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− | |introduction = | + | |introduction = '''GCS 2000 album segues''' are two skits included as the sixth and eighth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station’s] eighth studio album [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]], bookending the song [[Don’t Let ’Em Change U]]. The segues are thought to be written by [[Larry Graham]], and produced by [[Larry Graham]] and [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). |
While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place between November 1997, and January 1998, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The song is book-ended by two [[GCS 2000 Segues|segues]] telling the story of a girl who is studying and resists the temptation to go to a party instead. | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place between November 1997, and January 1998, at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. The song is book-ended by two [[GCS 2000 Segues|segues]] telling the story of a girl who is studying and resists the temptation to go to a party instead. | ||
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− | |information = '''Segue [# 1]''' is the sixth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central | + | |information = '''Segue [# 1]''' is the sixth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station’s] eighth studio album [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]]. It is a skit in which a teenage girl is watching music videos on TV (playing the unreleased song [[Do U Wanna Get Funky?]]). Her friends suggest they go to a party, but the girl thinks it will be too rowdy and decides to stay home and "study". Her friends take this to mean she is going to do homework, but she says there are other things to study besides schoolwork (suggesting, perhaps, studying scriptures). |
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|title = Segue # 2 | |title = Segue # 2 | ||
− | |information = '''Segue [# 2]''' is the eighth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central | + | |information = '''Segue [# 2]''' is the eighth track on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Central_Station Graham Central Station’s] eighth studio album [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]]. It is a skit in which the teenage girl receives a voicemail message from her friends at the party; most notably a drunk boy (played by [[Kirk Johnson]]) urging her to come join them. Clearly her friends are drunk, leading her to conclude she is glad she didn’t let them change her mind. Notably, the music played in the background at the party is [[Freaks On This Side]]. |
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|1= Segue #2 | |1= Segue #2 | ||
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|3= [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]] | |3= [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]] | ||
|4= Skit | |4= Skit | ||
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|see also = [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]] album | |see also = [[Album: GCS 2000|GCS 2000]] album | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] '' | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:1999]][[Category:Segues]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:1999]][[Category:Recorded 1997]][[Category:Segues]][[Category:Songs (Prince contribution)]][[Category:Released Songs (Associated Artists)]] |
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Segue [# 1] is the sixth track on Graham Central Station’s eighth studio album GCS 2000. It is a skit in which a teenage girl is watching music videos on TV (playing the unreleased song Do U Wanna Get Funky?). Her friends suggest they go to a party, but the girl thinks it will be too rowdy and decides to stay home and "study". Her friends take this to mean she is going to do homework, but she says there are other things to study besides schoolwork (suggesting, perhaps, studying scriptures). | ||||||||||
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Segue # 2
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Segue [# 2] is the eighth track on Graham Central Station’s eighth studio album GCS 2000. It is a skit in which the teenage girl receives a voicemail message from her friends at the party; most notably a drunk boy (played by Kirk Johnson) urging her to come join them. Clearly her friends are drunk, leading her to conclude she is glad she didn’t let them change her mind. Notably, the music played in the background at the party is Freaks On This Side. | ||||||||||
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