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"Midnight at the oasis" Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed Shadows paintin' our faces Traces of romance in our heads Heaven's holdin' a half-moon Shinin' just for us Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon And kick up a little dust Come on, Cactus is our friend He'll point out the way Come on, 'til the evenin' ends 'Til the evenin' ends You don't have to answer There's no need to speak I'll be your belly dancer, prancer And you can be my sheik I know your Daddy's a sultan A nomad known to all With fifty girls to attend him, they all send him Jump at his beck and call But you won't need no harem, honey When I'm by your side And you won't need no camel, no no When I take you for a ride Come on, Cactus is our friend He'll point out the way Come on, 'til the evenin' ends 'Til the evenin' ends Midnight at the oasis Send your camel to bed Got shadows paintin' our faces And traces of romance in our heads Oh, come on ... | |
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Nice tune and the Amos Garrett guitar solo is top notch.
tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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cool tune We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. Maya Angelou | |
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theAudience said: Nice tune and the Amos Garrett guitar solo is top notch.
Damn, that's my favorite part. | |
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I really like this song. | |
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CinisterCee said: theAudience said: Nice tune and the Amos Garrett guitar solo is top notch.
Damn, that's my favorite part. tA Tribal Disorder http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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The first version I ever heard of this was by Brand New Heavies. There are a lot of cheesy covers of it, but theirs is genuinely good! | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: The first version I ever heard of this was by Brand New Heavies. There are a lot of cheesy covers of it, but theirs is genuinely good! I never heard that cover. I gotta check it out.
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Romera said: RipHer2Shreds said: The first version I ever heard of this was by Brand New Heavies. There are a lot of cheesy covers of it, but theirs is genuinely good! I never heard that cover. I gotta check it out.
How ya doin, Dan? I'm alright, sweets. How are you? Heard you had a great - if initially frightening - Prince experience. Their cover is on the Rare Grooves and Remixes CD. | |
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i just put this on my ipod. my dad used to play this alot when he'd play his records. | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: Romera said: I never heard that cover. I gotta check it out.
How ya doin, Dan? I'm alright, sweets. How are you? Heard you had a great - if initially frightening - Prince experience. Their cover is on the Rare Grooves and Remixes CD. | |
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brownsugar said: i just put this on my ipod. my dad used to play this alot when he'd play his records. It's on a blue eyes soul compilation I made myself. | |
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its sung by Minnie Riperton on the internet downloads lol Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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One of the Prince books I read, I think by Jo Bream? said that Prince was ofteen heard playing "Midnight at the Oasis" on guitar in his high school music room when he was just learning guitar.. He said you could hear him play it all down the hall... how cool would that be to have Prince play that now! ______________________________________________
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On youtube you can find a clip where Gladys Knight and the pips sings a few lines of it...
http://www.youtube.com/wa...s%20knight | |
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paisleypark4 said: its sung by Minnie Riperton on the internet downloads lol
Wasn't it first done by Maria Muldaer? | |
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Icicle said: Midnight at the oasis
i lkie it she was mention on a betty wright record called the clean up woman and i enjoy music very muchSend your camel to bed Shadows paintin' our faces Traces of romance in our heads Heaven's holdin' a half-moon Shinin' just for us Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon And kick up a little dust Come on, Cactus is our friend He'll point out the way Come on, 'til the evenin' ends 'Til the evenin' ends You don't have to answer There's no need to speak I'll be your belly dancer, prancer And you can be my sheik I know your Daddy's a sultan A nomad known to all With fifty girls to attend him, they all send him Jump at his beck and call But you won't need no harem, honey When I'm by your side And you won't need no camel, no no When I take you for a ride Come on, Cactus is our friend He'll point out the way Come on, 'til the evenin' ends 'Til the evenin' ends Midnight at the oasis Send your camel to bed Got shadows paintin' our faces And traces of romance in our heads Oh, come on ... purple princess | |
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RipHer2Shreds said: The first version I ever heard of this was by Brand New Heavies. There are a lot of cheesy covers of it, but theirs is genuinely good!
Ditto. It always felt familiar though. I think I had memories locked away of Minnie Ripperton singing it. Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off | |
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cherylblues said: i lkie it she was mention on a betty wright record called the clean up woman and i enjoy music very much
Did she record the song too? | |
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Cool song. Reminds me of when I was little, which is nice. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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