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Here I would have to respectfully disagree. There have been times when Prince made a mixdown (or what I assume was a mixdown) and it’s clear that it doesn’t represent how the track was intended to be heard, thus I don’t consider it a ‘version’. | |
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ha! A bold claim right there. If Prince was alive and saw that that's exactly what we'd be getting. | |
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I don't get the love this song gets, which is an ok song at best. | |
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I understand your perspective. . . So one way to go would simply be to consider any new mix after overdubs/remix/edit a new version, and you'd literally get as many "versions" as there would be versions, no matter how little the differences and purely in chronological order. . Another option, however, could be to consider whether we're talking about a rework or a complete rerecording. For example Witness would be 1.0 (guitar) and 1.1 (sax), then 2.0 (the "Camille" version). This also mean that the PR version of WCF would be 1.0, and the GB version would be 1.4 (or something like that, depending on how many versions were made in 1989), while the 1986 versions, albeit recorded in between, would be 2.0, 2.1, etc. Then, if you go real specific, the original unreleased cassette only mixdown of Make Up would be 1.0, the V6 released version is 1.1, the 2019 Niko Bolas mix is 1.3, etc. . So that's the systems I would consider, but in no case would they be based on a subjective and debatable concept like "what Prince intended", because this isn't rigorous enough IMHO, and leaves room to too much interpretation. . In the end and regardless of what nonsense Michael Howe chooses to write on the boxsets, the question this conversation raises is how the vault's inventory is being organized (since, we are told, such an inventory is being made). . There probably are other ways of doing it beyond what you and me propose, but no matter how he does it, I hope Michael Howe chose to do it with a rigourous and consistant system, one that can be used as a solid reference by those who will one day take over after him, and one that can also hopefully, one day, be used by researchers to study P's recording output. A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ | |
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Eric Leed's finest moment bar none, the playing on that version is absolutely majestic.... literally the only time I'm underwhelmed in comparison by a Prince guitar-heavy alternate (or "final version"). | |
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Oh this is gorgeous. | |
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What is? | |
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Not to yuck your yum, cuz I do agree - but the voice on CB is Susannah. W&L are not present. Key difference! | |
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Witness 4 The Prosecution
I am a witness for the prosecution of a hate in this love affair I am a witness (witness) I'm a witness (witness for the prosecution) I am a witness for the prosecution of a hate in this love affair, yeah I am a witness for the prosecution of a hate in this love affair, yeah I am a witness for the prosecution of a hate in this love affair, yeah Guilt, seven years hard labor, take him away | |
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Ok no one make fun of me with this question... But what does the line ‘in school i once traded chairs’ mean??? Lol is it an old saying or something? | |
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Not sure if you are from the good old USA or not, but here is my take on it, since I grew up in the same era as Prince in the midwest.
In elementary school (most of the time) the teacher sat you in rows in alphabetical order. I guess so she or he could memorize your name better. For the rest of the school year, that was "your chair". Prince in this song has a crush on this girl, so probably he switches his chair for the desk/chair she has been sitting in all school year. He will never get to sit next to her because his last name is "Nelson", and her name could be Williams, so she is clear across the room.
He wants to sit on the chair her butt has been covering for a while............
No harm in asking, bub.
Anyhow, that's what I think! Good morning children...take a look out your window, the world is falling... | |
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Seahorsie said:
Not sure if you are from the good old USA or not, but here is my take on it, since I grew up in the same era as Prince in the midwest.
In elementary school (most of the time) the teacher sat you in rows in alphabetical order. I guess so she or he could memorize your name better. For the rest of the school year, that was "your chair". Prince in this song has a crush on this girl, so probably he switches his chair for the desk/chair she has been sitting in all school year. He will never get to sit next to her because his last name is "Nelson", and her name could be Williams, so she is clear across the room.
He wants to sit on the chair her butt has been covering for a while.....
No harm in asking, bub.
Anyhow, that's what I think! Holy shitballs, i didn’t think of that. Yeah ig that makes sense considering his like afterwards | |
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Dump the horns. All you others say Hell Yea!! ![]() | |
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2freaky4church1 said: Dump the horns. Wouldn't that be a reverse Frankenstein mix? | |
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. Also not really MPLS-sounding. I almost hear Batman in the distance with this song, this version. Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry. | |
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It doesn't have to be a perfect song... I enjoy it very much because it's another piece of art from Prince. | |
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At the end of version 1 of Witness in the 7" boxset Prince can be heard saying "1,2,3...". This isn't on the digital version. | |
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. Any other differences on that mix? I mean, if there is a difference at the end, it has to be a different mix. Is there any way you can record it to a digital file so an A/B comparison can be done?
Paisley Park is in your heart - Love Is Here! | |
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"At the end", meaning right after "take him away"?
Is that something we've heard before on bootlegs? The only "1, 2, 3" that comes to mind is the one at the beginning of "Girl O' My Dreams", but it's not even right at the beginning of the song and the date doesn't match, of course. | |
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It's Movie Star as heard on one of the Dream Factory configs What's the use in half a story, half a dream | |
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olb99 said:
"At the end", meaning right after "take him away"?
Is that something we've heard before on bootlegs? The only "1, 2, 3" that comes to mind is the one at the beginning of "Girl O' My Dreams", but it's not even right at the beginning of the song and the date doesn't match, of course. Yes, right after "Take him away." | |
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Revolution81 said:
It's Movie Star as heard on one of the Dream Factory configs Yep! | |
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