My ear doesn't seem well trained enough to recognize which Prince song it reminds me of. But I swear, I hear alot of vibes in that song that remind me of something Prince would record in his early days.

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Katy f*cking Perry???

Wolfie87 said:

My ear doesn't seem well trained enough to recognize which Prince song it reminds me of. But I swear, I hear alot of vibes in that song that remind me of something Prince would record in his early days.

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A bit of "I Wanna Be Your Lover" maybe. Definitely has an pre-Dirty Mind sound to it. Also, I think there might be an "associated" act/paisley park (Taja Seville?) song that its pulling from but I cant place it exactly.

It doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to any Prince song in existence, now I must seek bandages and gauze for my eardrums. Thanks for inflicting that upon us.

Well, since I always like to read your comments before trying to "cheat" and going deeper into research you can call me all sort of things. But this time it seems I wasn't that far off. Again, just drop some Prince titles it may sound like. I got nothing. Ok, we got "I Wanna be Your Lover" (points emesem ), but I feel like there are a few more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_%28Katy_Perry_song%29

"Critics, as well as Perry herself, have compared the track to works by Prince and Mariah Carey"

"Since its release, its musical composition has been strongly compared to that of other works of Prince and duo Wendy and Lisa."

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SanMartin said:

Before reaching the chorus it does have an 80s synth-pop vibe to it. I'd say it sounds vaguely Dirty Mind-ish, though I'm sure it's a coincidence. Well done OP, your thread's given Kenkamken an opportunity to feel ever so superior about their taste in music. Maybe you should make a thread about a Justin Bieber song that sounds Princey; I know how much the internet loves Bieber!

You obviously don't have a sense of humor

Wendy & Lisa? Nahhh.

I can hear a vague resemblence to IWBYL just because of the beat and guitar, but that could be a million songs too, it's a very slight resemblence to 78-80 Prince, very, very slight.

kenkamken said:

muskrat love i'd know that hook anywhere!

^^ mind blown..duh!

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"California Girls" + (maybe "IWBYL") + "Birth day Cake" (Rihanna's sexual symbolism) Chorus-phrasing like ("Party in The U.S.A."...) and ("Last Friday Night")...

Beat seems a little too fast for the amount of lyrics...

It might've worked better as a ballad..

Never heard any resemblance... It is also like the worst song on her otherwise decent album, can't believe it became a single.

Apart from the dirty mind-esque guitar sound, I don't think it sounds like any Prince's songs.

Dr. Luke wrote and produced Birthday. If you've heard his other works, you'll know that Birthday is unmistakably his.

I kind of like this song.

You're thinking of California Girls, which bears a strinking resemblence to I Wanna Be Your Lover. At least the guitar part.

Nope. It's this song. And I like it alot. Although I hate the character Katy Perry, this is miles better than Dark Horse. Don't let me get started on that colossal piece of shit

Why would anyone over twelve listen to this pro-tools muzak is beyond me.

Which Prince song? "Pooh Pooh" comes to mind.

Has a little Olivers House / Sugar Walls vibe but prob about it

I Wanna Be Your Lover.

NouveauDance said:

Wendy & Lisa? Nahhh.

I can hear a vague resemblence to IWBYL just because of the beat and guitar, but that could be a million songs too, it's a very slight resemblence to 78-80 Prince, very, very slight.

I hear W&L more than I hear Prince. Perhaps because of the vocals. Perry is a much better singer than either W or L though.

Sorry--Duplicate post.

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Wolfie87 said:

Well, since I always like to read your comments before trying to "cheat" and going deeper into research you can call me all sort of things. But this time it seems I wasn't that far off. Again, just drop some Prince titles it may sound like. I got nothing. Ok, we got "I Wanna be Your Lover" (points emesem ), but I feel like there are a few more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_%28Katy_Perry_song%29

"Critics, as well as Perry herself, have compared the track to works by Prince and Mariah Carey"

"Since its release, its musical composition has been strongly compared to that of other works of Prince and duo Wendy and Lisa."

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Can't say I'm hearing a W&L influence. Katy maybe looks a little like Lisa on the cover of the Prism but her singing doesn't sound to me like her or Wendy. Then again, I'm not as familiar with their songs as I should be.

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Think I'm with NouveauDance on this one. The resemblence to Prince is a little vague to me, but it is reminiscent of the light disco of Prince from '79. ("Sugar" by Maroon 5 sounds very much like "Birthday", but "Sugar" has a much more obvious Prince influence). The double entrendres in "Birthday" to me are a closer match with P's general style of lyric-writing than the music is, but like others here, I'm also hearing a little similarity with IWBYL, especially on the guitar part.

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"Legendary Lovers," also on Katy's Prism album, reminds me of Prince and his early 90's work-- album comes to mind--with Indian music, and layered vocals and key change (?) on the vocals in the breakdown found in the latter half of the song.