"Violet The Organ Grinder" is one of my favorite 90s b-sides, and definitely one of the best songs on the "Gett Off" EP.

"I can deal with a sucker if he's in your mouth, but I can't deal with insincere."

Yes! Love this song. Video is a trip and a half.

amazing song and video...



I love this b-side!

mechanicalemotion17 said:

Great song and video. Still sounds fresh to me and Prince looked amazing in this video and period, Totally crazy lyric but a killer beat.

Wow, previously only vaialble as a VHS interlaced transfer (right?). this is a cool Xmas gift. Putting the "x" in Christmas.

Genesia said:

Thanks for posting! Now they'll be able to find it and take it down even quicker!

The other videos he filmed are still up. He does have some right to them as the filmmaker obviously.

I wish Robert Borm (Point of View Films) would put out some stuff he has locked away. He did a lot of the filming during D&P & . However, he was a victim of Prince's non-payment practices back then. He went bankrupt over all the filming Prince did at Paisley Park (I think it was him who referred to a lot of it as "home movies"), and not being paid. He was mentioned the Pioneer Press article Purple Drain in the 90s.

TrivialPursuit said:

Genesia said:

Thanks for posting! Now they'll be able to find it and take it down even quicker!

The other videos he filmed are still up. He does have some right to them as the filmmaker obviously.

I wish Robert Borm (Point of View Films) would put out some stuff he has locked away. He did a lot of the filming during D&P & . However, he was a victim of Prince's non-payment practices back then. He went bankrupt over all the filming Prince did at Paisley Park (I think it was him who referred to a lot of it as "home movies"), and not being paid. He was mentioned the Pioneer Press article Purple Drain in the 90s.

Actually a filmmaker signs a "work for hire" agreement and has NO rights on the footage in professional circumstances. If he didn't sign a work agreement, then he might have claim to rights. BUT, there's no way he would have worked on this during the Warners days and not have signed something.

Putting stuff up on your portfolio (your own website) is a gray area. But even there, you can be asked to cease abnd desist on stuff you shot depending on the contract you signed.

One of my favorite songs/videos! Super sexy

ufoclub said:

Wow, previously only vaialble as a VHS interlaced transfer (right?).

never mind.

[Edited 12/22/16 13:21pm]

TrivialPursuit said:

"Violet The Organ Grinder" is one of my favorite 90s b-sides, and definitely one of the best songs on the "Gett Off" EP.

"I can deal with a sucker if he's in your mouth, but I can't deal with insincere."

Well, there is a topic in dire need of its own thread. The "Gett Off" Cd single, or EP. Jesus, some of the sickest Prince music ever. My God! With Steve Hurley at the absolute peak of his powers to boot!

hardwork said:

Scott McCullough rocks, posting all that stuff from his vault. Violet TOG in HD, wow!

hardwork said:

TrivialPursuit said:

"Violet The Organ Grinder" is one of my favorite 90s b-sides, and definitely one of the best songs on the "Gett Off" EP.

"I can deal with a sucker if he's in your mouth, but I can't deal with insincere."

Well, there is a topic in dire need of its own thread. The "Gett Off" Cd single, or EP. Jesus, some of the sickest Prince music ever. My God! With Steve Hurley at the absolute peak of his powers to boot!

Agree. I hadn't long got into Prince back in 91 when I bought the Gett Off VHS and was blown away. It was like entering a whole new world..

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There's an interesting recent interview with Scott McCullough on the Prince Podcast and he talks in depth about filming a lot videos around this time. Bits of Gangster Glam was shot in P's living room and he mentions the infamous mankini!

mechanicalemotion17 said:

Saw it recently. In my opinion it hasn't stood the test if time. Dated and nonsensical

See, to me, that's what makes things like this awesome!

AnnaStesia10 said:

NouveauDance said:

mechanicalemotion17 said:

Saw it recently. In my opinion it hasn't stood the test if time. Dated and nonsensical

See, to me, that's what makes things like this awesome!

I agree Nouveau, also anything chain hat related is cool in my book.

TheDigitalGardener said:

NouveauDance said:

See, to me, that's what makes things like this awesome!

I agree Nouveau, also anything chain hat related is cool in my book.

I love that. It was an aggressive time for Prince; purposeful, pointed, antagonistic. Isn't "Violet" the first time it made an appearance? It predates "My Name Is Prince". It wasn't in any of the Diamonds & Pearls Video Collection stuff, to my quick recall. I dug how he was coy with it sometimes, even sending Mayte out lip syncing "My Name Is Prince" on the tour, then he'd just show up on the riser in the back for the next song.

TrivialPursuit said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

I agree Nouveau, also anything chain hat related is cool in my book.

I love that. It was an aggressive time for Prince; purposeful, pointed, antagonistic. Isn't "Violet" the first time it made an appearance? It predates "My Name Is Prince". It wasn't in any of the Diamonds & Pearls Video Collection stuff, to my quick recall. I dug how he was coy with it sometimes, even sending Mayte out lip syncing "My Name Is Prince" on the tour, then he'd just show up on the riser in the back for the next song.

I think you may be right sir.

i love prince's maxisingles from d&p more than the album as whole. great stuff and more coherent in a way. i liked the maxis for come also.

BillieBalloon said:

NouveauDance said:

This purple and yellow outfit he's got, God! I'd give anything to have the same one

databank said: