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Thread started 01/03/26 5:19pm

nayroo2002

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"fly on the wall" recording?

It's probably been discussed before lol
Mine is the extended part of "Kiss"!
This had to be all Prince except for the horns...

Welcome to "the org", nayroo2002… life, it ain't real funky unless it's got that pop
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Reply #1 posted 01/03/26 9:46pm

luv2tha99s

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Who was the female voice at the end?? Cat??
I would have loved to have seen him either performed the solo at the end of I'm yours or watch him record the first three or four tracks of Parade.
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Reply #2 posted 01/03/26 10:20pm

jimino1
^Pretty sure it's Jill Jones at the end of Kiss extended
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Reply #3 posted 01/03/26 10:25pm

AvocadosMax
Definitely FREE URSELF

I’d love to see that entire session including where he was when he first wrote the song (like maybe on the piano first? Guitar? Etc)
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Reply #4 posted 01/03/26 11:34pm

Lpckwood88
The Beautiful Ones and Adore.
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Reply #5 posted 01/04/26 4:33am

SuperHero

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Scandalous! wink

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Reply #6 posted 01/04/26 2:59pm

peedub

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Pink cashmere, fer sure.

Any of lovesexy.


Revelation.

Friend, lover, sister, mother/wife.
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Reply #7 posted 01/04/26 7:05pm

lurker316

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nayroo2002 said:

It's probably been discussed before lol
Mine is the extended part of "Kiss"!
This had to be all Prince except for the horns...


I could be mistaken, but I don't believe those are real horns. I think Prince used a synth for that part. But I'm happy to be corrected.


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Reply #8 posted 01/04/26 8:39pm

BonnieC

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lurker316 said:

nayroo2002 said:

It's probably been discussed before lol
Mine is the extended part of "Kiss"!
This had to be all Prince except for the horns...


I could be mistaken, but I don't believe those are real horns. I think Prince used a synth for that part. But I'm happy to be corrected.



During the Parade era, his production choices were often a mix of real horns and synth stabs, which can confuse the ear.

"Kiss Extended" has a prominence of synth horns at the start, but they're gradually mixed with ducked real horns (in real "Kiss" fashion, as David Z's ducking process makes for the whole sonic novelty, the guitar being triggered by the hi-hat). The ducking glues the real horns to the synth stabs, making them sound like a single source.

At the time, samplers were very basic (even the glorious, insanely expensive Fairlight and Synclavier are a joke compared to the tools we have now). Horns have been the most difficult instruments to properly synthesize or sample, until recently.

@5:12, it's of course Eric walking a few steps with his barytone sax.


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Reply #9 posted 01/04/26 8:46pm

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All of them of course, but I would have loved to be there for the quirkiest ones.

Like "Tamborine", from the insane bass to the frantic drums to the crazy vocals,
it musta been a festival of funk faces, a truly hilarious experience.


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This young man with a talented soul died when he wanted 2
So he shall not B pitied, nor shall the guilty B forgiven
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Reply #10 posted 01/05/26 1:36pm

Vannormal

Power Fantastic

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Crystal Ball

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Dorothy Parker

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When Doves Cry

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Computer Blue

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Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

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Bob George

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La La La, He He Hee

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God

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Reply #11 posted 01/09/26 10:53pm

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As I sit and listen to dreamer between the speakers right now, I think that'd be a fun one.
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