Anyone familiar with this demo leak, or know the story behind the song?

Don't see anything on Princevault.

dustoff said:

Anyone familiar with this demo leak, or know the story behind the song?

Don't see anything on Princevault.

I just assumed it was someone trying to do an imitation. I can't recall anything else that sounds like handling noise on a microcassette recorder.

Suddenly I got this great idea and searched on Princevault; the result: https://www.princevault.c...f_Graffiti

udo said:

It's a great melody. I hope there is more.

I love P at the piano. I've often wondered how many of those cassettes he has taped of just him musing at the piano like P&M 83. Would love to have a collection of several of those recordings.

He also mentions a "bridge of graffiti" at the beginning of Eye No. Very cool to hear another piece of the puzzle!

udo said:

Suddenly I got this great idea and searched on Princevault; the result: https://www.princevault.c...f_Graffiti

You and Bart are cut from the same cloth.

udo said:

Suddenly I got this great idea and searched on Princevault; the result: https://www.princevault.c...f_Graffiti

Ha, ha... that's a fresh entry after we all heard it.

rap said:

udo said:

Suddenly I got this great idea and searched on Princevault; the result: https://www.princevault.c...f_Graffiti

You and Bart are cut from the same cloth.

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Yes, sometimes I know how to find stuff.

thanks heaps to whomever for making this available a really pretty melody

billymeade said:

He also mentions a "bridge of graffiti" at the beginning of Eye No. Very cool to hear another piece of the puzzle!

Does he? At what point?

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erik319 said:

I found it in the end - even though they shut down the other thread. WIN

billymeade said:

LoveGalore said:

billymeade said:

Dunno, but I read it on princevault. I think it's buried under the "welcome to the new power generation" part. Probably only heard with special software or 5.1 spread.

From PV: During the song's opening, one can faintly hear "Near the bridge of graffiti there lives a band whose soul belongs to god." Although the song Graffiti Bridge had already been recorded in July 1987, this is the first mention of Graffiti Bridge on a Prince release.

How do people hear this stuff!

So interesting.

erik319 said:

LoveGalore said:

billymeade said: From PV: During the song's opening, one can faintly hear "Near the bridge of graffiti there lives a band whose soul belongs to god." Although the song Graffiti Bridge had already been recorded in July 1987, this is the first mention of Graffiti Bridge on a Prince release.

How do people hear this stuff!

So interesting.

Well I've definitely always heard the "belongs to God" part, but the rest? Nope. But I've got marinara for brains and couldn't make out the Nelson Mandela thing in TSILABYF.