Yeah A mix between the two songs would be great.

This reminds me "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" by James Brown
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No doubt, P must have been inspired by this song when he wrote Kiss.

and here all these years i thought this song was sooooo original

Interesting the amount of plagiary-ish claims that get levelled at Prince in the interactive age. There were ones for Purple Rain and Do Me Baby amongst others if I recall.

Check out the youtube clip on where R. Kelly got You Are Not Alone for MJ.

Damn,that shit is CLOSE.

Sharon Jones would KILL a cover of that!!!

Wouldn't it be funny if it turned out that Prince has never created a song "out of nothing" but always used friends' and colleagues' pieces to make his own creation out of them?

So what, there are copycats every where.

It's called inspiration...

Dayclear said:

So what, there are copycats everywhere.

LMAO, let the defensive posting begin.

Ok, Prince's original version of Kiss was a slow ballad and Mazarati were the ones who sped it up. If anyone stole this sound, it was Mazarati

Wildboy said:

From Mazarati Wiki:

But Prince's Version of Kiss is far superior to Mazarati's version.

Its not about Mazerati stealing the sound, Prince's original lyrics and structure borrow heavily from this song. Takes the whole theme really.

Did we ever get to hear the original song in the Most Beautiful Girl In The World copyright claim by the way?

what's the info on that tune?

i agree

Everyone draws inspiration from certain parts in their past experience. The world would be poorer without it. This could be one example where Prince got inspiration. In the end, Kiss is a gazillion times better.

ufoclub said:

Helene Smith: You Got To Be A Man
Appears on the album Miami Sound - Rare Funk & Soul From Miami, Florida 1967-1974. Miami's First Lady of Soul.
This is a different version though.

Can't see the video (at work) but I'll catch a peek and add my once I view it.

ETA: Striking resemblance
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'Somewhere Here On Earth' always reminds me of 'It's Gonna Take A Miracle' by Laura Nyro.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...5OzUK-hj60

Dsoul said:

true true

But apart from the "eddie-hazel-spirituality-helene-smith-affair": A long time ago someone claimed on here that "Question Of U" would be directly lifted from a 50's tune.... And this other song has indeed some similiarities with SHOE...
So i dont know...

Yeah.. it's really alot like "Kiss" for sure. Killer song!!

WOW that song is theee KNOCK

well he has been successfully sued for plagiarism
TMBGITW
but then again, there's only so many notes
but funny sometimes how many of the same end up together
dencecoinci perhps
many times over

I thought everyone knew Kiss was "borrowed".

Asmodeus said:

Its weird we haven't tracked down the original song in the TMBGITW case?

squirrelgrease said:

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Once again the ignorance concerning black music is coming out loud and clear on Prince. Org.
I do not know who the artist is on this cut but they are ripping off James Brown right down to the vocal and horns.
I kind of thought everyone with some lick of sense new that Kiss was a JB throw back but I guess some of you are not the smart. In addition, he came in and took over the song from Mazerati just like you all claim that he stole “Do Me Baby from Eddie Hazel when Andre Cymone claims that Prince stole the song from him.

I am not a lawyer but I believe you can’t be charged with plagiarism unless a certain number of bars or chords are used perhaps someone with a legal background can weigh in on this.

laurarichardson said:

My recommendation when accusing other people of being stupid: try and use coherent sentences.

Otherwise, you might appear "not the smart" yourself.

NoVideo said:

Making snarky, rude remarks because people aren't as musically knowledgeable as you is completely unnecessary. What does intelligence have to do with it?