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Thread started 03/09/20 11:14am

2freaky4church
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Prince ripped off Steely Dan on Letitgo.

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

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #1 posted 03/09/20 11:39am

looby

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

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Reply #2 posted 03/09/20 11:49am

Milty2

I dont hear it.

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Reply #3 posted 03/09/20 12:06pm

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Yes you do. lol

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #4 posted 03/09/20 12:31pm

RJOrion

no
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Reply #5 posted 03/09/20 12:50pm

funkaholic1972

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

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Reply #6 posted 03/09/20 1:52pm

ian

Nonsense.

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Reply #7 posted 03/09/20 2:34pm

TheFman

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??

[Edited 3/9/20 14:35pm]

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Reply #8 posted 03/09/20 3:34pm

Rimshottbob

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.

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Reply #9 posted 03/09/20 3:43pm

thedoorkeeper

If I were going to accuse Prince of borrowing from Steely Dan Let It Go isn't the song I think of.
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Reply #10 posted 03/09/20 3:44pm

thedoorkeeper

If I were going to accuse Prince of borrowing from Steely Dan Let It Go isn't the song I think of.
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Reply #11 posted 03/09/20 4:45pm

jjam

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.

[Edited 3/9/20 16:45pm]

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Reply #12 posted 03/09/20 5:00pm

Se7en

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I’m usually pretty open-minded about this stuff, but I don’t hear any resemblance at all.
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Reply #13 posted 03/09/20 7:28pm

steakfinger

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

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Reply #14 posted 03/09/20 8:36pm

rdhull

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Youre talking about De La Soul

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #15 posted 03/10/20 6:53am

dodger

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??

[Edited 3/9/20 14:35pm]

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

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Reply #16 posted 03/10/20 7:27am

Genesia

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Bait thread.

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Reply #17 posted 03/10/20 7:31am

jdcxc

dodger said:



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??


[Edited 3/9/20 14:35pm]



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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Reply #18 posted 03/10/20 8:17am

CAL3

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.

I’ve been informed that my opinion is worth less than those expressed by others here.
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Reply #19 posted 03/10/20 8:19am

bsprout

dodger said:



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??


[Edited 3/9/20 14:35pm]



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



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Reply #20 posted 03/10/20 8:20am

dodger

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

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Reply #21 posted 03/10/20 9:05am

CAL3

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.

I’ve been informed that my opinion is worth less than those expressed by others here.
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Reply #22 posted 03/10/20 10:08am

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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.)

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Reply #23 posted 03/10/20 10:26am

CAL3

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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.

I’ve been informed that my opinion is worth less than those expressed by others here.
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Reply #24 posted 03/10/20 2:00pm

TheFman

well this went sideways real fast biggrin

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.

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Reply #25 posted 03/10/20 2:43pm

jfenster

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

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Reply #26 posted 03/10/20 2:47pm

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

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Reply #27 posted 03/11/20 10:04am

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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.

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Reply #28 posted 03/11/20 11:18am

jjam

The OP is talking bollocks.

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Reply #29 posted 03/11/20 1:56pm

CAL3

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."

I’ve been informed that my opinion is worth less than those expressed by others here.
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