This track is amazing to me, just showing the genius Prince is. My interpretation of it is, the beginning with the funky distorted bass is the love making session and the pretty guitars afterwards is the falling in love part. This is thinking through the mind of the purple one.........

Couple of questions about this track:

Where do you think Prince gets his influence for this track? This sounds straight up out of Italy or possibly Spain. I know he lived in Spain for a while, do you think that's where this comes from? Its sounds so authentic, if I were traveling abroad and heard this I would swear its local music.

Second question, what is the instrumentation on this? I here a mandolin type of guitar, but there are other mixed in to right?

Just incredible, the style and melody on this song is why I stick with P. You never know what you are going to get.

The music is reminiscent of fado - which would make it Portuguese.

Portuguese really?I could see that. Theres a guitar player named Nuno Bettencourt who did some similar instrumentation called "Midnight Express" and he is Portuguese.

Thats just so cool, makes you wonder what he listens too. I imagine he listens to many different types of music.

gantonio said:

Theres a guitar player named Nuno Bettencourt who did some similar instrumentation called "Midnight Express" and he is Portuguese.

Nice reference. I could see that. Nuno is a fantasti guitarist (and quite underrated I might add).

Yeah, Nuno is an insane guitarist. I don't know if I have heard anyone do what he can.

Love this piece.

Firstly, the way the initial distorted blues guitar musically morphs into the beautiful music following, and we R then hearing melodies Prince has never used before.

VERY reminiscent of traditional Italian music.

I'm also hearing something reminiscent of Stevie Wonder's 'Secret Life of Plants'.

LOVE it.

It sounds a bit like this too:

Giovanni777 said:

Love this piece.

Firstly, the way the initial distorted blues guitar musically morphs into the beautiful music following, and we R then hearing melodies Prince has never used before.

VERY reminiscent of traditional Italian music.

I'm also hearing something reminiscent of Stevie Wonder's 'Secret Life of Plants'.

LOVE it.

that makes me feel that true understanding can exist in a time and place where 2 R in ...

I like this piece even less than Wedding Feast.

At least that one is an example of how Prince could work a Musical (what he always wanted to do).

77 Beverly Park is just a load of crap to my ears and I think it pulls the listener's leg.

The First 20secs of that amazing dirty guitar riff and the cheeky girl moaning in the background is bliss....but then it all turns to shit!

gantonio said:

This track is amazing to me, just showing the genius Prince is. My interpretation of it is, the beginning with the funky distorted bass is the love making session and the pretty guitars afterwards is the falling in love part. This is thinking through the mind of the purple one.........

Couple of questions about this track:

Where do you think Prince gets his influence for this track? This sounds straight up out of Italy or possibly Spain. I know he lived in Spain for a while, do you think that's where this comes from? Its sounds so authentic, if I were traveling abroad and heard this I would swear its local music.

Second question, what is the instrumentation on this? I here a mandolin type of guitar, but there are other mixed in to right?

Just incredible, the style and melody on this song is why I stick with P. You never know what you are going to get.

I think 77 Beverly Park was his inspiration.... the dining room had a spanish vibe. The entire house was beautiful.....

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