Halle-fucking-lujah! (or Hundalasilhah!) How great is that ending? And how it falls into Annastesia like a transition to one of the darker sequences from Fantasia or something. As a whole, Lovesexy isn't one of my favourite Prince albums, but listening to moments like that, and songs like Annastesia, I Wish U Heaven, and Positivity and I could be convinced it's the best album he ever did.

Anyone else love it?

thisisreece said:

Halle-fucking-lujah! (or Hundalasilhah!) How great is that ending? And how it falls into Annastesia like a transition to one of the darker sequences from Fantasia or something. As a whole, Lovesexy isn't one of my favourite Prince albums, but listening to moments like that, and songs like Annastesia, I Wish U Heaven, and Positivity and I could be convinced it's the best album he ever did.

Anyone else love it?

i loved it from the first, I believe Matt Fink wrote it, though, not positive.

i always loved it...it sounds apocalyptic and grandiose...perfect segue into "Annastesia"

RJOrion said:

i always loved it...it sounds apocalyptic and grandiose...perfect segue into "Annastesia"

wasn't that based on some classical composition? I remember reading that somewhere but can't recall exactly what it was

Lovesexy is in my top 5 Prince albums. So i agree with the OP about Glam Slam ending always loved Dr Fink.

Divine. Can anyone confirm if it's Fink or Prince? I always guessed Prince. If it's Fink - this, plus "Head," wow.

mtlfan said:

Divine. Can anyone confirm if it's Fink or Prince? I always guessed Prince. If it's Fink - this, plus "Head," wow.

Am only guessing it's Fink , could be Prince.

Fink was the best keyboardist in Prince's circle, I believe it's him.

i think thats Prince...i dont see anywhere Fink gets creidt for that song...i checked Princevault and the lp notes, and it says all instruments played by Prince...no credits for MattFink

sheil e may have played some drums on it

I think it's too classical sounding for it to be Prince, possible of course, but I think it's Fink.

mtlfan said:

Divine. Can anyone confirm if it's Fink or Prince? I always guessed Prince. If it's Fink - this, plus "Head," wow.

Fink co-wrote "Dirty Mind", not "Head". They were actually jamming, and Fink had come up with a keyboard hook. Fink went home. Prince stayed up all night, and wrote the song as you hear it now. Prince played it for him the next morning, and he was amazed at what Prince did with it. So, he got the co-writing credit.

I always thought that ending was majestic. Very Beatlesque.

PeteSilas said:

TrivialPursuit said:

mtlfan said:

Divine. Can anyone confirm if it's Fink or Prince? I always guessed Prince. If it's Fink - this, plus "Head," wow.

Fink co-wrote "Dirty Mind", not "Head". They were actually jamming, and Fink had come up with a keyboard hook. Fink went home. Prince stayed up all night, and wrote the song as you hear it now. Prince played it for him the next morning, and he was amazed at what Prince did with it. So, he got the co-writing credit.

I always thought the triplet keyboard hook was a pretty simple-minded idea for a Prince song, but I enjoy it just the same. This makes perfect sense. Prince definitely deserves the credit if that is the case, because there would be 1000 songs written by amateur bands with a similar keyboard hook but a much worse final song.

Fink certainly helped Prince create great music, and he deserves respect for that, but I just don't think we should be saying "It's a Fink song".

[Edited 6/10/16 16:38pm]

sounds like two happy people squabbling over a Fairlight. As in maybe it was a Fink solo and a Prince solo on a track each and then mixed together at the same time? Was Fink even on the Lovesexy sessions?

[Edited 6/10/16 17:06pm]

jdcxc said:

PeteSilas said:

Fink was the best keyboardist in Prince's circle, I believe it's him.

No way. Prince, Renato and Cassandra are better imho. I also prefer Morris Hayes. And I can't believe Fink would join a Prince tribute band...tacky. Lol

I meant that era, the 80's, but yes, he had many great keyboardists and musicians around him. I saw one last night, Mark Cardenas from the Time, he's a solid pro. I still think Fink was the best in that era, did he do the solos from When Doves Cry too?

GoldStandard said:

I always thought the triplet keyboard hook was a pretty simple-minded idea for a Prince song, but I enjoy it just the same. This makes perfect sense. Prince definitely deserves the credit if that is the case, because there would be 1000 songs written by amateur bands with a similar keyboard hook but a much worse final song.

Fink certainly helped Prince create great music, and he deserves respect for that, but I just don't think we should be saying "It's a Fink song".

Yeah, I never said that - and actually I've never heard that either. I do agree it sounds like a teenager kind of fumbling around with triplets or something. Perhaps it's what Mozart sounded like tinkering around on a harpsicord as a lad. haha

TrivialPursuit said:

GoldStandard said:

I always thought the triplet keyboard hook was a pretty simple-minded idea for a Prince song, but I enjoy it just the same. This makes perfect sense. Prince definitely deserves the credit if that is the case, because there would be 1000 songs written by amateur bands with a similar keyboard hook but a much worse final song.

Fink certainly helped Prince create great music, and he deserves respect for that, but I just don't think we should be saying "It's a Fink song".

Yeah, I never said that - and actually I've never heard that either. I do agree it sounds like a teenager kind of fumbling around with triplets or something. Perhaps it's what Mozart sounded like tinkering around on a harpsicord as a lad. haha

are we talking about the same piece of music? I thought it was great, dramatic, flashy more like what fink did. Prince usually played different types of modes and scales.

I always wondered whether that was an unnamed segue, part of "Glam Slam", or part of "Anna Stesia". The consensus seems to be that it is part of "Glam Slam".

Moonbeam said:

I always wondered whether that was an unnamed segue, part of "Glam Slam", or part of "Anna Stesia". The consensus seems to be that it is part of "Glam Slam".

i think i was cheated out of that segue on the last online purchase i made of the album.

I really don't think it's Prince guys, Prince usually had more of a bluesy, funk or jazz feel, not classical. I still didn't get an answer of who played the WDC solos, those were amongst some of his best work but they certainly are not pentatonic scales.

PeteSilas said:

Moonbeam said:

I always wondered whether that was an unnamed segue, part of "Glam Slam", or part of "Anna Stesia". The consensus seems to be that it is part of "Glam Slam".

i think i was cheated out of that segue on the last online purchase i made of the album.

I really don't think it's Prince guys, Prince usually had more of a bluesy, funk or jazz feel, not classical. I still didn't get an answer of who played the WDC solos, those were amongst some of his best work but they certainly are not pentatonic scales.

Prince played the WDC solos on the studio version. This has been confirmed by Fink himself. Pretty sure he plays on Glam Slam as well.

paulludvig said:

PeteSilas said:

i think i was cheated out of that segue on the last online purchase i made of the album.

I really don't think it's Prince guys, Prince usually had more of a bluesy, funk or jazz feel, not classical. I still didn't get an answer of who played the WDC solos, those were amongst some of his best work but they certainly are not pentatonic scales.

Prince played the WDC solos on the studio version. This has been confirmed by Fink himself. Pretty sure he plays on Glam Slam as well.

ok, i believe you, i just wish we had confirmation, the glam slam thing sounds too classical, Prince dabbled very little in classical music. I know that Lisa had a classical background and I wouldn't doubt Fink did too. it's pretty common amongst pianists.

PeteSilas said:

paulludvig said:

Prince played the WDC solos on the studio version. This has been confirmed by Fink himself. Pretty sure he plays on Glam Slam as well.

ok, i believe you, i just wish we had confirmation, the glam slam thing sounds too classical, Prince dabbled very little in classical music. I know that Lisa had a classical background and I wouldn't doubt Fink did too. it's pretty common amongst pianists.

Lisa didn't really have a classical background, but she probably had piano lessons were she learned some standards from the classical repertoire. Fink probably did too.

paulludvig said:

PeteSilas said:

ok, i believe you, i just wish we had confirmation, the glam slam thing sounds too classical, Prince dabbled very little in classical music. I know that Lisa had a classical background and I wouldn't doubt Fink did too. it's pretty common amongst pianists.

Lisa didn't really have a classical background, but she probably had piano lessons were she learned some standards from the classical repertoire. Fink probably did too.

you must be a classical purist, anyway, i don't know. I do know that Prince loved her Mozart when he first met her.

thisisreece said:

PeteSilas said:

jdcxc said:

PeteSilas said: No way. Prince, Renato and Cassandra are better imho. I also prefer Morris Hayes. And I can't believe Fink would join a Prince tribute band...tacky. Lol

I meant that era, the 80's, but yes, he had many great keyboardists and musicians around him. I saw one last night, Mark Cardenas from the Time, he's a solid pro. I still think Fink was the best in that era, did he do the solos from When Doves Cry too?

WDC is Prince. I'm like 99% sure this is Prince too (not that I'm a go-to authority on these things).

So we don't know if it was Fink or Prince But we do know it's fab.