paisleypark4 said:

Hamad said:

paisleypark4 said:

Its just four kick drum echos really from the song...before the song starts. It lasts 32 seconds exactly.

I agree, the Lovesexy alley / bar segue fits because that is what he is talking about in the song.
People like to frequent that club down on 36th.

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Agreed, it’s part of the dream sequence as a whole suite (not just this song), It embellished the storytelling aspect of the song, you take away the crowd, there’s no dream sequence. My only gripe with the song is the audio quality, I wanna hear it remastered in the same vein as SOTT’s SDE.

Yeah, NO, disagree with all of you. The song is so much stronger without literal sound effects. The surreal mood is so much deeper with just the lone drum intro and it's trippy rhythm that is created by the repeats and delays. SO MUCH BETTER.

ufoclub said:

Hamad said:

paisleypark4 said: Agreed, it’s part of the dream sequence as a whole suite (not just this song), It embellished the storytelling aspect of the song, you take away the crowd, there’s no dream sequence. My only gripe with the song is the audio quality, I wanna hear it remastered in the same vein as SOTT’s SDE.

Yeah, NO, disagree with all of you. The song is so much stronger without literal sound effects. The surreal mood is so much deeper with just the lone drum intro and it's trippy rhythm that is created by the repeats and delays. SO MUCH BETTER.

Agreed! To me that lone drum intro sounds really sinister. I like that.

JorisE73 said:

ufoclub said:

Yeah, NO, disagree with all of you. The song is so much stronger without literal sound effects. The surreal mood is so much deeper with just the lone drum intro and it's trippy rhythm that is created by the repeats and delays. SO MUCH BETTER.

Agreed! To me that lone drum intro sounds really sinister. I like that.

That's how I feel about it as well. Nice & moody! Have always loved this version since the Chocolate Box vinyl boot in 1988.

be it

The Ball / Joy In Repetition

or

We Can Funk / Joy In Repetition

on every incarnation of this song, it seems Prince had intented it to be a follow up to a party scene with all the screams and background noise.

fernandomachado said:

love2thenines2003 said:

JorisE73 said:

Even tho it doesn't belong on there I still naively hope for this one to appear on a Parade SDE (just like the other material they didn't put on SOTT SDE.)

....among big collectors ...i heard that alternate takes(different guitar parts) of Joy in Repetition do exist... circulating not in public domains but in the highest circles of collectors !

I guess I'm in the highest circles because I've had it for 20 years.

muleFunk said:

love2thenines2003 said:

....among big collectors ...i heard that alternate takes(different guitar parts) of Joy in Repetition do exist... circulating not in public domains but in the highest circles of collectors !

I guess I'm in the highest circles because I've had it for 20 years.

It depends on which version u got ??? can u describe it or is it a secret ??? thanx

ufoclub said:

JorisE73 said:

The Hot Thing remixes belong on there becuase they were released on 12". But that Strange Relationship remix by that corny every-remix-sounds-teh-same hack Pettibone could have been left off and replaced by this.

I'm talking about back in 1987, not now. I mean on vinyl.

I love the Hot Thing remixes.

The song Hot Thing is light years better than Joy.

That's the reason why it appeared on the SOTT album.

muleFunk said:

love2thenines2003 said:

....among big collectors ...i heard that alternate takes(different guitar parts) of Joy in Repetition do exist... circulating not in public domains but in the highest circles of collectors !

I guess I'm in the highest circles because I've had it for 20 years.

The three versions with the different guitar takes?

muleFunk said:

love2thenines2003 said:

....among big collectors ...i heard that alternate takes(different guitar parts) of Joy in Repetition do exist... circulating not in public domains but in the highest circles of collectors !

I guess I'm in the highest circles because I've had it for 20 years.

If you're in a mood to share I'd be all about it. This has been my favorite since I first heard it in 1990.

fernandomachado said:

be it

The Ball / Joy In Repetition

or

We Can Funk / Joy In Repetition

on every incarnation of this song, it seems Prince had intented it to be a follow up to a party scene with all the screams and background noise.

Not on the incarnation, that is the lone intro, you mean when he tries to fit it into an album. The song was too good for an album. Should have been a standalone song. Like "Hey Jude". That wasn't on any actual album sequence.

steakfinger said:

muleFunk said:

I guess I'm in the highest circles because I've had it for 20 years.

If you're in a mood to share I'd be all about it. This has been my favorite since I first heard it in 1990.

I think he's just talking about the original lone intro take that is on a lot of bootlges, not the 3 work in progress versions with differen guitar solo's, none of those have been leaked or on any bootleg.

+1

I loved the JIR bootleg for the dark intro and I simply hated the version he released in GB.

A single release with "original" intro, oh, please, yes.

JorisE73 said:

love2thenines2003 said:

JorisE73 said:

I think he's just talking about the original lone intro take that is on a lot of bootlges, not the 3 work in progress versions with differen guitar solo's, none of those have been leaked or on any bootleg.

But these alternate versions do exist and are in circulation..not for us unfortunately!

Nobody said they didn't exist and they are probably in the hands of less than a handful of people so they are not really "circulating".
If the Estate won't release these I don't think we regular Prince fans will ever hear these.

JorisE73 said:

I've been playing this constantly the last few days and it's another one of those tracks where I'm absolutely in awe that he recorded this all by himself