I've been loving "Strange Relationship" lately, and actually like the Aladdin DVD version just a slight bit more than the SOTT version. They're both really good, but the DVD version just had that little bit of extra flava. What's on ya'lls minds on this hot joint?
[This message was edited Thu May 20 12:58:42 2004 by estelle1981]

The Dream Factory version has a nice middle eastern vibe 2 it.

estelle1981 said:

This song is one of my favorite songs by Prince - ANY version. However, the BEST version I've heard is from Those of U on Valium - is a rehersal show Prince did at 1st Ave in 1987. Just funky as all hell. I also love the version on One Night Alone...Live!...the version on the DVD is good too.

Pagey said:

It's not a rehearsal - I thought it was the first public performance of the new songs with a new band. And yeah, that's my favorite version too. The demo is a close second, with the indian sitar kind of thing going on during the intro.

edit: hey the "valium" version comes in at 13 minutes too - so, it's the extended verison, sort of.
[This message was edited Thu May 20 13:15:21 2004 by otan]

estelle1981 said:

I love both equally, The reason being is that the original had Prince at his creative peak, still making bizzarre sounds out of the arrangements that don't sound normal but do sound BAD as hell. The weird things he does with the bass line for instance and the way he stutters the word 'relationship-ship-ship' prince at his loopy weird best.
Now, the live version is prince as an even better musician and singer. He is clearly miming Ray Charles here vocally and on Piano, fantastic.

I love this song --- which brings me to a ???


on my honeymoon - we requested a song by Prince --- and this is what they played - a dance version - which was great ... but ... how does one get this .... it looked official and all !!?? anyone have an idea ... was the dance version only sold in jamaica !!!???

The "valium" version knocks my freakin socks off!

Strange relationship is one of my all time favorites. I love the punchy, fresh version on one of the Xenophobia discs.

But I love the jam that started it all! At the end of the 45-minute Billy's Sunglasses, Prince starts to play the chord progression that ended up as Strange Relationship.

Pagey said:

Yup! All 13 or so minutes of it 'Say little Prince are U gonna play?'