How can I just be finding out that this is a cover?? Where in the hell have I been????

Great version by Prince,


http://www.youtube.com/wa...A4F5P9defI


^ the original by Alice Smith is incredibly booooooring.

i originally thought it was a straight cover of a rock song - but now i've heard the original i appreciate Prince's arrangement a lot more - he kept the lyrics (with some Princley changes), but took it to that other level.

It happens to be my favorite Alice Smith song!
I don't know how anyone can think it's boring... Why? Because it's just mainly piano and Alice?

What Prince did to it made it boring, IMO, by slowing it down and taking the passion out of it.

What level did he take it to?
The song was fine.

Prince fans are funny. They act like he invented music.

I was at a listening party when Emancipation came out, and the people there had never heard the Stylistics' "Betcha By Golly Wow". I had to go out to my car and get it for them...
Just because Prince redoes something, it's not automatically better. Sometimes it's just different-- and dare I say: Not good.




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I find it interesting how Prince covers some songs, but I'd love to see how it works when he gets a request by someone to cover his music? I cant imagine he makes it easy given the fact NPG had a 15 second video os someone/a fan singing When doves cry in his car removed from Instagram a few weeks back.

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chocolate1 said:

Prince fans are funny. They act like he invented music.

prince pays homage to so many others, rockers, funksters, it's nice to see him giving it up for a soul sister chanteuse. it (and your post) made me buy her song, so i guess it's a win win!

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khelm9 said:

How can I just be finding out that this is a cover?? Where in the hell have I been????

i know, right?!!! lol

prince just hooked my girl Alice up

it would be nice if he put out a **Digital Booklet** like every other mf out there so we don't have to be guessing and trolling about every little detail....

chocolate1 said:

fnksoul said:

laurarichardson said:

chocolate1 said:

It happens to be my favorite Alice Smith song!
I don't know how anyone can think it's boring... Why? Because it's just mainly piano and Alice?

What Prince did to it made it boring, IMO, by slowing it down and taking the passion out of it.

What level did he take it to?
The song was fine.

Prince fans are funny. They act like he invented music.

I was at a listening party when Emancipation came out, and the people there had never heard the Stylistics' "Betcha By Golly Wow". I had to go out to my car and get it for them...
Just because Prince redoes something, it's not automatically better. Sometimes it's just different-- and dare I say: Not good.




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Lyrics are great but his music and delivery make the song rock. If you don't like it you are probaly not much of a fan. This Prince at his best.

Just keep thinking that.

laurarichardson said:

chocolate1 said:

It happens to be my favorite Alice Smith song!
I don't know how anyone can think it's boring... Why? Because it's just mainly piano and Alice?

What Prince did to it made it boring, IMO, by slowing it down and taking the passion out of it.

What level did he take it to?
The song was fine.

Prince fans are funny. They act like he invented music.

I was at a listening party when Emancipation came out, and the people there had never heard the Stylistics' "Betcha By Golly Wow". I had to go out to my car and get it for them...
Just because Prince redoes something, it's not automatically better. Sometimes it's just different-- and dare I say: Not good.




spelling edit

[Edited 10/29/14 3:11am]

Lyrics are great but his music and delivery make the song rock. If you don't like it you are probaly not much of a fan. This Prince at his best.

Just keep thinking that.

chocolate1 said:

I wonder if this song is about Mayte.

It's just ok for me. I much prefer Alice Smith's original. It has more depth, is more nuanced, especially emotionally. It has more soul. I love Prince, but covers like this and 'One of Us' I find incredibly underwhelming. Just rock it up a bit and tack a guitar solo on it. Give me the original any day of the week. It's way deeper.

Fauxie said:

It's just ok for me. I much prefer Alice Smith's original. It has more depth, is more nuanced, especially emotionally. It has more soul.

She's dedicated to what she does, and she does it well, but if I were to be harsh, she's just another xeroxed Macy Gray/Amy Winhouse.
The old same Motown/Capitol "wannabe Aretha" rehash.

Fauxie said:

It's way deeper.

It's the most "heart on his sleeve" vocal performance of the year, along with Way Back Home.
Need a q-tip for the soul?

Really love Prince's version of this song but I hadn't heard the original. Listened to the original and didn't like it. I find the vocal unpleasant, the piano seems weird and there is an odd feel about the flow of the whole thing. I Liked the Prince version even more after hearing the original.

If I'd heard the original first and found Prince was going to cover it I'd have wondered why.

3rdeyedude said:

I wonder if this song is about Mayte.

No, it's about the org naysayers.

bonatoc said:

3rdeyedude said:

I wonder if this song is about Mayte.

No, it's about the org naysayers.

Yep, I heard that Alice writes all of her songs about the org.

thedance said:

Isn't it kind of stupid to compare one version to the other? I think they are both great for different reasons. Alice's version is unique, as it is sung by her, the way she wants to sing it and what she wants it to elicit as far as meaning/feeling, what have you. Prince's version is the same. I in no way compare it to Alice's as it's simply different. They instrumentation, the arrangement, it's all very different, so how can you compare the two?

BlackandRising said:

bonatoc said:

Fauxie said:

It's just ok for me. I much prefer Alice Smith's original. It has more depth, is more nuanced, especially emotionally. It has more soul.

She's dedicated to what she does, and she does it well, but if I were to be harsh, she's just another xeroxed Macy Gray/Amy Winhouse.
The old same Motown/Capitol "wannabe Aretha" rehash.

Fauxie said:

It's way deeper.

It's the most "heart on his sleeve" vocal performance of the year, along with Way Back Home.
Need a q-tip for the soul?

Prince's, maybe, but overall, no. Sorry, I find his version predictable, like he phoned it in. I much prefer the original. I hear more soul and nuance in Alice Smith's. Prince's comes over as self-parody at this point. He's done heart on his sleeve brilliantly a number of times down the years, but this doesn't do it for me.

laurarichardson said:

fnksoul said:

I find it interesting how Prince covers some songs, but I'd love to see how it works when he gets a request by someone to cover his music? I cant imagine he makes it easy given the fact NPG had a 15 second video os someone/a fan singing When doves cry in his car removed from Instagram a few weeks back.

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/ You do not have to ask permission to cover a song. He can pull that stuff on YouTube because it is being broadcast that being said many covers are horrible.

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Yes, just imagine the piles of money Princey lost when some ne'er-do-well uploaded a 15 second Instagram of him singling When Doves Cry. Can't have such insubordination, right? What's next, men marrying horses?