You don't like the Prince song "Billy's Sunglasses"? I love that song, it is one long jam.

Erm, odd!

They certainly R a bit cheapo lookin'

He wont stop playing!

That's what makes the song so great.

Somebody, please make Him stop!!!

I neva heard of this song. Mind 2 give a lil' info about it?

Its the longest song in the history of the world.

EVER.

He plays guitar - a lot.

He wants 2 know where Billy got His sunglasses from...

...a lot

Billy obviously wont tell Him about it, as he keeps asking Him 4 over 52 unrelenting minutes

BILLY!!! JUST TELL HIM MF!!!

Is Billy's sunglasses a real prince song? Whats the history behide it? I had this song but got rid of it cuz I thought it wasn't prince.

bananacologne said:

Harlepolis said:

It's a 1984 rehearsal where Prince improvises lyrics about Billy's glasses and gives the guitar an outing for about 40 minutes.

bananacologne said:

as for me, i've heard of this song but have never ever heard it. it's that friggin long???

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

It's one of those songs that you play once then file away in your collection as its too boring to listen to again. A bit like N.E.W.S. then!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Deja - u can have it! Please! TAKE IT!!!

bananacologne said:

is it as bad as, say, havin prince sit across the way from you, lookin at you and askin "why?" for nearly an hour?

great jam ...

too bad it is looped ...
10 minutes are double in the song
so repair this song at your computer,
and it will be 10 minutes shorter.

I have to say... there IS something like too much of a good thing. And ít's called Billy's Sunglasses. His guitar sound is plain ugly on it too, what is that, a chorus overdose? If you wanna hear a rehearsal with lots of incredible guitar AND enjoy it, go for Neon Rendezvous.

I love the end of the song... where he directs the band into the cord of Strange Relationship.

I never new it was this song... until I saw LiveSexy during the Piano medley... I was like... Damn... how cool this is!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Dansa admits a slight vulnerability! She hasn't heard it? We won! We won!



just kiddin babe :p

It's not a song, it's a rehearsal. It's a jam, don't be so critical. He gave the dirty switch a major work out and improvised lyrics about the ugliest sunglasses he's every seen!

It starts as just a jam with a drum machine, im pretty sure. and maybe Billy wandered by so Prince decided to bug him. i dont think he WROTE A SONG about them, the well wasn't quite dry yet :p

It is repetitive and long and it's not something i'd groove to, for longer than 20 minutes

I mean Cloreen Baconskin is funky as hell, and has a beat and bassline, but I'd imagine after 12 minutes you get somewhat bored...maybe.

So it's like clorren baconskin without all the lyrics and beat. and definitely hard rock oriented


"billy where'd u get them sunglasses? oh yeah! I said billy? They's the ugliest sunglasses, that i've ever seen! ohhhh yeahhhh yeahhh!"

:LOL:

uh yeah

[This message was edited Tue Sep 23 1:07:53 PDT 2003 by CapedCrusader]

Uh...yeah, I think we pretty much covered that

bananacologne said:

Oh so you want your thread to end now?

This song could be great with alittle editing.It's really just him jamming,but it could be great if he worked it!I got so frustrated listening to it,though.It is what...50 minutes??!!I didn't want to miss any piece of it so i had to listen in installments.It is the skeleton of something special. bUT MY HEAD WAS ACTUALLY HURTING!!

CapedCrusader said:

Ummm...yeah. pretty much ages ago actually.
Much like this fucking jamathon which is still playin!

Harlepolis said:

The story that I was told as to how this jam originated was Prince was rehearsing at First Avenue, and Billy Sparxxx walked in wearing these "ugly sunglasses". Not sure if this is fact or fiction, but that is the story that I was told.

The part of the song that is funny is at the end when Prince says, "Ever see the movie "The Shining"? Then he says "Red row, red row!" or something like that. He also quotes a few other lines from the movie.

I love this jam, even though it is a bit repetitious. It still is a great song.

psychodelicide said:

You mean...red rum?

bananacologne said:

you're still listenin to it???

FunkMistress said:

Yes, red rum! That's it. Thanks.