I was listening today the 1987 live in Paisley Park DVD and during the It's Gonna Be a Beutiful Night there is moment when Prince is singing with a "funky dirty" voice. Well, maybe everything noted it in the past but I missed it: is there a TT D'Arby parody inside, when he sing "If You Let My Stay" verse out of tone?

themanfromneptune said:

I was listening today the 1987 live in Paisley Park DVD and during the It's Gonna Be a Beutiful Night there is moment when Prince is singing with a "funky dirty" voice. Well, maybe everything noted it in the past but I missed it: is there a TT D'Arby parody inside, when he sing "If You Let My Stay" verse out of tone?

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Write me if you want the link to the fragment

It seems certain to me that it's a reference to TTD.

They were friends. So, I don't think it was shade unless they only became friends later.

[Edited 3/15/23 12:37pm]