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January 7, 2009
Prince's cover of "Crimson and Clover"
This is from a couple of weeks ago, but I only just happened to hear on Classic Hits station CBS (my #1 source for music news) while at the eye doctor today that Prince released a few songs from his new album recently, one of which is a cover of one of my favorites, Tommy James and the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover".
His version uses the same reverb-y guitar and underwater-sounding vocals, and it sounds fantastic. It starts off a lot like the Tommy James original, then moves into some harder Joan Jett-style rocking, with a new dropped-in verse of his own that starts "Baby, I think I love you", which Rolling Stone thinks is from Jimi Hendrix's "Foxy Lady" (or is it Prince's own "I Feel 4 U"?) Actually, I think they meant the Troggs' "Wild Thing", as covered by Jimi.
You can hear all the new songs here. You can also listen at Prince's radioactive-psychedelic new website, Lotusflow3r.
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Prince says he'll be right over with some copies of The Watchtower to make sure there's no sexy business going on with his songs.
Posted by: Amy at January 8, 2009 8:52 AM
Then I must be misinterpreting "We just met, or at least we pretend/It’s so fresh knocking down the Wall of Berlin."
I guess it's no Sugar Walls, though.
I liked Colonized Mind and Wall of Berlin. I was disinterested at first, but Prince brought me around with his rocking. As he does.
Amy, you tell 'em about The Troggs reference. The "but i want to know for sure" part makes me think the reviewer didn't even listen to the song. Duh.
C&C was cool enough, and for a minute I thought Prince was going to go all Champagne Supernova, and stretch it waaay out. But he reigned it in at the end, I guess 'cause he doesn't like to give it all away up front. What a tease.
(I think I'm sweating)
Posted by: ORStylee at January 9, 2009 7:49 AM
These days Prince says he's "single, celibate, and sexy." It's freaking weird.
Posted by: amy at January 9, 2009 10:33 AM
I think I just had sex.
Posted by: Matt S at January 7, 2009 6:09 PM