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"GRAFFITI BRIDGE"

2nd Draft
November 26, 1989

Graffiti Bridge

A series of dissolves finds the Kid taking Aura to his club
onto the stage and down the trap door to his bedroom. There he
tucks her very cozily into his bed. Another dissolve and the
morning light shines in through the ceiling. Aura stirs a
bit waking the Kid who is asleep at the foot of the bed. He
crawls on the bed until he is directly over Aura. Her eyes
open. She is even prettier to him the morning after.

Aura
I'll fall in love with the 1st face I see.

The Kid smiles and crawls off the bed and picks up a heart
shaped pad, where he draws a hangman. He has already marked
off for empty spaces reserved for letters. Aura, like a child
gets excited at this game. She loses and the Kid "Hangs" her
and fills in the blanks. He shows her the word. It says --
"Mine."

Aura (puzzled)
What?

The Kid points to Aura then to the word on the pad.

Aura
No Baby.

She points to the sky.

Aura
His.

Rising from the bed she starts to look around.

Aura
So, which way out?

The Kid points up. Aura heads up the ladder then she climbs
back down, goes over to the Kid and exposes her breast to him.
He reaches out but she turns and leaves him. Up the ladder
she goes and heads out of the place. She turns back and
reaches out to him but then quickly turns back and leaves.
The door barely closes when the Angel walks in. She walks
behind the stools that are stacked upon the tables. The Kid
notices something over her shoulder. When she climbs up to
the balcony, he sees what it is. A rope with a noose! She
is dropping the noose over the support beam and directly in
front of his face. They look for a second at one another and
the Kid knows that he has to obey. He places the noose around
his neck. The Angel whips out a magic marker and makes for
dashes on the wall. She points to the Kid who takes his 1st
guess.

The Kid
"A"

The Angel shakes her head no and yanks on the rope to make the
noose tighter. The Kid coughs, and guesses again.

The Kid
"B"

Another wrong guess and the Angel kicks a chair over to him.
He reluctantly stands on it. She taps the wall fiercely
signalling the Kid to try again.

The Kid
"C"

Nope. This time the Angel goes over to the Kid and shakes her
head no. The Kid is angry. He doesn't like this game.

The Kid (shouting)
"D"

With that final wrong guess the Angel kicks the chair from
under the Kid and his feet dangel and he begins to choke.
Violently he grabs for the noose to free himself. The Angel
gives him the chair so that he can loosen the noose and get
free. She pulls the rope from the foundation and using it as
a leash takes the Kid over to the four empty spaces and fills
them in. She writes:

M -- I -- N -- E

Returning her marker to her back pocket she leads the Kid, by
the rope, out the back to the white wall. He can't believe
his eyes. All the lyrics have washed away. She dips the
brush and hands it to him. She points to the wall for him to
begin again. He obeys.

SLAPPY DAPPY

Slappy Dappy is the fifth track on Ingrid Chavez's first album May 19 1992. Lyrics for the track were written by Ingrid Chavez, with music written and performed by Prince (as Paisley Park).

Although specific recording dates are unknown, Ingrid Chavez's vocal track was recorded with an improvised synth and sound effect backing by Prince in mid-December 1987, at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (shortly after cancelling the release of "The Black Album", during the same set of sessions as Heaven Must Be Near, Crystal City Cry, Wintersong, Whispering Dandelions, Candle Dance, Elephant Box, Touch Of Love, Blue Boy, Jadestone, Sad Puppet Dance, Standing In The Rain and Cross The Line.

Prince recorded a new musical backing for the track in early March 1991, at Larrabee Sound, Los Angeles, CA, USA

-PrinceVault

OldFriends4Sale said:

Ingrid in the 'Hangman' scene...
Anyone know the background on this deleted piece?

I don't know the background to it - but it would certainly link back to the glimpse of P / his Dad hanging in the basement scene in 'Purple Rain'. Given that 'Graffiti Bridge' was supposed to be a sequel to PR, I wonder if that might explain it.
.

Fuchsia Light is an unreleased track recorded on 15 April 1988 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA (on the same day as Love 89). The track was recorded for possible use on Tony LeMans' Paisley Park Records 1989 album Tony LeMans, and at some point between mid-1988 and early 1989, Tony LeMans recorded lead vocal overdubs, but the song was not included on the release; Prince is believed to have pulled the song after returning from the Lovesexy Tour upon discovering that LeMans was having an affair with Ingrid Chavez.

I love this thread, Oldfriends4Sale! I loved Graffiti Bridge and Ingrid , and Prince was so hot in this movie!

OldFriends4Sale said:

7 Corners reminds me of Still Would Stand All Time

I wish we could get a deeper interview with Ingrid(as well as had one with Prince(RIP)) on how these the 21 poems and Lovesexy music intertwined

It's just around the corner, it's just around the block
This love that I've been waiting for, a Love solid as rock
A Love that reaffirms that we are not alone
A Love so bright inside you it glows
And night and day would run together, and all things would be fine
Still would stand all hate around us
Still would stand all time
Still would stand all time

It's not a thousand years away, it's not that far my brother
When men will fight injustice instead of one another
Its not that far if we all say yes and only try
Then Heaven on Earth we will find

No one man will be ruler, therefore love must rule us all
Dishonesty, anger, fear, jealousy and greed will fall
Love can save us all

Oh, love, love, oh love if you would just please give us a sign
Still would stand all time
Heaven, heaven on earth we all want to find (we all want 2 find it)
Still (still) would stand all time

We are not alone people (we're not alone)
Tell me can you see the light (can ya see the light)
If you just open your eyes (still would stand all time)
So much you will know, so much you will show
Love, love, its not that far away if we all say yes and give it a try
(Got ta give it, a try, yes!) still would stand all time (I say still)
(so many times) so may times, I thought I could not make it
(still would stand all time)
Life was closing in I just knew, I just knew I couldn't take it
That's when love opened it's arms, and if you don't go in child
Still would stand all time (still would stand all time)
You better run to the light, leave your past behind
All things will be fine
Still would stand all time

Was the song 7 Corners in the GB movie at all?

It was definately referenced in the script

give a little insight in connection to the movie

*

The Guardsman can hear
the music as far as the bridge. He grooves a little. The
sound of faint singing interrupts him. He turns to look
behind him. A woman walks from out of the light on the
bridge. She is beautiful. The Guardsman gasps. She comes
closer never making eye contact. Only focusing on the city
of Seven Corners.

Morris
Q, R, Sssssss

He lights his lighter, the sound blends with his hissing.
Morris sets the plant aflame. Laughing he walks out. The
Kid reaches up and aims the sprinkler at the plant and douses
it. He heads out the back door. Coming down the stairs he
runs his hand along the white wall. He reaches down and
picks up a brush and begins writing words on the wall. "Can
It Be." He says the words. Over and over with each time he
makes another period searching for something he makes a
question mark and walks over to a pile of trash and sits in
it. He looks to the sky.

The Kid
Can it be?

A brush rolls into the frame by his feet. He looks up. It's
the woman from the bridge whom for our purposes we'll call
the Angel. She is standing against the wall. She has a
brush that she playfully rubs against her lips. Needless to
say the Kid is sure this is a dream. She then dips the brush
into the blue paint and draws a line up her leg and into her
thigh. The Kid swallows hard. What could be next? She then
dips the brush again and turns to the wall. She writes out
the alphabet. Stopping at "P" she turns and smiles. She then
continues, stopping on "S" she says "Ssssssssss" just like
Morris.

The Kid rubs his eyes. He can't believe this. When he looks
back she has finished the letters and has begun painting a
hangman platform. The Kid rises and cautiously walks towards
her. She smiles to him gently. He points his brush to the
letter a. The Angel smiles and fills in the blank that
houses the letter "A". There is only one. From the
expression on the Kid's face we can tell he was hoping for
more. The Kid begins to loose badly and we see the Angel paint
a quick little cartoon of the Kid standing on a chair. She
then smiles, paints a rope around his neck and paints over
the chair hanging the character in the cartoon. Under the
mock gallows she fills in the remaining letters. It reads
"Elephants & Flowers."

The Kid
What is it?

The Angel then paints a heart shape with a tiny cross symbol
inside on the Kid's shirt. He looks down at the art on his
chest. When he looks up the Angel is gone. The Kid is
confused, excited, happy and afraid all at once. He races to
begin painting his thoughts on the wall. (in a wide shot we
see the Kid begin to paint. The shot dissolves to the same
angle but the wall is completely filled with lyrics). The Kid
is lying fast asleep under the wall. We cut to the Glam Slam
the following night. It is filled to the brim with people
dancing, partying and having a great time. Very orgy-like in
essence. Couples kiss unashamedly, people smoke illegal
cigarettes, not your average night spot. On stage the Kid is
singing. He sings a tale of the Angel he just met.

The Kid
Is this Angel for real or is she just in my mind
one ting's for sure this Angel sho is fine.

Can anyone explain the hangman scene to me? I've heard of it but don't know how it fits in / when he would have done this/ was that suppossed to be the end?

Superfan1984 said:

Can anyone explain the hangman scene to me? I've heard of it but don't know how it fits in / when he would have done this/ was that suppossed to be the end?

"GRAFFITI BRIDGE"

2nd Draft
November 26, 1989

Graffiti Bridge

A series of dissolves finds the Kid taking Aura to his club
onto the stage and down the trap door to his bedroom. There he
tucks her very cozily into his bed. Another dissolve and the
morning light shines in through the ceiling. Aura stirs a
bit waking the Kid who is asleep at the foot of the bed. He
crawls on the bed until he is directly over Aura. Her eyes
open. She is even prettier to him the morning after.

Aura
I'll fall in love with the 1st face I see.

The Kid smiles and crawls off the bed and picks up a heart
shaped pad, where he draws a hangman. He has already marked
off for empty spaces reserved for letters. Aura, like a child
gets excited at this game. She loses and the Kid "Hangs" her
and fills in the blanks. He shows her the word. It says --
"Mine."

Aura (puzzled)
What?

The Kid points to Aura then to the word on the pad.

Aura
No Baby.

She points to the sky.

Aura
His.

Rising from the bed she starts to look around.

Aura
So, which way out?

The Kid points up. Aura heads up the ladder then she climbs
back down, goes over to the Kid and exposes her breast to him.
He reaches out but she turns and leaves him. Up the ladder
she goes and heads out of the place. She turns back and
reaches out to him but then quickly turns back and leaves.
The door barely closes when the Angel walks in. She walks
behind the stools that are stacked upon the tables. The Kid
notices something over her shoulder. When she climbs up to
the balcony, he sees what it is. A rope with a noose! She
is dropping the noose over the support beam and directly in
front of his face. They look for a second at one another and
the Kid knows that he has to obey. He places the noose around
his neck. The Angel whips out a magic marker and makes for
dashes on the wall. She points to the Kid who takes his 1st
guess.

The Kid
"A"

The Angel shakes her head no and yanks on the rope to make the
noose tighter. The Kid coughs, and guesses again.

The Kid
"B"

Another wrong guess and the Angel kicks a chair over to him.
He reluctantly stands on it. She taps the wall fiercely
signalling the Kid to try again.

The Kid
"C"

Nope. This time the Angel goes over to the Kid and shakes her
head no. The Kid is angry. He doesn't like this game.

The Kid (shouting)
"D"

With that final wrong guess the Angel kicks the chair from
under the Kid and his feet dangel and he begins to choke.
Violently he grabs for the noose to free himself. The Angel
gives him the chair so that he can loosen the noose and get
free. She pulls the rope from the foundation and using it as
a leash takes the Kid over to the four empty spaces and fills
them in. She writes:

M -- I -- N -- E

Returning her marker to her back pocket she leads the Kid, by
the rope, out the back to the white wall. He can't believe
his eyes. All the lyrics have washed away. She dips the
brush and hands it to him. She points to the wall for him to
begin again. He obeys.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Superfan1984 said:

Can anyone explain the hangman scene to me? I've heard of it but don't know how it fits in / when he would have done this/ was that suppossed to be the end?

"GRAFFITI BRIDGE"

2nd Draft
November 26, 1989

Graffiti Bridge

A series of dissolves finds the Kid taking Aura to his club
onto the stage and down the trap door to his bedroom. There he
tucks her very cozily into his bed. Another dissolve and the
morning light shines in through the ceiling. Aura stirs a
bit waking the Kid who is asleep at the foot of the bed. He
crawls on the bed until he is directly over Aura. Her eyes
open. She is even prettier to him the morning after.

Aura
I'll fall in love with the 1st face I see.

The Kid smiles and crawls off the bed and picks up a heart
shaped pad, where he draws a hangman. He has already marked
off for empty spaces reserved for letters. Aura, like a child
gets excited at this game. She loses and the Kid "Hangs" her
and fills in the blanks. He shows her the word. It says --
"Mine."

Aura (puzzled)
What?

The Kid points to Aura then to the word on the pad.

Aura
No Baby.

She points to the sky.

Aura
His.

Rising from the bed she starts to look around.

Aura
So, which way out?

The Kid points up. Aura heads up the ladder then she climbs
back down, goes over to the Kid and exposes her breast to him.
He reaches out but she turns and leaves him. Up the ladder
she goes and heads out of the place. She turns back and
reaches out to him but then quickly turns back and leaves.
The door barely closes when the Angel walks in. She walks
behind the stools that are stacked upon the tables. The Kid
notices something over her shoulder. When she climbs up to
the balcony, he sees what it is. A rope with a noose! She
is dropping the noose over the support beam and directly in
front of his face. They look for a second at one another and
the Kid knows that he has to obey. He places the noose around
his neck. The Angel whips out a magic marker and makes for
dashes on the wall. She points to the Kid who takes his 1st
guess.

The Kid
"A"

The Angel shakes her head no and yanks on the rope to make the
noose tighter. The Kid coughs, and guesses again.

The Kid
"B"

Another wrong guess and the Angel kicks a chair over to him.
He reluctantly stands on it. She taps the wall fiercely
signalling the Kid to try again.

The Kid
"C"

Nope. This time the Angel goes over to the Kid and shakes her
head no. The Kid is angry. He doesn't like this game.

The Kid (shouting)
"D"

With that final wrong guess the Angel kicks the chair from
under the Kid and his feet dangel and he begins to choke.
Violently he grabs for the noose to free himself. The Angel
gives him the chair so that he can loosen the noose and get
free. She pulls the rope from the foundation and using it as
a leash takes the Kid over to the four empty spaces and fills
them in. She writes:

M -- I -- N -- E

Returning her marker to her back pocket she leads the Kid, by
the rope, out the back to the white wall. He can't believe
his eyes. All the lyrics have washed away. She dips the
brush and hands it to him. She points to the wall for him to
begin again. He obeys.

that's some serious sub/dom shit!

wavesofbliss said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

"GRAFFITI BRIDGE"

2nd Draft
November 26, 1989

Graffiti Bridge

A series of dissolves finds the Kid taking Aura to his club
onto the stage and down the trap door to his bedroom. There he
tucks her very cozily into his bed. Another dissolve and the
morning light shines in through the ceiling. Aura stirs a
bit waking the Kid who is asleep at the foot of the bed. He
crawls on the bed until he is directly over Aura. Her eyes
open. She is even prettier to him the morning after.

Aura
I'll fall in love with the 1st face I see.

that's some serious sub/dom shit!

RIGHT???
The scene right before this the Kid was 'Me Touch Myself' and she walked in on him

can u say autoerotique asphyxiation...

OMG Thank you, Oldfriends! Wow! Why I haven't asked before about this, I have no idea- interesting!!!!

Thank you so much for all of this OldFriends! Over the years, there have been a number of times when I have heard Prince's albums, at least in their entirety, out of order. In 1988, I moved to a larger city, was pregnant for the first time and became a mother by the end of the year. I could have sworn I saw the cover of the Lovesexy album on the cover of a magazine. I will have to try to research that. I remember thinking P looked fine (FINE) and I didn't get what the fuss was about as his Family Jewels weren't showing. The next thing I knew, there were these cool Batdance videos that made me want to dance. Later I got to Lovesexy. I respect and like the Black album well enough and will have to try to revisit it soon, but I can't imagine not having the Lovesexy album. I love it. I had read or heard the story about the E, but for some reason I had never placed it as having occurred in late 1987. All I can say - besides THANK YOU AGAIN PRINCE! - is I hope the musical change really was as good for him as it was for me. Recently, I visited my first and only grandchild who is a year old. When he became a little fussy as toddlers may do, as I reached over and flipped him up so he gently landed on his tummy on one of my shoulders, I said to him, "Ah, Honey, have you not had your plus sign today?" My daughter said, "Right, huh?" and I continued to tell him that I and we and God love him. No, I don't want to think about there being no Lovesexy.

Superfan1984 said:

OMG Thank you, Oldfriends! Wow! Why I haven't asked before about this, I have no idea- interesting!!!!

LOL Ask & U Shall Receive

:

http://www.downvids.net/graffiti-bridge-outtakes-799596.html

[Edited 11/22/16 17:47pm]

OldFriends4Sale said:

Morris
Q, R, Sssssss

He lights his lighter, the sound blends with his hissing.
Morris sets the plant aflame. Laughing he walks out. The
Kid reaches up and aims the sprinkler at the plant and douses
it. He heads out the back door. Coming down the stairs he
runs his hand along the white wall. He reaches down and
picks up a brush and begins writing words on the wall. "Can
It Be." He says the words. Over and over with each time he
makes another period searching for something he makes a
question mark and walks over to a pile of trash and sits in
it. He looks to the sky.

The Kid
Can it be?

A brush rolls into the frame by his feet. He looks up. It's
the woman from the bridge whom for our purposes we'll call
the Angel. She is standing against the wall. She has a
brush that she playfully rubs against her lips. Needless to
say the Kid is sure this is a dream. She then dips the brush
into the blue paint and draws a line up her leg and into her
thigh. The Kid swallows hard. What could be next? She then
dips the brush again and turns to the wall. She writes out
the alphabet. Stopping at "P" she turns and smiles. She then
continues, stopping on "S" she says "Ssssssssss" just like
Morris.

The Kid rubs his eyes. He can't believe this. When he looks
back she has finished the letters and has begun painting a
hangman platform. The Kid rises and cautiously walks towards
her. She smiles to him gently. He points his brush to the
letter a. The Angel smiles and fills in the blank that
houses the letter "A". There is only one. From the
expression on the Kid's face we can tell he was hoping for
more. The Kid begins to loose badly and we see the Angel paint
a quick little cartoon of the Kid standing on a chair. She
then smiles, paints a rope around his neck and paints over
the chair hanging the character in the cartoon. Under the
mock gallows she fills in the remaining letters. It reads
"Elephants & Flowers."

The Kid
What is it?

The Angel then paints a heart shape with a tiny cross symbol
inside on the Kid's shirt. He looks down at the art on his
chest. When he looks up the Angel is gone. The Kid is
confused, excited, happy and afraid all at once. He races to
begin painting his thoughts on the wall. (in a wide shot we
see the Kid begin to paint. The shot dissolves to the same
angle but the wall is completely filled with lyrics). The Kid
is lying fast asleep under the wall. We cut to the Glam Slam
the following night. It is filled to the brim with people
dancing, partying and having a great time. Very orgy-like in
essence. Couples kiss unashamedly, people smoke illegal
cigarettes, not your average night spot. On stage the Kid is
singing. He sings a tale of the Angel he just met.

The Kid
Is this Angel for real or is she just in my mind
one ting's for sure this Angel sho is fine.

From memory, that scene (painted heart) isn't in the movie?

rap said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Morris
Q, R, Sssssss

He lights his lighter, the sound blends with his hissing.
Morris sets the plant aflame. Laughing he walks out. The
Kid reaches up and aims the sprinkler at the plant and douses
it. He heads out the back door. Coming down the stairs he
runs his hand along the white wall. He reaches down and
picks up a brush and begins writing words on the wall. "Can
It Be." He says the words. Over and over with each time he
makes another period searching for something he makes a
question mark and walks over to a pile of trash and sits in
it. He looks to the sky.

The Kid
Can it be?

A brush rolls into the frame by his feet. He looks up. It's
the woman from the bridge whom for our purposes we'll call
the Angel. She is standing against the wall. She has a
brush that she playfully rubs against her lips. Needless to
say the Kid is sure this is a dream. She then dips the brush
into the blue paint and draws a line up her leg and into her
thigh. The Kid swallows hard. What could be next? She then
dips the brush again and turns to the wall. She writes out
the alphabet. Stopping at "P" she turns and smiles. She then
continues, stopping on "S" she says "Ssssssssss" just like
Morris.

The Kid rubs his eyes. He can't believe this. When he looks
back she has finished the letters and has begun painting a
hangman platform. The Kid rises and cautiously walks towards
her. She smiles to him gently. He points his brush to the
letter a. The Angel smiles and fills in the blank that
houses the letter "A". There is only one. From the
expression on the Kid's face we can tell he was hoping for
more. The Kid begins to loose badly and we see the Angel paint
a quick little cartoon of the Kid standing on a chair. She
then smiles, paints a rope around his neck and paints over
the chair hanging the character in the cartoon. Under the
mock gallows she fills in the remaining letters. It reads
"Elephants & Flowers."

The Kid
What is it?

The Angel then paints a heart shape with a tiny cross symbol
inside on the Kid's shirt. He looks down at the art on his
chest. When he looks up the Angel is gone. The Kid is
confused, excited, happy and afraid all at once. He races to
begin painting his thoughts on the wall. (in a wide shot we
see the Kid begin to paint. The shot dissolves to the same
angle but the wall is completely filled with lyrics). The Kid
is lying fast asleep under the wall. We cut to the Glam Slam
the following night. It is filled to the brim with people
dancing, partying and having a great time. Very orgy-like in
essence. Couples kiss unashamedly, people smoke illegal
cigarettes, not your average night spot. On stage the Kid is
singing. He sings a tale of the Angel he just met.

The Kid
Is this Angel for real or is she just in my mind
one ting's for sure this Angel sho is fine.

From memory, that scene (painted heart) isn't in the movie?

I've seen it only 2 times in my life time, I don't know this movie like PR & UTCM.