We caught you purple Gawd. That melody line on Letitgo, a cop from the Dan song Deacon Blues. You know u hear it. smile. We forgive u P

MY PRINCE ripping off someone?.......NEVER!

I dont hear it.

Yes you do. lol

Huge Dan Fan, but I fail to hear which melody you mean? Could you give us a timestamp?

Nonsense.

No.

Some parts do however remind me of another famous song, though i can't put my finger on it yet.

I think somthing Bobby Brown??

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Yeah..... total nonsense.

There's the vaguest of similarities to one part of the verse melody line (the first line of the first verse, basically, for comparison). But it's not the same at all. Different cadence, differnet phrasing, not even fully the same melody.

It's like saying Prince ripped off Steely Dan because he also had lyrics where one word came after another to form a line.

Nonsense.

2freaky4church1 said:

We caught you purple Gawd. That melody line on Letitgo, a cop from the Dan song Deacon Blues. You know u hear it. smile. We forgive u P

You must be on some good PCP.

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One Steely Dan song contains the same amount of chords as an entire Prince record.

Youre talking about De La Soul

TheFman said:

No.

Some parts do however remind me of another famous song, though i can't put my finger on it yet.

I think somthing Bobby Brown??

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Sounds nothing like Bobby Brown. But that's just my prerogative

Bait thread.

dodger said:

jdcxc said:

dodger said:

Sounds nothing like Bobby Brown. But that's just my prerogative

Letitgo does have a little New Jack Soul (Teddy Riley), but nothing by BB. On a separate note, this song is a severely underrated Gem. The entire album is brilliant.

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Letitgo is underrated, yes.

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Entire calbum brilliant? Um... whatever you're smoking, you better pass some of that sh!t.

dodger said:

CAL3 said:

jdcxc said:

dodger said: Letitgo does have a little New Jack Soul (Teddy Riley), but nothing by BB. On a separate note, this song is a severely underrated Gem. The entire album is brilliant.

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Letitgo is underrated, yes.

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Entire calbum brilliant? Um... whatever you're smoking, you better pass some of that sh!t.

Don't be cruel

dodger said:

CAL3 said:

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Letitgo is underrated, yes.

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Entire calbum brilliant? Um... whatever you're smoking, you better pass some of that sh!t.

Don't be cruel

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One man's meat is another man's poison.

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But let's establish something... at the time of its release, "Come" was the shoddiest excuse for an album Prince had ever cobbled together. It was - and remains - a sonic skidmark.

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As for Bobby Brown, the song the other poster was reminded of was "on Our Own" from Ghostbusters 2.

CAL3 said:

dodger said:

Don't be cruel

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One man's meat is another man's poison.

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But let's establish something... at the time of its release, "Come" was the shoddiest excuse for an album Prince had ever cobbled together. It was - and remains - a sonic skidmark.

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As for Bobby Brown, the song the other poster was reminded of was "on Our Own" from Ghostbusters 2.

See, what you have there regarding the Come album is an opinion. And of course everyone is entitled to their opinions. But you seem to be presenting it as fact. I happen to think your opinion is a literary skidmark, but I'll present it as an opinion and respect your opinion as such. (I love the Come album by the way. Apparently "sonic skidmark" is a new genre that I need to explore.)

stephaniebrown said:

CAL3 said:

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One man's meat is another man's poison.

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But let's establish something... at the time of its release, "Come" was the shoddiest excuse for an album Prince had ever cobbled together. It was - and remains - a sonic skidmark.

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As for Bobby Brown, the song the other poster was reminded of was "on Our Own" from Ghostbusters 2.

See, what you have there regarding the Come album is an opinion. And of course everyone is entitled to their opinions. But you seem to be presenting it as fact. I happen to think your opinion is a literary skidmark, but I'll present it as an opinion and respect your opinion as such. (I love the Come album by the way. Apparently "sonic skidmark" is a new genre that I need to explore.)

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The whole "one man's meat" part was where I was acknowledging your opinion.

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But regardless of whether or not you like the songs on "Come," let's get real - at that point in his career, Prince was essentially insulting his fans by foisting this deliberately half-baked mess upon them.

well this went sideways real fast

I meant i heard in that Steely Dan song something from Zappa - Bobby Brown song.

But surely nothing connected with P or Letitgo at all.

just because one listens to Prince ...dont make them a music afficianato...

Not even remotely close to Letitgo. You're hearing waht you want to hear. No similarities whatsoever.

CAL3 said

But let's establish something... at the time of its release, "Come" was the shoddiest excuse for an album Prince had ever cobbled together. It was - and remains - a sonic skidmark.

I've been listening to this album, 'Come' a lot lately. I think it is one of his best.

I bought Steely Dan's Aja back when it came out in 1977. I love this album. I know this ablum like the back of my hand. I never connected the two before. I listened again to both songs with your comment in mind.

'Deacon Blues' is jazzy and LetItGo is pure funk. I think maybe if there is anything similarities it is in the horns at the beginning of LetItGo and the horns in Deacon Blues. But it is a very thin resemblance.

In studing Prince's music and the music of other's I've found a lot of borrowing going on. It's all over music. Artists are influenced by each other. They may unconsciously pull from things they hear or some may consciencely. I think it is inevitable.

The OP is talking bollocks.

authorbest said:

CAL3 said

But let's establish something... at the time of its release, "Come" was the shoddiest excuse for an album Prince had ever cobbled together. It was - and remains - a sonic skidmark.

I've been listening to this album, 'Come' a lot lately. I think it is one of his best.

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You may personally LIKE the songs on this grotesquerie, of course. Heck, I LIKE some of these songs ("Papa" and "Dark" are the two champs).

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But one thing it cannot possibly be is "one of his best." There is a world of difference between a personal "favorite" and an objective "best."