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Thread started 11/28/20 5:15pm

thebanishedone

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When Eye Lay My Hands On U never worked live

When i seen the reports of Prince playing

When Eye Lay My Hands On U live

i was happy

cause i always though that song along with

Jukebox With A Hearbeat and a few others

was a good example of when that Emancipation NPS Rave style

of production actually

did work.

It had kind of dreamy ,hypnotic Portis Head trip hop kind of vibe with great bridge and Santana refference.

But live versions were a letdown for me.Too big,overblown,it sounded rushed,with melody lost.

In my opinion it lost that vibe it had on the studio cut.

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Reply #1 posted 11/28/20 5:21pm

Margot

thebanishedone said:

When i seen the reports of Prince playing

When Eye Lay My Hands On U live

i was happy

cause i always though that song along with

Jukebox With A Hearbeat and a few others

was a good example of when that Emancipation NPS Rave style

of production actually

did work.

It had kind of dreamy ,hypnotic Portis Head trip hop kind of vibe with great bridge and Santana refference.

But live versions were a letdown for me.Too big,overblown,it sounded rushed,with melody lost.

In my opinion it lost that vibe it had on the studio cut.

Did you hear his version in 2009 @ Montreux? I thought it was mesmerizing.

One of his most erotic songs.

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Reply #2 posted 11/28/20 5:49pm

sro100

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I remember being there for The Forum 21 Night Stand May 14th when he opened with that. It was not exactly the opening I was expecting.

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Reply #3 posted 11/28/20 7:10pm

kewlschool

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Margot said:

thebanishedone said:

When i seen the reports of Prince playing

When Eye Lay My Hands On U live

i was happy

cause i always though that song along with

Jukebox With A Hearbeat and a few others

was a good example of when that Emancipation NPS Rave style

of production actually

did work.

It had kind of dreamy ,hypnotic Portis Head trip hop kind of vibe with great bridge and Santana refference.

But live versions were a letdown for me.Too big,overblown,it sounded rushed,with melody lost.

In my opinion it lost that vibe it had on the studio cut.

Did you hear his version in 2009 @ Montreux? I thought it was mesmerizing.

One of his most erotic songs.

The best version 2009 for sure. I hated the demo NPG site version (Always loved the song).

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Reply #4 posted 11/28/20 8:12pm

andrewm7

The Forum 21 Night Stand May 14th is my favourite as it seemed the passionate than the Montreux 2009 versions and missed out the bridge melody which I was never partial to (the bit beginning nobody knows like I knows)

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Reply #5 posted 11/28/20 8:48pm

gandorb

It really was one of the coolest sounding recorded songs in the 2000s. It is so trippy, funky, and raw. I only have heard the Montreux version of his concert recordings that I recall, which I liked but no match for the studio version.

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Reply #6 posted 11/28/20 10:35pm

Phase3

gandorb said:

It really was one of the coolest sounding recorded songs in the 2000s. It is so trippy, funky, and raw. I only have heard the Montreux version of his concert recordings that I recall, which I liked but no match for the studio version.


I am one of those who think most of the NPGMC stuff is weak and just filler but "when eye lay my hands on u" is probably my favorite song and the best song he recorded in that time period.
Songs like vavoom,peace,high are weak..but that's for another thread...or IS IT?
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Reply #7 posted 11/29/20 2:01am

RODSERLING

It never worked in studio too.
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Reply #8 posted 11/29/20 4:36am

olb99

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The studio version is absolutely fantastic. The Montreux 2009 version is excellent as well. If I had to keep only one version, it would be the studio version, though. I don't have to choose, fortunately. smile

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Reply #9 posted 11/29/20 6:04am

thebanishedone

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RODSERLING said:

It never worked in studio too.

Why? It have that cool trippy Portis Head vibe
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Reply #10 posted 11/29/20 9:33am

Marco81

Although I have witnessed the 2 Montreux versions live in person, go listen to the one from the Fabulous Forum, April 21st 2011, great building up until the final boombastic guitar solo...Hoep this shows up in soundboard one day...

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Reply #11 posted 11/29/20 9:57am

lustmealways

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yeah sorry buddy you got it mixed up. the studio version is nonsense, the live version is one of the all time greats

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Reply #12 posted 11/29/20 11:03am

rlittler81

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For me, the live versions were amazing, the studio version, however was lacking and forgettable.

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Reply #13 posted 11/29/20 11:34am

thisisreece

The Montreux Show 2 performance is one of my favourite Prince performances. Had he recorded a studio version around that time with Lotusflower style production, it might have been one of his all time greats.
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Reply #14 posted 11/30/20 2:57am

TheEnglishGent

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I love it live and I love the studio version too.

RIP sad
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Reply #15 posted 12/01/20 10:21am

Farfunknugin

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I toally disagree, I saw him open up the club nokia gig w/ it and loved the raw feeling of it, very unique song

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