Jamie Starr & The Starr ★ Company

I was dreamin' when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray
But it was Saturday night, I guess that makes it all right
Wheels get locked in place
Don't U wanna be my fantasy?
Wear lingerie 2 a restaurant
Baby, U're the purple star of the night supreme
Why do special women make me cry?
Never let that lonely monster take control of U

Drive it, baby, drive it, drive this demon out of me

Purple love-amour is all U're in it 4
I'll buy U diamonds and pearls


Warner Bros. Records, Minneapolis and sex. What do these three items have in common? by Ken Tucker

Double album, Triple Threat Tour, outtakes and Bsides, expansion of Uptown Jill Jones

1 thread 2 focus on this project a 2nd 2 focus on Jamie Starr along with the Time & Vanity 6 2 give special attention 2 those projects

BrownMark(bass) Dr Fink(keyboards/synth) Dez Dickerson(guitar) Prince Lisa Coleman(synth/keyboards) Bobby Z (drums/linn)

Don't need no reefer, don't need cocaine
Purple music does the same 2 my brain
And I'm high, so high




Released October 27, 1982

Side one
1999- 6:15
Little Red Corvette – 5:03
Delirious – 4:00

Side two
Let's Pretend We're Married – 7:21
D.M.S.R. – 8:17


Side three

Automatic – 9:28
Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) – 4:02
Free – 5:08

Side four

Lady Cab Driver – 8:19
All the Critics Love U In New York – 5:59
International Lover – 6:37

B Sides
How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore

Horny Toad

Irresistable Bitch


The Starr ★ Company

Nice pic!

1999 is a masterpiece

the vinyl 2-LP, 1st edition had this label: & the new 2011 re-release 2LP on 180 grams heavy weight vinyl,

this includes these cool labels as well.

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^

and here, the 1999 LP label smashed to pieces:

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YES I remember, something really personal about little stuff like this, makes you feel like each one was put 2gether by Prince

December 29. 1982 1999 Tour
The Summit Houston

1.Controversy
2.Let's Work
3.Do Me, Baby
4.D.M.S.R
5.Lisa's Keyboard Solo
6.How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
7.Lady Cab Driver
8.Automatic

Let's Pretend We're Married

Released November 23, 1983
Recorded Sunset Sound March 30, 1982

Excuse me but I need a mouth like yours
2 help me forget the girl that just walked out my door
Funny but it seems that U're alone like me
If U are, girl let's come see what we can see
CHORUS:
Ooh, little darlin', if U're free 4 a couple o' hours (Free 4 a couple o' hours)
If U ain't busy 4 the next 7 years (Next 7 years)
I said let's pretend we're married and go all night
There ain't nothin' wrong if it feels alright
I won't stop until the mornin' light
Let's pretend we're married and go all night 2night
Ooh wee sha sha coo coo yeah
All the hippies sing 2gether

Excuse me but I need your chemistry
Don't U wanna be my fantasy?
My girl's gone and she don't care at all
And if she did, so what, come on baby, let's ball!

CHORUS

Let's just pretend we're married 2night

Excuse me but I need a mouth like yours
2 help me forget the girl that just walked out my door
Let's pretend we're married and do it all night
I won't stop until the mornin' light
Huh, let's pretend we're married and go all night, yeah

Ooh, little darlin', if U're free 4 a couple o' hours (Free 4 a couple o' hours)
If U ain't busy 4 the next 7 years (Next 7 years)
Oh darlin', let's pretend we're married and go all night
There ain't nothin' wrong if it feels alright
I won't stop until the mornin' light
Let's pretend we're married and go all night! (2night)
(Ooh wee sha sha coo coo yeah)
Pretend we're married

Let's pretend we're married

(Ooh wee sha sha coo coo yeah) {x4}
All the hippies sing 2gether
Oh everybody
All the hippies sing 2gether
Yeah, yeah

My girl's gone and she don't care at all
And if she did, so what, come on baby, let's ball

I wanna fuck U so bad it hurts, it hurts, it hurts
Ooh, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna fuck U
Yeah, I wanna, I wanna, ooh, I wanna fuck U
Look here martian, I'm not sayin' this just 2 be nasty
I sincerely wanna fuck the taste outta your mouth
Can U relate?

My girl's gone and she don't care at all
And if she did, I wouldn't care, let's ball

Whatever U heard about me is true
I change the rules and do what I wanna do
I'm in love with God, He's the only way
Cuz U and I know we gotta die some day
If U think I'm crazy, U're probably right
But I'm gonna have fun every motherfuckin' night
If U like 2 fight, U're a double-drag fool
I'm goin' 2 another life, how 'bout U?

© 1982 Controversy Music - ASCAP




Let's Pretend We're Married" is a sexually-based song by Prince from his 1982 album 1999.[1] It was also the final US single from the album. The song consists mainly of keyboards and drum machines, along with Prince's vocals. Two verses followed by choruses form the main basis of the song. The song breaks down to an instrumental section followed by Prince stating he wants to "fuck the taste out of [the girl's] mouth." The final part of the song is an a cappella with Prince stating his philosophy on life - he loves God for fear of the afterlife but he's going to have fun while he can, a theme echoed in "1999". The song was performed live on the Purple Rain Tour.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Let's Pretend We're Married

Let's Pretend We're Married
Directed by: Bruce Gowers
Released 1982
From Album: 1999

forgot there was a video for this!

"Let's pretend we're married and go all night 2night
Ooh wee sha sha coo coo yeah
All the hippies sing 2gether"

OldFriends4Sale said:

The infamous ass-crack album sleeve shot. Yes, I remember it like it was yesterday....

OldFriends4Sale said:

March 8th, 1982 First Avenue, Minneapolis

1.Bambi
2.All the Critics Love U in NY (preview)
3.When U Were Mine
4.Sexy Dancer
5.Still Waiting
6.Head
7.Sexuality
8.Dance 2 the Beat (the Time)
9.the Stick (the Time)
10.Party Up (Prince and the noituloveR with Morris Day on drums)

thedance said:

^

and here, the 1999 LP label smashed to pieces:

NICE, I love that, never noticed that usage before

This is my favorite album through and through, from beginning to end.

This STILL goes hard. Forever in my playlist.

Thanks once again, OldFriend!

OldFriends4Sale said:

March 8th, 1982 First Avenue, Minneapolis

1.Bambi
2.All the Critics Love U in NY (preview)
3.When U Were Mine
4.Sexy Dancer
5.Still Waiting
6.Head
7.Sexuality
8.Dance 2 the Beat (the Time)
9.the Stick (the Time)
10.Party Up (Prince and the noituloveR with Morris Day on drums)

This release has been replaced with 4DaFunk's First Avenue '82 V.2 as the definitive version of this show.

You should check it out.

Javi said:

It's a shame that the two ballads in 1999 aren't as brilliant as the rest of the record. Moonbeam Levels should have been there.

You mean Free & International Lover?

I love Free, He could have put How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore as album cut and International Lover as a Bside

Moonbeam Levels should have been on there too

OldFriends4Sale said:

Javi said:

It's a shame that the two ballads in 1999 aren't as brilliant as the rest of the record. Moonbeam Levels should have been there.

You mean Free & International Lover?

I love Free, He could have put How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore as album cut and International Lover as a Bside

Moonbeam Levels should have been on there too

Yes. I can stand both, but, in my opinion, they aren't as good as the other songs. I think Moonbeam Leves and How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore are way better. And then there are the outtakes. Extralovable is quite good, but I prefer Purple Music... Brilliant!

Javi said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

You mean Free & International Lover?

I love Free, He could have put How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore as album cut and International Lover as a Bside

Moonbeam Levels should have been on there too

Yes. I can stand both, but, in my opinion, they aren't as good as the other songs. I think Moonbeam Leves and How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore are way better. And then there are the outtakes. Extralovable is quite good, but I prefer Purple Music... Brilliant!

LOVE Purple Music, that one definately should have been on this album

My favorite live version of Free was at his 1st Ave 6.7.1984 show,

OldFriends4Sale said:

Javi said:

Yes. I can stand both, but, in my opinion, they aren't as good as the other songs. I think Moonbeam Leves and How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore are way better. And then there are the outtakes. Extralovable is quite good, but I prefer Purple Music... Brilliant!

LOVE Purple Music, that one definately should have been on this album

My favorite live version of Free was at his 1st Ave 6.7.1984 show,

Yeah, I've seen you've started the thread with a quote from it! What I don't like about Free is its epic tone, as if it was a Queen tune . That's reduced in the live version you mention, which I like a lot.

[Edited 8/12/11 10:13am]

Never mind my question, OldFriends.

[Edited 8/12/11 12:48pm]

1999 Radio City Music Hall, March 21, 1983

thedance said:

the vinyl 2-LP, 1st edition had this label: & the new 2011 re-release 2LP on 180 grams heavy weight vinyl,

this includes these cool labels as well.

[img:$uid]http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6737/1999eyelabel.jpg[/img:$uid]

^

I remember as a kid (4 years old) that label freaking me out big time!

OldFriends4Sale said:

thedance said:

^

and here, the 1999 LP label smashed to pieces:

NICE, I love that, never noticed that usage before

Whaaaa? I thought you would've been the first one to notice something like that, OF4S!! I thought it was kinda cool when C&D came out just to see the past being acknowledged, even with the little "WB" logo in the tear that's coming out of his eye (also, I'm pretty sure this is the "eye" he's referring to in the song "Holy River":

And when I see that picture upon the wall
The one eye staring at nothing at all
My eyes trying 2 focus but these are much different tears
Oh, yes they are
Let's go down 2 the holy river

It was also ironic because the 1999 album 1,000 times shittin' on C&D, so the image being portrayed on the cover should've actually been reversed!

Never looked to hard at that cd cover

alexnvrmnd777 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Whaaaa? I thought you would've been the first one to notice something like that, OF4S!! I thought it was kinda cool when C&D came out just to see the past being acknowledged, even with the little "WB" logo in the tear that's coming out of his eye (also, I'm pretty sure this is the "eye" he's referring to in the song "Holy River":

And when I see that picture upon the wall
The one eye staring at nothing at all
My eyes trying 2 focus but these are much different tears
Oh, yes they are
Let's go down 2 the holy river

It was also ironic because the 1999 album 1,000 times shittin' on C&D, so the image being portrayed on the cover should've actually been reversed!

the original 1981 version of Feel U Up definately has that 1999 era sound.

I wonder why he didn't include this one. Possibly because he had so many choices

Still glad he reworked Irresistable Bitch with Wendy & Lisa

Feel U Up
This outtake was recorded toward the end of 1981 and was taped in sequence with "Irresistible Bitch". Both songs were later re-recorded. The lyrics are very similar to to the released song although the vocals seem to have been recorded at a low level. "Feel U Up" was re-recorded in 1986 for the shelved Camille album and finally released in 1989 as the B-side to "Partyman".

Feel U Up

I been diggin' U 4 such a long time
But U don't even know that I'm alive
Something 'bout the way U walk just really blows my mind
I'm sorry but I'm sick of all this jive, come on

CHORUS:
Let me touch your body, baby
Let me feel U up
C'mon girl, (Feel U up) let me feel U up (Huh!)
Let me touch your body, baby
Let me feel U up
C'mon girl, (Feel U up) let me feel U up (Huh!)

Tell me what 2 do, U really got me hot
I'm sweatin' girl and it's all because of U
I don't want your credit cards or anything U got
Feel U up is all I wanna do

CHORUS

I ain't looking 4 a one night stand
I only wanna feel U up
I don't really wanna be your man
I only wanna feel U up
Physical attraction, babe
Is what it's all about
Hot and cold reaction
Feel U up - turn U out!

CHORUS

Uh, what's the verdict? I don't like suspense
How can U resist my burning touch?
Somethin' 'bout your body, baby really turns me on
I never wanted anything so much

CHORUS {x2}

I ain't looking 4 a one night stand
I only wanna feel U up
I don't really wanna be your man
I only wanna feel U up
Physical attraction, babe
Is what it's all about
Hot and cold reaction
Feel U up - turn U out!

[U're welcome] {x2}
C'mon baby, c'mon, let me feel U up, huh!
[U're welcome] {repeated}

(Feel U up) {repeated in BG}

I got a cheap little toy that will make your body move
I got the jam, baby, if U got the groove, turn it up!

Come on, now!
Feel U up

[Come here, sit your ass...hey!]
Listen 2 me turn it up, huh!
Everybody say it now!
Oh {repeated}

Feel U up! {x2}
Let me feel U up
Feel U up! {x2}
Listen 2 my boy feel U up

Good Lordy Lord! {x2}
Come on and turn it up

CHORUS

I ain't looking 4 a one night stand
I only wanna feel U up
I don't really wanna be your man
I only wanna feel U up, uh!

Good Lordy Lord!
(Feel U up) {x2}
I only wanna feel U up, uh!

{segue into "Irresistible Bitch"}

Controversy's sell-out cousin. I love this record sooo much. Love the colors and the vibe.

I do see this album as a continuation of what began on Controversy from the look to the sound, but its execution is just way more grand.

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1982 was another year where Prince had a lot of creative output:

The Hookers/Vanity 6, home studio, late 1981 – early 1982
Moral Majority #1
Vagina – also the name offered to Denise Matthews when she joined The Hookers in January 1982

The Time: What Time Is It?, home studio, 11 January 1982
Gigolos Get Lonely Too (4:40)*
Bold Generation

The Time: What Time Is It?, Sunset Sound, 14-20 January 1982
International Lover (6:35)* (14/1)
The Walk (9:30)* (14/1)
Colleen (15/1)
You’re All I Want #1 (16/1)
Wild And Loose (7:32)* (19/1) (Prince/Dez Dickerson)
Turn It Up (5:30) (20/1)
Turn It Up (Edit) (3:33)
Turn It Up (Part 2) (2:30)

The Time, pre 12 February 1982
Dance To The Beat (Live at 1st Avenue 8/3-1982) (5:48)

Home studio, early 1982
All The Critics Love U In New York (5:55)*
Do Yourself A Favour #2 (previously “If You See Me”) (8:41) (Pepé Willie)
Money Don’t Grow On Trees – possibly intended for The Hookers
No Call U #1 (3:02)

Vanity 6, Sunset Sound, 25 March – 9 April 1982 – album completed in May
Bite The Beat (3:13)* (Prince/Jesse Johnson)
He’s So Dull (2:32)* (Dez Dickerson) - produced, guitar & drums by Dez Dickerson
Too Much
Nasty Girl (5:16)*
Wet Dream #2 (4:11)*
Let’s Pretend We’re Married (7:20)* (30/3)
Wouldn’t You Love To Love Me? #4 (1/4)
Extra Loveable (7:06) (3/4)
If A Girl Answers (Don’t Hang Up) (5:35)* (Prince/Terry Lewis)
3 x 2 = 6 (5:22)* (5/4)
If It’ll Make U Happy (6/4)

Home studio, April 1982
Girl O’ My Dreams #1
Raspberry Beret #1
777-9311 (7:57)*

1999, Sunset Sound, 20 April – 10 May 1982
D.M.S.R. #1 (8:05)* (20/4)
Free (5:00)* (25/4)
How Come U Don’t Call Me Anymore (3:54)* (26/4)
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) #1 (4:09) (28/4)
Automatic (9:24)* (2/5)
Delirious #1 (6:05) (9/5)

The Time: What Time Is It?, home studio, May/June 1982 – album completed 20 July
Grace (2:32)*
I Don’t Wanna Leave You (6:30)*
OnedayI’mgonnabesomebody (2:27)*

1999, Sunset Sound, 6-11 July 1982
Moonbeam Levels #1 (3:58) (6/7)
Lady Cab Driver (8:25)* (7/7)
Baby, You’re A Trip #1 (3:26) (8/7)
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) #2 (4:00)* - tentative placing

1999, home studio, July/August 1982
Little Red Corvette (4:58)*
1999 (6:22)*
Mia Bocca #1

1999, Sunset Sound, 10-14 August – album completed
D.M.S.R. #2 (6:23) – edit of #1, tentative placing
Delirious #2 (3:56)* - edit of #1, tentative placing

Piano rehearsal, 1982 - tentative placing
Improvisation (12:04)
Purple Music (16:30)

Home studio, 1982
Boom, Boom, Can’t U Feel The Beat Of My Heart #1
Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got #1
Don’t Let Him Fool Ya #1
Fox Trap
Girl (7:36)*
Horny Toad (2:13)*
I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man #1
Lust U Always #1
Mink Kitty Cat #1 – intended for Vanity, tentative placing
My Baby Knows How To Love Me #1
New Position #1
Purple Music #1 (10:48)
Purple Music #2 (10:35) – extra guitar parts & vocal differences
Strange Relationship #1
Teacher, Teacher #1
U Should Be Mine (possibly instrumental) – offered to Eric Leeds in July 1989 for new Madhouse album
Yah, U Know #1
You’re My Love #1

Sunset Sound, 7-14 January 1983
Little Red Corvette (Dance Mix) (8:22)*
Drive Me Wild (Extended Version) (7:08)*