Difference between revisions of "There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool"
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|single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Unreleasedsong.jpg|link=Unreleased Songs]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] | |performer = [[Prince]]; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | ||
− | |previous song = [[( | + | |previous song = [[(There’ll Never B) Another Like Me]] |
|next song = [[Thieves In The Temple]] | |next song = [[Thieves In The Temple]] | ||
− | |introduction = ''' | + | |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]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It was worked on further in mid-June 1981, at [http://hollywoodsoundstudios.com/ Hollywood Sound Recorders] in Los Angeles, California, and was mixed at [[Sunset Sound]] in 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]] | + | 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. Although [[Prince]] offered four songs to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] ([[I Need A Man]], [[Jealous Girl]], [[Promise To Be True]] and [[There’s Something I Like About Being Your Fool]]), it is unclear whether this collaboration was intended to lead to an album or to a particular project. The track remains unreleased, however. |
− | 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 | + | 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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|3= Recorded Late Spring 1981 | |3= Recorded Late Spring 1981 | ||
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|3= After mid-June 1981, overdubs | |3= After mid-June 1981, overdubs | ||
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|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= After early January 1987, overdubs (or re-recording) | |3= After early January 1987, overdubs (or re-recording) | ||
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|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= After [[Eric Leeds]] saxophone overdubs | |3= After [[Eric Leeds]] saxophone overdubs | ||
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|3= After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] lead vocal overdubs | |3= After [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_Raitt Bonnie Raitt] lead vocal overdubs |
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