Difference between revisions of "3121"
m |
m |
||
Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
While an exact recording date is not known, initial tracking took place in November 2004, during a three-and-a-half hour session with [[Michael B.]] on drums and [[Sonny T.]] on bass at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA that also yielded [[From The Lotus...]], [[...Back 2 The Lotus]], [[Colonized Mind]], [[Love Like Jazz]], [[Wall Of Berlin]], [[Planet Earth]] and [[Guitar]]. In an August 2006 [http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2006/08/michael-bland-2/#.VD7L3IvF_HI interview], [[Michael B.]] confirmed the recording date and said [they recorded] eleven or twelve tracks in three and a half hours that night. <br> | While an exact recording date is not known, initial tracking took place in November 2004, during a three-and-a-half hour session with [[Michael B.]] on drums and [[Sonny T.]] on bass at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA that also yielded [[From The Lotus...]], [[...Back 2 The Lotus]], [[Colonized Mind]], [[Love Like Jazz]], [[Wall Of Berlin]], [[Planet Earth]] and [[Guitar]]. In an August 2006 [http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2006/08/michael-bland-2/#.VD7L3IvF_HI interview], [[Michael B.]] confirmed the recording date and said [they recorded] eleven or twelve tracks in three and a half hours that night. <br> | ||
− | [[Prince]] wore a jacket with the "3121" logo (as on the album cover) when performing at the 36th NAACP Image Awards on [[19 March 2005]], and his rented mansion in Los Angeles at the time was at [[3121 Antelo Rd.]], the address of which inspired the track's title. It was included as the first track on a late 2005 configuration of [[Album: 3121|3121]], where it remained for release. <br> | + | [[Prince]] wore a jacket with the "3121" logo (as on the album cover) when performing at the 36th NAACP Image Awards on [[19 March 2005]], and his rented mansion in Los Angeles at the time was at [[Location: 3121 Antelo Road|3121 Antelo Rd.]], the address of which inspired the track's title. It was included as the first track on a late 2005 configuration of [[Album: 3121|3121]], where it remained for release. <br> |
Of note is that the intro of [[3121]] contains some disguised spoken words that say "From the lotus flower..." and are also used on [[...Back 2 The Lotus]] (although not on [[From The Lotus...]]). [[Prince]] also ends the song stating "It's going down... like the wall of Berlin", all referring to songs recorded during the same session. <br> | Of note is that the intro of [[3121]] contains some disguised spoken words that say "From the lotus flower..." and are also used on [[...Back 2 The Lotus]] (although not on [[From The Lotus...]]). [[Prince]] also ends the song stating "It's going down... like the wall of Berlin", all referring to songs recorded during the same session. <br> | ||
The "wall of Berlin" is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall Berlin Wall], which divided the cities of West Berlin and East Berlin (and the countries of West Germany and East Germany, respectively) until its fall in 1989. | The "wall of Berlin" is a reference to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall Berlin Wall], which divided the cities of West Berlin and East Berlin (and the countries of West Germany and East Germany, respectively) until its fall in 1989. | ||
Line 102: | Line 102: | ||
*[[Prince]] released a perfume in 2007 titled 3121. | *[[Prince]] released a perfume in 2007 titled 3121. | ||
|see also = [[Album: 3121|3121]] album | |see also = [[Album: 3121|3121]] album | ||
− | *[[3121 Antelo Rd.]], Los Angeles, CA, USA | + | *[[Location: 3121 Antelo Road|3121 Antelo Rd.]], Los Angeles, CA, USA |
*[[Product: 3121|3121]] | *[[Product: 3121|3121]] | ||
*[[3121.com]] | *[[3121.com]] |
Revision as of 21:30, 8 November 2017
2045: Radical Man < < < | Non-Prince Songs | All Prince Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > 777-9311 |
3121 |
|
|
|
Additional Information
|
2045: Radical Man < < < | All Songs | Unreleased Songs | > > > 777-9311 |