Difference between revisions of "Backwards Woman"
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− | |introduction = '''Backwards Woman''' is a composition created for the film [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], tracked on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 8|8 February 1984]] at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California. | + | |introduction = '''Backwards Woman''' is a composition created for the film [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], tracked on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/February 8|8 February 1984]], on the same day as percussion overdubs on [[The Glamorous Life]], at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California. Apart from the actual songs it is the only composition from the score that is written by [[Prince]] and not Michel Colombier who did the rest of the score. |
It is the music used under the scene where Apollonia first visits The Kid's home and presses play on a cassette deck which has a tape with this music playing. The song was copyrighted at ASCAP together with the rest of the score. | It is the music used under the scene where Apollonia first visits The Kid's home and presses play on a cassette deck which has a tape with this music playing. The song was copyrighted at ASCAP together with the rest of the score. | ||
− | Although about a minute and a half of it is featured in the movie, it did not get any official release as such and the song is | + | Although about a minute and a half of it is featured in the movie, it did not get any official release as such and the song is therefore considered unreleased. |
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+ | The song contains a drumbeat quite similar to the one in [[Noon Rendezvous]], overdubbed with back masked moaning of a woman, [[Jill Jones]] confirmed to be her. | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all instruments | *[[Prince]] - all instruments | ||
+ | *[[Jill Jones]] - moaning | ||
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− | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]. | + | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]]. A clip of the scene from the film [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] in which a sample of "Backwards Woman" is heard was played over the PA during an interlude on the [[Musicology Live 2004ever|Musicology Tour]] in 2004. Since it was an excerpt from the film (with the dialogue between The Kid and Apollonia included), it is not considered a performance of the song itself. |
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
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* [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] | * [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] | ||
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− | |categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category:Recorded 1984]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Unreleased Songs]] |
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