ParanoidAndroid said:

Neversin said:

http://prince.org/msg/7/108518?pr

Neversin.

Thanks for that link, Neversin!

I edited the link so it won't redirect you into that computer thread http://prince.org/msg/7/108518

Cheers to both of you!

ParanoidAndroid said:

vitriol said:

BTW, I don't have the slightest idea why Prince put that in there.

Drugs?

...Lame.

My guess is that it's the equivalent of an in-joke or something similar. That we don't get it because we aren't supposed to, but that the people he's talking to/about in the song, did as soon as they heard it.

It's there because it sounds sort of weird, fits the lyrics of the song and he wanted to have it that way. I like it and can't understand why some people would complain about it. If someone can't take such a short amount of noise I wonder how they are going to survive outside their houses.

Maybe it wasn't even meant as an "interlude" originally. He might have just intended to have the song end with that sound effect. Then he just faded in the rest of the mix and decided to keep it that way. Something along those lines.

I didn't know myself that the effect was a recording of a fairground. I had to once find a sound effect that would sound like people panicking and running away from a disaster scene, so I used a recording from a fairground for it. Hah.

^It's not a question of 'survival'.

It just ruins the flow of the song for me, as much as it may fit the lyrics.

I don't know why it's there but I love it because when I was little my cousin and I used to make tapes...you know, recordings. We would do all kinds of silly things from commercials to burping into the mic, but one of the funniest moments for us ever involved some kind of disruptive scene and one of us saying "throw the bum out" from far away...

so everytime I hear it i laugh and think of those times.

unique said:

it's the sound of a fairground from a warners sound effects album. many effects on prince albums are from library records, such as the traffic in lady cab driver, the screams at the start of we march, etc

I´m pretty sure the traffic noise in LCD is sampled from the movie "The Sting" (1973). I remember watching this movie long time ago and in one street scene you can hear EXACTLY the same background noise (traffic, honks...) like in the beginning of LCD. Might be from a sound effects album, though.

Gruntman said:

unique said:

it's the sound of a fairground from a warners sound effects album. many effects on prince albums are from library records, such as the traffic in lady cab driver, the screams at the start of we march, etc

I´m pretty sure the traffic noise in LCD is sampled from the movie "The Sting" (1973). I remember watching this movie long time ago and in one street scene you can hear EXACTLY the same background noise (traffic, honks...) like in the beginning of LCD. Might be from a sound effects album, though.

it's a sound effects album, i haven't watched the sting in a while but i have the dvd, they probably used stock effects on that too

vitriol said:

Dave1992 said:

Nah, he actually seemed like wanting to point out my "mistake", asking vitriol about what it was and why it was used, but I'm not down to cockfights. I prefer pussy.

Same here.

The org is the place to find people who's really seeing things.

And some really take the cake!

No 'versus' at all here...

BTW, I don't have the slightest idea why Prince put that in there. For me, it kinda ruins an amazing song. If Prince himself even remembers why, he would never tell.

[Edited 3/17/11 16:03pm]

OK guys, I appreciate that you bring some lively discussion to the org....

Is that the truth then? it's the end of Stones concert?

It sounds to me just like....life ... the noise of life and people.

Bohemian67 said:

Is that the truth then? it's the end of Stones concert?

It sounds to me just like....life ... the noise of life and people.

It was said about seven times in this thread - no, it is not from the Stones concert!

Come on!

The boot of Prince's opening act for the Stones has been out for like 2 or 3 years. Check it out even is the quality is horrible (but better this than nothing at all, of course).

Dave1992 said:

Bohemian67 said:

Is that the truth then? it's the end of Stones concert?

It sounds to me just like....life ... the noise of life and people.

It was said about seven times in this thread - no, it is not from the Stones concert!

Really? Ok.

When the cat fights begin I skip posts.

And I really have no big desire or time and energy to invest in all kinds of boots.

For my feet, yes. For Prince, no.

In the beginning the interlude bothered me, because I love the song and it

killed the flow imo....but I guess; the song is about people and their expectations and

then U hear a crowd of people so....

I prefer the 12" though....great bass line.

unique said:

it's the sound of a fairground from a warners sound effects album. many effects on prince albums are from library records, such as the traffic in lady cab driver, the screams at the start of we march, etc

True. There was a futuristic Motorcycle game on the Nintendo64 called 'Extreme G' which i'm sure P nabbed some sound effects from on 'The Human Body'. 'Space' on 'Come' samples dialogue from one of the crappier Chris Reeves Superman films (possibly IV)

I actually thought it was a boxing match going on all this time. Go figure.

No sweat...I think it's about today's life! jobless,poverty,money,econmy and fantasy ...

What did he use to create the noise...another story!

But the song itself is a masterpiece,just brilliant !!!!!

I sampled it for a tune I made with my friend and we listened to it quite a lot.

It does kinda sound like a busy boxing match, but the only real indication of that is the sound of a bell being hit, crowd roaring.

As others noted, probably just some of old Warner archive recordings of crowd sounds.

Here's what happened: The sound effects album company producer was at the Rolling Stones concert armed with a 1981 tape recorder, and recorded the crowd booing Prince. The producer rushed back to the studios of SoundFX, Inc., and told his boss, "Stop the presses on vol 3 of the library! I've got the perfect noise! The people are yelling for them to throw a young black fella out! They even called him a bum! Then they applauded when they did! There was even a boxing bell! I swear someone threw a Tyson chicken breast at him!" Years later, Prince's engineer pulls out volume 3 of "Sound FX, Inc's" collection, and sheepishly asks Prince, "Mr. Prince, do you think this "Bong... throw the bum out" sound would work at the end of this Pop Life song?" Prince loves it and remixes the song with it at the end. Being so impressed with the young engineer's moxie, Prince later follows the young man's next suggestion, "If you're looking for that new rap sound, I know a rapper who goes by the name of Tony M...."

Fast forward to 2011, that young engineer, now shining shoes at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, runs into Prince. As he's shining Prince's boots, the former recording studio staffer says "Hey Mr. Prince, remember when I suggested you put that "Bong... throw the bum out" sound? There are people on the internet who are arguing about the origin of it! If they only knew!" The rock star and shoe-shining engineer share a hearty laugh. Prince walks off without paying.

True story, bro.

I always thought it was the sound of a boxing match ...the chaos, cheering, a bell

maybe stock exchange rat race

[Edited 3/22/11 14:34pm]