Just realized how much P sounds like Sylvester on this one - The Beautiful Experience (The Most Beautiful Girl In The World) EP 01. Beautiful 0:00 02. Staxowax 5:53 03. Mustang Mix 11:09 04. Flutestramental 17:29 05. Sexy Staxaphone And Guitar 21:02 06. Mustang Instrumental 24:56 07. The Most Beautiful Girl In The World 28:45 SHOW LESS
Since it was referenced in the discussion above I had to post the video dedicated to Sunset Sound engineer, Peggy (Blum) McCreary, who worked with Prince for 7 years during his most prolific period: Part 2
I remember when I (and a lot other people) thought The Dance Electric, the hit lead track from A.C., was Prince. Bass player and witer, Andre Cymone, did hail from Prince's pre-Revolution band days but he officially did the writing here (but who knows, Prince was known to give away songs to friends). Haven't heard it in ages. A.C. Andre Cymone (1985, Columbia)
It's been a long time since I've heard "Dance Electric," but yes, it does sound, for all the world, like a Prince song, right down to the guitar stylings and drum programming. But also, the melody and hook are distinctly Prince-like. The vocal delivery lacks the charisma and panache of Prince at his best, but I'm imagining Prince singing this in my head, and it sounds like a stone cold classic. Great song. Thanks for putting this back on my radar. Listening to the rest of the album now, and while "Dance Electric" is the standout so far, the other songs are quite good, as well. What a great lost gem of an album. Thanks again.
I’m probably reading it wrong, but it seems like you both think that Andre Cymone wrote The Dance Electric. Prince wrote that song, played all the instruments (including bass) and Lisa, Wendy and Jill did the background vocals: The Dance Electric - Prince Vault Even the official record says it’s written by Prince, like on this 12” from 1985: … and why would you ‘imagine’ Prince singing this song? In 2017 Prince’s version was officially released on Purple Rain DE. Great song, btw
No, I did not know (or remember maybe) that the song was written (and musically accompanied) by Prince and co. Thanks for clearing that up. No wonder! Guess you can tell how long it's been since I listened to the Purple Rain DE. Loved the songs on there, but it was so brickwalled, it was painful to listen to. It sits on my shelf collecting dust. I can't wait until WB does a new expanded SDE box mastered by Bernie Grundman. That is on the top of my Prince want list. Hopefully it will happen in another two years. Fingers crossed.
Indeed. Looks more like a collab production (Prince’s input to get the album off and running) but Cymone did much of the lifting for A.C. For a while it seemed everything Mr. Nelson touched turned to hits!
Remember this one? Another Prince sounding smash. Jesse Johnson’s Revue (1985, A&M) This style of funk was relegated to The Time but Prince wrote most of their material. And, unless someone has proof to the contrary, Johnson wrote all the songs here, including the hits, I Want To Be Your Man and Can You Help Me.
Chris McBride band putting down 777-9311 (The Time/Prince) properly - Incidentally, Prince played live hihats and cymbals over the programed Linn LM-1 beat for The Time recording. All live here.
Everything else on A.C. is written and produced by André. The story about "Dance Electric" being on there is that André's mother asked P. for a song (as André was too proud to do so), and maybe P. also felt he should do it to make up for having taken credit for some of André's musical contributions (most notably "Do Me, Baby" which was André's song). Are you sure about that? The hi-hat seems to be part of the programmed pattern.
Stumbled into a great doc on prince. I've never seen or heard much of the footage. Looks like it's only up for certain period.
Felt like hearing the Batman (1989) soundtrack including the original Danny Elfman score. Elfman: "There was a period where the producers wanted me to co-write a score with Prince, and I just wasn't willing to do it. I knew what the score was, and as much as I love Prince's music, I didn't feel that his score was going to be the right score sound for the Batman movie. And so, I had to walk away and let that play out, and then got invited back in again." Elfman confesses that he “did go through a period of time where I just felt like I'd walked away from the greatest opportunity of my life due to my own stubbornness,” even though “it ended up coming back around and becoming something that helped really define who I was. But it was a gamble that I wouldn't advise young composers easily. … You never want to encourage somebody to hold out for something that ruins their career. But at that moment, I was willing to ruin my career. It's like I had a great luxury that many composers don't have, which was a ‘f***it’ attitude towards everything. And I still felt at that point, ‘If they don't like it, f*** it.’ And it just came out of my post-punk upbringing, but it's not an attitude that I think is necessarily a healthy one for people to take into their careers. It's just that worked to my advantage.” - yahoo entertainment Batman (1989, Elfman/Prince)
From the Minnesota Black Music Awards 40th Anniversary They showed some footage from the June 8th, 1984 (not 1983) awards show. Morris Day had already quit The Time and Jesse was singing lead vocals... until Prince showed up "this is not my job..."
I thought it was rhythm pattern that came pre-programmed in the Linn drum machine (created by David Garibaldi), so anyone that has one would know…?
The Time The Time (1981, Warner Bros.) Produced by Morros Day and Jamie Starr (if U have 2 ask you'll never know)
Didn’t know this thread existed. Cool! Mentioned a few posts back is Jesse Johnson, so I’m hoping this is ok. In 1988 Johnson - previously of The Time - went full Prince emulation mode with Every Shade of Love. On the album he actually worked with Susan Rogers and Clare Fisher. It sort of disappeared from the radar, but I still kinda like it. In the opening track, Love Struck, at around the 3;30 mark, Johnson asks ‘Susan (Rogers), turn the guitar up a little bit’, and delivers a truly blistering solo. It’s a fun track for Prince afficionados.
