What do u think of computer blue extended version?

Genius!

I have never heard it..

There are about 5 versions

ranging from 9 minutes 2 14 minutes
the PR lp version is an edit

the infamous Hallway Speech
If you've heard the song on the PR tour they did a bit of of the parts not included in the lp version

also in the movie the scene where Bobby Matt & Brown are rehearsing that jam/riff they are doing is from the extended version

Na Na Na Na Na Na
Wave your hands in the air
Now everybody say it
Na Na Na Na Na Na

DamnUSexyMf said:

Yes it is GENIUS, it's WILD, RAW, TORTURED


ahhhhh!!!
Father, the son is gone!!

that linn drum just drove that song

This song is an example of how Prince music never needed a whole lot of
drum spectacles and rolls and riffs, the most straighforward beats always worked for his music

I find the riff of computer blue and nelly furtado's maneater.
one is done with the guitar and the other with the synth.
does it sound similar to others?

I find the riff of computer blue and nelly furtado's maneater Similar
one is done with the guitar and the other with the synth.
does it sound similar to others?

The full length version of this song should have never been shelved. Can anyone imagine having this on a 12-inch single back in 1984? It would have been awesome.

The full length version of this song should have never been shelved. Can anyone imagine having this on a 12-inch single back in 1984? It would have been awesome.

Totally Agree

You only need two versions of this: the raw, demo-like angst and feedback-ridden St Louis Park Warehouse take; plus the so-called Hallway Speech version. I'm pretty sure it was inspired by The Doors' The End, judging by the speech...

It's just relentless and gets more and more intense as it goes on - can easily see why it was trimmed though...would have killed any momentum the album had built up but it defo should have saw the light of day as a 12".

One of his best songs IMO.

I Love this song, I've never heard the xtended version.

He didn't like living alone
The house where he lived had many hallways
It was a long walk 2 his bedroom
Because 2 him each hallway represented an emotion
Every one vastly different from the next
One day while she was with him
He decided 2 name each one
She walked by his side, one hand on his thigh
No - she was sort of half a step behind him
Yeah, the grip on his thigh intensified
As they walked slowly through the corridor
He named the hallway "Lust"
And as they passed through the next one
He named it "Fear"
The grip she now loosened
So he walked faster
Her hands now trembling
She let dropped 2 her side as he wrote the word "Insecurity"
He looked into her eyes and smiled a demon smile
And quickly walked onto the next
Corridor after corridor
He named almost all when suddenly… he stopped
He picked up the word "Hate"
She was gone
So he picked up another – "Pain"

On the verge of a breakdown
What is life without love?
It's hell, Computer Blue!

Father, Father, the sun is gone
(Father, Father) The Dawn, the Dawn
Father, Father, where is the Dawn?
(Where is the Dawn, Father?)
(Na, na, na, na, na) {x2}
Na, na, na, na, na

Shall I go 2 church on Sundays?
Shall I stay home and pray?
Shall I try 2 make her happy?
Shall I try 2 make her stay?

Where is my love life?
Tell me, where can it be?

Narrow-minded computer
(Somebody please, please tell me…)
It's time someone programmed U
(Somebody please, please tell me what's wrong with me)
It's time U learned women are not butterflies
They're computers 2
Just like U Computer Blue
(Where is my baby?)
Chauvinistic computer
It's time someone programmed U (Na, na, na, na, na)
U fall in love 2 fast and hate 2 soon
And take 4 granted the feeling's mutual
(The feeling's mutual!)
We're computers 2
Just like U, Computer Blue

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

i think this song contains one of his best guitar pieces ever and the song is amazing! thanks prince!

1 of my favorite parts of the PR movie was when Prince asked the rehearsing members of the band where are Lisa & Wendy. That part of Computer Blue sounds alot like the Power Stations "Some Like It Hot" which came out later

Computer Blue is one of Prince's best songs ever.
I actually like the cut and paste version that someone made of the 12 minute version, complete with hallway speech. It's made up from different sources, including the released version, so the sound quality dips in and out at parts. Not the ideal way to listen to a song, but until a pristine copy of the 12 minute jam surfaces, this is as good as it gets.

WHY OW WHY DID HE NOT RELEASE THIS!


I Have all 4 version's i can't say enough about the long version it's a musical masterpiece

I like the 14 minute one, As a musician it's Prince in one of his most creative, experimental moments. Out of the many versions I have, this is the one I like most. I also agree with the righteousone in that the 14 minute version would have put the album out of balance.

fms said:

I have a pretty sharp sounding one of the 12 min version

This was one of those songs created with a full revolution jam session

so do u know the "truth'

HAZE03 said:

theres a 14 minute version? where?

listening to it now in the store

Wow, that 14 minute version rocks!