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|single image = [[File:Lotusflow3r_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Lotusflow3r]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] </small> | |single image = [[File:Lotusflow3r_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Lotusflow3r]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] </small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_24|24 March | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_24|24 March 2009]] - [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|previous song = [[Colleen]] | |previous song = [[Colleen]] | ||
|next song = [[Color]] | |next song = [[Color]] | ||
− | |introduction = '''Colonized Mind''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''Colonized Mind''' is the fifth track on [[Prince]]’s 33rd studio album [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]]. The track was premiered on Los Angeles radio station [http://www.indie1031.com/ Indie 103] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_18|18 December 2008]], along with [[Crimson And Clover]], [[Wall Of Berlin]] and [[4ever]]. In October 2015, the album version was featured as a [[Tidal]] ''Purple Pick of the Week'', accompanied by a 2012 [http://1057thehawk.com/prince-is-the-greatest-guitar-player-alive/ article] focusing on [[Prince]]’s guitar skills. |
− | + | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 2004]], during a three-and-a-half hour session with [[Michael B.]] on drums and [[Sonny T.]] on bass at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota that also yielded [[3121]], [[From The Lotus...]], [[...Back 2 The Lotus]], [[Love Like Jazz]], [[Wall Of Berlin]], [[Planet Earth]], [[Guitar]], [[Shameless]] and others tracks. In an August 2006 [http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2006/08/michael-bland-2/#.VD7L3IvF_HI interview], [[Michael B.]] said they recorded eleven or twelve tracks that night. On a different occasion he later indicated that this was the last recording session they did with [[Prince]] for a while after that. | |
− | [[ | + | The presence of [[Támar Davis]] on background vocals suggests that the track was overdubbed by her before Summer 2006, while [[Shelby J.]]’s vocals are not likely to have been recorded before 2007 when she first started performing with [[Prince]]. |
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+ | Whether intentionally or not, the song’s music is largely based upon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Makeba Miriam Makeba]’s 1974 song "Quit It" (written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba Bongi Angela Makeba], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caiphus_Semenya Caiphus Semenya]). | ||
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|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
− | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 2004]] |
− | |studio | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = 2005 / 2006 (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | ||
+ | |additional info = overdubs | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = 2007 (assumed) | ||
+ | |studio = unknown studios | ||
+ | |additional info = overdubs | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|3= Studio radio broadcast | |3= Studio radio broadcast | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
− | |5= Full fade-out (without overlap with [[Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful]]), played on Los Angeles radio station ''Indie 103'' on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_18|18 December | + | |5= Full fade-out (without overlap with [[Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful]]), played on Los Angeles radio station ''Indie 103'' on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_18|18 December 2008]] |
}} | }} | ||
{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
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|3= [[3rdEye_TV|3rdEye TV Show # 19]] concert video stream | |3= [[3rdEye_TV|3rdEye TV Show # 19]] concert video stream | ||
|4= Live | |4= Live | ||
− | |5= [[07_August | + | |5= [[07_August 2013|7 August 2013, Dyrehaven - Bøgescenen, Skanderborg, Denmark]] |
}} | }} | ||
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[10_October | + | |first live appearance = [[10_October 2008|10 October 2008: Hotel Gansevoort (Rooftop Loft Lounge), New York, NY, USA]]<br> |
+ | * [[22 February 2014|22 February 2014: Manchester Academy 1, Manchester, England]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
− | |performed occasionally in = | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All_Concerts#2008|2008]], [[All_Concerts#2009|2009]], [[All_Concerts#2011|2011]], [[All Concerts#2013|2013]], [[All Concerts#2014|2014]] |
− | |trivia = | + | |trivia = The sessions that yielded this track mark the first appearance of [[Michael B.]] and [[Sonny T.]] together on a released [[Prince]] recording since their Spring 1996 sessions as part of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] |
|see also = [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] album | |see also = [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] album | ||
|references = | |references = | ||
− | |categories = [[Category:2009]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2009]][[Category:Recorded 2004]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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