is an unreleased track recorded on 16 October 1986 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA (five days after Violet Blue, two days before Housequake).

The song was written for Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, who had influenced Prince greatly (see below for details of her influence). It was sent to her, but she didn't think it matched her style and she told Prince she couldn't sing it. The track remains unreleased.

PrinceVault

These are the only lyrics she ever mentioned:

'Emotional pump,

you're my emotional pump,

You make my body jump.'

http://jonimitchell.com/library/view.cfm?id=1639

by Dominic Roskrow
Auckland Sun
June 9, 1988

What a great woman.

Honeslty, does wanting Joni sing "You're my Emotional Pump" really differ
from wanting Prince sing "Your butt is mine"?

I wonder if she reconsidered her views on Prince over the years.
I guess she did :

But even when you were somewhat obscure, so many musicians were citing you as an influence or even name-checking you in songs. Of all the musicians and rappers who have cited you as an influence, whose work do you appreciate most?
— Prince.

http://nymag.com/nymetro/...op/11888/

bonatoc said:

What a great woman.

Honeslty, does wanting Joni sing "You're my Emotional Pump" really differ
from wanting Prince sing "Your butt is mine"?

I wonder if she reconsidered her views on Prince over the years.
I guess she did :

But even when you were somewhat obscure, so many musicians were citing you as an influence or even name-checking you in songs. Of all the musicians and rappers who have cited you as an influence, whose work do you appreciate most?
— Prince.

http://nymag.com/nymetro/...op/11888/

Yep, I guess she was talking from that period when he was still in the wonderful developmental period. They continued to be friends over the years.

I would love to hear a recording of these jam sessions they had.

Besides Prince Joni Mitchell is my favorite artist. I wish they would have recorded something together. Some of her quotes above sound a bit snooty to my ears though because I think some of her songs especially in later years were not up to the high standards she set in the 70s.
I do not think that anything that Prince offered to her could have been worse than the song she did with Billy Idol called "Dancing Clown" that she released on Chalk mark in a rainstorm.

What a wasted opportunity!

Why does Questlove the only one who gets to hear these song. Who gave him the Keys to the vault? Ever since Prince passed this guys been leaking songs left and right. He's supposed tohave even heard "Wally"!!!!

seanski said:

Why does Questlove the only one who gets to hear these song. Who gave him the Keys to the vault? Ever since Prince passed this guys been leaking songs left and right. He's supposed tohave even heard "Wally"!!!!

he is best friends with alan leeds....

seanski said:

Why does Questlove the only one who gets to hear these song. Who gave him the Keys to the vault? Ever since Prince passed this guys been leaking songs left and right. He's supposed tohave even heard "Wally"!!!!

I'm hoping that the fact that these songs are getting an airing in a vaguely public setting is indicative of their potential future release, maybe I'm just being overly optimistic though, who knows what's going to happen.

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

seanski said:

Why does Questlove the only one who gets to hear these song. Who gave him the Keys to the vault? Ever since Prince passed this guys been leaking songs left and right. He's supposed tohave even heard "Wally"!!!!

I'm hoping that the fact that these songs are getting an airing in a vaguely public setting is indicative of their potential future release, maybe I'm just being overly optimistic though, who knows what's going to happen.

apparantly Questlove is not in danger of having legal battles for playing these songs (come home, the screams of passion, emotional pump, elektra tuesday, love and sex) in public.

that makes me wonder if a release of some sort is already in the works.

TonyWilliams said:

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

I'm hoping that the fact that these songs are getting an airing in a vaguely public setting is indicative of their potential future release, maybe I'm just being overly optimistic though, who knows what's going to happen.

apparantly Questlove is not in danger of having legal battles for playing these songs (come home, the screams of passion, emotional pump, elektra tuesday, love and sex) in public.

that makes me wonder if a release of some sort is already in the works.

Yeah, exactly, that's why I'm potentially hopeful about forthcoming official releases of this stuff. Another possible reason to be optimistic imo is the fact that immediately after Emotional Pump Questlove played the studio version of Take This Beat which ended with Prince repeating the lyric "don't fuck with me." Given that we had heard earlier reports that Prince had erased some of the explicit tracks in the vault the fact that this version of Take This Beat exists hopefully indicates that he didn't exactly purge the vault of any and all songs containing profanities.

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

TonyWilliams said:

apparantly Questlove is not in danger of having legal battles for playing these songs (come home, the screams of passion, emotional pump, elektra tuesday, love and sex) in public.

that makes me wonder if a release of some sort is already in the works.

Yeah, exactly, that's why I'm potentially hopeful about forthcoming official releases of this stuff. Another possible reason to be optimistic imo is the fact that immediately after Emotional Pump Questlove played the studio version of Take This Beat which ended with Prince repeating the lyric "don't fuck with me." Given that we had heard earlier reports that Prince had erased some of the explicit tracks in the vault the fact that this version of Take This Beat exists hopefully indicates that he didn't exactly purge the vault of any and all songs containing profanities.

actually, i think that is the regular "i wish u heaven" part3 version that he played.

TonyWilliams said:

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

Yeah, exactly, that's why I'm potentially hopeful about forthcoming official releases of this stuff. Another possible reason to be optimistic imo is the fact that immediately after Emotional Pump Questlove played the studio version of Take This Beat which ended with Prince repeating the lyric "don't fuck with me." Given that we had heard earlier reports that Prince had erased some of the explicit tracks in the vault the fact that this version of Take This Beat exists hopefully indicates that he didn't exactly purge the vault of any and all songs containing profanities.

actually, i think that is the regular "i wish u heaven" part3 version that he played.

Ah fair enough, sorry, haven't listened to that 12 inch for ages so couldn't remember what it sounded like.

Edit: Just had a listen to I Wish U Heaven Part 3 and yeah you're completely right, got my hopes up in vain I guess!

[Edited 9/4/16 9:41am]

I'm sure it's fantastic. From what I've heard of it, it sounds fine. Grainy, undecipherable cell phone vid. If it ever gets a proper release or boot leak I definitely won't skip it. All is welcome .

That snip sounded incredible! Please, pleeeeeeeeeease, purple gods!!!

Revolution81 said:

seanski said:

Why does Questlove the only one who gets to hear these song. Who gave him the Keys to the vault? Ever since Prince passed this guys been leaking songs left and right. He's supposed tohave even heard "Wally"!!!!

I think he is lying about that one. Even if he is friends with Leeds.

sulls said:

Revolution81 said:

Questlove doesn't have access to the vault. He's just playing stuff that has been in the hands of collectors for years

I'm a collector, but it sho' ain't in my hands

Everybody's so desperate for relevancy right now they are going to let Jimmy Fallon's drummer do whatever he likes in hopes they can turn a dollar off it eventually. I'm just going to hold my nose and hope for the best. If he's playing these tracks in the middle of First Ave, with Prince luminaries in the building, you can bet he has an official source within the estate. I'd bet money, going forward Questlove will all but call the shots on future releases.

funksterr said:

Everybody's so desperate for relevancy right now they are going to let Jimmy Fallon's drummer do whatever he likes in hopes they can turn a dollar off it eventually. I'm just going to hold my nose and hope for the best. If he's playing these tracks in the middle of First Ave, with Prince luminaries in the building, you can bet he has an official source within the estate. I'd bet money, going forward Questlove will all but call the shots on future releases.

just great

Ok so, played of the PA, when, and by who?

leadline said:

Ok so, played of the PA, when, and by who?

It was played by Questlove during one of the afterparties for the recent Revolution shows, think it was the one on the 2nd.

Revolution81 said:

Questlove doesn't have access to the vault. He's just playing stuff that has been in the hands of collectors for years

ehm....so the studio version of "the screams of passion" has been in the hands of collectors for years? or "emotional pump" or "come home" ? ....i musta been sleeping, hahaha.

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

leadline said:

Ok so, played of the PA, when, and by who?

It was played by Questlove during one of the afterparties for the recent Revolution shows, think it was the one on the 2nd.

Man everytime this dude plays something nobody else has it gets my panties in a bunch. This stuff should be shared with all fans, and not just for quests ears only.

Perhaps I am the a-hole.........I don't know.

Does anyone find Questlove sort of annoying at times. I like the dude but he seems to think that Prince died in 1990.

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

leadline said:

Ok so, played of the PA, when, and by who?

It was played by Questlove during one of the afterparties for the recent Revolution shows, think it was the one on the 2nd.

well, the way i see it is this, IF the estate throws a hissy fit for some reason
and they decide to not release vault tracks, then at the very least there are
a good 2 dozen amazing tracks still in the hands of a very small group of
folks who might then decide to let them go. we all know who these people
are, let's not kid ourselves. in the end we'll hear those songs, it might take
another 5 years or so though, maybe 10.

Revolution81 said:

sulls said:

I'm a collector, but it sho' ain't in my hands

Well I'm sure there are also collectors who have stuff he doesn't too.

purplerabbithole said:

Does anyone find Questlove sort of annoying at times. I like the dude but he seems to think that Prince died in 1990.

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

It was played by Questlove during one of the afterparties for the recent Revolution shows, think it was the one on the 2nd.

I find Questlove annoying a lot of the time. But that might just be me.

jayseajay said:

purplerabbithole said:

Does anyone find Questlove sort of annoying at times. I like the dude but he seems to think that Prince died in 1990.

I find Questlove annoying a lot of the time. But that might just be me.

no it is not just you, i think the dude gets off on being the only one that has this stuff and severly enjoys rubbing it in people faces......could be wrong, just the impression I get.