ernestsewell said:

That's not a good conclusion. TLC covered the song, and it works quite well from a female stand point. TLC did a good job on the song, and even sampled the drums from Prince's to keep the flavor. I've not heard another good cover, until Esparanza Spaulding did it last night. I'd pay for her single of it.

Totally agree. i loved her jazzy, laidback version.

take 6.

xlr8r said:

Bowie

nuff said

still tough to get that Al B. Sure has worked with him and Prince still has not.

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DJTricky said:

here is one of my favourite artists LYNDEN DAVID HALL performing If I Was Your Girlfriend live on Up4ItLive on MTV UK circa 97/98

http://www.divshare.com/download/11853048-275

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Thanks for posting that.

I love his song "Do Angel cry". Such a pity he died so young .

Serious said:

DJTricky said:

here is one of my favourite artists LYNDEN DAVID HALL performing If I Was Your Girlfriend live on Up4ItLive on MTV UK circa 97/98

http://www.divshare.com/download/11853048-275

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Thanks for posting that.

I love his song "Do Angel cry". Such a pity he died so young .

your welcome. i agree Do Angels Cry is an amazing song.

Lynden's favourite song of all time was Adore. but his rendition of IIWYGF was very cool

trueiopian said:

I agree that Maxwell could possibly pull it off. After his rendition of Kate Bush's "This Woman's Work" I would at least give him the benefit of the doubt. It seems like he understands the power in the gender role-reversal concept; I think he would get what "If I Was Your Girlfriend" was about and be able to sing it passionately.

^^ I think Maxwell might be the only dude who could totally breathe yet even more life into that song, and rock it all over again. It might be the 2nd best cover I've never heard of a Prince song (Esperanza is still the best cover in 25+ years, to me).

D'angelo could do it . Also , Van Hunt and possibly Justin Timberlake . Maxwell could do it. Also, I never cared for the TLC cover.

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chrisslope9 said:

D'angelo could do it . Also , Van Hunt and possibly Justin Timberlake . Maxwell could do it. Also, I never cared for the TLC cover.

D'angelo had his Prince cover. JT - no way. He's been sweatin' Prince since FutureSexLoveSounds.

No idea who Van Hunt is, or what he/they sound like.

ernestsewell said:

chrisslope9 said:

D'angelo could do it . Also , Van Hunt and possibly Justin Timberlake . Maxwell could do it. Also, I never cared for the TLC cover.

D'angelo had his Prince cover. JT - no way. He's been sweatin' Prince since FutureSexLoveSounds.

No idea who Van Hunt is, or what he/they sound like.

I've listened to your show and I'd guess you'd probably like Van Hunt if you heard any of his stuff. JT could do it. It's not a question of wether or not he has tried to emulate Prince . The question is does he have the talent to pull it off. I say yes. I'm closing in on 40 years old so understand, this isn't coming from some youngin' raised on fabricated 90's pop stars . I've been with P since the very start . That said , you have to give Timberlake credit. The kid is talented , he's got the funk, and he can play a few instruments to boot. I think he could do it and the lady's would love it.

VAN HUNT http://www.youtube.com/wa...R1-hCfkxl8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4BLBNpkzEo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3NttXSOU9I&feature=related

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chrisslope9 said:

I've listened to your show and I'd guess you'd probably like Van Hunt if you heard any of his stuff. JT could do it. It's not a question of wether or not he has tried to emulate Prince . The question is does he have the talent to pull it off. I say yes. I'm closing in on 40 years old so understand, this isn't coming from some youngin' raised on fabricated 90's pop stars . I've been with P since the very start . That said , you have to give Timberlake credit. The kid is talented , he's got the funk, and he can play a few instruments to boot. I think he could do it and the lady's would love it.

VAN HUNT http://www.youtube.com/wa...R1-hCfkxl8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4BLBNpkzEo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3NttXSOU9I&feature=related

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Thanks for listening to the show, first off.

I do give JT some credit for what he's done. I own the album, and the tour DVD. He REALLY borrowed a lot of Prince on that album, lyrically and musically.

I'll take a peek at Van Hunt tomorrow. I have a show to call into tonight.

ernestsewell said:

ernestsewell said:

chrisslope9 said:

D'angelo could do it . Also , Van Hunt and possibly Justin Timberlake . Maxwell could do it. Also, I never cared for the TLC cover.

D'angelo had his Prince cover. JT - no way. He's been sweatin' Prince since FutureSexLoveSounds.

No idea who Van Hunt is, or what he/they sound like.

Ernest - try to track down the following Van Hunt tracks - Suspicion, Character, Hole in My Heart, Lowest One of My Desires, Dust, SNM. Van Hunt is a monster. He's has an amazing falsetto, to me second only to Prince. Please let me know your thoughts when you're able to give him a listen.

ronnwinter said:

Its hard to say. Prince is so freak'n androgenous, that it made that particular song even stronger.

What other man can pull that off?.........

These days...as much as I hate to say it... Adam Lambert would be the only guy that could add the same mystique to that song. He has a great voice, and is somewhat contraversial in regards to his look, lifestyle and performances.

Now, if we are just going on "voice" alone...then D'angelo is the man for the job.

That's right! I'd love to hear him do a cover. Except I think he would have to do a power-vocal version, similar to how Prince performed it on Oprah.

Lenny K.

Usher

Justin T.

BlondiezHere2 said:

Lenny K.

Usher

Justin T.

Kravitz is a good call . No way on Gods earth could Usher pull that song off. Impossible.

Van Hunt is a good choice I think.

On a random note, I kinda think Cee-lo or Gnarls Barkley might make it crazy sounding.

I only wish D'Angelo would get his shit together & make some music. He would do it justice.

Esparanza Spaulding had a great performance, loved her vocals & thought it was cool she was playing.

I was disappointed w/ the whole tribute & delivery of the show, but there were some great musical moments to be remembered from it.

I'm sure almost no one will agree with me on this

But i think Bob Dylan even with his not so great voice now would be a good choice IMO because he has taken so many risk's musically i could see him doing this i mean he did an accoustic version of Mama Said Knock You Out

Besides him i would say Bowie defintley

i think Stevie Wonder would do a fantastic cover to even though it might be odd hearing him sing it at first

Willie Nelson has a unique voice; I can hear him doing a version in his own style

DigitalGardin said:

I have heard quite a few women remake IF I WAS YOUR GIRLFRIEND and I have come to the conclusion that the song only "works" 100 percent if a man is singing because of the gender/bending/blending nature that surrounds that song. Does anyone agree? Also what male singer out today would have the guts to remake that song?

Marilyn manson, Lil Wayne (if I was your BUTT ugly girlfriend), Elton john( if I was your post menopause gfriend), MJ had he lived r.i.p,

Stokley

Bilal

D'angelo

Eric Roberson

Eric Benet

utopia7 said:

John Mayer /Marilyn Manson / Jack White

Ciara

I wonder if he was addressing or thinking of Wendy & Lisa on this song?

I'd love to heara a guitar-heavy rock version. I thought Lenny Kravitz (like the previous post), but also think it might be kinda cool to hear Aerosmith take it on!

kenkamken said:

I wonder if he was addressing or thinking of Wendy & Lisa on this song?

It's not that simple, really.

He's actually talking about his relationship with Susannah. There was a bit of innocent jealously he had with Susannah because Susannah and Wendy being twins had a connection that other folks who aren't twins can't understand. I'll never understand the twin connection. My grandpa was a twin, but no one in our immediate and subsequent family have been twins. He was just saying to Susannah that "if I was as close to you as you are to your twin, would you tell me all those things? Would you let me do _________ and __________?"

So it's more about Susannah, but obviously you can't talk about Susannah without thinking about Wendy. Nothing to do with Lisa.

Susannah also inspired stuff like "The Beautiful Ones", "Strange Relationship", "Nothing Compares 2 U" (although there's a differing Jerome story that I don't buy), "Starfish & Coffee", "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" (in a round about way), and more.