Difference between revisions of "The Cocoa Boys"
m |
|||
Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
|previous song = [[Coca-Cola]] | |previous song = [[Coca-Cola]] | ||
|next song = [[Coincidence Or Fate?]] | |next song = [[Coincidence Or Fate?]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''The Cocoa Boys''' (previously assumed to be titled '''Coco Boys''') is | + | |introduction = '''The Cocoa Boys''' (previously assumed to be titled '''Coco Boys''') is a track recorded by [[Prince]] alone on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 14|14 September 1986]] at his [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. |
The song was written specifically for the planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] (along with [[Crucial]] and [[When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes]]), but the musical was ultimately abandoned, and the song was never intended for any other of [[Prince]]’s many late-1986 album projects. | The song was written specifically for the planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] (along with [[Crucial]] and [[When The Dawn Of The Morning Comes]]), but the musical was ultimately abandoned, and the song was never intended for any other of [[Prince]]’s many late-1986 album projects. | ||
− | Overdubs, including background vocals, horns and | + | Overdubs, including background vocals, horns and a bed of looped audiences, presumed to be from the [[25 August 1986]] show at Le Zénith, Paris, France, where [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]] were added at a later session. |
The song also has the lines ''‘All the boys and all the girls, you are the new kings of the world’'', later reused in [[Positivity]], as well as a chant of ''‘We are beautiful, it’s gonna be beautiful night’'' from [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]]. | The song also has the lines ''‘All the boys and all the girls, you are the new kings of the world’'', later reused in [[Positivity]], as well as a chant of ''‘We are beautiful, it’s gonna be beautiful night’'' from [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]]. | ||
− | The '''Cocoa Boys''' was the name of a band of fictional brothers Joey and Frankie Coco, included as characters in the musical. The Cocoa in the band name supposedly a play on words in the fictional story of the song. While the band names changed, the idea of rival bands was reused in the initial 1987 draft of the [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie. | + | The '''Cocoa Boys''' was the name of a band of fictional brothers Joey and Frankie Coco, included as characters in the musical. The Cocoa in the band name is supposedly a play on words in the fictional story of the song. While the band names changed, the idea of rival bands was reused in the initial 1987 draft of the [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] movie. |
In September 2020 the studio version of the song was released on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set. | In September 2020 the studio version of the song was released on one of the discs with previously unreleased tracks included with the [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] set. | ||
− | + | It is unclear if, but alleged, that the song was played as an instrumental jam during a soundcheck session on [[25 August 1986]] at Le Zénith, Paris, France, hours before the [[Parade Tour]] show there (along with recordings of [[Susannah’s Blues]], [[Strange Relationship]], [[Last Heart]], a cover version of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations The Temptations]’ [[I Can’t Get Next To You]] and a first run-through of [[It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]], which was then recorded live at the show). | |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
Line 97: | Line 97: | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = The intro of [[The Cocoa Boys]] opens with the same Sequential Circuits Prophet VS, FILMUSIC (patch 69) preset synth opening heard in [[U Got The Look]] and [[Nine]]. |
* The pseudonym [[Joey Coco]] was used by [[Prince]] as the writer of of at least eight songs for other artists: [[101]], [[Baby Go-Go]], [[Cool Love]], [[Neon Telephone]]), [[Telepathy]] and [[You’re My Love]], with [[Jill Jones]]' [[My Man]] and [[Violet Blue]] listed as [[Prince]] compositions on her [[Album: Jill Jones| album]], but registered to [[Joey Coco]] at the Library of Congress. | * The pseudonym [[Joey Coco]] was used by [[Prince]] as the writer of of at least eight songs for other artists: [[101]], [[Baby Go-Go]], [[Cool Love]], [[Neon Telephone]]), [[Telepathy]] and [[You’re My Love]], with [[Jill Jones]]' [[My Man]] and [[Violet Blue]] listed as [[Prince]] compositions on her [[Album: Jill Jones| album]], but registered to [[Joey Coco]] at the Library of Congress. | ||
− | It is unclear why the character in the song and planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] was Joey Coco but used as a writing synonym as [[Joey Coco]]. | + | *It is unclear why the character in the song and planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] was Joey Coco but used as a writing synonym as [[Joey Coco]]. |
|see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album | ||
* [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] musical | * [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]] musical |
Revision as of 19:31, 22 September 2020
Coca-Cola < < < | Non-Prince Songs | All Prince Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Coincidence Or Fate? |
The Cocoa Boys |
|
|
|
Additional Information
|
Coca-Cola < < < | All Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > Coincidence Or Fate? |