FrankieCoco1 said:

His studio covers are so bad.

And "Bad" is of course, the only cover worth pining for, though if he did it in response to an early studio demo is that really a "cover" per se? Is it positive it didn't make Quincy and MJ go back in the lab for a couple overdubs/requencing after hearing Prince play "bass in the face"?

"Bad" was always the worst MJ era / track so would especially love a reinterpretation / funkier version than the wackness captured on record in 1987.

dodger07 said:

November Rain

You Could Be Mine

just noticed that the latest gnr release on spotify is a live performance of You Could Be Mine from '91.

pretty cool.

WhisperingDandelions said:

LoveGalore said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

His studio covers are so bad.

And "Bad" is of course, the only cover worth pining for, though if he did it in response to an early studio demo is that really a "cover" per se? Is it positive it didn't make Quincy and MJ go back in the lab for a couple overdubs/requencing after hearing Prince play "bass in the face"?

"Bad" was always the worst MJ era / track so would especially love a reinterpretation / funkier version than the wackness captured on record in 1987.

Come on now. A Case Of U is great, as is Get On Up, One Of Us, LaLaLa Means I Love You, Crimson and Clover, etc. He has done some great covers.

Nope.

You really think any of these are equivalent to the originals, much less better than the OGs? Come on now. Some of these are iconic staples of their genres that really didn't need to be covered by anyone, much less the man whose entire gimmick was based around his original-output.

"La La La Means I Love You" in the "great" cover pile, is this sarcasm? Thom Bell got it picture perfect in the 60s and 70s with this and "Betcha by Golly Wow". I appreciate the sentiment in the context of his era, but even gen-Z kids born yesterday know timeless perfection, he needed to put the perfect originals in a wedding playlist and call it a marriage like the rest of society. A live Nick Cage a la The Family Man piano take at the reception max.

Some "big name" artist does a paint-by-numbers arranged, phoned in Xerox of "Adore" like he did those Thom Bell tracks and you'd all tear them apart unmercifully. Keep your standards 100.


Anyway, I sincerely hope he didn't waste any more time with any further studio cover nonsense, time that could have been better spent on his original material--you know, his trademark: Written, Produced, Arranged and Performed by Prince. Certain "fans" find it unacceptable when he had the nerve to not sing the song himself on record and their opinions are rarely challenged, why is it so egregious to suggest material he didn't even write was completely unneccessary?

WhisperingDandelions said:

LoveGalore said:

I can't think of a single artist who ever touched, nevermind topped, the top 200 who didn't release at least a few covers.

He went, what, almost 20 years of his career without releasing one? It was actually pretty unique in retrospect, by the very criteria of your quote box.... would've been nice to carry on the streak is all, it really underlined / bolded his entire concept as an artist.

"A Case of U"

First Avenue > One Nite Alone

None of them we want them all naked

i would had wish Prince covered Jimi Hendrix song "Little Wing " !!

PS> Stevie Ray Vaughan cover version is Amazing !!!

love2thenines2003 said:

i would had wish Prince covered Jimi Hendrix song "Little Wing " !!

PS> Stevie Ray Vaughan cover version is Amazing !!!

I wonder - did he ever perform "Pride and Joy?" Feels like he did somewhere in concert. I proper cover would've been great, though.

dangelo - untitled (how does it feel)

his red house cover is terrible.

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I remember reading (back in the spring of 1983) that he recorded his own cover version of "Purple Haze".

I remember being in school in 2016, getting water from the water cooler and thinking to myself "man, eye would love 2 hear Prince cover Adele's Hello". This was when he was on the P&AM tour - if he can blend Dolphin with "Heroes", I'm pretty confident he could ace an Adele song. I'm not a fan of hers by any means, and I don't know why that song, but I would love to hear it regardless

My Dear by Mint Condition

thisisreece said:

Prince’s studio covers are generally a mixed bag, though I love his version of ‘Crimson & Clover’. As this is complete fantasy: Into My Arms - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (just know, in the right mindset Prince could have nailed this. In the wrong mindset, however, it would have been an overproduced syrupy mess) Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis - Tom Waits (in falsetto) Can You Get to That? - Funkadelic (this one might actually exist)

Agreed!I would love it if any of these existed in the vault, I also hope for a 90s NPG version of Villanova Junction (They played it live and rehearsed it , so this isnt so out of the box)

edit. I just had a wild vision of Prince covering "Papa won`t leave you Henry" Things like that really make me hope for multiple dimensions and timelines to exist

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FrankieCoco1 said:

If he did a version of Bad that would be worth a listen, even/especially for the comedy value.

That!

LILpoundCAKE said:

jazzz said:

A Beatles song

93/94 Prince would have done a mean cover of Taxman

I never heard that... was looking for it but can't find it...

Where can i find it ?

thanks

(love that song !)

love2thenines2003 said:

Ashes to Ashes (Bowie) would have been a wonderful cover for Prince.

Exactly !

Vannormal said:

LILpoundCAKE said:

93/94 Prince would have done a mean cover of Taxman

I never heard that... was looking for it but can't find it...

Where can i find it ?

thanks

(love that song !)

It's on the beatles Revolver album. Or do you mean 'where can I find prince's cover'?
In that case - it's just my wish that he did one in 93/94. But it's just a wish

Hope he covered MJ just to mess with you MJ cultists.

2freaky said:

Hope he covered MJ just to mess with you MJ cultists.

Prince fans get the same way about a cover, so it's six of one.

But I think him covering "Bad" or "The Way You Make Me Feel" (the latter of which sounds way more like a pop-py Prince tune anyway) would be the closest we'd ever come to a duet.

And honestly, who's to say someone couldn't mix those two vocal tracks together for a duet anyway? It'd be kinda low key hot.

TrivialPursuit said:

LoveGalore said:

TrivialPursuit said:

Prince fans get the same way about a cover, so it's six of one.

But I think him covering "Bad" or "The Way You Make Me Feel" (the latter of which sounds way more like a pop-py Prince tune anyway) would be the closest we'd ever come to a duet.

And honestly, who's to say someone couldn't mix those two vocal tracks together for a duet anyway? It'd be kinda low key hot.

I think their faster vocals don't mesh too well together but can you imagine prince on Earth Song???? I can see the guitar solo now.

"The Way You Make Me Feel" is more of the groove they could duet on, not "Bad," in my opinion.

And yeah, him soloing on "Earth Song" or even "Stranger in Moscow" would've been fanfuckintastic.

And actually, why not get him to solo on "Scream?" It had a solo anyway. That could've been the real collab. Janet. Michael. Prince. Jam. Lewis.

THE FUQ OUT OF HERE!!!!!!

I think it would have been awesome to hear him cover "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes.