The song is beautiful ! Been loving it since hearing it Who is the inspiration? Me thinks maybe Mayte just a guess

Why Mayte? It could be Prince himself just like for the song Cream.

gyro34 said:

Why Mayte? It could be Prince himself just like for the song Cream.

It's not though.

AWESOME song. Love it!

"Ever since good fortune brought U into this world
I knew that U were a special, a special little girl
When the rest of us get stuck because of things we do not know
My special little girl is already a hundred paces down the road"

hang ten in twenty ten.

Prince had originally did the song for the i'll do anything soundtrack

nursev said:

The song is beautiful ! Been loving it since hearing it Who is the inspiration? Me thinks maybe Mayte just a guess

Great song.

It was written between Dec 1st '91 and Dec 31st '92. It was recorded for the 'I'll Do Anything' film project, it was recorded or demoed along with ten other songs Prince proposed for the film, including my favorite 'Poor Little Bastard.' Eight of the songs were included in the project (including 'Be My Mirror') which were to be performed by the actors for the film and it's soundtrack. The film project was shelved after terrible test screen results and was transformed into a totally different film.

Four of the eleven songs Prince wrote for the project have now been released on other albums, but unfortunately not 'Be My Mirror,' looks like we will have to put up with the version(s) of that which we have.

So, Mayte could have been the inspiration, as prince met her for the first time on Aug 8th 1990 during The Nude Tour.

[Edited 6/30/10 2:58am]

gyro34 said:

Why Mayte? It could be Prince himself just like for the song Cream.

Cuz of the lyrics I think it has to be about her or another young girl

robinhood said:

"Ever since good fortune brought U into this world
I knew that U were a special, a special little girl
When the rest of us get stuck because of things we do not know
My special little girl is already a hundred paces down the road"

hang ten in twenty ten.

very nice-love it

all7even said:

Prince had originally did the song for the i'll do anything soundtrack

My fav version-just sounds better to me

MikeyB71 said:

nursev said:

The song is beautiful ! Been loving it since hearing it Who is the inspiration? Me thinks maybe Mayte just a guess

Great song.

It was written between Dec 1st '91 and Dec 31st '92. It was recorded for the 'I'll Do Anything' film project, it was recorded or demoed along with ten other songs Prince proposed for the film, including my favorite 'Poor Little Bastard.' Eight of the songs were included in the project (including 'Be My Mirror') which were to be performed by the actors for the film and it's soundtrack. The film project was shelved after terrible test screen results and was transformed into a totally different film.

Four of the eleven songs Prince wrote for the project have now been released on other albums, but unfortunately not 'Be My Mirror,' looks like we will have to put up with the version(s) of that which we have.

So, Mayte could have been the inspiration, as prince met her for the first time on Aug 8th 1990 during The Nude Tour.

[Edited 6/30/10 2:58am]

Very nice-to bad the project went south. Damn! He met Mayte' in 90-how old was she then?

nursev said:

MikeyB71 said:

Great song.

It was written between Dec 1st '91 and Dec 31st '92. It was recorded for the 'I'll Do Anything' film project, it was recorded or demoed along with ten other songs Prince proposed for the film, including my favorite 'Poor Little Bastard.' Eight of the songs were included in the project (including 'Be My Mirror') which were to be performed by the actors for the film and it's soundtrack. The film project was shelved after terrible test screen results and was transformed into a totally different film.

Four of the eleven songs Prince wrote for the project have now been released on other albums, but unfortunately not 'Be My Mirror,' looks like we will have to put up with the version(s) of that which we have.

So, Mayte could have been the inspiration, as prince met her for the first time on Aug 8th 1990 during The Nude Tour.

[Edited 6/30/10 2:58am]

Very nice-to bad the project went south. Damn! He met Mayte' in 90-how old was she then?

Mayte was 16.

Her mother 'dragged' her to a Prince show on 25th July 1990 in Barcelona, Spain. After the gig, her mother encouraged her to undertake a career move (Mayte was a dancer). She gave Kirk Johnson a video of her dancing, and asked him to deliver it to Prince.

Shortly afterwards she received a call asking her to bring another video to a show he was playing in Germany.

At the show on 8th Aug Mayte was asked to go backstage and meet Prince and deliver her 2nd videotape. the rest is history.

Prince is quoted as saying "she was 16, i fell in love."

MikeyB71 said:

nursev said:

Very nice-to bad the project went south. Damn! He met Mayte' in 90-how old was she then?

Mayte was 16.

Her mother 'dragged' her to a Prince show on 25th July 1990 in Barcelona, Spain. After the gig, her mother encouraged her to undertake a career move (Mayte was a dancer). She gave Kirk Johnson a video of her dancing, and asked him to deliver it to Prince.

Shortly afterwards she received a call asking her to bring another video to a show he was playing in Germany.

At the show on 8th Aug Mayte was asked to go backstage and meet Prince and deliver her 2nd videotape. the rest is history.

Prince is quoted as saying "she was 16, i fell in love."

OMG!!!! That is just too cute, but I'm hoping he waited til she was legal. But still a beautiful story.

nursev said:

MikeyB71 said:

Mayte was 16.

Her mother 'dragged' her to a Prince show on 25th July 1990 in Barcelona, Spain. After the gig, her mother encouraged her to undertake a career move (Mayte was a dancer). She gave Kirk Johnson a video of her dancing, and asked him to deliver it to Prince.

Shortly afterwards she received a call asking her to bring another video to a show he was playing in Germany.

At the show on 8th Aug Mayte was asked to go backstage and meet Prince and deliver her 2nd videotape. the rest is history.

Prince is quoted as saying "she was 16, i fell in love."

OMG!!!! That is just too cute, but I'm hoping he waited til she was legal. But still a beautiful story.

Mayte arrived in Minneapolis in early December 1991 to work with Prince on the album.

Prince did not invite her to Paisley till she had just turned 18. From the time they first met till her arrival at Paisley they had kept in constant contact with letters and telephone calls, with Mayte sending him videotapes on a regular basis.

The first track she worked on was 'However Much U Want' which was left off the album but ended up on Mayte's album in '95.

[Edited 6/30/10 11:36am]

nursev said:

gyro34 said:

Why Mayte? It could be Prince himself just like for the song Cream.

Cuz of the lyrics I think it has to be about her or another young girl

Ana Garcia?

ernestsewell said:

gyro34 said:

Why Mayte? It could be Prince himself just like for the song Cream.

It's not though.

Who do you think it might be, Ernestsewell?

nursev said:

robinhood said:

"Ever since good fortune brought U into this world
I knew that U were a special, a special little girl
When the rest of us get stuck because of things we do not know
My special little girl is already a hundred paces down the road"

hang ten in twenty ten.

very nice-love it

"i've got a cube of chocolates that'll knock the.." - doesnt quite have the same RING to it does it

but thanks