Listen to this

http://www.youtube.com/wa...nDSBFPNjSM

Sounds familiar!

Doesnt it?

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I almost instinctively began singing to "Te Amo Corazon" at one point during the Gil Evans track. Is that what you were going for?

It sounds almost exactly like "The Question Of U"!

Not?

Didn't hear it until I listened to the Gary Burton track. Interesting. Another song it seems Prince has pilfered from.

I'm relieved to hear that someone else can hear it as well

It's more apparent in this version here

http://www.youtube.com/wa...J3QU9M8o3U

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Ummm.......NO!

squirrelgrease said:

Didn't hear it until I listened to the Gary Burton track. Interesting. Another song it seems Prince has pilfered from.

other artists dont have any influences at all, only prince does. Damnit Prince

Get yourselves some o'these. You're in dire need of them...

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After use, listen back. You'll discover two very different tunes.

Soulstar77A said:

It sounds almost exactly like "The Question Of U"!

Not?

No.

Two completely different tunes.

The only song "The Question of U" borrows from is "Under the Cherry Moon" imo. But Prince is allowed to steal from himself.

I can kinda-sorta hear it in the Gary Burton version, if I strain real hard to fill in the pieces with my ears. But it isn't close enough for me to think that Prince has ever even heard this song, let alone lift from it, unless some other artist that's more in Prince's wheelhouse of influences and/or exposure did a version of it.

Soulstar77A said:

It sounds almost exactly like "The Question Of U"!

Not?

Not at all... Te Amo Corazon, maybe. But not at all TQOU.

squirrelgrease said:

Didn't hear it until I listened to the Gary Burton track. Interesting. Another song it seems Prince has pilfered from.

U serious? I don't hear it on any level.

Very vague resemblance - but a nice listen...

Graycap23 said:

squirrelgrease said:

Didn't hear it until I listened to the Gary Burton track. Interesting. Another song it seems Prince has pilfered from.

U serious? I don't hear it on any level.

The Gary Burton version has the same melody as Question Of U played on the xylophone. I'm the last guy to want one of my musical heroes' body of work tarnished by similar findings like the origins of Kiss, Colonized Mind etc, but I hear the link between the OPs postings and the Prince song as clear as day.

squirrelgrease said:

Graycap23 said:

U serious? I don't hear it on any level.

The Gary Burton version has the same melody as Question Of U played on the xylophone. I'm the last guy to want one of my musical heroes' body of work tarnished by similar findings like the origins of Kiss, Colonized Mind etc, but I hear the link between the OPs postings and the Prince song as clear as day.

I hear fragments of it that are similar and bits that are reminiscent, but like I said, my brain has to fill in the blanks on this song to make the melody identical.

squirrelgrease said:

The Gary Burton version has the same melody as Question Of U played on the xylophone.

You nailed it!

errant said:

squirrelgrease said:

The Gary Burton version has the same melody as Question Of U played on the xylophone. I'm the last guy to want one of my musical heroes' body of work tarnished by similar findings like the origins of Kiss, Colonized Mind etc, but I hear the link between the OPs postings and the Prince song as clear as day.

I hear fragments of it that are similar and bits that are reminiscent, but like I said, my brain has to fill in the blanks on this song to make the melody identical.

I can understand that. I don't think it's identical either, but the similarities are close enough for me to make a judgement call and say Prince heard a rendition of this on more than one occasion prior to writing Question Of U.

squirrelgrease said:

squirrelgrease said:

errant said:

I hear fragments of it that are similar and bits that are reminiscent, but like I said, my brain has to fill in the blanks on this song to make the melody identical.

I can understand that. I don't think it's identical either, but the similarities are close enough for me to make a judgement call and say Prince heard a rendition of this on more than one occasion prior to writing Question Of U.

I really don't get this at all. I even specifically listened to the xylophone and still don't see it.

kenkamken said:

squirrelgrease said:

I can understand that. I don't think it's identical either, but the similarities are close enough for me to make a judgement call and say Prince heard a rendition of this on more than one occasion prior to writing Question Of U.

Are you sure you just didn't let out a long greasy sing songy squirrel fart that confused your ears?

Maybe.

Spinlight said:

squirrelgrease said:

I can understand that. I don't think it's identical either, but the similarities are close enough for me to make a judgement call and say Prince heard a rendition of this on more than one occasion prior to writing Question Of U.

I really don't get this at all. I even specifically listened to the xylophone and still don't see it.

Imma kick you in da nutz.

Spinlight said:

squirrelgrease said:

I can understand that. I don't think it's identical either, but the similarities are close enough for me to make a judgement call and say Prince heard a rendition of this on more than one occasion prior to writing Question Of U.

I really don't get this at all. I even specifically listened to the xylophone and still don't see it.

4get about seeing it..............I don't HEAR it.

If I play the notes from each song, they DON'T match at all.

squirrelgrease said:

Spinlight said:

I really don't get this at all. I even specifically listened to the xylophone and still don't see it.

Imma kick you in da nutz.

nonsense

any 'similarities' are completely random

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With the exception of "Had U" and "Tambourine", you could probably take every song in the world and find another one that "sounds" similar.

.

[Edited 2/2/11 8:44am]

Yes. Like a grain of salt borrows from the sea, or a blade of grass borrows from the field.

Like a leaf borrows from the tree, or a kiss borrows from the meal.

Graycap23 said:

If I play the notes from each song, they DON'T match at all.

If you really PLAY them you'll recognize that the NOTES MATCH PERFECTLY!!

Jesus, the melody is almost identical !!!!

Some of you guys, especially those advising Q-Tips, would fit better to a "Justin Bieber" forum... I mean really....

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Soulstar77A said:

Graycap23 said:

If I play the notes from each song, they DON'T match at all.

If you really PLAY them you'll recognize the the NOTES MATCH PERFECTLY!!

Jeeez, the melody is almost identical !!!!

What part specifically are u speaking of on each song?