A "Six Degrees Of Kevin Bacon" game for music aficionados. It was able to connect Kenny G to Cannibal Corpse in a mere nine steps, so I'd say apparently any two musicians or bands can be connected. Well I was able to connect Prince to the likes of Luis Miguel and Peter Murphy, but the best stuff is the cool pieces of information that connected the artists step by step, like I din't knew that Wendy Melvin worked with members of Radiohead or that Tommy Barbarella worked with Love and Rockets. It's a cool game to gather great info on any artist.

Here's the Prince link:

http://labs.echonest.com/...=radiohead

Man, that thing is fast. I checked Jello Biafra, Lemmy Kilmeister and a few other odd pairings and nothing was over 9 steps. Seems George Clinton is the lynchpin as he's worked with damn near everybody.


Path from Prince to Kevin Bacon in 7 steps

First we start with Prince

that was member of Prince & The Revolution

that has member Wendy Melvoin

that performed the track Sinner (feat. Wendy Melvoin) by Neil Finn

that was member of 7 Worlds Collide

that has member KT Tunstall

that performed vocal on the track Lazarus by Sophie Solomon

that created the track A Light That Never Dies that was performed by Kevin Bacon

Haa ha, i found i link between Prince and my good mate who released a hip hop album here in Australia...what a trip
First we start with Prince
that created the track Hot Wit U (feat. Eve) that was performed by Eve
that performed the track Ready 2 Ryde (feat. Eve) by Snoop Dogg
that performed vocal on the track Time Is Now (feat. Snoop Dogg) by Murs
that was member of Living Legends
that has member Sunspot Jonz
that performed the track Cyber Blabber (feat. Sunspot Jonz) by Mass MC
that performed vocal on the track Critics by Terminal Illness
that has member Illergic

me and illergic have released 7 tracks together on 3 different lbums but im not in the data base...ripped off..could have had a link between Prince and myself...

squirrelgrease said:

LOL, true , Clinton is everywhere, yes there is some weird connections, like it takes Sheryl Crow and Eric Clapton to connect Prince with Right Said Fred (the "I'm too sexy" group), or just 5 steps to connect him to William Hung!!!!!

http://labs.echonest.com/...lliam+hung

Wow! I just connect Prince to my boy Murcof, crazy!

aarontj said:

I did the William Hung connection as well! But it's not the William Hung from American Idol - it's some other dude "Bill Hung".

Slightly off topic: Will Hung would be a good porn name.

Okay, I tried Prince to Rick f'in Astley:

1) Prince created the track Baby Knows (feat. Sheryl Crow) that was performed by Sheryl Crow
2) that performed the track Beautiful Pain (feat. Sheryl Crow) by Roseanne Cash
3) that performed the track Who's Dreamin' Who (feat. Roseanne Cash) by Jules Shear
4) that created the tract The Same Sad Smile (feat. Curtis Stigers) that was performed by Curtis Stigers
5) that performed the tract I Wonder Why (feat. Curtis Stigers) by Soren Sko
6) that created the track Cry for Help (feat. Rick Astley) that was performed by Rick Astley.
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I'm gettin' worried. This time, Prince to fucking George Peppard (Hannibal from the original A-Team):

1) Prince that created the track Baby Knows (feat. Sheryl Crow) that was performed by Sheryl Crow (look familiar?)
2) that performed the track Monkey Mind (feat. Sheryl Crow) by Mitchell Froom
3) that was married to Suzanne Vega
4) that created the track Song of Sand that was performed by Maria Newman
5) that is the child of Alfred Newman
6) that created the track Finale that has vocal performed by George Peppard

Sorry, I see where you requested Prince to any artist. But I'll stand by ol' George, seeing how he did perform vocals for Finale.
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I connected Prince to Frank Sinatra in 3 steps.

First we start with Prince

that performed on the track So What the Fuss by Stevie Wonder

that performed the track I Know (feat. Stevie Wonder) by Luther Vandross

that performed the track The Lady Is a Tramp (feat. Luther Vandross) by Frank Sinatra

Damn, y'all have ruined me with this link! Now I can't get any work done! Okay, I thought I had it beat this time, but it took the machine 12 steps to make the link from P to Billy Idol.

1) Prince created the track When Doves Cry (live) (feat. Fatboy Slim) that was performed by Fatboy Slim
2) that is a performance name for the person Norman Cook
3) that was member of The Housemartins
4) that has member Paul Heaton
5) that performs as Biscuit Boy (a.k.a. Crackerman)
6) that has member Martin Slattery
7) that was member of Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
8) that has member Joe Strummer
9) that was member of The Clash
10) that has member Terry Chimes
11) that was member of Generation X
12) that has member Billy Idol

Last one--won't list them here, but Prince to Vangelis in 13 steps.

Ooooh. I win

No link from Prince to Rusted Root (don't ask).

I win AGAIN for longest so far... 17 steps from Prince to Candi Staton.

http://labs.echonest.com/...ndi+staton

This game is SO much better than work

shiloh66 said:

Dammit! Where are you coming up with this stuff?

Ha! No link from Prince to Boris Karloff (he is an artist! He sang on the How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack!)!
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squirrelgrease said:

LOL! your naughty! I'm trying to figure out the not so obvious connections, Clinton come up almost in every one!

Poiple said:

How cool, Prince connected to Dario Argento's Goblin:

http://labs.echonest.com/...end=goblin

Prince 6 steps to Chumbawamba:

http://labs.echonest.com/...humbawamba

I did this thread some time ago but with all artists not just music.

You'd be surprised how easy it is to connect him to another.

Poiple said:

I have extremely varied musical taste, altho I do not own the How the Grinch Stole Christmas soundtrack

squirrelgrease said:

Ok I did this from my head: I usually try to link only through actors, and directors.

Prince is in Under the Cherry Moon with Steven Berkoff

Who was in Clockwork Orange with Malcolm McDowell

Who was in the Company with Neve Campbell

Who was in Wild Things with Kevin B.

I've done it another way.

UTCM with Francesca Annis (Mrs Wellington)

She was in Dune with Kyle MacLachlan

Who was in Trigger Effect with Elizabeth Shue

Who's in Hollow Man with Kevin B.


That was fun!

That site doesn't always choose the path of least resistance, ha ha:

It took 10 steps to get from Prince to Adam Ant, when it could have just gone Prince -> Andre Cymone -> Adam Ant (Andre produced Adam's 1990 album Manners & Physique)

Prince to Mahalia Jackson is quite impressive

http://labs.echonest.com/...ia+jackson

DesireeNevermind said:

Yours was a cool tread, what's more interesting about this one is that this web site has some really odd and rare info, like the Sheila collaborations with South America folk acts or Prince connection to french darlings Les Rita Mitsouko just to name a few, I mean is kinda like a cool world encyclopedia, who can connect spanish singer Alaska to Prince?

http://labs.echonest.com/...end=alaska

This site is genius!!!!!

Peace!

wow... tried to think of the most obscure bands I listen to and connected him to the Legendary Pink Dots: http://labs.echonest.com/...+Pink+Dots

and

Psychic TV: http://labs.echonest.com/...+Pink+Dots

both by way of P's work with George Clinton...

lezama said:

Yeah, is crazy, just connected Prince to my hometown friend that print just 1000 copies per album from the indie Leaf Label, this site is amazing!

Hatman said:

You're good.

Hatman said:

Good, or you just can go the easy way with Prince working in Cherry Moon with cinematographer Michelle Ballhaus who also did The Departed with Jack Nickolson who also did A few Good Man with Kevin Bacon.

Larry Graham took 6 steps

ravein2thejoy said:

I hope it's because someone's trying to distance Prince from Larry. If "No Results" came up, that would be rich.

squirrelgrease said:

aarontj said:

Good, or you just can go the easy way with Prince working in Cherry Moon with cinematographer Michelle Ballhaus who also did The Departed with Jack Nickolson who also did A few Good Man with Kevin Bacon.

Good one, in but my personal rules for the game I only use actors and directors. Otherwise it gets too messy. I used to do composers too but not now.

So I couldn't have used Michael Ballhaus, but you certainly can!