Has anyone tried to re-record or remix the song with lead and background vocals in sync, as Susan Roger claims it was originally intended. If so - what does it sound like? It could be an interesting experiment to test the validity of the story.

paulludvig said:

Has anyone tried to re-record or remix the song with lead and background vocals in sync, as Susan Roger claims it was originally intended. If so - what does it sound like? It could be an interesting experiment to test the validity of the story.

well, they overlap, so that would be difficult to do in clean cut way.

I suppose it would be possible to re-record the parts?

It's actually not difficult to remix this the way it was "originally intended". I use Adobe Audition 3. Remove the center of 1 copy of the song, and then do the opposite to a 2nd copy, and then layer the two on top of each other. A few "ghosts" remain, but it's perfectly listenable. Odd tho, after nearly 25 years of hearing it the "wrong" way.

Why would you want to?

smokeverbs said:

It's actually not difficult to remix this the way it was "originally intended". I use Adobe Audition 3. Remove the center of 1 copy of the song, and then do the opposite to a 2nd copy, and then layer the two on top of each other. A few "ghosts" remain, but it's perfectly listenable. Odd tho, after nearly 25 years of hearing it the "wrong" way.

oh you mean the backup vocals are panned hard right and left?

mzsadii said:

Why would you want to?

Because Prince obviously had no idea what he was doing in the first place. There should've been at least 4 orgers in the studio when it was recorded for executive approval.

mzsadii said:

Why would you want to?

To check if the anecdote about the recording mishap actually makes (musical) sense. It could also give som interesting insight into the creative process.

HonestMan13 said:

mzsadii said:

Why would you want to?

Because Prince obviously had no idea what he was doing in the first place. There should've been at least 4 orgers in the studio when it was recorded for executive approval.

it's just a neat little idea, nothing to freak out about.

NouveauDance said:

HonestMan13 said:

Because Prince obviously had no idea what he was doing in the first place. There should've been at least 4 orgers in the studio when it was recorded for executive approval.

it's just a neat little idea, nothing to freak out about.

Sorry I forgot to put one of these at the end of my statement.

Way back when music, photos, and videos would be posted on certain Prince fan-sites, someone actually shared an attempt at (fake)re-capturing the intended idea.

It was quite dull.

Prost!

HonestMan13 said:

mzsadii said:

Why would you want to?

Because Prince obviously had no idea what he was doing in the first place. There should've been at least 4 orgers in the studio when it was recorded for executive approval.

HonestMan13 said:

NouveauDance said:

it's just a neat little idea, nothing to freak out about.

Sorry I forgot to put one of these at the end of my statement.

Eeek!

I never really believed the story this was an accident: it was probably a little 'trick' to give the arrangement / sound of the song something extra. Its just a modern take on a canon. Prince is known for 'spicing up' his stories, you know...

The 'sound problems' on Dorothy Parker sound more like an happy accident to me.