So,i was listening to my revelations dvd the other day and came upon a track called "Star69". How is Prince involved on this and who is on vocals. I also wanna know, the version of "Electric Intercourse",its not a studio version but taken from a rehearsal,does anyone know which rehearsal? and finally "DAYS OF WILD" This may be the best Prince song of the 90s. The quality is crystal. I just wanted to know how close it was to being released? thanks

A live version (from MPLS) of Days Of Wild was released on Crystall Ball. There are two outtaken studio versions of the song, but Prince felt like they didn't contain the same energy as the life cuts of the song from the mid 90s.

I haven't heard about that Star69 song. Maybe it's just a different name for a song.


I think the version of Electric Intercourse you are talking about is from the First Ave rehearsal from July 1983.

dance4me3121 said:

Star 69 is a track from Common's album 'Electric Circus'.Prince plays the keyboard line on it, great track,amazing album!

Star *69 (PS With Love):
http://www.princevault.co...With_Love)

There are three rehearsal versions of Electric Intercourse circulating as well as the live performance from the First Avenue Benefit Concert.

The first two rehearsal versions are Takes 1 and 2 from the same rehearsal, and it appears that Prince is teaching the band as it is rehearsed.

The first take is sung in falsetto register.

The second take continues straight out of the first, and Prince kicks it off with 'We'd like to do a thing right now ... fantasy" before starting by singing
in a lower register.

The third recording is believed to be from the rehearsal for the Benefit Concert, and is easily recognised by the 'Wake up, Wendy!' call in it.

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dance4me3121 said:

Pretty damn close.

^ New Musical Express gave Days Of Wild a negative review. Writing something like it was the baddest song of the album. They made a song-by-song review in 1995 before the album was even released. I don't know if this review had an effect on Prince, but... it's sad it was removed, the studio version is very simple, but I love it a lot.

Damn, what a bad disscion.

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lacking the the energy of the live version or not, it's a hell of a lot better than the track that it follows on that unreleased configuration.

thedance said:

Um... wouldn't that mean it was the best song?

The studio version of Days of Wild doesn't fit with the rest of the album's "live band" feel, that's most likely why it was left off.

Jacq said:

Has this been verified? There's clearly no guitar on this song, and the keyboard is very "un-Prince". The Linn-drum sound at the end is Princey, but this could just sampled. Do the album credits say anything?

billymeade said:

Apparently it is true:

http://news.google.com/ar...&scoring=a

I still don't hear guitar though!

billymeade said:

NME wrote, 11 march 1995 in a 2-sides story about the name change, the Brit awards, where Prince won best international male:



here's the cover, with Prince on front:






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thedance said:[quote]

billymeade said:

http://princetext.tripod....d.html#nme

New Music Express
August 3, 1995
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THE GOLD EXPERIENCE
Warner Bros.

1 PUSSY CONTROL - Starts like some electronic intergalactic war with rapid keyboards and a woman talking in Spanish. Then an introduction, "Good morning ladies, gentlemen, boys and motherf---ing girls," before breaking into a six-minute fast track of warped industrial rap with sex-overdose lyrics.

2 ENDORPHINEMACHINE - "There are over 500 experiences to choose from, here's a selection...". It opens with what sounds like a flick through the radio dial and then booms into a huge stadium friendly single with the lyric, "Prince is done with/Prince is done with".

3 SHHH - Continuing the sex theme, 'Shhh' begins with a dramatic intro then slows into a soulful, jazzy epic. "Sex is not what I think about/It's what I think about you," Symbol sings, before the song concludes with a huge orchestral sweep.

4 WE MARCH - Opens with Christmassy chimes then breaks into hard, raw funk as Symbol asks, "If this is the same avenue my ancestors fought to liberate/How come I can't even buy a piece of it if my credit is straight?"

5 DAYS OF WILD - Weakest track on the album. Prince is rapping. Meant to sound bad-assed but it sounds hollow.

6 TMBGITW - Massive spangly pop song and his worldwide number one. The first really stunning song on the LP.

7 DOLPHIN - Fast-beat pop with a chorus that sounds like a huge pepsi advert. Racy, singularly accessible track that will appeal to seven year pop kids as well as hardened fans. Catchiest song on the album, though the words are distinctly left field: "I'll die before you/I let you tell me how to swim/And I'll come back again as dolphin/Let me in, let me in/As my friend dolphin/As a dolphin".

8 NOW - Hard, raw funk with sharp blasts of brass, swells of organ and snatches of rap in places not unlike Public Enemy's 'Give It Up'.

9 319 - A 'Kiss'-like tease with layers and layers of vocal, snatches of horn, choppy funk guitar and scuzzy dirty keyboards. Another possible single.

10 SHY - The album's outstanding track. A stripped down rock ballad with sweet guitar breaks and washes of slide guitar, it ends with the sound of a car driving off into the distance. Symbol sings "The lips say no but the body says might/Looks like we are going to take the long way home tonight".

11 BILLY JACK BITCH - "Open letters are the only things that open wounds." A rolling, funky grove and possible club track (when remixed). Slick swathes of funk and ends with a big roaring laugh.

12 EYE HATE U - Opens with more radio-style voice-overs from a sexy-voiced woman who says, "You've accessed the hate experience. Do you wish to change your mind? Enjoy your experience." Leads into a schmaltzzy over the top ballad with ridiculous lover spurned lyrics and the memorable, "With her hands behind her back so I can tie her tight and give into the act".

13 GOLD - Appropriately big, pumping ballsy power rock ballad to end. Massive Purple Rain-esque sound, though the lyrics are uniquely cheesy and include the words, "There's a mountain and it is mighty high/You cannot see the top unless you fly".

squirrelgrease said:

Must not have been too many Spanish-speakers at NME then.

I also need to know about a song called "Providence". What is the females name? what year is it from? i believe i hear Prince a little bit in the backing vocals

dance4me3121 said:

Ani DiFranco

1999

http://en.wikipedia.org/w..._the_Teeth

squirrelgrease said:

Did this person actually listen to the album, do you think?

i just read the bit about endorphinmachine, can't read anymore. writer is a talentless twat.