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Post any songs from other artists that pay homage/tribute or even attempt to impersonate Prince, good or bad.

Starting with the most obvious.

More to come, hopefully.

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first time i listen to JC Chasez, i am impress!

laardilla10 said:

first time i listen to JC Chasez, i am impress!

Actually his debut was an enjoyable record, but in that particular song (100 Ways) he doesn't seem to offer anything memorable but a mere bland impersonation of Prince. He's a good vocalist, I'd say a stronger vocalist than his former bandmate JT.

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THIS is why I dont like P's music nowaday.

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Its because P sounds like every other R&B artist oiut there, and THAT's why these songs sound alike.

callimnate said:

THIS is why I dont like P's music nowaday.

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Its because P sounds like every other R&B artist oiut there, and THAT's why these songs sound alike.

Or do they sound like him?

I'm in love with OK Go's "White Knuckles" and Felix Da Housecat's "We All Wanna Be Prince", check the official vids on YT, it's worth the ride

databank said:

I'm in love with OK Go's "White Knuckles" and Felix Da Housecat's "We All Wanna Be Prince", check the official vids on YT, it's worth the ride

From a review at the time of OK Go's Of the Blue Colour of the Sky...

http://www.everybodytaste...ok-go.html



The band, itself, was pretty up front about being inspired by Purple Rain.

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Graycap23 said:

Whoa...nice!

Maybe a bit of a stretch, but who knows.

My Morning Jacket - Highly Suspicious

Peanut butter pudding surprise

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vikfunk said:

Maybe a bit of a stretch, but who knows.

Seriously?! Freddie Mercury and Queen were established long before Prince came along. If anything, Prince drew from them.

xpertluva said:

callimnate said:

THIS is why I dont like P's music nowaday.

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Its because P sounds like every other R&B artist oiut there, and THAT's why these songs sound alike.

Or do they sound like him?

I could name you 100 songs that sound like Supercute, but I bet you couldnt name me one that sounds like Computer Blue.

The chorus is obviously Remy reaching out to Prince

3:53, Of course...

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Here's an interesting one

Paul Draper (singer/songwriter in Mansun) said:

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Otherwise it bears pretty much no resemblence

LEWISTAYLORFAN said:

Go on groove shark search Lewis Taylor 'you got me thinking' completely rip off Prince. Sorry hard to put link up google. It's funky starts out like tap dripping lol

I love Lewis. I'm certain he's a big fan of Prince but to his credit he never mentioned it publicly the way D'angelo always does (which irks me sometimes). I believe musically Lewis is more influenced by Todd Rundgren, Syd Barrett, and Marvin Gaye instead of Prince.

jaawwnn said:

Here's an interesting one

Paul Draper (singer/songwriter in Mansun) said:

I overdubbed some choppy chords and then I varispeeded the tape down in the stylee of 'Erotic City' by Prince

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I wanted to put a bit of Prince like stops so I got the idea for doing a stop bit from Prince's live shows where he'd put 3 fingers up and the band would do 3 hits on the beat, we tried it in the live room and kept the best take.

Otherwise it bears pretty much no resemblence

I couldn't hear anything Princesque in that song

vikfunk said:

LEWISTAYLORFAN said:

vikfunk said:

I love Lewis. I'm certain he's a big fan of Prince but to his credit he never mentioned it publicly the way D'angelo always does (which irks me sometimes). I believe musically Lewis is more influenced by Todd Rundgren, Syd Barrett, and Marvin Gaye instead of Prince.

Listen to that song.

I know that song. Nothing too "Prince" about it. Betterlove sounds a bit more like Prince, vocal harmony-wise, and the similarities stop there.

I'm surprised that this thread is 25 replies long and this hasn't been posted yet. The original Prince Lookalike/Soundalike song:




Duran Duran, during their 'we've run out of ideas, Kiss was a great song, wasn't it' phase:




Outkast - She Lives In My Lap. Ballad of Dorothy Parker anyone? Let's call it homage:




Ween - LMLYP. More of a cover version than homage / impersonation, so counts as a tribute I guess:

I've posted it before.

But I still love it, it's my favorite Prince tribute song.

vikfunk said: