Favorite Prince Cover or Prince song written for another artist

[Lance Andersen]

Videoskooter put a great list together of songs that Prince has written for others in the thread: http://www.discomusic.com/forums/showthread.php/25124.

So what is your favorite Prince cover or song written by Prince for another artist (i asked the question in the thread above, but it warrants its own thread?

Some of my favorites

Chaka Khan - Feel for U
Sheila E - Love Bizarre, the Glamorous Life
Time - The bird, jungle love
sheena easton - sugar walls
vanity 6 - nasty girl
Art of Noise/Tom Jones - Kiss

[Nano]

Didn't hear the whole list... but for me the definitive Prince-for-hire track is, hands down, "Manic Monday" for The Bangles.

A beautiful recording, also.

[remicks]

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[pepper1dancer]

Yes Nano, definetely " Manic Monday" also "Sugar Walls" was awesome also. Please, I hope no one mentions Mr. er, Ms. Sinead O'Connors cover.

[Energyguy]

chaka Khan - I Feel For You
millie Jackson - Wanna Be Your Lover

[Lance Andersen]

Didn't hear the whole list... but for me the definitive Prince-for-hire track is, hands down, "Manic Monday" for The Bangles.

A beautiful recording, also.

Yes Manic Monday was a very good track...

[srg]

my fave, BY FAR...

"Love...Thy Will Be Done" by Martika...shoulda been huge...languid, slow beat, rising in intensity as song goes on to an almost religious experience...
and Martika's HOT, to boot!!

[remicks]

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I've always heard MANIC MONDAY as a lite weight pop novelty song ... but now I listened to it anew ....NOT SO BAD !! :icon_biggrin:

So now I've decided its off to our fair to see The Bangles perform on a free stage ! :icon_mrgreen: :icon_cool: ....what the hell ....
Thanks !




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[Videoskooter]

I've always heard MANIC MONDAY as a lite weight pop novelty song ... but now I listened to it anew ....NOT SO BAD !!

Too bad it's a slowed down version of "1999" or as you wish an accoustic version of the apocalyptic purplejam!

Can I as a Prince devotee just turn the stone (just in this reply) and give my favourite Prince song when He (and he almost never does that on his albums) did a cover of somebody else's song



And these are my favourites which He has written for others:

[remicks]

Too bad it's a slowed down version of "1999" or as you wish an accoustic version of the apocalyptic purplejam!

.... thought the same thing ... maybe he was dreaming when he wrote it .............as well .... just slower .... so sue me if I go too slow ... !!! :icon_rolleyes:

Skooter ...just listened to that BETCHA BY GOLLY (but not so) :icon_rolleyes: WOW rendition ....er.....well I found the kazoo sound behind the line about a falling star entertaining ...... hmm. ....Prince doing standards ....lets just say he's no Rod Stewart .....:icon_razz: :icon_mrgreen:



Off now to walk like an Egyptian ....



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and whats with the goofy missing hair above the ears ????

[Videoskooter]

Ok, but 1st this monsterjam!



OMG OMG Electric and he's even doing da backing slacov!



Peep da partyman:

[Lance Andersen]

Videoskooter, I am a huge prince fan as well. I think one of my favorite songs is Erotic City........

I also liked controversy ........

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:icon_eek: GOOD GAWD !!!! :icon_eek:

IS THAT TWISTED SISTER !!!!!!!!!?????? :icon_eek: :icon_eek:


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[Videoskooter]

Lance, don't tell me: it has to come alive 2nite!

F*$ks so pretty u and me, eRoTîc cîty come alîve



2 bad there ain't no clip for "Scarlet Pussy" Miaow

Hey wait a minute, just made 1



Once upon a time in the land of fever, there lived a scarlet pussy
This kitty cat of fine descent, was cherished by her mother
Who wouldnt let another, pet her, unless he was qualified

Every 1st of the month this pretty feline got the hots
And thats when the neighborhood (d-d-dogs)
Theyd line up around the block
Meow

When my little scarlet feline roars
The locals come around (come around)
When they see the scarlet light
They know its time to come chase her down (chase her down)

Lo and behold the fantastical way
In which their bodies groove
My scarlet pussys furry magic alters any mood

Scarlet pussy (its cool)
Scarlet pussy
Pussycat, pussycat
Wherefore art thou, puppy?

She can make u crazy if ure too close to her heat
She can make u sad when ure happy as can be
She can make u shoot your ego all over her sheets
All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

Every dog would try his lines
To get pussys attention ([...])
All they want is so exposed
In ways too gross to mention (eew!)

Green virgin teenager
A filthy rich yuppie
Pussycat pussycat
Wherefore art thou puppy?
Scarlet pussy

She can make u crazy if ure too close to her heat
She can make u sad when ure happy as can be
She can make u shoot your ego all over your sheets
All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

Meow
Now whats going on?
Oh, no, man, look out!
Somebody come get this meow-meow of my leg!
Meow!

Scarlet pussy

Pussycat pussycat
Wherefore art thou, puppy?
Meow

She can make u crazy if ure too close to her heat
She can make u sad when ure happy as can be
She can make u shoot your ego all over her sheets
All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

She can make u happy, she can make u sad
She can make u crazy (crazy)
She can make u shiver from your head down to your feet
She can make u shoot your ego all over her sheets (oh!)

She can make u crazy if ure too close to her heat
She can make u sad when ure happy as can be
She can make u shoot your ego all over her sheets
All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

[Videoskooter]

Signing of for 2nite with this romantic 1 while I go see what my wife is wearin':

[A2Mark57]

"When he was there, sleeping 'tween the two of us..."

My favorite Prince cover is "When You Were Mine" by Cyndi Lauper.

When Prince sang about being so desperate to hold onto his partner that he would even be friends with her lover, it was heartbreaking. When Cyndi sang the same lyrics, there was a whole new dimension of complexity and pain.


But I also love "Kiss" by Art of Noise/Tom Jones.

[Lance Andersen]

"When he was there, sleeping 'tween the two of us..."

My favorite Prince cover is "When You Were Mine" by Cyndi Lauper.

When Prince sang about being so desperate to hold onto his partner that he would even be friends with her lover, it was heartbreaking. When Cyndi sang the same lyrics, there was a whole new dimension of complexity and pain.


But I also love "Kiss" by Art of Noise/Tom Jones.

And here is Tom and the Art of Noise comin' at ya with "Kiss"

[Lance Andersen]

Lance, don't tell me: it has to come alive 2nite!

F*$ks so pretty u and me, eRoTîc cîty come alîve



2 bad there ain't no clip for "Scarlet Pussy" Miaow

Hey wait a minute, just made 1



Once upon a time in the land of fever, there lived a scarlet pussy
This kitty cat of fine descent, was cherished by her mother
Who wouldnt let another, pet her, unless he was qualified

Every 1st of the month this pretty feline got the hots
And thats when the neighborhood (d-d-dogs)
Theyd line up around the block
Meow

When my little scarlet feline roars
The locals come around (come around)
When they see the scarlet light
They know its time to come chase her down (chase her down)

Lo and behold the fantastical way
In which their bodies groove
My scarlet pussys furry magic alters any mood

Scarlet pussy (its cool)
Scarlet pussy
Pussycat, pussycat
Wherefore art thou, puppy?

She can make u crazy if ure too close to her heat
She can make u sad when ure happy as can be
She can make u shoot your ego all over her sheets
All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

Every dog would try his lines
To get pussys attention ([...])
All they want is so exposed
In ways too gross to mention (eew!)

Green virgin teenager
A filthy rich yuppie
Pussycat pussycat
Wherefore art thou puppy?
Scarlet pussy

She can make u crazy if ure too close to her heat
She can make u sad when ure happy as can be
She can make u shoot your ego all over your sheets
All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

Meow
Now whats going on?
Oh, no, man, look out!
Somebody come get this meow-meow of my leg!
Meow!

Scarlet pussy

Pussycat pussycat
Wherefore art thou, puppy?
Meow

She can make u crazy if ure too close to her heat
She can make u sad when ure happy as can be
She can make u shoot your ego all over her sheets
All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

She can make u happy, she can make u sad
She can make u crazy (crazy)
She can make u shiver from your head down to your feet
She can make u shoot your ego all over her sheets (oh!)

She can make u crazy if ure too close to her heat
She can make u sad when ure happy as can be
She can make u shoot your ego all over her sheets
All is hers in love and war, my little scarlet pussy

Videoskooter, you are awesome....:icon_biggrin:

Now can we get the remix of Erotic City next

Another of my faves is U got the look...

There are also some good cuts on the Batman Motion picture CD.



Partyman was a lot of fun...

[Nano]

Too bad it's a slowed down version of "1999" or as you wish an accoustic version of the apocalyptic purplejam!

For me, the connection actually is with "Raspberry Beret" from Around the World in a Day. Were released about the same time, and basically have the same rhythm track. Also "Manic Monday" has a lot of the psychedelic sound of that album.

Now Johan, how come yo' reccomend a lyrics with the word "pussy"? Some people in other thread will go fckin' medieval man! :icon_razz:

[Videoskooter]

My favorite Prince cover is "When You Were Mine" by Cyndi Lauper

Incredible track! Here's the spyvid

Now can we get the remix of Erotic City next

In fact there's a very interesting mash up of that 1.

Now Johan, how come yo' reccomend a lyrics with the word "pussy"? Some people in other thread will go fckin' medieval man! :icon_razz:

Nano, as you know I'm a proud member of PETA. I help to protect the animals, especially the pussies

You know, thiZ really iZ my all time fave Prince trek! My personal theme song!!!

[ol'skinflint]

I once played "D.M.S.R." at a party and that party jumped OFF. I'm quite tired of most of Prince's biggest hits (the one exception being the spare, bone-chillin' "Kiss"). My favorite songs of his are obscure album tracks and b-sides: "Irresistable Bitch", "She's Always in my Hair" (by Something for the People), "Housequake", "Forever in my Life", "Head", "Dirty Mind", Mariah Carey's cover of "The Beautiful Ones", "We Can Funk" (with George Clinton) and "Damn U", to name just a few.

[speculator]

My favorite Prince cover is "When You Were Mine" by Cyndi Lauper.

i am obsessed with this lately..

thanks for the spy vid.

[A2Mark57]

i am obsessed with this lately..

thanks for the spy vid.

As you probably already know, the studio version appears on Cyndi's 1983 album, "She's So Unusual."

I think it's very cool that Cher released a "same sex" version of her 2000's hit, "Strong Enough." I think it's even cooler that Cyndi included her no-pronouns-changed version of "When You Were Mine" on her debut album 20 years prior to "Strong Enough".

Oops. Oh, yeah. Cher had done her quietly subversive "wrong pronouns" version of "The Way of Love" 20 years before THAT.

Sorry. The whole "same sex" lyric thing is probably worthy of another thread. I don't mean to derail this one. On with the discussion of His Purpleness!

[kim58]

Check out 'Why Should I Love You' on the CD 'The Red Shoes' by Kate Bush from 1993. Prince is all over this stormin' track and although there are no writing credits, with it's purple references He must surely have had some input. I seem to remember reading somewhere at the time that it was scheduled for single release but was blocked by The Purple One. Also features vocals by 'comedian' Lenny Henry.

[SandraDee]

Also features vocals by 'comedian' Lenny Henry.

:icon_mrgreen::icon_mrgreen: I like the quotation marks!