One of the things I try to do with the things I direct -- namely for our acts

-- is go for the different, the out-of-the-norm, the avant purple, so to speak. -Prince 1985

I just want your extra time and your... kiss

Love will conquer if U just believe

Life is precious baby, love is so rare

United all 4 love
Revolution, put the groove on the bus

Singles

Kiss (extended version)

Mountains (extended version)

Girls & Boys

Anotherloverholenyohead (extended version)

B Sides

♥ or $ (extended version)

Alexis de Paris (long take)

Outtaks
Old Friends 4 Sale

Little Girl Wendy's Parade

There Are Other's Here With Us

In All My Dreams

Heaven

An Honest Man

...going 2 include A Love Bizarre & Mia Bocca Screams of Passion Mutiny + 100MPH

The Players

2 numerous to list ...

video directors

Kiss-Rebecca Blake,

Mountains video directed - Prince

Girls & Boys -

AnotherLover...-Daniel Kleinman

Kiss video

featuring

Prince

Wendy Melvoin -guitar

Monique Manning -dancer

Rebecca Blake

Born in Belgium, Blake grew up in the United States and studied at New Yorks High School of Music and Art and afterwards, at New York University. Her distinctive style of fashion and beauty photography put her in demand by some of the worlds most prestigious clients, including Estee Lauder, Revlon, Avon, Clairol, Elizabeth Arden, Yves Saint Laurent, Nikon, Polaroid, Michelob, Seagrams, Piaget and others. Her editorial work has been published in Vogue, Esquire, Spin, Zoom, Harpers Bazaar, NY Times Magazine and Rolling Stone.

Her book of Photography, ?Forbidden Dreams, was published by Quartet Books, London. Blakes photography work has been exhibited at The Brooklyn Museum, The International Center of Photography (ICP), The Witkin Gallery, Nikon House Gallery, The Rizzoli Gallery, and The Light Gallery.

Her debut as a live action director was the Prince music video Kiss, which won an American Video Award as video-of-the-year. She went onto direct several more videos for Prince, including Cream (which won the MTV best dance video award) and for other artists such as Babyface, Vanessa Williams, Sheena Easton, rock legends Kiss, George Benson, Billie Myers, Carmen Electra and Michael Bolton.

The music video is directed by Rebecca Blake. In the plot of the video, Prince performs dance choreography in a hall accompanying with the veiled dancer Monique Manning wearing a black lingerie, aviator sunglasses while Revolution member Wendy Melvoin is sitting playing guitar.

theres others here with us is my jam

An awesome era of Prince music!

Excellent info. Thank you

[Edited 9/5/12 10:31am]

Uh!

U don't have 2 be beautiful 2 turn me on
I just need your body, baby, from dusk till dawn
U don't need experience 2 turn me out
U just leave it all up 2 me, I'm gonna show U what it's all about

CHORUS:
U don't have 2 be rich 2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool 2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your... kiss

U got 2 not talk dirty, baby, if U wanna impress me
U can't be 2 flirty, mama, I know how 2 undress me (Yeah)
I want 2 be your fantasy, maybe U could be mine
U just leave it all up 2 me, we could have a good time

CHORUS

Yes, oh
I think I wanna dance, uh
Gotta, gotta, oh
Little Girl Wendy's Parade
Gotta, gotta, gotta

Women, not girls, rule my world, I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama, not your shoe size, maybe we could do the twirl
U don't have 2 watch Dynasty 2 have an attitude, uh
U just leave it all up 2 me, my love will be your food (Yeah)

U don't have 2 be rich 2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool 2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm compatible with!
I just want your extra time and your... kiss

Kiss is a 1986 single by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Parade. "Kiss" started as a short acoustic demo, about a minute in length, with one verse and the chorus. Prince gave the song to the funk band Mazarati for their debut album. Mazarati BrownMark & producer David Z. drastically reworked the song, giving it its stripped-down minimalist sound. When Mazarati delivered the song to Prince, he was amazed at their work and decided to take back the song for himself. He replaced their lead vocal, added the guitar break in the chorus and edited the song to its present form. Mazarati were credited for their backing vocals, which Prince left intact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(song)

A Kiss (Extended Version) 7:16
Arranged By - David Z.
Backing Vocals - Mazarati, Jill Jones

The 12" single of the song is an extension of the album track. The extended section is based on the funky guitar line and contains much fuller instrumentation than the main track, including bass, keys and horns. New lyrics are present from Prince with Jill Jones that ends with a humorous dialogue between a wife and her husband watching Prince on television. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(song)

U don't have 2 be rich 2 be my girl
U don't have 2 be cool 2 rule my world
Ain't no particular sign I'm compatible with!
I just want your extra time and your... kiss

Woman overboard, everybody on the ground
10 toes goin' up, 10 toes goin' down
Got the gun pointin' at 'cha
We're never gonna cut our hair
(Come here, let me cut that hair) No!

Gotta, gotta
(My body wanna tell U 2 take control)
(This way 2 this purple soul)

Oh, pretty mama, I think I wanna ride

Sophie, 4 God's sake
If U touch the television, I'll kill U Sophie

Sol, can U please change the channel 4 God's sake?
I don't care, leave it alone, sit down!

I can't stand David Letterman, he looks like a banker

U don't have 2 watch Dynasty 2 have an attitude
Leave it all up 2 me, my love will be, will be your food
Everybody will have short hair
Let's cut it, mama! (Pretty mama)
I think I wanna ride
Put the daddy in the front seat, me and the girl outside
I just want your extra time and your... kiss

Oh my God, isn't that Prince on television, Sol? {fade out}

OK Sophie, it's obvious
No, wait a minute, I bought this television
Why'd... why U ruin it 4 me 4 God's sake?

Is he the strangest lookin' thing U've ever seen or what?

U wanna talk strange Sophie? OK, let's talk strange

Sol, don't U touch that channel!
Leave it alone, Sol!

Sophie, U're strange, I'm changin' the channel

Sol, do U... do U value your life?
Sit down Sol!

What a fantastic time to be a Prince fan

♥ or $

The B-side of Kiss was the funky ♥ or $ (Love or Money), sung in a processed, higher-pitched vocal, which Prince would later use for his Camille material. The song relates to the theme in Under the Cherry Moon and a bit of the song was heard in the film, as was a bit of the extended version of Kiss. quoted from wikipedia

Initial tracking took place on 9 July, 1985 at the Washington Avenue Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA (the day before Neon Telephone). quoted from Prince Vault.com

Baby, nothing come 4 free now
If U want 2 be with me now
What's it gonna be now?
Is it love or is it money?

Tell me, tell me what's your name?
What's your claim 2 fame?
U see, I don't like silly games
Is it love or is it money?

Tell me what's on your mind?
Are we just makin' time?
Will our spirits rhyme?
Is it love or is it money? Yeah

Showtime, uh
I'm gonna shake my hips 2 the east
Shake my hip 2 the west
Till U make up your mind
That my hip is the best
I said "Uh"

I said baby, let me take U by the hand
Make U understand
That I... I ain't no silly man
Got 2 let me know, is it love or is it money?

Nothing come 4 free now
If U want 2 be with me now
What's it gonna be now?
Is it love or is it money? Yeah

Listen
Talk a little

Take U by the hand
Make U understand
That I ain't no silly man

He was bad, he was fresh
All the women say he was the best
He had money up 2 his neck
But it didn't mean a heck
The boy was in need of some diehard pussy
The kinda drawers that last
Heck-a-buff, good God, I wantcha

Love
Baby, baby, baby...
(Love or the money)

We could play 4 days
If U get tired, uh, give me that mayonnaise

Revolution, put the groove on the bus
Don't worry about me, don't worry about us

Hey, baby
Hey, what it is
Love or money
Showtime, uh!
What?
I... I...

Nothing come 4 free now
If U wanna be with me now
Ah, don't get me wrong mama
U, heck-a-buff, I wantcha
U got 2 let me know, yeah

Revolution, put the groove on the bus
Out of town, Lord, don't worry about us
Gimme that, gimme that Vaseline
Oh, got 2 slide, the girls know what I mean
Uh, Lord

Cool, cool, cool, cool
Let it loose, let it loose
What it is?
Love

Others Here With Us is an unreleased track recorded on 20 April, 1985 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA (three days after Wendy's Parade, New Position, I Wonder U and Under The Cherry Moon, on the same day as Old Friends 4 Sale and Tibet, and the day before Life Can Be So Nice and Sometimes It Snows In April). It was included as the fifth track on a 1 May, 1985 configuration of Parade, but was removed before the album's release. -from princevault

Others Here With Us
When I'm alone, my mind takes a drive
Through chocolate religion and spirits alive
All I was brought up in this world 2 know
Is lost when a demon swallows them whole

CHORUS:
There's others here with us
There's others here with us, I know

It's strange how your mind works when Love is in power
One learns 2 care and appreciate a flower
What makes others want 2 change your mind?
All the things I've seen, life is so sublime

CHORUS

7-month-old baby died in her sleep
The parents went crazy and cried 4 a week
They swore they heard her laugh in the crib by the wall
They're convinced she's with us if she's anything at all

There's others here with us
There's others here with us, I know (I know)

Bobby had an uncle who took a string
And wrapped his neck around it, a pitiful thing
If only we can turn back the hands of time
Except there's others here with us, life is sublime

There's others here with us
There's others here with us, I know (I know)

All the things I've seen

CHORUS

Others Here With Us
Prince's experimental frame of mind is evident on this track, a dark, strange number with a stark instrumentation made up of tribal-like drumming and various sound effects, such as someone weeping. Prince's vocals are harsh and confused, matching the nightmarish lyrics mentioning death and suicide. Recorded during the Parade sessions,

The video was nominated in Best Video category at the 7th Minnesota Music Awards (on 16 April 1987).

Starring Prince, Eric Leeds, Wendy & Susannah Melvoin, BrownMark, Bobby Z, Mico Weaver, Matt Fink, Lisa Colemen, Jerome Benton Wally Safford & Gregory Brooks

Studio de la Victorine, Nice, France 22 November, 1985

Initial tracking took place on 8 July, 1985 at the Washington Avenue Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA. Clare Fischer arranged and recorded orchestration for the song at some point in mid-late 1985 at Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA, but Prince preferred the track without orchestration, and chose to use the track without orchestration for the final release.

Girls and boys!

He only knew her 4 a little while
But he had grown accustomed 2 her style
She had the cutest ass he ever seen
But he did 2, they were meant 2 be
They loved 2 kiss on the steps of Versailles
It looked like rain, mama, birds do fly

CHORUS:
I love U baby, I love U so much
Maybe we can stay in touch
Meet me in another world, space, and joy
Vous êtes très belle, mama, girls and boys {U're very pretty, ...}

He gave her all the love that anyone can
But she was promised 2 another man
He tried so hard not 2 go insane
Birds do fly, it looks like rain

CHORUS

Life is precious baby, love is so rare
I could take the breakup if U say that U care
He had 2 run away, his pride was 2 strong
It started raining, baby, the birds were gone, oh

Maybe (CHORUS)
Meet me in another world
Vous êtes très belle, mama, girls and boys

I want U, baby (CHORUS)
Maybe we can play 2day
Vous êtes très belle, girls and boys

Girls & Boys background voices by Sheila E & Lisa on the left Susannah & Wendy on the right
the French seduction on Girls & Boys is performed by Marie France
Eric Leeds plays the horn on Girls & Boys

Trumpet by Atlanta Bliss

Vous étiez de l'autre côté de la salle

{U were on the other end of the room}

Vous dansiez si fort je sentais votre parfum

{U were dancing so hard I could smell your perfume}

Votre sourire me dit que nous devrions nous parler...

{Your smile tells me that we should talk...}

Sur la piste de dance, baby

{On the dance floor, baby}

Fais cet appel pour moi

{Make that call 4 me}

Oh oui, baby - sexe et repos

{Oh yes, baby - sex and rest}

Et ne résistez pas

{And U won't resist it}

Vous savez que vous aimerez ca, baby, oh ouah

{U know U'll like that, baby, oh ow!}

Je vous enlacerai avec mes jambes, baby

{I will wrap my legs around U, baby}

Pendant des heures je veux vous étonner, baby

{4 hours and hours I want 2 amaze U, baby}

Fleurs dans votre bain, amour dans vos draps

{Flowers in your bath, love in your sheets}

Faire l'amour, faire l'amour - où nous rencontrerons-nous?

{Make love, make love - where will we meet?}

CHORUS

I want U baby, I want U so much (CHORUS)
Maybe, maybe we can stay in touch
Another world, space
Lips, face

Happiness in its uncut form
Is the feeling that I get in your warm, warm...
Happy's what I get when we do what we do
Happiness, mama, is being with U ... good Lord

Meet me somewhere after dawn ... Lord

(I love U baby, I love U so much)
(Maybe we can stay in touch)
(I love u baby, I love U so much)
Vous êtes très belle (Maybe we can stay in touch {x4})
So like I saw U from across the room and..
Honey, U danced so hard I smelled your perfume
And the look on your lips said that a..
We could talk some more, some more on the dance floor baby

Hear the words I'm sayin' (CHORUS)
Feel the sex I'm layin'
Naughty's what I wanna be with U 2night, 2night
Vous êtes très belle, mama, girls and boys

Vous êtes très belle, mama, girls and boys
Vous êtes très belle, mama, girls and boys
Vous êtes très belle, mama, girls and boys
Girls and boys

© 1986 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Under the Cherry Moon... The record (Parade) is fantastic. It was a very, very loaded time. There was lots of stuff going on, but, the record was amazing. The “Girls and Boys” music video was shot in Nice on the set of the film. It was actually fantastic. I remember it being really grand. There we were in Nice and it was so beautiful there. It was just kind of a magical time. I felt like a princess. I think all us girls did, because of the hair and makeup. We were like “Oh my God, this is fantastic! Do me!” It was really fun.

http://beautifulnightschi...-with.html

OldFriends4Sale said:

Singles

Kiss (extended version)

Mountains (extended version)

Girls & Boys

Anotherloverholenyohead (extended version)

B Sides

♥ or $ (extended version)

Alexis de Paris (long take)

How many official versions of Alexa de Paris are there? Is the 7" different than the 12"?

djThunderfunk said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Singles

Kiss (extended version)

Mountains (extended version)

Girls & Boys

Anotherloverholenyohead (extended version)

B Sides

♥ or $ (extended version)

Alexis de Paris (long take)

How many official versions of Alexa de Paris are there? Is the 7" different than the 12"?

I would assume it's different just from it's extension

Alexa De Paris was released as the b-side of Mountains, the second single from Prince's eighth album Parade, the third to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. Unusually, the extended version was also included as a b-side on the European CD single of Letitgo eight years later. The track is also heard in Prince's second film Under The Cherry Moon.

OldFriends4Sale said:

djThunderfunk said:

How many official versions of Alexa de Paris are there? Is the 7" different than the 12"?

I would assume it's different just from it's extension

Alexa De Paris was released as the b-side of Mountains, the second single from Prince's eighth album Parade, the third to be credited to Prince and the Revolution. Unusually, the extended version was also included as a b-side on the European CD single of Letitgo eight years later. The track is also heard in Prince's second film Under The Cherry Moon.

Just checked The Vault, you're right, 2 versions, the 12" is Extended Version.

photography by Jeff Katz

OldFriends4Sale said:

Ahh, a Roland G-707 guitar synth. You don't see them any more. This guitar was used quite frequently during the Parade gigs.

Following the smash success of its predecessor "Kiss", "Girls & Boys" peaked at number 11 in the UK charts, but was not released as a single in America. Prince's former drummer, Bobby Z. later commented that the song may have helped the entire album and film achieve bigger success, 'second singles sometimes weren't right... "Kiss" was a complete smash and set the album up huge. In my opinion it should then have been "Girls & Boys", not "Mountains"'. The music video for the single consisted of clips from the film and separately-shot footage of The Revolution, including Prince's then-fiancee Susannah Melvoin.

"Girls & Boys" is a funk offering featuring both live drumming as well as Linn drum machine. The keyboard hook is a peculiar duck-like sound. This is the first official Prince single to include saxophone contributions of Eric Leeds. The lyrics speak of characters similar to Christopher and Mary from Under the Cherry Moon, although their actions are not seen in the film. The song includes a seduction spoken by Marie France in French, as well as an early attempt by Prince to deliver a short rap. Background vocals are Sheila E., Wendy & Lisa, and Susannah Melvoin.

-wikipedia quoted

TheDigitalGardener said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Ahh, a Roland G-707 guitar synth. You don't see them any more. This guitar was used quite frequently during the Parade gigs.

Is that the same guitar type Prince had 4 Lovesexy?

OldFriends4Sale said:

One of the things I try to do with the things I direct -- namely for our acts

-- is go for the different, the out-of-the-norm, the avant purple, so to speak. -Prince 1985

I just want your extra time and your... kiss

Love will conquer if U just believe

Life is precious baby, love is so rare

United all 4 love
Revolution, put the groove on the bus

Singles

Kiss (extended version)

Mountains (extended version)

Girls & Boys

Anotherloverholenyohead (extended version)

B Sides

♥ or $ (extended version)

Alexis de Paris (long take)

Outtaks
Old Friends 4 Sale

Little Girl Wendy's Parade

There Are Other's Here With Us

In All My Dreams

Heaven

An Honest Man

The Players

2 numerous to list ...

video directors

Kiss-Rebecca Blake,

Mountains video directed - Prince

Girls & Boys -

AnotherLover...-Daniel Kleinman

The b-sides and outtakes from this album/period weren´t that great imo.

Old friends 4 sale and others are ok, the 12" version from Anotherloverholenyohead is great.

Weak compared to the b sides from ATWIAD.