Difference between revisions of "There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool"
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− | |introduction = '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' is an unreleased song recorded in early Summer 1981 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. It was worked on further in mid-June | + | |introduction = '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' is an unreleased song recorded in early Summer 1981 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. It was worked on further in mid-June 1981, at [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA, and was mixed at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA, on the first two days of mixing for the [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]], [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]] and [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_15|15 August 1981]], indicating that it was intended for the album until the last minute. |
[[Prince]] pulled out the track in 1985 for possible use by [[Jill Jones]], but it is not known if additional instrumentation or vocals were recorded at this point. | [[Prince]] pulled out the track in 1985 for possible use by [[Jill Jones]], but it is not known if additional instrumentation or vocals were recorded at this point. | ||
− | The track was worked on further (or perhaps re-recorded) in early 1987, at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, for use by American blues singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt], during a short-lived collaboration between the two artists. [[Eric Leeds]] recorded saxophone overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January | + | The track was worked on further (or perhaps re-recorded) in early 1987, at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, for use by American blues singer-songwriter [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt], during a short-lived collaboration between the two artists. [[Eric Leeds]] recorded saxophone overdubs on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]] (four days after recording saxophone overdubs on [[I Need A Man]]). [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Raitt] recorded vocals for the track in April 1987, at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] with [[Susan Rogers]] overseeing. |
Engineer [[Don Batts]] has mentioned that [[Steve Fargnoli]] loved the song, and wishes it had been released by [[Prince]]. The track is a fast rockabilly-style track, with lyrics about an unfaithful woman who crashes the narrator's car (an idea revisted in [[Adore]]), but the narrator is willing to make up with her, "because there's something I like about being your fool". | Engineer [[Don Batts]] has mentioned that [[Steve Fargnoli]] loved the song, and wishes it had been released by [[Prince]]. The track is a fast rockabilly-style track, with lyrics about an unfaithful woman who crashes the narrator's car (an idea revisted in [[Adore]]), but the narrator is willing to make up with her, "because there's something I like about being your fool". | ||
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− | |date = Mid-June | + | |date = Mid-June 1981 |
|studio = [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA | |studio = [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Additional recording | |additional info = Additional recording | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_15|15 August | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_14|14]]-[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_15|15 August 1981]] |
|studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | |studio = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA | ||
|additional info = Mixing | |additional info = Mixing | ||
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− | |date = Early January | + | |date = Early January 1987 |
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Additional recording or re-recording | |additional info = Additional recording or re-recording | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January_25|25 January 1987]] |
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] | |additional info = Saxophone overdubs by [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
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− | |date = April | + | |date = April 1987 |
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] lead vocal overdubs | |additional info = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] lead vocal overdubs | ||
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|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= After mid-June | + | |3= After mid-June 1981, overdubs |
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|1= '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' | |1= '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' | ||
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− | |3= After early January | + | |3= After early January 1987, overdubs (or re-recording) |
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