Greetings!

According to princevault.com,

The {Bizarre!} sample used in (miscellaneous) songs is originally from 'Our Bizarre Relationship' by Frank Zappa (from Uncle Meat, 1969). It was one of the preset samples in the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer and Prince it from there.

It was utilized it in quite a few songs recorded between 1985 and 1987:

• All My Dreams
• Bob George
• Christopher Tracy’s Parade
• Lovesexy
• Madhouse songs “Nine”
• and “6 (The End Of The World Mix)

all contain this sample.

I can hear the sample in every song cited EXCEPT “Christopher Tracy’s Parade.” Is it buried in the mix? Where exactly is the sample used?

Thanks in advance,
Treaux

What does the sample sound like?

Right at the start of this spoken word bit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xca9B62_-JE

Its usually pitched up or down on the Prince songs.

You will recognize it instantly

never realized that was an actual word. just sounds like a laugh the way prince uses it. dar-harharhar

or something.

Trippy. Never knew this, although it was instantly recognisable - It's pitched really up in Lovesexy, Bob George and Nine.

I agree, I can't say I've ever heard it in CTP either.

darlingomo said:

Right at the start of this spoken word bit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xca9B62_-JE

Its usually pitched up or down on the Prince songs.

You will recognize it instantly

Wait, where? I can't place this "bizarre!" quote on any songs that I know but now I am really curious.

Spinlight said:

What does the sample sound like?

Right at the very end of Bob George, before Prince says "Bob!... Ain't that a bitch!" it's the squeally vocal sample.

WOW! I never knew what that was - - so prince was sampling very early on? did he know it was from Zappa? thanks anyway I now know what it says in All My Dreams!!!!!!!

NouveauDance said:

Spinlight said:

What does the sample sound like?

Right at the very end of Bob George, before Prince says "Bob!... Ain't that a bitch!" it's the squeally vocal sample.

Ooooooh! I thought that was a baby laughing/cooing or something.

christopher tracy's parade - 1:37

I've ran Christopher Tracy's Parade through tons of filters, I've isolated the center, removed the center, I don't hear that sample in this song.

So I presume Zappa got paid for it re it being a Fairlight preset. Interesting.

Mong said:

So I presume Zappa got paid for it re it being a Fairlight preset. Interesting.

likely paid a flat fee be Fairlight. if at all. this was back in the days when samples weren't necessairly paid for.

ForbiddenFruit said:

christopher tracy's parade - 1:37

"The chord strikes, devil no like... (Bizarre).... Runs to his evil car."

I think that's it.... Thank you!

NouveauDance said:

ForbiddenFruit said:

christopher tracy's parade - 1:37

"The chord strikes, devil no like... (Bizarre).... Runs to his evil car."

I think that's it.... Thank you!

God thats weird-what would make you thik to isolate a word. Prince's mind het? It really works

Very interesting that Zappa has been indirectly sampled throughout Prince's work!

[Edited 11/15/10 2:42am]

LOL! My stereo has always picked that " sample" up! I thought it was part of the song 4 all this time, u learn something new every day! Had no idea it was a sample probably due 2 the fact that it blends in with Prince's style of having alot of background vocalizing in his songs & the fact that it rhymes with car! It definately fits where he placed it, wouldn't have known if i hadn't opened this thread!

crokey20 said:

Very interesting that Zappa has been indirectly sampled throughout Prince's work!

[Edited 11/15/10 2:42am]

well, he is "...just a fan of the Mothers" after all!

I feel i have learnt something new here today.

Cx

I wonder why he didn't work it into "A Love Bizarre." He had 12 minutes to fit it in.

By the way, thanks to the OP. I love this thread. It's incredible to learn something new about songs I've been listening to for 25 years.

Efan said:

I wonder why he didn't work it into "A Love Bizarre." He had 12 minutes to fit it in.

hadn't stumbled across it yet, I imagine

Funny, I recoginize it, but I always just thought it was a laugh, not a word.

although being a fan of the Mothers clearly got no further than Sexuality. I guess P wasn't about to be pushed off stage at any point.

Ah, Musichistory.

Cx

Hundalasiliah!

I want to thank everyone who popped in and read my little thread. Mad love to all who have posted.

Are ya'll hearing it now? I'm still struggling.

Also, mucho thanks to the folks at princevault.com for this find.

Treaux

NouveauDance said:

ForbiddenFruit said:

christopher tracy's parade - 1:37

"The chord strikes, devil no like... (Bizarre).... Runs to his evil car."

I think that's it.... Thank you!

I'll be damned, there it is. Nice.

lovesexy06 said:

LOL! My stereo has always picked that " sample" up! I thought it was part of the song 4 all this time, u learn something new every day! Had no idea it was a sample probably due 2 the fact that it blends in with Prince's style of having alot of background vocalizing in his songs & the fact that it rhymes with car! It definately fits where he placed it, wouldn't have known if i hadn't opened this thread!

Sample or no, how is it not part of the song?

Sidenote: I can't hear it in "Little Girl Wendy's Parade." Is it there also?

NouveauDance said:

ForbiddenFruit said:

christopher tracy's parade - 1:37

"The chord strikes, devil no like... (Bizarre).... Runs to his evil car."

I think that's it.... Thank you!

oh really? I thought that was a ricochet effect,

You can buy a CDROM of all the original Fairlight samples. Prince used quite a few of them.

according to Princevault 'others here with us' uses many samples from the sample set but maybe not this sample.

http://princevault.com/in...re_With_Us