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Reply #120 posted 11/06/17 9:26am

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Where did you find this?

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Reply #121 posted 11/06/17 11:03am

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ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Where did you find this?

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It was on an auction site or something

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Reply #122 posted 11/06/17 4:01pm

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http://articles.chicagotr...otest-song

BONNIE RAITT STARTS OVER IN MINNESOTA WITH PRINCE 8.27.1987

Chicago Tribune article from 1987:

Bonnie Raitt Starts Over, In Minnesota With Prince

August 27, 1987|By Jon Bream, Minneapolis Star and Tribune.

If you want to start over, sometimes it`s best to go back to where you started.

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That`s what Bonnie Raitt has done. She went back to Minnesota this year to begin recording anew-with fellow Minnesotan Prince-after severing a 15-year relationship with Warner Bros. Records.

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In 1971, Raitt recorded her debut album in folk-bluesman Dave Ray`s studio in a garage on an island in Lake Minnetonka. That LP was the California singer`s first step toward becoming one of pop music`s most enduring cult figures. She has been a folk singer, a blueswoman, an R & B stylist and a distinguished guitarist who has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone and in the all-star video of the anti-apartheid anthem ``Sun City.``

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Prince, she said, ``called me in November and he came to one of my shows. He told me he wanted to work with me.``

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They met twice to discuss parameters of the project, then in April she went to the studio in Prince`s home and recorded three songs.

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``It was interesting to see what he would come up with,`` she says,

``especially because I`m political and not a very shy person, and he`s not very political and he is very shy. But the fact that we both do R & B, and now that I`ve heard the songs, it makes complete sense to me. It came out really well.``

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Her sessions with Prince were different from any of her previous recording experiences.

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``It was nice to be working with another singer and guitarist,`` she says. ``There was a lot of mutual respect. There isn`t any danger of his steamrolling me into his own image. I`m strong enough personality-wise so I`m not going to be told how to sing. He was not any more demanding than I was of myself.``

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Prince wrote and recorded the instrumental tracks in advance, then Raitt added vocals and lead guitar. They cut two R & B songs and one reggae tune.

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Raitt said it was as refreshing to record in Minnesota this year as it was 16 years ago. That isn`t the only reason the veteran singer-guitarist feels as if she`s starting over. A hand injury forced her to take a lengthy vacation for the first time in years. She exercised, changed her eating habits, stopped partying and basically altered her life style.

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There was hardly any partying when Raitt went to the Soviet Union in July to perform with the Doobie Brothers, Santana, James Taylor and various Soviet rock, swing and folk performers in conjunction with a U.S.-Soviet peace march. But performing in front of 25,000 Russians connected Raitt with her past in another way.

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``For an old peace activist like me, I was very heartened by it,`` she says. ``I`m thrilled with all these big (benefit) concerts because the tradition I came out of was the Bob Dylan-Joan Baez protest song.``

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Raitt, the daughter of Broadway singer John Raitt, grew up in the Los Angeles area. Having played guitar since she was 9, she gravitated to the folk and blues scenes in Boston when she attended Radcliffe College in 1967. After four years on the club circuit as a soloist, she signed with Warner Bros. Records.

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Now her managers are shopping for a new contract for her. She called her 15-year relationship with Warner Bros. a marriage that went stale.

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``The last few years my spirit was broken by them not promoting me,``

says Raitt, who had only one album released by Warners in the last five years. ``I`ve always made money for the label. (Her best seller, ``Sweet Forgiveness,`` has sold nearly 1 million copies.) At a certain point, you either ought to get off the label or stop complaining.``

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Raitt has renewed confidence that there is a market for artists older than 25 who play blues- and R & B-oriented rock. She points optimistically to the recent success of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Robert Cray and Steve Winwood, as well as smaller record labels.

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``I decided that I`m going to be okay regardless of whether I have a hit record,`` she says. ``I wouldn`t like to be a household word, but I would like the records to be in the stores. I want sensible marketing techniques used at my target audience.``

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Reply #123 posted 11/06/17 4:02pm

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Reply #124 posted 11/06/17 4:36pm

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Housequake

Sh... shut up already, damn!

Tell me who in this house know about the quake? (We do)
I mean really, really
If U know how 2 rock say "Yeah" (Yeah)
If U know how 2 party say "Oh yeah" (Oh yeah)
But if U ain't hip 2 the rare housequake ... shut up already, damn!

Housequake - Everybody jump up and down
Housequake - There's a brand new groove goin' round (Housequake)
In your funky town (Housequake)
And the kick drum is the fault

U gotta rock this mother, say (Housequake) ... uh
We gotta rock this mother, say (Housequake) ... uh, uh

We're gonna show U what 2 do
U put your foot down on the 2
U jump up on the 1
Now U're havin' fun
Huh, U're doin' ... the housequake
Hey

Question - Does anybody know about the quake? (Yeah!)
Bullshit!
U can't get off until U make the house shake
Now everybody clap your hands, come on
Let's jam y'all (Let's jam!)
Don't wait 4 your neighbor
Green eggs and ham
Doin' the housequake

There's a brand new groove goin' round
In your city, in your town
Housequake - And the kick drum is the fault

Housequake (Housequake)
Housequake - U gotta rock this mother (U gotta rock this mother)
Housequake
Housequake - U gotta rock this mother down, come on
Housequake {x2}

Now that U got it, let's do the twist
A little bit harder than they did in '66
A little bit faster than they did in '67
Twist little sister and go 2 heaven
Come on y'all, we got 2 jam before the police come
A groove this funky is on the run
Hey!

Shake your body till your neighbors stare at cha!
(Quake) {x6}

Housequake - Everybody, everybody jump up and down
Housequake - There's a brand new groove (groove) that's goin' around
Housequake - In this city, in this funky town
Housequake - And the saxophone is the fault, check it out

If U can't rock steady, shut up already
Damn, U got 2 get off if U know what I'm talking about
On the 1 y'all say "Housequake"
Top of your body, let me hear U shout, say
(Housequake) My Lord!
(Housequake) My Lord!
(Housequake) Bullshit, louder, say it!
(Housequake) Ooh-wee

Shock-a-lock-a boom!
What was that? Aftershock!
Everybody, everybody U gotta rock, U gotta rock, come on

We're gonna shake, we're gonna quake
Cuz we got the baddest groove that we could make
We on the 2, y'all, the drummer's gonna tap
We gonna sing it and rock this mother 2 the max
And that's a fact
Housequake - Come on, say it (Housequake)
Come on, U can't follow it
We got the baddest jam in the land
Everybody shut up, listen 2 the band

Housequake

Shut up already, damn!

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Reply #125 posted 11/06/17 8:27pm

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OldFriends4Sale said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Where did you find this?

It was on an auction site or something

This note is amazing.

Note there was no dollar amount on how much to spend on Cat.

Is there a photo of the artwork from the Koo Koo shoot?

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Reply #126 posted 11/06/17 8:35pm

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Reply #127 posted 11/06/17 10:33pm

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Very informative thread and I love the photos!!! Thanks.

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Reply #128 posted 11/07/17 6:02am

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ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

It was on an auction site or something

This note is amazing.

Note there was no dollar amount on how much to spend on Cat.

Is there a photo of the artwork from the Koo Koo shoot?

No there isn't, I should have put that in my questions to Cat

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Reply #129 posted 11/07/17 7:16am

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Reply #134 posted 11/07/17 10:36am

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Another well written review, by Consequence Of Sound can be found here.

Goodness, where to even begin with this chef-d’oeuvre of blistering soul, funk, pop, hip-hop, and socially inclined yet seriously sexy music?

Words can never take the place of the man, Prince, but we will try. Sign o’ the Times is Prince at his most complete, under control yet completely out of it, doubling down with his most notable batch of music to this point. If ever an album illustrated the diversity and gifts of Prince, this is it. But to understand and appreciate Sign o’ the Times, one must look at every ingredient accrued over a long and difficult period of time in Prince’s career.

This was an album made through distress and alternate directions, and its production gives off the sense that Prince might not have been clearheaded about its development. At least not in any linear sense. Prince had parts and ideas everywhere, vying for a place on the album, and only the strongest bits survived. In short: Times is Frankenstein’s monster — were the monster fabulously funky and more inclined to get down. Well, maybe get a little nasty too…

The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #135 posted 11/07/17 1:03pm

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Where was Prince at during this photo? I have always like it.

One thing I have never understood. The use of makeup. I personally think he looks so much better naturally, with out the make up. I can understand in videos and stage. SOTT seems like he was more natural.

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Reply #136 posted 11/07/17 2:57pm

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nelcp777 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Where was Prince at during this photo? I have always like it.

One thing I have never understood. The use of makeup. I personally think he looks so much better naturally, with out the make up. I can understand in videos and stage. SOTT seems like he was more natural.

According to the article he was at some English mansion hideway

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Reply #137 posted 11/07/17 4:50pm

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Reply #138 posted 11/08/17 5:52pm

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the Ballad of Dorothy Parker

Dorothy was a waitress on the promenade
She worked the night shift
Dishwater blonde, tall and fine
She got a lot of tips

Well, earlier I'd been talkin' stuff

In a violent room
Fighting with lovers past
I needed someone with a quicker wit than mine
Dorothy was fast

Well, I ordered, "Yeah, let me get a fruit cocktail, I ain't to hungry"
Dorothy laughed
She said "Sounds like a real man to me"
"You're kinda cute, you want to take a bath?
(Do you want to, do you want to, bath)

Awh I said "Cool, but I'm leaving my pants on" (she say)
"'Cause I'm kind of going with someone"
She said "Sounds like a real man to me"
"Mind if I turn on the radio?"
"Oh, my favorite song" she said
And it was Joni singing "Help me I think I'm falling"

Brrring the phone rang and she said
"Whoever's calling can't be as cute as you"
Right then I knew I was through

Dorothy Parker was cool)

My pants where wet, they came off
But she didn't see the movie
'Cause she hadn't read the book first

Instead she pretended she was blind
An affliction brought on by a witch's curse
Dorothy made me laugh (ha ha)
I felt much better so I went back
To the violent room (tell us what you did)
Let me tell you what I did

I took another bubble bath with my pants on
All the fighting stopped
Next time I'll do it sooner
This is the ballad of Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker
Sweet hoo hoo ooo
Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker
Well
Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Parker
Well, ohh, well, aohh

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Reply #139 posted 11/08/17 9:36pm

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Let's keep this going.

My fav-0-rite thread right now.

Sign O' The Times.

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Reply #140 posted 11/09/17 5:13am

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ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Let's keep this going.

My fav-0-rite thread right now.

Sign O' The Times.

you probably mean to post these inthe SOTT movie thread?

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Reply #141 posted 11/09/17 6:11am

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Is it me or were Prince's heels the highest around this era? Look at the angle between his heel and the front of his boot compared to his boots in recent years.
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Reply #142 posted 11/09/17 6:16am

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Is it me or were Prince's heels the highest around this era? Look at the angle between his heel and the front of his boot compared to his boots in recent years.

I think he wore casual boots that were different from the stage boots.
If you look at his earlier periods, the boots were 'designed' for him like between 1978-1982

His heels looked pretty high on the Little Red Corvette video

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Reply #143 posted 11/09/17 7:09am

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OldFriends4Sale said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Let's keep this going.

My fav-0-rite thread right now.

Sign O' The Times.

you probably mean to post these inthe SOTT movie thread?

This thread is called SOTT "ERA"

The SOTT movie is SOTT Era, right?

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Reply #144 posted 11/09/17 8:29am

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ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

you probably mean to post these inthe SOTT movie thread?

This thread is called SOTT "ERA"

The SOTT movie is SOTT Era, right?

oh sorry, yeah there is seperate thread to talk about the actual concert film

and this one the album/outtakes etc

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Reply #145 posted 11/09/17 10:31am

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Oh...didnt know there was a separate thread for the movie.

I will go check it out.

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OldFriends4Sale said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

This thread is called SOTT "ERA"

The SOTT movie is SOTT Era, right?

oh sorry, yeah there is seperate thread to talk about the actual concert film

and this one the album/outtakes etc

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Reply #146 posted 11/09/17 10:35am

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ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Oh...didnt know there was a separate thread for the movie.

I will go check it out.

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OldFriends4Sale said:

oh sorry, yeah there is seperate thread to talk about the actual concert film

and this one the album/outtakes etc

lol U probably just got the 2 confused

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Reply #147 posted 11/09/17 12:46pm

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It coulda been a single thread.
I can't detach the imagery of the movie from the album.

But maybe because I lived it from so close and so for real.
If you zoom this .gif @ 400%, you get the idea.




...or you can go to the movies.






Say, did I already write you about how I was in the front row in front of his mike?
(the org: "shut up already, damn!")


The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure
Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams
Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose
Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams
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Reply #148 posted 11/10/17 2:15pm

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Image may contain: 1 person, on stage, playing a musical instrument, concert and night

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Reply #149 posted 11/10/17 6:18pm

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I never get tired of the music the concert footage and the pictures from this era. The good ol' days!! I miss u dearly, Prince!!! ❤🎶💋
"A strong spirit transcends rules." - Prince
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