Rihanna is just crap 100% diarrhoea gravy of the worsed kind!!! yet like lady blahblar seems 2b getting away with it???

I don't like any version except P's.

The sound of her voice always annoyed me. But I guess now Prince is gonna have to perform one of her songs now.

I VOTE NO... i don't care if Shelby does do "Rude Boy".. this is horrible.. like this hasn't been done enuff already.. i only "except" the foo fighters version.. I MEAN AT LEAST DAVE GROHL AND COMP. are with the business .. This ..is some unmitigated bullshit.. BOOOOOOOO

davetherave6767 said:

Rihanna is just crap 100% diarrhoea gravy of the worsed kind!!! yet like lady blahblar seems 2b getting away with it???

i like ,what´s my name and rude boy - good production ....

Always liked the Foo Fighters version... Rihanna, not so much...

Is this the first time she's covered it?

Interesting...because at the concerts I saw in California, when Prince started to play a snippet of DN, he'd stop and say, "I'm in rehab. I'm not Rihanna!"

I just took it as a general comment (ie. about her sexual songs/performances), but now I'm wondering if he'd gotten word of her planning to play it.

Alternatively, has she decided to put it into her show as a result of him saying that?

I expected to hate her version - I was surprised by my lack of hate for it.

Perhaps I'm just grateful to hear someone performing it live!!

Timmy84 said:

More power to her. Obviously she can't pull it off like Prince (and neither could Justin Bieber) but it does show his influence that artists like that would dare attempt a cover. Also shows you how poor they are by comparison. But it's all out of love for The Kid as DirtyChris would say.

I agree with that.

I didn't watch the whole thing, but - and I'm probably gonna get slaughtered for this - I actually kinda liked it. She sounded good singing it.

I kinda liked it.... but, not because of Rihanna... the SONG itself is simply brilliant and I just love hearing the SONG performed by a good band. And yeah, a great band can sometimes make a poor singer look good as is the case here.

sashajones said:

Im wondering if she needed Prince's permission to sing the song.

No. Prince's beef has never been with live covers....His issues has always been with artists re-recording his songs without his permission....

Chiquetet said:

Is this the first time she's covered it?

Interesting...because at the concerts I saw in California, when Prince started to play a snippet of DN, he'd stop and say, "I'm in rehab. I'm not Rihanna!"

I just took it as a general comment (ie. about her sexual songs/performances), but now I'm wondering if he'd gotten word of her planning to play it.

Alternatively, has she decided to put it into her show as a result of him saying that?

I expected to hate her version - I was surprised by my lack of hate for it.

Perhaps I'm just grateful to hear someone performing it live!!

It's not a coincidence. Some of Rihanna's band have been to a few of the 21 Nights shows and talked with members of P's band about it. Not a long bow to draw the link to P finding out.

2 things I like about it:

1. The ground recognising the song based on the opening few bars.

2. Nuno killing it on guitar.

Oh and she does say "funky time" not lovely time as previously posted.

..... I can probably sing it like her if I put mouthwash in my mouth and gargle and sing at the same time. Instrumental it would have been pretty cool, but with her singing.. man killed the whole dangon song

[Edited 6/5/11 18:19pm]

Swa said:

2 things I like about it:

1. The ground recognising the song based on the opening few bars.

2. Nuno killing it on guitar.

Oh and she does say "funky time" not lovely time as previously posted.

i listed to it 3 more times and i still got lovely!!!!!!!!!!!

maybe its her accent or her muffled voice... dunno i am prob wrong........

anyway i still dont think Nkki would do her

physco185 said:

Swa said:

2 things I like about it:

1. The ground recognising the song based on the opening few bars.

2. Nuno killing it on guitar.

Oh and she does say "funky time" not lovely time as previously posted.

i listed to it 3 more times and i still got lovely!!!!!!!!!!!

maybe its her accent or her muffled voice... dunno i am prob wrong........

anyway i still dont think Nkki would do her

lol

the only thing i like about rihannas version is the music. the foo fighters do it better overall, but its still nothing compared to the original :]

dyvrdown said:

physco185 said:

i listed to it 3 more times and i still got lovely!!!!!!!!!!!

maybe its her accent or her muffled voice... dunno i am prob wrong........

anyway i still dont think Nkki would do her

lol

the only thing i like about rihannas version is the music. the foo fighters do it better overall, but its still nothing compared to the original :]

u r sooooooooooo right

physco185 said:

dyvrdown said:

lol

the only thing i like about rihannas version is the music. the foo fighters do it better overall, but its still nothing compared to the original :]

u r sooooooooooo right

thankyew

I dont hate it. Was expecting much worse.

At least SOMEBODY'S performing it live (along with the Foo Fighters, who did it MUCH better than Rihanna).

As bad as I hate to hear her doing this song, at least it's getting played live by someone. Hearing her do it makes me wish Prince didn't have that huge stick up his ass about performing it. It's his song, and outside of the Purple Rain tour and the Hit N Run Tour 2000, he's never really performed it live. Correct me if I'm wrong (as I'm sure someone will). Imagine some of the different arrangement we could've had if he played it a little more frequently throughout his career. Especially in the 80s!

All because he uses the word "masturbate" in it??! Hell, Little Red Corvette is about just as "dirty", if you wanna call it that, but I don't see him being all bashful about performing that one.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

At least SOMEBODY'S performing it live (along with the Foo Fighters, who did it MUCH better than Rihanna).

As bad as I hate to hear her doing this song, at least it's getting played live by someone. Hearing her do it makes me wish Prince didn't have that huge stick up his ass about performing it. It's his song, and outside of the Purple Rain tour and the Hit N Run Tour 2000, he's never really performed it live. Correct me if I'm wrong (as I'm sure someone will). Imagine some of the different arrangement we could've had if he played it a little more frequently throughout his career. Especially in the 80s!

All because he uses the word "masturbate" in it??! Hell, Little Red Corvette is about just as "dirty", if you wanna call it that, but I don't see him being all bashful about performing that one.

darling nikki obviously has a much dirtier message. even without the word masturbate.

dyvrdown said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

At least SOMEBODY'S performing it live (along with the Foo Fighters, who did it MUCH better than Rihanna).

As bad as I hate to hear her doing this song, at least it's getting played live by someone. Hearing her do it makes me wish Prince didn't have that huge stick up his ass about performing it. It's his song, and outside of the Purple Rain tour and the Hit N Run Tour 2000, he's never really performed it live. Correct me if I'm wrong (as I'm sure someone will). Imagine some of the different arrangement we could've had if he played it a little more frequently throughout his career. Especially in the 80s!

All because he uses the word "masturbate" in it??! Hell, Little Red Corvette is about just as "dirty", if you wanna call it that, but I don't see him being all bashful about performing that one.

darling nikki obviously has a much dirtier message. even without the word masturbate.

Is it moreso than Insatiable? Scandalous?? I think not. And I tend to disagree that DN is "much dirtier" than LRC. It MIGHT be by a smidge, but that's about it. I really wanna say it's just about neck and neck.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

dyvrdown said:

darling nikki obviously has a much dirtier message. even without the word masturbate.

Is it moreso than Insatiable? Scandalous?? I think not. And I tend to disagree that DN is "much dirtier" than LRC. It MIGHT be by a smidge, but that's about it. I really wanna say it's just about neck and neck.

I agree. All those songs are kind of on the same level on the nasto-meter.

Oooooohhhh he said "masturbate". Big whoop. lol

xLiberiangirl said:

She did ''Darling Nikki'' last night in Baltimore.

She also did ''Glamorous Life'' which she already did last tour too.

Enjoy.

[Edited 6/4/11 23:29pm]

thanks fr posting. lol at the guy that you can totally hear as soon as the song starts to play he says "oh hell nah" or something like that...

unexpected pleasure...I think Rihanna did a good job as well as The Foo Fighters, it's each artist's interpretation of the song. They both kept Darling Nikki musically, lyrically and vocally intact, so for me, I am just loving different generations, genres and artists still connecting to Prince music and his impact on the game. I say job well done and keep choosing songs that keeps Prince in the public eye, current, hot and relevant! But it so makes me want my Prince fix even more! He continues to inspire...that's our he still got the ---- !

Of all of the darn-near thousands of Prince songs to choose from, why would she pick THIS one?

dyvrdown said:

alexnvrmnd777 said:

At least SOMEBODY'S performing it live (along with the Foo Fighters, who did it MUCH better than Rihanna).

As bad as I hate to hear her doing this song, at least it's getting played live by someone. Hearing her do it makes me wish Prince didn't have that huge stick up his ass about performing it. It's his song, and outside of the Purple Rain tour and the Hit N Run Tour 2000, he's never really performed it live. Correct me if I'm wrong (as I'm sure someone will). Imagine some of the different arrangement we could've had if he played it a little more frequently throughout his career. Especially in the 80s!

All because he uses the word "masturbate" in it??! Hell, Little Red Corvette is about just as "dirty", if you wanna call it that, but I don't see him being all bashful about performing that one.

darling nikki obviously has a much dirtier message. even without the word masturbate.

He still performs "Cream" live and to me that's even dirtier.

girl7 said:

Hannilicious said:

I like it! I know she's not a great singer, but the song really fits her well, doesn't it? and I love the way the band playing it

The song in itself might fit her image, but she failed by not making it her own with new arrangement, interpretation, relating to the song, etc. I don't think she is mature enough as an artist to take on a song like this.

But she's not an artist though. She's a puppet who who gets well paid to do what she's told. People who change Prince's arrangements, especially these computer programmers who call themselves musicians, usually fuck it up (exhibit A, Ginuwine-When Doves Cry). I'll admit, it actually worked for her doing it that way, I just rather she didn't touch any of Prince's music ...PERIOD.