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A few questions about the Parade album Does anyone know who is actually playing the drums on "New Position" and the beginning of "I Wonder U"? Is is Prince or Bobby Z.? Also what type of drums are those? It sounds like ordinary household buckets. 
Is both Wendy and Lisa singing on "I Wonder U" or is it just Wendy? Is that song about someone in particular...perhaps Susannah...again? | |
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NP and I Wonder U is Prince playing drums And I wonder U. I thought that was Susy singing... Can be mistaking Havent read them liner notes for ages | |
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Susanna was the one singing on I WONDER U...right? God I love that album...era...look     &  | |
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okaypimpn said: Does anyone know who is actually playing the drums on "New Position" and the beginning of "I Wonder U"? Is is Prince or Bobby Z.? Also what type of drums are those? It sounds like ordinary household buckets.
Is both Wendy and Lisa singing on "I Wonder U" or is it just Wendy? Is that song about someone in particular...perhaps Susannah...again? It's Prince on drums. I can't say for certain who's singing on 'I Wonder U', but it's either just Susannah, or possibly Susannah and Wendy together. [This message was edited Tue May 18 13:03:25 2004 by BorisFishpaw] | |
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I was right, I was right!
Boris agrees with me.... | |
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Didn't Prince lay down the drum track for the first four songs all in one take?   love is god, god is love, girls and boys love god above | |
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r1ghteousone said: Didn't Prince lay down the drum track for the first four songs all in one take?
Yup  | |
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BorisFishpaw said: r1ghteousone said: Didn't Prince lay down the drum track for the first four songs all in one take?
Yup Cool!
So is he also playing what sounds like a steel drum and the bass on that track (NP) as well? Those drums are way too fonky!!!! 
So, that's Susannah on "I Wonder U"? Interesting.  | |
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okaypimpn said: BorisFishpaw said: Yup Cool!
So is he also playing what sounds like a steel drum and the bass on that track (NP) as well? Those drums are way too fonky!!!!
So, that's Susannah on "I Wonder U"? Interesting. He pretty much played all the instruments on those first 4 tracks himself. | |
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man, absolutely nothing touches those first three songs on that album...not to say i don't like the rest of it, but the beginning half of side one takes me somewhere else completely. | |
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Anxiety said: man, absolutely nothing touches those first three songs on that album...not to say i don't like the rest of it, but the beginning half of side one takes me somewhere else completely.
For real. Just thinking about him laying down the drums, then the bass and so forth - it's mind blowing! Ever since I first read he did, I've used it as evidence in the "this is why Prince is fantastic" argument ever since. | |
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I seem to remember reading in the biography "Possessed" that Wendy was the vocal for "I Wonder U."
The book also stated that Prince did the drumming on those tracks... Granted, this book is what it is, but I've been enjoying reading it! Keith/Kacey | |
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Anxiety said: man, absolutely nothing touches those first three songs on that album...not to say i don't like the rest of it, but the beginning half of side one takes me somewhere else completely.
This is exactly why I loved the segueing of Girl O'My Dreams/Can't Stop (This Feeling i Got)/We Can Funk for the Dream Factory.... Amazing | |
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How you know is Prince who plays those drums? Is it Possessed book the only reference? | |
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BorisFishpaw said: okaypimpn said: Cool!
So is he also playing what sounds like a steel drum and the bass on that track (NP) as well? Those drums are way too fonky!!!!
So, that's Susannah on "I Wonder U"? Interesting. He pretty much played all the instruments on those first 4 tracks himself. Apart from Clare Fischers orchestral parts  if you've gotta pay for things that you've done wrong I've gotta big bill coming at the end of the day- Gil Scott Heron
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okaypimpn said: BorisFishpaw said: Yup Cool!
So is he also playing what sounds like a steel drum and the bass on that track (NP) as well? Those drums are way too fonky!!!! Sounds like a steel drum to me. | |
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BorisFishpaw said: okaypimpn said: Cool!
So is he also playing what sounds like a steel drum and the bass on that track (NP) as well? Those drums are way too fonky!!!!
So, that's Susannah on "I Wonder U"? Interesting. He pretty much played all the instruments on those first 4 tracks himself. Wow, I never knew that. I always wondered who the drummer was on these tracks. The steel drums and bass on New Position are mindblowing and his drumming on I Wonder U is hypnotic, along with another killer bassline. I wish Prince would have detailed what everyone was playing on the albums with the Revolution. What seems like a band is actually him doing his multi-instrumentalist thing. [This message was edited Wed May 19 10:33:01 2004 by DorothyParkerWasCool] | |
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NouveauDance said: Anxiety said: man, absolutely nothing touches those first three songs on that album...not to say i don't like the rest of it, but the beginning half of side one takes me somewhere else completely.
For real. Just thinking about him laying down the drums, then the bass and so forth - it's mind blowing! Ever since I first read he did, I've used it as evidence in the "this is why Prince is fantastic" argument ever since. the only problem is, i can never find abyone who really wants to listen to me talk about why prince is fantastic. guess that's why i come to the org! | |
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LOVE THAT ALBUM!!! I will do today what you won't, so tomorrow I can do what you can't. | |
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JasmineFire said: NouveauDance said: For real. Just thinking about him laying down the drums, then the bass and so forth - it's mind blowing! Ever since I first read he did, I've used it as evidence in the "this is why Prince is fantastic" argument ever since. the only problem is, i can never find abyone who really wants to listen to me talk about why prince is fantastic. guess that's why i come to the org!This is PRECISELY why I started coming here...I don't really have anyone in my life to talk to about Prince. So this is great! Keith/Kacey | |
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Anxiety said: man, absolutely nothing touches those first three songs on that album...not to say i don't like the rest of it, but the beginning half of side one takes me somewhere else completely.
word up. on album or live. i can tell u how many times i nab those three songs as one unit to dub down for prince cds. Welcome to the New World Odor and
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<----Sitting back taking this all in.
This sequence is definitely one of Prince's studio high points. It's great to gett all this info that I never knew. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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JasmineFire said: NouveauDance said: For real. Just thinking about him laying down the drums, then the bass and so forth - it's mind blowing! Ever since I first read he did, I've used it as evidence in the "this is why Prince is fantastic" argument ever since. the only problem is, i can never find abyone who really wants to listen to me talk about why prince is fantastic. guess that's why i come to the org!Ha! I know. I think I've bored my partner with Prince trivia. After 5 years he knows almost as much about Prince's music as I do. The other day I had Jesse Johnson on "Who's this?" he says. "Jesse Johnson..." I say "and who was he?" I quiz him "he was in the Time" he replies. Trained well
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JavierAlcalde said: How you know is Prince who plays those drums? Is it Possessed book the only reference?
Don't be hard to get along with!  
I Wonder U 
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NouveauDance said: JasmineFire said: the only problem is, i can never find abyone who really wants to listen to me talk about why prince is fantastic. guess that's why i come to the org!Ha! I know. I think I've bored my partner with Prince trivia. After 5 years he knows almost as much about Prince's music as I do. The other day I had Jesse Johnson on "Who's this?" he says. "Jesse Johnson..." I say "and who was he?" I quiz him "he was in the Time" he replies. Trained well
// [This message was edited Wed May 19 14:42:58 2004 by NouveauDance] sounds like me and my husband 
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This cd is currently in constant rotation in my car.
I'll be driving down the road and feel my breath taken away by the wonderful assault of sound that is "Life Could Be So Nice" whether I've heard it once that day or 10 times. It's pretty much the same with all the songs on that cd though.
I'm just trying to decide whether or not I feel bad for my children. I just got off an "Around the World In A Day" trip and now I'm on a "Parade" trip. At least I know they're hearing good music.  I'm firmly planted in denial |
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