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Reply #30 posted 07/05/23 7:53am

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TheBigBang said:

For me personally, it was a very low point in Prince's career. He had avoided releasing cover versions officially, and had kept covers exclusively to concert performances. Emancipation had not one, not two, not three, but FOUR covers.

On the album he was "born to make." It was very disappointing, because clearly these tracks, including "Betcha By Golly...", were filler.

The video, of course, would end up being a very sad document of what could have been. The original, an absolute classic, that should have been left alone.

But the recording itself is not bad.

Refresh my memory besides this one, One of us and Lala means I love you, what's the fourth one ?

[Edited 7/5/23 7:53am]

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Reply #31 posted 07/05/23 8:09am

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It's a meh to me. I don't highly dislike it but it's not his song to my ears, if that makes sense. I love other covers he's done but this one I could skip.
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Reply #32 posted 07/05/23 8:27am

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paisleyparkgirl said:



TheBigBang said:


For me personally, it was a very low point in Prince's career. He had avoided releasing cover versions officially, and had kept covers exclusively to concert performances. Emancipation had not one, not two, not three, but FOUR covers.

On the album he was "born to make." It was very disappointing, because clearly these tracks, including "Betcha By Golly...", were filler.

The video, of course, would end up being a very sad document of what could have been. The original, an absolute classic, that should have been left alone.

But the recording itself is not bad.




Refresh my memory besides this one, One of us and Lala means I love you, what's the fourth one ?

[Edited 7/5/23 7:53am]



I Cant Make You Love Me...first released by Bonnie Raitt
[Edited 7/5/23 8:29am]
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Reply #33 posted 07/05/23 8:40am

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George michael had covered it recently before prince
Wouldnt be surprised if prince covered it to compete
I do love his version though
That and one of us are highlights
[Edited 7/5/23 8:40am]
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Reply #34 posted 07/05/23 8:50am

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RJOrion said:

paisleyparkgirl said:



TheBigBang said:


For me personally, it was a very low point in Prince's career. He had avoided releasing cover versions officially, and had kept covers exclusively to concert performances. Emancipation had not one, not two, not three, but FOUR covers.

On the album he was "born to make." It was very disappointing, because clearly these tracks, including "Betcha By Golly...", were filler.

The video, of course, would end up being a very sad document of what could have been. The original, an absolute classic, that should have been left alone.

But the recording itself is not bad.




Refresh my memory besides this one, One of us and Lala means I love you, what's the fourth one ?

[Edited 7/5/23 7:53am]



I Cant Make You Love Me...first released by Bonnie Raitt
[Edited 7/5/23 8:29am]

This is one cover of his I love.
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Reply #35 posted 07/05/23 9:34am

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Personally, I always preferred the Stylistics version



..the Stylistics version is clearly the best..


I agree cool

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And I descend from grace, In arms of undertow
I will take my place, In the great below
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Reply #36 posted 07/05/23 10:34am

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RJOrion said:

paisleyparkgirl said:

Refresh my memory besides this one, One of us and Lala means I love you, what's the fourth one ?

[Edited 7/5/23 7:53am]

I Cant Make You Love Me...first released by Bonnie Raitt [Edited 7/5/23 8:29am]

Thank you.

Well "Betcha by golly wow" is my least favorite out of the 4 covers.

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Reply #37 posted 07/05/23 10:51am

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FragileUndertow said:

Personally, I always preferred the Stylistics version



..the Stylistics version is clearly the best..


I agree cool



I looked it on on youtube.Kinda lame imo
Maybe it's because I first heard the prince version and it's the one I am use to
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Reply #38 posted 07/05/23 10:55am

Am3121
Would "soul sanctuary" count as a cover version?
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Reply #39 posted 07/05/23 12:13pm

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Am3121 said:

FragileUndertow said:



I agree cool


I looked it on on youtube.Kinda lame imo
Maybe it's because I first heard the prince version and it's the one I am use to

Yeah I'm kind of in the same boat as you. I grew up with the Stylistics version. And that's version I prefer. I really love some old 60s/70s R&B
Cant believe my purple psychedelic pimp slap pimp2
And I descend from grace, In arms of undertow
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Reply #40 posted 07/05/23 12:18pm

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those stylistics songs are lovely, sweet, almost transcendent, but at the same time, very saccharine too, so i wouldnt blame anyone for not liking them that much, if listening with modern ears.

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Reply #41 posted 07/05/23 12:33pm

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IMHO. It was a good pop song in its day but it isn't my get "down in my soul" go to.
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Reply #42 posted 07/06/23 3:49am

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has anyone read any good interviews with prince about the covers he chose?

i only found this (mojo magazine in 1996):

S.S. : Why did you record the covers on Emancipation?

prince: Betcha By Golly Wow (by The Stylistics) is a song I grew up with. Bonnie Raitt is a good friend of mine, and I think I Can’t Make You Love Me is one of her best songs. And One Of Us is a great melody and an important statement. It’s one of those songs I would advise every artist to perform at least once.

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Reply #43 posted 07/06/23 9:30am

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funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

George michael had covered it recently before prince
Wouldnt be surprised if prince covered it to compete
I do love his version though
That and one of us are highlights
[Edited 7/5/23 8:40am]


I assume u heard Prince's version before Bonnie's. While the latter will break your heart, the former completely misses the point (unrequited love). Prince turns it into another seduction song. I guess he was too far removed from his days of being rejected.

(Prince's version predates George's btw. Tho Candy did it before Prince.)
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Reply #44 posted 07/06/23 11:44am

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Princes version was like i will seduce you into making you love me
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Reply #45 posted 07/06/23 12:25pm

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funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Princes version was like i will seduce you into making you love me

He was singing to his fans. Sure can be some meanies sometimes.
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Reply #46 posted 07/06/23 12:34pm

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Reply #47 posted 07/07/23 1:37am

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Hey guys (and gals), it's ok to like corny songs! you can even cry to them sometimes! and guess what? it feels good!

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Reply #48 posted 07/07/23 1:06pm

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PJMcGee said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

George michael had covered it recently before prince
Wouldnt be surprised if prince covered it to compete
I do love his version though
That and one of us are highlights
[Edited 7/5/23 8:40am]


I assume u heard Prince's version before Bonnie's. While the latter will break your heart, the former completely misses the point (unrequited love). Prince turns it into another seduction song. I guess he was too far removed from his days of being rejected.

(Prince's version predates George's btw. Tho Candy did it before Prince.)


Prince makes i cant make u love me.. but can we at least fuck anyway? (or i cant make u love but but can i make you fuck me?) The scandalous unrequited sexual advances suite lol.

I like his version if you take it on its own merits and dont compare with the original, but if you want the meaning to stay as it was, then youll be disappointed. Its like another love with 3EG. The original is quite beautiful and melacholy. But prince cant really sing about rejection like that, so he makes it more like triumphant vengeance lol
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Reply #49 posted 07/07/23 9:20pm

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I don't know how you could take a beautiful, sad, sad song like that and just gut the sadness, the soul of it, right out. Just wrong headed. It's like if someone took Sister and made it into a love ballad. Turned it into a wedding song. Just why.
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Reply #50 posted 07/09/23 2:09pm

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Now i want to hear someone cover sister in that way lol.
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Reply #51 posted 07/10/23 1:45am

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funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

George michael had covered it recently before prince Wouldnt be surprised if prince covered it to compete I do love his version though That and one of us are highlights [Edited 7/5/23 8:40am]

From what I can tell, Prince almost certainly recorded it months before Michael performed it - Prince is believed to have recorded it in late spring/early summer '96, while the MTV Unplugged performance was 11th Oct '96.

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