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Printablevioletcrush said:
OMG I love them all...."Conjunction junction, what's your function??!!!" "I'm just a bill, only a bill, sittin' here on Capitol Hill!!!" "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly get your adverbs here!!!" "Three, six, nine, twelve, fifteen, eighteen!!!" "If you could skate, you would be great, if you could make a figure eight!!!" * Someone gave me all of the SHR VHS tapes when my daughter was born back in 2006. She LOVED all of them - wanted to watch them all the time * They just don't make 'em like they used to!! Dang that figure 8 one was so sad to me. Yes I can still recite them too!!! | |
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violetcrush said:
Sounds familiar, but I can't picture it. Will head over to YT... DO u all recall the Really Rosie/Carole king songs, Pierre, alligators all around I loved those too. | |
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purplefam99 said: violetcrush said:
OMG I love them all...."Conjunction junction, what's your function??!!!" "I'm just a bill, only a bill, sittin' here on Capitol Hill!!!" "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly get your adverbs here!!!" "Three, six, nine, twelve, fifteen, eighteen!!!" "If you could skate, you would be great, if you could make a figure eight!!!" * Someone gave me all of the SHR VHS tapes when my daughter was born back in 2006. She LOVED all of them - wanted to watch them all the time * They just don't make 'em like they used to!! Dang that figure 8 one was so sad to me. Yes I can still recite them too!!! Yes, very melancholy but I loved watching the little ice skater do the 8 on the ice  | |
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purplefam99 said: violetcrush said:
Sounds familiar, but I can't picture it. Will head over to YT... DO u all recall the Really Rosie/Carole king songs, Pierre, alligators all around I loved those too. Don't remember those. Must have missed it. | |
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violetcrush said: purplefam99 said: DO u all recall the Really Rosie/Carole king songs, Pierre, alligators all around I loved those too. Don't remember those. Must have missed it. Give it a look, the songs were composed in 1960, and it this kind of tvand music That I think prince would have enjoyed as a kid and in someway influenced him. Imo. Especially “one was Johnny”. The animated series camenout in 1975. Look at it and tell me what u think if u get the chance I think you Will smile. ETA there is one I can’t remeber which one where the influence was so Direct that I was sure in fact prince had watched it or heard the song. Maybe “alligators all around”. Not sure I will have to go back and rewatch. [Edited 9/19/18 7:19am] [Edited 9/19/18 7:19am] | |
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Looks like the thread has progressed towards a broader topic... Would you like to talk about Casimir and Goldorak? Life Matters | |
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Okay okay....back to Prince and U Got The Look | |
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I didn't really mind, I like it when a topic inspires another Life Matters | |
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They played 'U Got The Look' on BBC Radio 2 yesterday afternoon. It was such a nice surprise! [Edited 9/21/18 2:20am] Life Matters | |
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CherryMoon57 said: They played 'U Got The Look' on BBC Radio 2 yesterday afternoon. It was such a nice surprise! [Edited 9/21/18 2:20am] That's great!! Don't hear it played much anymore in the US, except on stations that do 70's and 80's format | |
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BBC Radio 2 plays all sorts of music and it is the most popular radiostation in the UK, so it is really nice that many people got to hear that song again. I have noticed Prince being played a lot more often on various stations lately, which is a good sign in my opinion. Life Matters | |
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Luckily, here in the US, just about every city has a "retro" station, so we still hear some of Prince's music on the radio, but it's usally the bigger hits - like Kiss, LRC, Let's Go Crazy, etc. And of course we have YT and streaming now too | |
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I just noticed that Wikipedia says the song was released on the 14th of July 1987, a very interesting date (Bastille Day, the French equivalent to the US Independence Day) which tallies with the video being filmed in Paris and the famous parisian sights within it. Life Matters | |
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I wouldn't doubt that. Prince seemed to be enamored with Paris and also Nice. The July 14th release, and the parisian aspects may have been him paying homage to the city. I think he had those backdrops in some of the SOTT movie, right? I remember Moulin Rouge and some other things... | |
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That's right. And let's not forget that the album starts with these two words: 'In France'. Life Matters | |
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Right! In my opinion, and I know there are tons of naysayers on this, I think the album songs (most of them), set design, Paris theme and the colors are tied to his relationship with Susannah. He proposed to her in Paris, and they spent time there together. I could be wrong, but that is what it seems. | |
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That's a very plausible explanation. Life Matters | |
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Too many connections with the songs (Forever In My Life, Adore, IIWYG, Starfish & Coffee) the colors, the peach dress which Cat Glover stated was made for Susannah, and she is thanked first on the album liner notes. | |
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Wow. You're right, a lot of things on the album point to her, plus she recorded some background vocals for a few songs that were kept for the album. Life Matters | |
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Love the black body suit of his with the cut-outs, YES, the gold waistchain!!!!!!!!!! Good morning children...take a look out your window, the world is falling... | |
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