so i'm listening to on the couch for the 20th or so time, thinking, i know this sound, i'm intimate with this sound. what is it? i can't place it. it's got that church organ in the background, and the ultra-tight horns, that easy loping groove.

and then it finally dawns on me, it hits me. it's toussaint! jeezus christ, it's allen toussaint! prince has got that inside him, too, the whole '60s-'70s new orleans vibe -- lee dorsey, irma thomas, earnie k. doe. it's right there in on the couch! and i'm thinking, lord, is there nothing this man can't do? is there no style he hasn't absorbed, that he can't get a beautiful tune out of?

lawdy.

dubiousraves said:

this is how I hear it.....
http://www.prince.org/msg...sg_1557332

To me "On the Couch" sounds a lot like "Lay Your Head on My Pillow" as sung by, I believe, Al Green.

S

Redayh said:

"For The Good Times"? It's very Rev. Al-ish.

Supernova said:

Yeah, that's the one! I always get the title to that mixed up.
S
[This message was edited Sat May 29 4:29:22 2004 by Redayh]