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‘Most of it was the conga preset on Prince’s drum machine’: how Fine Young Cannibals made She Drives Me Crazy https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/nov/10/how-fine-young-cannibals-made-she-drives-me-crazy-prince?fbclid=IwY2xjawOAtu9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeYr9p1s9gH95wJ9W3hdXnveK76YsVAuIS6qmZZfdgBc5YcOJQCe7qbfMa1P8_aem_1SvvrvMPJpMuGSIJxsdi3g | |
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Same story on Music Radar https://www.musicradar.co...tudio-gear Gemini's (somewhat inaccurate) summary: The Fine Young Cannibals' hit "She Drives Me Crazy" was recorded at Paisley Park using Prince's studio equipment. This equipment included Prince's "Purple Rain" guitar and a mixing desk previously used by Sly and the Family Stone. The snare sound from the track inspired producers like Jack Antonoff and artist Taylor Swift
Did Sly and the Family Stone record at Paisley Park? I don't remember ever hearing this before? [Edited 11/12/25 12:56pm] |
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It also mentions, “Prince was around but we were shy and didn’t want to bug him. After She Drives Me Crazy became the first No 1 single recorded at Paisley Park he played it in some of his post-gig jams…”
I’m not aware of Prince ever playing ‘She Drives Me Crazy’ live! [Edited 11/12/25 22:40pm] There may or may not be something coming! |
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I've never heard this either. |
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Don't think he ever performed that song. But it could be plausible that he played the record DJ-ing at some club around the time. |
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Ndorphinmachina said: https://www.theguardian.c...GSIJxsdi3g
Same story on Music Radar https://www.musicradar.co...tudio-gear Gemini's (somewhat inaccurate) summary: The Fine Young Cannibals' hit "She Drives Me Crazy" was recorded at Paisley Park using Prince's studio equipment. This equipment included Prince's "Purple Rain" guitar and a mixing desk previously used by Sly and the Family Stone. The snare sound from the track inspired producers like Jack Antonoff and artist Taylor Swift
Did Sly and the Family Stone record at Paisley Park? I don't remember ever hearing this before? [Edited 11/12/25 12:56pm] Likely they refer to this console that Prince had replicated after the example from Sunset Sound Studio 3: https://www.guitarcloud.o...o-console/ [Edited 11/18/25 21:17pm] |
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