Fantastic song, especially the long 6:58 remix version.


I am listening to it now.. oh you don't wanna discuss this "trip" of a song..?

Ok: the complex looks like a shopping center from the outside, a fancy shopping center though.

Inside it looks sweet, cool paintings.

XxAxX said:

nonesuch said:

Paisley Park looks awful from the outside, you dumbsters. Since when are commercial areas charming in any way? The interior of PP seems equally tasteless. To quote the late Freddie Mercury: "So much money and so little taste" (after he had visited Mr Thriller's home in the early 80s).

Ever seen Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios? Now that is what I call inviting.

i'll see your dumbsters and raise you a numpty, in honor of your trifling little dig. personally, i feel that Paisley Park is great on the inside and outside.

Paisley Park has one very important feature that Peter Gabriel's facility lacks: Prince.

Paisley Park is in Your Heart

Paisley Park is a stronghold in Prince history, rumors, secrets, artwork, isolation & seclussion, Celebrations & Raves, the logo, concept & song.

They've taken a lifetime lease
On Paisley Park

September 11. 1987

Paisley Park Studio Officially Open

Paisley Park Studios officially opened in September, 1987. Owned and developed by Prince Rogers Nelson, the complex was designed for rehearsal, recording, and film and video production. Located about 30 minutes southwest of Minneapolis, this 10 million dollar, 55,000 sq. ft. facility is one of the top flight and historically important recording studios in the world.

An influential star of the 1980s, Prince wrote and produced funky pop songs that had cross-genre appeal, including the best-sellers 1999, When Doves Cry, and Kiss. The son of a jazz pianist, he taught himself several instruments and formed his own bands as a teenager. At age 19 he released his first album, on which he played all the instruments. His second album, Prince, was followed by many others, including 1999, the soundtrack of the film Purple Rain, in which he also starred, and Diamonds and Pearls. He became known as something of an eccentric genius: he dressed in high heels and outrageous finery and was so multitalented that on many songs he played all the instruments himself.

The studios were designed by architect Brett Thoeny of Boto Design of Santa Monica, California and acoustician Marshall Long, working with local engineers in the Minneapolis area. Brett took the lead in studio layout and control room design while Marshall provided HVAC noise control, vibration isolation, room-to-room sound separation, and made contributions to the studio interiors.

The acoustical isolation design was particularly challenging since the sound stage is used to fly a full concert rig and play at concert levels while the other studios are in use. The facility includes four main studios. Studio A has an 80-track recording console, while Studio B has a 48-track console; Studio C is the smallest and most intimate, while the soundstage is over 12,000 square feet and is used for concerts, rehearsals, and video productions. Every room in Paisley Park is wired for sound to allow Prince to record wherever he likes.

The studios were closed in 1996 with only Prince and some of his friends continuing to record and perform there. In 2004 Paisley Park was reopened with the studio's editing and recording rooms having been newly digitized and upgraded. The numerous unreleased music and full length films and video work that are known to have been created in Paisley Park Studios are among the rarest of the Prince catalog on the Paisley Park record label. In 2004 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

annastesia1 said:

Can somebody post the lyrics to the song Paisley Park.

Paisley Park

1, 2, 1, 2, 3

There is a park that is known
4 the face it attracts
colorful people whose hair
On 1 side is swept back
The smile on their faces
It speaks of profound inner peace
Ask where they're going
They'll tell U nowhere
They've taken a lifetime lease
On Paisley Park

The girl on the seesaw is laughing
4 love is the color
This place imparts (Paisley Park)
Admission is easy, just say U
Believe and come 2 this
Place in your heart
Paisley Park is in your heart

There is a woman who sits
All alone by the pier
Her husband was naughty
And caused his wife so many tears
He died without knowing forgiveness
And now she is sad, so sad
Maybe she'll come 2 the park
And forgive him
And life won't be so bad
In Paisley Park

The girl on the seesaw is laughing
4 love is the color
This place imparts (Paisley Park)
Admission is easy, just say U
Believe and come 2 this
Place in your heart
Paisley Park is in your heart

See the man cry as the city
Condemns where he lives
Memories die but taxes
He'll still have 2 give
(who) Whoever said that elephants
were stronger than mules'
Come 2 the park
And play with us
There aren't any rules
In Paisley Park

The girl on the seesaw is laughing
4 love is the color
This place imparts (Paisley Park)
Admission is easy, just say U
Believe and come 2 this
Place in your heart
Paisley Park is in your heart

The girl on the seesaw is laughing
4 love is the color
This place imparts (Paisley Park)
Admission is easy, just say U
Believe and come 2 this
Place in your heart
Paisley Park is in your heart

your heart, your heart
Paisley Park
your heart, your heart, your heart (sing, sing it)
Paisley Park
Paisley Park
Paisley Park

©1985 Controversy Music - ASCAP

Credits, from: http://www.princelyrics.co.uk/song/191/

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[Edited 8/14/14 12:41pm]

thedance said:

Fantastic song, especially the long 6:58 remix version.


I am listening to it now.. oh you don't wanna discuss this "trip" of a song..?

Ok: the complex looks like a shopping center from the outside, a fancy shopping center though.

Inside it looks sweet, cool paintings.

It was such fun hearing it the year it was released, you felt a little like an hippie listening to it.

nonesuch said:

Paisley Park looks awful from the outside, you dumbsters. Since when are commercial areas charming in any way? The interior of PP seems equally tasteless. To quote the late Freddie Mercury: "So much money and so little taste" (after he had visited Mr Thriller's home in the early 80s).

Ever seen Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios? Now that is what I call inviting.

Regarding the outside, I think that's the whole point. It belies what's inside - like Dr Who's Tardis.

An excellent thread by the way...hard to come up with one that hasn't been done around here. I'd say the question I've always wondered is how did he get it WB to fund it and why haven't more artist done the same? I guess I'm assuming that WB did indeed fund it or help finance it...either way I'd suspect it was a hell of a return on investment.

The first party I went to at Paisley Park in January 1992 was amazing. Prince had done a warm up show at Glam Slam for the Diamonds and Pearls tour. The party started around 2am. It was held in the atrium, lights down low, catered food, alcohol, DJ and blasting speakers. My friend and I were standing around and the elevator had come down from the uppler level. When the doors opened, it lit up the room and Prince came walking out in the outfit he wore for the Spin magazine cover/Insatiable video. I could have died. He came walking by and I said "hey Prince" and he smiled and said hello. He hung out where the DJ was playing and he gave him a CD. He played Sexy MF, My Name Is Prince, the Continental, and Damn U. Mind you, this was January 1992 and D&P had only been out for about 3 months. It was SO surreal. I saw Terrence Trent D'Arby sitting at a table in the kitchen area. Later in the night, we were all moved to a rehearsal area down the hall from the atrium, but not the soundstage. Prince and some of the NPG jammed until the sun came up. This was the party where TTD attempted to grab a guitar and play with them. It was like a dream come true. This was the first of MANY more unbelievable nights.

OldFriends4Sale said:

A COOL playground where "The Kid" resides.......

Plenty of artists have recording facilities - it's almost standard now. Private compounds aren't really unique either, and aesthetically speaking, I wouldn't call Paisley Park really state of the art, or high end, especially in this era of new development. What little we've seen has looked pretty meager, and dated, to me.

What sets Paisley Park apart is the ability to host events in it, and work as a live venue or production studio. That's not typical.

But yeah, there's Rick Ruben's house, the Beastie Boys offices, and countless others like it, that were set up to give creative freedom to artists. Heck, even Sly Stone has his van. The other thing is, most big names, even if they don't own their own studio, have tight knit relationships with studios where they have an open door policy, and it's essentially a second home. Seer Sound for Yoko, and Sean Lennon, amongst others, and Electric Ladyland for Ric Ocasek, come to mind.

http://prince.org/msg/7/3...?&pg=2

Reply #17 posted 09/21/11 4:23am

SmearMrTroof said:

nursev said:

Love the song and the building is cool too. Id kill to see that wall with all the Prince pics in person

surely this isn't the vault????? could do with a tidy up - i'll do it for free

OldFriends4Sale said:

http://prince.org/msg/7/3...?&pg=2

Reply #17 posted 09/21/11 4:23am

[Edited 8/17/14 12:25pm]

those pics from OldFriends4sale & PurpleThunder... wow.