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Thread started 06/15/16 8:24am

DarrenMawbey

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Closest Prince song to Hendrix

I was a reading the topic on what Hendrix would think of Prince's guitar playing and it got me wondering... Which Prince songs (ignoring the live cover versions) really sound closest to the Hendrix sound?

Dreamer and Witness 4 The Prosecution seem like obvious ones (to me anyway). But are there others perhaps on a more subtle level, which have a distinct Hendrix feel to them?

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Reply #1 posted 06/15/16 8:27am

SPYZFAN1	"Habibi"...Straight out of the Band Of Gypsys book. "Midnight Blues" and "Dreamer" are close too.
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Reply #2 posted 06/15/16 8:30am

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SPYZFAN1 said:

"Habibi"...Straight out of the Band Of Gypsys book. "Midnight Blues" and "Dreamer" are close too.

Oh yes, "Habibi" - definitely!!

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Reply #3 posted 06/15/16 8:44am

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Reply #4 posted 06/15/16 8:47am

Noodled24	Habibi is basically a cover of "Machine Gun" Purple House is a reworked cover of "Red House" He's covered a few hendrix songs live. The Undertaker is likely the closest to a Hendrix influenced album he's done. Dreamer is probably the closest song to Hendrix.
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Reply #5 posted 06/15/16 1:11pm

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Noodled24 said:

Habibi is basically a cover of "Machine Gun"

Purple House is a reworked cover of "Red House"

He's covered a few hendrix songs live.

The Undertaker is likely the closest to a Hendrix influenced album he's done.

Dreamer is probably the closest song to Hendrix.

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Reply #6 posted 06/15/16 1:15pm

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Reply #7 posted 06/15/16 1:58pm

avajane	Dreamer and I'd go out on a limb and say Colonized Mind as well. [Edited 6/15/16 13:59pm] Love is God, God is Love
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Reply #8 posted 06/15/16 4:52pm

AlexHahn	avajane said: Dreamer and I'd go out on a limb and say Colonized Mind as well. [Edited 6/15/16 13:59pm] Wall of Berlin is the most direct Hendrix homage I have heard in Prince's canon.
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Reply #9 posted 06/15/16 4:53pm

derrick31	Dreamer and the Undertaker Album.
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Reply #10 posted 06/15/16 5:09pm

rusty1	"Witness 4 the Prosecution" Orginal early stripped down version BOB4theFUNK
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Reply #11 posted 06/15/16 5:31pm

bigbrother	The guitar solo at the end of Let's Go Crazy sounds inspired by Hendrix's solo at the end of Johnny B Good. Definitely agree that Habibi and Dreamer reflect Jimi's style as does Orgasm.
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Reply #12 posted 06/15/16 6:04pm

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