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Thread started 03/13/03 11:37pm

1nonly

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Hidden stuff in "Purple Rain" movie?

I'm sure it's been asked before... but in Purple Rain, in the scene when appolonia is listening to the recording that prince has of a girl crying backwards... there is spoken dialogue that is also reversed... does anyone know what is being said on that recording?

While on the topics of recorded backwards stuff... during the live concert on the official release of Price live there is a part where backwards dialogue is played and heard during the concert, does anyone know what is being said here???

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Reply #1 posted 03/13/03 11:39pm

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what year of Prince live?
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Reply #2 posted 03/13/03 11:44pm

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vjh said:

what year of Prince live?

Prince and the Revolution live, i think in chicago.. it was during the purple rain days... it was an official release by warner brothers, on VHS...
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Reply #3 posted 03/13/03 11:44pm

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Reply #4 posted 03/13/03 11:45pm

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vjh said:

what year of Prince live?


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Reply #5 posted 03/13/03 11:46pm

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Reply #6 posted 03/13/03 11:48pm

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I'm not referring to the end of "darling nikki" i mean it's played as part of a segue piece during the concert...

the other thing is a backwards dialogue that's played during the movie "Purple Rain"... watch it again, you'll see which scene I mean... it's obvious it's backwards, but I don't know what it says.
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Reply #7 posted 03/13/03 11:53pm

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1nonly said:

vjh said:

what year of Prince live?

Prince and the Revolution live, i think in chicago.. it was during the purple rain days... it was an official release by warner brothers, on VHS...
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Reply #8 posted 03/13/03 11:59pm

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langebleu said:

1nonly said:

vjh said:

what year of Prince live?

Prince and the Revolution live, i think in chicago.. it was during the purple rain days... it was an official release by warner brothers, on VHS...
Syracuse, NY



You're RIGHT!!! and i even have the tape and i forgot that one... thanks.
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Reply #9 posted 03/14/03 2:16am

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1nonly said:

I'm not referring to the end of "darling nikki" i mean it's played as part of a segue piece during the concert...

the other thing is a backwards dialogue that's played during the movie "Purple Rain"... watch it again, you'll see which scene I mean... it's obvious it's backwards, but I don't know what it says.

I think I know what you're talking about, it's at the begginning of "the beautiful ones", right?
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Reply #10 posted 03/14/03 2:35am

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lovebizzare said:

1nonly said:

I'm not referring to the end of "darling nikki" i mean it's played as part of a segue piece during the concert...

the other thing is a backwards dialogue that's played during the movie "Purple Rain"... watch it again, you'll see which scene I mean... it's obvious it's backwards, but I don't know what it says.

I think I know what you're talking about, it's at the begginning of "the beautiful ones", right?

yeah, definitely...that's exactly the part that I'm talking about in the concert... right at the end of the backwards message prince says in concert, "The Beautiful Ones, you always seem to lose...the beautiful ones you always seem to lose" and then the drum loop for that song begins. Yup! that't the part I'm talking about, I would like to know what the heck is being said there.
Walking alone in the dark, I see nothing u see
I can be in a park, or flying in the…in the deep sea
I wish u’d hold my hand; then everything could b
There’s nothing strange, we’re not deranged
We only want everyday 2 b a Cosmic Day
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Reply #11 posted 03/14/03 4:52am

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1nonly said:

lovebizzare said:

1nonly said:

I'm not referring to the end of "darling nikki" i mean it's played as part of a segue piece during the concert...

the other thing is a backwards dialogue that's played during the movie "Purple Rain"... watch it again, you'll see which scene I mean... it's obvious it's backwards, but I don't know what it says.

I think I know what you're talking about, it's at the begginning of "the beautiful ones", right?

yeah, definitely...that's exactly the part that I'm talking about in the concert... right at the end of the backwards message prince says in concert, "The Beautiful Ones, you always seem to lose...the beautiful ones you always seem to lose" and then the drum loop for that song begins. Yup! that't the part I'm talking about, I would like to know what the heck is being said there.

oh yes i remember now, i dont know what it says there , sorry, i also have a cd of that concert and i saw that tour and still i havent a clue
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Reply #12 posted 03/15/03 12:05am

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it sounds like an argument or something...
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Reply #13 posted 03/19/03 10:10am

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I think that drum loop with the girl crying, is one of the most amazing pieces of music Prince has ever created. It is the same loop in 'When doevs cry'
Also, the piece of music after is amazing too. I assume this is an instrumental version of 'God' though the vocal version only sounds vaguely like it.
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Reply #14 posted 03/19/03 12:11pm

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gainsbourg said:

I think that drum loop with the girl crying, is one of the most amazing pieces of music Prince has ever created. It is the same loop in 'When doevs cry'
Also, the piece of music after is amazing too. I assume this is an instrumental version of 'God' though the vocal version only sounds vaguely like it.



...i think it's not new, but ...erm...prabably 4 some:

This drum loop is exactly the same as the song 'Noon Rendevous' on the 'Glamorous Life' LP by Sheila E.

Great scary sound...
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Reply #15 posted 03/19/03 12:17pm

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Yes, what was that about 'God'??
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Reply #16 posted 03/19/03 2:29pm

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Are you guys talking about the part when Appolonia comes to Prince's room for the first time and the tape is playing of the girl crying reversed? If so, is the name of that song "God"? The version I have on 12' doesn't sound like that one, though. It must be a different version in the movie, huh?
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Reply #17 posted 03/19/03 2:32pm

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No,no..I love that drum loop with the girl crying. But, I'm talking about the instrumental piece of music, afterwards, when Prince and Appollonia are getting frisky. I think that is an instrumental version of 'God' though it only sounds vaguely like it. Can someone please verify this??
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Reply #18 posted 03/19/03 5:49pm

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Well, what about fathers song. That must be it.


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Reply #19 posted 03/19/03 9:55pm

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The vocal from the Purple Rain concerts is Wendy & Prince saying THE DANCE ELECTRIC backwards,

hope this helps!
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Reply #20 posted 03/19/03 10:26pm

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eroica29 said:

The vocal from the Purple Rain concerts is Wendy & Prince saying THE DANCE ELECTRIC backwards,

hope this helps!



Yeah - it's reversed portions of the background vocals from Prince & The Revolution's "The Dance Electric".
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Reply #21 posted 03/19/03 10:39pm

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1nonly said:

vjh said:

what year of Prince live?

Prince and the Revolution live, i think in chicago.. it was during the purple rain days... it was an official release by warner brothers, on VHS...



Not CHicago, Syracuse Carrier Dome in NY
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Reply #22 posted 03/19/03 10:56pm

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okaypimpn said:

Are you guys talking about the part when Appolonia comes to Prince's room for the first time and the tape is playing of the girl crying reversed? If so, is the name of that song "God"? The version I have on 12' doesn't sound like that one, though. It must be a different version in the movie, huh?


GOD Instrumental - it is AWESOME - soloing up there with "Joy In Repetition" - BETTER, in my pinion.

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Reply #23 posted 03/19/03 11:01pm

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eroica29 said:

The vocal from the Purple Rain concerts is Wendy & Prince saying THE DANCE ELECTRIC backwards,

hope this helps!

how do you know this??? just curious...I can't get my vhs player to play it backwards yet but if i fidget with it I might...
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Reply #24 posted 03/19/03 11:41pm

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pejman said:

eroica29 said:

The vocal from the Purple Rain concerts is Wendy & Prince saying THE DANCE ELECTRIC backwards,

hope this helps!

how do you know this??? just curious...I can't get my vhs player to play it backwards yet but if i fidget with it I might...


I dubbed the part from the laserdisc of Prince and the Revolution Live to a blank disc in my CDR recorder (I have a stand-alone Philips unit) and then put that finalized disc into my computer and used the Adaptec CD Writer software to reverse it and viola - "The Dance Electric"!
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Reply #25 posted 03/20/03 12:05am

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Jestyr said:

pejman said:

eroica29 said:

The vocal from the Purple Rain concerts is Wendy & Prince saying THE DANCE ELECTRIC backwards,

hope this helps!

how do you know this??? just curious...I can't get my vhs player to play it backwards yet but if i fidget with it I might...


I dubbed the part from the laserdisc of Prince and the Revolution Live to a blank disc in my CDR recorder (I have a stand-alone Philips unit) and then put that finalized disc into my computer and used the Adaptec CD Writer software to reverse it and viola - "The Dance Electric"!

VERY INTERESTING...is it the song or just wendy and prince saying the dance electric?? I luv this kinda stuff...expirimenting is the bomb...ya never know what you will find eh...
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Reply #26 posted 03/20/03 12:09am

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pejman said:

Jestyr said:

pejman said:

eroica29 said:

The vocal from the Purple Rain concerts is Wendy & Prince saying THE DANCE ELECTRIC backwards,

hope this helps!

how do you know this??? just curious...I can't get my vhs player to play it backwards yet but if i fidget with it I might...


I dubbed the part from the laserdisc of Prince and the Revolution Live to a blank disc in my CDR recorder (I have a stand-alone Philips unit) and then put that finalized disc into my computer and used the Adaptec CD Writer software to reverse it and viola - "The Dance Electric"!

VERY INTERESTING...is it the song or just wendy and prince saying the dance electric?? I luv this kinda stuff...expirimenting is the bomb...ya never know what you will find eh...


It's just the isolated background vocal tracks - no music. Mainly Wendy's double tracked voice I think. I have to dig up that old CDR.
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Reply #27 posted 03/20/03 12:14am

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Someone recently posted a very interesting thread about the background masking in Shortberry Strawcake. He even had some deciphered lyrics. I tried reversing that one a long time ago and I just couldn't make out a lick of it. I am certain there are lyrics being sung but they are mixed so far back that you'd need software to isolate the vocal frequency and block out the rest of the frequencies to hear it. I was surprised at the few lines the poster had deciphered...

Anyone else try this and get more of the lyrics?
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Reply #28 posted 03/20/03 2:29am

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I remember back masking a tape recording of that part in Purple Rain and discovering that the voice was Jill Jones crying and saying, "No, I don't want to break up"
I then accepted it as part of the sub-sub-sub plot of the
relationship between The Kid and Jill.

Or I could be incredibly wrong and just plain silly...
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Reply #29 posted 03/20/03 3:13am

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nayroo2002 said:

I remember back masking a tape recording of that part in Purple Rain and discovering that the voice was Jill Jones crying and saying, "No, I don't want to break up"
I then accepted it as part of the sub-sub-sub plot of the
relationship between The Kid and Jill.

Or I could be incredibly wrong and just plain silly...


wow... now that's some interesting shit... a long time ago I tried recording that on a normal tape (remember those, before cd?) well, then i turned the tape around and played it again. When you did this whatever you had on the tape played backwards -- this is also how I figured what was being said at the end of 'Darling Nikki' --- unfortunately when you do this, the clarity on the recording diminishes by about 50% since you're not meant to listen to the tape on the other side. Anywhooo... I couldn't make out what the conversation was, especially since prince and appolonia's voices are prominent in the recording. but that jill jones thing, that's pretty cool... does anyone else know about this or have any idea how to get it recorded. I have purple rain on dvd and would like to capture that dialogue on my computer and somehow reverse it to try to see what is being said.

P.S. -- the song that is played, the instrumental, when prince and appolonia are getting intimate IS the instrumental of 'God', and yes, it can be found on Kazaa. it's a very beautiful song, one that is up on par with alexa de paris -- i think it's better!!! check it out.

PPS -- check the commercial option in Purple Rain, there are parts that are not in the movie

whoa, george bush is talking....brb

aaahhh 'carpeltunnel'''
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