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 late spring 1981 at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] | + | |introduction = '''There's Something I Like About Being Your Fool''' is an unreleased song recorded in late spring 1981 at [[Prince]]'s at [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It was worked on further in mid-June 1981, at [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders], Los Angeles, California, and was mixed at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, California, 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]] | + | The track was worked on further (or perhaps re-recorded) in early 1987, at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, 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 = Late spring 1981 | |date = Late spring 1981 | ||
|studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
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