He did a few birdcalls in the beginning of the show, I got so hyper and screamed it too, I was hysterical for the first 10 minutes and then on and off.

Who else finds those high pitched bird calls sexy? When did he first do them and who is the professional that trained him to emulate a bird throughout his career?

that reminds me of my cat imitating a bird outside one time

Birdcalls? What?

I find the distracting and annoying.

But, then whenever I think of MJ's "Dahs" and "Ehheee heees" and "Sharmons", I realize Prince's birdcalls aren't so bad.

imago said:

I find the distracting and annoying.

But, then whenever I think of MJ's "Dahs" and "Ehheee heees" and "Sharmons", I realize Prince's birdcalls aren't so bad.

I'm starting to get the feeling that you have a problem with MJ?

SometimesIwonder said:

Ha ha, what tour? And what kinda bird call? I've a really funny story that happened summer 1994. I was sitting out the backdoor of my house whistling to our resident blackbird. It was my wee pal & we used to call & answer one another. Anyways, I kept making my whistle a little more elaborate with a few extra trills etc, trying to get the blackbird to copy me. My big sister was in the bathroom upstairs with the window open listening. Next thing you know she comes flying down the stairs shouting in an absolute blind panic "Mum! Mum! Oh my God!! There's a blackbird oot there whistling Prince!" ha ha, I was trying to teach it The most beautiful girl in world & she thought I was the bird! [Edited 1/24/12 13:40pm]

funny story!

Can't believe you were trying to "teach" the blackbird a Prince song! But then, there's people collecting P guitar picks and making realistic outfits for tiny P dolls - it's kinda batty in here, but I love that! And I love these stories.

imago said:

I find the distracting and annoying.

But, then whenever I think of MJ's "Dahs" and "Ehheee heees" and "Sharmons", I realize Prince's birdcalls aren't so bad.

Please, can we leave him out of this for once?

Ive never heard him do bird calls?

like whistling sounds or what?

He does a high pitched vocal sound that goes up and down quickly, he did it after the first or second song on Welcome To Canada, at least on opening night he did.

thepope2the9s said:

Ive never heard him do bird calls?

like whistling sounds or what?

I'm guessing they're talking about the "Owwa!" and "Ooh-ooh-ooh!" audience callbacks that he sometimes does in concerts.

imago said:

I find the distracting and annoying.

But, then whenever I think of MJ's "Dahs" and "Ehheee heees" and "Sharmons", I realize Prince's birdcalls aren't so bad.

Whenever I hear "shamone," all I can think of is the Weird Al version: "Ham on! Ham on whole wheat! All right!"

Do you mean Ah Ooh Ah Ooh! (audience repeats)

Ooh Ooh ah Ooh Ooh ah! (audience)

Like on controversy live (renditions since 2004)

17 Days (on parade tour)

?

If so I like it

If it's the 'aow oo ' Prince trademark yelp (lol birdcall), when he does it, its okay. But when yall do it in the audience while waiting for him to come out etc etc you are annoying as all get out (and too damn grown to be doing that). However I understand that an audience waiting to see Prince gets excited. I just could never bring mtyself to do that 'bird call' yelp myself though.

You had me thinking he was doing some actual bird call

Perhaps you're referring to the "birdcall" from the very beginning of the song "The Max". I heard that a lot on the Musicology tour. Prince fans were shouting it to each other from all over the arena at the Las Vegas show. Oh-weeeeeeeeee!

natechi said:

Perhaps you're referring to the "birdcall" from the very beginning of the song "The Max". I heard that a lot on the Musicology tour. Prince fans were shouting it to each other from all over the arena at the Las Vegas show. Oh-weeeeeeeeee!

Efan said:

imago said:

I find the distracting and annoying.

But, then whenever I think of MJ's "Dahs" and "Ehheee heees" and "Sharmons", I realize Prince's birdcalls aren't so bad.

Whenever I hear "shamone," all I can think of is the Weird Al version: "Ham on! Ham on whole wheat! All right!"

Stop.

rdhull said:

If it's the 'aow oo ' Prince trademark yelp (lol birdcall), when he does it, its okay. But when yall do it in the audience while waiting for him to come out etc etc you are annoying as all get out (and too damn grown to be doing that). However I understand that an audience waiting to see Prince gets excited. I just could never bring mtyself to do that 'bird call' yelp myself though.

You had me thinking he was doing some actual bird call

you are never too old to get excited at a concert my friend, you only live once and no one is going to remember you the night after

alphastreet said:

rdhull said:

If it's the 'aow oo ' Prince trademark yelp (lol birdcall), when he does it, its okay. But when yall do it in the audience while waiting for him to come out etc etc you are annoying as all get out (and too damn grown to be doing that). However I understand that an audience waiting to see Prince gets excited. I just could never bring mtyself to do that 'bird call' yelp myself though.

You had me thinking he was doing some actual bird call

you are never too old to get excited at a concert my friend, you only live once and no one is going to remember you the night after

I believe that some of the birdcalls that I've heard on Prince's CD's are sounds of native Minneosotian birds.

alphastreet said:

rdhull said:

If it's the 'aow oo ' Prince trademark yelp (lol birdcall), when he does it, its okay. But when yall do it in the audience while waiting for him to come out etc etc you are annoying as all get out (and too damn grown to be doing that). However I understand that an audience waiting to see Prince gets excited. I just could never bring mtyself to do that 'bird call' yelp myself though.

You had me thinking he was doing some actual bird call

you are never too old to get excited at a concert my friend, you only live once and no one is going to remember you the night after

I do get excited and such but Im not going to be doing any aow oo calls...its simply goofy to me. And for the record, my ego strength is intact enough to not give a damn what anyone thinks of me, trust.

but Prince IS goofy

alphastreet said:

that reminds me of my cat imitating a bird outside one time

HAHA!

[Edited 1/27/12 0:40am]

matthewgrant said:

alphastreet said:

that reminds me of my cat imitating a bird outside one time

HAHA!

[Edited 1/27/12 0:40am]

It was the funniest thing ever! She's perched up near a window, there was a seagull crying and she was going meeeoww but it sounded different, more like the bird, and she did it several times while we watched in the doorway wish I taped it

Efan said:

imago said:

I find the distracting and annoying.

But, then whenever I think of MJ's "Dahs" and "Ehheee heees" and "Sharmons", I realize Prince's birdcalls aren't so bad.

Whenever I hear "shamone," all I can think of is the Weird Al version: "Ham on! Ham on whole wheat! All right!"

artist76 said:

SometimesIwonder said:

Ha ha, what tour? And what kinda bird call? I've a really funny story that happened summer 1994. I was sitting out the backdoor of my house whistling to our resident blackbird. It was my wee pal & we used to call & answer one another. Anyways, I kept making my whistle a little more elaborate with a few extra trills etc, trying to get the blackbird to copy me. My big sister was in the bathroom upstairs with the window open listening. Next thing you know she comes flying down the stairs shouting in an absolute blind panic "Mum! Mum! Oh my God!! There's a blackbird oot there whistling Prince!" ha ha, I was trying to teach it The most beautiful girl in world & she thought I was the bird! [Edited 1/24/12 13:40pm]

funny story!

Can't believe you were trying to "teach" the blackbird a Prince song! But then, there's people collecting P guitar picks and making realistic outfits for tiny P dolls - it's kinda batty in here, but I love that! And I love these stories.

Ha ha! It was only the first line of the chorus I was whistling, & in stages so the bird could hear! I can be forgiven for that battiness being only 18 & being completely captivated & besotted with Prince!! Only difference now is that I'm a lot older & slightly less batty however there are some things that will never ever change

SometimesIwonder said:

artist76 said:

funny story!

Can't believe you were trying to "teach" the blackbird a Prince song! But then, there's people collecting P guitar picks and making realistic outfits for tiny P dolls - it's kinda batty in here, but I love that! And I love these stories.

Ha ha! It was only the first line of the chorus I was whistling, & in stages so the bird could hear! I can be forgiven for that battiness being only 18 & being completely captivated & besotted with Prince!! Only difference now is that I'm a lot older & slightly less batty however there are some things that will never ever change

Since MJ is not going away in this topic, now I'm remembering how we got a dog in the Invincible era when I was also 18 and my excitement was soooo high and I had graduated, and I was staying up for hours blasting off all of his music and then was trying to make my dog moonwalk. After that, she got a little hyper for a bit if I played mj loud, but not really with music my mom played.

[Edited 1/27/12 1:49am]

My 9 yr old son and 5 yr old daughter always do the Prince "birdcall"...

i lol everytime.

alphastreet said:

but Prince IS goofy

Yeah but there's a difference between him, a rock star doing it and some dweeb in faded jeans, sneakers, and a JC Penny shirt goin Oh waaa!...

rdhull said:

alphastreet said:

but Prince IS goofy

Yeah but there's a difference between him, a rock star doing it and some dweeb in faded jeans, sneakers, and a JC Penny shirt goin Oh waaa!...

Never knew JC Penny sold Prince T shirts and rock star boots