MickyDolenz said:

datdude said:

was the long form Control vid from that? never heard about this flick, any other info, sources u can share?

Some radio DJs said it at the time. I think it was said on Video Soul or some other show too. There were lots of things that were said on the radio, magazines, and TV that never came to be like Michael Jackson releasing a whole album of Beatles songs. That was between Victory & Bad. There was an interview Jimmy Jam did around Condensate where he talks about a movie. I don't know if it's the same one because he doesn't mention Janet.

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Let’s look back to 1990 and the Graffiti Bridge movie. How did the original seven members of The Time come to be involved with that project?

Let me try to clarify a little bit. There might be a misconception that we got back together to do the Graffiti Bridge movie. That’s absolutely not the case. What happened, Morris [Day] was working on a project with Prince. It was basically going to be more of a solo project. Prince was going to do the bulk of the writing and playing. I think it was going to be called Corporate World, but there were a few different names floating around at that point. Around that same time period, we had also been working with Morris on different projects and things. We thought, let’s get The Time back together and just make a record. So we got back together and started making an album. This was with Prince’s blessing, by the way. And we had our own idea for a film.

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What kind of film did you guys have in mind?

It was basically based on our own true story, rather than a fictional story. Purple Rain was a fictional story based in some truth, the whole backdrop of Minneapolis and the competition of the bands. The way that worked was very true and very well done in that movie. But we really wanted to make a film about our exploits on the road and some of the things that went on, because we had a great time on the road.

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How far did you guys get with this project?

We actually brought in someone to write a screenplay. We sat and talked with a couple of screenwriters, telling them the stories we thought were funny, letting them weave a storyline around it. We were in talks with Warner Bros. to do it. The next thing you know, literally out of the blue, Prince called us for a meeting at Paisley Park. And I remember we walked in thinking it was going to be about the movie — the movie we thought we were going to do. All of sudden it turned into Graffiti Bridge, and we were like, “What’s Graffiti Bridge?” Prince was like, “This is my movie.” And it was, you know, this girl and a feather. [laughs] It was like, “No, no, no — we’ve got our own ideas for a movie.”

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The Time still made a very successful album though, which includes some songs that were in the movie.

That’s the reason that, when everything was done, Pandemonium came out, which was basically our album. Then the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack came out, which had four of our songs on it. Just one soundtrack album probably would’ve made more sense. But it was because we were already doing our other things. We were like, “Okay, we’ll do your movie, Prince, but we’re still going to do our own album.” We were already on the path to do that.

ok, thanks Dolenz. I DO remember some chatter about Corporate World, but didn't know Janet was affiliated with the project at all. tsk, tsk, too bad it got scrapped. Jimmy Jam is one of my favorite ppl in the industry. would love to pick his brain on some stuff.

datdude said:

MickyDolenz said:

Some radio DJs said it at the time. I think it was said on Video Soul or some other show too. There were lots of things that were said on the radio, magazines, and TV that never came to be like Michael Jackson releasing a whole album of Beatles songs. That was between Victory & Bad. There was an interview Jimmy Jam did around Condensate where he talks about a movie. I don't know if it's the same one because he doesn't mention Janet.

.

Let’s look back to 1990 and the Graffiti Bridge movie. How did the original seven members of The Time come to be involved with that project?

Let me try to clarify a little bit. There might be a misconception that we got back together to do the Graffiti Bridge movie. That’s absolutely not the case. What happened, Morris [Day] was working on a project with Prince. It was basically going to be more of a solo project. Prince was going to do the bulk of the writing and playing. I think it was going to be called Corporate World, but there were a few different names floating around at that point. Around that same time period, we had also been working with Morris on different projects and things. We thought, let’s get The Time back together and just make a record. So we got back together and started making an album. This was with Prince’s blessing, by the way. And we had our own idea for a film.

.

What kind of film did you guys have in mind?

It was basically based on our own true story, rather than a fictional story. Purple Rain was a fictional story based in some truth, the whole backdrop of Minneapolis and the competition of the bands. The way that worked was very true and very well done in that movie. But we really wanted to make a film about our exploits on the road and some of the things that went on, because we had a great time on the road.

.

How far did you guys get with this project?

We actually brought in someone to write a screenplay. We sat and talked with a couple of screenwriters, telling them the stories we thought were funny, letting them weave a storyline around it. We were in talks with Warner Bros. to do it. The next thing you know, literally out of the blue, Prince called us for a meeting at Paisley Park. And I remember we walked in thinking it was going to be about the movie — the movie we thought we were going to do. All of sudden it turned into Graffiti Bridge, and we were like, “What’s Graffiti Bridge?” Prince was like, “This is my movie.” And it was, you know, this girl and a feather. [laughs] It was like, “No, no, no — we’ve got our own ideas for a movie.”

.

The Time still made a very successful album though, which includes some songs that were in the movie.

That’s the reason that, when everything was done, Pandemonium came out, which was basically our album. Then the Graffiti Bridge soundtrack came out, which had four of our songs on it. Just one soundtrack album probably would’ve made more sense. But it was because we were already doing our other things. We were like, “Okay, we’ll do your movie, Prince, but we’re still going to do our own album.” We were already on the path to do that.

ok, thanks Dolenz. I DO remember some chatter about Corporate World, but didn't know Janet was affiliated with the project at all. tsk, tsk, too bad it got scrapped. Jimmy Jam is one of my favorite ppl in the industry. would love to pick his brain on some stuff.

Me, too. Mickey is full of music knowledge you might not know otherwise.

MickyDolenz said:

The Geto Boys formed before N.W.A. and Ice T's first single came out in 1983, so there still would have been gangsta rap without N.W.A. The Geto Boys were from Houston, so they're independent of New York & LA.

I don't mean to imply that N.W.A. officially "started" gangsta rap but they sure as hell moved it forward in ways that changed the whole game. As an adult, I can't even listed to EFIL4ZAGGIN all the way through anymore without cringing in some spots (especially the second half) and that was one of my favorite albums as a teen!