I'm playing this song super loud right now and it helps

with the pain of his death. I have only listened to Lovesexy after he died

but today I'm playing We Can Funk the original version without George Clinton.

I feel good listening to this gem. what year was it recorded?

I have it on the Box O Chocolates boot with amazing sound.

I have reached acceptance now.

peace out and all the love in the world for us purple people.

Crazy how the original version was "We Can Fuck"
I swear when i hear the outakes on parts it sounds like hes saying fuck

Love the epic outro with the descending chords. It's even great in the released version!

And of course the musical (The Dawn?) 1986 revision of it is great too!

SignOthetimes1987 said:

I'm playing this song super loud right now and it helps

with the pain of his death. I have only listened to Lovesexy after he died

but today I'm playing We Can Funk the original version without George Clinton.

I feel good listening to this gem. what year was it recorded?

I have it on the Box O Chocolates boot with amazing sound.

I have reached acceptance now.

peace out and all the love in the world for us purple people.

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It was initially tracked in early-to-mid 1983, and overdubbed on several occasions from late 1983 through Summer 1986. This recording, abandoned during the Dream Factory era, was dusted off and reworked for George Clinton's 'The Cinderella Theory' album 1988-1989, from which the 'Graffiti Bridge' version is drawn.

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its filthy cute and baby ya know it

imprimis said:

SignOthetimes1987 said:

I'm playing this song super loud right now and it helps

with the pain of his death. I have only listened to Lovesexy after he died

but today I'm playing We Can Funk the original version without George Clinton.

I feel good listening to this gem. what year was it recorded?

I have it on the Box O Chocolates boot with amazing sound.

I have reached acceptance now.

peace out and all the love in the world for us purple people.

.

It was initially tracked in early-to-mid 1983, and overdubbed on several occasions from late 1983 through Summer 1986. This recording, abandoned during the Dream Factory era, was dusted off and reworked for George Clinton's 'The Cinderella Theory' album 1988-1989, from which the 'Graffiti Bridge' version is drawn.

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thank you so much for this info. I was not aware. and yeah he is saying we can fuck, I swear.

SignOthetimes1987 said:

SignOthetimes1987 said:

imprimis said:

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It was initially tracked in early-to-mid 1983, and overdubbed on several occasions from late 1983 through Summer 1986. This recording, abandoned during the Dream Factory era, was dusted off and reworked for George Clinton's 'The Cinderella Theory' album 1988-1989, from which the 'Graffiti Bridge' version is drawn.

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thank you so much for this info. I was not aware. and yeah he is saying we can fuck, I swear.

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It's quite likely that, in the pre-Graffiti Bridge album mixes that are circulating, there is no overlapping 'funk' to partially mask the explicitness of the original lyric.

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The 'We Can Funk' (30 Years) bootleg is a good example of the state of the song as of 1986, when it was last worked on, prior to the overdubbing and mixing for 'The Cinderella Theory' and GB several years later; it retains the additional verse and some of the omitted synth.

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The 10+ minute version has numerous additional 'very 1983' synth lines, and an additional guitar part (riffed by Prince during the 31 December 1983 jam session on the song with numerous of the Coleman and Melvoin families present), that are on the multitrack but omitted from the mix in other known circulating versions; the extended suite 'dream' part utilizes the same patch as on 'The Beautiful Ones'.

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I believe the sitar introduction was added by David Coleman on that New Year's Eve date as well, and retained on all subsequent versions; the tribal drumming on the very early demo I believe is also a Coleman contribution. Wendy and Lisa's suspenseful chorus reminds me of the similar one on 'Crystal Ball'.

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He seems to have added a prefatory, late-80s-appropriate 'safe' to the 'sex between two people is all right' line on final GB album version. GB version also adds a 'Batdance'-esque 1989 electric guitar solo, and that 1988-1990 sound library 'lower end' sample used noteably on 'Melody Cool' and 'Sex'.

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Iamtheorg said:

its filthy cute and baby ya know it

No, the original lyric from Get It On by T. Rex is you're dirty sweet
and you're my girl. I don't know why Prince changed it for his cover that he enigmatically titled Cream for some reason.

This song is freaking unreal!

I like the version you reference the most as well, the vocals are really highlighted..

Many Prince songs have these little moments that almost stand on thier own in my head.. this song has one of those moments for me

"I can teach you things aboutcha B... B.. .Body baby..."

LOVE LOVE LOVE

steakfinger said:

Iamtheorg said:

its filthy cute and baby ya know it

No, the original lyric from Get It On by T. Rex is you're dirty sweet
and you're my girl. I don't know why Prince changed it for his cover that he enigmatically titled Cream for some reason.

I know what the og lyric is. Im talking about WCF

Beautiful song, and the accoustic guitar, great song. I don't like the Graffiti Bridege version.

imprimis said:

SignOthetimes1987 said:

thank you so much for this info. I was not aware. and yeah he is saying we can fuck, I swear.

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It's quite likely that, in the pre-Graffiti Bridge album mixes that are circulating, there is no overlapping 'funk' to partially mask the explicitness of the original lyric.

.

The 'We Can Funk' (30 Years) bootleg is a good example of the state of the song as of 1986, when it was last worked on, prior to the overdubbing and mixing for 'The Cinderella Theory' and GB several years later; it retains the additional verse and some of the omitted synth.

.

The 10+ minute version has numerous additional 'very 1983' synth lines, and an additional guitar part (riffed by Prince during the 31 December 1983 jam session on the song with numerous of the Coleman and Melvoin families present), that are on the multitrack but omitted from the mix in other known circulating versions; the extended suite 'dream' part utilizes the same patch as on 'The Beautiful Ones'.

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I believe the sitar introduction was added by David Coleman on that New Year's Eve date as well, and retained on all subsequent versions; the tribal drumming on the very early demo I believe is also a Coleman contribution. Wendy and Lisa's suspenseful chorus reminds me of the similar one on 'Crystal Ball'.

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He seems to have added a prefatory, late-80s-appropriate 'safe' to the 'sex between two people is all right' line on final GB album version. GB version also adds a 'Batdance'-esque 1989 electric guitar solo, and that 1988-1990 sound library 'lower end' sample used noteably on 'Melody Cool' and 'Sex'.

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Question: Is the 10 min version circulating. I just checked and I have 25 diff tracks but all around 5-6 mins.....

[Edited 12/5/16 14:00pm]

aalloca said:

imprimis said:

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It's quite likely that, in the pre-Graffiti Bridge album mixes that are circulating, there is no overlapping 'funk' to partially mask the explicitness of the original lyric.

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The 'We Can Funk' (30 Years) bootleg is a good example of the state of the song as of 1986, when it was last worked on, prior to the overdubbing and mixing for 'The Cinderella Theory' and GB several years later; it retains the additional verse and some of the omitted synth.

.

The 10+ minute version has numerous additional 'very 1983' synth lines, and an additional guitar part (riffed by Prince during the 31 December 1983 jam session on the song with numerous of the Coleman and Melvoin families present), that are on the multitrack but omitted from the mix in other known circulating versions; the extended suite 'dream' part utilizes the same patch as on 'The Beautiful Ones'.

.

I believe the sitar introduction was added by David Coleman on that New Year's Eve date as well, and retained on all subsequent versions; the tribal drumming on the very early demo I believe is also a Coleman contribution. Wendy and Lisa's suspenseful chorus reminds me of the similar one on 'Crystal Ball'.

.

He seems to have added a prefatory, late-80s-appropriate 'safe' to the 'sex between two people is all right' line on final GB album version. GB version also adds a 'Batdance'-esque 1989 electric guitar solo, and that 1988-1990 sound library 'lower end' sample used noteably on 'Melody Cool' and 'Sex'.

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[Edited 12/4/16 15:30pm]

Question: Is the 10 min version circulating. I just checked and I have 25 diff tracks but all around 5-6 mins.....

[Edited 12/5/16 14:00pm]

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There is a 10+ minute version circulating. I am not keen on the mix in this circulating leak, however, as it has some of the George Clinton-era overdubs, and some of the 1983 multitrack not used in the other mixes, and the combination of the two leaves an odd taste in my mouth. It is also in poor audio quality. It should be on iVault (in the 1989 or 1990 folder), Work It, Work It 2.0, and other commonly available sources.

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imprimis said:

aalloca said:

Question: Is the 10 min version circulating. I just checked and I have 25 diff tracks but all around 5-6 mins.....

[Edited 12/5/16 14:00pm]

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There is a 10+ minute version circulating. I am not keen on the mix, however, as it has some of the Georgie Clinton-era overdubs, and some of the multitrack not used in the others from 1983, and the combination of the two leaves an odd taste in my mouth. It is also in poor audio quality. It should be on iVault (in the 1989 or 1990 folder), Work It, Work It 2.0, and other commonly available sources.

Yeah, it's on Work It 2.0 - We Can Funk #6.

aalloca said:

Question: Is the 10 min version circulating. I just checked and I have 25 diff tracks but all around 5-6 mins.....

its been around for years now. Though quality is not the best, still enjoyable

I dont remember the exact number, but there are aprox 7 different versions of "We Can Funk" circulating

FragileUndertow said:

aalloca said:

Question: Is the 10 min version circulating. I just checked and I have 25 diff tracks but all around 5-6 mins.....

its been around for years now. Though quality is not the best, still enjoyable

I dont remember the exact number, but there are aprox 7 different versions of "We Can Funk" circulating

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Yes, it's been widely circulating since approximately 1990/1991.

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imprimis said:

The 1986 version is the one for me.

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I got it on a boot back in the day in sequence with Girl Of My Dreams / Can't Stop This Feeling I Got / WCF / Data Bank and was totally blown away