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Thread started 11/18/03 9:50am

pacey68

Blues In C

From which tune did Prince "borrow" the arrangement for Blues In C (If I Had A Harem) as heard on the Lovesexy Live video? I remember hearing an old jazz tune on the radio years back and noticing the resemblance.
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Reply #1 posted 11/18/03 10:49am

Jamademus

pacey68 said:

From which tune did Prince "borrow" the arrangement for Blues In C (If I Had A Harem) as heard on the Lovesexy Live video? I remember hearing an old jazz tune on the radio years back and noticing the resemblance.

It's a Duke Ellington thing but I can't remember the title!! hmmm
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Reply #2 posted 11/18/03 11:40am

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i read somewhere that it's something that he wrote while on the lovesexy tour.
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Reply #3 posted 11/18/03 11:41am

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The song is called "Things Aint What They Used To Be". I have never heard a Duke Ellington recording of this but I do have the Charles Mingus version on the Mingus Dynasty album.
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Reply #4 posted 11/18/03 1:23pm

pacey68

BlurredEye said:

The song is called "Things Aint What They Used To Be". I have never heard a Duke Ellington recording of this but I do have the Charles Mingus version on the Mingus Dynasty album.

Yes. Thanks for the help.
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