In the movie "Under The Cherry Moon" u can hear Kristin Scott Thomas play the drums while she chants with here birtdayparty guests the line "Planet Rock, you just can't stop..." or something like that. This is unmistakenly incidental music done by Prince himself, but is it a distilation of a complete track like "(I wanna be a)Modernaire" was in the movie "Purple Rain" (done by Dez Dickerson and the Modernaires - Did he had an album release at the time?...)?

any info on this would be great, thanx everyone.

No.

It's the song, 'Planet Rock', as written and recorded by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force. 1982. Tommy Boy Records.

Classic early electro rap track produced and mixed by Arthur Baker.

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[This message was edited Mon Aug 11 16:06:34 PDT 2003 by langebleu]

DOROTHYPARK said:

The track is called HOLLY ROCK and I think it may have been recorded by Sheila E on one of her albums. Can anybody confirm this ?

langebleu said:

well done

pacey68 said:

That's not what Dorothypark is referring to in the film, where the chant is from 'Planet Rock'.

(The song, 'Holly Rock' was written by Prince and recorded by Shiela E (with Prince on most instrumentation and production). It did not feature on one of her albums, but rather was on the soundtrack to the film, 'Krush Groove'.)

langebleu said:

I thought that's whose song that was! I wonder if that was Prince's idea for her to sing that in the film? That's interesting that he would be hip to Afrika Bambataa.

CherrieMoonKisses said:

assistant producer John Robie

Africa Bambatta is just a weak Tea version of George Clinton.

2freaky4church1 said:

hahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

prick.

thanx all very much for the info guys! i appreciate it.
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DOROTHYPARK said:

Honestly, guys... "Planet Rock, U just can't stop" is just a line sung to the music of New Position. Can't y'all hear that?
I recall reading at the time of the Purple Rain movie that Dez had an album in the works to be released by WB, but it never saw release. I think Uptown had an article about Dez once that mentioned why it never saw release. I think his excuse was that he found God (strange how Prince associates have a fashion of doing that), but possibly WB didn't find it good enough. I don't think Prince was involved with it at all.
Anyways, Dorothypark, I checked your profile and you've set you fan level at hardcore. I take it that means you have Uptown's Days Of Wild with the CD-ROM, right? The Dez-article is probably included on that, but I confess... I haven't checked to see if it is. I mean, why spoil your fun when you can check yourself, right?
[This message was edited Wed Aug 13 17:25:35 PDT 2003 by scififilmnerd]

scififilmnerd said:

Exactly. Listen to that bassline.

Marley Marl sampled that part of the movie and produced "This Is Something For The Radio" for Biz Markie in 1988 (on Cold Chillin' Records, a label under Warner Bros).

The song is a vamp of "New Position". "Planet Rock, U just can't stop" was just a chant that they did pver the top. That drum loop has been used in many, may hip hop and R&B tracks... Even in the TV theme for "In Living Color"