In the movie GB, what in the fuck was Prince thinking when he had the NPG do that LAMEASS performance of "Tick Tick Bang" out in the street? Did he really think he was gonna win the competition with that turkey? I would rather have seen TC Ellis and Tevin sportin' flowery dresses and singing "Chim-Chimmery" (sp)!

i don't know, but i LOVED his outfit!!!!

The original version is alot better

Darla said:

Hell yeah!


Nice 'Maria' av by the way....the head and the hands must meet!!!

I don't think it was the greatest performance of all time, but you've gotta take the old things with a grain of salt sometimes. Especially when you're seeing an old ass movie for the first time, or hearing an old song in 2004.

hey, most people didn't get wizard of oz at first either.

oh, and keep in mind he was competing against shake. the weakest recorded track on GB, without a doubt.

man,as far as graffitti bridge is concerned.....

tick,tick,bang as a pick for a song battle?.....HECK NO!


that's like a setinel (giuded missle)going up against a kowloon type 40(pistol).

here ya go....DATA BANK(PRINCE'S VERSION)

COULD'VE EASILY KILLED "SHAKE"!

ANYBODY ELSE?

somebody shoulda granted him that wish that was painted on his chest...

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

WHAT WAS IT?....."BEAT ME?"...I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.

No way! I LOVED that performance! After Elephants & Flowers and Joy in Repitition, TICK TICK BANG was my fave on GB!! Classic!

My 2 cents.

I love the song! Again it's very bold 4 a male to say those lyrics, it's great! The performance is funny and the dancing is pretty lame!
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Talking of wtf? How about when prince tries to fight the time ( u know when he challanges them to a battle scene) and hits morris! possibally the lamest punch ever! I love that scene! It's about THE ONLY time u c the whole lineup of the Time and prince in the same scene!

This movie has tons of great moments!

Personally Tevins "Round and round" upstages the movie in performance stakes! Good choreography (obviously not the same bloke who choreographed the messy "Tick,tick bang"), great song! The scene stands out amongst the clutter of the movie in general and it showed at the time great promise 4 Tevin! I heard Prince wanted to write a whole album 4 tevin but Quincey Jones (Tevins executive producer on his albums) said no! Anyway sure the time rule but are not given enough time on stage! "Release it" is cool though!

Prince wrote more tracks 4 Tevin on his second album "I'm ready", anyone heard 'em?

avatarfunk said:

yeah, it was a heart with "beat me" on it.

xpsiter said:

I first saw GB yeeeeears ago, foo!

HiinEnkelte said:

I don't think there's really all that much substane to truly "get" in GB. Unless you mean "getting" annoyed, bored, irritated, constipated, embarrassed, confused, and angry....

It was energetic and full of spunk.

madartista said:

me too, and his dancing.

we're so gay.

2freaky4church1 said:

[This message was edited Fri May 7 13:50:19 2004 by KingSausage]

I liked the weird choreography of the beaten puppet torture dance that prince does... I think Paula Abdul ghost choreographed some of the stuff in the movie and some of the big dance numbers cut out.... read it somwhere...

2freaky4church1 said:

I've always liked this song. I think it's underrated.
Totally creative, different from any song I've ever heard.
I thought it was pretty funny how one of the guys was playing a game boy in the background, like there was nothing to see.
Still, despite some good music and a couple of funny moments, there is not much redeemable about Graffiti Bridge.

KingSausage said:

i'm actually quoting prince on that one. that's what he said regarding negative reviews of GB.

and i agree. it's so visionary, and so far ahead of its time

HiinEnkelte said:

huh. i don't know cuzzin, i watched GB twice this last week, and i'm still not sure what time it's meant for. we're at 14 years now. what, we need another decade? two? aah, forget it, i've been getting the flic lately.

yet HOW CAN YOU SAY SHAKE IS THE WEAKEST? i think we should leave that to Melody Cool.

'member when ol' boy did Shake at the Celebration? now that was Kool!

and Tick Tick Bang? that track is slammin! especially the kid's funky writhing dance moves!

Did anyone here know that the drum pattern / feel that Prince got was actually taken directly from a Jimi Hendrix song??? If you listen to the beginning of 'Little Miss Lover' from Jimi's 'Axis - Bold As Love' CD, you'll totally pick out that Prince copied the drums. Not just a little, but to the point where is actually sounds like Prince sampled the drums tracks. Check it out - excellent Jimi tune... then again, not bad Prince tune either...

Tick tick bang is okay, peeps. The performance was all right too. Unlike round and round. And shake is okay too, never the weakest song.

I loved Tick, Tick, Bang. And this is not a movie to take seriously because after the first ten minutes you realize its a 90 minute music video. Though you have to admit, he learned from this attempt when making the 3 Chains O' Gold video.

thesexofit said:

Yea I heard that song,I rememba seein' this commerical 4 R&B 90's hits on this CD collection called "Tha Down Low" & I saw a small clip of Tevin singin' that song. It wuz in B&W. I usetah like that song,I ayn know Prince wrote that 4 him. That just adds anotha song he's written 4 othas that I like-list. (Only songs I liked "I Feel For You"-Chaka Khan & now "I'm Ready"-Tevin) That's koo learn sumthin' new,

I don't care what y'all say, "Tick Tick Bang" rocks!

That was a Great Song Really. He Looked So Hot and all with his Hair and I love his Sexy little body. And that outfit. That was so Beautiful and Us Girls just SCREAMED.....

Tick Tick Bang is literally THA BOMB!!!

It's a nasty, nasty, nasty track...and oh so funky.

Yer like ice cream....ooh I gotta eatcha gotta eatcha....until yer all gone

Ya cain't fuck widdat!

The demo on boot is great too.

I love that he wrote a song about spurting his spooge. Fantastic!

But yeah, that performance is frighteningly weak and ... I don't know, the whole Grafitti Bridge project just seemed off.