Efan said:

Love the Boni pictures. Would it be appropriate to discuss how apparently Prince and Boni fought voraciously on the Lovesexy tour? I've often heard that said, although I've never been clear on why. Can anyone shed some insight as to why they didn't get along? Or correct me if I've got it wrong?

I heard(read) the same things

I don't know what it was, Boni was originally in Sheila's band

I don't know what it was

OldFriends4Sale said:

The Line
This song was recorded with the Lovesexy tour band in late 1987. Prince wrote the song in response to a poem by Ingrid Chavez called "The Line." It is a sparse, monotonous bass-driven rock number with prominent vocals by Boni Boyer & Sheila E. The song borrows some music and lyrics from "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" (by Thomas A. Dorsey). Toward the end, a new dance called "The Kangaroo" is introduced. The theme of "crossing the line" was used in the Lovesexy shows. It has a similar feel to the Future rel on the Batman soundtrack

The Line

Can U talk 2 me with your body, baby?
Can U tell me what I wanna hear?
Can U lay on me a good enough reason 2 cross the line?
Yeah, ho! {x2}

Can U be my lover and still be my friend? (Can U be my friend?)
Can U stick with me till the bitter end? (The bitter end)
Can U lay on me a good enough reason 2 cross the line?
Yeah, ho! (Cross the line)

CHORUS:
The line, line - it's a happy step 2 make
It takes time, time - all is what it takes
The line, line - and soon your life is so much better
The water's so much better on the other side (Cross the line)

Can U tolerate? Why am I not so free?
How I did the plan
Can U understand I'm a free man?
But will I stop the dam if I don't cross the line?
Yeah, ho! {x2}
Ow!

Hey
Cross the line sugar, cross the line {x2}
Cross the line

CHORUS

(Cross the line)

Cross the line sugar, cross the line {x3}

I want U 2 cross the line, hey! {used as sample in "Acknowledge Me"}
Talk 2 me, say the things I wanna hear, oh!
Cross the line

Cross the line

Cross the line
Baby, baby, baby, can U make me cross the line?
Cross the line, sugar, cross the line
U know U got 2 cross the line!

(New dance) {repeat in BG}
People, people, I got a brand new dance {x2}
Ain't talkin' 'bout Housequake! No!
Ain't talkin' 'bout Shake 'N' Bake! No!
Ain't talkin' 'bout Rice-O-Roni! No!
I'm talkin' 'bout Macaroni? No!
Lord have mercy

Boni? (What?)
On the 2 (Yeah!)
What we gonna do? (Kangaroo!)
Say it! (Kangaroo!)
Come on
Boni? (What?)
On the 2 (Yeah!)
What U wanna do? (Kangaroo!)
Do the do (Do the do!)

Cross the line {repeat}
Baby, baby, baby, cross the line {repeat 2 fade}

Precious Lord, take my hand
Lead me on, help me stand
I try, I have need, I am whole
Through the door, through the shore
Precious Lord, I believe in your name

Great song. I love Boni's vocals.

OldFriends4Sale said:

intro: Anna Fantastic aka Anna Garcia

Pink Cashmere

Ooh, here I go again fallin' in love all over
Ooh, the cycle never ends, U just pray U don't get burned
Ooh, this fire inside of me, don't nobody realize
(Ooh) Ow, what U are 2 me, but baby U got 2 learn

CHORUS:
I'm makin' U a coat of pink cashmere
U got 2 know how I feel about ya, how I always want U near
I'm makin' U a coat of pink cashmere
I'm countin' every minute of every hour til U are here

Girl, can U understand I never used 2 go dancin'?
I... I was the kind of man who'd rather stay at home
Now when I think about how.. how much I miss U
I wanna jump 4 joy and thank Him I'm not alone (I am not alone)

Ooh, I'm makin' U a coat of pink cashmere
U got 2 know how I feel about U baby, how I always want U near
I'm makin' U a coat of pink cashmere (Pink cashmere)
I'm gonna count every minute of every hour until U are here
(Till U are here)

Here I go again fallin' in love all over
Oh, the cycle never ends (Cycle never endin')
U pray U don't get burned

(I'm makin' U a coat of pink cashmere)
I'm makin' U a coat.. cashmere, baby, cashmere
(U got 2 know how I feel about ya, how I always want U near)
U got 2 know, yeah baby, baby, baby, baby
(I'm makin' U a coat of pink cashmere)
How I feel about U, how I feel about U, oh
(I'm countin' every minute of every hour til U are here)

When I get my arms around U baby (Yeah) (CHORUS)
There's so many things I'm gonna do
I'm gonna hug U, I'm gonna kiss U
Like your, like your own guru
I'm gonna tell U a bedtime story baby
One U never heard before (Every minute, every hour)
I said one U never heard before (How I feel about U)
About a girl, about a boy (I'm makin' U a coat of pink cashmere)
And all their joy
All the things they show each other (Coat of pink cashmere {x3})
How 2 stay in love, how 2 stay so happy
Baby girl, so many things, so many things I'm gonna do
Can U come 2 that, can U get 2 that?
I'm gonna make... gonna... I'm gonna, gonna, gonna...
Gonna make a little pretty pink coat of cashmere

Cuz U got 2 know how I feel about U baby
How I feel about U baby
I'm gonna make a little pretty coat
I'm gonna count every second, every minute
Each and every hour of every day til U come on back
Come on back 2 your little man

I'm gonna make U a coat of cashmere baby

I never really listened to the lyrics of "Pink Cashmere" before. They're so sentimental.

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Nice pix. Prince please let your hair back!

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OldFriends4Sale said:

Nice pix. Prince please let your hair back!

I know I love the longer hair

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When 2 R In Love

So fierce U look 2night
The brightest star pales 2 your sex
Before we do anything, let me just talk 2 U

When 2 are in love
They'll whisper secrets only they 2 can hear
When 2 are in love

When 2 are in love (Love)
Their stomachs will pound every time the other comes near
When 2 are in love

When 2 are in love (Love)
Falling leaves will appear 2 them like slow motion rain
Slow motion, slow motion

When 2 are in love
The speed of their hips can be faster than a runaway train
(Drip-drop, drip-drop - water, water, water)

Come bathe with me – let's drown each other in each other's emotions
Bathe with me – let's cover each other with perfume and lotion
Bathe with me – ooh, let me touch your body till your river's an ocean
Bathe with me – let's kiss with one synonymous notion
Nothing's forbidden and nothing's taboo (Nothing's taboo)
When the 2 are in love (L.O.V.E. - L.O.V.)
Can U hear me?

When 2 are in love (When 2 are in love)
Their bodies shiver at the mere contemplation of penetration
(Let alone the act) Let alone the actual act (Act)

When 2 are in love
The thought of his tongue in the V of her love
In his mind (this thought) - it leads the pack (Pack)

Come bathe with me – let's drown each other in each other's emotions
Bathe with me – let's cover each other with perfume and lotion
Bathe with me – ooh, let me touch your body till your river's an ocean
Bathe with me – let's kiss with one synonymous notion
That nothing's forbidden and nothing's taboo (Nothing's taboo)
When the 2 are in love (Love)
In love
Can U hear me?

Hold me
Yeah, just like that
Don't move

© 1988 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Lovesexy era Outtake

Joy in Repetition

{crowd noise same as for "Alphabet Street"}

He like to frequent this club down up on 36th
Pimps and thangs like 2 hang outside and cuss for kicks

Talking 2 no one in particular, they say "the baddest I am tonight"
4 letter words are seldom heard with such dignity and bite.
All the poets and the part time singers always hang inside
live music from a band plays a song called "Soul Psychodelicide".
The song's a year long and had been playing 4 months when he
walked into the place.
No one seemed to care, an introverted this-is-it look on most of their faces.
Up on the mic repeating 2 words, over and over again
was this woman he had never noticed before he lost himself in the
articulated manner in which she said them.
These 2 words, a little bit behind the beat.
I mean just enough 2 turn u on.
4 everytime she said the words another one of his doubts were gone.

Should he try 2 rap with her' Should he stand and stare'
No one else was watching her, she didn't seem 2 care.
So over and over, she said the words til he could take no more, (no more)
he dragged her from the stage and together they ran through the back door
In the alley over by the curb he said tell me what's your name
she only said the words again and it started to rain (rain, rain, rain)
2 words falling between the drops and the moans of his condition
holding someone is truly believing there's joy in repetition.
There's joy in repetition.
There's joy in repetition.
There's joy in repetition.
There's joy in repetition.
She said love me, love me, what she say'
she say love me, love me.
Joy, why don't u love me baby, joy, why can't u love me baby
joy, come on and love me baby, joy in repetition
Alright, joy in repetition,
Alright, joy in repetition,
Alright, joy in repetition,
Alright, joy, all my wishes add up to one
Love me, joy, Love me, joy, Love me, joy
Love me, Love me, joy, joy, joy in repetition
joy, joy in repetition,
joy, joy (love me) in repetition,
Love me, love, joy, joy, joy in repetition
joy, and I'm gonna say it again, joy, joy, and I'm gonna say it again,
joy, I'd like 2 go way up high and say, Love me, joy
I'll say Love me, joy
Joy, joy in repetition, joy in repetition
There's joy in repetition

July 24.1988
(LoveSexy Tour
Heathrow Airport London

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Lovesexy: Glam Slam B side single

Escape (Extended Version)

Snare drum pounds on the 2 and 4
All the party people get on the floor {x2}
Bass!
{crowd noise} {sampled throughout song}
Glam Slam - Escape! (Glam Slam)

CHORUS:
Glam Slam - free yo' mind from this rat race
Glam Slam - Escape!

15 minutes ain't long enough
2 be out yo' mind in a world so tough
If U wanna escape and truly be
All the crack in Compton won't set U free
Come on

CHORUS
(Slammin')

U got 2 be yourself, U got 2 be aware
Cuz the Gangster Man - hmm, he don't give a care (Don't care)
Whether U live or whether U die
Glam Slam Escape, gotta give it a try, come on (Ooh!)

CHORUS
(Slammin')

(Party baby) {x8}
(Where did I hear that before?)

Glam Slam - Escape!
Everybody trippin' on the party bass
However high U get is a matter of taste (Party baby, party baby)
Winner takes all in the hardest race (Yes it does)
Don't get on the scale if U ain't got the weight
It's more hard 2 love than it is 2 hate
Say it!
It's more hard 2 love than it is 2 hate
Come on
It's more hard 2 love than it is 2 hate
Yeah
It's more hard 2 love than it is 2 hate
One more
More hard 2 love than it is 2 hate

Escape!
Glam Slam
Ow!

CHORUS

Escape!

Don't ask 4 sex, he ain't got the time
Keep your body, he wants your mind
Glam slam slam slam (Keep your body, he wants your mind)
(Keep your body) {x2}

Escape!

CHORUS

(Party baby) {x2}
Bass - as in a limbic
U know it's not free
(Party baby) {x2}
Everybody just wants 2 play
Say it! (Play!)
Come on! (Play!)
Slammin', slammin', slammin! (Play! Play!)
Escape! {repeat in BG}

Trancend the physical
Glam Slam
Keep your body, he wants your mind
No punks aloud
Music up - crucifixion goin' down, down, down... (Glam Slam)
Ah yeah!

Glam Slam

© 1988 Controversy Music - ASCAP

OldFriends4Sale said:

July 24.1988
(LoveSexy Tour
Heathrow Airport London

So cool! I didn't know what this pic was from. It's on the back of a Black Album bootleg.

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Apparently, Sheila sometimes rode a motorcycle over to the Lovesexy shows.

Efan said:

Apparently, Sheila sometimes rode a motorcycle over to the Lovesexy shows.

Seriously? Would love 2 C that

That's a hot photo

OldFriends4Sale said:

Efan said:

Apparently, Sheila sometimes rode a motorcycle over to the Lovesexy shows.

Seriously? Would love 2 C that

That's a hot photo

Sorry, I was just kidding, because it looks like her hair is so big in that photo.

Efan said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Seriously? Would love 2 C that

That's a hot photo

Sorry, I was just kidding, because it looks like her hair is so big in that photo.

lol oh. Don't play with me like that, I'll start looking 4 pictures

people can't see the two pics I posted above? only x's?

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7.27. 1988 LoveSexy Tour

Olympic Studio London Recording Session:God Is Alive w/Mavis Staples

clip of it was seen in the documentary Prince of Paisley Park

God Is Alive
"God Is Alive" was recorded at Olympic Studios in London, July 1988, on the Lovesexy tour. The song was placed on the first configuration of Graffiti Bridge (September 1988) and the original Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic album (October 1988). A part of the song was often played on the Lovesexy tour, segued from "I Wish U Heaven." "God Is Alive" is a raw, stripped down funk/rock effort boasting an infectious vocal chant. Mavis Staples shares lead vocals with Prince. The song takes shape around a primitive-sounding drum machine beat and a repetitious synth bass motif. Prince inserts fiery guitar chords and licks throughout. He also adds some synth touches, but the arrangement is very spartan and demo-like. The arrangement and overall sound is close to that of "Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic," which was recorded around the same time. The song reaffirms Prince's belief that God dwells inside of man. He urges people to let God into their lives and "take a blissy ride," which will make them "so happy, purely satisfied." His simple message for a better world is "up with education, down with crime." The title of song is shown in the Graffiti Bridge movie.

God Is Alive

Flash, flash!
Jack just got the news
God is alive! God is alive!

CHORUS:
Whoa, oh! {x3}
God is alive

News is comin' like a hurricane
Comin' down hard on those who live in vain
Treatin' each other funky when U know we're all the same
God is alive, this is not a game

CHORUS
(He's alive)

News is comin' like a dog in heat
He's lookin' 4 soldiers with strong feet
That can dance on whoever can't say His name
God is alive, this is not a game (Listen)

CHORUS
(Listen)
(Yeah, I'm a witness)
(Do U believe?) (U know it)

All of His children come take a blissy ride
4 all who see Him, 4 all He lives inside
U can be so happy, purely satisfied
God is alive

Live, live!

One step at a time, we need a new rhyme (Alive)
Up with education, down with crime
Alive!

CHORUS
(God is alive!)

Live, live!
God is alive! {x5}

(CHORUS) {repeat parts in BG}
Oh yeah
Woke me up this morning
Started me on my day
Got my health and strength, y'all
I can truly say
Ooh, He's alive! Well
Ah, He's alive!
All over me
Ah, He's alive!
I'm a livin' witness
That God's alive!
I'm a livin' witness He's alive!
Do U believe that He's alive?
Do U believe, oh, He's alive?
Ooh, yes He is
Sho'nuff He is, well
Yes He is
Each breath I breathe lets me know
Every step I take lets me know
Every song I sing, oh, lets me know
Oh, God is alive!

Whoa, oh

ufoclub said:

people can't see the two pics I posted above? only x's?

I saw them when you first posted them and thought they were cool and interesting. Where are they from? I was very intrigued by them.

(But you're right, they are currently just red x's.)

Efan said:

ufoclub said:

people can't see the two pics I posted above? only x's?

I saw them when you first posted them and thought they were cool and interesting. Where are they from? I was very intrigued by them.

(But you're right, they are currently just red x's.)

weird that you could see them at one point. But not now. Photobucket is acting up.

ufoclub said:

Efan said:

I saw them when you first posted them and thought they were cool and interesting. Where are they from? I was very intrigued by them.

(But you're right, they are currently just red x's.)

weird that you could see them at one point. But not now. Photobucket is acting up.

Where were they from? They looked cool.

Efan said:

ufoclub said:

weird that you could see them at one point. But not now. Photobucket is acting up.

Where were they from? They looked cool.

jpgs of sabotage bootleg artwork unused in one of their cd releases.

Outtake art of a bootleg! lol

August 20. 1988
LoveSexy Tour
Club Bios in Amsterdam