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|previous song = [[Nine-1|Nine]] | |previous song = [[Nine-1|Nine]] | ||
|next song = [[Nine Lives]] | |next song = [[Nine Lives]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Nine'''' is the first track on [[Madhouse]] | + | |introduction = '''Nine'''' is the first track on [[Madhouse]]’s second and final album [[Album: 16|16]]. '''Nine''' was written and performed by [[Prince]] (credited as [[Madhouse]]), with saxophone by [[Eric Leeds]]. |
− | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in March 1987, at [[Prince]] | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in March 1987, at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions as [[Cindy C.]] and [[Dead On It]]). The rest of the album was recorded in late July and early August 1987; it is likely that the title was assigned only after the final sequence had been arranged for the album. |
− | The track contains interpolations of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemia_Allen Euphemia Allen] | + | The track contains interpolations of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemia_Allen Euphemia Allen]’s 1877 piano composition [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopsticks_(music) Chopsticks] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodgers Richard Rodgers]' and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Hammerstein_II Oscar Hammerstein II]’s 1959 composition [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_(song) The Sound Of Music] (originally from the stage musical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music The Sound Of Music], as well as opening with Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) pre-set synth, previously used on [[U Got The Look]] and [[The Cocoa Boys]]. |
Although sharing a name and both being attributed to [[Madhouse]], the track is different to the track [[Nine-1|Nine]], an unreleased track recorded during the [[Album: 8|8]] sessions in October 1986 (see [[Nine-1|Nine]] for details). | Although sharing a name and both being attributed to [[Madhouse]], the track is different to the track [[Nine-1|Nine]], an unreleased track recorded during the [[Album: 8|8]] sessions in October 1986 (see [[Nine-1|Nine]] for details). | ||
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|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(performed by [[Madhouse]])</small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(performed by [[Madhouse]])</small> | ||
− | |trivia = The ''"Bizarre!"'' sample used in this song is originally from ''Our Bizarre Relationship'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Frank Zappa] | + | |trivia = The ''"Bizarre!"'' sample used in this song is originally from ''Our Bizarre Relationship'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Zappa Frank Zappa]’s band [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothers_of_Invention The Mothers of Invention] (from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Meat Uncle Meat]'', 1969). It was one of the preset samples in the Fairlight CMI sample-synthesizer and [[Prince]] took it from there. It was utilized in quite a few songs recorded between 1985 and 1987: [[All My Dreams]], [[Bob George]], [[Christopher Tracy’s Parade]], [[Lovesexy]], and [[Madhouse]] songs [[Nine]] and [[Six|6 (The End Of The World Mix)]] all contain this sample. |
*The intro of [[Nine]] uses the same Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) pre-set also heard in [[U Got The Look]], [[Eight]] and [[The Cocoa Boys]]. | *The intro of [[Nine]] uses the same Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) pre-set also heard in [[U Got The Look]], [[Eight]] and [[The Cocoa Boys]]. | ||
|see also = [[Album: 16|16]] album | |see also = [[Album: 16|16]] album |
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