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The Belle Of St. Mark

David Coleman - Cello on Oliver's House

The Belle of St. Mark was a frail but a passionate creature
Ebony hair and eyes a deep blue-green
The Belle of St Mark wore clothes that belonged 2 his father
Even though he was only 17
CHORUS:
I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the Belle of St. Mark
It tears me apart whenever I hear him cry
I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the Belle of St. Mark
And if he doesn't love me I think I'll probably die

U can tell from expressions that he makes public
That he suffers from a badly broken heart
He smiles as he feeds the afternoon pigeons
But he cries as he walks the night streets of St. Mark

CHORUS

The Belle of St. Mark, he don't talk 2 strangers, he's so mysterious
His erotic persuasion provokes me like no other man
The fire I have 4 him is undoubtedly serious
I need 2 make him see that he needs love 2 forget
And if anyone can help him, I can
I can help, I can help U

His Paris hair, it blows in the warm Parisian air
That blows whenever his Paris hair is there
The woman that hurt him surely must have trouble sleeping
Cuz the Belle of St. Mark is a beauty extraordinaire

Oh, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the Belle of St. Mark
It tears me apart whenever I hear him cry
I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the Belle of St. Mark
And if he doesn't love me I think I'll probably die

Ooh, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the Belle of St. Mark
It tears me apart whenever I hear him cry
Ooh, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with the Belle of St. Mark
And if he doesn't love me I think I'll probably die
And if he doesn't love me I think I'll probably die
And if he don't... I'll die

© 1984 Girlsongs Music - ASCAP

[Edited 5/14/10 17:47pm]

OldFriends4Sale said:

AWWWWW! He looks adorable here!!!!

Thank you so much, You & Prince.

dance4me3121 said:

I just saw the episode today, Kramer wanted Jerry to be a pirate

PURPLE RAIN
PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION
Warner Bros.

The spirit of Jimi Hendrix must surely smile down on Prince Rogers Nelson. Like Hendrix, Prince seems to have tapped into some extraterrestrial musical dimension where black and white styles are merely different aspects of the same funky thing. Prince's rock & roll is as authentic and compelling as his soul and his extremism is endearing in a era of play-it-safe record production and formulaic hit mongering. "Purple Rain" may not yield another smash like last year's "Little Red Corvette," but it's so loaded with life and invention and pure rock & roll thunder that such commercial considerations become moot. When Prince sings "Baby I'm a Star," it's a simple statement of fact.

The Hendrix connection is made overt here with the screaming guitar coda that ends "Let's Go Crazy," with the manic burst that opens "When Doves Cry" and in the title song, a space ballad that recalls "Angel" with its soaring guitar leads and a very Hendrixian lyrical tinge ("It's time we all reach out for something new -- that means you, too"). There are also constant reminders of Sly Stone in the ferocious bass lines and the hot, dance-conscious mix. But like Jimi and Sly, Prince writes his own rules. Some of his effects are singularly striking - note that eerie, atonal synthesizer touches that creep in at the end of "The Beautiful Ones" and the otherworldly backward-vocal montage in the frankly salacious "Darling Nikki" -- and his vocals continue to be among the most adventurous and accomplished on the current scene. Prince also does wonderful things with string-section sounds, and his band -- if it's not actually him playing all the parts -- burns throughout.

Anyone partial to great creators should own this record. Like Jimi and Sly, Prince is an original; but apart from that, he's like no one else.

-- KURT LODER
[Edited 5/12/10 14:43pm]

March 25 .1985
Music Center Los Angeles
The Academy Awards
won Best Original Song Score for Purple Rain

The Beautiful Ones

Baby, baby, baby - what's it gonna be?
Baby, baby, baby - is it him or is it me?
Don't make me waste my time
Don't make me lose my mind, baby

Baby, baby, baby - can't U stay with me 2night?
Oh baby, baby, baby - don't my kisses please U right?
U were so hard 2 find
The beautiful ones, they hurt U every time

Paint a perfect picture
Bring 2 life a vision in one's mind
The beautiful ones always smash the picture
Always, every time

If I told U, baby, that I was in love with U
Oh baby, baby, baby - if we got married, would that be cool?
U make me so confused
The beautiful ones U always seem 2 lose

Baby, baby, baby
Well, what's it gonna be, baby?

Do U want him or do U want me?
Cuz I want U!
Said I want U!
Tell me, baby, do U want me?
I gotta know, I gotta know
Do U want me?
Baby, baby, baby - listen 2 me!
I may not know where I'm going, baby!
Looka here - I said I may not know what I need!
One thing, one thing's 4 certain, baby
I know what I want, yeah!
And if it please U, baby, please U, baby
I'll beg U down on my knees!
I want U!
Yeah, I want U!
Baby, baby, baby, baby - I want U!
Yes I do!

© 1984 Controversy Music - ASCAP


[Edited 5/13/10 16:11pm]

OldFriends4Sale said:

more of this, please!

The Beautiful Ones
This version is the full version of the track that was edited down for Purple Rain. It contains a few more lyrics toward the end. It was recorded in September, 1983 at Sunset Sound.

This song replaced G-Spot/Electric Intercourse in the movie Purple Rain.
Prince wrote it 4 Susannah Melvoin

This below is the piece that was cut

Can I tell U a story?
Huh, I said the beautiful ones
Sometimes U lose
Let me tell U, baby
Sometime, sometime, sometimes U win
Yes U do
Listen here, I said sometime, huh
Sometime I get so confused
Yes I do, but I...
I said right now, right now
I know what I want, I want U

Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian
Late in my early teenage, I was considered fast
While some of the girls were failing, I passed in every class
Our principal's name was Christian and I played upon his fears
In exchange 4 my diploma, I loved him through the years
CHORUS:
Happy birthday Mr. Christian, what are we gonna do?
U want a teenage past-time, I want a love that's true
A man in your position, U oughta be ashamed
Happy birthday Mr. Christian, why can't U live up 2 your name?

It was only the first semester but my body developed quick
Compared 2 the size of my chest then, all the other girls looked sick
Mr. Christian stared at me always, desire turned 2 pain
I suggested we go 2 his office and that's when the lunch bell rang

CHORUS

Oh Mr. Christian, U're a bad boy
Why that's not a pencil ... shame
Oh Mr. Christian, U're a bad boy
Why can't U live up 2 your name?

We had our love down to an art form
Each act was like scenes from a play (Every act...)
With every lesson I gave him
Mr. Christian gave me an A
I graduated with honors
A riddle 2 everyone
Everyone except Christian
Mr. Christian and I, and our son (Mr. Christian, me and our son)

CHORUS {repeat twice in BG}

What are we gonna do?
I want a love that's true
U oughta be ashamed
Why can't U live up 2 your name?
What are we gonna do?
No tengo tiempo para jugar {I have no time 2 play games}
Necesito un hombre verdadero, no metido {I need a real man, not a liar}
Always a man
Tú sí que no te enteras, chaval, OK? {U don't understand, boy, OK?}
Qué hacemos? {What are we gonna do?}
Habla fuerte que no te oigo! {Speak louder cuz I can't hear U!}
Christian! Christian! Christian!

Oh Mr. Christian, U're a bad boy

Christian
Give me some horns, oh
I like it

Christian! {x4}

Happy birthday 2 U, happy birthday 2 U
Happy birthday Mr. Christian, happy birthday 2 U

Happy birthday, Mr. Christian

© 1984 Girlsongs Music - ASCAP

OldFriends4Sale said:

I love pics of Prince with Big Chick-kinda puts it all into perspective Great things do come in small packages

The Glamorous Life

Released May 12, 1984

Sheila E. - Lead Vocals, Percussion, Director
David Coleman - Cello on The Glamorous Life
Jesse Johnson - Guitars
Larry Williams - Saxophone on The Glamorous Life

She wears a long fur coat of mink
Even in the summertime
Everybody knows from the coy little wink
The girl's got a lot on her mind
She's got big thoughts, big dreams
And a big brown Mercedes sedan
What I think this girl, she really wants
Is 2 be in love with a man

She wants 2 lead the glamorous life
She don't need a man's touch
She wants 2 lead the glamorous life
Without love, it ain't much

She saw him standing in the section marked
"If U have 2 ask, U can't afford it" lingerie
She threw him bread and said "Make me scream"
In the dark, what could he say

Boys with small talk and small minds
Really don't impress me in bed
She said I need a man's man baby, diamonds and furs
Love would only conquer my head

She wants 2 lead the glamorous life
She don't need a man's touch
She wants 2 lead the glamorous life
Without love, it ain't much

They made haste in the brown sedan
They drove 2 55 Secret Street
They made love and by the 7th wave
She knew she had a problem

She thought real love is real scary
Money only pays the rent
Love is 4 ever and that's all your life
Love is heaven sent - it's glamorous

Lead the glamorous life
She don't need a man's touch
She's want 2 lead the glamorous life
Without love, it ain't much

CHORUS:
She wants 2 lead the glamorous life
She don't need a man's touch
She wants 2 lead the glamorous life
Without love, it ain't much, it ain't much

Lead the glamorous life
She don't need a man's touch
She wants 2 lead the glamorous life
Without love, it ain't much, it ain't much

CHORUS {x3}

© 1984 Girlsongs Music - ASCAP

OldFriends4Sale said:

oops...I didn't know, I didn't read past the pretty
Flowers
4 U
love,
Me

Eddie M Jill Jones engineer Susan Rogers & Miko Weaver

Possessed
An ode to James Brown in vocal style by Prince, this track is built around a repeated synth line. It was later reworked as an instrumental for the movie Purple Rain. The lyrics concern Prince's obsession with a girl and his inability to resist temptation. The song was added late to the Purple Rain tour.

Oh yeah!

Something's the matter baby, I'm going insane
Something inside of me keeps talkin' 2 my brain
Why can't I stop this satanic lust?
I know I shouldn't hold U, but my body says I must

I'm possessed, ooh
And I don't know what 2 do
Ooh, I'm possessed, yes, ooh
I'm stone crazy in love with U

Something's the matter baby, U're all I see
Your voice is all I hear beggin' 2 me
I wish I didn't need U, wish I didn't care
I've got 2 make some love 2 U cuz it much 2 much 2 bare

I'm possessed, yes I am
And I don't know what 2 do
Ooh, I'm possessed, oh
I'm stone crazy in love with U

I'm possessed
Don't know what 2 do
I'm possessed
I'm stone crazy, ooh

Something's the matter baby, my mind's in a daze
I'm trippin' on your love, it's so hard 4 me 2 lay
Can't stop this yearnin', Lord knows I've tried
Free me from dispair, I'm much 2 young 2 die

I'm possessed, ooh
And I don't know what I'm gonna do
I'm possessed, ooh (I'm)
I'm stone crazy in love with U

I'm possessed, ooh (Yes I am)
And I don't know what I'm gonna do
I'm possessed, yeah!
I'm stone crazy in love with U, ooh
Yeah ooh {x3}
Yeah!

Possessed
Stoned up, up in the head, baby
Said I'm possessed, mm mm
All I wanna do is lay U down in my bed
I'm possessed, oh
Yes I am
How's about me not knowin' what 2 do?
I'm possessed
Yes, oh yeah
I'm, I'm stone crazy in love with U, yeah yeah
Pussy sugar... yeah yeah

Possessed
Well, I'm goin' insane
Hey, I'm possessed
I only wanna do things, baby
Only wanna do things growin' inside a negro's brain, yeah
Yeah yeah..oh oh yeah
U're leaving me no choice
I'm gonna hit U with my guitar, baby

Oh yes
Mm, oh yes
Bobby Z, step on it
Step on it
Mm, step on it
Mm, step on it now
Step down on my head now, baby

Yeah, I'm possessed
I'm possessed, baby
Fucked up in my head
I wanna use U in my bed, yeah
I'm possessed
Well, oh
Oh, I got this lust
Baby U know I got this lust, yeah
I don't wanna hold ya {x3}
But my body says I must!
I must, yeah
Oh, oh baby, I must!
Do U mean "yeah"? (Yeah!) ([Give it 2 me])
Baby, if I don't
Cuz baby, if I don't {x2}
U know your pussy puts up quite an awful fuss
Yes it does
Puts up a fuss, yeah
U know what that means
U're gonna get wet
Pussy get wet, mm mm

Something's the matter baby, I'm goin' insane
Something inside of me keeps talkin' 2 my brain
Why can't I stop this satanic lust?
I don't wanna hold U but my body says I must

I'm possessd, yeah!
I'm possessed
Stone in love with U (Stone in love with U, baby)
Stone in love with U, baby
Stone crazy in love with U, baby

Me and the boys, we like 2 jam

Possessed!

May 21. 1984
Carlton Celebrity Room, Bloomington Minneapolis
Minnesota Music Awards
1.) When Doves Cry


[Edited 5/18/10 18:14pm]

November 29. 1984
Gallaudet College for Deaf & Handicapped Children

This was a great era!!