NouveauDance said:

Adorecream said:

I think I wanted to drown him in the bath rather than myself.

Something's wrong with yall, I love TC's rap!

I know something's wrong with me at least; I can sing the whole rap from memory - that ain't healthy!

Keeed, keeed, I got to do this, I got the noise, I got to do this man! So pump the big noise, come on in the house.....

This here rap's about a true confession, if you listen hard ..... arrrrrggggghhhh, its been zapped into my synapses now.

SoulAlive said:

I remember hearing a rumor that Prince was using Kim Basinger as "bait" in order to get Warner Bros. to fund the movie The story goes that,he convinced them that the red-hot Kim Basinger would co-star in the movie and that's when they got interested and agreed to give Prince the $7 million to make the film.Not sure if this is true,lol.

Originally, Graffiti Bridge was going to be a vehicle for the reborn Time, with Prince staying behind the camera. But Warner Bros. wouldn't go for it, so Prince wrote himself into a new movie.

Later, visitors to Paisley Park saw a version of a script that was allegedly obtuse to the point of near gibberish. "That was just a real rough thirty-page treatment I wrote with Kim," Prince says. "Graffiti Bridge is an entirely different movie."

reading this 1990 interview, Prince was in an almost delusional mindset

Adorecream said:

NouveauDance said:

Something's wrong with yall, I love TC's rap!

I know something's wrong with me at least; I can sing the whole rap from memory - that ain't healthy!

Keeed, keeed, I got to do this, I got the noise, I got to do this man! So pump the big noise, come on in the house.....

This here rap's about a true confession, if you listen hard ..... arrrrrggggghhhh, its been zapped into my synapses now.

OhmiGod! I love it! I love it!

You must know failure before success.....

Love that rap!

Thieves In The Temple

CHORUS:
Love - come quick
Love - come in a hurry
There are thieves in the temple 2night

They don't care where they kick
Just as long as they hurt U
There are thieves in the temple 2night
Love - if U're there come save me
From all this cold despair
I can hang when U're around
But I'll surely die if U're not there

CHORUS

I feel like they're looking 4 my soul (Soul)
Like a poor man looking for gold (Gold)
There are thieves in the temple 2night
Voices from the sky say rely on your best friend 2 pull U through
But even if I wanted 2 I couldn't really truly cuz my only friend is U
Come on
There are thieves in the temple 2night

Kicking me in my heart
Tearing me all apart (Tearing me, tearing me, tearing me all apart)
Cuz me and U could have been a work of art
Thieves in the temple
Baby, don't U know I'm holding on the best that I can
Love - please help me be the better man
Better than the thieves in the temple, in the temple 2night
Oh, thieves in the temple (2night) 2night
Hurt me

CHORUS (Thieves in the temple) {x4}
U said U loved me!
U said I was your baby!
U was supposed 2 take care of me! (Love - come quick)
U lied! (Love - come in a hurry)
Lied! Lied!
Thieves in the temple 2night
Lied!

© 1990 Controversy Music - ASCAP

The best thing about that movie was Ingrid's haircut.

Prince, on the other hand, still owes me a fi' dolla' refund for that mess.

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Now, what time is it?

OldFriends4Sale said:

SoulAlive said:

I remember hearing a rumor that Prince was using Kim Basinger as "bait" in order to get Warner Bros. to fund the movie The story goes that,he convinced them that the red-hot Kim Basinger would co-star in the movie and that's when they got interested and agreed to give Prince the $7 million to make the film.Not sure if this is true,lol.

Originally, Graffiti Bridge was going to be a vehicle for the reborn Time, with Prince staying behind the camera. But Warner Bros. wouldn't go for it, so Prince wrote himself into a new movie.

Later, visitors to Paisley Park saw a version of a script that was allegedly obtuse to the point of near gibberish. "That was just a real rough thirty-page treatment I wrote with Kim," Prince says. "Graffiti Bridge is an entirely different movie."

reading this 1990 interview, Prince was in an almost delusional mindset

I remember that 1990 interview.Prince sounded really defensive about all the negative rumors."People are saying this film is 'Prince's big gamble'....what gamble? I'm sitting here editing a film that I made with someone else's money"

SoulAlive said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Originally, Graffiti Bridge was going to be a vehicle for the reborn Time, with Prince staying behind the camera. But Warner Bros. wouldn't go for it, so Prince wrote himself into a new movie.

Later, visitors to Paisley Park saw a version of a script that was allegedly obtuse to the point of near gibberish. "That was just a real rough thirty-page treatment I wrote with Kim," Prince says. "Graffiti Bridge is an entirely different movie."

reading this 1990 interview, Prince was in an almost delusional mindset

I remember that 1990 interview.Prince sounded really defensive about all the negative rumors."People are saying this film is 'Prince's big gamble'....what gamble? I'm sitting here editing a film that I made with someone else's money"

yeah it was a weird interview, he was covering big time. It was clear he was riding off the 1980s greatness, but didn't have anything to deliver. the Nude tour didn't even feature songs from GB

even though most of the best music was made with the Revolution on that album

The music is awesome but this film sucks ass. There are some tolerable moments but those moments are few and far between. To show appreciation for this film is to state that you have a high tolerance for pain and bullshit.

Prince's hair was on point tho.

Carry on.

SoulAlive said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Originally, Graffiti Bridge was going to be a vehicle for the reborn Time, with Prince staying behind the camera. But Warner Bros. wouldn't go for it, so Prince wrote himself into a new movie.

Later, visitors to Paisley Park saw a version of a script that was allegedly obtuse to the point of near gibberish. "That was just a real rough thirty-page treatment I wrote with Kim," Prince says. "Graffiti Bridge is an entirely different movie."

reading this 1990 interview, Prince was in an almost delusional mindset

I remember that 1990 interview.Prince sounded really defensive about all the negative rumors."People are saying this film is 'Prince's big gamble'....what gamble? I'm sitting here editing a film that I made with someone else's money"

Yes, definitely delusional his royal badness was.

HotGritz said:

The music is awesome but this film sucks ass. There are some tolerable moments but those moments are few and far between. To show appreciation for this film is to state that you have a high tolerance for pain and bullshit.

Prince's hair was on point tho.

Carry on.

Chile' who you tellin'. Ingrid's cut was on point too. The hair stylist for that movie should had been nominated for an Academy Award.

OldFriends4Sale said:

LOL i think i see here what Dave Grohl was talking about..

when he said his ass is "like a peach"! " />" />" />

if some feel that the released version was really bad, take faith that if u read the original script u would be shaking ur head even more.

GB was slated 2 have the lovesexy band in it including sheila, cat with characters named Ruthie Washington and Angel and either atlanta bliss or eric leeds playing a character named Joshua

some of the original songs were 2 have included big tall wall

the original painting is inside of paisley park

but damn i would have loved 2 have been a fly on the wall when prince wanted madonna 2 be in the movie and she flew out 2 paisley park and told him the script was a peace of shit and prince was shell shocked she said that

part of me wonders what GB would have been had it not had been redited like a mug just from some of the outtakes that have surfaced over the years have indicated like the real battle of the latest fashion

but i do agree that the set design leaves u with a claustrophobic sense and when prince flew home during the nude tour 2 film the outside scenes and u see acutal sunshine it's like a breath of air

btw take a look at prince's beard during the sequence of the question of u and u can see he has the indentation cut then it's the full beard again 4 the rest of the movie.

oh and oldfriends4sale, eric leeds and atlanta bliss are in the movie during we can funk, it's a one shot close up of them

i can say tho that tc's jacket during that sequence is dope!

u just wonder what jill's role really could have been just based on some of the shots that were done after she drops the draws in the middle of the street

but her and prince really weren't speaking 2 each other at the time too

Ive always said that GB as a movie, was shite! But as a video clip it was farken brilliant!!

And it has one of his greatest songs in Question of U, but the worst in the title song.

Oh, and the best Prince look during this period as well.

L4OATheOriginal said:

if some feel that the released version was really bad, take faith that if u read the original script u would be shaking ur head even more.

GB was slated 2 have the lovesexy band in it including sheila, cat with characters named Ruthie Washington and Angel and either atlanta bliss or eric leeds playing a character named Joshua

some of the original songs were 2 have included big tall wall

the original painting is inside of paisley park

but damn i would have loved 2 have been a fly on the wall when prince wanted madonna 2 be in the movie and she flew out 2 paisley park and told him the script was a peace of shit and prince was shell shocked she said that

part of me wonders what GB would have been had it not had been redited like a mug just from some of the outtakes that have surfaced over the years have indicated like the real battle of the latest fashion

but i do agree that the set design leaves u with a claustrophobic sense and when prince flew home during the nude tour 2 film the outside scenes and u see acutal sunshine it's like a breath of air

btw take a look at prince's beard during the sequence of the question of u and u can see he has the indentation cut then it's the full beard again 4 the rest of the movie.

oh and oldfriends4sale, eric leeds and atlanta bliss are in the movie during we can funk, it's a one shot close up of them

i can say tho that tc's jacket during that sequence is dope!

u just wonder what jill's role really could have been just based on some of the shots that were done after she drops the draws in the middle of the street

but her and prince really weren't speaking 2 each other at the time too

A movie with the Lovesexy band would have been cool. But the GB film would have made them look bad

Wasn't this supposed to co-star Madonna? I wonder how that would have worked out?

01. can't stop this feeling I got

02. new power generation

03. elephants & flowers

05. the question of U

06. we can funk

07. joy in repetition

08. tick tick bang

09. thieves in the temple (long)

10. still would stand all time

that's a pretty sweet album. the album and movie both suffered from the

same thing: no real direction and everything all at once.

I absolutely hate Graffiti Bridge (the movie), and am relatively indifferent to the album.

Shit, I almost got my ass kicked for the talking some buddies of mine into renting the

video at our local video store (I didn't see it in the theatre because it played it had

a run that lasted about as long as it takes a cup of coffee to cool).

It's a movie devoid of any sense of drama. The protagonist (the kid) is boring and

lifeless, and you never get a sense of why the club is so important to him. Sure you

get it in dialogue to some extent, and you hear about his 'dad', etc., but dialogue

that explains human dynamics is....cheap. There's no visceral connection to the

character's plight anymore than there is a feeling that any of the characters are

any more than props (including the damned protagonist) to some very hoakie

script.

It really is one of the worst movies ever concieved and executed.

And what made it even worse was the fact that there were no stellar musical

performances anywhere in the movie. Nothing that had the same grit and energy

as Prince & The Revolution or The TIme had in Purple Rain. The performances

were damned near lifeless, the stage was like a mix of the SOTT stage and

something I'd expect to see if teenage starlette, Blossom, had decided to have

a go at a music and movie career herself.

The album was ok though. I like several of the songs (and loved them when they

were first released, though they didn't stick).

I thought the single "Theives in the Temple" was boring as hell, and certainly

lacked the imagination of LoveSexy's best or of any of his 80's singles.

Honestly, if Prince had removed all the non-Prince tracks on the album, created

an album cover that was a bit better, didn't attach it to a dreadful movie, and

released the album the way he did ATWIAD, I probably would have praised it.

But, like some RollingStone critic once said, [I'm paraphrasing] "Ordinary artists just make duds; this guy specializes in public-relations catastrophes that confuse his loyal following and erode his stature as the major genre-busting innovator."

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I've said this before, I'll say it again - that the songs and performances make up for how crappy the rest of the movie is, and both Ingrid Chavez and Prince were at their hottest during this era.

All those factors make the movie worth seeing.

Revolution said:

Wasn't this supposed to co-star Madonna? I wonder how that would have worked out?

Yes

OldFriends4Sale said:

Elephants & Flowers performance

^

those pics, just AMAZING...

I Elephants & Flowers....

Prince had just gained back a lot of public interest w the Batman album which had a hit single and sold well. Then he goes and sabotages that (abit of a habit of his, no?) with a patchy, at best average album and abysmal film which to this day I cannot sit thru for more than a few minutes it is that unwatchable!

PR was well directed and had electrifying musical performances. And a decent enough script. It also had sex scenes and sex appeal. GB ain't got none of that. The atmosphere is like a friggin morgue. the characters of GB are as 1 dimensional as the cheap sets. We are not shown enough about them to give a shit what happens becuase there is no emotional connection whatsoever.

Joy in Rep, Question of U, Can't Stop.., NPG, Thieves, Elephants & flowers, Still Would Stand All Time save the album from total mediocrity

The Nude tour, which was awesome, is pretty much the only good thing Prince accomplished that year!

Where do I begin with 'Graffiti Bridge'?

It's such a weird concept..The title alone is one that seemingly just came to him out of no where.LOL

The movie is a very enlightening GUMBO of so many themes in one.

I like many ;don't look at this as a 'Sequel' to Purple Rain by no means. Haha

I love Ingrid Chavez! She is special to me. I love her poetry, and she is also just very delightful. She made the movie much more believable. Haha.

The only album highlights for me are: Joy In Repetition, Round & Round (YES I SAID IT..lol) Graffiti Bridge (I said it again..LOVE THAT SONG FOR SOME REASON..lol), Melody Cool, Elephants & Flowers, The Question Of U, Thieves In The Temple, Still Would Stand All Time, Can't Stop This Feeling I Got, And New Power Generation (Pt.I & II).

I can do without all the rest of them. With the exception of possibly Love Machine. BUT for the most part; this album I would give a 7/10 rating. It's not one that really delivers at the intention Prince had in mind, IMO.

I think I can see where he wanted to go with it, but to me this was a step in the wrong direction right after 'Lovesexy' & 'Batman'.

It's still no where near as bad as some people would like to believe, IMO.

The message just suffers underneath so much activity going on. The songs were not placed correctly, the angels were all over the place, and to me it seemed 'PUSHED'.

It did not have the humor and flow as Purple Rain & Under The Cherry Moon had. It just seemed a bit forced, and too late coming after the events where he was inspired. (The Black Album and Ingrid's influence)

SO YEAH...

7/10! Haha

I appreciate the music I highlighted though. I find myself listening more to it often. I had a greater appreciation for it when I first found out about it. Now, it's died down a bit.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Side two

1. "Elephants & Flowers" – 3:54 the title track was updated from the 1987 recording

Initial tracking took place on 6 October, 1988 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (during two days off from the Lovesexy Tour, between shows in Toronto, ON, Canada and Hampton, VA, USA, on the same day as Still Would Stand All Time). This version contained different verses than the released version, but contains the same chorus. It was initially included on a configuration of the Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic album, dated 27 October, 1988, but was removed for the late 1988 - early 1989 configuration

i guess we don't know the different verses?

NouveauDance said:

Lots of tied up lose ends in this project (musically and ideas from early movie ideas), and the whole thing is like a congealing splatter of cum on the wall after the massive orgasm of the early/mid 80s.

i like the way you put that

I've put graffiti bridge off long enough watched it loved it!