Eye have always read, even in Per Nielsen's books, that Prince was credited playin' guitar on the song "Traitor" by Elevator in 1985. Eye downloaded it on Audiogal a few months ago, but as far as eye can hear, there is NO guitar on the song (which, by the way is a GREAT electro-pop ballad). Any1 knows what it's all about ?

Wow, this got a five star rating and no one replied. Huh.

Hey wait...all of the threads have five stars. What the...

So dat's crazy !!! Nobody goddamn knows about dis ???!!! Is "Traitor" mentioned in "Turn It Up version 2.0" ? & if it is what is finally said about it ???

madcapxtc said:

Well I do have it on vinyl (12") and Prince is credited for playing guitar. I have no clue if there might be somebody else called Prince as well...

From: SaTim (SaTim@HADES.com)
Subject: Re: Elevator-Traitor


View this article only
Newsgroups: alt.music.prince
Date: 1998/11/15


"d-uk" wrote:I watch you as you sleep...
>Does anyone have this track for trade ???

I do...

I warn you now... Not only does Prince NOT play guitar (or ANYTHING else in this song) but there IS NO GUITAR ON THIS SONG for that matter!!!

This was posted by a long time Prince collector.

Serious said:

OK, so somebody has it, dat's a beginning. Well, can u hear ANY guitar on the track ? & if u do, when & how, cuz eye don't ?

Or maybe eye got another song called Traitor on Audiogal, wrongly credited 2 Elevator. Is ur version of Traitor a midtempo electro-pop/new-wave song with a woman on lead vocal ?

Or maybe again there r 2 versions, 1 with guitar & 1 without it ? What about ur 12', does it have 1 or 2 versions ?

& last question, is there another song on it, & do u (or any1) know if Elevator has released an album or anythin' else ? Because eye really love dis song & eye would b happy 2 listen 2 anything else by dis band (admitting the Traitor eye have IS from Elevator, of course).

Thanx 4 answering, eye really would like 2 solve dis mystery.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Dis 1 was just posted while eye was writing the previous answer. So, just 2 add 2 the confusion : r there 2 songs called Traitor or what ? Because how could some1 credit guitar (however by P or not) on a song when there is not : dat's pure nonsense !!!

What does Per Nilsen say about it in Turn it up version 2.0, eye'm sure a lot of u have the book & can tell.

The more info we get on dis matter, the bigger the confusion, the more eye want 2 solve the mystery...

Thanx 4 any1 who can help us on dis 1...

madcapxtc said:

The quote in TURN IT UP 2.0 regarding Elevator's 'Traitor' is: "Prince supposedly plays guitar on this".


.

I don't believe Prince is on this track, but in it's defense, the only way I would have any idea Kate Bush is on My Computer is from reading the credits - I've never been able to make out her voice no matter how hard I listen...

booyah said:

Funny, coz eye can clearly hear her... So Nielsen sayz P SUPPOSEDLY plays on it ? Does he have ears or what or what or what ???
[This message was edited Fri Jan 10 14:20:00 PST 2003 by madcapxtc]

madcapxtc said:

I'm very sorry for not answering earlier, but I was on holiday when you asked me this and just found out today cuz somebody posted a new response to this thread. Anyway I can't help too much. I only have it on vinyl, and my record player doesn't work at the moment (well actually for quite some time already, to be honest) so I can't listen to it again. I think I only listened to this record once (many years ago) and from what I remember I couldn't hear any guitar either. If there is some it's not very impressive, that's for sure. I must admit that I have no idea what the song sounded like and if the lead vocals are by a male or female singer. On the cover there is a photo of the 2 people that are traitor, they are Elaine Gray and Adonis Williams. There are 2 versions of the song on this 12"(extended and instrumental), and no other song. I have no idea if they ever did an album.