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Prince's vocal arrangements I have to give a paper on Prince at school [I looked this up in the dictionary, excuse me if this sounds strange].
One thing I want to mention as typical or unique for Prince's music are his vocal arrangements (multi-layered vocals etc...). You are the best source for Prince information, anyone want to give me some advice which songs I should use? Thank you! | |
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Love 2 the 9's
For You Adore The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Elephants & Flowers Willing & Able It's Gonna Be Lonely (toward the end) Diamonds & Pearls Shy Eye Can't Make U Love Me One Kiss at a Time Savior Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife Starfish & Coffee Mountains When Doves Cry Take Me With You * I'm not sure about all of these (the top ones should be pretty good), but it's the best I can do @ this hour...    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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Man'O'War
Must have over 14 vocal trax running thru that song. | |
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BIG TALL WALL has amazing vocal arrangment! | |
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Money Don't Matter 2Nite and And God Created Woman would be good examples to use, because of the interplay between the backing vox and the lead.... "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin | |
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For You is a good vocal arrangement. Using close 3rd harmonies & 6ths. Also utillises counter point & other interesting vocal techniques
Im ur man for music theory dude. Im studying a degree here in england. Thanks | |
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Don't forget about "7"!!!
That song has many layers too!! Love, The Purple Hippie | |
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Thank you all who posted (and maybe will)! I'll check out all your suggestions!  | |
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wow...i immediately thought of "for you" as a good example, but i see someone beat me 2 it.  umm...i'd say the last lil bit of "it's gonna be lonely" would be a good one, but it'd kinna suck 2 not listen 2 the whole song... | |
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My faves are For You, God and 7. They put the Beach Boys to shame! ______________________________________________
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The Beautiful Ones
& Solo | |
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I can't believe no one mentioned Kamasutra.... wonderful vocal arrangement!!!!! | |
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What about 'Comeback' from The Truth? | |
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The End of the Sacrafice of Victor is awesome. Almost any Prince track is an excelent example of this. | |
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Do you have the Rave Un2 the Year 2000 DVD? The add for the sampling set has a sample of "Pink Cashmere" after the computer voice says 'the dopest vocals known to man'. I never thought highly of the song but the snippet of the vocals is amazing (considering I never thought 'Wow amazing vocals'...they are just part of the fabric of the song). A specific example you could mention is "1999" when he decided to separate and highlight the harmony parts during the verses. Also you might want to mention the use of heavily processed vocal tracks, like the deep booming voice on Temptation, or the narrator on TRC or the sped up vocals as 'Camille' on SoTT tracks. Just some ideas | |
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"The Last December" has amazing vocal arrangements also. | |
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