Giovanni777 said:

Just heard it on Spotify... Not a fan.

If you mean the 1987 version is better, i agree..no doubt. However, it so interesting to hear him do this 8 years befoe with that Dirty Mind/Rebels type sound. Super.

SPYZFAN1 said:

Definitely has a "Cars/New Wave" feel to it. This could have been on "D.M"...I dig it..I also like the out of phase Fender (or Hohner) raw guitar sound too.

LoveGalore said:

Absolutely amazing to hear this and that it was almost 10 years old when officially released!! The 87 version is just so hopeless (it is one of my all time faves tho) but this one is optimistic.

Great! That is all.

mushmackalenta said:

bluegangsta said:

Quite amazing to hear! I think it sounds pretty similar to Do It All Night, but can definitly hear why some still suspect this is from 82, as it also kind of sounds like Do Yourself A Favor.

Unfortunately the Bolas hard-panning and mono reverb strikes again.

Yes. This is a Frankenstein mix.

Okay people I think it is long overdue to stop focusing on the term "Frankenstein mixes", all due respect lol. Creating a brand new mix from the multitracks is not "Frankensteining" anything unless parts are flown in from other sources that were not that multitrack



Using a little more reverb than a given individual personally would like on a new mix is not "Frankensteining"

[Edited 7/16/20 13:18pm]

BlueShakooo said:

Dandroppedadime said:

Dandroppedadime said:

Now, does the fact this was a 1979 song distract from the overall public perception that SOTT is one of the great albums of all time, or help to cement that belief? Personally I’m on the fence, as we all like to think he worked on the album within a given time frame like most artists (albeit with its evolution from DF), and the album in reality is just a grab bag of songs like a compilation if you will.

Not at all IMO. It shows that he was often very adept at holding onto a song until it made sense in the context of an album.

Likewise with "Strange Relationship", and "Bold Generation / New Power Generation".

I read somewhere a long time ago that this was considered for inclusion on Dirty Mind but was too similar to "When You Were Mine" so it was excluded. You can tell Prince really liked the song as he held on to it for a long time waiting for the right project...but WYWM was the preffered track at release time for Dirty Mind.

LoveGalore said:

mushmackalenta said:

bluegangsta said: Yes. This is a Frankenstein mix.

YOU'RE a Frankenstein mix.

Dope.

LoveGalore said:

IstenSzek said:

I just feel those good ole new wave vibe...like the album "Look sharp" by Joe Jackson

Pellwormer said:

I love it , a pity it fades out at the end though. Would loved to have heard a cracking guitar solo.

Marco81 said:

LoveGalore said:

Michael Howe discussed this - that they initially thought it was from much later (aka 1982) but that it was on the same tape as ... Uh something else I forget.

Tape seen in PP Vault photos has I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man / U Should Be Mine / You Are My Love.

That would clearly place a version in 1982, based on the other two tracks. Whether it's this version is a whole different argument. I begs the question will it ever see the light of day if it didn't make the 1999 SDE or SOTT SDE.

Just randomly came across this awesome cover by the Austin Ukelele Society. It's so goofy but great!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO_yZgHhMxw

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I just love the optimism of youth. She was damaged goods, but in 1979 he was willing to give it a try.

8 Years later, he parked her as a 'no go'.

"...but I'll try. I'll sure as hell try."

Amazing. That one line was pure gold to me. That made my week.

That bass line note just before the chorus seems so wrong, but feels so right. Really suprised there was no guitar solo of any kind.

SquirrelMeat said: