Unreleased (1988)
I imagine after creating the psychedelic and intricately programmed Lovesexy, Prince unwound by churning out something much blunter and single-minded: like this six-minute industrial funk beat with an array of horns fighting for breathing space. It’s sledgehammer stuff but it does the job. In the words of Le Grind, it shows you what your hips are made for, whilst simultaneously pounding you in the face with unrelenting ardour. The track was recorded for use on Tony LeMans’ album and the story goes that Prince pulled it after returning from the Lovesexy Tour to find Tony having an affair with Ingrid Chavez. If true, the line about fuchsia light being a ”symbol of monogamy and trust” suddenly got a lot more relevant.
Inclusion of this song was mind blowing to me. I barely recollect this song – because i never play it in my library. I checked my Amazon play list frequency and it had a big fat 0! So i played it again after reading the latest update….and i recalled why i didn’t listen to it!
Keep up the good work.
Which version though? I had a poor quality recording which I listened to once and discarded. It sounded like a throwaway funk sketch. But when I later heard a cleaned up version it sounded like a brand new track. It’s not the deepest cut but very catchy, in the vein of Big Tall Wall.
The version I have can be found at 2:40 in my Purplistic Fonk mix
https://www.mixcloud.com/tora_borealis/
Your version is much cleaner than mine (and cleaner than any i have found on youtube). Still don’t love it – but it is superior in cleaner quality.