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Thread started 06/20/11 9:56pm

Imayte

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La la Means ( I Love You)

Do you like his cover of the delfonics hit?

Personally i think he sings it better because of his vocal range (my opinion)

What i still have yet to understand is that he hates it when someone covers

his music, but yet he covers other artists' songs without hesitation!

Pure contradiction but thats Prince for ya! wink

here is the link for the people who have'nt heard it yet

http://www.youtube.com/wa...uHWLGudv-g

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Reply #1 posted 06/20/11 10:00pm

Giselle

Imayte said:

Do you like his cover of the delfonics hit?

Personally i think he sings it better because of his vocal range (my opinion)

What i still have yet to understand is that he hates it when someone covers

his music, but yet he covers other artists' songs without hesitation!

Pure contradiction but thats Prince for ya! wink

here is the link for the people who have'nt heard it yet

http://www.youtube.com/wa...uHWLGudv-g

I don't recall him ever saying he hated people to cover his songs. Oh but I agree on his version of the song. biggrin

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Reply #2 posted 06/20/11 10:01pm

tyroniousdex

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Genius hard to screw that song up. Also gonna throw in One of Us. He took that song and owned it. Joan who?

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Reply #3 posted 06/20/11 10:03pm

Giselle

tyroniousdex said:

Genius hard to screw that song up. Also gonna throw in One of Us. He took that song and owned it. Joan who?

One of Us! That's his best cover in my opinion.

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Reply #4 posted 06/20/11 10:03pm

Imayte

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Giselle said:

Imayte said:

Do you like his cover of the delfonics hit?

Personally i think he sings it better because of his vocal range (my opinion)

What i still have yet to understand is that he hates it when someone covers

his music, but yet he covers other artists' songs without hesitation!

Pure contradiction but thats Prince for ya! wink

here is the link for the people who have'nt heard it yet

http://www.youtube.com/wa...uHWLGudv-g

I don't recall him ever saying he hated people to cover his songs. Oh but I agree on his version of the song. biggrin

well no not hate a better word for it will be irritated or annoyed lol

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Reply #5 posted 06/20/11 10:09pm

KenniHeartz211

I don't usually like covers, especially not of my favorite songs, but I absolutely adore Prince's cover of this song. I like it just as much (if not more sometimes eek ) as the original. I don't like his cover of Betcha By Golly Wow though.

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Reply #6 posted 06/20/11 10:11pm

Imayte

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KenniHeartz211 said:

I don't usually like covers, especially not of my favorite songs, but I absolutely adore Prince's cover of this song. I like it just as much (if not more sometimes eek ) as the original. I don't like his cover of Betcha By Golly Wow though.

same here. the betcha by golly wow cover was'nt my cup of tea either :/

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Reply #7 posted 06/20/11 10:14pm

Giselle

Imayte said:

Giselle said:

I don't recall him ever saying he hated people to cover his songs. Oh but I agree on his version of the song. biggrin

well no not hate a better word for it will be irritated or annoyed lol

Yeah, but girrrrl .. his covers are always the BUSINESS! thumbs up!

[Edited 6/20/11 22:14pm]

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Reply #8 posted 06/20/11 10:16pm

Imayte

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Giselle said:

Imayte said:

well no not hate a better word for it will be irritated or annoyed lol

Yeah, but girrrrl .. his covers are always the BUSINESS! thumbs up!

[Edited 6/20/11 22:14pm]

yep your right....

and every song nowadays is a cover or a sample from other music.

I can't name one song that i listened to that have'nt been covered or sampled

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Reply #9 posted 06/20/11 10:23pm

Giselle

Imayte said:

Giselle said:

Yeah, but girrrrl .. his covers are always the BUSINESS! thumbs up!

[Edited 6/20/11 22:14pm]

yep your right....

and every song nowadays is a cover or a sample from other music.

I can't name one song that i listened to that have'nt been covered or sampled

Yeah music nowadays isn't as original as it used to be. Everything on the radio sounds almost the same not. Almost every song on the radio has to remind you IN THE SONG who they are by singing their name in the beginning. Hate to say it, but its true.

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Reply #10 posted 06/21/11 3:04am

thisisit

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"I'll sing your songs, but I really don't like it when you sing mine."

maybe it's kinda like God can become whomever he wants, but no one can pretend to be God and expect to be believed lol

evillol

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Reply #11 posted 06/21/11 3:43am

alexnvrmnd777

Imayte said:

Do you like his cover of the delfonics hit?

Personally i think he sings it better because of his vocal range (my opinion)

What i still have yet to understand is that he hates it when someone covers

his music, but yet he covers other artists' songs without hesitation!

Pure contradiction but thats Prince for ya! wink

here is the link for the people who have'nt heard it yet

http://www.youtube.com/wa...uHWLGudv-g

You honestly think Prince does a better job of singing this song than The Delfonics????! Take the purple Kool-Aid IV outta your arm THIS instant, please, because you're talking pure nuts right now!! disbelief

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Reply #12 posted 06/21/11 3:55am

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What Prince did with la la means eye love u is perfection eye love his voice in that song!!!but the best cover??????Crimson & Clover come on guys this rocks!!!headbang

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Reply #13 posted 06/21/11 4:40am

raddahone

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davetherave6767 said:

What Prince did with la la means eye love u is perfection eye love his voice in that song!!!but the best cover??????Crimson & Clover come on guys this rocks!!!headbang

Oh, YES!! he played C&C in LA and possibly NYC if i remember right. Outrageous!!! love it!!!

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Reply #14 posted 06/21/11 8:41am

MadamGoodnight

This is beautiful. Chante' Moore has such a pretty voice. Her voice complements P's, and it blends so well. I'm lovin' on this one. This version is really, really nice.

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Reply #15 posted 06/21/11 10:29am

Giselle

raddahone said:

davetherave6767 said:

What Prince did with la la means eye love u is perfection eye love his voice in that song!!!but the best cover??????Crimson & Clover come on guys this rocks!!!headbang

Oh, YES!! he played C&C in LA and possibly NYC if i remember right. Outrageous!!! love it!!!

Crimson & Clover my favourite song although..i happen to like Joan Jett's version better.

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Reply #16 posted 06/21/11 12:43pm

Emancipation89

I love this song...gotta love the smooth intro! I love MJ to death but when it comes to this song...I still prefer Prince's version to Jackson 5's lol

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Reply #17 posted 06/21/11 4:20pm

CarlM

cool The amazing thing about his cover of this and also betcha by golly wow in some respects is that Prince owns them both with his vocal range but in doing so the originals are left almost unique and untouched when listening back! Don't know how he does it but he does it with aplomb! Quality and the sign of a musical genius biggrin

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Reply #18 posted 06/21/11 6:45pm

MickyDolenz

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Emancipation89 said:

I love this song...gotta love the smooth intro! I love MJ to death but when it comes to this song...I still prefer Prince's version to Jackson 5's lol

I like The Jets' and Swing Out Sister's versions better than the Jackson 5's and Prince's. Although I've liked all the versions I've heard.

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Reply #19 posted 06/21/11 6:51pm

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MickyDolenz said:

Emancipation89 said:

I love this song...gotta love the smooth intro! I love MJ to death but when it comes to this song...I still prefer Prince's version to Jackson 5's lol

I like The Jets' and Swing Out Sister's versions better than the Jackson 5's and Prince's. Although I've liked all the versions I've heard.

U love mj 2 death.........omfg

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Reply #20 posted 06/21/11 8:34pm

sweething

Like it alot, great interpretation only Prince could do, but the Delphonics' version is my favorite.

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Reply #21 posted 06/22/11 8:13pm

carinemjj

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I love his version.. and, (pardon me Mike) I even like his version better than the Jackson 5 one

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His voice range is simple genius on it, good job Prince!

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Reply #22 posted 06/22/11 8:24pm

savagedreams

Imayte said:

What i still have yet to understand is that he hates it when someone covers

his music, but yet he covers other artists' songs without hesitation!

just my $.02, but what i get out of his comments about cover songs is when songs get covered nowadays poeple dont pay respect or acknowledge where those songs come from. so many young people hear songs that are actually covers but think they are something new and think these new artists are so amazing when what they are actually enjoying is either covers or samples of older tunes.

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Reply #23 posted 06/23/11 1:53am

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I very like this song, he sang it with true emotion smile

So evil girl, if one of us has a date,
With the undertaker, which one will it be?
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