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Various questions about a couple random things 1. Harmonies. WOW! Prince's harmonies are better than any others' that I've ever heard. That point is really driven home in "Forever in My Life", since you can hear the harmonies by themselves. But there are so, so, so many other songs with incredible harmonies. My question is this: P&R's Palladin | |
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I've never come across any examples of Prince having used either a capo or alternate / open tunings ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. | |
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i can only sort of answer the first question, I'm not sure if harmonizers were used in that era but, prince always did great harmony work, he didn't need any help, on his first album he did some of his best on For You. Not too many people that I'm aware of did the backing self vocals as well, not Marvin,(who was a pioneer) not Mj who did really good too, no one that I know of. In fact, I think it's one of his most influential facets of his music that affected r&b.
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I thought Marvin always did them? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Cx65fmb7Y . 1973, backing singers only credited for one track on the album.
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he did and i call him sorta a pioneer because just about anything you can think of has already been done. buddy holly backed his own tracks way back in the 50's so marvin wasn't the first but he definitely took it further, inspiring some real good work from Mj/prince and a million other people. | |
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That's valid, you were just stating the complete opposite one post ago. But I agree with this counter, sure. | |
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not to beat a dead horse but I didn't want to credit marvin with inventing something he didn't invent, that's all. No big deal, Hendrix didn't invent distortion either but he sure knew how to make something new out of it. | |
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ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. | |
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Claims to have worked with Prince in the 80's on this old bio, | |
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Any info on what I called the "F It Up" jam? P&R's Palladin | |
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I'm trying to fathom out what you are describing - can you refer to a rehearsal date or boot on which it is played, and I'll gove it a listen. ALT+PLS+RTN: Pure as a pane of ice. It's a gift. | |
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It's a thing he did during the Lovesexy Rehearsals to keep the band on its toes. Scorching guitar work and very funny - it's great. There are a couple of instances of it in circulation. [Edited 5/29/19 12:11pm] | |
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As far as I know, F*** It Up Jam was just an informal thing that he did during 1988 rehearsals to put the band through its paces (they never knew how long it would last - it's classic Prince humour). The subsequent jam is labelled as 80s-medley in my collection, running through a dizzying collection of covers. The sly dig at MJ always makes me laugh. I think it then goes into Chain Of Fools if I remember correctly, with Boni killing it, but I might be wrong. The whole sequence is a key example of why I love the rehearsal recordings so much.
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I might be wrong about Chain of Fools - I haven't listened to it for a while, and there are a couple of versions in my collection. It's also possible that he used it in 87' or even before that, but I've only ever heard it in rehearsals dated during the Lovesexy tour. [Edited 5/29/19 11:43am] | |
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The very brief, goofy rendition of "The Way You Make Me Feel" is hilarious. How tight was his band in 88'?! | |
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Just for those who haven’t heard it, Prince would launch into “F**k it Up Jam” and eventually stop the band on the one, saying “that’s enough, what’s the next song?” etc before shouting “F**k it Up” again and they’d be expected to pick up exactly where they left off. This could go on indefinitely, with him taunting them: “You don’t trust me do you?” and “No, seriously, what’s the next song… F**k it up!”. The longest version that I have has a really great, intense guitar solo in it, and it’s ridiculously funky. [Edited 5/29/19 11:56am] | |
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Yes, I’ve just checked and the version of “F**k It Up Jam” that RodeoSchro is referring to launches immediately into “80s Medley” (usually labelled as simply 80s Medley). The version that I really love runs at 7:38 – both can be found on Lovesexy Rehearsals Vol. II. | |
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i have to agree with you on For You. After his sad demise i relistened to For You in its entirity for the first time in ages. Amazed at how good it still sounded for a first album and that it was basically just Prince.
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