I heard it was played & I missed it...did this a song & video get a lot play when it first came out? I was suprised to hear that, since it didn't seem so...I've never seen it on VH1, although I've watched it on Launch, but I was glad to hear it played since it's one of my very favorites.

I didn't see it either, but it is a cool video!

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[This message was edited Sun May 23 19:45:51 2004 by ultrraviolette]

That's pretty cool. It's been ages since I saw that video on TV.

and now for anal-retentive Universaluv.. I declare a moratorium on the incorrect use of the word "seen" in posts.

http://www.prince.org/msg/7/95414
http://www.prince.org/msg/7/95333

Mabe it has something to do with having a "7" in your name?
Anyway, ya'll know better


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[This message was edited Sun May 23 19:50:16 2004 by Universaluv]

Universaluv said:

maybe on vh-1 classic

Mazerati said:

No...it has nothing to do with the number '7', just that on the org, I don't really feel like I'm sitting in English class...but about the video, pretty cool, isn't???

I've hardly heard this one on the radio. My sister did tell me they were playing a lot of 80's hits, so it must've been VH1 classics, but I figured if it was there it must've got some kind of radio play...
[This message was edited Sun May 23 20:03:56 2004 by Starmist7]

I saw this video ONCE on an obscure UHF video show back then (I think it was called Video Music Box) and that was the ONLY time I ever saw this video on TV.

I saw it the other night on VH1Classic. I was at the computer and heard it come on and jumped up to try to tape it but unfortunately didn't have a tape in the VCR so I wasn't able to record it. Makes me mad, too, cuz I hadn't seen that video in YEARS.

They all look beautiful in it. I love that video. it's one of my very favorites.

Starmist7 said:

BET used to play the mess outta I WISH U HEAVEN back in 88/89. I remember being a kid and watching that video along with GLAM SLAM. Back in the days, BET used to have a show called Video Vibrations and every morning they picked an artist and showed ALL their videos. I remember so well watching the videos to "Sexuality", " Why U Wanna Treat Me So Bad", "America", " I Could Never Take The Place", etc

I have this one taped.

One of the best videos of Prince.

Is that Susannah and Cat doing the dance/snare drum?

They're really hot!

mrdespues said:

It's Sheila and Cat

DigitalGardin said:

WOW...now THAT that's known, I'm going to watch VH1 classics more often because they just might play the others also & like that I can tape them too!...
[This message was edited Sun May 23 20:29:38 2004 by Starmist7]

Starmist7 said:

Like DG said, BET definitely used to play the video, but I never heard it on the radio.

PrimordialOoze said:

sorry, that white girl AIN'T sheila!

Starmist7 said:

BET definitely would support Prince. I was trying to think of the name of the program that they used to have where they showed all them old videos. It was called MONDAY MUSIC MARATHON. And every Monday, they would pick an artist and show all their videos for 2 hours. Cameo, Prince, Earth Wind And Fire were ALWAYS on there! LOL Its a shame that I was too young to really apreciate that but I remember being intransed by the AMERICA video. I used to love that!

mrdespues said:

That is Sheila playing the snare drum.

Cat is the dancer with the flower in her hair. Boni is wearing a jacket/blazer.

Prince is the one with his hair in a ponytail tied back with a black ribbon.

PrimordialOoze said:

co-sign. they lit everyone up like crazy in that video. But that is definitely Shiela and Cat.

It's a great video, though perhaps a strange choice for a single. Wasn't it directed by Jean Baptiste Mondino who also photographed the cover of Lovesexy? And who did the very similar-in-style video for Neneh Cherry's Manchild? Because of that it really evokes that Lovesexy period style for me.

I love how it starts with an apple being taken off the tree and then it ends with one being put back on the tree.

Also, the computer graphics were pretty good for '88 - it is hard to think back and remember how poor 3D graphics usually were around that time!

Universaluv said:

SORRY BUT THAT GIRL IS WHITE! Just because she's playing a drum doesn't mean it's Sheila! I have had the video on tape for a LONG TIME. If it's anyone we know, it's Susannah....it is DEFINITELY not Sheila.

mrdespues said:

Whatever you say man. It's Sheila, whether you want to believe it or not. Everyone in that video looks lighter than they really are, even Prince. It's the way they lit the video or something.

You claim you have the video on tape - go watch it again and LOOK AT HER FACE. IT IS SHEILA. It's not Susannah.

PrimordialOoze said:

I think you should look at her face....she's white (i'm talking about FEATURES, not only skin colour) and FAR TOO PRETTY to be Sheila. Sorry. It's not Sheila.

Please stop insulting my intelligence.

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mrdespues said:

I'm not insulting your intelligence. I'm sure you're very intelligent.

You're just totally wrong about this one particular thing. It's Sheila. Though I must say I'm very surprised you find that so hard to accept.

PrimordialOoze said:

i do because i have watched and continue to watch the said video over and over.

it is not sheila e.

the video got a little bit of play on mtv and bet when it first came out, but quickly was taken off the playlist when the single didn't hit. same time as Paula Abdul
s straight Up, and Milli Vanilli and Guns and ROses, and Madonna's like a prayer stuff...

Starmist7 said:

mrdespues said:

I hate to tell you, but it is definitely Sheila. There were only three girls in the band at the time...and they were all in the video.

You can choose to keep denying it, but it is THE TRUTH. It is Sheila.

ufoclub said:

I'm just surprised that at that time I did hear of Paula, Milli Vanilli & the other's songs & I didn't have BET or MTV, but this particular Prince song I didn't hear until a year or two ago...amazing isn't it??? I probably would've caught up back then...& it's one of the best! I just this video...

Oh, & about that girl, I thought that was Sheila also, (does Susannah play drums?), but she could be whoever you want/or believe her to be...
[This message was edited Mon May 24 20:13:06 2004 by Starmist7]

DigitalGardin said:

Damn, I thought i was the only one who remembers those days.I still got video vibrations on tape way back in 1991,they played all of Princes videos.It took them 2 days 2 play all of them.

PrimordialOoze said:

Hes clearly not a huge fan or he would know thats Ms.E in that video,he must be blind or 2 dumb 2 face facts.

crs350 said:

FYI, They settled this debate on another thread
http://www.prince.org/msg/7/95541