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Thread started 04/26/04 10:32am

laylow03

Should "Call My Name" be a concept video or a live one???

I was thinking about this today. What in the hell could P do to bring this song to video??? No ideas come to mind. But then I thought, why not tape the song live and have THAT be the video? Since he's on tour and everyone knows he kicks ass live, I just can't see him approach a video any other way...

What do you guys think? A concept video or a live version???
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Reply #1 posted 04/26/04 10:38am

analbolic

Let me repost what I posted to AMP:

He could have a hit with Call My Name if he'd make a few minor changes to
the song for the single and put Alicia Keys in the video, playing and
extended piano part and maybe some background vox. Really, it's not that
hard to have a hit these days. Pharell, Beyoncé, Alicia Keys...those are
three people who could make Prince's sound a bit more contemporary. Let's
face it a lot of these songs sound cheap and outdated. Those three people
mention could enhance the songs. Everything they touch turns to gold.

BUT Prince would most likely be too dominant and demand to be in charge of
the production, thus turning anyone he works with into a Prince clone rather
than allowing them to keep their identity and "upgrade" his music. There are
countless possibilities, but Prince always does it his way and well, in the
past 8 years or so, his was hasn't always been the best way to persue
commercial success (understatement).
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