A friend sent this to me, not sure if it's something y'all have heard already (supposedly a different version of the song that Prince told Susan Rogers to erase after recording it? idk):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHZ4YMbSNRw
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 8 March 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link
It was on one of these blast from the past volumes - when I listened I was surprised that this legendarily poignant song was at least partly ‘Billy’s Sunglasses’
― Lockhorn. Lockhorn breed-uh (Jon not Jon), Friday, 9 March 2018 00:25 (six years ago) link
hmm I prefer the myth...
― niels, Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link
Print the legendary hearts!
― Whiney On The Moog (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 10 March 2018 20:18 (six years ago) link
Sorry, wrong thread, I guess
this book is awesome
https://www.duanetudahl.com/optin17400317
― Milking the Soft Power Dividend (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 12 April 2018 01:29 (six years ago) link
Oh man that looks good!Has anyone got the wax poetics special yet?
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Friday, 13 April 2018 11:14 (six years ago) link
Yeah I got it, just started reading it yesterday. First chapter is a great and elaborate interview with engineer/studio owner Chris Moon, describing meeting a teenage Prince (in the context of the band Champagne recording in his studio), getting in touch with him and subsequently working/developing/teaching in the form of a collaborative project, if you will, to develop him as an artist. Can't wait to read the rest. Great photos, too.
― willem, Friday, 13 April 2018 11:48 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I read the Duane Tudahl book a couple of months ago. It's astonishing that in that single year of work he basically wrote and recorded all of Purple Rain, Ice Cream Castle, Apollonia 6, Around the World in a Day and dozens of B-sides and other material. Plus filmed the movie. And toured. An absolutely mind-blowing level of being prolific.
― Millennial Whoop, wanna fight about it? (Phil D.), Friday, 13 April 2018 14:18 (six years ago) link
No criminal charges.
― Uppercase (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 April 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
:(
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/what-would-prince-want-two-years-later-his-estate-is-a-mess-and-his-legacy-unclear/2018/04/18/20136908-3ce9-11e8-8d53-eba0ed2371cc_story.html
― sleeve, Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGA0azFdCs&sns=fb
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 19 April 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=41&v=cpGA0azFdCs
― how's life, Friday, 20 April 2018 10:59 (five years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=cpGA0azFdCs
try again
Yeah, that video, man. He was so amazing.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 20 April 2018 12:56 (five years ago) link
so good
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 April 2018 14:57 (five years ago) link
This move he's doing at 0:57 is like the best thing ever.
― MikoMcha, Friday, 20 April 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
RIP
first Michael then Prince (and then Tom Petty). Big Pharma killing more beloved artists than heroin
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 20 April 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
ugh what a great version
― k3vin k., Saturday, 21 April 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
also i want to curl up in the fetal position & cry i miss him ;_;
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 21 April 2018 03:23 (five years ago) link
This particular Paisley Park police pic:
https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/prince-paisley-8.jpg
― absorbed carol channing's powers & psyche (morrisp), Saturday, 21 April 2018 17:58 (five years ago) link
I think those are the CDs he got when he did his record store day interview.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 21 April 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
Alfred, your new one is great:https://t.co/OfHVr2ArcM
― Naive Teen Idol, Sunday, 22 April 2018 13:42 (five years ago) link
Thanks! I wrote it two years ago, though. I just revived it for the anniversary.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 April 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
**NEW STUFF**
http://variety.com/2018/music/news/prince-album-of-previously-unreleased-material-coming-in-september-exclusive-1202783507/
"Michael Howe, who’s been working with us on the archive, has done a tremendous job of finding some special pieces of work, and one of the pieces that he found, all of us fell in love with it and decided this was special enough for fans to hear. So we’re putting the final touches on it — it’ll come in the fall.. Just two weeks ago we were doing a tape transfer and in one of the two-inch boxes we found the original lyrics to “Kiss”! It’s amazing, the things that are starting to surface. "
― piscesx, Monday, 23 April 2018 23:45 (five years ago) link
:D
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link
That’s tantalizing It’s an ‘album’ but it’s also a ‘piece’...?
― when worlds collide I'll see you again (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 24 April 2018 11:14 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwhWboNe35Y&sns=em
digging this
― niels, Tuesday, 1 May 2018 07:10 (five years ago) link
A friend passed on this fantastic early live jam on Lady Cab Driver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLtZayqjJdo
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
A thought I find myself returning to every time I hear the song: I'm not sure anyone else in the world could pull off the OTT shrieking at the end of 'The Beautiful Ones' and make it sound urgent and cool rather than off-putting and concerning. I try to remember this any time I start thinking what an amazing karaoke song it would be.
― On the Wingers of Love: The Kip & Debra Story (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
that whole Detroit show is pretty incredible btw
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
Detroit concert on the Parade tour also slays x 100
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 5 June 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
https://theseconddisc.com/2018/06/one-nite-alone-unreleased-prince-home-recordings-to-be-released-in-september/
― Joe Gargan (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 7 June 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
This Piano and a Microphone set from 1983 looks pretty sweet
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 7 June 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
"Cold Coffee & Cocaine" !
― tylerw, Thursday, 7 June 2018 16:18 (five years ago) link
"Mary Don't You Weep" is excellent! - https://open.spotify.com/album/5W6s5f9S1Fv3asQZH6lNGM?si=jBO_2gGQSTOlam5i26bDoQ
― i’m still stanning (morrisp), Thursday, 7 June 2018 16:37 (five years ago) link
gave me feelings too early in the morning
― lowercase (eric), Thursday, 7 June 2018 16:38 (five years ago) link
i wonder if the piano version of purple rain sounds like the piano version he played in the movie. always wanted to hear a full version of that.
― paul mccartney & whinge (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 June 2018 16:40 (five years ago) link
HB prince
np the 1984 birthday concert First Ave MPLS
― cheese is the teacher, ham is the preacher (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 7 June 2018 18:13 (five years ago) link
hahaha aaaaand the whole thing has apparently already leaked (i know parts of it were already circulating - i know i've heard "cold coffee and cocaine" before)
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Friday, 8 June 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
A friend sent me this one and pointed out that it was very likely an influence of D'Angelo's "untitled", or at least it sure sounds like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yxk-aGQaF8
― change display name (Jordan), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
wow, that's a good find!
― niels, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
Is there a new volume of Blast From The Past brewing?
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 22:35 (five years ago) link
One can hope!
― An Uphill Battle For Legumes (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 6 November 2018 23:17 (five years ago) link
The "Hallway speech" version of 'Computer Blue' cropped up on shuffle play a few days ago and blew my mind all over again - only Prince could create something which is such a blatant masterpiece and have the official version be so brutally edited down. No matter how many examples I hear or see of his overwhelming talent, I still find myself being amazed by old favourites or unofficial things that are new to me. This guy was just music personified, and how it pains me to say was.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 7 November 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
https://anildash.com/2018/11/28/every-single-video-prince-ever-made/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 29 November 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
Every single video Prince ever made
― niels, Thursday, 29 November 2018 15:25 (five years ago) link
on SJ, Katherine brought up the April Winchell MP3 collection, which I had forgotten about, but a quick read over reminded me she's still hosting (shh) Prince's Kim Basinger album:http://www.aprilwinchell.com/images/HWD-Affair_back.jpg
Visit here and ctrl+F basinger: http://www.aprilwinchell.com/audio/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 20 December 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
sadly, none of the bonus tracks which are what i'd really like to hear...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 20 December 2018 18:10 (five years ago) link
I can't tell if the Prince estate and the label are being super cautious or what, but come on:
A 3-disc bundle of the artist's pivotal new millennium pop party dance music, Ultimate Rave brings together CDs of 1999's Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic and its 2001 remix Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic alongside a DVD containing the full-length performance version of Prince In Concert: Rave Un2 the Year 2000, Prince's epic 1999 New Year's Eve party, originally captured for on-demand pay-per-view airing during the dawning of Y2K.
Gotta assume the good stuff (vault, expanded remasters) is somewhere in the pipes ...
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 23 February 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link