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What are the most Prince-ly non-Prince songs??? Songs that weren’t written by him but super sound like him??
Sure, there are the obvious ones... Oh Sheila by Ready For The World... But what about off-the-beaten-path songs?? Here’s one: Chewing Gum by Elvis Costello from the album Spike. I could really see Prince writing this when he first formed the Hornheadz. Like a b-side from the D&P Era. [Edited 10/27/20 14:58pm] | |
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White Knuckles - OK Go - channels Prince like you wouldn't believe.
I always wished Prince had written Heroes or Fashion, they seem to me to be very Paisley. | |
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OK Go's "White Knuckles" channels "I Would Die 4 U" hard. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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[Edited 10/27/20 13:55pm] We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Sussidio Anything from Georgio lol Dancing in the Dark Jump Nothing Even Matters (Dangelo/Hill)
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Starpoint - 'It's So Delicious' (1983) ⠀ Andre Cymone - 'Lipstick Lover' (1985) ⠀ Jak - 'Sixty Nine' (1985) ⠀ Midnight Star - 'Girls Got Something' (1985) ⠀ George Clinton - 'Do Fries Go with That Shake?' (1986) ⠀ Mazarati - 'Champagne Saturday' (1986) ⠀ Mazarati - 'Player's Ball' (1986) ⠀ Mazarati - 'Suzy' (1986) ⠀ Sheila E - 'Hon E Man' (1987) ⠀ Wendy & Lisa - 'Everything but You' (1987) ⠀ ⠀ Natural Selection - 'Do Anything' (1991) ⠀ Sheila E - 'Cry Baby' (1991) ⠀
Perhaps not the 'most Prince-ly', but falling somewhere along a spectrum of from strongly influenced to outright imitation. . [Edited 10/27/20 15:00pm] | |
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Oh Sheila is definitely one. It sounds like a mix of Prince and Morris Day and The Time. | |
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Johnny Rain - Head | |
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Ha! A fizzy water, perhaps - I couldn't bring myself to part with money for a Coke! | |
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I suppose one of us should mention Uptown Funk, just to get it out of the way. | |
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Dude, that Ok Go song, LOL.
MASSIVE PURPLE VIBES THERE! Espeically that higher pitched synth lick in the intro and chorus.
It's almost like it's purposeful... [Edited 10/27/20 15:12pm] | |
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Tina Cherry - Georgio | |
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OMG! R U Horny by “Seamore Funk”!! Look it up!!!! | |
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I believe it may very well be so... | |
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soladeo1 said: OMG! R U Horny by “Seamore Funk”!! Look it up!!!! I've not heard this in decades! Thank you very much. I didn't know the name of the artist, but as soon as I saw the title I knew what you were referring to. Bumping it on the train as I type. Thank you very much. (And yes, I'd mistaken it as a Prince outtake for a time.) | |
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I've always said "Debra" by Beck is the best Prince song Prince never made. | |
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- I wish he wrote these songs or at least covered them : Liesa Van Der Aa : ''Inhale'' (from ''Easy Alice'' album) - (the complexity of it...) Roisín Murphy - ''Rama Lam (Bang Bang)'' - (th'e weirdness of it all) Grace Jones - ''Pull Up To The Bumper'' - (love to hear him do a BlackAlbum-ish sound on that one) Grace Jones - ''Night Clubbing'' - (ah... a 1982 type a song for him to do) d'Angelo - ''Chicken Grease'' - (speaks for itself) Talk Talk - ''Life's What You Make It'' - (with a stunning Prince guitar solo... just imagine...) Talk Talk - ''Happiness is easy'' (serious pop Prince would do wonders to this i believe) Michael Jackson - ''Bad'' - (the duet, just for that first line...) Robert Palmer - ''Want You More'' - (with a 1985 W&Lisa involvement, hmmmmm) Madonna - ''Erotica'' (Prince would do it nastier) Madonna - ''Into The Groove'' - (i remember her live version with the Keith Haring style, it was so great ! But an 80'S Prince-sound would do great things to this song) Radiohead - '''Everything In It's Right Place'' - (for the monotonous greatness of it, SOTT era-ish sound) The Police - ''Synchornicity'' - (with a Batman-ish sound to it) Donna Summer - ''I Feel Love'' - (extended version with a 1979 vide to it) Aretha Franklin - ''Spanish Harlem'' - (for the vocals of it) AC/DC - ''Whole Lotta rosie'' - (let Prince rock on this) The Doobie Brothers - ''What A Fool Believes'' - (again for his fantastic harmonies on this) Steely Dan - ''Peg'' - (for artty farty reasons, but then the good ones) SLy & Robbie - ''Boops'' - (that!) Pink Floyd - ''Shine On You Crazy Dimaond'' - (just fot the extended guitar soloing Prince of it) Les Rita Mitsuko - ''Singing In The Shower'' - (poppy Prince) - and so much more -
[Edited 10/28/20 5:10am] "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) |
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Vannormal said: - I wish he wrote these songs or at least covered them : Liesa Van Der Aa : ''Inhale'' (from ''Easy Alice'' album) - (the complexity of it...) Roisín Murphy - ''Rama Lam (Bang Bang)'' - (th'e weirdness of it all) Grace Jones - ''Pull Up To The Bumper'' - (love to hear him do a BlackAlbum-ish sound on that one) Grace Jones - ''Night Clubbing'' - (ah... a 1982 type a song for him to do) d'Angelo - ''Chicken Grease'' - (speaks for itself) Talk Talk - ''Life's What You Make It'' - (with a stunning Prince guitar solo... just imagine...) Talk Talk - ''Happiness is easy'' (serious pop Prince would do wonders to this i believe) Michael Jackson - ''Bad'' - (the duet, just for that first line...) Robert Palmer - ''Want You More'' - (with a 1985 W&Lisa involvement, hmmmmm) Madonna - ''Erotica'' (Prince would do it nastier) Madonna - ''Into The Groove'' - (i remember her live version with the Keith Haring style, it was so great ! But an 80'S Prince-sound would do great things to this song) Radiohead - '''Everything In It's Right Place'' - (for the monotonous greatness of it, SOTT era-ish sound) The Police - ''Synchornicity'' - (with a Batman-ish sound to it) Donna Summer - ''I Feel Love'' - (extended version with a 1979 vide to it) Aretha Franklin - ''Spanish Harlem'' - (for the vocals of it) AC/DC - ''Whole Lotta rosie'' - (let Prince rock on this) The Doobie Brothers - ''What A Fool Believes'' - (again for his fantastic harmonies on this) Steely Dan - ''Peg'' - (for artty farty reasons, but then the good ones) SLy & Robbie - ''Boops'' - (that!) Pink Floyd - ''Shine On You Crazy Dimaond'' - (just fot the extended guitar soloing Prince of it) Les Rita Mitsuko - ''Singing In The Shower'' - (poppy Prince) - and so much more -
[Edited 10/28/20 5:10am] Love Roisin!! I always thought "Ruby Blue" and "Movie Star" and "Dear Miami" had Princey vibes. | |
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D ' Angelo - "Untitled" | |
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Ah, finally, something obscure |
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We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Not off-the-beaten path in its time, but might be lesser-known nowadays: "Do Anything" by Natural Selection |
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Genesia said:
BTW, OK Go was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. They were phenomenal and weird and inventive and everything a fan of theirs would expect. This was the Hungry Ghosts tour. Tbh, I think all of their records have a strong but subtle Prince vibe, but they did go over the top with it on Blue Sky and Hungry Ghosts (in a good way, imo). | |
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"She Lives In My Lap" - Outkast.........."Hold My Hand" - Van Hunt.........."Look The Other Way" - Isley/Jasper/Isley............."She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals......"Stand Back" - Stevie Nicks. | |
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stand back IS a Prince song | |
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Most of Terence Trent D'Arby's catalog - but especially Supermodel Sandwich and Vibrator. | |
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Girlfriend by Pebbles.. also an 80's track | |
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"Hella Good" - No Doubt | |
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The-Dream - "Yamaha", "Purple Kisses" Electrik Red - "So Good" [Edited 10/28/20 10:17am] |
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