Difference between revisions of "The Bird"
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|song name = The Bird | |song name = The Bird | ||
− | |album image = [[File:Icecreamcastles album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Ice Cream Castle]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]</small> | + | |album image = [[File:Icecreamcastles album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Ice Cream Castle]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]]</small><br> [[File:Hotsummer single.jpg|100px|link=Single: Hot Summer]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: Hot Summer|Hot Summer]]</small> |
|single image = [[File:Thebird single.jpg|100px|link=Single: The Bird]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: The Bird|The Bird]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Thebird single.jpg|100px|link=Single: The Bird]] <br><small> single art for [[Single: The Bird|The Bird]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[The Time]] | |performer = [[The Time]] | ||
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While reflecting on the track’s history on Facebook in 2014, [[Jesse Johnson|Johnson]] wrote "<i>I wrote a 4 track version on [[1999 Tour|1999 tour]], [[Prince]] kinda like the hook, he threw the rest of what I did in the trash can as he commenced to write and performed a straight heater.</i>" [[Jesse Johnson|Johnson]]’s name was initially included in the credits when submitted for copyright in May 1984, but after he left the band, his name was removed from the credits when the track was released. It was co-produced by [[Morris Day]] and [[Prince]] under the name [[The Starr Company]]. The song also features in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. | While reflecting on the track’s history on Facebook in 2014, [[Jesse Johnson|Johnson]] wrote "<i>I wrote a 4 track version on [[1999 Tour|1999 tour]], [[Prince]] kinda like the hook, he threw the rest of what I did in the trash can as he commenced to write and performed a straight heater.</i>" [[Jesse Johnson|Johnson]]’s name was initially included in the credits when submitted for copyright in May 1984, but after he left the band, his name was removed from the credits when the track was released. It was co-produced by [[Morris Day]] and [[Prince]] under the name [[The Starr Company]]. The song also features in the movie [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. | ||
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The released recording is a live recording from [[The Time]]’s concert at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_4|4 October 1983]], which was overdubbed by [[Prince]] in the studio. If not for these overdubs it would be the only track on the album to feature the entire line-up of [[The Time]], as the studio tracks on [[Album: Ice Cream Castle| Ice Cream Castle]] were recorded almost entirely by [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]]. | The released recording is a live recording from [[The Time]]’s concert at [[First Avenue]] in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_4|4 October 1983]], which was overdubbed by [[Prince]] in the studio. If not for these overdubs it would be the only track on the album to feature the entire line-up of [[The Time]], as the studio tracks on [[Album: Ice Cream Castle| Ice Cream Castle]] were recorded almost entirely by [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]]. | ||
− | [[Prince]] (with [[Jesse Johnson]] and [[Morris Day]]) did record a studio version of this prior to the live version, possibly in | + | [[Prince]] (with [[Jesse Johnson]] and [[Morris Day]]) did record a studio version of this prior to the live version, possibly in April 1983 at the [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. But the decision was made to release the live version on the album, closing the album in a similar way to [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]], perhaps because of the inclusion of the song in the movie. [[Film: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]]. |
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+ | A live version of the song performed by [[Prince]] (from the show given on [[28 April 2011|28 April 2011 at The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA]]) was released in 2021 as the b-side of the [[Hot Summer]] single. | ||
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+ | A 1998 live version recorded by [[Morris Day]] and [[The Time]] was released in 2004 on their album ''It’s About Time'', but this has no input by [[Prince]] and is not included here, as it is considered a cover version. | ||
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