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Koo Koo / Paradise Gardens (sheila E.) Jus picked this up...
Did P have any involvement with Paradie Gardens? And Koo Koo remix is definitley hot! Costed me 4.50! Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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hi, i bought this when it first came out on 12". from what i recall P didn't have any involvement with the b side, but the sound is very Prince. Isn't Koo Koo a cool track?, i played it to death. My copy is in the attic along with all my old PPark vinyl releases. | |
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I need to look for this! I've never heard the remix!
KooKoo is one of my all time fave Sheila E traxx...too bad it was never a hit! | |
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endorphin74 said: I need to look for this! I've never heard the remix!
KooKoo is one of my all time fave Sheila E traxx...too bad it was never a hit! It was a sleeper hit tho. I remember it getting a lot of play on the DC-area black radio stations when it came out; and the video got lots of air time on Video Soul / Video Vibrations on BET. Definitely one of my all time favorites. I remember using it in a high school class presentation on the Minneapolis sound. "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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"Koo Koo" is an okay song,but a wrong choice for a single.The song is funky,but it lacks a strong chorus,and the vocals are too low-key.A better choice for a single would have been the rocking "Faded Photographs" or "The Pride and The Passion". | |
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DavidEye said: "Koo Koo" is an okay song,but a wrong choice for a single.The song is funky,but it lacks a strong chorus,and the vocals are too low-key.A better choice for a single would have been the rocking "Faded Photographs" or "The Pride and The Passion".
thanx all u guys 4 the positive responses of this track. The remix is cool, it has the same music in it, just sum extended parts in it. That's cool that u used this song 4 presentation of the "Minneapolis SOund" !!  I wish i had thought of sumthin like that!!!Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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'Paradise Gardens' is one of my favorite Sheila cuts. It had to be written after the release of the 'Sheila E.' album because it definitely would have made it as an album cut.
The strings on it are gorgeous and Sheila's vocals on it are about as good as it gets for her. Love it. | |
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paisleypark4 said: Jus picked this up...
Did P have any involvement with Paradie Gardens? And Koo Koo remix is definitley hot! Costed me 4.50! Yup. A friend of mine got it for me for seven whole dollars. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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DavidEye said: "Koo Koo" is an okay song,but a wrong choice for a single.The song is funky,but it lacks a strong chorus,and the vocals are too low-key.A better choice for a single would have been the rocking "Faded Photographs" or "The Pride and The Passion".
David, David, David... 
While KooKoo isn't an obvious single choice, at least it had a distinct sound. Faded Photographs and Pride and the Passion sound like Kim Wilde or Bonnie Tyler rejects. Very lame 80's stuff. Seperate aside -- the video with Sheila and Cat was great, too. Saw it a few times on BET. http://elmadartista.tumblr.com/ http://twitter.com/madartista | |
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Yes, good track and very nice video - very Prince Sign 'O' The Times era style.    FREE THE 29 MAY 1993 COME CONFIGURATION!
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madartista said: DavidEye said: "Koo Koo" is an okay song,but a wrong choice for a single.The song is funky,but it lacks a strong chorus,and the vocals are too low-key.A better choice for a single would have been the rocking "Faded Photographs" or "The Pride and The Passion".
David, David, David...
While KooKoo isn't an obvious single choice, at least it had a distinct sound. Faded Photographs and Pride and the Passion sound like Kim Wilde or Bonnie Tyler rejects. Very lame 80's stuff. please tell me you're joking | |
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violator said: 'Paradise Gardens' is one of my favorite Sheila cuts. It had to be written after the release of the 'Sheila E.' album because it definitely would have made it as an album cut.
I've never heard it The strings on it are gorgeous and Sheila's vocals on it are about as good as it gets for her. Love it.  | |
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