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IF I HAD A HAREM - INFO PLEASE During the Lovesexy tour Prince was performing this song "If i had a harem", im looking for more info on it, is that the proper title?, is it a cover version, or even better anyone got the guitar chords/tab for it, was watching the double concert video the other night and it still kicks ass!, and CAT.  I LOVE YOU. peace\o/\o/ ° The Breakdown = Best Prince song for 20 years | |
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I beleive it was called "If I had a Harem (Blues in C)"...but Im sure that I may well be very wrong.....and it certainly sounds like a Prince track | |
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It was recorded in the studio (long?) before it made an appearance on the Lovesexy tour - I think it dates from '86 - but Im sure Boris, Langebleu, or Neversin can fill the details in.
All I know is it's radically different from the slowed down live bluesy jam (which had elements of 'Take The A-Train' incorporated if I remember correctly), in fact so different as to be somewhat surprising when u first hear it. Personally, I didnt take 2 it, and prefer the tour version. | |
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It's from his forthcoming album, Vaginas of Arabia.
Rumor is that it accompanies a forthcoming movie by the same title in which a bunch of vaginas risk their lives trying to cross the desert in Arabia in search of water before they dry up. | |
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bananacologne said: It was recorded in the studio (long?) before it made an appearance on the Lovesexy tour - I think it dates from '86 - but Im sure Boris, Langebleu, or Neversin can fill the details in.
All I know is it's radically different from the slowed down live bluesy jam (which had elements of 'Take The A-Train' incorporated if I remember correctly), in fact so different as to be somewhat surprising when u first hear it. Personally, I didnt take 2 it, and prefer the tour version. I think it was originally recorded shortly before he set off on the 1988 tour. The live version horn accompaniment's are given in Uptown's 'Turn It Up 2.0' as Ellington's 'Things Ain't What They Used To Be' and Charlie Parker's 'Billie's Bounce' ('Take The A Train' was previously referenced at the the end of 'It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night'). . ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. |
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i no ther r at least 2 versions of this song on bootlegs....a slow-bluesy style and a more upbeat version. he's no good to me dead! | |
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If you can get your hands on the boot "The Work, Vol. 2" A couple of versions of If I had a Harem is on there. I actually like the song. It is sort of a dirty Harry Cronick/crooner type thing.
"If I had a harem, like all the people say. If I had a harem like all the people say. A different girl for each and everyday." or something like that. 1980-Present
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kaine said: If you can get your hands on the boot "The Work, Vol. 2" A couple of versions of If I had a Harem is on there. I actually like the song. It is sort of a dirty Harry Cronick/crooner type thing.
"If I had a harem, like all the people say. If I had a harem like all the people say. A different girl for each and everyday." or something like that. There are two versions on "The Work Volume 2" … one of them is said to be a fake recording! | |
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I love that song....If I had a harem girl, here's what I do.... I have them baby just to make sweet love to you..... oh ooo..
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ThataintFunky said: kaine said: If you can get your hands on the boot "The Work, Vol. 2" A couple of versions of If I had a Harem is on there. I actually like the song. It is sort of a dirty Harry Cronick/crooner type thing.
"If I had a harem, like all the people say. If I had a harem like all the people say. A different girl for each and everyday." or something like that. There are two versions on "The Work Volume 2" … one of them is said to be a fake recording! THANKS FOR THE INPUT GUYS The WORK vol. 2.. im on the hunt  \o/\o/ ° The Breakdown = Best Prince song for 20 years | |
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Here are the lyrics 4 u:
If I had a harem I'd harem in the morning I'd harem in the evening All over this land I'd harem out danger I'd harem out a warning I'd harem out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land If I had a bell I'd ring it in the morning I'd ring it in the evening All over this land I'd ring out danger I'd ring out a warning I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land If I had a song I'd sing it in the morning I'd sing it in the evening All over this land I'd sing out danger I'd sing out a warning I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land Well I've got a harem And I've got a bell And I've got a song to sing All over this land It's the hammer of justice It's the bell of freedom It's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters All over this land "She made me glad to be a man" | |
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youngyosh said: ThataintFunky said: There are two versions on "The Work Volume 2" … one of them is said to be a fake recording! THANKS FOR THE INPUT GUYS The WORK vol. 2.. im on the hunt ... now you're on the hunt for volume 2 .... volume 1 is even more essential! | |
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