USA for Africa/Live Aid or the Funky/Jazzy (the versions I have are listed as "4 the Tears/Thank You" or the other way around) Live version(s)?

So different, I'm having a tough time deciding which.
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I do think the live "style" is a bit odd for the lyrics, but damn it's nice!

The song is called "4 the tears in your eyes" The "your" was not spelled UR. I know it's petty but that drives me nuts

djdaffy1227 said:

Oh Jeez! And here I was wondering if I'd get it wrong and piss someone off for spelling them out since it was post Purple Rain.

Will you be ok?

johnart said:

I changed it so you won't do anything rash.

Besides the "B-side" disc version, how many other versions are there of this song?

I have a live one from Avery Fisher Hall in NYC during the One Night Alone Tour. He played it during soundcheck and it has an uptempo D.C. gogo beat to it. Which surprisingly worked quite well when you compare it to the original.

I'm sorry I should have kept it to myself. It's just me

Sophianestesia said:

I think just the version on the USA for Africa album which is the song referenced in Hello as well as the on the The Hits/The B-Sides.

HonestMan13 said:

I have 2 live ones in the funky/bluesy/jazzy style. At least one them is from Soundcheck/After Party @ Shea's 14:33 long. The other might be Tralf music hall/ONA

I like the We Are the World version because it's just so random and weird. It doesn't sound like anything Prince had done before and even more, it doesn't sound like anything that would belong on We Are the World. It took a while to get adjusted to after I bought that album, but I grew to love it.

nice title, what album is this on?

Close2u said:

We Are The World (Original version)
The Hits / The B-sides (live - Video version)

Great song. I love both, but I prefer the original version.

BobGeorge909 said:

Sorry, I meant released version.

Sophianestesia said:

these 2 are officially released

We Are The World (Original version)
The Hits / The B-sides (live - Video version)

HonestMan13 said:

A go-go version?..wow..I love the original version, but i would love to hear that one...

thedance said:

Thanks

HonestMan13 said:

I have one that was introduced on the 1985 leg of the Purple Rain tour with America

Hello
recorded in the Spring of 1985 Hello is essentially a blow by blow description of the evening of the We R the World session:background vocals by Lisa Wendy & Jill Jones

A line of the song had been written for Prince to sing and a space in the studio blocked out for him to stand next to Michael Jackson. But at some point during the course of the evening, he decided not to show up, and instead took a limousine to the restaurant Carlos & Charlie's on Sunset Boulevard with Jill Jones and several bodyguards. (Huntsberry was not present.) While he has never explained the suddenness of his decision not to attend, Prince later said in interviews that he would have felt uncomfortable around so many entertainment luminaries, and that he preferred to work with close friends. This rings true; Prince in any situatio needed to feel in control, something that would have been impossible at a session dominated by his arch rival, Michael Jackson.

Recording of "We Are The World" proceeded without Prince. Across town, as Prince and his entourage exited the Mexican restaurant at about 2 a.m., several paparazzi descended on him. One particular audaciaous photographer jumped into his limousine. Prince and his friends were justifiably frightened and outraged, and the bodyguards reacted by seizing the photographer's camera and forcefully ejecting him from the car. The police were summoned, and one bodyguard - 6ft 9inch, 300 pound Lawrence Gibson- was arrested for battery, and the other, Prince's friend Wally Safford, for robbery.

Seeking damage control, Prince agreed to contribute a song to the We Are The World album. He cut "4 The Tears In Your Eyes" during a rare day off on the Purple Rain tour;







Hello (Hello) Hello (Hello) I tried 2 tell them that I didn't want 2 sing But I'd gladly write a song instead They said OK and everything was cool Till a camera tried 2 get in my bed

I just ordered one of these from eBay for Prince's track alone.

Se7en said:

It was one of those rare treats from back in the 80's.
A new Prince song without a Prince album being released.
Another one was the "Bright Lights, Big City" soundtrack with "Good Love".

HonestMan13 said:

I just got BL,BC a few months ago on CD. I only ever had it on cassette.

of the released versions, I prever the video version from the "Hits/B-sides".

i think it suits the lyrics better. the original is all ATWIAD-ed up and grates on me a little.

4 The Tears In Your Eyes

Long ago there was a man
Changed stone 2 bread with one touch of his hand
He made the blind see and the dumb understand
He died 4 the tears in your eyes, your eyes

Many people came from all around
2 hear this man preach with glorious sound
He spoke of man in harmony and love abound
He died 4 the tears in your eyes, your eyes Your eyes, your eyes
He died 4 the tears in your eyes

CHORUS:
4 the tears in your eyes if they're tears of sorrow
4 cents may be all that they're worth
4 the rising sun each day assures us
The meek shall inherit the earth, the earth

Faith is a word we all should try
Describing the man who willingly died
Believe that your hunger, sorrow, and fears
Is less than the tears in your eyes, your eyes

Less than the tears in your eyes

4 the tears in your eyes if they're tears of sorrow
4 cents may be all that they're worth (All they're worth)
4 the rising sun each day assures us
The meek shall inherit the earth (Say it again)

CHORUS
(All they're worth)

Thank U

© 1985 Controversy Music - ASCAP

The lyrics are so beautiful. It is Prince Gospel. Any Church would play it.

Tame said:

What is it about songs like this, and God(the dance electric) and even God Is Alive, the Cross that sounds so natural, so non preachy or marginalizing?

djdaffy1227 said:

no it's not just you. what's funny tho: P's crazy spelling of things is now used for texting and Twitter! LOLOLOLOL

And to think I was PISSED when he started doing that stuff.

errant said:

Samere here - although I've never heard those live versions.

I do like the WATW version on the rare occasions I listen to it; it's kinda quirky and... I dunno... odd. But I wouldn't want to listen to it over and over again.

The video version, though... sublime.