Sometimes I can't believe this exists the way it does. Just complete subversion from top to bottom, mental is an understatement. One of the most brilliant things he ever committed to tape.

lustmealways said:

Sometimes I can't believe this exists the way it does. Just complete subversion from top to bottom, mental is an understatement. One of the most brilliant things he ever committed to tape.

I wholeheartedly agree. The original 83 version on the Purple Rain Deluxe is so damn brilliant, sexy, funky, and perfect all around. I never get tired of playing it.

every version of it is worthwhile.

but the 83/84 version might be the most intense.

theres several songs where he got that crazed (eg. it, lady cab driver), but this one might top them all.

incredible.

the 85/86 version is also great, but it has a more melancholy vibe somehow IIRC. not heard it in a long time.

lustmealways said:

I remember thinking I would never like the orignal version as much as the 86 one as the 86 is one of my all time faves. Then I heard it on the Purple Rain deluxe and proved myself wrong. Its brilliant. Now I forget the 86 one exists

The '86 version is my favourite. Fabulous.

I loved this song when I first heard it, but over the years I've grown to like it less. The screams are great, but other than that, it doesn't really pull me in. I prefer the music in '86 version.

any other versions from the 80's unknown in the Vault reported?

This early one has grown on me, but '86 is the one I prefer: give me chills.

According to Duane Prince recorded the original version of WCF over a 24 hour period covering New Years Day from 1983 to 1984. Oh, to be a fly on the wall that night!

"...please fuck me again..."

Amazing song!! Loved it since I first heard it on Purple Rain Deluxe in 2017 and now even more. In my top 5 of all Prince's songs in his entire catalogue.

Th777Man

The sh*tshow that was that reissue was worth it JUST FOR THIS

Damn, he was in a league of his own, wasn't he?

lustmealways said:

Sometimes I can't believe this exists the way it does. Just complete subversion from top to bottom, mental is an understatement. One of the most brilliant things he ever committed to tape.

I couldn't agree more! ALL versions are great But from the the understated, flanged voice and minimal funk in the Miko version to the P-funk version on GB., I can't pick a favorite version.

The screams and ahhh - ahhhs background vocals at the end of the GB version is what makes that one powerful.

The 86 version is simply my favorite version of Prince, The more minimal, funk/electronic compositions he did were the best.

But I can't pick which I like best.

getwild180 said:

Are the vocals in this version copied and pasted to the Graffiti Bridge version? I tried listen to the two versions back to back with good headphones and they sound exactly the same to me. What do you guys think?

Yeah, I am pretty sure the '83 original version was the template for the Graffiti Brdige version and it was made using the multitracks for that version in conjunction with some new instrumentation and Geroge Clinton and company's parts added to it

ea1313 said:

lustmealways said:

Sometimes I can't believe this exists the way it does. Just complete subversion from top to bottom, mental is an understatement. One of the most brilliant things he ever committed to tape.

Agreed. The screams are among his best. The ‘86 isn’t as intense because of that.

I think the slower tempo on the '86 version makes it feel less urgent as well. It's more of a sly, sluggish funk.

This is an absolute career highlight to me. You can litterally hear the transition of artist development from 1999 to Purple Rain in one song, whist also hearing the birth of Around the World in A Day.

The stuff that Prince was coming up with during the 1999 and Purple Rain eras, mindblowing.

Almost "stream of consciousness" style of recording, and when it worked, it really worked!

'86 version is so much better. Prince fans really overrate the vocal quirks. The version where he humps the mic verbally tends to be the fan fav.

To me it's like uhhh is "We Can Fuck" really that different from Graffiti Bridge "We Can Funk"? Either way I prefer the nite-funk of '86 so whatev...

WhisperingDandelions said:

'86 version is so much better. Prince fans really overrate the vocal quirks. The version where he humps the mic verbally tends to be the fan fav.

To me it's like uhhh is "We Can Fuck" really that different from Graffiti Bridge "We Can Funk"? Either way I prefer the nite-funk of '86 so whatev...

You mean the 'Expanded Revolution' version where Prince calls out Miko to do a solo and then it fades out?

Yeah! Top notch!

Um, i mean, no, actually.

The freaky, original, all-Prince version is what makes somebody a Prince fan.

Why don't U want 2 B 1?

nayroo2002 said:

WhisperingDandelions said:

'86 version is so much better. Prince fans really overrate the vocal quirks. The version where he humps the mic verbally tends to be the fan fav.

To me it's like uhhh is "We Can Fuck" really that different from Graffiti Bridge "We Can Funk"? Either way I prefer the nite-funk of '86 so whatev...

You mean the 'Expanded Revolution' version where Prince calls out Miko to do a solo and then it fades out?

Yeah! Top notch!

Um, i mean, no, actually.

The freaky, original, all-Prince version is what makes somebody a Prince fan.

Why don't U want 2 B 1?

Again, it's the same beat as the George Clinton version...?

A lot of fans go out of their way to actively avoid material he wrote but didn't sing on. I would argue the fans affinity for spazzy vocal tic Prince further pervades them down this mire.

Prince's vocals are okay. I put him 2.5 notches above prime Apollonia at best. It's definitely the least dominant of his multi-faceted abilities. His vocals are highly overrated, but fans do that with all artists. Even Smashing Pumpkins fans maintain they'd return to their prime if Billy "The Nasal Experience" Corgan mixed his vocals like he did in '93. It is what it is.

WhisperingDandelions said:

nayroo2002 said:

You mean the 'Expanded Revolution' version where Prince calls out Miko to do a solo and then it fades out?

Yeah! Top notch!

Um, i mean, no, actually.

The freaky, original, all-Prince version is what makes somebody a Prince fan.

Why don't U want 2 B 1?

Again, it's the same beat as the George Clinton version...?

A lot of fans go out of their way to actively avoid material he wrote but didn't sing on. I would argue the fans affinity for spazzy vocal tic Prince further pervades them down this mire.

Prince's vocals are okay. I put him 2.5 notches above prime Apollonia at best. It's definitely the least dominant of his multi-faceted abilities. His vocals are highly overrated, but fans do that with all artists. Even Smashing Pumpkins fans maintain they'd return to their prime if Billy "The Nasal Experience" Corgan mixed his vocals like he did in '93. It is what it is.

That's a pretty contrarian thing to say about such an accomplished vocalist, both in the studio and on stage.