Yay or nay?

Yay

Akâ

I was thinking about this earlier But I wouldn't mind hearinng him DJ his own music. That would be awesome of course since he knows how to transistion from song to song using the same drum line all throughout. But wen DJing is concerned, we'll say beat

IIRC, he did DJ a few times back in the Glam Slam days.

CocoRock said:

To what type of crowd?

A Prince crowd of course!

Prince has already done it a couple of times.

Once on KMOJ radio in Minneapolis in 1989 and again in the UK on BBC R1 in 1995.

He also "Dj'ed" on the first NPGMC Ahdio show.

He used his silly altered voice on all of them.

They were shit.

So i will say no.

I am the DJ, I can make U dance
I play what I play because I can
I follow no one, I don't give a damn
I'm here 2 have fun and make U jam

CHORUS:
When I scritchy, scritchy, scratch
I will make U shake your back
U'll be lookin' up and callin' me sire
I'm the leader of the pack
I'm the first and only act
I'm the DJ, I can take U higher, higher

No, I don't need your money, put half a mil' a year
U want your record played, it's got 2 freak my ear
Save your dollars (money, money, money) and pawn my sizzlin' tears
I am the DJ and I'm all U'll ever hear

CHORUS

Who needs a freakin' video if the groove ain't all good?
MTV could be rollin' but it won't be in the 'hood
Check it - when the techno-bunnies request U
That's when U're comin' strong
Everything else is jack-off
It all starts with a good song, ha ha

I am the DJ
I play what I play
I am the DJ
Scritch, scritch, scratch

I am the DJ, I can make U dance
I play what I play because I can
I follow no one, I don't give a damn
I'm here 2 have fun and make U jam, jam, jam, jam, jam! (Yes)

CHORUS

(Shake your back)
(Go, ooh!)
(Let me tell U, boy)

Baby, oh yeah
DJ, DJ
(I'm the DJ, I can take U higher, higher)

DJ, check it {x3}
DJ {x6}

there's 10 ahdio shows, which are the closest you're gonna get to have prince be a dj.

they're fun, for the most part, if a bit irksome in parts. other people chat between the

songs, but it's basically all prince's hand, i guess.

IstenSzek said:

there's 10 ahdio shows, which are the closest you're gonna get to have prince be a dj.

they're fun, for the most part, if a bit irksome in parts. other people chat between the

songs, but it's basically all prince's hand, i guess.

I prefer the later shows, when it was just one continuous mix of music, with very little to no chat.

vitriol said:

I am the DJ, I can make U dance
I play what I play because I can
I follow no one, I don't give a damn
I'm here 2 have fun and make U jam

CHORUS:
When I scritchy, scritchy, scratch
I will make U shake your back
U'll be lookin' up and callin' me sire
I'm the leader of the pack
I'm the first and only act
I'm the DJ, I can take U higher, higher

No, I don't need your money, put half a mil' a year
U want your record played, it's got 2 freak my ear
Save your dollars (money, money, money) and pawn my sizzlin' tears
I am the DJ and I'm all U'll ever hear

CHORUS

Who needs a freakin' video if the groove ain't all good?
MTV could be rollin' but it won't be in the 'hood
Check it - when the techno-bunnies request U
That's when U're comin' strong
Everything else is jack-off
It all starts with a good song, ha ha

I am the DJ
I play what I play
I am the DJ
Scritch, scritch, scratch

I am the DJ, I can make U dance
I play what I play because I can
I follow no one, I don't give a damn
I'm here 2 have fun and make U jam, jam, jam, jam, jam! (Yes)

CHORUS

(Shake your back)
(Go, ooh!)
(Let me tell U, boy)

Baby, oh yeah
DJ, DJ
(I'm the DJ, I can take U higher, higher)

DJ, check it {x3}
DJ {x6}

Awful song.

Prince was a DJ in 1989, iirc.

On some local radio station, was pre-recorded though:

He played:

Grace Jones,

INXS,

Kate Bush,

James Brown,

Janet Jackson,

Tracy Chapmann,

Joni Mitchell

and the Scandalous Sex Suite, something from the amazing Black Album too.

Related artists were played too, T.C. Ellis, Ingrid Chavez (?) - I can't recall the rest....

^ all this is posted by memory....

I have the vinyl 3LP bootleg somewhere.

Edit:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Prince has already done it a couple of times.

Once on KMOJ radio in Minneapolis in 1989 and again in the UK on BBC R1 in 1995.

He also "Dj'ed" on the first NPGMC Ahdio show.

He used his silly altered voice on all of them.

They were shit.*

So i will say no.

*) reply, I say YES, I liiked the altered voice in 1989....

[Edited 3/8/11 7:13am]

The NPG radio show.

Broadcast by KMOJ/Minneapolis, Dec 9th 1989.

He played, Janet Jackson, Kate Bush, James Brown, INXS, Joni Mitchell, Cool Bros, Soul II Soul, Robin Power, Bobby Brown, T.C Ellis, Talking Heads, The DOC, Grace Jones, Tracey Chapman, Sly & Family Stone, Ingred Chavez, Cocteau Twins, Take 6, Sade, and Miles Davis.

There was also the Prince songs, Sex, I Love U In Me, Cindy C, and more from The Scandalous Sex Suite.

There was also an ad half way through for Ray Ban.

^ yeah I remember the Ray Ban commercial...... some "popping sound" with it...

Thanks, for the more detailed list.

Nikademus said:

IIRC, he did DJ a few times back in the Glam Slam days.

and at paisley park a couple time with DJ brother jules

TheDigitalGardener said:

Awful song.

Agreed, but even so I like it MUCH better than anything he's been doing these latest years.

[Edited 3/8/11 13:48pm]

TheDigitalGardener said:

Prince has already done it a couple of times.

Once on KMOJ radio in Minneapolis in 1989 and again in the UK on BBC R1 in 1995.

He also "Dj'ed" on the first NPGMC Ahdio show.

He used his silly altered voice on all of them.

They were shit.

So i will say no.

Those Ahdio shows were GREAT (overall). Sure, some are better than others, but I think they are all enjoyable.

^ I wasn't a member og the NPGMC, therefor I have never heard those NPGMC Ahdio shows.

I was like "hmmm, I own those songs already, apart from a very few"......

were they really that great, those NPGMC Ahdio shows back then....... ?

Sorry if I'm a bit Off topic.

thedance said:

^ I wasn't a member og the NPGMC, therefor I have never heard those NPGMC Ahdio shows.

I was like "hmmm, I own those songs already, apart from a very few"......

were they really that great, those NPGMC Ahdio shows back then....... ?

Sorry if I'm a bit Off topic.

I liked the later shows, which had no chat, just long mixes of Prince music.

The shows can still be found online quite easily.

stuart3121 said:

Nikademus said:

IIRC, he did DJ a few times back in the Glam Slam days.

and at paisley park a couple time with DJ brother jules

Jey, and he did some dJing at the aftershow for Rainbow Children with his own DJ Dudley D in Hamburg in the Mojo Club.

Afterwards I had the chance to talk a little bit with DJ Dudley D and drink a beer with him.

thedance said:

^ I wasn't a member og the NPGMC, therefor I have never heard those NPGMC Ahdio shows.

I was like "hmmm, I own those songs already, apart from a very few"......

were they really that great, those NPGMC Ahdio shows back then....... ?

Sorry if I'm a bit Off topic.

Yes, to me, they were all great (in most ways). It wasn't necessarilly about the songs themselves, but about the presentation. There were also a lot of different edits and alternitive mixes that we hadn't heard before. Not to mention the rare live material. I highly recommend you track them down online. I think you would enjoy them.

Yes. In dance, jazz and progressive genres. But because he's an expert, each track must only last 3 minutes before the next mix. That will keep him busy The mixes are the highlights.