As we all know Prince has created many alter egos in his songs:

Camille

Jamie Starr

Alexander Nevermind

I think Christopher Tracy?

etc..........

What is the name of the "Old Man" voice/alter ego Prince used in Cloreen Bacon Skin and Chocolate?

pimp honey suckle

all he eats is bacon grease and fatback thats why his voice is like that

Morris Day.

ernestsewell said:

Morris Day.

Yep where he tries to sound like Morris

That song makes me

It's Jamie Starr*

sms130 said:

It's Jamie Starr*

Yeppers.

The voice used on these kind of tracks is commonly referred to as his 'Jamie Starr voice'.

It's the old pimp character that is the well of the character/persona for Morris Day.

Why... because that is the pseudonym Prince used on his earliest produced satellite acts. I don't think the voice has ever been formally acknowledged as being called Jamie Starr, but this is why it's known so.

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DarlingNikki1025 said:

As we all know Prince has created many alter egos in his songs:

Camille

Jamie Starr

Alexander Nevermind

I think Christopher Tracy?

etc..........

What is the name of the "Old Man" voice/alter ego Prince used in Cloreen Bacon Skin and Chocolate?

I thought he was parodying James Brown The "Old Man" bits from Chocolate & Do Yourself A Favor are still hilarious to hear

Mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, stuffin', green beans
Chitlins, candy sweet potatoes, black.. black-eyed peas, grits
Cabbage and I can say anything I want to
Y'all can't fuck with me.....

I love it

Whatever Prince calls it, I nicknamed that voice "Tricky", after the song.

HamsterHuey said:

Whatever Prince calls it, I nicknamed that voice "Tricky", after the song.

And I think Prince officially named it "Johnny". Or maybe "Alfred Crabtree The Third"

HamsterHuey said:

HamsterHuey said:

Whatever Prince calls it, I nicknamed that voice "Tricky", after the song.

And I think Prince officially named it "Johnny". Or maybe "Alfred Crabtree The Third"

Is that Andre Crabtree, III's cousin?

ernestsewell said:

HamsterHuey said:

And I think Prince officially named it "Johnny". Or maybe "Alfred Crabtree The Third"

Is that Andre Crabtree, III's cousin?

No, Mr Wannabe Prince Encyclopedia, that's Alfred, Cloreen Baconskin's brother.

Bond. James Bond.

HamsterHuey said:

ernestsewell said:

Is that Andre Crabtree, III's cousin?

No, Mr Wannabe Prince Encyclopedia, that's Alfred, Cloreen Baconskin's brother.

Good attempt at a save, but it fell short.

And how does someone want to be a Prince encyclopedia? So should people NOT remember things when they are them? Or should they just not state them even when someone is off, or not made themselves clear?

let's not edit

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Brutha Alfred is Morris Day and Prince is Jamie Starr*/the old man voice