St. Paul Peterson, Susannah Melvoin, Jerome Benton, Jellybean Johnson, Eric Leads & Mico Weaver

August 13 , 1985
"First Avenue "Minneapolis
The Family First Stage
1.Susannah's pajamas,
2.Yes
3.River run dry
4.Desire
5.High fashion
6.Instrumental jam
(inc.Pink panther theme)
7.Nothing compares 2 U
8.The Screams of Passion
9.Mutiny/Holly Rock

With ALL that talent, you think an empire was about to be formed. Just think of what might've happened lol Amazing period though.

OldFriends4Sale said:

I'm guessing Prince and Susannah, right?

Timmy84 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I'm guessing Prince and Susannah, right?

Yeah... She is beautiful. Such a woman with a such a skinny, shorty motherfucker... Life is not fair.

Javi said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm guessing Prince and Susannah, right?

Yeah... She is beautiful. Such a woman with a such a skinny, shorty motherfucker... Life is not fair.

I feel ya.

release date: 8.26.1985
Romance 1600 Sheila, E

1.Sister Fate
2.Dear michaelangelo
3.A Love Bizarre
4.Toy Box
5.Yellow
6.Romance 1600
7.Merci For The Speed Of A Mad Clown
In Summer
8.Bedtime Story

Possessed: the Rise & Fall of Prince

Counter-Revolution

p 88

Of all of Prince's band members, the one most ripe for defection was Mark Brown, a prospect that troubled Prince. He appreciated what Brown's unique, percussive style of playing brought to the Revolution's live sound and even asserted, in an interview with Rolling Stone, that if Brown were not in the band, he would not even use bass in his music.

...

In 1984, unbeknownst to Prince, Brown took under his wing a 7 piece rock funk outfit called Mazarati that he had discovered in the Minneapolis clubs. Soon he became essentially a member of the group, regularly jamming with them onstage. Because he worried that Prince would frown upon such extracurricular activities, Brown performed wearing a mask and identified himself onstage as "The Shadow." I thought he was going to be pissed at me because I had kept it a secret from him," Brown recalled.

But as this double life became more stressful, Mazarati guitarist Terry Christian urged Brown to let Prince know about the project. "Just tell him," Christian advised one evening as the 2 musicians were driving around Los Angeles. "The worst he can do is want a piece of it or tell you to stop."

Mico Weaver: Yeah, actually we did the Purple Rain Tour. It was like 100 shows in the States. The last show was in Florida so everybody was chillin'. Now the tour was over, 'what are we gonna do right after this?' So he called me and said 'Hey come up to my room, and he showed me "Around The World In A Day", the cover and all that stuff. He said 'this is the new thing'. I thought 'this is cool' -- it showed his own label and then he told me 'I want you to play in The Family'.

THE SCREAMS of PASSION© 1985 Paisley Park Records
Catalog#: 9 28953-7

There's a gentle autumn breeze that blows
Whenever we be lyin', lyin' in my bed
The moon appears and disappears, U look at me
My clothes I quickly, I quickly shed

The curtains dance a minuet, autumn plays the music, baby
Come on, hold my hand
Leaves are fallin' velvet splash
Only U and I can under, only U can understand

The sunlight draws a picture through the silky lace
That hangs above your, hangs above your door
A picture that is waving, that it seems 2 be with every thrust U
Make me beg 4 more

Oh, a robin sings a masterpiece
That lives and dies unheard
4 screams of passion
A sound produced by 2 in love
Curtains dance and autumn plays on
(Oh, 2 in love, on and on)
The screams of passion

All I hear in my head echoing like a volcano, baby
The screams of passion
Back and forth the raging seas of lust, I want U madly
Can't U tell, can't U tell, can't U tell, can't U tell?
Oww!

Take me in your arms, oh baby
The crime is done, I'd rather die here in your
Screams of passion
Whoa, hold me now, baby
Tell me that U love me
Is it Sunday or is it passion?

Love, love (The screams of passion)
The screams of passion, yeah yeah, love
The screams of, the screams of, the screams of passion, passion
Hand me that love

Yeeeeeaaaaah! (Shhh... not so loud baby)
Yeeeeeaaaaah! (Shhh, shhh)


Back and forth the raging seas of lust
Raging, raging (The screams of passion)
U know I want U madly baby
Why can't U tell? Oww
Is... is it Sunday?
I thought I heard a church bell (Or was it passion, passion?)

© 1985 Parisongs Music - ASCAP

100 M.P.H.

There's a fairytale that says
Once upon a time
Funky music belong 2 people who
Drink cheap wine

CHORUS:
That's why I gotta get on my own way
That's the new golden rule
Enjoy the closest human
I'm much 2 hot 2 be cool
100 miles an hour, baby
That's what it's all about
I need a lover that could slow me down
Somebody that'll make me shout

There's a misconception that says
Everything on the one (Everything on the one)
And my first reaction is just try 2
Have a little fun

CHORUS

There's a fairytale that says
Twice in the Land of Oz
Dorothy made love 2 the Lion
Because because because...

CHORUS

Make me shout
Can U make me shout?



100 M.P.H.
This is Prince's recording of the track he gave to Mazaratti for their 1986 self-titled album. It is fairly close to the released version, containing lyrics inspired by the Wizard Of Oz, among the usual sexual innuendoes.