Dis kinda kicks.

Heard last night. The song is kinda cool, but the chorus is a let down.

Telecaster5 said:

Heard last night. The song is kinda cool, but the chorus is a let down.

I like it alot.

It's a cover song.

leadline said:

I like it plenty until Hannah starts singing.

Originally done by Nichole Nordeman. KTIS (Minneapolis' Christian Contemporary station) interviewed her shortly after Prince's death. It was an interesting interview.

Here's an article from WayFM when he first released the song:

Mainstream, iconic artist, Prince, just released a new single. Why are we telling you this? Because it’s actually an old song by Nichole Nordeman.

Nichole wrote and sang the song, “What If” back in 2005. It was a big hit for her on Christian radio.

Nichole says 5 years ago she got a call from Prince’s management asking for rights to cover the song. She gave them permission and never heard back. She figured it had faded over time.

Now, 5 years later, Prince released “What If” as his newest mainstream single. Turns out he heard it on the radio, then introduced it to his band. How cool is that?

Of course he put his own take on the song. It sounds pretty different musically, but the beautiful message remains the same.

Nichole was beside herself with excitement on her Facebook page saying:

“I don’t really have the appropriate words for what an honor this is… This man’s talent is otherworldly. What’s the non-musical equivalent? Tiger Woods asking to borrow your clubs? Neil Armstrong calling and asking if you’d like to take a walk?… Prince heard a song about the transforming love of Jesus on Christian radio and now has given it a much wider audience than I ever did or could.” Wonder what was running through Prince’s head when he heard it for the first time? ”

[Edited 7/17/17 12:32pm]

TheEnglishGent said:

I like it plenty until Hannah starts singing.

Yes....that x100

Love the song and Hannah is fine by me. She sounds good on this track and PE.

DarkKnight1 said:

Love the song and Hannah is fine by me. She sounds good on this track and PE.

Much love to Hannah, really, she is a fantastic drummer. But I always found her voice to be very shrilly, hard on the ears, and speakers.

The opening minute or so is great. Then Hannah starts with her Avril Lavigne impression.

dodger said:

The opening minute or so is great. Then Hannah starts with her Avril Lavigne impression.

TheEnglishGent said:

I like it plenty until Hannah starts singing.

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He had me produce a full orchestration for this song (after it was released).

I think he just wanted to hear what it would sound like.

That song was already pretty thick as it was, so you can imagine what happened throwing strings, brass, and woodwinds on top of that.

I think it was the 2nd to last song i worked on with him.

-MBN

MrMoops said:

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He had me produce a full orchestration for this song (after it was released).

I think he just wanted to hear what it would sound like.

That song was already pretty thick as it was, so you can imagine what happened throwing strings, brass, and woodwinds on top of that.

I think it was the 2nd to last song i worked on with him.

-MBN

Thanks for the information! Did he do that often, i.e. ask you to produce a full orchestration for a song to then discard it?

MrMoops said:

leadline said:

DarkKnight1 said:

Love the song and Hannah is fine by me. She sounds good on this track and PE.

Much love to Hannah, really, she is a fantastic drummer. But I always found her voice to be very shrilly, hard on the ears, and speakers.

Doesn't help that the autotune/melodyne on her vocal has the vibrato turned up so it's warbly-er than normal - but that was the issue with most of her vocals on PE, anyway. Definitely sounds like a pastor's daughter CCM worship leader.

OperatingThetan said:

MrMoops said:

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He had me produce a full orchestration for this song (after it was released).

I think he just wanted to hear what it would sound like.

That song was already pretty thick as it was, so you can imagine what happened throwing strings, brass, and woodwinds on top of that.

I think it was the 2nd to last song i worked on with him.

-MBN

I wonder if Prince was considering it for the second 3RDEYEGIRL album? I recall seeing a video of a recording session for that and hearing a lot of strings.

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I thought that it wasn't as likely to be for the next 3EG album since it had already been released, but it could certainly be possible he was thinking of using this alternate version on the album.

Regarding the string session video, if it's the one with Donna showing up at the studio,

that was for an instrumental called Rumeta, which I believe was planned for the 2nd 3EG album.

MrMoops said:

OperatingThetan said:

MrMoops said: I wonder if Prince was considering it for the second 3RDEYEGIRL album? I recall seeing a video of a recording session for that and hearing a lot of strings.

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I thought that it wasn't as likely to be for the next 3EG album since it had already been released, but it could certainly be possible he was thinking of using this alternate version on the album.

Regarding the string session video, if it's the one with Donna showing up at the studio,

that was for an instrumental called Rumeta, which I believe was planned for the 2nd 3EG album.

Thanks for sharing some new info (new to me anyway).

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Going off the small clip on the video it would have been really interesting to hear how that 2nd album would have turned out.

MrMoops said:

gandorb said:

OperatingThetan said:

MrMoops said:

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I thought that it wasn't as likely to be for the next 3EG album since it had already been released, but it could certainly be possible he was thinking of using this alternate version on the album.

Regarding the string session video, if it's the one with Donna showing up at the studio,

that was for an instrumental called Rumeta, which I believe was planned for the 2nd 3EG album.

Thanks, MrMoops. I only hope we get to hear some of this music eventually. It seems like Prince was going for more of a fusion sound than straight rock on the second 3EG album. Though I guess the strings could've been limited to just a few tracks. I know Ida mentioned on twitter recently that they'd recorded a full band version of 'That Girl Thang' that she remembers as being particularly beautiful, though there is of course no evidence that was being considered for inclusion.

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I produced the string session for "That Girl Thang" as well. It was gorgeous. Adi Yeshaya and StringGenius did a beautiful job on it.

[Edited 8/12/17 10:53am]

the live soundboard version is better..detriot i think

MrMoops said: