Prince and house

here you go

http://link-protector.com/673613/

it's got a few other remixes on there as well

You should've at least renamed that...

One thing nobody seems to have mentioned here is how early house-associated guys like Blake Baxter (in "Ride 'Em Boy") and Jamie Principle (in "Baby Wants to Ride [X-Rated])" were pretty clearly drawing on a certain foppish and androgynous soul sexpot template that Prince had established.

Also always kind of thought of "Baby I'm a Star" on Purple Rain as a sort of missing link between Sylvester and early male Chicago diva house, though that probably has more to do with the Prince song's overall feel and energy than any sonic specifics.

oh fuck, did i just download a fucking Animal Collective album?

Perhaps a more banal explanation is that Prince was mostly alcohol and drug free, and (based on the biographies I've read) not much of a partier. So maybe he didn't actually understand house as a part of the clubbing experience, even if he understood it as a style of music.

i can't remember where i read this (i don't think it was in the matos book, which is great though) but evidently prince's one drug experience was taking ecstacy at a club and consequently having some kind of life-changing religious/erotic epiphany that provoked him to do lovesexy. which is exactly the kind of perverse awesomeness one expects from mr. nelson.

So Moodymann's obviously a fan and considering he is house music...

his new one, det.riot '67 is seriously prince-influenced. and great.

i seem to remember loveleft loveright (its on the new power generation maxi single), being a good house-ish sort of song. at least in my head it sounds almost green velvet-y.

― titchyschneiderMk2, Saturday, March 15, 2008 6:54 AM (9 months ago)

heh, only came in to point out that whatever place prince might have had with house was probably covered more effectively by gv/caj.

Doesn't Romanthony own this thread? I guess most people (may) just know him for Daft Punk's tiresome "One More Time". Or many find him tiresome.

I think P. values live instruments too much to make a great house track. Like the opening of "Bat Dance", though.

those peter black bootleg mixes of 'controversy' and 'let's work' that keep resurfacing every so often (most recently on this; lol the cover) are pretty good, they definitely tease out the housey connection in both songs.

What about Chelonis?

the a-side of this was banging, anyone heard the other side?

I was gonna mention Romanthony too although should note that his most Prince tracks are often not house anymore anyways (e.g. the awesome "Bring U Up").

Obv. "Countdown 2000" is both house and an amazing "1999" homage.

First Captain Comatose album too - esp. "$100" and "Price Gun Baby".

After extensive research I've compiled a CD-R length mix of what I think are the best housey Prince remixes, B-sides, and 12" versions. I thought I might share it with you too:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/41hlac

Here's the tracklist:

1. Beautiful
2. The New Power Generation - Super Hero (featuring The Steeles)
3. Prince & The New Power Generation - Do Your Dance (KC's Remix)
4. Glam Slam (Remix)
5. Housequake (Razormaid Mix)
6. Electric Chair (Remix)
7. Prince & The New Power Generation - Gett Off (Houstyle)
8. The New Power Generation - Get Wild (Get Wild in the House)
9. Prince & The New Power Generation - Gangster Glam (Gangsta Hurley's House Mix)
10. Thieves in the Temple (Thieves in the House Mix)
11. Sign O' the Times (DMC Mix)
12. Loveleft, Loveright

I included a couple of tunes that are nominally credited to The New Power Generation only, but I think Prince is mostly behind them too, they just have a different lead vocalist.

thanks man.

funnily enough i found a an old issue of sky magazine that i had from around 1990 where they went to paisley park and theres one pic of a load of prince odds and ends and one of the things in the shot is a sheet of smileys lol.

Btw, the volumes on the different tracks vary quite a bit, so if someone actually wants to burn the mixtape on CD, it should be run through a normalizer.

Would anyone happen to have a good copy of "Sign O' the Times (DMC Mix)"? It's one of the best Prince remixes I've ever heard, but all I've been able to find online is a vinyl rip with less than perfect sound quality.

― Tuomas, 6. tammikuuta 2009 20:37 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Anyone?

Tuomas could you re-up that Prince house thing? Looks great!

seconded

Tuomas you should try to get ahold of ALTZ - tight

it's got a nice remix/edit of "sexy dancer" that blends perfectly in a house set

Thanks for the tip, I'll check that one out. And I'll re-up the house mixtape once I get home from work.

So this mixtape then Tuomas? Still looking forward to having a listen.

if i had to summarize in a sentence, it'd go like this:

like rap, prince never really understood how to do house, which was ironic, because he inspired a lot of house music and because house music stole a big chunk of his fans

dude, I just saw this now. thank you! it made my night, srsly.

great thread.

there's a stretch (1:20 on) from Moodymann's "Live at the Arches Mix" that compliments this discussion together rather neatly. KDJ drops/loops "Forever in My Life" from the "Small Club" boot.

http://www.fullbozman.com/moodymann-live-at-the-arches-glasgow-2002

pardon me. together

http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2013/10/we-all-wanna-be-prince-the-purple-ones-impact-on-dance-music

the l vis 1990 remix of batdance which i recently rediscovered is pretty cool. he makes it something that jam city might have put on his first albm almost. more of a dj tool than a proper track (unless theres a longer version around) but it becomes this sort of brutal 80s industrial drum attack.

Sounds interesting, is it available to buy/dl anywhere?

you can DL it from soundcloud -
https://soundcloud.com/lvis1990/batdance-l-vis-1990-edit

Thanks!

not sure if this has been posted already but...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPlumX5hoqc

Would anyone happen to have a good copy of "Sign O' the Times (DMC Mix)"? It's one of the best Prince remixes I've ever heard, but all I've been able to find online is a vinyl rip with less than perfect sound quality.

Between changing computers I seem to have lost even the vinyl rip file of this, would anyone happen to have it? Like many DMC mixes this one appears to be unauthorised, so I'm not sure if it's ever had a official release of any sort.

what's your email?

tuomast dot alho at Google's mail dot com

(The t after tuomas is not a typo.)

Thanks!

cool, I've sent you something - hope it's what you were looking for