Any love for this gem that should've been a standard club banger in the 80's?!! Dance! Dance! Then revolution!

aaroncanderson said:

Any love for this gem that should've been a standard club banger in the 80's?!! Dance! Dance! Then revolution!

I so LOVE LOVE LOVE the extended version! I don't care what anyone else says. One of my absolute favorites to get spring cleaning turned into a marathon dance jam...

It's a gem and probably the best demonstration we have on record that The Revolution were tight as fuck. I don't see it so much as a dance jam though, it has a lot of psychedelia, I like to sit and listen to it carefully: so much happens during those minutes!

It's undoubtly a great version, but a little too much long for me.

Rare times I listen to it entirely. The same happens with the "I Would die 4 U" mix.

BoraBora said:

It's undoubtly a great version, but a little too much long for me.

Rare times I listen to it entirely. The same happens with the "I Would die 4 U" mix.

Maybe that's because u don't really listen. Sit down, put headphones, close ur eyes, pay attention, let the flow carry u.

I remember getting that in early 1986 - it took a little while to get imports in those days.

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This is certainly one I played to death.

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However, when I first bought this, I had a misspress and so I had to wait ages for another import to arrive.

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The label had been printed on the actual grooves so it couldn't be played.

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I always thought it was amazing that the front and rear artwork on all of the singles from ATWIAD where crops from the album artwork.

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databank said:

BoraBora said:

It's undoubtly a great version, but a little too much long for me.

Rare times I listen to it entirely. The same happens with the "I Would die 4 U" mix.

Maybe that's because u don't really listen. Sit down, put headphones, close ur eyes, pay attention, let the flow carry u.

I did it in the past, and I really appreciated it at the time.

Just to be clear, I'm not sayin' it is not a worthy releases. Not at all, it is a great 12".

But this doesn't detract from the fact that this is one of the P mixes to which I return the less, after all these years.

Differently, the 10 minutes version of "Mountains" is something that put me on a trip anytime, to say.

BoraBora said:

databank said:

Maybe that's because u don't really listen. Sit down, put headphones, close ur eyes, pay attention, let the flow carry u.

I did it in the past, and I really appreciated it at the time.

Just to be clear, I'm not sayin' it is not a worthy releases. Not at all, it is a great 12".

But this doesn't detract from the fact that this is one of the P mixes to which I return the less, after all these years.

Differently, the 10 minutes version of "Mountains" is something that put me on a trip anytime, to say.

That one is a fucking HELL of a ride

BoraBora said:

databank said:

Maybe that's because u don't really listen. Sit down, put headphones, close ur eyes, pay attention, let the flow carry u.

I did it in the past, and I really appreciated it at the time.

Just to be clear, I'm not sayin' it is not a worthy releases. Not at all, it is a great 12".

But this doesn't detract from the fact that this is one of the P mixes to which I return the less, after all these years.

Differently, the 10 minutes version of "Mountains" is something that put me on a trip anytime, to say.

13min of the song is wild n loose then it mellows out with some flute keyboard soloing -I believe that is Lisa, she used that sound, and it's wonderful, but I think if Prince had some kind of chantish poetry going on through to the end something like on the extended version of Girl or that All the Critics Love U in NY talk, then the rest of the song would have everyones attention throught the 21 min

Do you think it's after that 13min mark where it mellows off that you loose interest?

databank said:

It's a gem and probably the best demonstration we have on record that The Revolution were tight as fuck. I don't see it so much as a dance jam though, it has a lot of psychedelia, I like to sit and listen to it carefully: so much happens during those minutes!

Paisley Park might have a lot of psychedelia, but I don't get that from America, it's a straight up rock/funk jam to me

I think there are a lot of demonstration they were tight as fuck on record though

I agree, you have to sit and listen to these songs carefully, turn them up on speakers, go for a drive specifically to listen to the songs, and get some good headphones sit back and hear everything that is happening, because there is a lot of stuff happening on this album and this song in particular

OldFriends4Sale said:

databank said:

It's a gem and probably the best demonstration we have on record that The Revolution were tight as fuck. I don't see it so much as a dance jam though, it has a lot of psychedelia, I like to sit and listen to it carefully: so much happens during those minutes!

Paisley Park might have a lot of psychedelia, but I don't get that from America, it's a straight up rock/funk jam to me

I think there are a lot of demonstration they were tight as fuck on record though

I agree, you have to sit and listen to these songs carefully, turn them up on speakers, go for a drive specifically to listen to the songs, and get some good headphones sit back and hear everything that is happening, because there is a lot of stuff happening on this album and this song in particular

I meant the keys on the last 5 to 10 minutes. It's no typical funk and it's very atmospheric. The jam doesn't slow down but it feels like it does, it's pretty amazing, a total change of mood.

2020 said:

This is the anti "socialist" song right? Cringeworthy message. Amazing melody.

Tha. Jam.

out of all the songs... I wish he made an extended version for... NEW POSITION.

Definitely too long for my tastes. Like IWD4U, I don't have 20 minutes to waste on this.
It's OK when you're fourteen, maybe.

But I'm more than thankful for the extended version of "Girl",

which is a unique piece in Skipper's repertoire :
It has a vocal solo, instead of a guitar one.
It has fingersnaps.
It has sweaty hands.

Poplife88 said:

The first extended version I bought back in 85. Will always be a fave...however I always wished he released that slammin live version from the video.

I have that one download to listen to, yes you're right

aaroncanderson said:

Any love for this gem that should've been a standard club banger in the 80's?!! Dance! Dance! Then revolution!

This is just my opinion/speculation. I think it wasn't that big of a club hit is because of the length, and it is not a traditional "dance track." We, the Prince fans loved it, because, well, it's Prince doing an extended jam. We're used to being taken away by a long jam showing off his skills. He "trained" us, in a way. I don't listen to it a lot, and when I do, it's mainly background music.

The live performance is the bollocks "madam et monsieur...Prince & the Revolution".... Eric kills it!

Not clear why it would get much play at the clubs, but the rythym is incredible for gym workouts or long bike rides; keeps the cyclling cadence up perfectly and just makes the time fly by.

More Extended versions please! Like "Hello", "P Control," "Screwdriver," "Marz" are all deserving of 20min instrumental and lyric extensions.

It was actually released on a French compilation CD called Black Archives - Minneapolis Funk.

Connected said:

The live performance is the bollocks "madam et monsieur...Prince & the Revolution".... Eric kills it!

I thought Eddie M took that sax show, but those 2 sound really good together

OldFriends4Sale said:

Connected said:

The live performance is the bollocks "madam et monsieur...Prince & the Revolution".... Eric kills it!

I thought Eddie M took that sax show, but those 2 sound really good together

It was Eddie...in fact, I think Prince even calls his name on the record

databank said:

BoraBora said:

It's undoubtly a great version, but a little too much long for me.

Rare times I listen to it entirely. The same happens with the "I Would die 4 U" mix.

Maybe that's because u don't really listen. Sit down, put headphones, close ur eyes, pay attention, let the flow carry u.

It's a nice track, a bit too repetitive for 20 minutes.

But one time i indeed sat down, and put headphones on, to listen if there were more layers in it.

but then i got annoyed by the tamborine, which is out of sync with the band many many times.

since then....all i hear is that annoying tamborine.

no more headphones for me, for that version

Even better when he played parts of the extended version live...

FUNKYNESS said:

It was actually released on a French compilation CD called Black Archives - Minneapolis Funk.

That was actually a different, slightly shorter, edit.

databank said:

FUNKYNESS said:

It was actually released on a French compilation CD called Black Archives - Minneapolis Funk.

That was actually a different, slightly shorter, edit.

As far as I know and remember, "Black Archives" contains the full mix without any edit (also Discogs show the track lenght at 21:46).

As far as I know and remember, "Black Archives" contains the full mix without any edit (also Discogs shoe track lenght at 21:46).

Yep.