

Slammin'!
If I was a dog and U was a cat
Baby, I'd show U where it's at
Hey little pussy, U sure look sweet
Knockin' me off of my 4 feet
Baby (baby), oh!
I said baby (baby), funky dog!
Slammin'!

I think my choir wanna sing

La, la, la, he, he, hee (La, la, la)
Let's get 2gether in my tree (Let's get 2gether in my tree)
Oh, how happy we will be (Oh, how happy we will be)
I want U, U want me (I want U, baby, U want me)
La, la, la, he, he, hee (La, la, la)

Ow, put your foot on the rock
Sock it, sock it, sock it (Oh mama), don't U stop it
Ow, put your foot on the rock
Sock it, sock it, sock it (Oh no), don't U stop it


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP








In France, a skinny man died of a BIG disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
At home there are 17-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called The Disciples
High on crack and totin' a machine gun

Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside
U turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' U somebody died
A sister killed her baby cuz she couldn't afford 2 feed it
And yet we're sending people 2 the moon
In September, my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time
Now he's doing horse - it's June

It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants 2 fly
But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies
Oh why?

Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see The Dawn?

Is it silly, no?
When a rocket blows and.. and everybody still wants 2 fly
Some say a man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies
Oh why, oh why?
Sign "O" the times

Sign "O" the times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's 2 late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate
If it's a boy
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Reply #72 posted 04/15/09 2:06pm

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Fantastic thread!

Love the pics!
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[Edited 4/15/09 14:30pm]
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Reply #74 posted 04/15/09 2:18pm

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tricky2 said:

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Wow, could you please try and scan at a higher resolution?
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tricky2 said:

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Wow, could you please try and scan at a higher resolution?


Which page?
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Reply #78 posted 04/15/09 2:38pm

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tricky2 said:

remko said:



Wow, could you please try and scan at a higher resolution?


Which page?


the one with show of 21 June in Utrecht would be great. My first (ever) concert.....
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Reply #79 posted 04/15/09 3:04pm

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tricky2 said:



Which page?


the one with show of 21 June in Utrecht would be great. My first (ever) concert.....


First ever?.....That's cool
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Reply #80 posted 04/15/09 4:59pm

tricky2

OldFriends4Sale said:

La La La He He Hee (made on a bet with Sheena Easton) has got to be one of his hottest jams (and the extended version just blows everything out of the water.
The double kick drumset sound was very distintive to the SOTT era



La, La, La, He, He, Hee (Extended Version)© 1987 Paisley Park Records


I am a dog outside your door
I have been there since a quarter 2 4
U are a cat looking intense
I bite your leg in self-defense

Get out my tree grinnin' at me
Licking your tail like it's cream
Strokin' your whiskers, causing a scene
That's not the way 2 me (the way 2 me)

CHORUS:
And the doggies say 2 the kitty
La, la, la, he, he, hee
I want U, U want me
Oh, how sexy it will be
If we ever get 2gether in my tree

Hey little pussy, U sure look sweet
Knockin' me off of my 4 feet
Sure do wish dogs could climb (I wish, I wish)
Then we could have a funky good time

Why U wink at me? I don't really see
Nasty little cat up, up in a tree
Is it really worth the one night of fun?
U've got 9 lives, I've only got one!

Be cool Rover
Don't bite nobody... ha ha ha ha ha!
Rover, get your ass over here and sit down... ha ha ha ha ha!

Rover, U got 2 get over
Rover, U got 2 get...
Rover, U got 2 get over
Rover, U got 2 get...

La, la, la, he, he, hee
I want U, U want me
Oh, how sexy it will be
If we ever get 2gether in my tree
In my tree

Slammin'!
If I was a dog and U was a cat
Baby, I'd show U where it's at
Hey little pussy, U sure look sweet
Knockin' me off of my 4 feet
Baby (baby), oh!
I said baby (baby), funky dog!
Slammin'!

I think my choir wanna sing

La, la, la, he, he, hee (La, la, la)
Let's get 2gether in my tree (Let's get 2gether in my tree)
Oh, how happy we will be (Oh, how happy we will be)
I want U, U want me (I want U, baby, U want me)
La, la, la, he, he, hee (La, la, la)

Ow, put your foot on the rock
Sock it, sock it, sock it (Oh mama), don't U stop it
Ow, put your foot on the rock
Sock it, sock it, sock it (Oh no), don't U stop it


© 1987 Controversy Music - ASCAP








In France, a skinny man died of a BIG disease with a little name
By chance his girlfriend came across a needle and soon she did the same
At home there are 17-year-old boys and their idea of fun
Is being in a gang called The Disciples
High on crack and totin' a machine gun

Hurricane Annie ripped the ceiling of a church and killed everyone inside
U turn on the telly and every other story is tellin' U somebody died
A sister killed her baby cuz she couldn't afford 2 feed it
And yet we're sending people 2 the moon
In September, my cousin tried reefer 4 the very first time
Now he's doing horse - it's June

It's silly, no?
When a rocket ship explodes and everybody still wants 2 fly
But some say a man ain't happy unless a man truly dies
Oh why?

Baby make a speech, Star Wars fly
Neighbors just shine it on
But if a night falls and a bomb falls
Will anybody see The Dawn?

Is it silly, no?
When a rocket blows and.. and everybody still wants 2 fly
Some say a man ain't happy truly until a man truly dies
Oh why, oh why?
Sign "O" the times

Sign "O" the times mess with your mind
Hurry before it's 2 late
Let's fall in love, get married, have a baby
We'll call him Nate
If it's a boy
[Edited 4/15/09 12:08pm]


La,La,La Hee, Hee, Hee is my Jam!! biggrin
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Reply #81 posted 04/15/09 5:12pm

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tricky2 said:





Wow these are incredible pieces of Prince history

It's funny how when in the moment you don't always realize that these things we collect/hold onto are going 2 b a part of history

the Sign o the Time era passed so fast & was so short that I think that's why an era like this is a regular focus of topic

I would love to see more images and read more pieces about Madhouse
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Reply #82 posted 04/15/09 5:12pm

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I love Peach also!



don't you?


I love it, is it real Prince'one?
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Reply #83 posted 04/15/09 5:36pm

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This is one of the best threads in a looooong time. SOTT is really an event album the true meaning of a timeless musical expression. The title track, Housequake, Adore...you name it..throw on now at any club, ride with it blaring out the car windows down any Martin Luther and heads shall bop. A fantastic album, not only was it my initial introduction into jazz but it took my mack game to a new level. You don't know how many girls in high school I wrote the lyrics of '4ever in my life' to...and if any of those ladies are on this site tonight...I won't you to know I meant every word of it.
1 over Jordan...the greatest since
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Reply #84 posted 04/15/09 5:40pm

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tricky2 said:

remko said:



the one with show of 21 June in Utrecht would be great. My first (ever) concert.....


First ever?.....That's cool


What book is this from???

Thanks!
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Reply #85 posted 04/15/09 6:44pm

LAtimesinc

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LAtimesinc said:

I love Peach also!



don't you?


I love it, is it real Prince'one?

I CAN TELL U,...BUT U KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE TO COME NEXT? ....LOL


JUST KIDDIN'
IT A CUSTOM MODEL, BUT I LOVE EM' JUST THE SAME.
I may come off with my head up Prince's ass...so be it! Just stop mistakin' my love for him as ass kissin, I just Love him.
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Reply #86 posted 04/15/09 7:32pm

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Again fantastic thread, someone needs to put this on the new Princepedia thing
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Reply #87 posted 04/15/09 8:03pm

tricky2

My scans came from an old issue of Uptown
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Reply #88 posted 04/16/09 11:09am

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tricky2 said:

remko said:



the one with show of 21 June in Utrecht would be great. My first (ever) concert.....


First ever?.....That's cool


THAAAAANKKKK YOUUUUU
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Reply #89 posted 04/16/09 11:59am

marvis

LAtimesinc said:

marvis said:



I love it, is it real Prince'one?

I CAN TELL U,...BUT U KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE TO COME NEXT? ....LOL


JUST KIDDIN'
IT A CUSTOM MODEL, BUT I LOVE EM' JUST THE SAME.


Great color pick! I dreamt of getting this guitar when I was young!!
Do you own others?

By the way, there hasn't been a peach coud guitar given away, is it?
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