prince not prince

Keep in mind that if there are any reissues, they will be done via Prince, and Prince will likely do a lot of overdubbing over lyrics he now consideres improper, for starters.

In other words, start thinking about raiding the cache of the original WB releases while you can -- even if they're quieter and aren't remastered to oughties standards.

Then again, I don't know if Prince has control over his old catalog, or when he will be given his old catalog back.

Rhino/WB would be the folks to talk too -- although, surely, they have tried to get on the Prince reissue wagon years ago, and well we all know how Prince feels about Rhino/WB, so they probably got denied and will always be denied. Who knows? but I'm not holding my breath.

Because of this thread, I put on Sheila E. Romance 1600. This whole record really blurs the line between prince-not-prince and just plain old prince.

"Toy Box" is great. You know? I'll go ahead and say it. Forgotten, underappreciated.

okay, I am listening to Ice Cream Castle for the first time and absolutely dying at "Chili Sauce" OMGWTFLOL

I was going to start a thread on the 'Twin City Sound' but I thought this would be a better place to start a master list.

Directly Prince-related:

The New Power Generation, Prince

In the Prince-a-verse:

Appalonia 6
Vanity 6
The Family
The Time

Other bands that have that Twin City funk sound:

The Jets

Other non-twin city bands with the sound:

Cherelle
Ready for the World

Mazerati was Prince-a-verse

Andre Cymone

Madhouse

94 East

Carmen Electra

Mayte

Andre Cymone

^^^underrated

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcuVdaKWkUs

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_400/MI0001/611/MI0001611543.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

No mention of 'The Sex Of It' by Kid Creole?

Or Martika?!? "Love...Thy Will Be Done" is fucking epic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMX27W_1tsQ

On the faux Prince front, I've been into A'Me Loraine's Starring In...Standing in a Monkey Sea lately.

This

http://youtu.be/BO3qlgUINEE

can anybody hook a fucker up with the s/t Jill Jones album? I've been looking out for it for years with no luck.

I think I have it somewhere? Maybe? I'll take a look when I'm home.

I seriously need to double down on evangelizing that A'Me Lorain album. One of the most underrated pop albums of the '80s (with only a handful of mentions on ILM).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKHDIvC2Uvo

I have that Jill Jones album, it's actually pretty easy to find on vinyl, but the CDs are very hard to come by, as it only had one CD pressing in 1988, and it must've been pretty small considering the market for compact discs back then. Anyway, after years of searching I noticed some Minneapolis record store was selling a couple of new(!) copies online for a reasonable price, so I quickly snatched one.

Anyway, it's a great album, possibly the best non-Prince one he produced, I'll see what I can do about sharing the joy...

I looove the prince demo of g spot and have long wanted to hear how it plays in it's jj guise

The only complaint I have about the album is that it doesn't include the club mix of "Mia Bocca", the best tune Jill Jones ever made. The album version (which segues straight from the intro) of it is really good too, but the club mix is even better.

Here you go, Jon.

Leonardo Music Journal -- Awesome!!

Anyway, for stuff that had nothing to do with Prince but sounds like Vanity 6, this is my favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34QVPwRLRKU

leonardo whassssuuppppppp

thx t

we need a list of prince knockoffs that prince had nothing to do with, like ready for the world's "oh sheila"

there are a few such things mentioned on this thread, but most of it is stuff prince actually wrote and/or produced

would that include music by former bandmembers

paula abdul "promise of a new day"

world party "love street"

we need a list of prince knockoffs that prince had nothing to do with, like ready for the world's "oh sheila"

Lol, Wikipedia:

The song is commonly misattributed to Prince, due to similarity to his vocal and musical style, as well as the belief that the song's lyrics allude to frequent Prince collaborator Sheila E.[2][3] Ready for the World's Melvin Riley denied any connection with the two artists, stating that the subject of the song was a fictional character. However, the song's backbeat was inspired by the Prince song "Lady Cab Driver."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2liD7pahHN4&feature=youtu.be

However, the song's backbeat was inspired by the Prince song "Lady Cab Driver."

if by "backbeat" they mean "everything in the song"

Teena Marie to thread

Nine Inch Nails - "Closer"

this seems kind of challopsy... or does it?

The entirety 'o' the Gary Numan album Metal Rhythm.

I think I mentioned them upthread, but Klymaxx's two mid-80s albums (Meeting in the Ladies' Room and Klymaxx) certainly remind me of Prince/Minneapolis style synth funk.

feel like the title track off Herbie's "Future Shock" fits here

The entirety 'o' the Gary Numan album /Metal Rhythm/.

6.4

B-52's "Dry County" has a bit of a Prince vibe

Clare Fischer strings and all. Sandra St. Victor co-wrote "Soul Sanctuary" with Prince ("Emancipation")https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUDr7ClxLIo

And this one! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8DLerhocZk

I was just wondering today if there was a thread like this and now I see that I've already stumped for A'me Lorain & The Family Affair upthread but I'm going to do it again because I love that album so much.

Always thought of this one as a Prince homage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmZexg8sxyk

OK, I'll add mine here, since I don't think I saw them:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKXEbSpmpDw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjLC9HBoEYU

Does all the sub-Jam & Lewis boogie count?

Tara - Fresh Flesh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX3S9LU-NMM