Remember in 2004 when Janet and Austin Dallas teamed up to do a guitar-driven lead single for Damita Jo, touting it as her Dirty Mind homage?

Well, Prince seemed to have taken back the borrowing they did with the intro especially of "Hot Summer", just released from the forthcoming Welcome 2 America (due July 30, 2021).

Same chords, tempo range, and almost the same progression.

I assume you have heard "Hot Summer", and know "Just A Little While".

I can see that. People dog on "Hot Summer," but I dug it from minute one. It's a fun little bop. It has about 15 elements from other Prince songs on it, but people love "Toy Box" or "Blue Limosine," and they both sound like "17 Days"'s cousins.

awful

Graycap23 said:

awful

What are the chords?

TrivialPursuit said:

I can see that. People dog on "Hot Summer," but I dug it from minute one. It's a fun little bop. It has about 15 elements from other Prince songs on it, but people love "Toy Box" or "Blue Limosine," and they both sound like "17 Days"'s cousins.

That album sounded like it needed some lighter fare anyway.

Cinny said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I can see that. People dog on "Hot Summer," but I dug it from minute one. It's a fun little bop. It has about 15 elements from other Prince songs on it, but people love "Toy Box" or "Blue Limosine," and they both sound like "17 Days"'s cousins.

That album sounded like it needed some lighter fare anyway.

We played it on my radio show back in the day. It's amazing that those little parts of W2A were out there, almost prepping folks for something bigger.

And here we are.

TrivialPursuit said:

Cinny said:

That album sounded like it needed some lighter fare anyway.

We played it on my radio show back in the day. It's amazing that those little parts of W2A were out there, almost prepping folks for something bigger.

And here we are.

1010 is the joint

Cinny said:

I assume you have heard "Hot Summer", and know "Just A Little While".

Mash it up, DJ Cinny!!!

Didn't Prince ghost-write "What Have You Done For Me Lately"?

Cinny said:

I assume you have heard "Hot Summer", and know "Just A Little While".

Yep.......except Just a little while is listenable.

nayroo2002 said:

Cinny said:

I assume you have heard "Hot Summer", and know "Just A Little While".

Mash it up, DJ Cinny!!!

Didn't Prince ghost-write "What Have You Done For Me Lately"?

Well I have been mixing the two on an app in my phone. I have to say... Janet's sounds better

TrivialPursuit said:

Cinny said:

That album sounded like it needed some lighter fare anyway.

We played it on my radio show back in the day. It's amazing that those little parts of W2A were out there, almost prepping folks for something bigger.

And here we are.

I had totally forgotten that it was out back then.

jillybean said:

It reminds me of Shake! (from Graffiti Bridge).

Apparently, that's what people thought when the keyboards were mixed louder in 2010.

Cinny said:

jillybean said:

It reminds me of Shake! (from Graffiti Bridge).

Apparently, that's what people thought when the keyboards were mixed louder in 2010.

We may have made that comparison on my radio show back then.

hOT sUMMER OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT WHATEVER MAGIC PRINCE HAD IN 1984 WAS CLEARLY GONE.