Doubt Prince would have really listened to this song more than once if that. Now he likely listened to Mariam Makeba's "Quit It" a few times before recording "Colonized Mind."

stillwaiting said:

robertgeorgeakabob said:

stillwaiting said:

Doubt Prince would have really listened to this song more than once if that. Now he likely listened to Mariam Makeba's "Quit It" a few times before recording "Colonized Mind."

It was a hit in 1983. Prince would have definitely heard it. The melody and drum stops are too similar to be coincidence. And yes, regarding Colonized Mind. Absolutely no doubt in my mind that Quit It is the template.

Just like the refrain of Eric Burdon's "Spill the Wine" was the "inspiration" for "My Medallion".

ludwig said:

robertgeorgeakabob said:

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robertgeorgeakabob said:

http://youtu.be/mnq2Dj-rHNU To balance it. Guess which Prince song this is inspired by.

Nope, don't hear any similarities here, the only thing seems to be the banner with 'LIFE' written on it!!!

Btw, Phil Collins copied 1999 for Sussudio not the other way around and he even admitted it in interview.....

If you want a real example listen to the Pointer Sister's Automatic and then Lavaux from 20TEN or 'Girl 6' and 'Phonesex' by GOMAB - there was even a court case over that (don't know what the judgement was though).

I wrote about it here:

http://prince.org/msg/7/265655

[Edited 1/26/14 11:26am]

TheFreakerFantastic said:

^ Nope you are just fanciful and imaginging a link where it doesn't exist, and everyone else on this post seems to be of the same opinion! And as I said if you want a real example read my posts.

I'm impressed by Prince's eclectic taste in music.

Just listened to fixurlifeup.The beginning and the way he sings the verse is pretty much

a ripoff but the chorus sounds nothing like it.It's too much of a coincidence wether he

did it on purpose or subliminally.

robertgeorgeakabob said:

Last one was in jest before the Purple nutters blow a fuse!

Too late!

NouveauDance said:

robertgeorgeakabob said:

Last one was in jest before the Purple nutters blow a fuse!

Too late!

robertgeorgeakabob said:

http://youtu.be/0R6WIbx8ysE The similarities are impossible to ignore. Prince likes getting credit but is none too keen on giving it.

is a different song.

I seriously doubt Prince has listened to music like this in decades.

I don't hear any other similarity than the way the melody ascends during the second phrase of the repeated motif during the verses. Anyone that has written songs himself knows that the way tensions are built and resolved in melodies are bound to produce similarities with other songs. They're hardly constructed randomly from all the notes that are available.

Not seeing any similarities at all....