prince not prince

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

Wait is that one of the Carmen Electra records?

Not sure.

Ryuchi Sakamoto borrows Prince protege Jill Jones, and possibly the purple LinnDrum:

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

Did you guys know about this? http://www.mixonline.com/news/profiles/classic-tracks-fine-young-cannibals-she-drives-me-crazy/375247

Was listening to Talking Heads' "Making Flippy Floppy," from 1983, the other day and thinking that the chorus (and the synth hook in particular) is kind of Prince-like. But maybe that's just because it's Bernie Worrell, and he influenced Prince's keyboard style?

jill jones s/t is awesome

^^^

vocal doesn't sound at all like Prince, but everything else about this song gives me a real 80s-synth-Prince vibe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-rfX1W38q0