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Prince's "Gett Off" Vs. Foxy's "Get Off" What say thee org? Space for sale... | |
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I gotsta roll w/ Princey, but this was played in my house NON STOP when I was a kid    I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it | |
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that video is funny  Why didn't they have the female vocalists onstage with them?
but I gotta give it to Foxy.Their song was a major JAM during the disco era. | |
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"Get Off," the B-Side to "New Power Generation"? It would lose to Foxy's.
"Gett Off" wins, by length, over Foxy's, simply because it's one of Prince's best songs of the 90's, one of the only times he ever successfully incorporated hip-hop into his classic style of funk rock. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Foxy's "Get Off" is better by 10,000 miles. Prince's "Get Off" isn't even one of his better songs.
. . . [Edited 9/21/07 13:42pm] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Foxy's Get Off....just fun and I remember being little dancin' in my basement as my momma was ironin'..... | |
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I'll have to go with Foxy's "Get Off." I'm assuming, Mr. Moderator, you're talking about the Prince song "Gett Off," from the "Diamonds and Pearls" album. [Edited 9/21/07 14:29pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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namepeace said: "Get Off," the B-Side to "New Power Generation"? It would lose to Foxy's.
"Gett Off" wins, by length, over Foxy's, simply because it's one of Prince's best songs of the 90's, one of the only times he ever successfully incorporated hip-hop into his classic style of funk rock. Never realized the different spelling. Corrected. Space for sale... | |
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Oh, it's not even close in my book.
Gett Off was a cool song, but not even close to being Prince's best. Get Off by Foxy was/is one of the FUNKIEST disco songs ever written and some of the baddest bass playing ever recorded. Foxy gets my vote. http://www.facebook.com/p...111?ref=ts
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C'mon...
...Not even close. Reminds me of something James used to say I like 'em fat, I like 'em proud, you've got to have a mother for me Now move your big ass 'round this way so I can work on that zipper, baby tA  Tribal Disorder
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sosgemini said: namepeace said: "Get Off," the B-Side to "New Power Generation"? It would lose to Foxy's.
"Gett Off" wins, by length, over Foxy's, simply because it's one of Prince's best songs of the 90's, one of the only times he ever successfully incorporated hip-hop into his classic style of funk rock. Never realized the different spelling. Corrected. no problem . . . I think the different spelling accounts for the fact he'd released the "Get Off" song a year earlier and wanted to avoid confusion. And rightfully so. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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I can't decide!  | |
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theAudience said: C'mon...
...Not even close. Case Closed.  | |
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I'd prefer 2 Gett Off with Prince.  | |
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BlaqueKnight said: Damn Right.  | |
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FOXY no fuckin' doubt. I love "Gett Off" but I get more dance out of "Get Off". "Gett Off" is too fuckin' slow, lol. | |
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Timmy84 said: I love "Gett Off" but I get more dance out of "Get Off". "Gett Off" is too fuckin' slow, lol.
Why is that such a key criteria on this forum?  I thought vainandy posted twice.  | |
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Cinnie said: Timmy84 said: I love "Gett Off" but I get more dance out of "Get Off". "Gett Off" is too fuckin' slow, lol.
Why is that such a key criteria on this forum? I thought vainandy posted twice. But to me it's the truth. I side with Andy, the faster the song, the hotter it is, to me.
I like the slower beats and shit but if you want a workout, "Get Off" is better than "Gett Off", unless that workout's sex. | |
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Timmy84 said: Cinnie said: Why is that such a key criteria on this forum? I thought vainandy posted twice. But to me it's the truth. I side with Andy, the faster the song, the hotter it is, to me.
I like the slower beats and shit but if you want a workout, "Get Off" is better than "Gett Off", unless that workout's sex.  Vainandy
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Timmy84 said: Cinnie said: Why is that such a key criteria on this forum? I thought vainandy posted twice. But to me it's the truth. I side with Andy, the faster the song, the hotter it is, to me.
I like the slower beats and shit but if you want a workout, "Get Off" is better than "Gett Off", unless that workout's sex. Exactly. Fast stuff is for the dance floor, slow stuff is for the bedroom, and midtempo serves no purpose whatsoever. There's no reason for midtempo to be even made. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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vainandy said: Exactly. Fast stuff is for the dance floor, slow stuff is for the bedroom, and midtempo serves no purpose whatsoever. There's no reason for midtempo to be even made. Midtempo's ok but it's not for the dance club unless it's really funky. | |
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I find Prince's "Gett Off" to be funky in a lame way of describing funky. It tries to be funky, but it doesn't have rhythmic flow to it like most classic funk songs. To paraphrase vainandy, maybe Prince had been so "artsy/fartsy" for so long that when he tried to push the Funk button it misfired. THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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Najee said: I find Prince's "Gett Off" to be funky in a lame way of describing funky. It tries to be funky, but it doesn't have rhythmic flow to it like most classic funk songs. To paraphrase vainandy, maybe Prince had been so "artsy/fartsy" for so long that when he tried to push the Funk button it misfired. Prince's "Get Off" was just, I don't know how to describe it, I guess the word would be "bland". It wasn't quite fast enough, it lacked something (I don't know what, it just lacked something), and the fact that it sounded slightly hip hoppish was a turnoff also. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Najee said: I find Prince's "Gett Off" to be funky in a lame way of describing funky. It tries to be funky, but it doesn't have rhythmic flow to it like most classic funk songs. To paraphrase vainandy, maybe Prince had been so "artsy/fartsy" for so long that when he tried to push the Funk button it misfired.
As a funk cut, I agree. As a Prince cut, it works great. Immediately prior to and after "Gett Off," he made several attempts at incorporating hip-hop into his sound. A few came off pretty well ("Tick, Tick Bang"). Others? Oy . . . "Gett Off" rides that mid-tempo hip-hop loop and Prince provides some flourish to it. I think that's what he was going for, so I don't think he misfired. I just think he had a different target.  Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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vainandy said: Prince's "Get Off" was just, I don't know how to describe it, I guess the word would be "bland". It wasn't quite fast enough, it lacked something (I don't know what, it just lacked something), and the fact that it sounded slightly hip hoppish was a turnoff also. See my post immediately below yours. I think he was trying to answer hip-hop's growing popularity with that track. Which is why the "funk" elements were blunted and chopped up, as they were on most hip-hop tracks of that day. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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namepeace said: vainandy said: Prince's "Get Off" was just, I don't know how to describe it, I guess the word would be "bland". It wasn't quite fast enough, it lacked something (I don't know what, it just lacked something), and the fact that it sounded slightly hip hoppish was a turnoff also. See my post immediately below yours. I think he was trying to answer hip-hop's growing popularity with that track. Which is why the "funk" elements were blunted and chopped up, as they were on most hip-hop tracks of that day. I don't know how he thought he'd attract some hip-hop heads with that song. I liked "Cream" better than "Gett Off". Though I did dig another Prince "hip-hop joint" ("My Name is Prince"), I only enjoyed it when another man rapped instead of Mr. Nelson. [Edited 9/21/07 15:02pm] | |
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Timmy84 said: I don't know how he thought he'd attract some hip-hop heads with that song.
As a hip-hop head, I don't know how he thought that either, but he did! 
In the year of The Low End Theory, Death Certificate, Apocalypse '91, and Cypress Hill, among others, Prince's "answer" to hip-hop came off as, well, a Prince song. But it was still a good Prince song and a club favorite backinaday. I liked "Cream" better than "Gett Off".
It's a close call for me. But of all Prince's attempts to incorporate hip-hop into his sound, "Gett Off," for my was among the best of the bunch.
Though I did dig another Prince "hip-hop joint" ("My Name is Prince"), I only enjoyed it when another man rapped instead of Mr. Nelson.
[Edited 9/21/07 15:02pm] I thought the groove was interesting. But those rhymes? Oh my.  [Edited 9/21/07 15:16pm] Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Foxy's 'Get Off' much better.. .. i didnt like Prince's 'Get Off' .. this video is reminding me now of that movie "Roll Bounce"  [Edited 9/21/07 15:21pm] | |
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namepeace said: As a funk cut, I agree.
As a Prince cut, it works great. Save we're comparing Prince's "Gett Off" with a funky song. [Edited 9/21/07 15:29pm] THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS! |
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