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Printablethedance said: Militant said: I think Prince was familiar with the song, even if he claimed he wasn't.
yes... of course he knew this song: Prince just likes a little lie here and there. Yeah thats the ticket. Next thing skipper will be saying is that he never heard anything by the AFKAP. | |
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ufoclub said: funksterr said: Prince is from the hood. A funk and R&B fiend. It's not impossible that he had never heard it. Prince grew up in middle class suburbia... he learned a solo from a Chicago songs to impress his friends back then... do you really think he's from the hood? He grew up with a ton of classic rock and mainstream R&B and still listens to all kinds of music. Anything he says to the press is part of the act. That's incorrect. North Minneapolis was neither middle-class, nor suburban in the 60's and 70's. It was and still is a very urban, low-income section of Minneapolis. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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squirrelgrease said: ufoclub said: Prince grew up in middle class suburbia... he learned a solo from a Chicago songs to impress his friends back then... do you really think he's from the hood? He grew up with a ton of classic rock and mainstream R&B and still listens to all kinds of music. Anything he says to the press is part of the act. That's incorrect. North Minneapolis was neither middle-class, nor suburban in the 60's and 70's. It was and still is a very urban, low-income section of Minneapolis. the bios I read described it as a lower to mostly middle class area, and not very poor or hard core "hood". [Edited 11/27/09 17:07pm] My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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Didn't Prince play with or was involved some way with Eric Clapton at least once in the 80's? And I seem to remember a video on that Interactive CD perhaps that had Eric Clapton speaking about him..
He's the man who played the original solo on WMGGW and hes obviously well aware of Prince, and Prince of him, so I reckon he's heard it  | |
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SOOPER said: Didn't Prince play with or was involved some way with Eric Clapton at least once in the 80's? And I seem to remember a video on that Interactive CD perhaps that had Eric Clapton speaking about him..
He's the man who played the original solo on WMGGW and hes obviously well aware of Prince, and Prince of him, so I reckon he's heard it Don't know about any musical involvement between the two, but Clapton regularly cites Prince as his favourite guitar player ...we have only scratched the surface of what the mind can do...
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Mindflux said: SOOPER said: Didn't Prince play with or was involved some way with Eric Clapton at least once in the 80's? And I seem to remember a video on that Interactive CD perhaps that had Eric Clapton speaking about him..
He's the man who played the original solo on WMGGW and hes obviously well aware of Prince, and Prince of him, so I reckon he's heard it Don't know about any musical involvement between the two, but Clapton regularly cites Prince as his favourite guitar player Now that is quite a compliment We are all so full of  here | |
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I cant say for sure, but so very highly doubtful he never heard the song.
You really have had to musically isolated yourself from radio and the world for a 50 year old man to have never heard of it. Its was a freaking hit song that to this day is still on regular rotation on any classic rock station, in elevators, at the grocery store, on television. Its not like Beatles classics are obscure esoteric hard to find tunes. Pop culture is plastered with them. Possible, but highly doubtful, especially from a musician. He was most likely just fucking with whomever posed that question to him. [Edited 11/27/09 8:17am] | |
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what diffrence does it make if he heard the song or not? it was a good performance. | |
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I think he might have been honest with saying: I didnt know that (particular Beatles) song. But, maybe just a week prior the show or so. I can imagine the organisation asking him to play along with the song, and that he had for a week to study it or so.
But. As some people seem to suggest, He certainly wasn't unformiliar with the Beatles material in general at that point. He surely didnt borrow the effects on his vocals on Annie Christian (the lyrics talking about John Lennon, by the way) and DMSR from bands like Boston and Grand Funk Railroad... And especially from the mid-eighties on, you can hear he (and/or his bandmembers) listened and took elements from the Beatles albums: the melody lines of the song Paisley Park are pure Lennon-like, the way he incorporates strings in Raspberry Beret echoes the song Eleanor Rigby, Christopher Tracey's Parade is almost an pastiche of Magical Mystery Tour (complete with quasi-psychedelic worldplay like: strawberry lemonade). Sound and arrangement-wise also songs like I Wonder U, Starfish and Coffee and Glam Slam owe a lot to the work of the Beatles. And lets not forget the title track from ATWIAD and the suite-like composition Crystal Ball. | |
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 yeah he knew..just his little sly wink.Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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Riverpoet31 said: I think he might have been honest with saying: I didnt know that (particular Beatles) song. But, maybe just a week prior the show or so. I can imagine the organisation asking him to play along with the song, and that he had for a week to study it or so.
But. As some people seem to suggest, He certainly wasn't unformiliar with the Beatles material in general at that point. He surely didnt borrow the effects on his vocals on Annie Christian (the lyrics talking about John Lennon, by the way) and DMSR from bands like Boston and Grand Funk Railroad... And especially from the mid-eighties on, you can hear he (and/or his bandmembers) listened and took elements from the Beatles albums: the melody lines of the song Paisley Park are pure Lennon-like, the way he incorporates strings in Raspberry Beret echoes the song Eleanor Rigby, Christopher Tracey's Parade is almost an pastiche of Magical Mystery Tour (complete with quasi-psychedelic worldplay like: strawberry lemonade). Sound and arrangement-wise also songs like I Wonder U, Starfish and Coffee and Glam Slam owe a lot to the work of the Beatles. And lets not forget the title track from ATWIAD and the suite-like composition Crystal Ball. I agree with almost all of your post, except for one thing - that is, that AnnaStesia is about John Lennon!!  Could you tell me how you came to that conclusion? Or, perhaps, where you read it?...we have only scratched the surface of what the mind can do...
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This was a lie b/c Prince was a big Beatles fan back in the day. As per the editor of Rolling Stone magazine, back in the 80's Prince requested all of the articles ever written in Rolling Stone on The Beatles and Joni Mitchell. He knew that song for sure. At this stage in his career Prince is trying to be as black as possible. Saying you are a fan of The Beatles is going to lose you a lot of black music street cred he wants. the music knows what your motives are when you are making it
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Mindflux,
I think you misread: i wrote Annie Christian not Anna Stesia. The lyrics of Annie Christian refer to John Lennon. | |
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bigd74 said: What! that's BS, you've never heard Stairway To Heaven, Whole Lotta Love or Another Brick In The Wall, Comfortably Numb! Whole Lotta Love, Comfortably Numb? | |
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3121 said: If you look at the WNPG 'playlist' printed in the ONA tour program you might be surprised to find a certain song on that list. Its worth noting that this came a few years before the RRHOF performance.
In my best Lionel Hutts voice- "case closed". Could you please post a pic of that. I believe that you saw something, but may be mistaken about which book it's in. I have scans of the ONA tour book, and there are no images as you have described. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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squirrelgrease said: 3121 said: If you look at the WNPG 'playlist' printed in the ONA tour program you might be surprised to find a certain song on that list. Its worth noting that this came a few years before the RRHOF performance.
In my best Lionel Hutts voice- "case closed". Could you please post a pic of that. I believe that you saw something, but may be mistaken about which book it's in. I have scans of the ONA tour book, and there are no images as you have described. Hello SG. May i be confusing the ONA tour book with the ONA..Live! 'box' booklet? Im certain that one of them has it in. If its not the former then its definitely the latter. I wish i could check but all my music is digital now so my cd collection is in storage AKA parents attic. Could you check so that we can all sleep tonight?  [Edited 11/28/09 6:32am] | |
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Prince was probably just goofing around when he said he'd never heard the song.
A couple of years ago i worked with a cameraman who shot some of the interviews with npg bandmembers for the diamonds and pearls video and he told me he watched prince jammin just playing loads of beatles tracks, he said he could play the beatles back catalogue verbatum! | |
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Riverpoet31 said: Mindflux,
I think you misread: i wrote Annie Christian not Anna Stesia. The lyrics of Annie Christian refer to John Lennon. Heh - so I did - my apologies! ...we have only scratched the surface of what the mind can do...
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3121 said: squirrelgrease said: Could you please post a pic of that. I believe that you saw something, but may be mistaken about which book it's in. I have scans of the ONA tour book, and there are no images as you have described. Hello SG. May i be confusing the ONA tour book with the ONA..Live! 'box' booklet? Im certain that one of them has it in. If its not the former then its definitely the latter. I wish i could check but all my music is digital now so my cd collection is in storage AKA parents attic. Could you check so that we can all sleep tonight?
[Edited 11/28/09 6:32am] Dayummm... now I gotta dig out my ONA box.  If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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as his guitar weeps my heart sinks | |
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It's the ONA box set booklet that has the song list. |
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moderatorThe only Beatles song listed on The WNPG Origin Playlist(xcerpt): is "A Day In The Life" This is the list in back of booklet included with One Nite Alone...Live CD set.
"Something" is also on the list, but it is only credited to George Harrison. [Edited 11/28/09 13:30pm] | |
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hollywooddove said: Mindflux said: Don't know about any musical involvement between the two, but Clapton regularly cites Prince as his favourite guitar player Now that is quite a compliment Clapton was included in that 15 or minute so lovexesy documentary that aired during the late 80's on a us cable show CINEMAX and clapton in a sit down interview was giving a shout out to prince... | |
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squirrelgrease said: 3121 said: Hello SG. May i be confusing the ONA tour book with the ONA..Live! 'box' booklet? Im certain that one of them has it in. If its not the former then its definitely the latter. I wish i could check but all my music is digital now so my cd collection is in storage AKA parents attic. Could you check so that we can all sleep tonight?
[Edited 11/28/09 6:32am] Dayummm... now I gotta dig out my ONA box. There appears to be some agreement that the playlist is indeed in the ONA..live booklet, However, there is now some discrepency amongst orgers as to what 'beatles'/'harrison' track actual makes the list. I was certain that it was 'while my guitar gently weeps' others are suggesting in may be 'day in the life' or 'something' Ohh how exciting
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I heard he just didnt rehearse the song with them. They sent him the music/cd, but he never rehearsed with them. Basically what you saw on the show was the first and only time they performed this song together. | |
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ronnwinter said: I heard he just didnt rehearse the song with them. They sent him the music/cd, but he never rehearsed with them. Basically what you saw on the show was the first and only time they performed this song together.
In the recent Rolling Stone (Special Hall Of Fame Issue) Paul Shaffer said "They rehearsed it a bunch of times, and every time you could see this was going to tear the roof off the place, but Prince kept a little something in reserve for the actual performance itself." | |
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rmartin70 said: ronnwinter said: I heard he just didnt rehearse the song with them. They sent him the music/cd, but he never rehearsed with them. Basically what you saw on the show was the first and only time they performed this song together.
In the recent Rolling Stone (Special Hall Of Fame Issue) Paul Shaffer said "They rehearsed it a bunch of times, and every time you could see this was going to tear the roof off the place, but Prince kept a little something in reserve for the actual performance itself." Ahhh...Cool. Oh well, just goes to show you cant believe everything you hear. Prince really rocked that show. Love the way he tore it up, then tossed his guitar and strutted off the stage. CLASSIC PRINCE! | |
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Here you go 3121. | |
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3121 said: squirrelgrease said: Dayummm... now I gotta dig out my ONA box. There appears to be some agreement that the playlist is indeed in the ONA..live booklet, However, there is now some discrepency amongst orgers as to what 'beatles'/'harrison' track actual makes the list. I was certain that it was 'while my guitar gently weeps' others are suggesting in may be 'day in the life' or 'something' Ohh how exciting
Hop to it SG! WNPG Origin Playlist(Xcerpt) Sing A Simple Song- Sly And The Family Stone Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan?Jimi Hendrix La La La Means Eye Love U _ The Delfonics Someday We'll Be Free - Donny Hathaway Betcha By Golly Wow - The Stylistics Young, Gifted And Black- Aretha Franklin The Jam - Graham Central Station You've Got A Friend- James Taylor Just My Imagination - The Temptations Pass The Peas - The J.B.'S Higher- Sly And The Family Stone Mighty, Mighty - Earth Wind And Fire Fight The Power -Public Enemy A Day In The Life - The Beatles Atomic Dog - George Clinton Bustin Loose - Chuck Brown Superstition - Stevie Wonder So What - Miles Davis Birdland - Joe Zawinul Lullaby- George Gershwin Something- George Harrison Hair - Graham Central Station Do Right Woman - Aretha Franklin Make Sure Youre Sure - Stevie Wonder Whats Going On - Marvin Gaye Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles A Case Of U - Joni Mitchell Living For The City - Stevie Wonder Black Dog - Led Zeppelin Flirt - Cameo In Time - Sly Stone Family Name - Prince The Walk - The Time Fencewalk - Mandril Red Baron - Billy Cobham Killer Joe - Quincy Jones Alabama - John Coltrane Cold Sweat - James Brown Round Midnight - Miles Davis Red Clay -Freddy Hubbard Do That Stuff - Parliment Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder Lets Get It On - Marvin Gaye Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd Send One Your Love - Stevie Wonder I Wanna Be Free - The Ohio Players Oops ! Upside Your Head - Gap Band Can You Handle It - Graham Central Station Star Child/ Mothership Connection- Parliment I Know You Got Soul - James Brown And Boby Bird Se Eu Quiser Falar Com Deus - Gilberto Gil You Caught Me Smiling Again - Sly And The Family Stone Thats The Way Of The World - Earth Wind And Fire If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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rmartin70 said:
Here you go 3121. Cool. I didn't want to scan mine. It still smells like fresh ink.  If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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